Chapter 226 The hat is not closed.
Pei Anqing gripped the teacup tightly, her eyes fierce. "They've caused me so much suffering; it's already kind of me not to tear them to pieces."
"What else is there to be reluctant to part with?"
Jiang Wanru scoffed coldly, "That's good."
"Don't forget, I'm the one who rescued you. The person behind you has long since abandoned you, unless you're a very useful pawn."
Jiang Wanru approached Pei Anqing and said, "You and I are the people in this world who should trust each other the most. Now cooperate with me and we will trample those people under our feet together."
"We'll share this land then." Jiang Wanru's eyes were filled with endless greed.
Pei Anqing was taken aback. "You...you want to rebel?"
"So what if it is?" Jiang Wanru said, "If you and I are used as pawns by others, we will die in the end if we fail. Even if we succeed, we will still be someone else's dog in the future."
"It's better to hold this supreme power firmly in our own hands." Jiang Wanru slowly clenched one hand.
Pei Anqing quickly got up, walked to the door, looked around, and then closed the door.
Turning around, he said fiercely to Jiang Wanru, "If you want to die, don't drag me down with you. Treason is a serious crime!"
Jiang Wanru looked at Pei Anqing with disdain, and poured herself a cup of tea. "Are you scared?"
Being asked by a woman if he was afraid made Pei Anqing feel a little embarrassed. "Hmph, I've never known fear in my entire life."
"That's good."
"Think about it, whether in front of the Emperor, Pei Yanchuan, or even that bitch Jiang Wanning, you and I have never been kneeling or bowing our heads."
"What dignity do you have? Even if he were the Grand Princess and the Emperor, he would only treat you and me like obedient dogs that bite."
"Keep it when it's useful, and discard it when it's not."
Jiang Wanru's words awakened Pei Anqing; he no longer wanted to live a life where he was looked down upon and despised.
Seeing that she had persuaded him enough, Jiang Wanru continued, "If you're going to do it, you should do it to the highest position."
"At that time, everyone will have to submit to you."
Jiang Wanru's voice was like a seductive poison, seeping into Pei Anqing's ears. Pei Anqing clenched his fists tightly, "But, if we don't depend on them, we have nothing."
"Without money or soldiers, how can we fight them?"
Jiang Wanru seemed to have planned this all along, and slowly said, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. You must have heard of that."
"We'll pretend to side with them first, secretly build up our strength, and then make our move when they're all trembling."
Jiang Wanru picked up her teacup, stood up, and walked to Pei Anquanqing's side.
Pei Anqing took the teacup and drank it all in one gulp, his eyes now filled with uncontrollable greed and desire. "How do we kill them both?"
“They’ll be in Cangzhou in two days. All you need to do is kill them all before they reach the Western Xia territory,” Jiang Wanru said viciously.
"Kill them all?"
"Kill them all."
"Okay, I'll go right away, but you have to give me the money first to hire a few assassins."
Jiang Wanru suppressed her anger, pulled out the most valuable hairpin from her hair, and threw it at Pei Anqing. "This time, this matter must succeed!"
Don't worry.
“This money isn’t for hiring assassins,” Jiang Wanru said. “Go to Cangzhou as fast as you can.”
"Find Princess Ping'an."
"Looking for her? What for?" Pei Anqing asked, puzzled.
Jiang Wanru whispered something to him, and Pei Anqing's lips slowly curved into a smile. "I'll go right now."
Jiang Wanru watched Pei Anqing walk out, her eyes gradually turning cold. "Hmph."
“Pei Anqing, you are really stupid. In the end, the person sitting in that supreme position can only be me, Jiang Wanru.”
“Jiang Wan Ning, I’ll give you another big gift: Princess Ping An and Pei An Qing. I want to see how you escape this predicament.”
Jiang Wanru leisurely sipped her tea, letting that fool Pei Anqing step forward to cooperate with Princess Ping'an, which would fulfill the instructions given to Song Zhuran.
If something goes wrong, Pei Anqing can take the blame, and she can naturally get away unscathed.
It seems I need to prepare more backup plans. These backup plans cannot be Song Zhuran, nor the Grand Princess, nor the people behind Pei Anqing.
It seems the only option is...
Having made up her mind, Jiang Wanning remembered another matter that Song Zhuran had told her, and immediately got up and left the house.
......
Jiang Wanning and her party had just arrived in Cangzhou and hadn't even reached the capital when the prefect sent someone to respectfully invite them over.
“Our itinerary wasn’t disclosed in advance, yet the prefect of Cangzhou already knew. There’s something fishy about this,” Jiang Wanning said.
"We're currently in Cangzhou, and even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. We don't have enough manpower, and if we don't go, they might deliberately stay in Cangzhou and make it difficult to send Zhizhi over."
Pei Yanchuan gently reassured her, "Ningning, don't worry. Since they're so eager to die, let's go check on them first."
Jiang Wan Ning nodded, presumably thinking that with Zhi Zhi there, they wouldn't dare to kill him.
The group arrived at the residence of Prefect Li Shengyuan.
Li Shengyuan, six months pregnant, swayed as he stepped forward to greet them, saying, "This humble official is late; please forgive me, Prince Langya and Princess Consort."
Because of her large belly, she gets out of breath if she bends over for even a short time.
For a moment, time seemed to stand still. After an incense stick's time had passed, Pei Yanchuan finally spoke coldly, "Not many people know that I am here."
How did you know that?
Prefect Li Shengyuan then dared to straighten his back slightly, "Your Highness, although I am an official far away in Cangzhou..."
"But I always want to get closer and serve the Emperor, so I do have some ears about some things in the capital."
Prefect Li Shengyuan smiled and gestured with two fingers.
This was not a big deal in the imperial court, whether for officials in the capital or in the provinces, whether for promotion or to better secure their positions.
Most of them will involve entanglements and connections.
"I wonder what your name is?"
“The Grand Princess,” Li Shengyuan said with a hint of pride, “otherwise, how could the Grand Princess have left her daughter here to wake up on her own?”
“Your Highness, it’s cold outside. Why don’t we go inside and talk?” Li Shengyuan bowed and gestured for them to come in. “I have already prepared wine and dishes and am waiting for Your Highness and Princess to arrive.”
Pei Yanchuan, Jiang Wanning, and the others followed Li Shengyuan into the hall, where the table was already laden with food and wine.
Li Shengyuan clapped his hands, and a group of dancers dressed in revealing clothes walked in, swaying their hips. Music started playing, and the dancers began to dance gracefully.
“As expected, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. This little prefect is actually living a more comfortable life than my father, a third-rank minister,” Shen Ruzhi said.
Li Shengyuan smiled awkwardly, "This young lady is joking. I only spent some money because the Prince and Princess of Langya came. I don't usually do this."
“This hat won’t close properly,” Jiang Wan Ning said. “Lord Li, surely the tables and chairs in your yellow flower pavilion weren’t changed because the Prince came, were they?”
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