Pei Wenxuan was choked by Li Rong's action. After a moment of silence, he finally said, "I may be narrow-minded, but you are not thin-skinned either."
He turned around, holding the lantern and walking slowly forward, saying, "You are not young anymore, and Su Rongqing is still young. Don't think about marrying a young girl."
Li Rong remained silent. Pei Wenxuan smiled and said, "Why, you are not happy when I say you are old?"
"I'm old, but you're not?" Li Rong glared at Pei Wenxuan, turned her head away, and said calmly, "I just think you're too evil, and I don't want to bother with you."
"I feel depressed?" Pei Wenxuan laughed sarcastically, "How dare you say you didn't mean that?"
"Then I really dare to do it," Li Rong explained generously, "I let Su Rongqing supervise the investigation because he is suitable. If you and I were to investigate this case, the court officials would not accept it. If I let others investigate, either they are my uncle's people and they will definitely support the Yang family. Those who don't support them will probably not want to cause this trouble. Now, except for Su Rongqing, who else would take this hot yam? Su Minzhi happened to jump out and speak, and he said to let his son investigate, so others dared not speak."
"You have great confidence in him."
Pei Wenxuan couldn't help but slow down his pace and spoke coldly. Li Rong walked in front and listened to Pei Wenxuan's words. She couldn't help but laugh and said, "Although the Su family avoids disasters and is impartial, they are also a noble family. Rong Qing is a gentleman. If things fall into his hands, he will not hide."
"That's a very high-sounding statement," Pei Wenxuan said in a flat voice, "You also told me the same thing in my last life."
"Um?"
Li Rong was a little confused. She turned around and saw Pei Wenxuan stopped and stood there, looking at her calmly: "In the last life, when you asked me to save Su Rongqing, you also brought out a lot of principles to me, saying that the Su family was wronged, and it would be bad for me and Your Majesty if the old accounts were brought up in the future. You said that you saved Su Rongqing for moral reasons, not for other reasons, right?"
Li Rong didn't say anything. The spring breeze in April was still a little cold. Pei Wenxuan looked at her quietly and asked, "What happened next?"
Li Rong remained silent. She looked at Pei Wenxuan's indifferent expression and couldn't help laughing: "Is this why you hate him?"
Pei Wenxuan was stunned. Li Rong looked at his expression and asked, "Because I lied to you?"
Pei Wenxuan laughed sarcastically. There was no response, but it was also a kind of tacit agreement. Li Rong raised her hand to put her hair behind her ears and said calmly: "I told you before that I really thought so at that time. Don't you believe it? Then why are you still saying all this?"
"I'm just reminding you," Pei Wenxuan said coldly, "Don't let lust ruin your career. You fell into his hands in your last life, and you're stupid if you fall into his hands again in this life."
"Even so, what does it have to do with you?" Li Rong was a little angry when she heard his tone of reprimand, so she looked at him coldly, "Anyway, you and I will get divorced in a few years. Master Pei can rest assured for the rest of your life. If I kill you, it will not be instigated by others."
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. He pursed his lips, seeming to be very angry.
Li Rong laughed sarcastically: "You always quarrel, and then you get angry at yourself. You really are..."
"I won't see you off. You go back by yourself." Before Li Rong finished her words, Pei Wenxuan couldn't help himself. He walked up quickly, stuffed the palace lamp into Li Rong's hand, turned around and left.
Li Rong didn't expect that even if Pei Wenxuan was reborn and no longer the left prime minister, he would still have such a bad temper. She held the lamp and was stunned for a moment. Pei Wenxuan took a few steps, then remembered something, turned back, frowned, and stretched out his hand and said, "Give me some manpower. I'm afraid the people from Yang Mansion will have to leave the city tonight."
You can be angry if you want to, but you must be unambiguous when it comes to asking for people or money.
Li Rong laughed angrily, took the token, and slapped it into Pei Wenxuan's hand: "Go and select the people yourself."
Pei Wenxuan didn't reply to her. He took the token, turned around and left, going to the princess's mansion to look for someone.
Li Rong looked at Pei Wenxuan's back as he walked away, feeling angry but not knowing what she was angry about. After the person had gone far away, she held her anger for a long time before finally calming down. She advised herself a few words and told herself that it was not worth getting upset over such a person.
