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

"I'm not sure about the Emperor's attitude on this matter, but my father's intention is to make the Pei family completely sever ties with the Crown Prince in public. Otherwise, the day the Pei family falls will be the day the Crown Prince steps down."

Pei Nanyue's expression was extremely serious.

It seems that she only figured this out after locking herself in her room for several days.

Only by completely breaking with the Crown Prince in front of the Emperor could her father possibly give the Pei family a chance to breathe.

“But why would Your Majesty do this? Prime Minister Pei has served as an official for so many years. Even if he has not made any great contributions, he has certainly worked hard. Moreover, your Pei family has been loyal and virtuous for generations. Even we heard of your Pei family’s reputation back in the Western Regions.”

Ning Wan'er's words were true. Back in her grandfather's generation, they had lost to the Pei family, who were then a family of military generals, several times.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have readily agreed to form an alliance with Pei Nanyue when they first met.

After all, the Pei family's reputation in their Western Regions was far greater than that of the Emperor of Nanyang.

Pei Nanyue held the porcelain-white jade cup in her hand, her eyes filled with cold indifference.

At the moment, she still hadn't figured out the Emperor's intentions. After all, even her father had often tried to guess what the Emperor was thinking. Let alone a young girl like her who had spent most of her life in her chambers.

How can one possibly guess it?

Ning Pin'er had finally managed to get the conversation to something she was interested in, but seeing that the other person remained silent, she became somewhat impatient.

"Hurry up and tell me, I'm so anxious! Are all girls from Nanyang this slow and hesitant?"

She suddenly remembered all the newly arrived concubines in the palace over the years; when they met the emperor, they all shrank their heads like quails, not daring to speak.

In her eyes, all these women were so pretentious.

Not worth mentioning!

But she happened to be interested in Pei Nanyue, and unexpectedly, when things got to the crucial point, she acted just like those other women.

Take it slow!

"Your Majesty, please don't be hasty. This matter needs to be considered carefully. Right now, I've already sent my sister to infiltrate the army heading south to see if we can find an opportunity to keep an eye on my father."

"Your sister? Pei Suisui has left the capital?"

Ning Wan'er naturally did not expect that, if what Pei Nanyue said was true, the Emperor was targeting the Pei family so much, clearly intending to trap the two sisters in the capital.

But by sheer coincidence, Pei Suisui secretly ran away from the capital?

"That's right. It must be thanks to the blessings of my ancestors. Even if something were to happen to me, at least my father would still have a daughter by his side."

A trace of sadness flashed across Pei Nanyue's eyes, as if she had already resigned herself to her fate.

"Then why don't I find an opportunity to send you out of the capital as soon as possible?" Although Consort Ning had lived in the deep palace for a long time, when Helian Nash secretly visited last time, he gave her some assassins to protect her.

They must have been worried that something might happen to her in the deep palace.

“No need. I appreciate Your Majesty’s kindness. But if I were to suddenly disappear now, it would only strengthen the Emperor’s resolve to kill my father. I… cannot leave the capital.”

Pei Nanyue had naturally considered leaving as well.

But now, she is the only one left in the Pei family to support the capital. As long as she appears in the capital, her sister and father will have one more day to escape.

This is why she politely declined Shen Mu's offer to take her away from the capital.

Seeing this, Ning Wan'er knew that the other party's mind was made up, so she didn't try to persuade him any further.

After Pei Nanyue lowered her head and calmed herself down, she finally spoke.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the affairs of my Pei family will certainly not trouble you. However, since we've come this far, I would like to remind Your Majesty of something."

"Me?" Ning Wan'er frowned, a bad feeling suddenly welling up in her heart.

"Yes, Your Majesty, you are unaware of this. Yesterday, the Embroidered Uniform Guard arrested two assassins who attempted to infiltrate the palace to carry out their assassination."

"Assassination attempts are common; could this assassin be trying to kill me?"

Ning Wan'er couldn't help but feel a little self-deprecating. Although she was once the eldest princess of the Western Regions, her so-called maternal family had been like a dead family ever since she married into Nanyang.

He never showed her any concern again.

If it weren't for Helian Nash occasionally sending one or two girls from the Western Regions to keep her entertained, she would probably have gone mad long ago in this deep palace.

"Of course it wasn't to kill you; the assassin came from the Western Regions."

Pei Nanyue remembered what Shen Mu had said in his letter: the two assassins had fortunately fallen into the hands of a few trusted men whom Shen Mu had specially left behind.

If this assassin had fallen into the hands of other Imperial Guards, the An family would likely have found out about him.

"How could she be from the Western Regions? Everyone knows that the Western Regions are going to form a marriage alliance with the Emperor!"

Ning Wan'er naturally couldn't believe it. If the assassin was really sent by her family, wouldn't that tie her life to those two assassins as well?

When her crimes are exposed, that will be the day her head rolls.

Seeing that Consort Ning was somewhat agitated, Pei Nanyue quickly offered words of comfort.

"Your Majesty, please do not worry. This matter has been temporarily suppressed. Apart from the guards who captured the assassin, only you and I know about it."

"Where are they? I want to interrogate them myself."

Ning Wan'er was clearly in a hurry; she stood up and tried to walk out.

"Your Majesty, please don't worry!"

Seeing this, Pei Nanyue grabbed her arm and whispered...

"There are too many people and too many eyes in this palace. If you were to go out now, the news would probably reach the Emperor's ears before you even reach the palace road."

She naturally knew about Consort Ning, who was from the Western Regions.

In Chengqian Palace, there are bound to be spies of the Emperor.

Right now, no matter how chaotic things are outside, they must not lose their composure.

However, it was clear that Ning Wan'er's temper could not be controlled at all.

"Am I just going to let others frame me like this? Frame the Western Regions?" She pointed indignantly at the palace gate; she simply couldn't bear the thought of others framing her.

Pei Nanyue quickly pulled her into the house, and only released her arm when they reached the inner room.

"Your Majesty, please don't worry. Someone is already investigating this matter in secret. But I'm also wondering why those two assassins, after failing to assassinate me, revealed their identities. They must have some kind of leverage over me."

"handle?"

Ning Wan'er's current emotions are not enough to allow her to think calmly.

All she wanted to do now was to kill her way to the two assassins and torture them severely!

"Yes, why should they admit their identities? What benefit would it bring them? Or rather, do they think that being from the Western Regions guarantees them their lives?"

Pei Nanyue's words calmed Ning Wan'er down a bit.

"Yes...you're absolutely right! Why reveal their identities? Isn't that just creating trouble? Are they barbarians from the south?"

Ning Wan'er recalled that when the Southern Barbarian assassins tried to assassinate Lord Qin, they deliberately claimed to be from the Western Regions in order to turn the Western Regions against Nanyang!

They've used this two-birds-with-one-stone tactic before!