Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

The next day, Xiao Zuochen did not enter the stone chamber to question Baili Qing until the afternoon. Baili Qing had not slept well the night before because of what Xiao Zuochen said the night before. She was kneeling on the straw mat on the ground, her upper body resting on the chopping board, half asleep and half awake. The moment the stone door opened, a beam of light poured down on her face, making her look beautiful, strong and miserable.

Baili Qing was awakened by the sound of the stone door opening. She squinted her eyes and raised her hand to block the sunlight. It took her a while to adjust to the sunlight before she put her hand down. Xiao Zuochen also did not speak, but waited quietly for her to adjust. After a while, Baili Qing could not help but speak first.

"Nian Qing is your nephew, would you really do something to him?"

Baili Qing felt that Xiao Zuochen would not do this, as he had always been very kind to Nian Qing. But she did not dare to gamble, fearing that something might happen.

"Whether I will take action against him is of course up to you. If there is no problem, let's get started. After all, you have been executed at noon today."

Baili Qing paused for a second before responding.

"You ask~"

"How did you kill my eldest brother?"

Baili Qing raised her eyes.

"You have seen the body, haven't you? The coroner has also examined it. Don't you know best how he died? Why are you asking me?"

"I ask you questions and you answer them."

Baili Qing didn't dare to refute.

"He was stabbed to death with a sword."

"Who stabbed him? Under what circumstances?"

Baili Qing frowned. It turned out that Xiao Zuochen wanted to know the specific details. Baili Qing took a deep breath and then smiled at Xiao Zuochen.

"So His Royal Highness Prince Yun wants to know the specific details. I understand now~"

Baili Qing stood up from the ground and reached out to brush off the straw on the corner of her clothes, but she had no time to care about the straw on the edge of her skirt. She stood up and walked around Xiao Zuochen while preaching.

"At the beginning, I told you that I wanted my husband and son to come back and reunite. After obtaining your consent, I sent people to meet them. Of course, I knew you would send people to protect them secretly. After all, if something happened to this person in your hands, you would not be able to explain it. Your guards are very powerful, but my husband's return this time was not a big deal, so even if you sent guards to protect him, you would only send two or three people. What's more, Wangyan City and Tai'an City are relatively close, and he is my husband, so you would never think that I would suddenly attack him."

Baili Qing finished her turn while talking. She looked at Xiao Zuochen, and Xiao Zuochen just looked at her quietly, waiting for her to continue.

Baili Qing winked and continued talking to him.

"If they want to kill my husband, the most important step is to get rid of your guards. Although your guards are highly skilled in martial arts, and our Prince's Mansion does not have the strength to train secret guards, we cannot resist the foreign enemies who are eyeing Tai'an covetously. They have no way to disintegrate Tai'an through you, so they can only go through me, so they personally sent the secret guards to me. One of the secret guards was responsible for intercepting your two guards, and the other secret guard was always by my side. Of course, he was the one who killed Xiao Zuoqing."

"So for your own selfish desires and for the throne, you actually colluded with the enemy and committed treason! Even if you can finally bring me and my third brother down, will the Miao people let you take the throne? Will they let Xiao Nianqing grow up safely? Have you considered the consequences? After all, the emperor and my eldest brother are related by blood, so they will let him go no matter what. But the Miao people will not be merciful to you!"

Baili Qing suddenly stopped, eyes glaring.

"No, you are wrong! The Miao people want Tai'an's land and its gold and silver wealth, but they have no way to be king in Tai'an. Tai'an is much larger than Miao. If a Miao person becomes emperor, it will inevitably cause a rebellion among the people of Tai'an, so they must push a Tai'an person to the throne, and Xiao Nianqing is the best candidate."

"You want your son to be a puppet emperor? Are you crazy? He will be cursed by everyone!"

"So what if he's a puppet emperor? It's just that other people are in charge of state affairs, but he can be guaranteed to have no worries about food and clothing in his life. As long as he doesn't worry about state affairs, the Miao people won't care about other things. Besides, I'm by his side to help him plan, so why would I let him be a puppet emperor? If Nian Qing ascends the throne, my grandfather will naturally help him."

"You...are simply fanciful."

Xiao Zuochen no longer knew what words to use to describe her.

"Xiao Zuoqing didn't struggle before he died, because when the knife pierced him, he didn't die immediately. The time he lost blood was enough for him to think about why I wanted to kill him. For me and for his son, he had no choice but to accept his fate. Oh~ But his expression at the beginning was indeed very disappointed and unbelievable! But he is not stupid, he will understand me eventually."

"You are just taking advantage of my big brother's love."

"Why can't I use them? Just like men are used to using women. Look at those men who have three wives and four concubines. They either use women to consolidate their status or use women for pleasure. I'm just doing the opposite. What's wrong with that?"

Xiao Zuochen didn't want to continue discussing emotional issues with her. He knew that Baili Qing was already a heartless person.

"Where is Yunqiao and Yunbai now!?"

"Who are you talking about? Oh, your two guards? I guess they should be in Miaojiang right now~"

"What!? What are the Miao people going to do to them?"

"What? Let me think about it. Perhaps because your guards are more useful, they still want to continue using your guards to create stronger killing machines for them."

"What do you mean?"

Xiao Zuochen frowned. He really didn't understand what Baili Qing said.

Baili Qing also knew that Xiao Zuochen didn't react for a while, so she leaned close to his ear and whispered.

"What it means is that your guard took your guard away."

Baili Qing finished speaking with an indescribable smile on her face.

Xiao Zuochen's brows furrowed even deeper. What did he mean by his guards took his guards away? Could it be that there was a traitor among Yunqiao and Yunbai? No, that was absolutely impossible! But apart from them, the rest of the guards were by his side, who else would take them away? Or who else had the ability to take them away?

When Xiao Zuochen was puzzled, a flash of inspiration suddenly came to his mind.

Could it be him!? But, how is it possible!?

Xiao Zuochen was shocked by his own guess. He neither believed it nor hoped that it was true.

When Baili Qing saw the change in Xiao Zuochen's expression, she actually felt a sense of satisfaction and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Haha, it's rare to see His Royal Highness Prince Yuan show such an expression in my lifetime."

Xiao Zuochen didn't have time to pay attention to her ridicule and asked him for confirmation again.

"Are you sure what you said is true!?"

Baili Qing leaned against the stone wall beside him, crossed one leg over the other, and looked like he was enjoying a good show.

"Why don't you just ask me directly whether I'm talking about Yun Wei or not."