"Do you know who's on the list?"

Pei Zhanzhou suddenly spoke, stopped pouring tea, and looked at the person sitting opposite him with a sharp gaze.

Apart from the prefect of Jianzhou and the people behind him, even the people on the list might not know who else is there besides herself. How could she know?

Jiang Wansang could feel that suspicious look without even looking up.

She shrugged. "I don't know, but Su Huanyu doesn't know either."

So even if she made a fake list, Su Huanyu would definitely not be able to tell.

Pei Zhanzhou understood what she meant. After a moment of silence, he asked, "How do you want to write that list?"

Jiang Wansang already had an idea in mind and immediately said, "It would be best if the Crown Prince and the Third Prince's men were in there, as well as the Emperor's men. To make it look more realistic, it would be best if there were a few corrupt officials that everyone knows about..."

The reason why Pei Zhanzhou was asked to write this list was because he had been in the court for so many years and must know who most of the ministers belonged to.

This person is a meticulous person, so it would definitely be easier to deceive Su Huanyu if he were to write it.

After expressing her thoughts, Jiang Wansang added, "Oh, by the way, Jiang Gaoyuan must be included as well."

Pei Zhanzhou's eyebrows twitched slightly, "I can see that you do have a lot of grudges against the Seventh Prince and Prime Minister Jiang."

If Su Huanyu really used such a fake list, he would offend not only the crown prince and the third prince, but also most of the ministers in the court.

Jiang Gaoyuan was a man who cared deeply about his reputation and was also the leader of all the neutral parties. His name appeared on the list, and regardless of whether it was true or false, he would be suspected.

Jiang Wansang didn't hide her hostility at all and nodded in agreement, "That's right. If I don't kill them both, I'd be unworthy of my name."

What these two people owed the original owner cannot be repaid with just a few words.

Looking at her calculating smile, Pei Zhanzhou curled the corners of his mouth slightly.

She was more honest than anyone he had ever met.

For a moment, Pei Zhanzhou looked at the person in front of him with a slightly different look in his eyes.

But the difference was so subtle that even he himself didn't notice it.

*

Because of Jiang Zihan and Jiang Xiaodie's mutual accusations, the nature of the woman's missing case has completely changed.

Originally, Zhao Zhizhi was worried that she wouldn't be able to secretly arrange for the women who were found, but because of the two people's nagging, no one paid attention to those women.

Zhao Zhizhi breathed a sigh of relief, but was also speechless and sad.

She was speechless because of the fight between the cousins, and she was worried because the case was stuck there. Her father was so worried that he was almost going bald.

One was the daughter of the prime minister, the other was the daughter of the second wife of the prime minister, and some ministers in the court were watching them. Even the emperor knew about it. Lord Zhao, who had always been upright, did not dare to let go of any doubts and closed the case hastily.

Seeing Zhao Zhizhi sighing, Jiang Wansang couldn't help but remind her, "How could the two of them act so calmly in the Dali Temple? Perhaps there's someone else behind this?"

"Impossible." Zhao Zhizhi shook her head. "My father originally suspected that someone was plotting against the Jiang family, but he couldn't find any evidence."

She answered with certainty, but she didn't expect that the news from the Dali Temple that night would slap her in the face.

On the night when Jiang Zihan accidentally killed a criminal, a beggar happened to be a witness and picked up a token with the word "Yu" engraved on it that fell from the criminal's body.

"Yu" is not a special character, but when people mention someone with this character in his name, the first person that comes to mind is the famous playboy in the imperial city - the seventh prince Su Huanyu.

However, Su Huanyu's image of being a dandy and incompetent has been too deeply rooted in people's minds over the years, and the story of his love for the eldest daughter of the Jiang family has been circulating for too long. He has no reason to help the second daughter of the Jiang family, so no one fully believes that this matter has anything to do with him.

However, just because they didn't fully believe it didn't mean that no one had doubts, especially for the royal family who were suspicious by nature.

Before this matter spread completely, the prince had already summoned Su Huanyu to the Eastern Palace.

No one knew what the two talked about, and no one knew how much effort Su Huanyu made to dispel the prince's suspicion.

He came out of the East Palace with a smile on his face while being stared at by countless eyes, both openly and covertly. After returning to the Seventh Prince's Mansion, he was so angry that he almost smashed the entire study.

Su Huanyu has always been able to endure, but in the past month, he always gets angry because of various things, and people around him are afraid to get close to him.

Only after he had finished venting his anger did Chang Shun, his personal bodyguard, come over from the corner and say, "Master, that token..."

"It was Pei Zhanzhou who did it!"

He said these six words with gritted teeth, and the anger in his eyes seemed to be about to burst out.

The person he sent out to pretend to be a criminal was a death squad. He had no markings on him, let alone his token.

Just now in the Eastern Palace, the prince showed him the token received by the Dali Temple, which was the same one Pei Zhanzhou showed him not long ago.

Even if he was a fool, he should know that this was a trap set by Pei Zhanzhou for him!

Chang Shun frowned slightly, his expression dull and inconspicuous. "Could it be that Master Pei has seen through the master's disguise?"

Although the assassination attempt at Zhenxiu Pavilion failed, the master reacted quickly and cleaned up the mess. Even if Master Pei had doubts, he should not be able to trace them.

Why did Master Pei see that? How could he even know that the assassin was one of theirs?

Changshun's doubts were also Su Huanyu's doubts.

He really couldn't figure out where he had revealed his identity and why he was targeted by Pei Zhanzhou.

After a moment's silence, Chang Shun hesitated and said, "Master Pei is the emperor's man. The master and he have never had any grudges. Could this be the emperor's intention?"

Su Huanyu's face was tense and he was silent for a long time. Finally, he shook his head and said, "If my father really saw through my concealment, he would not expose it in this way."

Ever since the incident with his mother's family, his father has never taken him as his son seriously and would never bother to set up a trap for him.

So the person who targeted him was Pei Zhanzhou, and he did it without telling his father. But why did he do this?

Su Huanyu was puzzled, but now was not the time for him to think about this.

Although it was not clear that he was the mastermind behind the incident, Pei Zhanzhou was a meticulous person with endless tricks. He would definitely not just let others suspect him.

I'm afraid that the disguise he has maintained for so many years will have to be exposed in advance.

Although he was mentally prepared, Su Huanyu's face was still very ugly, because he couldn't understand why Pei Zhanzhou was targeting him, and he couldn't guess what his plans were next.

He turned to look at Changshun, "Any news about that half of the account book?"

Changshun lowered his head, "Not yet."

Su Huanyu frowned, his aura growing even weaker. "Send more people to look for it. Don't worry about being exposed. We must get it before everyone else does!"

Being targeted by Pei Zhanzhou, it was only a matter of time before he was exposed, but as long as he got that half of the account book, he was not afraid to confront the Crown Prince and the Third Prince openly.

Su Huanyu was determined to get that half of the account book, but he didn't know that Jiang Wansang had already started to act.

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