They're in cahoots.
Han Jiang wasn't a stubborn person. He solemnly closed the study door and sat down in the room: "Go ahead and speak."
Cang Jingqi was somewhat stunned; she actually wasn't leaving.
"Didn't you say it would only happen once? Let me hear how serious it is." Han Jiang was also feeling uneasy. She couldn't tell what she meant by serious or not serious, or what she should do after finding out how serious it was.
For the first time, she felt conflicted about Cang Jingqi's attitude.
This is really troublesome. She was already conflicted, and now she's even more conflicted.
Cang Jingqi's expression turned ugly, clearly indicating that he didn't want to tell Han Jiang: "I don't want you to get involved, things are very complicated."
If the warmth remains, then the cold will definitely stay away and stay far away.
"So you're a participant?" Han Jiang asked.
She wanted to know if Cang Jingqi would choose to participate, someone who, like her, usually watched from afar.
Cang Jing said, "Amo is dead. I had no choice. I was originally going to watch from the sidelines, but now I have no choice but to get involved."
"Then I want to participate too." Han Jiang took a deep breath. "Go ahead and say it."
"The description of spiritual power manipulation in that forbidden book is incomplete," Cang Jingqi said. "Besides my siblings and me, it's absolutely impossible for anyone else to cultivate it."
"You tampered with the forbidden book? To make the Vermilion Bird Pavilion and the Four Continents Sect believe that others can also cultivate, in order to rule out the possibility that you and your siblings are rebels?" Han Jiang sorted out his thoughts.
“Yes.” Cang Jingqi nodded. “That book was written by my father. He tried to study the manipulation of spiritual power and was killed by my mother. My handwriting is very similar to my father’s, so it’s not difficult to modify it.”
"Are you a rebel?"
"No, that doesn't count." Cang Jingqi's answer was ambiguous.
Two dark figures appeared; one of them was undoubtedly Cang Jingye.
Who else could it be but Cang Jingqi?
"Then why did you help the Third Prince cover it up?"
Both of them tacitly acknowledged that Cang Jingye was the Shadow.
"The Vermilion Bird Pavilion is investigating, and we need to send someone out. Remer is the best candidate."
"You guys?" Han Jiang noticed Cang Jingqi's choice of words.
Perhaps Cang Jingqi is not the shadow, but just as Han Jiang had thought before, this person must be someone who knows about it, even if he is not a participant.
"To know something but not report it is to be an accomplice." Han Jiang quoted Cang Jingqi's words in Yinzhou.
"Are you going to expose me? After all, you are a disciple of the Four Continents Sect."
Han Jiang avoided answering, asking, "What did you lie to my master about?"
"Han Tian felt that one of his disciples was completely different, so he asked me to use my spiritual power to sense him. I told him not to doubt it, it was the same person."
The "disciple" mentioned in Cang Jingqi's words was clearly Han Jiang. It seems that Han Tian did have doubts about Han Jiang, but Han Tian trusted Cang Jingqi too much, so he dispelled his doubts about Han Jiang.
Is there anything else?
"And just like I lied to you, they modified the banned books."
Han Jiang's knowledge of this matter means that she is involved in the major event of the rebels.
From the turmoil in Anzhou to the conflict between the imperial court and the Vermilion Bird Pavilion, this rebel army has been involved in countless affairs. Wen Xu said that the whole book doesn't have much content; it basically revolves around five major events: the first encounter between the male and female protagonists in Shenlu Valley, the treasure hunt among the three sects, and the desert journey. These three events have already concluded, and the remaining two, Han Jiang, are only known to have ended with a war between immortals and demons and a tragic love story between the male and female protagonists.
Is the rebel army the last or the penultimate one?
Oh no, there's no plot to speak of right now.
After learning the truth of what happened back then, Hanqi became depressed and couldn't find a new direction in life. She tried to find something to do by traveling in the desert, but it didn't work out very well.