When she calmed down, she said, "Let's go."
Jinglan and Jingmei looked at each other and then came closer. Jingmei looked at Li Rong and whispered, "Why did Master Pei leave?"
"He is ill."
Li Rong answered without hesitation. The maids looked at each other and dared not say anything.
Li Rong walked in the night breeze. After a while, she felt much better. She said calmly, "Let's go back to the palace. We'll see each other tomorrow."
In fact, Pei Wenxuan's dislike for Su Rongqing has been going on for a long time. Even if she was reborn, she knew that she could not change it.
The two of them had been at odds from the beginning. Pei Wenxuan thought Su Rongqing was pretentious and hypocritical, but Su Rongqing had never said anything to Pei Wenxuan. However, whenever the two of them stood side by side, anyone with a discerning eye could see that there was an invisible repulsion between them.
This was the case before Su Rongqing came to Li Rong's side, and it became even more so after Su Rongqing came to Li Rong's side. For a long time, the situation was basically that there was Su Rongqing but no Pei Wenxuan, and there was Pei Wenxuan but no Su Rongqing.
At first, Li Rong had wondered if Pei Wenxuan liked her a little bit and that was why he was jealous.
But as time went by, she realized that Pei Wenxuan's hostility towards Su Rongqing might have been due to jealousy at first, but later on, it was just that he was unwilling to give up.
Su Rongqing became famous at a young age. He was born into a noble family, with a loving father and mother. He was given almost all the best things in the world. Pei Wenxuan was also a son of a noble family, but he had experienced many hardships. When Pei Wenxuan was young, he was jealous of Su Rongqing.
Later, he finally married her, and then supported the family on his own. He was really an outstanding person. But this time, she chose Su Rongqing instead of him. This was a great humiliation for Pei Wenxuan.
Pei Wenxuan was not jealous, he just hated Su Rongqing.
Pei Wenxuan might have had some affection for her in his heart in the early years, but this affection had long been worn away over the long years.
Li Rong has always been self-aware. She is not a popular girl, and she and Pei Wenxuan are fighting for power and hurting each other. Pei Wenxuan must have been fed up with her.
But Pei Wenxuan was a kind person. They had lived together for a long time and now they were back together. He was afraid that he might feel some of the pity of a fellow sufferer in the world, so he took the initiative to propose cooperation.
But deep down, they both hated each other.
If two people who know each other well dislike each other, that would be the most terrible thing, because they know each other's weaknesses and tricks too well, so every time they attack, it is ruthless and can hit the other person's most painful spot with just a random word or a look.
Throwing salt into wounds and hurting people's hearts with words, this is what a couple who have spent most of their lives together are best at.
Li Rong slowly returned to her palace and rested while thinking about what happened during the day.
Although her princess's mansion had been built for many years, she had actually been living in the palace. Only the two thousand guards and servants given to her by Li Ming were placed there, which was also considered as her property. Pei Wenxuan took her token, summoned the people, and guarded outside the Yang family's door at night.
It was not unexpected for Pei Wenxuan. At night, almost all the members of the Yang family evacuated, leaving only the old lady and some female relatives to guard the house to cover up the eyes and ears. Pei Wenxuan guarded outside the city like catching turtles in a jar, catching them one by one, and he did this all night long.
Li Rong slept well the whole night. When the morning came, she got up, washed and combed her hair, and went to the gate of the main hall early. At this time, the court had not yet started. All the civil and military officials were standing outside, talking in groups of two or three. When Li Rong came, everyone was a little surprised. Princess Daxia participated in politics quite a lot, but she would not go to court directly unless she was specially summoned. So when Li Rong came here, everyone began to speculate what Li Rong was doing.
The important officials who had heard Li Ming's anger yesterday were not surprised. The old monk sat down and stood where he was, without even looking at Li Rong.
Li Rong scanned the crowd but didn't see the person she was looking for. After waiting for a while, she saw Pei Wenxuan come in yawning.
According to his rank, a minor official like him couldn't even enter the main hall. Li Rong saw him yawning as he walked in. He ignored the looks of the people around him and walked directly to her side, clasping his hands in his sleeves, and said vaguely, "It's done."
"Did you sleep last night?"
