Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

Liu Congnan's words and attitude were so sincere that Prince Jing couldn't help but start to doubt whether he had really wronged Liu Congnan.

Could it be that Liu Congnan really has no selfish motives? Is this all for the good of his father and himself?

As for Wei Hufeng wanting to take Cheng Wan's life, was it all Wei Hufeng's personal idea?

Prince Jing parted ways with Liu Congnan half-believing and half-doubting. When he left, Prince Jing's face looked much better, and his attitude towards Liu Congnan was not as hostile as before.

In contrast, Liu Congnan's expression was gloomy after Prince Jing left.

It is not difficult to "appease" Prince Jing, the real difficulty is whether the words just now can "fool" the emperor's eyes.

Liu Congnan narrowed his eyes slightly, took one last look at the depths of the palace, and then waved his sleeves and left.

As long as everything goes well, the future...

Prince Jing's Mansion.

Prince Jing, who had just returned home, thought he would hear the good news he wanted to hear, but unfortunately he didn't.

There was still no news from the secret guard team that went to kill Cheng Wan.

"Trash! They are all a bunch of trash!"

Prince Jing raised his leg and kicked hard on the shoulder of the leader of the secret guards who was kneeling on one knee in front of him.

The leader of the secret guards did not move at all, but Prince Jing almost fell down due to the reaction of the force.

Prince Jing hurriedly used the table next to him to steady himself so as not to embarrass himself in front of his subordinates.

But Prince Jing’s expression was even more...uglier than when he was facing Liu Congnan just now.

The leader of the secret guards wanted to bury his head in his chest and pretend that he was blind and deaf.

Prince Jing took a deep breath, and then another, and the words that came out seemed to be squeezed out of his throat: "Send someone to investigate! I want to see what those useless people under your command are doing!"

"Yes!" The leader of the secret guards immediately responded.

"Get out! Get out!" Prince Jing picked up a teacup and threw it at the leader of the secret guards.

The leader of the secret guards did not dare to dodge, allowing the teacup to smash on his forehead. He respectfully saluted Prince Jing and then retreated.

Prince Jing squeezed his eyes shut, then flung them open again. "Come here! Prepare the carriages and horses to welcome the birthday congratulatory group and Zhao Pinghou!"

The emperor had already ordered to welcome the birthday congratulatory group. Although Prince Jing was extremely reluctant, he had no choice but to lead his men out of the city.

Prince Jing now only hopes that the useless people under his command can be more efficient, except for Cheng Wan before he meets the birthday celebration group.

He was actually happy to welcome back Cheng Wan's body.

Cheng Wan naturally didn't know that Prince Jing was coming to greet them. Cheng Wan was very busy. To be precise, the entire team was very busy.

Cheng Wan was busy training the birthday celebration team to congratulate the emperor, and the birthday celebration team was busy practicing to congratulate the emperor.

So, when Prince Jing's men came to investigate the situation, they saw the birthday celebration group intact, and even seemed overly enthusiastic under Cheng Wan's constant empty promises.

As for his brothers, no trace of them could be found despite using every possible means of contact.

This man was an extremely cautious and perceptive person. His intuition told him that he must leave here immediately and report the situation to his master as soon as possible.

As soon as this person appeared in Jin Jin's monitoring range, Jin Jin told Cheng Wan that someone was secretly observing them and seemed to be looking for some marks. It seemed that he was in the same group as the masked men killed by Cheng Wan.

Together?

Cheng Wan's instinctive reaction was to keep him!

The so-called "keeping him" does not mean killing the other person, but before finding out the other person's identity, it is best to cut off the possibility of this person going back to report the news, so that they will be safer.

Unfortunately, Cheng Wan was injured and was a step slower, and the man soon disappeared.

"Have you seen the 'stranger'?" Cheng Wan's gaze passed over Mu Yao's secret guards one by one, finally stopping at the leader of the secret guards, Thirteen. "You should understand who I'm referring to as the 'stranger'?"

Cheng Wan believed that with the abilities of Thirteen and others, it was impossible for them not to notice that something was wrong with the other party.

Thirteen lowered his head slightly, making it difficult to read his expression. "We didn't see any 'stranger'."

A completely unexpected answer.

Cheng Wan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly in surprise.

