Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 395: A Masterful Tactic!

Pang Mansion.

Pang Wenzheng looked at the coquettish woman in front of him, his expression cold: "Why have you come here? Didn’t I tell you not to come unless it’s important?"

Even though the matter was about to succeed, Pang Wenzheng had to remain absolutely clean, not allowing the Emperor’s men to find the slightest trace of anything, so he usually personally sought people out; no one ever came looking for him.

But after her disturbance, his whereabouts were completely exposed!

Pang Wenzheng was quite annoyed!

Yet the woman opposite him was still acting casually, saying coquettishly, "Oh, I was really careful, dressed up meticulously so that no one would recognize me!"

Pang Wenzheng sneered, "I always told you not to act recklessly, not to ruin the big affair because of your feelings. Fortunately, your old maid is loyal; otherwise, if they caught you and found the poisonous insect on your body, it would all be too late! Don’t forget, your stand-in is already dead!"

"Relax, relax, I know what I’m doing. At worst, I’ll change my face later, just make Xue Mingzhu completely disappear!"

"Hmph, it’s up to you!"

"Oh, alright, alright, I know I was wrong! I will certainly listen to you next time!" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Xue Mingzhu saw the man was angry and quickly softened, speaking sweet words.

Pang Wenzheng gave her a cold glance and said, "For the next few days, you will stay in my mansion, under the guise of a maid!"

"Ah, not a concubine? Ah ah, yes yes, a maid!"

Xue Mingzhu saw Pang Wenzheng’s face turn cold and quickly retracted her previous words.

Pang Wenzheng continued, "Also, I’ve already received news. The Daliang Princess is very dissatisfied that Emperor Zhou detained Princess Nianxi, ordering Emperor Zhou to release her immediately and has already massed troops at the Northern Border!"

"Oh, then do you think Qi Yun will release her?"

"No! Qi Yun hates being threatened the most, and the Daliang Princess massing troops at the Northern Border is a threat of force! Qi Yun is obsessed with force itself, and threatening him with what he values will only have the opposite effect."

"That’s great, as soon as Daliang makes a move, we act immediately!"

"No, we still have to wait for movements from the other two sides, Cao Yin from Xinan and Prince Lingjiang from Jiangling County!"

Pang Wenzheng said this and revealed a sinister smile, his eyes brimming with excitement.

"These two, Cao Yin and Qi Yun were once sworn brothers, will they betray him? And Prince Lingjiang, that person has a weak constitution and isn’t very resilient, how could he commit treason?"

Xue Mingzhu lightly frowned, feeling the matter needed deliberation, but Pang Wenzheng said, "You don’t understand, you don’t understand people’s hearts, especially men’s hearts!

Every man loves power, without exception, not a single one!

Cao Yin and Qi Yun had a great relationship in their youth, but as time passes, how long can that feeling last?

Cao Yin fought south and north with Qi Yun in his early days, made countless contributions, achieved too much. Yet Qi Yun only gave rewards, his several sons were always given low military positions, and Cao Xiao remained a civilian, why?

Suspicion, ah!

Outstanding achievements overshadowing the ruler, what does the Emperor fear most? Subordinates whose achievements and brilliance overshadow their own wise and divine capabilities!

Cao Yin knows this, so he has always been stationed in Xinan over the years, to stay away from the power center, to avoid being too conspicuous!

Hehe, that old fox is smart, though Xinan is tough, after all, it avoids the Emperor’s suspicion, allowing peaceful days. But now, Qi Yun wants to strip him of his military power? The years of silence, frustration, one day will erupt, it will erupt!"

Pang Wenzheng said, looking up at the sky, "Even if he is loyal, he doesn’t want to commit treason, but below him? Those comrades who fought alongside him, even took hits for him at crucial moments? Can they endure? Once the military leadership changes, do you think it’s merely changing one person? No, it’s everything! The fifty thousand elite soldiers under Cao Yin would be dispersed and reassigned, understand?"

Xue Mingzhu is after all the Princess Bingqin from Chen Country, even though she was young then, she has political acuity.