Li Rong looked him up and down and saw that there was a dark color around his eyes, as if he had been beaten. She couldn't help but ask, "You didn't sleep again, did you?"
"Thanks to the princess," Pei Wenxuan woke up and seemed to be more refreshed. He said clearly, "Another sleepless night."
He didn't sleep much the night before, and was tense all day yesterday. Thinking of this cruel fact, Pei Wenxuan couldn't help but say, "If it continues like this, Princess, don't do anything. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for much longer."
Li Rong covered her face with a small fan and laughed softly. Pei Wenxuan was used to her being happy when she saw him unhappy, so he whispered, "They moved last night, and all the young masters are here. The family should be together, shall we put them together today?"
"It's up to you." Li Rong said softly, "Let's talk about it next morning."
As the two were talking, they saw Su Minzhi leading Su Rongqing in. The Su family had a very good reputation in the court, and they became the focus of everyone as soon as they came in. Su Rongqing greeted his father and the people around him, and then stood in the front position.
As soon as Su Rongqing came in, everyone couldn't help but look over, and Li Rong was no exception. Pei Wenxuan saw Li Rong looking at Su Rongqing as he walked by, so he approached Li Rong unnoticed and whispered, "I have to remind you, don't tell everyone everything you see, he can't make his position clear yet."
As he was speaking, Su Rongqing looked over. He saw Li Rong from a distance and was stunned for a moment. Then he smiled and saluted Li Rong.
Li Rong nodded in return. Pei Wenxuan chuckled softly at the side, but Li Rong ignored him for fear of another quarrel. So the two of them stood side by side at the edge of the square. Then, when they heard the eunuch's voice announcing the court meeting, the ministers stood in two rows and slowly walked in amid the singing and shouting.
Neither Li Rong nor Pei Wenxuan held an official position that allowed them to enter the court, so they stood at the door waiting for Li Ming to summon them.
Pei Wenxuan felt a little sleepy, so he simply closed his eyes and said, "I'll take a nap. Call me if you need anything."
After saying this, he didn't care whether Li Rong agreed or not, he just leaned against the wall, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
There were few people outside the hall, it was quite empty, but inside the hall it was bustling with activity and the chattering of court officials, which was a perfect lullaby to Pei Wenxuan.
He was standing and leaning against the wall, but once he fell asleep, he could not control himself and fell towards Li Rong involuntarily.
Li Rong was still thinking about something when she felt Pei Wenxuan gradually approaching. Then, as if she realized she was losing weight, she suddenly woke up and stood up quickly.
Seeing how sleepy he was, Li Rong felt disgusted and couldn't help but ask, "Are you really that sleepy?"
"You try it." Pei Wenxuan didn't sleep well and was in a bad mood. Li Rong laughed, "Pei Wenxuan, you are so coquettish."
"Who am I doing this for?"
Pei Wenxuan immediately retorted, and then he froze, as if he felt a little embarrassed, and turned his head and said, "You sleep well, I don't want to pay attention to you."
Li Rong didn't say anything, and Pei Wenxuan closed his eyes again. After a moment, he suddenly heard Li Rong say, "Lean on me."
Pei Wenxuan ignored her, and then he felt Li Rong approaching him. They stood shoulder to shoulder, and Li Rong's usually cold voice seemed to have a touch of warmth. She said calmly, "I'm standing firm. You lean on me, and you won't fall."
Pei Wenxuan pretended not to hear. They leaned against each other shoulder to shoulder. He squinted his eyes and spoke. The morning light gradually filled the white jade steps, slowly rising, and then fell on the two of them.
The morning light was warm, but not as hot as the temperature on Li Rong's shoulder. Pei Wenxuan seemed to be extremely sleepy. Just standing there, he felt a rare sense of peace.
He felt as if he was asleep, yet as if he wasn't. He could vaguely hear human voices and the chirping of birds, yet he felt as if he were in a dream.
Li Rong folded her arms across her chest and listened to what the ministers were saying in the court.
Li Ming told the court and the public about the Yang family's loss of three cities at the border. The government and the public were shocked. Li Ming demanded that a case be filed against the Yang family, and naturally everyone started arguing.
