"This humble woman greets Your Highness, the Second Prince!"

Nangong Jingyao looked through all the private rooms but didn't see Su Luo. Was Su Luo standing him up?

"Second Prince, there's no need to look anymore. Lady Su isn't here. I wanted to discuss a business deal with Your Highness, so I had Lady Su arrange the meeting."

Nangong Jingyao sneered. It seems that anyone, no matter how low, can meet him now.

"How dare you play tricks on this prince! You have some nerve!"

Four guards followed behind Nangong Jingyao, standing outside the private room. If Nangong Jingyao gave the order, Xie Wanwan's life would be in danger once she left Fumanlou.

"snort!"

Nangong Jingyao snorted and turned around with an air of authority. He had only come to the appointment because of Su Luo.

Bringing Su Luo to his side is better than having her taken to the Crown Prince's side. The main reason is that the Imperial Advisor values ​​Su Luo and even had the Emperor grant her the right to freely enter and leave the palace.

“I am the daughter of Xie Tingzhi, the former Minister of Personnel. Doesn’t Your Highness want to know why I’m looking for you?”

Nangong Jingyao paused. Xie Tingzhi had remained neutral, and he had tried to win him over many times without success. However, he knew that the Crown Prince was involved in Xie Tingzhi's death.

However, since Xie Tingzhi is dead, he can let his own people take that position, so he will just stand by and do nothing.

Unfortunately, in the end, neither he nor the crown prince could get the position. The emperor, on the recommendation of the imperial advisor, found someone who was not involved in factional strife to take the seat.

"The men of the Xie family are beheaded, and the women are forced into prostitution. You claim to be the daughter of Xie Tingzhi, and you come to see me, the prince. Tell me, what do you want?"

Xie Wanwan's words successfully piqued Nangong Jingyao's interest, and he turned around and walked to the private room to sit down.

To show her sincerity, Xie Wanwan also removed the veil from her face, revealing her exquisitely beautiful and aloof features. With the cinnabar mole on her forehead, if you ignored the scar, she could be described as a celestial being descended to earth.

“As I said, I’m here to discuss business with Your Highness.”

Nangong Jingyao looked disdainful. What use was a woman who couldn't even kill a chicken to him? At first, he thought Xie Wanwan was going to use her beauty to attract him.

After all, Miss Xie was once the most beautiful woman in the capital, but now it seems that even her only valuable asset—her appearance—is gone.

Seeing that Nangong Jingyao was leaning lazily in his chair, completely ignoring her words, Xie Wanwan spoke again.

“I know very well what Your Highness wants, but what I want is to clear my father’s name and avenge him.”

"Heh... Miss Xie, go ahead and take your revenge. I'm not a saint, I can't help you."

Xie Wanwan sat down, put her veil back on, and said fearlessly.

"Your Highness will help me. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I have a great gift that will allow Your Highness to crush the enemy with one kick."

Nangong Jingyao raised his eyes, sat up straight, and waved his left hand, causing the guards outside the door to close the private room door.

"This prince dislikes being played. Miss Xie, state your bargaining chips."

Xie Wanwan didn't hesitate and took out the booklet from her bosom, handing it to Nangong Jingyao.

"Your Highness will know whether my business is worth your help after you read it."

Nangong Jingyao calmly took the booklet and turned the pages one by one, his eyes growing brighter with each page.

"Miss Xie's gift is truly generous, hahaha..."

If even one of these people were crippled, it would severely weaken the Crown Prince, let alone the complete annihilation of the army.

"Such a generous gift, I naturally must return the favor to Miss Xie. Tell me, how do you intend to take revenge?"

"I want the Xie family's wrongful conviction to be reopened, just like the Jiang family and the Crown Prince should be punished as they deserve."

Xie Wanwan recounted to Nangong Jingyao how the Xie family had been murdered, the events at Miaoge Tower, and the evidence she had received.

"Miss Xie trusts me so much, aren't you afraid that I might change my mind at the last minute, only to do my own thing and not help you?"

This is no small matter, and Nangong Jingyao certainly doesn't want to be working with a fool.

Don't end up losing troops and generals when you can't defeat the crown prince.

"Compared to the trivial matter of helping me take revenge, Your Highness would rather bring down the Crown Prince, because only I can help you."

"Only I could find those female corpses in Miaoge Tower. I'm a witness. Without me, everything you've done is just empty talk, meaningless."

Xie Wanwan is no longer the naive woman she once was. Without any leverage, why would she seek out Nangong Jingyao?

The Crown Prince has the Empress's family to back him up. If he can't be killed with one punch, it's just a drop in the ocean for him. He can be punished for a while and then he can come out again in a year or two.

"Very well! I, the prince, agree to help you take revenge, but Miss Xie, please cooperate with me."

"That's natural."

It's not appropriate to go into the specifics of the plan here. Given Xie Wanwan's identity, Nangong Jingyao was worried about her safety, so he took her back to the Second Prince's residence.

If the Crown Prince finds out about this, he will definitely send someone to kill Xie Wanwan.

The two left Fumanlou one after the other. In the carriage, Nangong Jingyao asked Xie Wanwan.

"Miss Xie is able to get the help of the Vice Minister of Agriculture, so your relationship must be quite close."

Xie Wanwan didn't want to implicate Su Luo, so she simply said, "Su Niangzi's daughter was taught by me. It was I who asked Su Niangzi to arrange the meeting with the Second Prince. She knows nothing about the Xie family's affairs, and it has nothing to do with her."

Nangong Jingyao only listened to these words, but he was genuinely happy today.

Inside Fu Man Lou, Ah Xu watched Xie Wanwan board Nangong Jingyao's carriage, feeling uneasy. If things didn't go well, her life might be in danger.

"Stop looking. The Second Prince's residence is the safest place for Wanwan right now."

Su Luo said from the side, "It's the end of the month, and Nangong Qing is here too, so the three of us will settle the bill for Fumanlou together."

Nangong Qing held a folding fan and remained seated in the room without moving.

“Ah Xu, you care about Miss Xie, but you don’t even acknowledge me, your master. You actually did such a big thing behind my back.”

Ah Xu is now a free man, but he dares not forget Nangong Qing's kindness. This matter is too important to Wanwan, so he cannot tell her.

"Don't blame Ah Xu. This matter concerns your two older brothers. No matter what, they are your family. Do you think you could bring yourself to deal with them?"

"I……"

Although royalty are known to be heartless, Nangong Qing never thought about that position and lived a carefree life, showing no particular feelings for the Crown Prince or Nangong Jingyao.

"Forget it, if they really come to me with this, I don't know what to do, but..."

Nangong Qing stared at the two of them, still angry in her eyes: "But you shouldn't have kept it from me alone."

Su Luo placed a stack of account books in front of Nangong Qing, and pushed the inkstone and pen over as well, saying, "We've been keeping this from a lot of people, you're not the only one, you should look at the account books."

Ah Xu was distracted, so only Nangong Qing and Su Luo could check the accounts. However, Su Luo saw that it wasn't right for him to just wait like this, so she said something.

"Ah Xu, go to the private room on the second floor and get that poem 'Po Zhen Zi' for me. I have another use for it."