Crash!

A basin of cold water was poured over his head.

Ye Wanqing curled up on the ground in pain. Since she was originally lying on her side, most of the cold water poured into her ears. Now her ears were stuffy and ringing, which was extremely uncomfortable.

The water flowed into her nose along with her breath. She choked and coughed uncomfortably, blowing the water out hard.

At this time, two more footsteps were heard on the staircase, and a deep voice said unhappily: "What are you doing? Master Shen is our guest."

The person who spoke should be the third prince. His unique and deep voice was very recognizable.

"Your Highness." Everyone responded.

"Please take a seat. We have captured Murong Yan's right-hand man today. We need to plan our next move carefully."

Ye Wanqing's breathing stagnated. Who else was arrested among his right-hand men?

Young Master Ling, Jiang Yu?

The hoarse, phlegm-filled voice said, "This Shen Shizi is a cash cow."

The deep and powerful voice continued, "That may not be the case. I heard that the Shen Liang couple have ignored this prince and have long given up on training him. He is clearly an abandoned child."

Another person also spoke up: "Well, he is just a dandy who has been left alone. He is just a cover for the Shen Liang couple in the capital. I don't think the Southern Territory will be willing to pay to redeem him."

The voice of Ka Tan continued, "How ridiculous that Murong Yan still thinks he can gain support from the Southern Territory by doing something he doesn't like. How naive."

"Hmph, when I think about the emperor handing over the country to such a ridiculous and naive person, I am really disappointed with the future of Yanyang Kingdom." The speaker was the deep and powerful voice. Ye Wanqing heard several people calling him Brother Jiang just now, and didn't know who he was.

"Brother Jiang, why worry about nothing? What we are doing now is to defy fate and change our destiny, isn't it?"

The hoarse, phlegm-choked voice continued, "I have no other requests except that you and your nephew keep your promise and do what you promised me as soon as possible."

Hearing the man talking about uncle and nephew, Ye Wanqing couldn't help but think of Murong Yao's uncle, Minister Liu. A few days ago, he brought Liu Zhang to the mansion to propose to A Rao, but was rejected by Nanny Jiang.

She was puzzled at the time. Didn't Liu Zhang like Xu Wanrong the most? Why did he suddenly come to propose to A Rao?

When I thought about the abnormal behavior of the lakeside cottage that day, and the subsequent gift of cakes to A Rao, I suddenly couldn't understand Liu Zhang's intentions.

What exactly does he want to do?

Now that Murong Yao and Minister Liu have tied me up and brought me to this place, what do they want to do?

Just as I was wondering, I heard the man reply, "Of course, of course. Once the great cause is accomplished, you will have made the greatest contribution, and our relationship will be even closer. But my daughter is stubborn and unruly. I will go back and do some psychological counseling for her."

Ye Wanqing listened carefully and inferred from their words that Minister Liu was going to use Qianqian to make some ulterior motive.

Xu Wanrong only scoffed and said in a cold voice, "We are cooperating for the sake of profit, so let's not talk about our feelings."

Murong Yao continued, "Since it's driven by profit, this prince has been unable to guess what benefits the young lady can gain from this operation. The young lady's actions so far have been completely illogical, and I really can't guess her intentions."

Xu Wanrong chuckled again, "Your Highness will know after a while."

"Oh, I'm quite looking forward to it."

Ye Wanqing was just about to listen to their next conversation when she was roughly lifted from the ground and placed on a chair.

Murong Yao then spoke up, "Prince Shen has heard so much, yet he hasn't said a word. Could he be frightened? Quickly untie him."

He only paused, probably saying to someone, "Don't worry, you can't get away."

The black cloth covering her eyes was removed, and her wrists and feet, which were tied behind her back, were loosened. Ye Wanqing rubbed her eyes in fear of the light, and it took her a while to see the scene clearly.

In front of him was a long table with an oil lamp on it. Several people sat down at the table. Except for Murong Yao, everyone else was wearing a hooded cloak and a mask.

"So, is Prince Shen interested in joining our great cause?" Murong Yao clapped his hands and ordered someone to bring a box and put it in front of Ye Wanqing's desk. Inside the box was the lotus root pink gradient-colored Yanluo long skirt and the accessories he had seen in the lakeside cottage that day.

"What use can he make? Why bother talking to him so politely? I think it would be cheaper to cut off his little finger immediately and send a letter to the southern border to collect some silver." Ka Tan, who was of medium build and sitting in the middle, said in a slightly impatient voice, "Your Highness, to achieve great things, you must be decisive and ruthless. Dilly-dallying will only delay things."

Xu Wanrong was wearing a white hooded cape and a fox totem half-mask with a white background and red stripes on her head. Her sexy red lips were visible outside the mask. She sneered disdainfully and said in an enigmatic manner, "Don't underestimate this Master Shen. His role is no less important than Jiang Yu's. Be careful of any setbacks."

Ye Wanqing finally spoke, her heroic eyes fixed on Murong Yao, demanding, "You really have kidnapped Jiang Yu's brother. Where is he? Let him go!"

"Don't worry, Master Shen. Jiang Yuyu is of great use to us. We just invited him over for tea." Murong Yao sat leisurely at the other end of the long table, his hands crossed at his chin, staring at her with burning eyes, and his tone carried a hint of danger.

"But now that Prince Shen knows our intentions, we can't let you go back. Unless you surrender to us, you will die."

Ye Wanqing sneered and asked, "What else could you possibly be planning? Your intentions are so obvious. From the Emperor to the common people on the street, everyone knows that you want to be the crown prince."

She bluntly said, "Even a blind man can see the open and covert fighting between your factions in the court. What's the point of hiding it from me?"

Murong Yao was a little annoyed by her sabotage, but he tried his best to maintain his composure and said with a grin through gritted teeth, "Now that Prince Shen knows, it will be easy to deal with."

"You've already said that I'm a princeling, so I won't help you." Ye Wanqing rolled her eyes at him. She was increasingly fed up with Murong Yao's smiling hypocritical look.

I really don’t know why I was so sad when he broke off the engagement with me?

Murong Yao glanced at Xu Wanrong and said bluntly, "So it's interesting. The Southern Territory is about to establish its own faction under the name of Murong Tao, but the Second Young Master is siding with the Prince's Party? Marquis Shen's family is really interesting."

Xu Wanrong smiled sinisterly and warned, "The Second Young Master might not be a member of the Prince's faction. Their deep friendship might just be a show they put on for each other."

"Hahaha, Miss, your evaluation is very insightful. You're right, my royal brother is very good at acting, otherwise how could he be a fox?"