Most officials remained silent, but some thought that Li Ming's request was unreasonable. The Yang family had made outstanding military achievements, and the fighting on the front lines was still going on. They could not detain and punish the families of frontline soldiers just because they lost a few times.
Li Ming sneered when he heard these officials defending the Yang family: "What if the Yang family was accused of treason, kidnapping the princess, assassinating an official of the imperial court, or colluding with the enemy? In that case, can they still be tried?!"
No one in the audience dared to speak. After a long while, a minister hesitated and asked, "I wonder where did Your Majesty hear these rumors?"
"Announce!" Li Ming raised his hand and then heard the eunuch's sharp voice, "Announce Princess Pingle and Pei Wenxuan to enter the palace——"
Hearing their names being called, Li Rong turned around and saw the young man slowly opening his eyes in the morning light.
His facial features were three-dimensional, and when he looked at them from the side, they looked like mountains stacked up on top of each other. His eyelashes were very long, and when he closed his eyes in the morning light, he looked like a butterfly fluttering its wings, lightly leaping into the light.
"Let's go."
Li Rong smiled lightly, stood up straight, and walked towards the main hall. Pei Wenxuan felt dizzy and dazed when he saw Li Rong's thin back. After a while, he came back to his senses and couldn't help but smile lightly. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again. He straightened his expression and walked inside. He knelt on the ground with Li Rong, shouting: "Your Majesty, I have seen you. Long live your Majesty!"
"Stand up," Li Ming raised his hand and said, "Pei Wenxuan, read the memorial to them."
In order to prosecute Yang, someone had to be the one to do it. No one else dared to write this memorial, but Pei Wenxuan had already written it last night.
The writing was sharp and without any concealment. He passionately denounced Yang for deceiving the emperor, being tyrannical and unreasonable, colluding with the enemy and having no regard for the law. After this scolding, the whole audience was silent. After a while, Yu Shitai reacted and started arguing with Pei Wenxuan.
When Li Rong saw Pei Wenxuan arguing with these historians, she subconsciously took a step back from Pei Wenxuan and watched him debate with the crowd.
Pei Wenxuan was a tough guy with a tougher mouth. In the past, Pei Wenxuan always argued with her, no matter whether she was in the court or not, she could make him spit blood. Now, seeing Pei Wenxuan arguing with the opposite person, Li Rong actually felt an inexplicable sense of pleasure.
The entire Yu Shitai took turns to go into battle, with Pei Wenxuan fighting alone against the crowd. Li Ming wanted to intervene at first, but when he saw how powerful Pei Wenxuan was, he finally fell silent, drinking tea and listening to these people mocking him.
Li Rong stepped aside and asked someone to prepare tea. After Pei Wenxuan finished cursing at these people, she said in a cold voice, "Do you have any objections, ministers?" After no one in the audience spoke, Li Rong silently brought the tea over. Pei Wenxuan took the tea and drank it out of habit. After drinking it, he realized something was wrong. He turned around and saw Li Rong's smiling eyes, as if saying to him, "Continue."
Pei Wenxuan didn't know why, but seeing Li Rong like this, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He pretended to be calm and turned his head to look at the ministers opposite who were arguing with him.
Most debates in the court are just about making a big truth and putting a big accusation on someone, regardless of whether it works or not. As long as you can stand on an "absolutely correct" truth, no one can say anything to you.
Pei Wenxuan was familiar with the court routines and was still young and vigorous. He argued with these people for the whole morning and all his sleepiness disappeared. He became very excited.
The ministers on the other side either failed to win or were unable to be moved. In the end, they were defeated one after another. Li Ming saw that it was almost done, so he said, "Okay, since we have discussed it, let's do it this way."
As he spoke, Li Ming pointed at three people: "Ping Le, Pei Wenxuan, and Su Rongqing."
The three people who were called stood up, and Li Ming said calmly: "Since this case concerns the Yang family, Pingle will preside over the trial. Pei Wenxuan is nominated as the Supervisory Historian to assist Pingle in the trial. Since both of you are involved in this case, Su Rongqing, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, is ordered to supervise. What do you think of this, my dear ministers?"
No one spoke.
I can't make any more noise.