During the few days that Han Jiang stayed in the villa, Han Qi didn't go out much.
The male protagonist is already dead.
Given the current state of the male and female leads, where is the plot to speak of? The plot has probably already fallen apart.
Nobody expects the ending to be a perfect victory, right?
Without the male and female leads, can there still be a guaranteed victory? Now that both princes in the Demon Palace are rebels, what else is there to say? Besides joining the rebels, what other options does Han Jiang have?
She was probably the first time traveler to join the villains.
It's because the main characters are all gone!
The Demon Lord has two options left. Cang Jingye is probably not a hellish choice, so the only option left is the person in front of him.
"Cang Jingqi, do you remember? We were accomplices. When you covered for me in Yinzhou, we were already in cahoots." Han Jiang looked at Cang Jingqi and said.
The implication was clear: Cang Jingqi, I won't expose you, because we're in cahoots.
Cang Jing chuckled, but it was no longer his signature laugh; instead, it seemed much more sincere: "Han Xiaoman, do you know what you're saying?"
"I know. And I'm going to spend New Year's Eve with you tomorrow." Han Jiang decided to be sincere. "Cang Jingqi, I want to believe in you. Do you think my hopes will be dashed?"
"No. I won't again," Cang Jingqi said.
"Cang Jingqi, aren't you afraid I'm lying to you? Gathering information and then telling Hantian? Cang Jingqi, do you believe me?"
"I believe you, I believe whatever you say."
This time, he didn't seem to be lying. The way he looked at me was different from before; this time, his eyes seemed to say: "Han Xiaoman, I believe whatever you say."
"Go back to sleep early. We'll go out and buy new clothes tomorrow to wear on New Year's Day." Han Jiang felt inexplicably cheerful, as if something happy had just happened. She patted her bottom and walked out of the room.
Cang Jingqi followed behind her, turned off the study light, and closed the door.
As they rounded the corner, Cang Jingye suddenly appeared out of nowhere, stopping right in front of Han Jiang, getting extremely close, almost touching Han Jiang's face.
Cang Jingqi put his arm around Han Jiang's shoulder, creating distance between them.
"You're the most beautiful woman my brother brought back." Cang Jingye didn't even glance at Cang Jingqi, only staring at Han Jiang.
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Cang Jingqi hurriedly asked.
Cang Jingye gave him a look that said, "Why are you making such a fuss? I was just teasing the little girl, why are you getting more excited than her?"
Pretending to be mute to watch the play during the cold winter.
"Little sister, why don't you come with me? I'm much better than him!"
"Can you become the Demon Lord?" Han Jiang asked.
"Inappropriate." Cang Jingye said.
"Never mind then, I'm going to marry the Demon Lord."
Both of them were taken aback when Han Jiang said that.
She didn't think she was wrong. Winning over the Demon Lord meant being with him, and once the affection level was maxed out, they would probably get married.
Cang Jingye burst into laughter: "Then you should go with him! I can't become the Demon Lord!"
"Han Xiaoman, what are you saying?"
"What ambition!" Cang Jingye didn't give Han Jiang a chance to answer. "If Cang Jingmo were still alive, you would definitely have no choice but to marry him."
"Won't you become the Demon Lord? Then why did you rebel?" Han Jiang relied on Cang Jingqi's presence, betting that he wouldn't be silenced by Cang Jingye.
Cang Jingye retorted to Cang Jing, "You really tell her everything. Little sister, you seem to have misunderstood some things, but you'll figure them out later. I can only tell you two things: First, I didn't start the rebellion; second, I didn't join the rebellion for the position of Demon Lord, I'm not interested in that. I have things I want to do."
The previous Demon Lord would never have let me sit in that position; even Cang Jingqi wouldn't have chosen me. Although Cang Jingqi doesn't concern himself with Demon Palace affairs, at least he wouldn't be like me, only wanting to abolish the title of Demon Lord.
