Chapter 120: Not a Simple Identity
"Aren't you afraid of being suspected after a month? You are so bold now, why don't you just use the crested red poison to poison Young Master Pei?" Suddenly, the man looked at Liu Rumeng angrily and said.
The reason why they gave Pei Jingchuan the kind of drug that would take two years to take effect was that they didn't want people to doubt Pei Jingchuan's death. Instead, they wanted to create the illusion that he had a serious illness that could not be cured.
Because they felt that the Duke's Mansion was still useful to them. If Pei Jingchuan died too directly, the Duke and Duchess of England would definitely be suspicious.
But now, Liu Rumeng actually wants to kill Pei Jingchuan within a month. Wouldn't this also arouse suspicion?
"This... isn't it too obvious that he was poisoned to death immediately? If it's a month, perhaps Liu Rumeng would not suspect anyone. The young master will not live more than a year due to his illness, and this is something everyone knows. If he dies now... after all, he will die in a month, and others may think that his condition suddenly worsened. The third prince has already promised Jingyuan that as soon as Pei Jingchuan dies, he will be transferred to the Ministry of Revenue immediately." Liu Rumeng said with some guilt.
In fact, she herself did not want to do it so quickly, and did not want to arouse the suspicion of the Duke of England again, but Pei Jingyuan insisted on persuading her. After thinking about it, she felt that the conditions offered by the third prince were very tempting, so she agreed to take the risk.
"Is the Third Prince serious about what he said? Will he really transfer Jing Yuan to the Ministry of Revenue?" When the man heard the last sentence, his brows suddenly relaxed, and he looked at Liu Rumeng with some excitement.
The Ministry of Revenue is the purse of Daxia. If Pei Jingyuan can enter the Ministry of Revenue and climb up, he can do a lot of things.
"What Jingyuan said is true. The current Minister of Revenue is the Third Prince's maternal grandfather. It should not be difficult for the Third Prince to do this. Jingyuan has been a sixth-rank official for a long time and has never had a chance to be promoted. What's more, the Great Xia is now peaceful and prosperous, and there are too few opportunities to make meritorious deeds. If we don't do something, we don't know when Jingyuan will be able to climb up." Liu Rumeng said worriedly.
The man lowered his eyes after hearing this, and after a moment of silence, he finally nodded and agreed: "Okay! I'll give you the medicine, but you must be more careful this time. If the Duke of England finds out and kicks you out, then all your efforts will be wasted."
On the other hand, the wife of the Duke waited until Liu Rumeng returned home, but her people still didn't come back, and she couldn't help feeling uneasy.
"Go and call the young master and the Crown Princess over to me, and tell them that I have something to discuss with them." The Duke's wife instructed the maidservant beside her.
After a while, Pei Jingchuan and Xu Qingyan arrived at the Duke's wife's room.
The Duke's wife had the door closed and the maidservants around her dismissed before she looked at Pei Jingchuan seriously and said, "Jingchuan, my people found that Madam Liu had left the house today, so I sent my trusted servant to follow her. However, Madam Liu has been back for a long time, and my servant couldn't find her."
Pei Jingchuan frowned when he heard this and said, "Mother, I'm afraid your people have been discovered and silenced."
His keen intuition told him that they were most likely discovered by Liu Rumeng's people, and then killed without anyone noticing. However, the servants around the Duke's wife were not powerless, and they were able to silence them. It seemed that the power behind Liu Rumeng was not simple.
"Silencing them? But no bodies have been found? I sent people to look for them, but no trace of them has been found so far." Upon hearing this, the Duke's wife was horrified.
Those servants were trained by the Marquis' Mansion. If they were silenced like this, she would still feel bad. After all, it was a human life! Is the person behind Liu Rumeng so powerful?
"It is estimated that they have been dealt with. If the body is found in the capital, there will definitely be trouble. They must have destroyed the body long ago. Mother, you should not be able to find them." Pei Jingchuan said with some regret.
The Duke's wife also showed sadness on her face, and said anxiously: "It's all my fault! This concubine Liu is really too bad, mother wants to get rid of her directly!"
Pei Jingchuan heard this and quickly stopped her, saying, "Mother, don't be impulsive. Even if you kill Liu Rumeng now, there is someone behind her. Without Liu Rumeng, it will be even harder for us to find the person behind her. Don't worry, I will give you some other people now to monitor Liu Rumeng. Don't act rashly for now. Leave everything to me."
Seeing this, Xu Qingyan also stepped forward and said, "Mother, my husband is right. The person behind Liu Rumeng must be extraordinary. Ordinary servants cannot get close to her. It is too risky for you to do this. Now you just need to keep an eye on her in the Duke's Mansion and don't let her get close to the Duke again. If anything happens, you can tell us."
Although the Duke's wife had experience in managing the rear house, she was still a little inexperienced in dealing with the person behind Liu Rumeng.
Xu Qingyan tried to recall her memory of reading the book. She didn't read it very carefully at that time, and the book didn't describe much about the person behind Liu Rumeng. Therefore, Xu Qingyan really didn't know Liu Rumeng's true identity. She only knew that she was a villain and there was someone behind her.
The author's writing on power struggles is also rather sloppy. The whole text mainly focuses on Xu Qingyue's story. As for Pei Jingyuan's early success, it only says that there is a force behind him. However, it does not say in detail where that force is from. Later, Pei Jingyuan used the cruelty of the third prince as an excuse, and combined with his own power in the court, he overthrew the third prince in one fell swoop.
Now that she has traveled through the book, everything seems to have changed. Liu Rumeng has also begun to act. It seems that she still needs to use her superpowers to see Liu Rumeng's true identity.
Seeing this, Xu Qingyan exclaimed in her heart, "Oh my God! Is it really necessary to be so explosive! This Liu Rumeng is actually......"
Pei Jingchuan and the Duke's wife looked at each other when they heard this, thinking: What is it? Why don't you say anything?
The two of them were already nervous, anxiously waiting for Xu Qingyan to continue.
Xu Qingyan swallowed her saliva, tried to calm down, and then continued: [She is actually the concubine of the Regent of Da Chu! With her identity, shouldn't she be able to enjoy a good life in Da Chu? Why did she have to run to Da Xia to be a concubine for the Duke? Let me see, why did she do this? What about the Regent? How could he tolerate being cuckolded? Oh... So that's how it is! Just because Liu Rumeng was pregnant at the time, the Regent wanted to use the child, so he chose to let his concubine be an undercover agent. Then isn't Pei Jingyuan... the Duke's child? In this case, the Duke is also quite miserable, raising a son for someone else! But Pei Jingyuan is the son of the Regent of Da Chu? Oh my God! Hahaha... It turns out that the Regent finally wore the green hat. In order to win favor, Liu Rumeng dared to lie to the Regent that she was pregnant. Later, in order to cover up the truth, he actually slept with the Duke. Unfortunately, Pei Jingyuan was really the Duke's son, but he always thought he was the son of the Regent. 】
Xu Qingyan accidentally ate a big melon, and Pei Jingchuan and the Duke's wife's moods also fluctuated with hers, but in the end they were still a little disappointed.
It would be great if Pei Jingyuan was not the Duke's flesh and blood. Then, when dealing with them in the future, we wouldn't have to worry about the Duke.
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