Li Ming nodded with satisfaction and said to the people beside him: "Draft an edict. Yang Quan of the Yang family intended to murder the princess and assassinate the ministers. The Yang family can be spared the death penalty, but they cannot escape the punishment of life. Considering Yang's meritorious service, he will not be transferred to prison. After searching for evidence, he will be temporarily placed under house arrest in the mansion."
As he spoke, Li Ming raised his head and said calmly, "Pingle, I will give you another 500 people. Is that enough?"
"Thank you, Father." Li Rong responded happily, "I will definitely do everything for you."
The court officials were silent. Li Ming seemed tired. He nodded and waved his hand, saying, "Let's leave the court."
Everyone bowed and saluted to see Li Ming off. After Li Ming left, Li Rong stood up, glanced at Pei Wenxuan and Su Rongqing beside her, and said with a smile: "Now I plan to search the Yang Mansion, what do you two think?"
"I will follow your Highness's instructions." Pei Wenxuan said respectfully, and Su Rongqing smiled lightly, "So will I."
Li Rong looked at Pei Wenxuan, then at Su Rongqing. It was the first time in so many years that she saw the two of them standing together in such harmony with smiles on their faces. Li Rong didn't know why, but she suddenly felt a little strangely guilty. She coughed lightly, stepped forward and said, "There is no time to waste. Let's go."
Li Rong hurriedly moved away from them. Su Rongqing and Pei Wenxuan followed behind her. Li Rong couldn't tell why her heart was beating so fast.
The three of them walked out of the palace together and got on the carriage. Li Rong led Jinglan and Jingmei to the front carriage first and said to Pei Wenxuan and Su Rongqing, "I will go first, and you two will follow later."
Having said that, Li Rong got on the carriage and ordered the palace soldiers to go to Yang's door. Then she quickly lowered the curtains and fanned them with a small fan, as if she had been holding it in for a long time.
"What's wrong, Princess?"
Jingmei saw Li Rong's expression and couldn't help laughing while making tea for her: "Why are you like this?"
Li Rong shook her head and took some tea from the side. After a pause, she let out a sigh and said, "I suddenly admire those men who have three wives and four concubines."
"Princess, why do you say that?" Jingmei was puzzled. Li Rong sighed in a tone of surviving a disaster, "My heart is beating too fast. I can't stand it."
There was a time in her previous life when she had thought about keeping many lovers, preferably those who looked like Pei Wenxuan and Su Rongqing. Hugging them every day might be a kind of happiness.
Today she suddenly realized that sometimes, having too many people around you may not make you happy.
At least at this moment, she only felt fear, panic, and guilt, without any happiness at all.
Li Rong's emotions were in turmoil, but Pei Wenxuan and Su Rongqing were unusually calm. The two of them rode in a carriage together, and since they had nothing to do, they started playing chess.
"The marriage between the young master and the princess has probably been arranged."
Su Rongqing twisted the chess pieces and said in a calm voice: "I heard there was a lot of commotion in the palace last night."
"Lord Su is very concerned about the princess's marriage."
"Who in Huajing doesn't care about this?" Su Rongqing smiled, "Now Lord Pei is a hotly discussed figure in the capital."
"What are you talking about? Are you talking about whether I will marry the princess?" Pei Wenxuan said as the chess piece "clicked" onto the chessboard. He looked up at Su Rongqing and said, "Then I will tell Master Su a straight answer."
"Your Highness, I'm going to marry you."
Su Rongqing smiled and tapped the fan in his hand lightly: "It's true. But I'm a little curious," Su Rongqing said as he made his move, "What does Lord Pei think of the princess?"
"Very good." Pei Wenxuan said calmly, "Good at speaking."
As Pei Wenxuan spoke, another word popped up in his mind - sharp-tongued.
“Thoughtful.”
Always able to step on the place that he cares most about.
"She's a very nice girl."
After praising Li Rong, Pei Wenxuan suddenly felt like he didn't want to talk anymore. He felt like he had used up all his energy to say those words.
Su Rongqing listened to Pei Wenxuan's words, nodded, and said gently: "But I heard that Master Pei had a childhood sweetheart before, and Master Pei was very fond of that girl..."
Pei Wenxuan heard this and raised his eyes coldly, looking at Su Rongqing in front of him. Su Rongqing knew Pei Wenxuan's warning from this look, and nodded: "I understand, some people are just like the bright moon, which can be seen but not reached."
