Chapter 292 Karma Has Arrived So Quickly?
"Uncle Yang, do you think I've treated you badly? Why are you all betraying me?" The Grand Princess's voice was low.
Steward Yang immediately knelt down, "Your Highness, please investigate. This old servant has never had any disloyal intentions towards Your Highness."
"Alright, I know you won't," the Grand Princess said. "In that case, you can handle the disposal of Granny Xi's body."
"Yes." Butler Yang stood up cautiously. "May I ask Your Highness, how should this be handled?"
"Disloyal people should be thrown to wild dogs to devour," the Grand Princess said casually.
Butler Yang's heart tightened, and he quickly bowed his head and agreed.
Just as Butler Yang stepped back, the man in black walked in through the back door.
"Sit." The Grand Princess didn't turn around but simply pointed to a seat to the side.
The man sat down and waited quietly for the Grand Princess to continue speaking.
“My daughter is dead,” the Grand Princess said. “I no longer wish to remain in hiding. You may have anything you wish for, as long as you help me ascend to that position.”
The Grand Princess looked directly at the man and said, "If you do not respond, I will go find someone else."
The man wasn't in a hurry. "Your Highness, how would you like me to help you?"
"Don't you have connections with the Western Xia? Organize your people to assist me."
"What if I disagree? Who should you go to then?"
The Grand Princess turned her head away from the man, her eyes fixed straight ahead, and said, "I have my own choice."
"I guess you want to go see the prince consort," the man said calmly. "But will the prince consort agree?"
"That's her daughter, why shouldn't she agree? Why?" the Grand Princess said sternly.
The man did not continue, "I believe the prince consort is naturally heartbroken, after all, even a tiger cannot recognize its own cub, but it is precisely at times like this that one must remain calm and not act impulsively."
"Even if the prince consort lends you his 50,000 troops, you will only have 100,000 men. How can you possibly deal with Pei Yanchuan's 300,000 troops?"
"That's why I asked you to take action and use your Western Xia forces to hold back some of Pei Yanchuan's troops."
“Although Pei Yanchuan has 300,000 troops, most of them are in the border regions. The troops closest to the capital here are those of me and my husband.”
"If war breaks out in Western Xia at this time, those people will naturally not return to the capital easily. The 60,000 troops left here are more than enough to deal with them."
"Moreover, you also have some people in the martial arts world." The man in black's eyes turned cold.
The Grand Princess, however, did not care at all. "Since I am cooperating with you, I naturally need to find out some information about you. Do you really think I don't know that you bribed Granny Xi?"
The man in black felt a sudden tightening in his chest, but then he immediately realized that she must have only guessed and didn't know his true identity.
“The girl next to Jiang Wan Ning is Shen Ru Zhi, who happens to be the princess of Xi Xia and the daughter of Lin Qing Shuang, the leader of the Ling Xiao Sect. It will be difficult for Xi Xia to send troops to stop this.”
"Most of Tuoba Wenjing's military power has also been taken back."
"So what? Tuoba Xiong doesn't have much time left, does he?" The Grand Princess said dismissively. "If Tuoba Wenjing is willing to help me, then I will definitely help him seize the throne of Western Xia in the future."
"There is something I just learned about. It seems that Tuoba Xiong intends to pass the throne to Tuoba Ling'er, who is also the princess Shen Ruzhi who was just found."
"Tuoba Xiong actually wants to hand over the throne to a fool who only knows how to eat?" The Grand Princess sneered. "Is he senile?"
"Behind Shen Ruzhi is Lin Qingshuang. Lin Qingshuang's status in Western Xia is no lower than that of Tuoba Xiong, which is why I tried so hard to cooperate with the Lingxiao Sect."
"So, all you've been saying is that you won't help me this time?"
The man slowly stood up, turned his back to the Grand Princess, and said, "The Duchess of Yingguo is blind because she is under the influence of a Gu poison. This Golden Silkworm Gu is composed of a mother and child Gu."
“The mother Gu is on Pei Yanchuan’s body. Once the child Gu dies, the mother Gu will naturally die as well, and the host will not survive either.”
"You mean...?" The Grand Princess narrowed her eyes, "To use this to kill Pei Yanchuan?"
“Indeed,” the man said, “After killing Pei Yanchuan, to whom will His Majesty hand over the military power that Pei Yanchuan held?”
"Xiao Yu is so suspicious, I wouldn't feel at ease entrusting him to anyone else. I can only feel at ease if he's in my own hands."
"Then let him keep it in his own hands," the man said calmly.
The reason he placed Song Zhuran, a pawn, beside Xiao Yu was precisely for this purpose. Song Zhuran was his most prized disciple, and she would surely seize military power and sideline Xiao Yu.
Taking away Pei Yanchuan's military power was his most important move.
"When an emperor tightly holds onto his military power but cannot lead troops into battle, and is left with no one to rely on, that is the best time for us to make our move," the man said to the Grand Princess.
The Grand Princess pondered for a moment, "How can I kill the Gu worms inside their bodies?"
"Kill the Duchess of England."
If the offspring Gu dies, the mother Gu worm naturally cannot survive.
After the man left.
The Grand Princess immediately gathered her people and went out.
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened! The Grand Princess has taken people to the free clinic." Haitang walked in.
Jiang Wan Ning, who had been accompanying Zhou and Wang, got up and went out. "Have you found out what they went there for?"
"No."
"However, what's strange is that the Grand Princess didn't hide from anyone when she went there today. If I wanted to kill someone, it would be best not to cause a commotion or get discovered."
Jiang Wan Ning didn't huddle together tightly. "No good."
"She must have found out about the Gu worms and wanted to kill the Duchess of Yingguo."
Where is the prince?
"Mo Ran sent word that the Prince has already gone there, and I think I should inform you."
“Well done,” Jiang Wanning said. “Let’s go to the free clinic.”
When Jiang Wan Ning arrived at the free clinic, the Grand Princess's people had already surrounded the place.
The Grand Princess sat quietly in a grand chair, sipping her tea, while the Duchess of England stood to the side, her arm being held by someone.
Pei Yanchuan was nowhere to be seen in the courtyard.
"I didn't expect you to arrive first," the Grand Princess said. "It seems you also know about the Golden Silkworm Gu."
"In that case, do you think Pei Yanchuan would die immediately if I killed her now?"
Seeing Jiang Wan Ning's flustered expression, the Grand Princess laughed loudly, "Jiang Wan Ning, what goes around comes around."
"What? Karma has come so quickly?"
"Don't worry, I will definitely make you taste what it's like to lose a loved one."
Although Jiang Wan Ning was flustered, she tried her best to remain calm. "I tasted this feeling before Your Highness, but I was lucky and God gave me a chance."
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