Xie Shiyan glanced at her sideways, and his slightly trembling eyelashes revealed his surprise.
"What about that person from just now?"
Gu Jiangli nodded, not denying it, "She is too."
She had no intention of hiding anything from Xie Shiyan.
Because Xie Shiyan also needs to be involved in this plan.
Xie Shiyan's brow was deeply moved.
"Did you just find out your true identity, or did you know it all along?"
Xie Shiyan had not forgotten how Gu Jiangli had appeared in front of him.
Gu Jiangli frankly admitted: "Just now, Hehua came here to find me to tell me my identity."
Xie Shiyan fell silent, and after a moment of thought, he finally asked:
"The person who brought you to the military camp was your wet nurse. Did she know your identity?"
Gu Jiangli answered without hesitation, "She knows."
"Then why did she send you to the military camp? Did she hope that you, a person from the Southern Kingdom, would gather information in the camp?"
Gu Jiangli lowered his head and smiled faintly:
"Shi Yan, you know this is impossible."
"At that time, I firmly believed that I was a person from Northern Qi and was unaware of my own identity."
"Although I am indeed a Nanlin person by bloodline, I have never learned anything that a spy should learn since I was a child."
"We're constantly on the run, barely able to save our own lives, so how would we know how to get information from the military?"
"Besides, you should understand what would happen to a woman like me, who is powerless to even kill a chicken, if I were to enter the military camp as a spy."
Gu Jiangli actually knew that Xie Shiyan had never suspected her.
I just want to clarify this matter.
She sighed:
"To be honest, I don't know why wet nurses do this."
She used a knife to cut off the tattoo on my shoulder, and this attempt to cover it up actually made me appear innocent.
"Sending me into the army was a near-certain death sentence. I don't know if she did it to kill me or simply because she wanted money."
"However, Shi Yan, I can assure you that I only knew about this a stick earlier than you."
"And I will not do anything to hurt you."
Xie Shiyan narrowed his long, narrow eyes slightly and scrutinized her.
Then they asked, "You used to have a tattoo on your shoulder?"
"There used to be."
"When the palace matrons examined you, they said you didn't have it."
"It's definitely not available now."
"How did you do that?"
Gu Jiangli paused, unsure how to respond.
She couldn't very well say that the system gave her medicine that cured her, could she?
Seeing her silence, Xie Shiyan spoke again: "If you don't want to talk about it, then forget it. I should have known long ago that you are quite capable."
"You managed to escape from those soldiers and come to my tent to find me; you certainly have some skills that ordinary people don't possess."
Gu Jiangli swallowed hard.
She also knew that there were indeed many loopholes in this series of events if she examined them carefully.
Xie Shiyan was unwilling to inquire, partly because he felt it was unnecessary.
On the other hand, he believed that no matter how powerful her methods were, they couldn't harm him, so he didn't want to bother.
"Shi Yan, I'm grateful that you didn't pry. I will not hide anything from you that I can from you, and you can trust me on that point."
"So what was the purpose of that maid coming all this way to tell you this today?"
Gu Jiangli did not answer directly, but asked:
"Shi Yan, do you remember? I told you that the Xie family would be wiped out."
"We were wondering what exactly caused this massacre of our entire family."
"Now it's quite obvious."
Xie Shiyan's eyes darkened. "You mean, your identity as a citizen of Nanlin Kingdom will bring disaster to the Xie family?"
Gu Jiangli acknowledged this, "That's right, your mother once said that I was the one who would save the Xie family, but I never expected that I would also be the one who brought this disaster to the Xie family."
"But it's alright, if we prepare early, the disaster can be easily resolved."
After pondering for a moment, Xie Shiyan said, "Your identity is simply not enough to warrant the extermination of the Xie family."
"Even if you are truly from the Southern Kingdom, it doesn't prove that the Xie family harbors any ill intentions towards the Northern Qi."
"Moreover, Nanlin is now a vassal state of Beiqi. A woman like you, who is powerless to even kill a chicken, could not possibly cause any harm if you married into the Xie family."
Gu Jiangli lowered his eyes, withdrew his smile, and solemnly said, "What if I said that not only am I a citizen of Nanlin Kingdom, but the entire Gu family is?"
Xie Shiyan frowned: "All of them?"
Yes, all of them.
Xie Shiyan pondered for a moment, and finally said "Oh".
Gu Jiangli asked, puzzled, "Aren't you surprised?"
Xie Shiyan smiled nonchalantly: "What's so surprising? The Gu family has kept a low profile for so many years, so it's nothing to be surprised if their identities are different."
“But some of the Gu family members don’t like this kind of life, and they even intend to provoke war.”
"With me here, they can't win."
Xie Shiyan was absolutely confident that on the battlefield, there was indeed no one who could rival him.
Even if presented with the most astonishing news, he would merely frown and then accept it.
This mindset is something Gu Jiangli could never hope to achieve.
"Shi Yan, if war breaks out again, they are indeed no match for you."
"However, some people will not so easily start a war if they know they will lose."
Xie Shiyan asked, "What do you think the Gu family will do?"
Gu Jiangli said bluntly: "Shi Yan, it's not hard to guess. As a person of Nanlin Kingdom and as your wife, I have many opportunities to take action against you. Once you die, the Xie family army will lose its backbone and will be completely defeated."
Upon hearing this, Xie Shiyan not only did not get angry, but a smile appeared at the corner of his eye.
"Did the Gu family order you to kill me?"
Gu Jiangli shook her head.
He told Xie Shiyan everything about how the Gu family was currently divided into two camps.
After listening, Xie Shiyan roughly understood Gu Jiangli's plan.
"You want to appease your father first."
"Not only that, I want to use this opportunity to help you eliminate all the hidden dangers."
Xie Shiyan's appreciation for her gradually increased.
Tell me about it.
Gu Jiangli revealed her plan:
"The entire Gu family are pawns left behind by the Southern Kingdom in the Northern Qi. Their purpose is to wait for an opportunity, an opportunity when the Northern Qi is off guard, so that they can defeat the Northern Qi in one fell swoop."
"At this time, what if someone were to send a message to the emperor, believing that the Xie family was in cahoots with spies from Nanlin, that you were bloodthirsty and cruel, that you were not content with your peaceful life and wanted to throw yourself into battle again, and that you were deliberately provoking war?"
"At that time, you, the hero who protects Northern Qi, will become a cruel demon who treats the lives of ordinary people as worthless grass."
"Given the Emperor's suspicious nature, this would be a catastrophe for both the Xie family and for you once he finds out about this, wouldn't it?"
Xie Shiyan's eyes showed great interest, and he asked again, "And then?"
A calculating glint flashed in Gu Jiangli's cunning eyes.
"Then, we need two more 'helpers,' one to inform on us and one to stir things up."
"Then, with one move, they killed three birds with one stone, capturing them all at once."
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