"Lord Su, please stop mentioning His Highness," Pei Wenxuan said calmly, "otherwise I won't be able to figure out who Lord Su's Mingyue is."
"Just kidding." Su Rongqing waved his fan, "Let's continue playing chess."
The two were playing chess, but the moves were messy. Pei Wenxuan lost interest and said directly, "Master Su, I'm very sleepy. I'm going to sleep for a while. I won't accompany you anymore."
Su Rongqing smiled and said gently, "Please do as you please."
Pei Wenxuan responded, leaned against the side, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Before going to bed, he didn't know why, but he thought of Li Rong in the early morning. She stood beside him, letting him lean on her, and she was able to stand steadily. She was obviously thin and looked like she would be blown away by the wind. He didn't know how she could stand so steadily.
Pei Wenxuan was lost in thought and smiled without even noticing it.
As soon as Pei Wenxuan woke up, he arrived at Yang Mansion. Li Rong had already sent people to surround Yang Mansion in advance. When he got off the carriage, he saw the soldiers and guards of Yang Mansion confronting each other.
The gate of Yang Mansion was tightly closed, and the soldiers on both sides dared not move. Li Rong walked to the side of the guards, and her bodyguard Jiang Ping stepped forward and said respectfully, "Princess."
"Where are the Yangs?"
"They are all inside and refuse to come out. I dare not take action until the princess comes."
Li Rong nodded. She looked at the gate of Yang's family, fanning her chest, tapping her arm with the fan, but she didn't say anything. Su Rongqing and Pei Wenxuan came over, and Su Rongqing asked in confusion, "Your Highness, why did Yang's family lock the gate?"
"Well," Li Rong thought for a moment, "I don't think so."
As she spoke, Li Rong turned around and waved to Pei Wenxuan, who stepped forward and said respectfully, "Your Highness."
"Tell me, if I were to reason with this Yang, would you be able to win?"
"You can't win by talking." Pei Wenxuan said decisively, "There are high and low in the court, and Your Highness can win. But now in front of the Yang family's gate, the listeners are all common people. The Yang family has a high reputation among the common people. If we forcibly search the house without sufficient evidence, we are afraid of being cursed."
"Yeah." Pei Wenxuan said that he couldn't win, so Li Rong stopped struggling.
She thought about it, and then said to Jiang Ping beside her: "Jiang Ping, guard the Yang family well. If they don't come out, then don't come out."
Jiang Ping replied that he did. Li Rong looked around briefly, took a look at the surrounding situation, and then said to Su Rongqing: "Sir Su, in the current situation, it is not appropriate to search the house. I want to go to the Ministry of War to get some account books. I wonder if Sir Su can help?"
"I will listen to your instructions, Your Highness." Su Rongqing said respectfully. Li Rong nodded and then said, "Then please ask Lord Su to go to the Ministry of War to coordinate first. If the Ministry of War is willing to check the accounts, I will go there later."
Su Rongqing agreed, and Li Rong turned to look at Pei Wenxuan: "Master Pei."
"I am here."
"Master Pei didn't bring a carriage, so I'll give you a ride."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Pei Wenxuan bowed and thanked him, then followed Li Rong's arrangements and got on Li Rong's carriage. Li Rong then told Jiang Ping to treat the Yang family members well before rolling up the curtain and getting into the carriage.
The two of them sat on their own sides, and the carriage started again. Jinglan and Jingmei did not come in. Li Rong poured herself some tea. Pei Wenxuan asked directly, "Where are you going?"
"Why don't you want me to take you home?"
Li Rong raised her eyebrows, and Pei Wenxuan shook his head: "We gained nothing today, you can't go back like this."
"As expected, you are someone I have known for many years and you really understand me." Li Rong picked up the teacup, blew away the green leaves on it, and said slowly, "Do you remember Tuoba Yan?"
Pei Wenxuan thought about it carefully, and finally remembered: "Is it the money bank owner you arrested before?"
"Yes." Li Rong nodded. "This man travels between the northwest and Huajing all year round. His industries are spread across several countries. He does business on the surface, but in fact, he makes a living by laundering money. The nobles in Huajing have many dealings with him."
"Including Yang."
