"Sister Lingqin".
A messenger called.
Xie Lingqin raised her hand, signaling Tinghai to step back.
Tinghai lowered his eyelashes, then sheathed his sword and concealed his figure.
"Shang Ning".
Xie Lingqin gestured for An Shangning to sit down, "Let's talk while we drink tea."
"OK."
An Shangning looked at Xie Lingqin, her smile as pure as ever, "This is the first time I've met Sister Lingqin since the day my Anping Marquis's mansion was drastically changed."
Thank you for your help tonight.
"No, it was Sister Lingqin who calculated things so cleverly. She thought that the Emperor and Li Qingyu might secretly make a move against Xie Danling. I just happened to arrive just as the Thunder Guards were about to deal with Xie Danling, so I turned the tables on them. Although the process was different, the result was the same. Li Qingyu will report this to the Emperor, and the Emperor will definitely have some reservations. At least, in the short term, it won't endanger your life, Sister Lingqin."
Xie Lingqin nodded. Yes, she had contacted An Shangning a long time ago. However, she arrived in the capital earlier than she had expected. On the way back to the city, Xie Pinling had already secretly told An Shangning about their plan to play along tonight.
Previously, it was An Shangning who had been hiding in the shadows outside the city and had not left.
But……
Xie Lingqin took a sip of tea, then looked at An Shangning, a dark glint in her eyes.
"You've become more reserved and mature," Xie Lingqin said softly, her voice ethereal in the light tea steam.
Upon hearing this, An Shangning smiled slightly, took a sip of tea, and seemed to always feel like the innocent girl she used to be in front of Xie Lingqin.
"Besides helping me, what is your main purpose in coming to Beijing this time?"
After finishing her cup of tea, Xie Lingqin asked.
An Shangning was taken aback and remained silent.
"Is it to assassinate the Emperor or the Crown Prince?"
Xie Lingqin tapped her fingers lightly on the cup, her voice slightly lower as she asked the question.
An Shangning was taken aback, her fingers gripping the teacup tightly, and she did not reply.
"You and your men were the ones who took advantage of the chaos to attack Yuwen Yao in the formation set up by Yuwen An. When did you join forces with Xu Yiran?"
Xie Lingqin asked, her starry eyes filled with a clear and bright light, making one feel as if all thoughts were laid bare before her gaze.
An Shangning's fingertips tightened, her delicate eyebrows furrowed tightly, and then a bitter smile spread across her face. "As expected, I couldn't hide it from Sister Lingqin. That night, you disguised yourself as a man and escorted my sister and me out of the city with Baiyu. I didn't know it was you. Later, I found out. I've also heard about what you've been doing in the capital these past few days. I knew then that Sister Lingqin has never been an ordinary person."
Xie Lingqin picked up the teapot and refilled An Shangning's cup. "And then?"
“That’s right, Sister Lingqin, you’re right. My purpose in coming to the capital this time is to assassinate the Emperor and the Crown Prince. However, I know that it won’t succeed for my sister who is not yet fully developed. So, I followed the clues from the Heavenly Mystery Hall and found Young Master Xu. Or rather, Young Master Xu found me. Tonight, although the opportunity came suddenly, it is indeed the best time. Young Master Xu, help me hold you off, while we and our men will surround the Crown Prince and wait for the opportunity to kill him.”
"Then, Xu Yiran used illusion magic to find an opportunity to control Yuwen An, who was originally mentally unstable, and made him impersonate the crown prince and support him as emperor all the way, until the end..." Xie Lingqin looked at An Shangning quietly, her voice as if stained with death, "Then, you were able to control the entire Bei Rong royal family, and in the end, you destroyed Bei Rong, right?"
An Shangning's eyelashes trembled, and her breath hitched slightly. She never expected that Xie Lingqin had seen through all their plans so thoroughly.
An Shangning did not refute, tightened her fingers, and nodded gently, "Sister Lingqin has a discerning eye, not a single word is wrong."
“But An Shangning, since you know that I was disguised as a man to help you that day, and you also know that I am no longer the Xie Lingqin who was bullied by everyone, you should have heard Bai Yu say that if it weren’t for the Crown Prince’s help that night, and it was he who intervened, you and An Shangyu would have had no chance of escaping.”
"I know."
An Shangning frowned, clenched his fist, and couldn't hide the hatred and excitement in his eyes. "But he is the Crown Prince of Bei Rong, the son of Yuwen Shu. He has the blood of the Bei Rong royal family flowing in his veins. Could it be that he is playing hard to get, or that he thinks too highly of himself and thinks that I and An Shangyu can't amount to anything, so he's just playing the role of a living bodhisattva?"
"You know that he has never gotten along with the Emperor."
An Shangning sneered, "Sister Lingqin, I am going to overthrow the Yuwen royal family. My Anping Marquis's family has hundreds of members. They cannot die in vain. Blood debts must be repaid in blood. It is only right and proper."
Xie Lingqin sighed, her voice as calm as a handful of clear water, "Why don't you try to believe that Yuwen Yao will be a good emperor in the future?"
"Can he become emperor? Even if he does, wielding power and reigning supreme, won't he become a second Yuwen Shu? Sister Lingqin, please don't forget, and I'll say it again, the blood of the Yuwen royal family flows in his veins. The Yuwen royal family, not just Yuwen Shu, generation after generation, are all inherently cold-hearted and selfish. Once the cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked. Bei Rong is ruthless. First, the Bai family fell into ruin, then the Xue family moved out of the capital decades ago, and then other aristocratic families that have survived to this day, one by one they have fallen into ruin and decay. Even the Zongzheng family, Sister Lingqin, your maternal grandparents' family, was once full of glory. You should know best what its current state is like."
An Shangning spoke from the bottom of his heart, trying to persuade Xie Lingqin.
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