After transmigrating into the book, I replaced the innocent-looking girl and became the Crown Prince

Prefect Liu walked out of the inn in a daze, holding the documents.

He was just casually making a suggestion, but little did he know that Governor Lu would actually ask him to set a trap to lure Jiang Yang into it.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Prefect Liu, short and thin, swayed as he sat down in the sedan chair.

Inside a villa in Tongzhou.

The middle-aged man with a round belly was doing aerobic exercises on the couch, holding the skinny horse that the merchant had given him.

A moment later, he said breathlessly, "Little beauty, come here."

The skinny horse smiled seductively, but inwardly he was contemptuous.

"My lord, I am dying."

"Your kung fu is too powerful, I can't withstand it, please spare me today!"

"Haha, really?"

The fat, burly man laughed loudly.

The skinny horse hooked her arms around his thick neck and whimpered, "Master, I would never lie to you. Perhaps I am already pregnant with your child."

The fat man was even more excited at the thought that the skinny woman was pregnant with his child.

The place, which had already fallen silent, suddenly became lively again, which terrified the skinny horse so much that his face turned green.

"Sir, please be gentle, please be gentle!"

The skinny horse was so regretful that he wanted to bang his head against the wall.

If she had known that saying this would greatly boost the fat man's morale, she would never have said it.

A quarter of an hour later.

The skinny horse lay on the bed, utterly despondent, when she heard someone knocking on the courtyard gate outside.

"My little beauty, wait here for me, I'll be right back."

The burly man finally got to be arrogant today.

He was still in the mood and wanted to spend some more time with the skinny girl, but someone outside seemed to have something important to tell him and kept banging on the courtyard gate.

"I'm coming……"

The stout man casually threw on a coat and walked into the courtyard.

The courtyard originally had servants to guard it, but because he and the slut were having an affair there, the servants were all given a day off.

"Mr. Ma, it's urgent."

The courtyard gate opened, and a tall, thin man hurried in.

Ma Hongmao looked at him, his brows and eyes immediately showing impatience.

"What's going on? Don't you know I have something to do today?"

The tall, thin man said tremblingly, "Master Ma, it really is something important."

Ma Hongmao picked up his large gold pipe, filled it with tobacco he had bought at a high price, and then said, "Speak, what is it?"

The tall, thin man carefully lit a fire for him.

Then she recounted in detail the instructions her master had given her.

"You mean someone from above has come. And this person is now going after Jiang Yang?"

"Yes, Mr. Ma."

Our master's idea is that since someone is already helping you deal with it, you can temporarily stop here and let the other people handle it.

This way, you not only avoid any effort, but you can also reap the benefits without lifting a finger.

Ma Hongmao, with his pipe dangling from his lips, was deep in thought.

If someone helps him deal with Jiang Yang, he can save himself some trouble.

But about that beauty...

"Gao Meng, your master promised to hand that beauty over to me after the deed is done. He won't change his mind halfway through, will he?"

He spent a fortune on this beauty.

He didn't want to lose the beauty because of other people's interference.

"No, of course not."

The tall, thin man waved his hand and said firmly, "This matter will naturally be handled according to the agreement you made with my master back then."

Although his master had not mentioned anything about the arrangements for Magistrate Jiang's new wife, as the persuader, he naturally had to consider both sides.

"That's good."

Ma Hongmao turned the pipe upside down to extinguish the fire.

The tall, thin man naturally understood the obvious intention to expel him.

He stood up, cupped his hands in farewell, and took his leave.

"It's easier to leave a senior management position."

After the tall, thin man left, Ma Hongmao immediately lost his desire to play.

He went back and dressed. Seeing his anxious look, the skinny man on the bed asked in confusion, "Master, where are you going?"

"I'm going back to Beijing."

He replied without blinking.

"Sir, what about me?"

The skinny horse was surprised and suspicious.

"Go back to your place in the county town first! If I come back, I will come to find you."

Unexpectedly, as Ma Hongmao stepped out of the courtyard, a sedan chair that had been waiting nearby was carried over.

He got into the sedan chair and said to the sedan chair bearers, "To Tongzhou Wharf."

Little did he know that no sooner had he left than the hidden guards who had been lying in wait came out with a serious expression.

He glanced into the courtyard, then quickly left using his light-footed skills.

Inside the inn.

"Your Highness, I just sent someone to investigate. It turns out that the transfer order for Jiang Yang was issued by Xia Daotai."

"Xia Xiuyan, a fourth-rank Daoist official?"

"Yes, although Magistrate Xia has retired and no longer has any business to manage, his son accepted money from Ma Hongmao in order to curry favor with our Marquis of Dingguo's family, which is why he took action against him."

Who is this Ma Hongmao?

Lu Hanting frowned.

Seeing that the crown prince did not understand.

Ru Feng briefly outlined the relationships between these individuals.

It turns out that Ma Hongmao is the eldest son of the Rong family, a wealthy merchant family in the capital, and also the brother-in-law of the third concubine's elder brother in the Dingguo Marquis's mansion.

Using his position as the brother-in-law of the Marquis of Dingguo, a powerful figure in the imperial merchant family, he did everything he could to cultivate relationships with local gentry and officials in Tongzhou, providing them with various conveniences for his chain of pharmacies.

The reason he's targeting Jiang Yang now is supposedly because he's taken a liking to Magistrate Jiang's beautiful wife and is trying to kill Jiang Yang so he can get his cousin.

Ru Feng's words made Lu Hanting's eyes sharpen instantly, and he looked at Ru Feng coldly.

Ru Feng, who was being stared at with a deathly gaze by his master, immediately lowered his eyes to look at the ground, and he felt a cold wind blowing on his face.

Why does the prince look at him like that? He didn't do it.

"That Ma Hongmao has some nerve! He actually dares to covet my woman..."

If he hadn't arrived in Tongzhou, given Jiang Yang's abilities, he would likely have died at the hands of the bandits in Chuzhou within a day of the transfer order being issued.

At that time, Yan'er will likely become fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.

Thinking of this, one could see the veins on Lu Hanting's hands bulging, and his eyes, which had been calm just moments before, now seemed to be about to kill.

My heart trembled as if in the wind.

It turns out that the prince wasn't indifferent to the cousin, but rather troubled by her betrayal.

"Come on, let's go meet Xia Xiuyan!"

The Jiang family, the county government office.

He Yuyan took out a high-quality wooden box from the room.

Seeing how much her daughter-in-law cherished the items, Jiang knew that they must be the valuables left by He Yuyan's parents.

She didn't show it on her face, but she was secretly overjoyed.

He Yuyan opened the box and took out a large stack of silver notes.

"My husband, this is all I have."

This is the silver my parents left for me and Chenchen; it originally amounted to ten thousand taels.

"I spent a lot of money opening the pharmacy, and now I only have eight thousand taels left."

"Yan'er, you..."

Jiang Yang stepped forward excitedly, but he was quite shocked when he saw the piles of silver notes in front of him.

He originally thought that Yan'er's wealth was at most three to five thousand taels.

I never imagined that my parents-in-law were such good businessmen, leaving my wife so much wealth.

With this money, his superior, Lord Liu, should be able to pull some strings to get the transfer order revoked!