Pei Wenxuan spoke up, and Li Rong responded: "Although the Yang family was destroyed by my father, the truth was not fully understood. Later, I investigated Tuoba Yan for Chuan'er, and only then did I find out the entire operation of the Yang family. Tuoba Yan was able to stay in various countries, not only because he was good at business, but most importantly, he had a life-saving talisman-"
As she spoke, Li Rong approached Pei Wenxuan and whispered, "Account book."
"So you are not in a hurry to check the accounts of the Ministry of War." Pei Wenxuan understood. Li Rong laughed sarcastically. "What is there to check about the accounts of the Ministry of War and the Yang family? How can something that is checked every year be true? Moreover, if we can't get evidence ourselves, who of those old foxes in the Ministry of War would dare to give you the accounts? We are not like before, when we could get everyone's support. Now, no one in the court likes us, so we are the only ones who are keeping each other warm."
Pei Wenxuan listened to Li Rong's words and analyzed: "We got the money laundering account book from Tuoba Yan, and compared it with the Northwest Military account book and the Yang family account book. After comparing them, we can almost figure out the flow of money in and out of the account. The Yang family is almost convicted of embezzling money."
Li Rong responded and continued, "Now that we have trapped the Yang family, they will definitely go to the border to ask for help. When General Yang receives the urgent report from home, he will probably do something to put pressure on Your Majesty. If they lose the city as soon as they resign, I'm afraid that all the civil and military officials in the court will use us to appease the Yang family and ask them to fight well."
"Then the prince will take charge of this matter." Pei Wenxuan spoke calmly, and everything seemed to be in his plan. "Let's invite Qin Lin and Cui Qinghe to come out of retirement and follow the prince to the front line. As long as the front line can hold out for another half a month, the weapons of Rong will be almost exhausted. Then it will be the prince's time to make achievements."
Qin Lin and Cui Qinghe were the most capable generals under Li Chuan in the previous life. One was a civil officer and the other a military officer. During Li Chuan's era, they almost pacified the entire north.
If they could be invited out ahead of time, with their abilities, combined with the information provided by Shangguan and Li Chuan, as well as Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan, it should be no problem to capture the remaining members of the Yang family in the northwest.
Li Rong nodded and responded, "If Chuan'er can stabilize the Yang family, he can give us the accounts in the northwest. As long as the accounts are matched, the Yang family will be completely gone. Now our first step is to get the money laundering account. With this account, when the Yang family puts pressure on us, we will have a reason to continue to detain them."
"Okay," Pei Wenxuan nodded, then looked at the people coming and going outside the window, and asked with some doubt, "So who are we now?"
"Tuoba Yan's villa holds a private party on the tenth day of every month, inviting wealthy businessmen from all over the world to attend."
As she spoke, Li Rong reminded Pei Wenxuan: "Today is the tenth day of the lunar month."
"You're going?"
Pei Wenxuan exclaimed in surprise, and Li Rong nodded: "I know where his account is, I have to go get it."
"For such a matter," Pei Wenxuan frowned, "just let the secret guards do it. You are a royal family, I'm afraid it's not appropriate."
"I don't know how valuable I am?"
Li Rong rolled her eyes at Pei Wenxuan and then said, "There is a mechanism in his room. To open the door, you have to press the right button. And the button is in Persian. Can you find someone who can speak Persian among our secret guards?"
Pei Wenxuan choked up, and then could only say helplessly: "Okay..."
"Why?" Li Rong laughed, opening her fan to cover half of her face. "Oh my god, you're not worried about me, are you?"
"I'm worried about myself." Pei Wenxuan glanced at her and said quickly, "If something happens to you, how can I survive?"
"Your idea is not bad," Li Rong nodded, pointed her fan at his chest, and joked, "From now on, Master Pei, remember that I, Pingle, will be your life in the future."
Hearing this, Pei Wenxuan's heart couldn't help but beat faster.
He stepped back without leaving a trace and said impatiently, "Stay away from me, don't give me this."
Li Rong knew that he didn't like her teasing, so she smiled even more happily. Pei Wenxuan saw that she was arrogant and ignored her. He just said, "He is having a private party. How can we get in?"
"Don't worry about that. I've asked someone to get the post ready. We'll change our clothes and disguise ourselves before we go in."
