But the spy was only half right—Zhao Ming did intend to silence them, but he wanted to kill two birds with one stone.
Zhao Ming's henchmen were ordered to change their route to Hangzhou. Suddenly, the spy remembered that the prefect of Hangzhou and the Duke of Zhenguo were related by marriage, and he might be able to save his life temporarily.
This was exactly what Zhao Ming had expected, so the spy "luckily" escaped to the gate of the prefectural government and handed the letter to Cheng.
Cheng did indeed secretly settle him down, but Zhao Ming's henchmen were always following him. As soon as the undercover agents relaxed their guard, they were killed in the dilapidated temple.
This led to Cheng's visit to the capital, where she delivered a letter from the Northwest to the brother and sister.
Zhao Ming was also very bold, directly framing Emperor Chen. And it just so happened that Emperor Chen had long been dissatisfied with the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, so the brother and sister were temporarily deceived by the surface situation.
As for the doctor and Consort Shu, they were merely figureheads in name only.
As for Zhao Ming... he still doesn't know that the beautiful concubine is a spy from Northern Zhou. He still thinks that the Shang family harmed Shang Jieyou and is now preparing to assassinate Shang Shaoyan.
Shang Shaoyan: "???"
She murmured in shock, "You could say he's stupid, yet he came up with such a brilliant scheme; you could say he's smart, yet he didn't realize how difficult it is to guard against a traitor within the family?"
Bai Lu was grinding ink for Shang Shaoyan. Shang Shaoyan was intentionally grooming Bai Lu and didn't hide these things from her, which Bai Lu couldn't understand at all.
How can there be such a strange person?
She sighed, "Fortunately, the Duke has those five hundred elite soldiers firmly under his control, and General Cheng is also one of our men. Those three assassins have already been killed."
As Shang Shaoyan recalled the scene of Cheng Chu swiftly bringing down the knife, Bai Lu clapping her hands in delight, and the three dying with their eyes wide open, he couldn't help but feel a little amused.
It's truly magical realism.
...
Qiao Xiuyu has been engrossed in studying male virtues lately, and even the letters he writes to Shang Shaoyan have become much more gentle and domestic (crossed out). He entrusted them all to Shang Yunlan, wanting him to help him send them to Shang Shaoyan. He still knew that sending someone alone to exchange letters over such a long distance would damage Shang Shaoyan's reputation.
Besides, he was going to Suzhou soon, and now that the Third Princess had finally calmed down a bit, he dared not expose the girl he admired to that wicked woman.
However, he did not know that although Shang Yunlan did send the letters, they were sent out all at once on the very day Qiao Xiuyu left.
Shang Yunlan couldn't bring herself to keep these letters, but she was still happy to mess with Qiao Xiuyu.
On the day Qiao Xiuyu departed for Suzhou, Shang Yunlan reluctantly went to see him off, and Li Langxuan also went. All three of them were extremely handsome, with tall and elegant figures standing gracefully on the riverbank. Qiao Xiuyu was like a banished immortal, Li Langxuan was as gentle as jade, and Shang Yunlan was dashing and charming, attracting many young women to turn their heads frequently.
However, after seeing the three people clearly, they all reluctantly withdrew their gazes.
One is a sickly and treacherous minister (Shang Yunlan), the other is a blind and seductive concubine's younger brother (Li Langxuan), and the remaining one who hangs out with these two is probably no good either.
Qiao Xiuyu was unaware that she had been categorized as "not a good person" by the ladies of Shengjing. She simply sighed to Li Langxuan, "Our lord must take good care of himself when he is out there, so as not to cause trouble for the ladies at home."
Li Langxuan nodded and said, "That's exactly right."
Shang Yunlan: "...?"
What nonsense are you talking about?
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