Xie Xiao looked at her and said, "I'm willing to be yours first."
Li Ruo was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Oh, thank you in advance."
The sudden distance between them made Xie Xiao feel a little uncomfortable. His gaze was intense as he looked at her. "Is that all?"
Li Ruo said, "Oh, I also wanted to ask you, what's the situation in Beishan?"
“The Prince of Runan took over the remaining few hundred soldiers of Song Zhijing and took away the unconscious Zhang Shuer, but left Xu Shi and her daughter Song Rong there to fend for themselves. The Prince of Jiangning also went to Beishan.”
Li Ruo frowned. "The fact that the Prince of Jiangning and the Prince of Runan can still coexist peacefully shows that my last attempt to sow discord was ineffective."
Xie Xiao said, "The Prince of Jiangning is a fox. His move is called 'retreating to advance,' meaning he wants to take something but first gives it away."
"That's right, it fits this person's personality perfectly."
Xie Xiao's gaze was meaningful. "You seem to know him quite well, even though you don't know him."
Li Ru thought to herself, "Couldn't he be a little slower to think?"
However, if he were slow-witted, he wouldn't be Xie Xiao.
"You forgot? I think I told you before that when I used to hang out with the noble ladies, I heard some gossip about Prince Jiangning."
She can't exactly say she learned it from a book, can she?
Whether he believed it or not, he didn't press further. "The heads of the Baiyun Peak family have confessed that the Prince of Jiangning contacted them and promised them that if they wiped out Black Wind Stronghold and captured you alive, he would reward them with 50,000 catties of grain."
Li Ruo's eyes widened slightly. "Ha, capture me alive? Why—I understand now, he knows that the person impersonating Yang Ying is me."
The Prince of Jiangning is indeed formidable.
Xie Xiao nodded, "You used kerosene back then, so that's probably his real purpose. We need to be more careful in the future. We need to thoroughly investigate the people we recruit and be wary of any spies he might send."
“Yes, I will, and so will you.” Li Ruo looked at him. “You said last time you dreamed that the Fifth Master and Xie Ying were dead. Could it be that the Prince of Jiangning killed them?”
Xie Xiao paused for a moment, then looked at her intently. "You remember it so clearly. I did dream about it, though it was a bit blurry, but the regret and anger were intense, and I couldn't shake it off even after waking up."
Li Ruo asked, "Then who else did you dream about? Besides your close brothers, were there any others?"
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