"Yeah." Pei Wenxuan nodded. Thinking about how Li Rong was used to doing things properly, he had nothing to worry about. So he relaxed a little and said to Li Rong, "Then I'll sleep for a while. Call me when you get there."
"Okay." Li Rong took a storybook from the side, leaned against it, and said slowly, "I'll read the storybook, and you sleep."
Pei Wenxuan responded and found a place to lie down.
Li Rong's carriage was already very comfortable, but it was still a little bumpy. Pei Wenxuan closed his eyes and smelled the faint fragrance of Li Rong wafting from not far away. He didn't know why, but he was not too sleepy for a moment, so he opened his eyes.
Looking through the small table, one can see Li Rong's gorgeous red and white gown embroidered with peonies. The gown has wide sleeves and is tied around the waist, revealing her slender waist. Her waist is so thin that it can be held in one hand, and compared with the slightly undulating mountains above, it makes her look even more charming.
Pei Wenxuan felt something was wrong and didn't dare to look any further. He quickly looked up and saw Li Rong's hands. Her hands seemed to be carved from white jade without a single flaw, and her nails were painted red. Just looking at them seemed to touch people's hearts.
Pei Wenxuan frowned, thinking that he probably hadn't taken a good look at Li Rong for many years. It was then that he remembered that Li Rong was a born fairy-like girl.
Unlike other girls in Huajing who were thin and elegant, Li Rong's beauty was always gorgeous, bold, charming and attractive. When you looked at other beautiful women, you would feel like they were paintings, and you would want to frame them, hang them on the wall, and look at them every day.
But Li Rong went to the extreme. She didn't dare to look ordinary men in the eye, and she didn't even have the courage to look them in the eye. And for Pei Wenxuan who dared to look up at her, as long as he looked up at this man, it would easily bring out the unspeakable darkness in his heart.
No one would think of looking at her from afar like a painting. They would only want to get close to her, to possess her, to hold her in their arms and make themselves the only unique person she can see.
Such contradictory charm makes this person dazzling and lonely. Few people dare to approach her, look at her directly, let alone accompany her.
Pei Wenxuan looked at her, his thoughts drifting away for a moment. Li Rong noticed that Pei Wenxuan was not asleep, so she turned a page of the book and said calmly, "Can't sleep?"
"Um."
Pei Wenxuan was not embarrassed after being discovered, and said generously: "I don't know what's wrong, I'm sleepy and can't sleep."
"Can I chat with you?"
Li Rong put down the book and looked at Pei Wenxuan.
Pei Wenxuan turned over, looked at her carefully, and asked cautiously: "Do you want to ask me for something?"
"Indeed," Li Rong brushed her sleeves, straightened her clothes, leaned on the small table, and looked at Pei Wenxuan with a smile, "I just want to know why Master Pei must kill Yang Quan?"
"Um?"
"I just thought about it," Li Rong said seriously, "In fact, Master Pei doesn't have to kill Yang Quan to marry me. If it's just to marry me, Master Pei still has many ways. Now if Yang Quan is killed, either you die or the Yang family is destroyed. What is Master Pei asking for by doing this?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. Li Rong waited quietly. Pei Wenxuan said slowly, "Don't you want military power?"
Li Rong raised her eyebrows, and Pei Wenxuan looked up at her: "If you want it, I'll give it to you, so what?"
Li Rong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then she said hesitantly: "I think the friendship between Master Pei and I doesn't seem to be able to afford such a grand gift."
"This has nothing to do with our friendship," Pei Wenxuan laughed, "I just don't want to go through my last life again."
Pei Wenxuan looked out the window and said slowly, "I don't want the Yang family to stay and make trouble, let the emperor and the Yang family fight, and finally the Rong Kingdom will benefit and cede the five cities until I become the prime minister to clean up this mess."
"I don't want the Crown Prince to be deposed by His Majesty again because he has no military power. You and I are meeting in prison. I heard you say goodbye to me and let me chop off your head with my own hands if necessary."
"Since I have a fresh start in life, I think," Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong with a serious expression, "I can live a better life."
Li Rong didn't say anything. She opened and closed the small fan in her hand. After a long while, she smiled softly, lowered her head and said softly, "