Chapter 338 Master's Beloved
Chen Jie continued, "Do you know that by doing this, you might make all my efforts go to waste?"
"How many times have I told you to be impulsive? Why don't you listen?"
"That's...that's...that's because Master still loves Zhou Rong. The person Master has always loved in his heart is Zhou Rong, right?" Song Zhuran also questioned, "I killed the Grand Princess and Princess Ping'an, and disrupted Master's plans. Why wasn't Master this sad?"
“The Grand Princess is one thing, but Princess Ping’an is your own daughter, Master, and you just accepted her without a second thought.”
"But all I did was kidnap Zhou Rong's child, and Master is questioning me in this tone?"
"Were you going to kidnap the child?" Chen Jie asked sternly. "You were going to kill Zhou Rong, but you failed."
"In the end, Pei Yanchuan and Jiang Wanning set a trap and found out from you that I was the person behind it all. Otherwise, why would he have thought of arranging a marriage for me today?"
“Perhaps, perhaps they’re deliberately trying to annoy me?” Song Zhuran said.
"He disgusts you, but more importantly, he's started forcing me to take action."
"Xiao Yu's health hasn't collapsed yet, and the Empress is pregnant. Even if I win, I'll still be a traitor. As long as the country is unstable, there will always be people who use revenge as an excuse to seize it."
"Only when the Empress gives birth to a prince can I become the Regent and truly secure my position in this realm."
If someone wants the country and insists on becoming emperor, why not just make an infant emperor, so that they have real power in their own hands?
“Master…” Song Zhuran cautiously tugged at Chen Jie’s sleeve and shook it, “It was Ranran who was wrong.”
Chen Jie tried to calm himself down and took out a small white porcelain bottle from his waist. "The only thing we can do now is to speed things up with Xiao Yu."
"Have that old Taoist priest add this stuff to Xiao Yu's daily pills, and then have Xiao Yu engage in more sexual activity. Within three months, Xiao Yu's body will definitely collapse."
Song Zhuran took the small white porcelain bottle. "What should we do after his body collapses, Master?"
Chen Jie said calmly, "Three months later, the Empress's baby will be seven months along."
As Chen Jie spoke, a sinister glint flashed in his eyes, "We'll have the child born early."
"A seven-month-old baby is unlikely to survive," Song Zhuran said in a low voice.
"Whether he lives or dies is irrelevant, as long as the world knows he is alive and that he is a male fetus."
Song Zhuran immediately understood Chen Jie's meaning, "Master, don't worry. Xiao Yu is very dependent on me now. His body is already empty inside. As long as the dosage is controlled well, he will definitely die suddenly within three months."
"Suddenly go find a few more beautiful women, and then have them cultivate together every day."
“Absolutely not!” Chen Jie said. “If those old fogies find out about this, they will definitely petition against it. That’s why Xiao Yu doesn’t publicize his elixir of immortality.”
"However, your plan is quite good. Why don't you do it?"
A hint of disappointment flashed in Song Zhuran's eyes, "Master...aren't you sad?"
"Ranran with another man?"
Chen Jie then turned around and patiently explained, "All of this is for our grand plan, so that we can be together openly and legitimately in the future."
"That princess of Nanli...is she really Master's beloved?"
"It was just an exchange between me and that person," Chen Jie said. "I've never even seen this princess of Nanli."
"That person?"
“You don’t know,” Chen Jie explained. “He is a man close to the King of Nanli Kingdom. It is because of him that Nanli Kingdom has been able to grow rapidly. His strength should not be underestimated.”
"The last time I passed away peacefully, it was also because I asked that person to come forward, but that person actually brought in Prince Jin."
"That's why Pei Yanchuan and Jiang Wanning initially thought the person behind it was Prince Jin. But these two are too cunning; they guessed it was me in just a few days."
"Then why did he send that woman from Nanli Kingdom to marry Master?" Song Zhuran was still dissatisfied. "Isn't there any other way?"
"That person said that the princess of Nanli Kingdom has a blood feud with Dongling, especially with Jiang Wanning and Pei Yanchuan. The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
Song Zhuran wouldn't listen. "What if he's lying to you, Master?"
"And that person has developed Nanli into such a powerful force in just a few months. He must have great ambitions. Master, would you be willing to cooperate with such a person?"
At this point, Chen Jie also had a hint of doubt in his mind, "He is not interested in the territory of Dongling."
"After it was all done, he only asked me for one person."
"Who?" Song Zhuran asked.
"Jiang Wanning".
"It's her again?" Song Zhuran frowned. "How come this Jiang Wanning is involved with everyone? She has never been to Nanli, so how could she be involved with people from Nanli?"
Chen Jie shook his head slightly, "That person didn't say."
"My intuition tells me that Nanli has that person, and in the near future, he will become the most powerful opponent of Xixia and Dongling."
"But that person seems to have stopped there and doesn't seem to want to be enemies with Dongling and Xixia, which puzzles me."
"Alright, there are too many people outside, I can't stay here for too long," Chen Jie said. "In the future, you must never act impulsively again."
"Especially regarding the Zhou family, we must not act rashly. I have my own plans."
Despite her dissatisfaction, Song Zhuran obediently replied, "I understand, Master."
"Has Yu Hai's matter been arranged properly?"
"Don't worry, I've planted Red-level and Orange-level assassins in this courtyard. Since Yu Hai and Jiang Wan Ning are skilled in medicine and can't use poison, we'll use other methods." Song Zhu Ran smiled slightly. "Master only needs to stop Pei Yan Chuan and Jiang Wan Ning."
"Only Shen Ruzhi, as long as you give her a little food, she will forget everything else."
Chen Jie nodded and was about to leave when Song Zhuran grabbed him, saying, "Master, it's not easy for you to see me alone, spend more time with Ranran."
"Can you give Ranran some reassurance?"
Song Zhuran was dressed lightly today. She was wearing a cloak and no one thought anything of it. But now that she took off the cloak, she was only wearing a thin, long gauze underneath.
Her chest was bare, and she was holding Chen Jie tightly, which Chen Jie could naturally feel.
Song Zhuran's makeup today is not her usual pure and cute look; the upturned corners of her eyes give her a kind of devilish charm.
“This is the Prince of Jin’s residence; there are many people and many eyes here,” Chen Jie said.
“I’ve already arranged for people to guard outside. They won’t come in without permission. Don’t you think that makes things more interesting, Master?” Song Zhuran looked up at Chen Jie.
"Ranran's skills, except for dealing with men, were taught by the courtesan in the brothel; everything else was taught by her master."
"Master, don't you want to see how well Ranran is learning?"
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