"Master, he's lying." Jin Jin directly exposed Thirteen's lie in Cheng Wan's mind: "Behind him, two of his men had slightly different expressions after hearing his answer, as if they were a little surprised."

Cheng Wan curled her hands at her side and stared at Thirteen seriously: "Are you sure you didn't see the 'stranger'?"

"Yes." Thirteen's tone was steady, without any change.

"Did you notice that I seemed to be chasing someone just now?"

"I noticed that. We were about to chase you when you came back."

Cheng Wan didn't say anything else. She smiled, but there was no smile in her deep eyes, only a thick coldness.

She seemed to understand that she and the people in the birthday celebration group were just chess pieces in the eyes of the crown prince of the feudal dynasty.

It was just because of Gu Yan's consideration, or maybe he thought that keeping her would be more useful, so the crown prince sent these experts to protect her.

"Zhao, Zhaopinghou?"

Although Cheng Wan tried her best to control herself, the aura she exuded was still somewhat oppressive, making the thirteen or so people feel inexplicably uneasy.

Cheng Wan twirled the knife in his hand, his tone casual, but his eyes extremely serious: "Everyone, if the people in the birthday celebration group are in danger, I hope you will do your best to rescue them."

The thirteen or so people lowered their heads and did not answer.

"Don't forget, they're here to celebrate the Emperor's birthday. If anything happens to them, the Emperor will be furious. Who can escape unscathed then?"

After saying that, Cheng Wan left without waiting for Thirteen and the others to speak.

She knew that trying to persuade these royal guards to disobey their master's orders with just a few words was nothing but a pipe dream.

Instead of trying to persuade them, it would be better to give them time to go back and ask for instructions so that she can go back and make some preparations.

What if the worst happens...

On the other hand, when Prince Jing heard the report from his subordinates, he burst out laughing.

"Are you saying that nothing happened to Marquis Zhaoping and those lowly people, while those rubbish I sent out before are nowhere to be found?"

The man knelt on one knee in front of Prince Jing's carriage, not daring to look up, and only replied in a deep voice, "Yes."

Prince Jing didn't say anything, but the smile on his face grew bigger and bigger, and at a certain moment, he suddenly laughed out loud.

He was a prince, and he sent out a team of secret guards to get rid of a woman, but he got such a strange result.

When the people around heard Prince Jing's laughter, they did not feel relaxed. Instead, they all held their breath and tried to reduce their presence, for fear that Prince Jing would notice them.

"Shan Qing."

Shan Qing is the name of the leader of the secret guards under Prince Jing.

"Your Highness." Shan Qing lowered his head beside Prince Jing's carriage, waiting for Prince Jing's instructions.

Prince Jing's eyes were filled with a stubbornness and malice that would not give up until his goal was achieved. He said, "You will lead the team personally this time. I hope that it will be the body of Marquis Zhaoping that greets me in two days. Do you understand?"

"But Your Majesty, your safety is the most important thing. It's not like being in Beijing outside. What if..."

"Alright!" Prince Jing interrupted Shan Qing impatiently, "The world is at peace now. I am the prince, who dares to disturb me? Do you think the Nine Clans have had enough? Besides, I have so many guards around me, what can go wrong? You just need to complete the task I assign to you. If you do, I will not hold you accountable for training a bunch of useless people. If you fail..."

Prince Jing opened the carriage curtain, leaned forward to look at the top of Shan Qing's head, and said in a cold voice: "You don't have to come back!"

Shan Qing's heart tightened, and he quickly replied firmly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhaoping will live for two more days at most. Otherwise, I will bring my head to you!"

Hearing this, Prince Jing finally nodded in satisfaction.

"Tell them, whoever can take the head of Marquis Zhaoping will be given enough money and beauties by me!"

"Yes!"

Shan Qing set off with his men.

Prince Jing watched Shan Qing and the others depart and calmly instructed the convoy, "I'm feeling a little unwell, so please proceed more slowly."

We have to give Shan Qing and the others enough time to take action.

What if Marquis Zhaoping had already become a corpse by the time he arrived?

What could he do?

He doesn't want to either.

But who could blame him for not being able to travel quickly because he was not feeling well?

All he could do then was return to the capital with the body of Marquis Zhaoping and those untouchables, looking full of regret and pity...