I imagine the Crown Princess must have been secretly laughing in her bed when she brought down the Guo family.

"Miss, you don't know, this soap is really a good thing. Moreover, it is made from oil stains and the wool from before. Several sheep-raising tribes on our border are doing business with the Crown Princess using wool and soap. I heard that these tribes have been very well-behaved lately. In the past, they would often come to our border to burn and plunder in the winter, but now they don't dare to do it at all."

"After all, they still need to sell wool and soap next year."

"If they offend us, they won't get any wool."

"His Majesty was very pleased, saying that the Crown Prince and Crown Princess had subdued the enemy without a fight, and he praised the Crown Prince highly."

"Let's go back to the manor first." Jiang Shuwan returned to the Marquis's manor with a sullen face.

She went directly to Pei Yanzhi's courtyard. Pei Yanzhi had almost recovered and had begun attending court.

As soon as she entered, Jiang Shuwan got straight to the point.

What are you planning to do?

Staring at Pei Yanzhi, Jiang Shuwan recalled everything from her previous life.

Although she never asked Pei Yanzhi, Pei Yanzhi was indeed someone who had been reborn.

"His Majesty intends to elevate the Crown Prince, what do you plan to do?"

The man, holding a teacup, sat cross-legged behind a low table and said softly.

"When my second uncle was a county magistrate in Jiangnan a few years ago, in order to help the crown prince amass wealth, when the river collapsed and thousands of acres of fertile land were destroyed, my second uncle pretended to preside over disaster relief, but secretly colluded with grain merchants to raise grain prices and prevent affordable grain from entering the market."

"As a result, countless people starved to death, and many others exchanged their fields for very little grain."

"At the same time, when the Crown Prince was short of money, he secretly bought and sold official positions. I have already collected evidence and will soon report it to His Majesty."

“Presenting two matters at the same time could indeed shake the Crown Prince’s position, but it is only a possibility. I heard from Eunuch Su that His Majesty has been coughing up blood frequently lately,” Jiang Shuwan said.

"With me here, the Crown Prince cannot become the heir apparent. A person without virtue is not fit for the position, and the same mistake will not be repeated."

"..."

Jiang Shuwan was stunned for a moment. Pei Yanzhi's meaning was very clear: with him around, the Crown Prince could not become emperor.

However, she sensed another meaning in Pei Yanzhi's words.

In his past life, no, in his previous life, he had supported another person... and that person was most likely...

Jiang Shuwan's heart sank, and she frowned as she asked, "Where is Ye Jingyi?"

"The Crown Princess cannot die."

The eldest son of the Ye family is crippled, Ye Jingyu is dead, and if Ye Jingyi dies, the entire Western Region will be in chaos.

"I remember Ye Jingyi sent someone to assassinate you?"

"I will confine her to a cell for life."

Jiang Shuwan smiled.

She had visited Prince You, Li Chengyou, when he was imprisoned. For princes and princesses of this rank, aside from not being able to leave the house, they were still provided with good food and drink, and were attended to by maids and servants.

"Jiang Yao has one life, I have six guards' lives, Jiang Yao's child has one life, and the maids and guards of the Marquis's mansion have more than twenty lives. Is Ye Jingyi only worthy of being imprisoned?"

"..."

Pei Yanzhi remained silent, but Jiang Shuwan understood his meaning and stood up immediately.

The next second, my right hand was grabbed.

"Don't go where I can't see you."

"..."

Jiang Shuwan shook off his hand.

*************

The Fourth Prince's Residence.

late at night.

When Jiang Shuwan visited Li Chengyun, Li Chengyun ran out barefoot, her beautiful face beaming with a smile like a child's.

"See, I told you you'd be on my side sooner or later."

Ignoring him, Jiang Shuwan went inside wearing her shoes. The old nanny serving her frowned, instinctively about to remind her, but when she saw the smile on Li Chengyun's face, she paused and swallowed all the words she was about to say.

In the past few days, Pei Yanzhi, together with high-ranking officials from various departments, has been impeaching the Crown Prince.

The crown prince lost face, and the people were full of complaints, but the old emperor kept quiet and did not express his anger.

Before the old emperor could even decide on the crown prince, someone with ulterior motives brought up the rebellion that occurred fifteen years ago at the Prince of Zhennan's residence.

The old emperor is seriously ill. Of his sons, the eldest prince is in a trap, and if the crown prince is demoted, then the most outstanding one who can shoulder the heavy responsibility is Li Chengyun.

But he was a traitor, and his body was marked with tattoos of guilt.

How can such a person be the ruler of the Jing Kingdom?

However, from the conversation between Lord Yun and Li Chengyun, Jiang Shuwan vaguely guessed that the Zhennan Prince's Mansion was innocent.

When Jiang Shuwan mentioned the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, Li Chengyun was also taken aback.

He then fell into a long silence, and it wasn't until dawn that he spoke.

“My maternal grandfather’s Zhennan Prince’s Mansion had a friendship with the late emperor, who fought alongside him to establish the empire. They agreed to share the throne.”

"Later, the previous dynasty collapsed, and the Zhennan Prince's Mansion voluntarily retreated to the southern border. However, the name of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion was too famous, so the southern border only recognized the Zhennan Prince's Mansion and not the Li imperial family. In addition, the crown prince changed, and my father, who is now the Jing Emperor, was born."

"Back then, he was just a powerless prince, but he deceived my mother and pretended to marry her to him."

"After he seized the throne, he turned his back on the family and exterminated the entire Zhennan Prince's Mansion."

"My mother, along with my two twin sisters, were beaten to death with sticks that very night."

“At the time, he disliked the blood, so he put my two-year-old sister in a sack and hit her with the stick one after another. It was so cold and there was so much snow, just like now. The blood froze as soon as it flowed out.”

"But blood kept flowing out. My mother rushed forward to protect them, but she was also beaten to death on the spot."

“I was right next door at the time. I was only five years old. The old eunuch branded my face with characters. After that, I would be taken out and beheaded.”

"Later, the Empress Dowager came. You haven't seen the Empress Dowager. She pleaded for me, and that's how I was saved. She even saved my cousin."

"If she hadn't switched my cousin with someone else, he would have been dead long ago."

"Now all the officials in the court think I'm too young to remember, but actually I remember everything."

As he spoke, Li Chengyun slowly unbuttoned his clothes, revealing his body, half of which was covered in sin marks.

Song Huaizhang sat silently in the corner, tears falling silently to the floor, his shoulders trembling as he knelt.

Li Chengyun, with her beautiful face raised, sat closer to Jiang Shuwan with a grin.

He approached Jiang Shuwan with half of his body covered in terrifying sin patterns.

"Whether you stand by my side or not, on New Year's Eve this year, I will make the Li royal family pay for their blood debts in blood."

"Then why did you kill the aristocratic families? Don't try to deny it. I know that part of your plan was to imprison the sons of the aristocratic families and slaughter them all."

"..."

Unexpectedly, Jiang Shuwan guessed his plan. Li Chengyun laughed and said, "Look, we are a match made in heaven. I think I can't hide anything from you."

"How do you think the charge of treason against the Prince of Zhennan was brought? Apart from the Li imperial family, all eight great clans were involved. They participated in this inhumane massacre, and they even said nice things like, 'A country cannot have two masters,' hahaha... They killed the entire Prince of Zhennan's family together with my father and divided everything that belonged to the Prince of Zhennan's family."