Poisonous Goddess: I'm just lazing around in the mortal realm.

Pei Zhiheng staggered, his gaze towards his eldest daughter filled with guilt.

He naturally understood that although Pei Nanyue said she wouldn't blame him, she was still extremely disappointed in him as her father.

Since it was his fault, he should make amends.

Thinking of this, Pei Zhiheng began to explain.

"I want to ask you, if I were to ask you to marry that boy, would you be willing?"

Upon hearing this, Pei Nanyue suddenly raised her head, her eyes wide with astonishment.

She thought she had misheard something and blurted out instinctively...

"Father! Do you know what you're saying!" She quickly turned around and saw that the doors and windows were tightly closed. Then she got up, walked to the door, and looked outside.

"Stop looking. I had everyone in the courtyard cleared out when I came in." Pei Zhiheng sat back down at his desk.

It seemed that only when he was at his desk was he the spirited Prime Minister Pei of Nanyang.

Pei Nanyue bit her lip secretly, but forced herself to remain calm.

"Father, do you know that what you just said could get you your head chopped off!" She thought her father was just confused because he was worried, otherwise why would he dare to say such a thing?

Although the fourth princess had been resisting the marriage, as the days went by, the emperor showed no intention of retracting his decree.

This made the marriage a done deal.

But what if Father's words were overheard by someone with ulterior motives and reached the Emperor's ears?

Judging from the Emperor's recent crackdown on the Pei family, he is sure to punish them.

Today, the Pei family is stuck in a quagmire, unable to extricate themselves.

We absolutely cannot allow ourselves to be exploited by those with ulterior motives.

“I’m not out of my mind. I’ve thought about this for a long time before telling you this.”

"What does father mean?"

"By marrying in place of the Fourth Princess Duan Yuyan, you will become the next Khan of the Western Regions' principal wife," Pei Zhiheng said with certainty, though the plan sounded absurd.

However, he had already begun planning long before the Fourth Princess pushed his daughter off the cliff.

His goal was clear and simple.

"Father, what do you want to do?"

Pei Nanyue broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly stepped forward, bracing herself against the table.

She really couldn't understand why her father, after returning home tonight, said such incomprehensible things!

Pei Zhiheng seemed oblivious to Pei Nanyue's nervousness, instead feigning ease as he spoke.

"Isn't marrying the one you love what you've always wanted in life, daughter?" His tone was tinged with sadness.

After his wife died in childbirth, leaving behind only his two daughters, he became despondent and threw himself into official duties, using them to numb his emotions.

For so many years, Pei Nanyue has always taken care of her younger sister as the older sister, and has never complained in front of him.

Even though he felt so guilty towards his eldest daughter, when she learned that her younger sister wanted to become the third prince's concubine, he resolutely went to the palace without telling his family and asked to see the Empress Dowager.

Because the emperor lingered over her during the Emperor's birthday celebration.

She offered to become one of the emperor's concubines as a bargaining chip with the empress dowager, hoping to secure a concubine position for her sister in the position of the third prince's concubine.

Although the matter was ultimately dropped because Pei Sui Sui refused to marry him.

However, in Pei Zhiheng's eyes, he could never make up for the debt he owed to his eldest daughter.

Pei Nanyue knew very well that as the eldest daughter of the Pei family, her life's duty was to be a pawn, helping the Pei family climb even higher.

This is why, despite having feelings for Hernández, she kept them hidden in her heart.

At this moment, Pei Nanyue finally understood what her father was trying to do. She shook her head, suppressing her impending breakdown.

"Father, my duty is to protect the safety of my Pei family. I have no one I love."

She didn't want the Pei family to fall into trouble again, so naturally, the first thing she gave up was her feelings.

Not to mention, ever since she saw the letter left in the tailor shop...

She already had Hrenash

We parted ways.

“This is not something you can decide. Since I am going to carry out the plan, neither you nor your sister can stay in the capital any longer.”

Pei Zhiheng's face was serious; he wasn't making a choice for Pei Nanyue right now.

After all, the day to set off to attack the southern barbarians was drawing ever closer, and he didn't have much time left to settle his two daughters.

Pei Nanyue was taken aback upon hearing this, a look of surprise flashing across her eyes.

"Has Father made a decision? What about the other adults...?"

"They've all agreed. Now we're just waiting to settle you and your sister in."

"Have you settled us in?" Pei Nanyue frowned slightly. Although she had heard that the emperor had lost his temper with her father today.

However, they were unaware of the emperor's decree to them.

Pei Zhiheng slowly nodded.

"His Majesty has sent a few of us old fellows who have entered the palace to accompany the troops that are attacking the Southern Barbarians."

"What did you say?" Pei Nanyue couldn't suppress her voice, staring at her father in shock.

Seeing this, Pei Zhiheng slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Right now, I will be leaving the capital soon, and you and Sui Sui must also find a chance to get out of the Emperor's sight."

Although he had already guessed that she would react this way, he was thinking about how to persuade his two daughters to leave Beijing the whole way.

"Does Father mean the Emperor won't let us go?"

Pei Nanyue's voice trembled slightly. Even though she was exceptionally intelligent and different from ordinary people, she had not expected the Emperor to make such an absurd arrangement.

"I can't guess it now, but since the Emperor wants to break ties with us old ministers, I'm afraid he'll have to start thinking about you too."

Pei Zhiheng had a brilliant plan, though he wasn't sure if the emperor would take action against their families.

However, if we want the subsequent plans to be executed flawlessly...

They must ensure that none of their weaknesses fall into the emperor's hands.

“Father, you’re confused.” She naturally understood her father’s meaning; if they lost their father’s protection in the capital…

Not only is their father's fate uncertain in the far south, but the two sisters will also become fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of others!

"Since I'm going to take you away from the capital, I've thought it best to switch your identities with hers. I've already arranged everything on the way. On the way to the Fourth Princess's wedding, I'll switch your identities with hers."

Pei Zhiheng naturally knew that this move was audacious, but if they wanted to overthrow the emperor, they had to do everything they could to deprive him of his right and left arms.

To become a truly lonely person!

His first step was to prevent the Western Regions from making peace with Nanyang through marriage.

“Father, you…” Pei Nanyue originally wanted to speak up to stop him, as she really felt that this plan was too audacious.

"You don't need to worry, I've already discussed this with that kid beforehand."

"Helenas? What did he say?" Pei Nanyue asked, her voice trembling with excitement.

"He said that the only person he wants to marry in his life is you."