Reborn, meet you again!

Jun Jiuchen lowered his eyes and looked at the woman who bowed down to him.

This was actually the first time he looked at her so seriously.

She was wearing a goose yellow dress today, and the emerald jade hairpin inserted in her black hair swayed gently as she bowed lightly, emitting a faint light.

She wore a moon-white belt around her waist, which, even through the winter jacket and skirt, could still vaguely outline her slender waist.

On that palm-sized face, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes were like autumn water, and her eyes moved with a hint of the grace and tenderness of a Jiangnan woman. When she smiled, it seemed as if she was holding the mist and rain of Jiangnan.

She is very beautiful.

But he looked completely different from Song Wan.

Song Wansheng's brightness and her preference for bold colors are always the same as her personality...

but.

These can all be disguised...

Jun Jiuchen wanted to temporarily suppress the myriad thoughts in his mind, sat down on a stone bench nearby, and said in a deep voice.

"Get up."

"I heard... Miss Jiang put on a good show at Jingzhao Yin today?"

Song Wan took a seat in response.

But after hearing Jun Jiuchen's words with some profound meaning, his heart, which had just been slightly relieved, was unconsciously lifted again.

Because she keenly noticed that he seemed different today than the previous times they met.

She couldn't put her finger on what it was, but... it was different.

When the pair of eyes exposed outside the mask looked at her, although they did not reveal any unusual emotions, she always felt that there was an invisible undercurrent hidden underneath, as if it was about to drown her.

This made her feel a little uneasy for no reason.

Didn't he come to her today to accept her surrender and discuss the details?

However, when he mentioned Jingzhao Yin, Song Wan's heart moved slightly.

Could it be.

Was he blaming her for exposing Shen Jiahe's scandal in public?

After all, he was obviously on the side of the young emperor and the empress dowager, and Shen Jiahe... was the empress dowager's cousin.

Thinking of this, Song Wan couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

This point...she seemed to have always ignored it.

Perhaps she asked Chen Tai to inquire about what Jun Jiuchen had done after he came to Beijing. He treated everyone, regardless of their status, with decisiveness and without mercy.

Therefore, she had the illusion that this person disdained these social conventions.

If he were to take back his promise from yesterday because of what happened today, then it would be more trouble than it's worth.

Song Wan thought carefully and looked up at Jun Jiuchen.

"Yes, but what I did was forced upon me."

"The Ningyuan Marquisate is truly overdoing us, repeatedly provoking us. Now, Minister Pei has set his sights on the Mobei Army's mission and wants our Jiang family to pay him to pave the way."

"But since I've already approached the prince, how could I possibly agree to his request? Even after I refused, the Pei family went so far as to frame me in broad daylight in order to force me to compromise!"

"I have no choice but to fight back. Your Majesty, please understand!"

Jun Jiuchen looked at the look in Song Wan's eyes and knew that she was thinking the wrong thing.

But he didn't explain.

Just go with the flow.

"Oh? Then I'm a little curious. How did Miss Jiang predict that Pei Ming would sacrifice his own daughter for the sake of justice? Even if you revealed the scandal between Shen Jiahe and Pei Qingyan, he wouldn't dare to say a word?"

"Miss Jiang, please don't tell me about the Jiang family's past kindness to the Marquis' Mansion, and don't say such foolish things as Pei Ming's ability to distinguish right from wrong and his willingness to sacrifice his relatives for the sake of justice."

"Pei Ming has been in Mobei for three years. Although he's not my personal soldier, I know a thing or two about his character..."

"Miss Jiang, why don't you tell me what you have on him that makes him so afraid?"

Song Wan met Jun Jiuchen's gaze, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"Your Highness guessed correctly. I have indeed caught the Pei family's handle! I can tell you the truth, but before I confess to you, can I ask you a question first?"

"explain."

"If I confess the truth to His Majesty, will His Majesty punish the Ningyuan Marquisate according to the law?"

Jun Jiuchen's eyes fell on Song Wan's eyes, which were apparently gentle but concealed a sharpness, and his fingertips moved slightly.

"Miss Jiang, there's no need to bother testing me."

"I won't go back on my word just for Shen Jiahe."

"As for the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion, I will take care of it myself." The reason why she allowed the Queen Mother to favor Shen Jiahe was simply because she felt that the timing of her appearance in Mobei was a bit too coincidental, and she wanted to see what she was trying to do.

Song Wan looked carefully at the indifferent expression in Jun Jiuchen's eyes, and the regret in her heart dissipated. She slowly told him everything about Pei Ming.

She had never thought of covering up for the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion, but was just afraid of the two people in the palace.

If the person in front of him really hated evil, he would have even investigated the former Minister of the Central Secretariat, who had fought with his father for half his life and had many followers in the court.

It was also a pleasant surprise that he was willing to deal with Pei Ming for her in the future after learning about the evil deeds of the Marquis' Mansion.

Jun Jiuchen listened to Jiang Wanqiao's words quietly and was silent for a moment.

This old man Pei Ming is even braver than he imagined.

However, Pei Ming had kept such a secret matter a secret even from his own children. How could it be so easily overheard by the woman in front of him?

Why...is he so unconvinced?

And if he remembered correctly, Song Yi had something in his hand.

It recorded the secrets of many court officials. The reason why he wanted to re-employ Song Yi was because he knew the existence of this thing.

If that’s the case, could it be that there are also secrets about the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion?

And if she was really Song Wan, then it wouldn't be surprising that she knew about this.

Jun Jiuchen's eyes became even darker as he thought about it.

"Miss Jiang is quite lucky..."

Song Wan just looked frank.

"Perhaps it's God's mercy, not wanting to see good people suffer."

God has mercy?

Jun Jiuchen just felt that this woman could lie without changing her expression.

With that person...

It's becoming more and more similar.

It also made his desire to tear off the possible "human skin mask" on the man's face even stronger.