Based on Hanjiang's current observations, this place has not broken free from feudal rule and abolished the position of Demon Lord. The Demon Realm will either descend into chaos or introduce a new ruler.
"Were you the one who brought me from Cold Mountain to Remer's place?"
"yes."
"That's in Yinzhou—"
Cang Jingye interrupted Han Jiang: "You want to know too much. Today's Q&A is over. I'm going to sleep."
Han Jiang could guess part of it; the two shadowy figures had distinctly different personalities, so it was possible to roughly distinguish which one was Cang Jingye.
Cang Jingye paused at just the right moment, letting Han Jiang know part of the answer, but also raising new questions.
"She just admitted it like that?" Cang Jingye disappeared in a flash, and only then did Han Jiang speak to Cang Jingqi.
Cang Jing retorted, "She doesn't consider you one of her own; you're probably just someone she's using. And she's not afraid of being discovered because she has a backup plan."
"What backup plan?"
"I don't know either."
"Looks like she doesn't consider you one of her own." Han Jiang rejected his original plan to mend the sibling relationship, which was no different from sending himself to his death.
Cang Jingye actually wanted to abolish the position of Demon Lord, but the system still showed "Conquer the Demon Lord". It seems that she failed. The position of Demon Lord will still exist in the future, or at least during the time that Han Jiang stayed in this world, the Demon Realm will still retain the position of Demon Lord.
Now Hanjiang can determine who she wants to pursue.
It seems that she has no choice but to go to Cang Jingqi.
Thinking about it from another angle, it's actually quite good to pursue Cang Jingqi. Han Jiang is practically a stranger to Cang Jingmo and Cang Jingye, but she's quite familiar with Cang Jingqi.
They really are finding joy in hardship.
When the cold weather arrives, one doesn't know whether to cry or laugh.
"Why did you marry the Demon Lord?" Cang Jingqi hadn't forgotten what had just happened.
Han Jiang jumped back a few steps, a wicked idea popping into her head: "Is it any of your business? I'm marrying the Demon Lord, not you! Didn't you bring back a lot of girls? Go find them, then we won't have to celebrate New Year's Eve tomorrow."
"Where? You're listening to Cang Jingye's nonsense?"
“You lied to me first, at least she didn’t,” Han Jiang said.
A gentleman seeks revenge now and then.
"She's lying to you! You believe her but not me, Han Xiaoman?"
"The Third Prince also calls me Han Xiaoman. Did you say anything to her?"
Cang Jing retorted, "No, she just heard me call you that. Didn't you say we were on the same side? I wouldn't betray my comrades."
Yes, they are in cahoots. There is no one else but the two of them; they are completely and utterly in cahoots.
"Cang Jingqi, let's watch the show together. We won't take sides." When the plot is unpredictable, the best option is to remain neutral. Han Jiang needs someone to stand with her, otherwise she might be attacked from both sides simultaneously.
Cang Jingqi must be very experienced in watching plays.
"Han Xiaoman, you're actually afraid of trouble, aren't you?" Cang Jingqi bluntly pointed out.
"Will you die if you don't expose me?" Han Jiang squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth.
Okay, she admits it, she's just lazy. Joining either side would require a lot of effort, so she might as well stay behind Cang Jingqi and coast along.
But it was really tough! Han Jiang felt a pang of heartache and hugged herself whenever she thought about the hardships she endured following Wen Xu through the storyline.
“Okay,” Cang Jingqi replied.
"Then it's a deal!" Han Jiang's eyes lit up instantly.
It seems that Cang Jingqi has suddenly become more approachable.
Han Jiang returned to his room and called up the system, which was still under repair.
"System, can I see the favorability rating?"
[Favorability: **]
Unfortunately, half of the screen is broken, while the favorability data is stuck on the other half.
You should at least try breaking it on the other side!
How can one tell if Cang Jingqi is genuinely kind to her or is preparing a major move?
"System, has the favorability rating increased tonight?" Han Jiang asked in a different phrasing.
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