"The young mistress of the Qiao family in the capital doesn't think she's safe just because she's dead, does she?" Li Ze thought he had grasped Chen Siyuan's weakness and spoke arrogantly again.
Chen Siyuan stared at the young Li Ze in front of her, and finally understood why Li Huarong had struggled to support the entire Li family and why Li Ming was in his current predicament.
Li Ze is already formidable, so Li Yiyi must be even more troublesome.
He looked and looked, then laughed, but quickly sighed, "Do you know why your grandfather dislikes you?"
Li Ze's smug expression vanished, and his eyes turned ferocious as he looked at Chen Siyuan.
“That’s the difference.” Chen Siyuan smiled, bent down to pour herself a cup of tea, put it to her lips but didn’t drink it in a hurry, gently blowing on it. “You’re too impatient, revealing your ambition too early. For an old man who has already bought his way into the coffin, what he likes most is not to see his family flourish, but to worry that the whole family will be lost in the hands of some people.”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Ze was furious.
Chen Siyuan smiled inwardly.
It seems I guessed right.
"Since you know I am the young mistress of the General's Mansion in the capital, you should also know my original identity. I am Chen Siyuan, the daughter of a merchant in Nancheng. Do you think I don't have any brains and would become the young mistress of the General's Mansion in the capital who holds military power?"
Chen Siyuan took a sip of tea and looked at Li Ze, whose expression kept changing, "Because we are all the same kind of people."
Li Ze looked at Chen Siyuan in disbelief.
“I also have ambitions, otherwise I wouldn’t have gotten this far.”
Wang Li knew the meaning behind Chen Siyuan's words, and he was worried that if these words got out, it would damage the young mistress's reputation.
"The secret to my success is that I can keep my ambitions to myself, while you keep them in your sight at all times, making it easy for others to see your ambitions." Chen Siyuan said, pouring Li Ze a cup of tea. "If you want to succeed, I can help you, but I have one condition."
Li Ze smiled.
After laughing, he threw the teacup that Chen Siyuan had brought to him onto the ground.
Snap—
The sound wasn't loud; even the scattered tea was gradually decreasing in volume.
“You see, everything leaves a trace. You were too direct. If you had learned more from your father, you wouldn’t be in this mess today.”
"According to the information I received, your eldest uncle died, and your grandfather intended to pass the vast Li family to his eldest grandson, which has been the tradition in our Shang Kingdom for thousands of years. Later, your grandfather found that his eldest grandson was too incompetent, so he turned his attention to you. Unfortunately..."
"What's a pity?"
Chen Siyuan was in no hurry to explain, and stated the facts again, "You should know that when the Li family's house caught fire, I was also at Feiyu Hall."
“Now your grandfather… sigh, never mind,” Chen Siyuan said. More importantly, she hadn’t found out whether Li Huarong was alive or dead, so she didn’t dare to reveal the consequences easily. She mixed the truth with falsehoods to make the other party believe it was all true. “Do you know that everyone in the capital thinks I’m dead?”
"Why?" Li Ze asked anxiously, wanting to know.
Chen Siyuan laughed, "Someone has died, so am I, a woman, supposed to remain a widow for him?"
"You didn't come here to..." to save him. Realizing something was wrong, Li Ze quickly shut his mouth and stared at the woman in front of him.
“I heard that there are many treasures in Huzhou and I want to resell some. I also heard that most of the business in Huzhou is in the hands of the Li family. That day I happened to meet Li Ming. I felt that since we were going to cooperate, I should show some sincerity, so I…” As he spoke, he made a gesture of cutting a knife.
"Is it really you?"
“You know Li Ming better. Do you think he would commit suicide?” Chen Siyuan leaned closer and deliberately lowered her voice.
The voice was very low, so naturally everyone had to listen more carefully. As a result, Yang Lei seized the opportunity, knocked him unconscious, and then put a small pill into Li Ze's mouth.
The pills are the treasures of the Demonic Cult; they melt instantly in the mouth, requiring no further effort.
Soon, the one with eyes closed started babbling incessantly.
He told almost everything he knew.
Upon hearing this, Chen Siyuan and the others all changed their expressions.
Damn it, how could they treat Qiao Yuchen like this?
It was also confirmed that Qiao Yuchen was indeed alive, but it was unclear why he was being held captive in the Li family.
Li Huarong clearly stated that the person was in the underground prison of the art museum, so how could they be locked up in the Li family?
The art gallery and the Li family are in different directions, and if they miss them, it will be very detrimental to their rescue plan.
Now that things have already happened and Su Wen has begun to act, it's too late to notify them.
After considering it, Chen Siyuan instructed Wang Li to meet with Su Wen as planned, while Chen Siyuan went to the Li family with Li Ze.
Li Ze's arrival was clearly to take her to the Li family. Even if the Li family was just a trap or a decoy, they could still buy time so that Su Wen could successfully rescue Qiao Yuchen.
Li Ze woke up after about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
When he first woke up, he was a little confused. But when he saw Chen Siyuan with her back to him and the people next to him, and there was no sound coming from outside, what was going on?
He seemed to have just had a dream.
Chen Siyuan sighed, "Forget it, there's no use talking to you. You should introduce me to your father instead!" It seemed that she had no choice but to ask Li Ze to act as a go-between.
If they weren't father and son, Chen Siyuan didn't seem to intend to let Li Ze lead the way.
"Don't worry, once we've reached an agreement, I'll give you 10% of the profits as revenge."
It's revenge, not reward. It doesn't sound wrong, but Chen Siyuan has already decided to kill Li Ze.
Once this person gets involved in Qiao Yuchen's affairs and succeeds, how could he possibly have a chance to escape unscathed?
Li Ze was somewhat confused. Seeing that there wasn't much time left before the agreed time, and remembering his father's instructions before he left, he could only suppress his unease and walk outside.
Chen Siyuan arrived at the gate and saw a luxurious carriage.
As soon as she got into the carriage, she felt something was wrong with it, so she deliberately coughed twice while talking to Li Ze.
Yang Lei, who was originally close to the carriage, heard the noise and faintly sensed a smell coming from inside the carriage. He carefully held his breath and gradually increased the distance between himself and the carriage.
At this moment, Chen Siyuan, who was sitting in the carriage, was very familiar with this smell.
Back when they were in Nancheng, Chunlan and Chunping were once caught in this trap.
Those with martial arts skills will gradually lose their strength upon smelling this scent, but Chen Siyuan has no martial arts skills, so this stuff is useless to her.
The carriage swayed and rattled as it made its way to the Li residence.
It seems that Chen Siyuan really went to discuss business, and was not negotiating with her life on the line.
I was very relaxed throughout the journey.
When Chen Siyuan arrived at the Li residence in a carriage.
Li Ze jumped off the carriage, and Chen Siyuan followed him off.
Looking at Li Ze walking ahead, he wondered if Li Ze had taken the antidote beforehand, or if he didn't know any martial arts.
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