The Double-Chapter 370 - 129: Possessed_3

Once they were on the carriage, Tonger steadied Jiang Li, "Miss, why did the Duke come to the carriage just now? Was there something the matter?"

"It’s nothing." Jiang Li looked at the whistle in her palm. Bai Xue followed her gaze and saw the whistle as well, saying, "This whistle is so exquisitely made."

At the top of the pure white porcelain whistle bloomed a black peony. Even on such a tiny object, the peony was depicted with lifelike detail, vibrant and lifelike. Jiang Li tucked the whistle away, saying, "Yes, it is."

Jih Heng had given her the whistle, thereby acknowledging a fact; although he could not guess that she was Xue Fangfei, concerning what she intended to do, how she would deal with Shen Yurong and Princess Yongning in the future, and the vindication of the siblings Xue Fangfei and Xue Zhao, it was an unspoken understanding.

He knew, he would not interfere, he consented, and when it came to the critical moment, he would even lend a hand to help.

Thus, she had gained another chip, still, the biggest chip within the court of the Northern Yan Dynasty. Although this chip required a price from her, exactly what that price entailed was not yet entirely clear.

But Jiang Li believed that it was a worthwhile deal, so much so that in the future, she could almost be fearless.

All she needed to do was plan properly, and as for whether she could do it or dare to do it, with Jih Heng, she had nothing to fear.

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Just as Jih Heng had said, in the Princess’s Mansion, Princess Yongning was in a thunderous rage.

Feng Yutang was executed by hanging, and until his death, he did not reveal Princess Yongning’s name. However, Prince Cheng told Yongning that although it seemed that way on the surface, what the Ministry of Punishment’s Zhou Dezhao later extracted from Feng Yutang’s mouth was unknown. Although Emperor Hongxiao seemed to not delve deeply into the matter on the surface, by allowing Jiang Li to argue for Xue Huaiyuan’s vindication in court, he had already made clear his stance. Emperor Hongxiao’s intention to deal with Prince Cheng was no longer a secret.

The Xue Family case had led to undercurrents surging within the Northern Yan Dynasty’s court. Prince Cheng had already gone back to consult with Empress Dowager Liu regarding Emperor Hongxiao. The less Emperor Hongxiao concealed his murderous intent towards Prince Cheng, the closer the arrival of that day, the sooner they would need to start preparing for action.

As far as Princess Yongning was concerned, she did not care about the turbulence in the imperial court. In her view, the world would sooner or later belong to Prince Cheng. When that day came, her status would only rise higher, and there would be nothing she couldn’t obtain. Currently, what she was most anxious and infuriated about was actually Jiang Li.

Jiang Li, who had implicated herself in court regarding the Xue Family’s case, was one thing, considering there was no evidence. But right when she had finally convinced Empress Dowager Liu and was about to make it clear to Emperor Hongxiao that she intended for Shen Yurong to become the Prince Consort, and with Shen Yurong agreeing to it, the Xue case was exposed, and Xue Fangfei, who had been gradually forgotten by Yanjing City, was brought up again. freёnovelkiss.com

This meant that not only could she not marry Shen Yurong, but if she and Shen Yurong were to show even a slight association or intimacy, those who grasped at straws would say: Princess Yongning, for the sake of being with Shen Yurong, had instructed Feng Yutang to frame Xue Huaiyuan for imprisonment. Given such tactics, who’s to say that when Xue Fangfei was accused of adultery in the past, there wasn’t a large scheme involved!

To cleanse Xue Fangfei of the muck smeared on her and restore her as the unparalleled beauty of Yanjing City was something Yongning absolutely could not stand for!

What pained her the most was that Shen Yurong, due to this case, had asked their marriage be put on hold for the time being.

Having been affectionate with Shen Yurong for so long, Princess Yongning had long understood his temperament. Shen Yurong was extremely cautious and habitually weighed the pros and cons; with this matter being harmful but providing no benefit to him, Shen Yurong would certainly reconsider their marriage. At least for now, he would not marry her. Shen Yurong could afford to wait, but Princess Yongning could not. What if something went wrong in the meantime? She was eager to possess him.

But now Shen Yurong had backed off, and Yongning nearly had a falling out with him over this. But Shen Yurong was stubborn, and even Yongning felt helpless. Unable to deal with Shen Yurong, she shifted all her hatred onto Jiang Li. If it weren’t for Jiang Li’s meddling in the affairs of the Xue Family’s case, how would things have escalated to this state!

Princess Yongning suspected that Jiang Li did it all on purpose. At that time, her instructions to Feng Yutang to kill Jiang Li in a secret attack had somehow failed, and not only did Jiang Li survive, but she also led the people of Tongxiang to storm into the capital, catching her wholly unprepared. In court, Jiang Li brought up her name, clearly by design. She must have known early on about her own assassination attempt and countered it. Princess Yongning even speculated that Jiang Li might have known all along that she was the mastermind behind Feng Yutang, not having learned it by chance through the letter. The name Xue Fangfei wasn’t mentioned by her casually either. Perhaps Jiang Li even knew the cause of Xue Fangfei’s death... How much did she know?