Chapter 92: It’s a game, let’s try a different way of playing it!
Fu Yunqing immediately perked up when he heard this. He leaned against the table, tapping the huanghuali wood tabletop with his fingertips and said with a smile:
"Why? Do you consider yourself amiable and approachable?"
The corners of Xiao Nanyan's lips trembled.
"Tell me, how many assassins have died at your hands over the years? If they make the slightest mistake, you'll give them the Heart-Scorching Pill, or even worse, throw them into a snake den. Fearing they'll betray you, you'll reward them with the Loyalty Gu. It's like you're manipulating them like chess pieces."
Fu Yunqing became more and more excited as he spoke:
"My reputation as a Medical Saint has now been tarnished by the name of a Poison-making Asura. If those assassins knew I was the inventor of the Heart-Scorching Pill and the Red Loyalty Gu, they would have skinned me alive. Manluo seems to have seen through the clues and is making sarcastic remarks. What did I do to offend anyone?"
Xiao Nanyan snorted coldly:
"In troubled times, harsh punishments are used; kindness is not the way to command an army. Without rules and regulations, how can one restrain the people?"
His fingertips brushed across the gold-plated and silver-inlaid Regent waist badge on his waist, and his cold jade-like eyes swept across Fu Yunqing:
"The Red Loyalty Gu is simply to remind them that those who receive my salary should entrust their lives to me! I hate betrayal the most in my life!"
After a pause, his voice lowered a bit:
"If you can't even be loyal to me, how can you help me avoid disasters and troubles?"
Fu Yunqing curled his lips:
"It sounds nice, but I'm afraid people's hearts are unpredictable. Back then, you trained so many brave warriors, but how many of them ended up as weeds in mass graves? Tell me, is this rule ironclad or bloody?"
"Do you think I am willing to be such a cruel official?"
Xiao Nanyan looked at the frosty moonlight outside the palace, his voice as light as a piece of snow:
"Once this king achieves his goal, he will destroy the Red Loyalty Gu's alchemy furnace—"
Suddenly he turned his eyes away, his gaze sharp as a knife: "But not now."
Fu Yunqing looked at his profile, which was hardened by the candlelight, and sighed:
"Never mind, you always have your reasons. I just feel sorry for Xiyan, the girl, stuck in this ice hole of yours, shielding her from Chu Jin's attacks."
Xiao Nanyan's eyes trembled slightly, and he turned his head to look at the haggard woman on the couch:
"This is her own choice!"
Fu Yunqing smiled: "Well, I guess she must be regretting it to death! It's like selling herself to you as a child bride, everything is controlled by you! It's a pity that you can't even give her a legitimate status! It's so unclear, how long are you going to sleep with her!"
Xiao Nanyan's brows suddenly turned cold:
"That's not your concern!"
"Stop, stop, stop. I'm so anxious to talk to you. There's really nothing to talk about. Let's go!"
After saying that, Fu Yunqing grabbed the medicine box and just walked to the door, but heard Xiao Nanyan's voice behind him again:
"Helian Cong went to Fanyin Temple yesterday!"
Upon hearing this, Fu Yunqing turned around suddenly:
"What's he doing there?"
"Yesterday, my mother went to Fanyin Temple to perform Buddhist rituals. The abbot saw her secretly meeting a man wearing a veil in the meditation hall."
Fu Yunqing's face was full of doubts:
"Then how do you know he is Helian Cong?"
Xiao Nanyan's eyes were like torches. "Who else in this world could have the Crown Prince and the Imperial Preceptor accompany him, and at the same time convince my mother, besides Helian Cong?"
"So that's it! What did he do to see your mother?" Fu Yunqing frowned, his eyes full of inquiry.
"have no idea!"
Xiao Nanyan's expression gradually turned cold.
Fu Yunqing rolled his eyes and was shocked:
"An emperor of a dynasty secretly meeting his wife's sister? There must be a story behind this!"
Xiao Nanyan's eyes were stern, full of warning:
"Don't talk nonsense before the matter is clarified!"
"Didn't you ask about your mother?" Fu Yunqing pressed on.
"She won't tell!"
Fu Yunqing was also somewhat touched and said with emotion: "It seems that this matter is becoming more and more complicated!"
"Xiyan must have caught them in a secret meeting, which is why she brought disaster upon herself. Helian Cong is a shrewd and calculating person, so he must have figured it out. I guessed it was him! But Huijue is dead, so there is no cure for his death."
Then, Xiao Nanyan changed the subject, his expression becoming more serious:
"There's one more thing you know. Xie Zhan, the second prince of Nanzhao, will arrive in Beijing in three days!"
Fu Yunqing was stunned for a moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed:
"You're just in time! The Dongzhu has been stolen, and the envoy has been assassinated! Old Xie Zhen of Nan Zhao has lost his temper and even sent his own second son. It seems he clearly doesn't want to provoke a war. So, do you want to send someone to kill him immediately?"
Xiao Nanyan pondered for a moment and waved his hand:
"Learning from the past, they will surely be on guard. I'm afraid it won't be that easy to succeed. Don't alert them, and wait and see what happens!"
The cold light in his eyes became stronger:
"Those who come with ill intentions will not come! Perhaps, the time for war has not yet come. This king has plenty of patience! As for this game, let's try a different way of playing it!"
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