Playing the Pig and Eating the Tiger: My Funny System is Too Fierce

Chapter 220 The surging undercurrent

"Your Highness, something bad has happened!"

The niece rushed into the imperial study, holding a secret letter in her hand. From her pale face, it can be seen that the situation is extremely serious.

Mo Yunchen was discussing reforms with the Third Miss. Seeing this, he immediately put down the memorial in his hand and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The border is in crisis! The northern tribes have suddenly assembled a large army, and..." The niece paused, her voice trembling, "and they've discovered traces of a fallen family!"

The Third Miss and Mo Yunchen exchanged glances, each seeing shock in the other's eyes. Those oppressed aristocratic families had actually colluded with alien races to invade!

"Beasts!" Mo Yunchen slammed the table and stood up. "These people, for their own selfish interests, dared to let the wolf into the house!"

At this moment, my cousin brought even more alarming news: unusual signs were occurring not only in the north, but also in the south and the western regions. It seemed as if those noble families had been plotting to attack simultaneously in all directions!

"It seems they've been preparing for a long time," the Third Miss said coldly, "just waiting for this day."

"Not only that," my cousin lowered her voice, "there are also movements in the court. The families of those purged officials seem to be secretly colluding..."

A cold light flashed in Mo Yunchen's eyes: "This is going to destroy both the good and the bad."

As they were speaking, another secret report arrived: during the raid on a noble family's residence, a startling military deployment map was discovered. These rebels were not only colluding with foreign tribes, but also planning to seize power!

"You're simply courting death!" Mo Yunchen was furious. "Send an order to all places, immediately..."

Before he could finish his words, the world suddenly spun around!

"Your Highness!" The third lady exclaimed and supported him.

"I'm fine," Mo Yunchen said with all his strength, but his face had turned pale.

The third young lady reached out to feel his pulse and her face changed drastically: "Poisoned!"

The imperial physician arrived quickly, and after making the diagnosis, his face turned pale: This is a rare, chronic poison, colorless and odorless, and it has been lurking for a long time. Now the poison has taken effect, and the situation is critical!

"This..." Miss San's hands trembled, "How could it be..."

At this moment, the secret guards made a new discovery: they captured a suspicious person in the imperial kitchen. After interrogation, it turned out that this person was a spy planted by those noble families!

"So that's how it is," the Third Miss gritted her teeth, "They want to get rid of His Highness first, and then cooperate with the outside forces..."

"It's okay." Although Mo Yunchen's face was pale, his eyes were still sharp. "I have long expected that they would have a backup plan."

It turned out that the prince had been preparing for this day and had made many preparations in secret. Although he was poisoned, he was not completely without countermeasures.

"Pass on my secret order," Mo Yunchen said with all his might, "Start the Breaking Cauldron Plan!"

This was an emergency plan that had been prepared long ago. The defenders in various places immediately took action, and the rebels who had been ready to attack were caught off guard before they could even react!

"Report! The northern rebels have been pacified!"

"Report! The unrest in the south has been resolved!"

"Report! All the rebels in the Western Regions have been captured!"

Victory news came in one after another, and rebellions were quelled in various places. Those noble families who thought they had succeeded never expected that the crown prince had already made preparations.

But a greater test is yet to come: Mo Yunchen's addiction is getting worse and worse, and he is in imminent danger!

"Your Highness!" The third young lady stood by the bed, tears streaming down her face. "You must hold on..."

"Silly girl," Mo Yunchen said weakly, "Don't cry. I won't die so easily."

At this critical moment, the niece suddenly rushed in: "There's help! While searching a secret room in an aristocratic family, we found the formula for the antidote!"

It turns out that although these people were ruthless, they were also afraid of accidentally poisoning their own people, so they kept a trick. Now that they had the formula, the imperial doctors worked overnight to prepare it, and finally saved the prince at the last minute!

"Finally, we're out of danger," the Third Miss breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Mo Yunchen, who was weak but out of danger on the bed, her eyes full of heartache.

"Don't worry," Mo Yunchen comforted, "this is actually an opportunity."

Indeed, through this incident, those hidden enemies have been exposed. This is the perfect opportunity to completely eliminate these hidden dangers.

"But be careful," the Third Miss warned, "Since they dare to do such a cruel thing, they must have other tricks up their sleeves."

Sure enough, during the interrogation of the rebels, a greater conspiracy was discovered: they not only wanted to get rid of the prince, but also wanted to support a puppet to take the throne. To this end, they had already spread rumors among the people, saying that the prince was incompetent and that reforms were harming the country!

"These people," Mo Yunchen sneered, "are really bold in saying anything."

"But they miscalculated one thing," said the Third Miss. "The people have sharp eyes. Everyone can see the results of the reforms during this period."

Indeed, since the implementation of the new policy, people's livelihood has gradually improved. Those rumors have been refuted, and instead made the people more supportive of the court.

"Pass the order down," Mo Yunchen said, "continue to deepen the reform. I want to see how long these people can keep jumping around."

In this way, the reform not only did not stagnate because of the turmoil, but instead took the opportunity to clear a number of obstacles and progressed more smoothly.

"Your Highness," the Third Lady suddenly said, "why don't they understand?"

“Understand what?”

"Reform is the trend of the times. No matter how much they oppose it, it will be of no avail."

Mo Yunchen looked at her: "Because they only care about their own interests and don't care about the people of the world at all."

The third lady nodded: "So they are doomed to fail."

"Yes," Mo Yunchen sighed, "Any action that goes against the will of the people will never succeed."

As he spoke, he looked at the Third Miss and said, "It is truly a blessing from heaven that I can meet you."

"Your Highness..." The third young lady felt warm in her heart.

"If you hadn't been by my side all the time, I'm afraid many things wouldn't be accomplished."

The third lady blushed and said, "This is what I should do."

Mo Yunchen smiled and shook his head: "You, you are still so distant."

Looking at the two flirting, who would have thought that they had just experienced a life-or-death crisis. But it was this kind of test that made their relationship even deeper.

"By the way," Mo Yunchen suddenly said, "I heard that you were not feeling well a few days ago?"

"Nothing," the third young lady said quickly, "I'm just a little tired..."

"Let's go to the Imperial Hospital," Mo Yunchen said firmly, "This is an order."

The third young lady had no choice but to see the imperial physician. Who knew that the doctor would give her an unexpected surprise: she was pregnant!

When this news reached Mo Yunchen's ears, the usually calm prince was so excited that he was speechless.

"This is a gift from God to us," he said, looking at the Third Miss with tenderness in his eyes. "I will definitely let this child be born in a peaceful and prosperous era."

The third young lady leaned in his arms, her heart filled with happiness: This is her husband, a wise ruler who is both responsible and caring.