Murong Yao turned his head slightly and glanced at Xu Wanrong behind him. He was very curious about the information she had. He had just received the news that Lin Fuxue had entered the capital, and the next thing he knew, she reminded him to capture Princess Lin.
"You seemed to have known she would come."
"I think she and you have a connection, so you can make good use of it."
Murong Yao turned around, put his arm around Xu Wanrong's waist, and pulled her in front of him. His charming peach blossom eyes stared into hers.
He leaned closer to her and said, "You always use this excuse to brush me off. What secrets are you hiding? When will you be willing to open up to me?"
Xu Wanrong smiled gracefully and calmly, placing the jade-colored teacup on the table with her lowered hand, and reaching out to put her hand on his shoulder. "Mysterious women tend to attract men's attention more, don't they?"
"I really can't stop wanting you." He leaned close to her ear and asked softly, "Are you sure you don't want to be my woman? When I conquer the world, you will be my queen."
"Heh~" Xu Wanrong laughed coldly, "If I wanted a high position, wouldn't I just marry the prince?"
"Then what do you want? A man's loyalty? Submission? Or..." Murong Yao picked up a strand of hair beside her ear and sniffed it carefully. There was a hint of danger in his deep voice, "Do you want to ascend to the supreme position yourself?"
Xu Wanrong stretched out her finger and hooked it towards Murong Yao's chin. Her red lips were as fiery as fire, and the raised corners of her lips seemed to express her contempt. She grabbed the hand that was quietly reaching for her neck, and her cold voice was filled with disdain.
"If I wanted the highest position, why would I help an ambitious person like you? Third Prince, when will you be willing to open your heart to me?"
Murong Yao retracted his hand and used his folding fan to slightly deflect Xu Wanrong's fingers. "I've saved you so many times, isn't that enough for me to open my heart to you?"
Xu Wanrong was silent for a moment, "But you didn't save me last time."
"Which time?"
"Heh~" She turned around and poured the tea, which was no longer smoking, into the bowl. She brewed a new cup of tea and held it to her nose, sniffing gently. "The tea has cooled, and the taste has changed."
“Boring.”
"It's okay. I'm used to the pain of being awake alone." She took a sip of tea and continued,
"We're on good terms now. We each pursue our own goals, utilize each other, and cooperate with each other. There are no conflicts of interest, and no emotional entanglements. I'll help you clear obstacles, and you'll provide the conditions for me, so we can each achieve our desired goals."
"Then what is your purpose, Jiang Yulou?" Murong Yao frowned. He had been in contact with Xu Wanrong for so long and he had sent people to monitor her, but he still couldn't guess her purpose.
Xu Wanrong didn't answer. She thought for a moment, "To seize the Northwest Armaments, Your Highness must kill another person."
"who?"
"Lord of Xiling City, Lin You."
"He has five powerful generals under his command. Now that Ye Qingshan is dead, it will be very difficult to assassinate him."
Xu Wanrong took a sip of tea and said, "We can send Jiang Yulou's Dongyi people. We still have Ye Fan."
"Ye Fan? Then don't I still have to fulfill my promise to Ye Qingshan and marry the second daughter of the general's mansion?"
Xu Wanrong sneered again, her words full of disdain, "Your Highness, are you still not happy with the self-proclaimed most beautiful woman in the imperial city?
"They want me to capture Princess Lin, and they want me to fulfill my promise to marry Miss Ye Er."
"It's difficult? Princess Lin has 300,000 Xiling soldiers behind her, and her status is extremely noble. Go ask your father for a marriage, and let her be your principal wife. As for Miss Ye Er, I will persuade Ye Fan to take her as a concubine."
Murong Yao sat across from her and listened to her plan in silence. After a while, he slowly said, "If you want, the throne of Queen will always be yours."
Xu Wanrong said bluntly: "My father will not support you."
He picked up another cup of slightly cold tea on the table and took a sip. "It's okay. I just like mysterious women."
"You should spend more time on Princess Lin. Maybe you can win this time."
Murong Yao remained silent, lowered his eyes, and concealed the myriad thoughts in his eyes.
At this moment, the guard came to report that Liu Zhang had been assassinated and his life or death was currently unknown.
"What!" The two exclaimed in unison. Xu Wanrong also looked very surprised and asked quickly, "Who did this?"
The guard only said that he had just received the news and it was not clear who did it.
Xu Wanrong frowned and analyzed, "Could it be that Master Shen guessed our identities and knew that Liu Zhang was determined to kill him, so he sent someone to retaliate against him?"
Speaking of Prince Shen, Murong Yao couldn't help but wonder, "Why didn't he tell us? Logically, he and the prince are in cahoots. If something like this happens, he will definitely hold us responsible."
Xu Wanrong rolled her eyes. "He may not be in cahoots with the Crown Prince. The Southern Territory is behind him. He didn't tell anyone about this major incident. He definitely doesn't want the Crown Prince to take advantage of the situation and bring you down."
She pondered for a moment and said, "Prince Shen is actually very skilled in martial arts. He has been hiding his true strength. He wants to use you to weaken the Crown Prince. He is much more difficult to deal with than the Crown Prince. You must be careful not to fall into his hands."
"Hmm..." Murong Yao's face was very gloomy. He said angrily: "It's my fault for not listening to my cousin. I should have killed him directly!"
Xu Wanrong thought for a moment. "Right now, you have to find a way to capture Princess Lin as soon as possible. The situation in the northwest cannot be delayed. Go find Jiang Yulou now and have his men leave for the northwest as soon as possible and deploy in advance. I'm going to check on Liu Zhang now. As for Master Shen, it's best not to act rashly. Wait until the kidnapping case has died down before investigating him."
Murong Yao nodded, the gloom on his face becoming heavier. This time in the game with Murong Yan, not only did he not gain a penny, but he also lost three generals in a row, and only got a beating from Murong Yan, leaving him with nothing but his underwear.
He tried to calm himself down and strode out of the teahouse.
......
Liu Zhang was sent directly back to the Liu Mansion. Since A Rao was a guard of the Marquis' Mansion, she could not enter the Liu Mansion without an invitation, so she had to return to the Marquis' Mansion in disappointment.
Wushuang was punished with a whip for failing to provide adequate protection and was almost dismissed from his job.
But he still followed Murong Yan's instructions. When people in the mansion asked him who stabbed Liu Zhang, he just said that the other person was masked and he couldn't see clearly.
Since Minister Liu was still under trial by the three courts, some of his crimes had already been brought to light. Minister Liu's disciples tried to dissuade him from giving him a lighter sentence, but were rebuked by the furious emperor. Many officials involved were also demoted, and everyone was silent and dared not say much.
The series of misfortunes caused Old Prime Minister Liu to fall ill in bed. For a while, the Liu Mansion seemed to be in chaos as if it had lost its head.
"How is Brother Zhang?" Xu Wanrong looked at the doctors coming and going in the Liu Mansion and asked Liu Qingqian, whose eyes were red with tears.
"The doctor said he's out of danger, but he hasn't woken up yet. Daddy's in jail, my brother was stabbed again, and Grandpa's sick again. Sister Xu, what should I do?"
Xu Wanrong hugged her and patted her back to comfort her, "As long as you're alive, everything will be fine."
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