Strategy? I'm at full level and criticizing like crazy, taming sickly villains

Qin Xiang felt that he was really unlucky. According to what Jiang Li said, even if the Liang Kingdom launched a war, it would only happen after some time.

But she had just arrived at Mucheng when Liang Guo took action.

So Qin Xiang's situation changed instantly, from a princess who still maintained a polite appearance to a prisoner.

There was no need for her to use any strategy at all, and she was directly placed under house arrest in the palace of the Makucheng Prefect.

Fortunately, it was still under house arrest, and they seemed to have some scruples, so they had no intention of dragging her out to worship the flag from the beginning. They also gave her pretty good preferential treatment and did not suffer too much.

However, the panic in my heart cannot be eliminated like this.

Qin Xiang was very scared. All her previous thoughts were in vain. She was indeed in the Prefect's Mansion, but she had no freedom from the beginning. She had no chance to know more about the Prefect's Mansion, let alone steal the city's defense map.

With how closely they were guarding her now, it would be a problem for her to escape.

The only comfort in her heart at this time was that the two people sent by Jiang Li to pretend to be her maids were still around.

The people of Liang State had no defense against her, so for the sake of convenience, they left two people to serve her.

When Qin Xiang was most panicked and helpless, the calmness of these two people gave her a lot of encouragement.

"Third princess, don't be afraid. Although things are a little beyond our expectations, it's not to the point where it's completely impossible to play. Just listen to us."

At this time, Qin Xiang was indeed like a fool who couldn't do anything and didn't understand anything.

They told her to be obedient, and she became obedient.

On the eighth day of her house arrest, someone came to see her.

The visitor, Qin Xiang, was not a stranger. He was Meng Yuanzhou, whom he had met several times in the capital.

Meng Yuanzhou smiled slightly when he saw her, and without saying any polite words, he asked straight to the point: "Does the third princess want to live?"

Want to live? Of course, who doesn’t want to live well?

But Qin Xiang is not stupid. Meng Yuanzhou clearly had a purpose when he came to say such a thing to her.

Sure enough, Meng Yuanzhou then said: "If the third princess is willing to cooperate with us, then not only will we not do anything detrimental to you, we can even let you marry the prince."

"The future queen is unlikely, but there is still nothing wrong with the concubine. At least I can ensure that you have enough food and clothing to grow old safely."

"Or maybe you want freedom more, and it's not like I can't satisfy you."

Meng Yuanzhou thought that he was sincere and felt that these conditions should be enough to impress Qin Xiang.

After all, he has done his homework a long time ago and will not fight an uncertain battle.

There was a trace of hesitation in Qin Xiang's eyes. He was obviously a little moved, but he felt uneasy.

She then asked, "What... do you want me to do?"

Meng Yuanzhou twitched his lips, "It's very simple, you just need to tell the world some of the things Emperor Qing did to you."

Qin Xiang was stunned, "He... what did he do to me?"

"He used your father to seize the legitimate heir, but in the end he was worried that your father would become a threat in the future, so he designed to get rid of him and the enemy together."

"He caused your whole family to be wiped out, leaving you alone as an orphan. He pretended to be kind and brought you into the palace, but in fact he treated you extremely harshly."

"You finally grew up safely in a dangerous palace. You thought you could escape as long as you married into a good family, but you didn't expect that Liang Guo knowingly had bad intentions, still deliberately pushed you out."

Having said this, Meng Yuanzhou paused, looking at Qin Xiang's surprised eyes, the corners of his lips curved, "Aren't these enough?"

Only then did Qin Xiang come back to his senses, "What are you talking about? My parents' death was just an accident!"

Although Qin Xiang had doubts before, and even investigated secretly in private after becoming sensible, but... in the end, her father's death was indeed not caused intentionally by Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing was not a good person, but at least he did not do anything like this.

Meng Yuanzhou was not surprised by her rebuttal, and only asked, "Is it important whether these things are true?"

Qin Xiang was stunned, and then he finally understood what Meng Yuanzhou meant.

"You...you want me to frame him?"

Only then did Qin Xiang truly understand the reason why they kept her and never treated her harshly. They just wanted her to slander Emperor Qing and make him lose the support of the people, which would lead to internal turmoil in the Qing Kingdom at this time, so that the Liang Kingdom could take advantage of it.

After understanding what he meant, Qin Xiang slapped the table with excitement and stood up, "This is treason, there is no way I can agree to it!"

Meng Yuanzhou smiled faintly, "You are about to lose your life, why do you still care about this?"

"Qin Xiang, the first half may not be true, but the second half is not a lie."

"Think about how they treated you, and you don't have any relatives in Qingguo. So what if you treason? You won't lose anything."

"Or if you think about it again, doesn't the Qing Congress know what your situation is now? But none of them thought about coming to rescue you. You were completely given up from the beginning."

"Now, do you want to lose this only chance of survival for them?"

"Qin Xiang, I believe you are a smart person and you must know how to choose...right?"

As Meng Yuanzhou spoke sentence by sentence, the anger on Qin Xiang's face gradually turned into struggle, and then confusion.

Yes, she doesn't want to treason, but who in her country protects her?

After a period of silence, Qin Xiang finally spoke, "You... you let me think about it, can you give me some time?"

Meng Yuanzhou's lips curved into a smile, "Of course, I will give you one day to think about it. At this time tomorrow, I will come to you in person to ask for the answer."

"If the answer I get is not what I want... I think you should know what the consequences will be, right?"

"After all, apart from this, your identity as a princess still has some final value."

Qin Xiang's face instantly turned pale, and he nodded slightly tremblingly, "I...I understand."

Naturally, the conversation between Meng Yuanzhou and Qin Xiang would not be heard by others, so after he left, the two maids immediately returned to the room.

The two of them asked eagerly: "What did he tell you?"

Qin Xiang's face didn't look good, and he seemed to be a little absent-minded.

When asked, his response was a little slow before he said, "Huh? Oh... no, it's nothing."

She lowered her eyelashes and turned around, "I feel a little unwell... I want to go back to the house and rest for a while. Call me again after dinner."

As she turned to leave, the two maids looked at each other and said, "There is a problem."

The two of them were sent here, so they were both first-class and clever. It was strange that they couldn't see such an obvious problem.

But...the two of them were not arrested, which meant that at least Qin Xiang hadn't figured out what to do yet.

Should they just kill Qin Xiang and leave, or... choose to believe her?