The fifth prince was so frightened by the shot that he almost fell to the ground. He also pushed the door open and crawled inside.
Qin Wan raised her hand, and several guards rushed in and grabbed the Fifth Prince. She looked at Prince Yong and said, "If your uncle likes it, I will give him the manufacturing drawings. You can make as many as you like."
Prince Yong's eyes lit up, but then he shook his head: "Forget it, just give me a few sticks and let me play. If I could master the manufacturing method..."
He tilted his head towards Qin Wan and lowered his voice a bit, "I'm afraid your father won't be able to sleep."
"Pfft." Qin Wan was overjoyed. Thinking about it this way, it seemed to make some sense. The emperor was suspicious and he was really afraid of Prince Yong.
Bai Wanyi was pinned down by two hounds, her face covered in their saliva. The stench was nauseating. She didn't dare to struggle, but simply tilted her head to prevent the hounds' saliva from dripping into her mouth.
When she saw how close Qin Wan was to Prince Yong, her expression twisted again: "Qin Wan! You even seduced the Emperor's uncle! You bitch!"
Qin Wan turned her head to look at Bai Wanyi and raised her hand to signal. The two hounds quietly let go of Bai Wanyi without receiving any orders.
The hound ran to Qin Wan's feet, raised its head and wagged its tail at her, rubbing its head into her palm.
Qin Wan smiled and petted the heads of the two hounds in turn. She looked up at Zhenzhen and asked, "How did they recognize me?"
Zhenzhen walked over to Bai Wanyi, kicked her, and said pointedly, "Dogs can easily distinguish between good and bad people."
After saying that, she ordered people to tie up Bai Wanyi and throw him together with the Fifth Prince.
Qin Wan glanced at the sky and asked, "Where is this?"
Prince Yong said, "There is a small town in Zhengnan Prefecture near Jining. The scenery here is so picturesque that it is comparable to a city."
"I see." Qin Wan glanced at the garden, her eyes also brightened: "Since we are in Zhengnan Prefecture, our next step is to attack Zhengnan Prefecture and cooperate with my eldest brother in the north and south. As for the manpower."
She looked at Bai Wanyi and smiled, "They have the manpower, so they can just go straight in. What's more, the Fifth Prince has been captured, so their surrender should be a sure thing."
The fifth prince fell completely to the ground like a puddle of mud, and neither of them could lift him up.
Bai Wanyi watched with resentment as Qin Wan, like a victor, commanded everyone to do things, even commanding Prince Yong, who even the emperor feared. She roared in anger, "Qin Wan! Why? Why do you always win? Why?!"
"Why?" Qin Wan looked at Bai Wanyi indifferently. Once, she wanted to kill her, but now, she was not even interested in slapping her. She was just a prisoner.
If in her previous life, she had not been confined to the inner chambers, but had developed her own career early on, would the situation be different?
Maybe in his previous life, Bai Wanyi didn't have the chance to do anything to her?
I underestimated the enemy.
Qin Wan sneered, but she was going to die anyway.
Qin Wan's eyes were as if she were looking at a dead person. "When you are alive, you must be upright. Crooked ways will never work. If you want to know why, just ask yourself what you have done."
Bai Wanyi shouted in frustration, "What have I done?! You, who were born in Rome, don't understand how hard it is for people like us at the bottom of society to survive! With both my parents dead and an orphan in troubled times, I'll just do whatever it takes to survive!"
"Lu Yan is a marquis, so naturally he's my best choice! I'm going to hold onto him! Who would have known that after marrying me, he'd still be thinking about you, arguing with me, getting drunk, and calling out 'wanwan'. Was it Wanwan or Wanwan? Hahaha! It's Wanwan who looks like you."
"I thought the Crown Prince would be a stepping stone for me. I didn't intend to seduce him. I just thought, if I could get close to the Crown Prince, wouldn't that mean I'd have someone to rely on in the future? I'm capable and talented, so why should I be trapped in the inner chambers taking care of my husband and children?"
"Why should I watch my husband marry one woman after another? I'm just looking for a backer and want to build a career. What's wrong with me?"
Bai Wanyi tilted her head back, tears sliding from the corners of her eyes to her temples and disappearing.
Zhenzhen frowned and looked at Bai Wanyi, saying, "What about an orphan girl? An orphan girl can sell herself. Even if she becomes a slave, she can still have something to eat. If all else fails, she can do menial labor or beg for food. She can still make it all the way to a safe city. If she works hard, she will never be far behind."
"If you say that the Crown Princess has a good family background, she won't understand you. But who among us servants and the soldiers present has a good family background?"
"Survival in this world is difficult, so you must cherish yourself even more. If you don't cherish your good life, debase yourself and others, who can you blame for ending up like this?"
"At first you could blame the war for losing your parents and becoming an orphan, but as the wife of the Marquis of Pingyang, you could have lived a good life. How can you blame others for your own greed? How can you blame the injustice of the world?"
Bai Wanyi turned around and glared at Zhenzhen fiercely: "You don't understand! You never grew up in a free world. You don't know what freedom is like. You haven't breathed the air of freedom. You haven't experienced the world of a couple for a lifetime. You don't know that where I come from, if you love, you can be together, and if you don't love, you can separate. What do you understand? What do you understand!"
Prince Yong looked at the frantic Bai Wanyi, frowned, and waved his hand, saying, "Take him away and keep an eye on him."
Bai Wanyi was taken away, and the two hunting dogs were also taken away.
The news of the fifth prince's capture spread everywhere, and the generals of Zhengnan Prefecture quickly surrendered. Except for some scattered bandits causing trouble, the war soon subsided.
These people didn't even resist. The moment they saw the fifth prince, they threw down their weapons and opened the city gates.
Qin Wan ordered people to seize all the explosives first and transport them to a safe place.
Then the leading generals were arrested and transported to the capital, and all the soldiers were temporarily handed over to the commander-in-chief of the left army to recruit and guard them to prevent anyone from causing trouble.
Qin Wan also met with Qin Bai. After learning about the situation in the palace and the emperor's good health, she breathed a sigh of relief. "I heard from the Fifth Prince that my grandfather and father are in trouble. I don't know if it's true or not."
Qin Bai looked Qin Wan up and down. Seeing that she looked a little embarrassed, he felt very distressed: "Don't worry about your grandfather and father. They will be fine. How did you get into this state?"
Qin Wan shook her head. "I'm fine. I was just set up and it's been tough. I'm still worried about Grandfather and Father. How about you go over there, Big Brother?"
Qin Bai was speechless: "I haven't finished what His Majesty ordered me to do, I..."
What he was about to say paused when he saw Lu Yan in the distance, and asked in surprise, "Why is he here?"
Qin Wan looked back and told him about Lu Yan losing his military token.
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