Upon hearing, she exclaimed, "Cao Yin doesn’t want to rebel, but his commanders and soldiers wouldn’t agree? They would urge him to defect?"

"Exactly! That’s why Cao Yin will definitely rebel!"

Xue Mingzhu’s beautiful eyes shifted as she looked at him: "Actually, there are several of your people planted within the Cao Family Army, right? They usually don’t stand out, but at crucial moments, they would instigate the rebellion, wouldn’t they?"

Pang Wenzheng looked at her, a smug smile curling at his lips: "I thought you were just a female monkey, a female monkey only knowing to go into heat!"

Faced with such an insulting remark, Xue Mingzhu wasn’t displeased, merely scoffing, "I actually understand everything, but if I know too much, how would your unparalleled wisdom and courage be manifested?"

Pang Wenzheng laughed heartily: "Then I should thank you!"

"Hmph, indeed!"

Pang Wenzheng narrowed his eyes, smiled, suddenly picked her up horizontally, and entered the inner room...

...

Xinan Camp.

Cao Yin had received this imperial decree for some days.

He showed a calm demeanor, but often stared blankly at this decree.

The Emperor wants to strip him of his military power?

The decree didn’t say much, merely stated that Li Qingmu massacred villagers guiltlessly, and his wife Long Yue led troops to storm the Imperial Palace to save him, and as the grandfather, he was undeservingly guilty for failing to disciple. To prevent incidents, his military power was temporarily confiscated.

They say temporary, but everyone knows once the military power is taken, it’s gone forever.

How many people are eyeing this military power?

Once it falls into others’ hands, would they return it to you? No, certainly not!

So Cao Yin was dazed, unable to comprehend, was the comradeship with those who battled alongside him, south and north, fake? Could it be discarded so easily?

"Great General, something has happened!"

A commander suddenly rushed in from outside, with a tense expression but a bit of excitement in his eyes!

"What happened?"

"Great General, upon hearing the Emperor wants to strip your military power, many are furious, feeling they’ve fought bloodily on the front lines only to be stabbed in the back, and some say..."

Cao Yin frowned: "Say what?"

"They say if leadership changes, their positions would certainly be lost, and they’d face reckoning! As for the privates, they’re even more indignant, saying the future reorganization into other forces will turn them into cannon fodder!"

Every time leadership changes, it’s a bloody purge, because the army would be disrupted and reassigned to other forces, but those transferred afterward would surely be used as cannon fodder.

Without familiarity, no one would shield you from attacks, no one would lend a hand in crises, and no one would rush to save you when surrounded.

Even as a private, days in one’s native army are surely better than those in unfamiliar forces.

Thus, upon this imperial decree, the entire army was in uproar.

Many are dissatisfied.

Cao Yin waved his hand: "Go suppress it, I will come shortly."

"Yes!"

The commander went out, and Cao Yin closed the curtain tightly and then returned to take out a brocade box from his drawer.

This box had several gridded molds, he placed these molds over the decree, and finally, one matched.

Two phrases appeared.

First phrase: "Tongbao, rise in rebellion, storm Shengjing!"

Tongbao, was Cao Yin’s nickname, known by very few, but coincidentally, Qi Yun knew.

Thus, both the decree and the secret message were real!

Qi Yun deprived him of military power precisely to urge him to rebel, to storm Shengjing?

Then he looked at the second phrase.

"Elite, refugees, take advantage of chaos, infiltrate Shengjing!"

This phrase seemed strange, but Cao Yin understood.

Qi Yun instructed him to select some elite troops, amidst the chaos of rebellion in the city, have them disguise as refugees and infiltrate Shengjing City!

Because storming Shengjing would certainly have internal defenses, to avoid unnecessary losses, they had to camp outside.

But as long as insiders infiltrate, working from inside, they could at the crucial moment open the city gates to receive the tens of thousands of troops outside!

Good strategy, good tactics, this Emperor deserves recognition as a master of faction rivalry!

Cao Yin took a deep breath, then removed the mold, took the decree, and left the tent.