Chapter 333 Your eyes betrayed you
Pei Yanchuan saw that Jiang Wanning's emotions were becoming increasingly difficult to control.
He rushed to Song Zhuran with lightning speed, grabbed her by the neck, and said, "If you obediently release the person, I can spare your life this time."
Song Zhuran was not afraid of Pei Yanchuan's threat at all. "Then kill me."
“Killing me will not only implicate Jiang Wan Ning’s brother, but every one of you will be implicated, especially the Ningyuan Marquis’s mansion. Did you really think I came unprepared?”
“It’s always been me who threatens others, never the other way around,” Pei Yanchuan said coldly.
She tightened her grip, and Song Zhuran's face turned red from difficulty breathing, but a smile still lingered on her lips. "Then kill me."
"Your Highness," Jiang Wan Ning called softly.
Song Zhuran knew that Pei Yanchuan wouldn't make a move, because as long as she died, no one would be able to find Jiang Shi'an's whereabouts.
Jiang Wan Ning cares so much about her family, how could she possibly make a real choice? Song Zhu Ran just wanted to see Jiang Wan Ning kowtow and beg for mercy before finally killing Jiang Shi An.
Pei Yanchuan loosened his grip slightly, shoving Song Zhuran aside. Shen Qingbing said coldly, "If you hand over Shi An unharmed..."
"I may choose not to tell Chen Jie what happened today."
"I'm afraid you acted on your own today without Chen Jie's knowledge. If Chen Jie finds out that you have done this time and time again, I'm afraid you will never see him again."
"Tuoba Wenjing has not married all these years. Tell me, what would happen if I sent you there?"
Song Zhuran rubbed her neck and scoffed, "Prince Langya, did you drink too much at the banquet and are you talking nonsense?"
"Let alone whether I know Chen Jie or not, I am now the emperor's concubine, and you actually want me to marry a prince of Western Xia."
"You're probably delusional. Even if you were, you couldn't do whatever you wanted."
Pei Yanchuan said calmly, "You can give it a try."
"I won't need to get involved at all; Chen Jie will naturally escort you there."
Song Zhuran's mind began to waver. Pei Yanchuan was right; this was indeed her master's character. For the sake of his grand plan, he could send her to the palace, and he could also send her to Western Xia.
Nothing is impossible in this world.
This is the first principle my master taught me.
"I will only give you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn," Pei Yanchuan said calmly.
Jiang Wan Ning tried her best to remain calm. Mo Ran and the others had already searched the entire courtyard, but still couldn't find any trace of Jiang Shi An.
"Song Zhuran, are you really willing to go to such lengths for someone who doesn't like you?" Jiang Wanning asked anxiously. "Do you think Chen Jie likes you?"
"He's just using you."
"You don't understand, you don't understand anything," Song Zhuran said angrily. "Master is the best person to me in this world."
"But he's over forty now, and you're only fifteen. Why?"
"So what?" Song Zhuran retorted angrily, "Aren't there huge differences between the two of you?"
After speaking, Song Zhuran realized that she had fallen into Jiang Wanning's trap and admitted that the person behind it was Chen Jie.
"You will not speak to me again."
Jiang Wanning looked at the frantic Song Zhuran and said, "I just feel sorry for you."
“You had a wonderful life ahead of you. Chen Jie doesn’t even care about his own daughter’s life or death, so why would he really care about you?”
"If he cared about you, he wouldn't have sent you to the palace. Didn't he know what would happen if he sent you into the harem?"
Song Zhuran shook her head frantically, "You don't understand, none of you understand."
“My master has endured so much hardship and humiliation for so many years, he can bear any kind of suffering and endure any kind of anger, so of course I have to help him.”
“I’m helping him, he won’t look down on me.”
“What if he knew what you’ve done today?” Pei Yanchuan asked.
Whenever Chen Jie is mentioned, Song Zhuran becomes particularly prone to going crazy, saying, "No, no, Master won't dislike me."
Song Zhuran suddenly looked up, her eyes bloodshot as she stared at Jiang Wanning. "It's all your fault, it's all your fault."
Song Zhuran pointed at Jiang Wanning, "If it weren't for you, how could I have lost my virginity?"
“Jiang Wan Ning, nothing good has ever happened to me since I met you. It’s all because of you. Your brother’s death was also because of you. I think your mother will go crazy after your brother’s death, right?”
"That's perfect. Your mother is a slut. Why should she be able to have one or two people who are deeply devoted to her without doing anything?"
"You know how much Chen Jie cares for my mother. If something happens to my mother, do you think Chen Jie will let you off the hook?"
"He will never forgive you, and then you will lose him forever," Jiang Wan Ning continued to tempt her.
Song Zhuran shook her head, "No, no, the person Master cares about most is me."
"Since you don't believe me, you're welcome to try it," Jiang Wanning said calmly.
Song Zhuran looked up, a slight smile playing on her lips, "After all this talk, isn't it just to find out where that child is?"
Song Zhuran's eyes widened slightly. "I'm not telling you."
"Unless you kneel down before me, I might consider it." Song Zhuran said, then pointed at Pei Yanchuan, "And you, you kneel down before me too."
"What I can't stand the most is your arrogant attitude."
"It's just a pity that we can't let others know that you knelt down before me."
Seeing that Jiang Wanning and Pei Yanchuan were standing still, Song Zhuran shouted, "If you don't kneel down, you'll never see him again."
“I’ll kneel!” Jiang Wan Ning said. “I can kneel for as long as you want, just let Shi An go.”
Song Zhuran was somewhat satisfied with these, and said to Pei Yanchuan, "And you too."
Jiang Wan Ning looked at Pei Yan Chuan with a pleading expression, "Your Highness."
Pei Yanchuan held Jiang Wanning's hand, silently comforting her, "I've said it before, no one has ever been able to threaten me."
As she spoke, she flew towards the tree behind Song Zhuran. Seeing this, Song Zhuran tried to chase after her, but Jiang Wanning swung her long whip from her waist, wrapped it around Song Zhuran's waist, and pulled her backward with force, dragging her down.
Song Zhuran turned to look at Jiang Wanning, showing no sign of panic or fear.
It was all an act.
"Jiang Wanning, you already found out?"
Pei Yanchuan climbed down from the tree, carrying the child.
Jiang Wan Ning checked on him and found that he was just asleep, which finally put her mind at ease.
Song Zhuran placed the cradle on a tree branch and made a long string. With a gentle tug, the cradle would tip over, and the child would fall into the lake beside it.
"How exactly did you discover it?"
“Your eyes betrayed you,” Jiang Wanning said.
Song Zhuran's eyes kept glancing at that tree, especially when she heard them ordering the guards to go find the child.
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