Chapter 1720 Tonight
Xue Ling smiled and said, "Madam, aren't you waiting for me tonight?"
“…”
"Aren't you waiting for someone to come find you?"
These words almost suffocated Nan Yan for a moment.
She opened her eyes wide and looked at Xue Ling in shock. Her mind was in a mess and even her voice was a little unstable: "You, what did you say?"
Xue Ling walked in openly without even closing the door.
It seemed as if at this moment, she no longer had to fear anything.
Walking to the center of the room, she calmly said to Nan Yan, "Hasn't your Majesty received instructions? After you arrive at Shazhouwei, someone will naturally contact you, right?"
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"Hasn't the Queen been waiting all these days?"
“…”
"Now that I've appeared, why doesn't your Majesty understand and still ask?"
“…”
At this moment, Nan Yan's heartbeat almost stopped.
She stared at Xue Ling intently. After a long while, she managed to squeeze out a word from her throat: "You, you are——"
"Yes, that's me."
“…”
"I am the one who came to meet you, Your Majesty."
In an instant, the cold wind that rushed in from the open door behind Xue Ling dispelled all the warmth in the room and blew through Nan Yan's muscles and bones.
The blood seemed to coagulate.
Is she the one the mysterious man was talking about?
Nan Yan looked at Xue Ling in front of her, not daring to believe it, but unable not to believe it.
These days, she has been waiting for that person to appear, and even suspected her, but Xue Ling never showed any abnormality in front of her, even when the two of them were alone, she did not show any expression.
Therefore, Nan Yan gradually let down her guard against her.
He even once suspected that one of her and Li Lai was the real murderer who shot Ye Zheng. However, because she had behaved normally in the past few days and he later became suspicious of some of Li Lai's actions, his suspicion of her faded.
But I didn’t expect…
Unexpectedly...
Just when everyone was confident in her, she suddenly stood up and told herself that she was the one.
She is not only the real murderer who shot Ye Zheng, but also the hidden chess piece planted by the mysterious man in Shazhouwei.
Nan Yan's breathing even calmed down.
Facing Nan Yan's burning gaze, Xue Ling didn't seem nervous at all. He just smiled and said, "Now, Your Majesty, do you still want to ask why I did all this?"
“…”
Nan Yan didn't say anything.
It’s not that she doesn’t want to say it, nor that she can’t say it, but at this moment, she is speechless.
If anyone initially doubts someone, but gradually dispels their suspicions over time, and even begins to trust them, they suddenly discover that the person they gradually trusted was actually a demon wearing a mask...
No one was speechless.
Even the dull pain in my chest that I had just felt suddenly felt sharp and painful at this moment.
Nan Yan looked at the woman in front of her who had a smile on her face, which was even a little bright. After a long time, she also smiled a little, but there was no smile in her eyes.
"Okay, I really don't need to ask any more questions."
“…”
"However, if you suddenly appear like this and tell me that you were sent by that person, how can I believe you?"
Xue Ling smiled calmly.
"It seems that Your Majesty still wants me to explain clearly."
“…”
"Okay, I say."
As she spoke, she walked forward and paced slowly around the room, saying, "Just as Her Majesty guessed, I was among the captives of the Hot Moon Bay, waiting for Lord Ye Zheng to attack the Hot Moon Bay. I was 'rescued' along with those people and successfully entered Shazhouwei and the Duwei Mansion."
“…”
"Unfortunately, Master Ye insisted on sending us away."
“…”
"Even though I was sent away once and came back on my own, he was still ruthless and insisted on getting us all out of here."
“…”
"Luckily, they prepared that crossbow for me in advance. On New Year's Eve, when the bandits from Hot Moon Bay attacked and were repelled by the wise and powerful Lord Ye, I took the opportunity and shot him with an arrow."
“…”
“However, there is still some deviation.”
Nan Yan looked at him coldly: "Are you planning to kill him?"
Xue Ling smiled and said, "I dare not."
“…”
"We all know that Lord Ye is the emperor's most beloved person. His position in the emperor's heart is probably even higher than those concubines in the palace. If we really kill him, I'm afraid the emperor will really mobilize the whole country to flatten the entire Thermidor Bay. By then, wouldn't our gains outweigh our losses?"
Nan Yan frowned slightly: "Then, you use poison..."
Xue Ling smiled and said, "Using poison, isn't that just right?"
“…”
"We don't have to kill him, but we can make him unconscious and make the officials of Shazhouwei panic. That's how we can alert His Majesty and lead him here, right?"
Nan Yan's expression changed, and she immediately understood something.
"You, your purpose is——"
"good,"
Seeing that Nan Yan had come to her senses, Xue Ling smiled calmly and said, "Our goal is to use Ye Zheng as bait to lure His Majesty the Emperor to Shazhouwei."
“…”
Nan Yan frowned.
This is not a surprise.
When they met in the restaurant in the capital, the mysterious man had made it clear that he would lead the emperor to Yumen Pass, but he had been slow to act.
Unexpectedly, if I didn't take action, it wouldn't affect their actions.
However, it brought Ye Zheng fatal disaster.
Thinking of this, Nan Yan felt a surge of anger in her heart, but when she looked at Xue Ling, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she said, "It's indeed a good plan."
“…”
"You could even say it's seamless."
Xue Ling said, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."
Looking at her smile, Nan Yan's hands at her side slowly clenched into fists, and her nails dug into her palms. However, the pain only made her grit her teeth even harder and suppress the malice in her heart.
She said, "The emperor has arrived in Shazhouwei, so what are you going to do next?"
Xue Ling smiled, tilted his head, and looked at Nan Yan with curved eyes.
Her eyes were already bright and charming, and at this moment, with a hint of smile on them, they looked even more innocent, like a happy girl showing off her masterpiece.
She said, "What's next?"
“…”
"Did your Majesty misunderstand something?"
Nan Yan frowned: "What do you mean?"
Xue Ling smiled and said, "No need to continue."
“…”
"Tonight is the time for us to act."
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