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"Now, with the help of his men, most of my forces in Jiangnan have been wiped out, and the bandits' stronghold has even been burned down! Don't you know how many silver notes were inside? You caused me heavy losses, and you didn't even take precautions!"

Prince Ning, Song Yunming, was furious.

The people in the room lowered their heads and dared not answer. No one dared to provoke Prince Ning at this time. Song Yunming looked at the group of useless people under his command who remained silent, and he became even angrier.

"It's one thing for you to be careless in your work, but now you're dragging me down so I have to deal with those troublesome matters personally, and smooth things over with everyone without leaving any evidence. If Prince Jing catches me doing something wrong and reports it to His Majesty, then if anything happens to me, none of you good-for-nothings will escape!"

Seemingly to divert Song Yunming's anger, one of them boldly spoke up, "Your Highness, it is said that Prince Jing personally came to Jiangnan to handle this matter. I heard that today his carriage was driving around the streets in a very ostentatious manner, as if he was afraid that others would not know that Prince Jing had come here."

"Of course he wants to make a big fuss about it."

Song Yunming sneered, his expression instantly turning gloomy. "He's accomplished such a huge feat, shouldn't he give me a good taunt?"

After saying this, a chilling killing intent flashed in his eyes again, "However, my royal uncle is not the type to show off. His special performance today is probably because he has some other plans."

Xie Yunqi also stood in the corner of the room. When he became the prince consort, it meant that he was on the same side as Prince Ning. Seeing Prince Ning so angry about Prince Jing's matter, he couldn't help but think of telling Prince Ning that Prince Jing was hiding in the Xie family anonymously.

However, Xie Yunqi quickly swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

Prince Jing is always elusive and mysterious. In his previous life, Xie Yunqi only saw Prince Jing a few times because he was following Song Yunming. In this life, he has never even seen Prince Jing. If he were to reveal this secret, how would he explain that he knows what Prince Jing looks like?

Song Yunming has always been suspicious, and if I were to reveal this matter, I would not only fail to gain anything, but I would also arouse his suspicion.

Thinking of this, Xie Yunqi could only temporarily abandon the idea. It seemed that before revealing this secret, he still had to obtain the most crucial treasure in Jiang Yuyue's house. As long as he had this thing, he would definitely be able to gain the complete trust of Prince Ning.

……

Xie Jinglan glanced out the window every now and then while having dinner inside.

Considering that he probably wouldn't want to see the Xie family, Jiang Yuyue specially ordered that his meals be delivered to his room so that he could eat in peace.

At that moment, Ji Xiang, who was guarding the door, gently knocked on the door. Then the door was opened, and there was another person behind him. This person was none other than the young marquis Jiang Feili in disguise.

Although they were disguised, they were still dressed in a flamboyant manner, showing no intention of concealing their identities.

"You certainly had a lavish dinner."

As soon as Jiang Feili entered, he noticed the delicious food on the table and teased, "You're living a life that's almost as good as when you were in the Prince's mansion."

"Let's get down to business."

When Xie Jinglan saw the person who had arrived, his eyes seemed to darken for a moment, interrupting Jiang Feili's sigh.

The latter pursed his lips, but immediately returned to the main topic.

"The potential problems on Prince Ning's side have been largely resolved."

Jiang Feili casually grabbed a pastry from the table and stuffed it into his mouth. "Now that the matter of the river bandits here is over, you've probably achieved your goal in Jiangnan, right? Your illness has reached its final stage of treatment. After finishing this course of medicine, you should be cured."

After saying this, Jiang Feili looked up at him and said, "Shouldn't you also be thinking about when to make your escape? But I see that your interpersonal relationships are becoming more and more complicated, so I'm afraid it won't be so easy to extricate yourself when the time comes."

Xie Jinglan's face remained expressionless, making it impossible to discern his thoughts. He simply said, "No rush, let's postpone this matter."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Jiang Feili raised an eyebrow. "Could it be that he's really been tripped up by beauty? I never expected that our Prince Jing, who's always been so clueless about romance, would have such a day?"

"Even if Jiang Yuyue is beautiful, you are the famous Prince Jing, what kind of beauty can't you have? Why are you so fixated on someone else's wife? It won't sound good if this gets out."

Faced with Jiang Feili's teasing, Jixiang couldn't help but say, "Young Marquis, don't talk nonsense. Miss Jiang is carrying His Highness's child. His Highness will naturally have to think it over carefully!"

As soon as he said this, Jixiang felt Xie Jinglan's sharp gaze, which made him realize his slip of the tongue, and he quickly covered his mouth.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Feili's pupils constricted sharply, her eyes filled with deep shock and disbelief. "Is this true?!"

Xie Jinglan remained silent, but Jiang Feili, seeing that he did not deny it, was certain it was true. After her initial surprise, she exclaimed, "I never expected this! It seems that the Prince Jing's mansion will be adding a concubine first?"

"However, what you're doing is probably not appropriate. Although it's not a big deal to take a concubine first, what if she gives birth to a boy? The princess will have a son before even entering the family. Aren't you going to embarrass Prime Minister Li?"

Upon hearing this, Jixiang quickly observed his prince's expression, as he himself was not quite sure what the prince's intentions were.

Although the Empress Dowager had jokingly suggested arranging a marriage between His Highness and Prime Minister Li's daughter when His Highness was young, it was just a joke. However, the Empress Dowager took it seriously. If the late Emperor hadn't stopped her, she would have arranged the marriage between His Highness and Prime Minister Li's daughter.

Although no one has mentioned this matter since the Empress Dowager passed away, it was at least brought to the forefront. In addition, since neither of them has married yet, people in the capital generally assume that the position of Princess Jing belongs to the daughter of Prime Minister Li.

"When did you start talking so much nonsense?"

Xie Jinglan neither agreed nor disagreed with the topic he brought up, only saying indifferently, "Since this is the last course of treatment, then hurry up and take out the medicine."

"What's the hurry?"

Jiang Feili muttered something, took out a small medicine bottle from his pocket and put it on the table, "Although this is the last course of treatment, the effects of the medicine will be more obvious than before. After drinking it, you will probably feel quite uncomfortable for the next few days, but as long as you get through it, the remaining toxins in your body will be cleared."

Xie Jinglan didn't care about these words. He opened the medicine bottle, poured out a few pills, and swallowed them with tea. Seeing his decisive appearance, Jiang Feili couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.