In a deep alley at night, there is an exquisite two-story building built by the water. At this moment, a small house on the first floor is dimly lit with candlelight.
"You saved my life once, and now I'm saving yours, so we're even now."
"Sir, why are you so anxious to draw a line between you and me? Are you willing to be ordered around like a dog by your father and brothers for the rest of your life?"
Facing the man's sharp gaze, Wen Luoxin clearly called out his name: "Sima Shaoyu."
Sima Shaoyu's expression suddenly changed, and he grasped her neck with one hand like an iron clamp. The fragile touch of his palm reminded him that the person in front of him was just a weak woman with no power to resist.
"Mrs. Qi is quite resourceful. She even knows my name?" He applied a little pressure to her fingers, as if he was about to break her neck in the next instant. "Tell me! What else do you know?"
"I also know that your father, the Emperor, is suffering from an old illness and will not live long, and your eldest brother will inherit the throne. However, your other brothers will not give up easily. Your Xiyuan Kingdom is about to fall into civil strife."
Wen Luoxin tilted her neck, her slightly haggard face full of confidence: "I'm sure you know best how your brothers treat you. No matter who succeeds them, will you still have a chance to survive after returning home?"
She smiled tenderly and said, "Why don't you cooperate with me? If I become the queen in the future, I will definitely help you become the king of Xiyuan Kingdom!"
Sima Shaoyu let go, his tone disdainful: "Just you? A married woman who can't even protect herself now, how can you be qualified to be the queen? It's wishful thinking."
"Your Fifth Prince..." He sneered, "He's not an easy person to deal with."
"You think too highly of that plaything who can do nothing." Wen Luoxin did not take the fifth prince seriously.
In this life, if those two women had not intervened and saved the fifth prince, he would have died on the day of the spring hunt.
A good-for-nothing who had been imprisoned in the palace since childhood and only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, had never learned how to govern a country and knew nothing about court affairs. Even if he ascended the throne, that position would be like sitting on a knife edge for him and it would be difficult for him to stay there for long.
In the current situation, as long as the Fourth Prince has the ambition to seize power, that position will sooner or later fall into his hands!
"Seventh Prince, I naturally have other bargaining chips in hand. You only need to..."
Wen Luoxin stated her plan, her eyes fixed on Sima Shaoyu's expression.
"No rush, you can think about it slowly after I return to Beijing."
The next morning, Wen Luoxin took the carriage arranged by Sima Shaoyu and headed for the capital.
Halfway through the journey, a group of officials came out from the direction of the capital and headed for the place of exile.
Wen Luoxin frowned and asked, "Which family in the capital has had trouble recently?"
Sima Shaoyu asked in surprise: "You don't know?"
Wen Luoxin shook her head: "I don't know." She looked at the approaching group of exiles, and the faces of some of them seemed familiar.
"The prince escaped from the imperial mausoleum, and at the same time, the Taifu Mansion was ransacked." Sima Shaoyu stared at Wen Luoxin's expression with interest as he spoke.
Wen Luoxin suddenly turned her head back to the exiled team.
Looking at more and more familiar faces, his eyes widened in disbelief and his mind went blank for a moment.
His eyes were filled with shock and anger as he roared, "No wonder they won't let me return to Beijing!"
She suddenly grasped Sima Shaoyu's arm tightly, her expression close to collapse: "After the Fifth Prince ascended the throne, was only the Taifu Mansion confiscated? What about the other old ministers?"
The Imperial Tutor's family was not only the Crown Prince's teacher, but also the late Emperor's teacher. Their reputation in the capital was undoubtedly unparalleled. So, with the Emperor's death and the Crown Prince's fall from power, the Imperial Tutor's family was confiscated in such a short time?
Such swift and decisive measures are definitely not something that the useless Fifth Prince could do!
"After ascending the throne, the Fifth Prince used brutal and ruthless tactics. First, he issued a death order, relentlessly pursuing the Crown Prince who had fled south, and then he dismissed those old ministers who disobeyed him."
Sima Shaoyu was actually happy to see the turmoil in the royal family of Anyang.
He curled his lips in a smile and said, "However... after the Fifth Prince ascended the throne, the speed at which many ministers defected was incredible. It didn't seem like a spur-of-the-moment move at all, but more like a premeditated plan."
"As the saying goes, when a tree falls, the monkeys scatter; when a wall collapses, everyone pushes it. They are already busy with their own affairs, so how could they help the Taifu Mansion, which has lost its backing?"
When Wen Luoxin heard his words, she felt her heart being tightened tightly, and her eyes were slowly filled with despair.
Without the Taifu Mansion, she would only be Madam Qi.
Now, Qihe can't wait to kill her!
She originally thought that she would still have a fighting chance after returning to Beijing, but now...
Wen Luoxin's red eyes gradually filled with tears. Bean-sized tears slid down her pale cheeks, and waves of despair surged in her heart.
"Wen Luoxin! It's Wen Luoxin!"
Suddenly a scream was heard, which sounded like Wen Luoqing's voice.
Wen Luoxin hurriedly lowered the curtain of the carriage to distance herself from the outside world.
The sound of the carriage galloping "da da da" was mixed with Wen Luoqing's exclamations and the scolding of the officials.
Finally, only the sound of the carriage galloping remained.
Wen Luoxin stroked her violently heaving chest and let out a miserable laugh from her bloodless lips.
I finally understood what those two people said; they were protecting her.
Now, she believes it.
Sima Shaoyu's voice rang out: "Are you still going to the capital?"
Wen Luoxin took a deep breath, her eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness.
"Go, of course I have to go!" Her voice was gloomy and resolute. "I am not only the daughter of the Taifu Mansion, but also the wife of the General's Mansion, and the genius doctor Wen Luoxin!"
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