Wealth and glory seek stability

Jian Xi looked at the woman in front of her and knew that she had become like the superiors of this era, treating human lives as if they were ants.

A chill ran down my bones. Would she become like this in the future?

No.

She won't.

Jian Xi's eyes were firm again. "Your so-called foresight is nothing more than the right time, right place and right people. Being a woman is already difficult, why do you have to make things difficult for each other? Since you want to make a career, why don't you compete with those men? Relying on your self-righteous tricks and acting servile is just an excuse for your own incompetence."

Lin Yun seemed to be provoked, his face flushed, his teeth clenched, and he said viciously: "You are just a woman with a soft spot for kindness. People who achieve great things don't care about trivial matters. People like you can only stay in the backyard and revolve around men for the rest of your life."

Jian Xi stood up, her skirt swung slightly in an arc as she moved, and she tried to flirt with Lin Yun unintentionally:

"You have offended many people in the past. Whenever you are caught, you can only pray that you are caught by someone like me who you call a woman with a soft heart. Otherwise, you will be a hundred times more miserable than you are now. At least, I will not deal with you the way they deal with women."

When she spoke the last part, Jian Xi's voice was as cold as the ice chips on the eaves outside.

Lin Yun was very disgusted, "You have allowed people to torture me all the way, so why are you pretending now?"

Jian Xi smiled, "Torture? Do you feel like you've been tortured all the way?"

Even Chu Lu couldn't stand it anymore, and said with bared teeth: "My lord, I told you to tie her to the back of the carriage and feed her with water every day, but she has a carriage to ride in and porridge to drink. Which prisoner can enjoy such a good life? Now she is biting back. In my opinion, throwing her directly to the military whore camp is the best use of her."

Lin Yun shrank back reflexively when she heard Chu Lu's voice. When she heard the words "military brothel camp", she finally felt scared.

"No, I don't want to go to the military brothel."

Jian Xi looked at Chu Lu with admiration. She didn't expect that Chu Lu was so good at dealing with prisoners.

Unlike her, who is soft-hearted and only knows how to slap people.

"Just answer whatever I ask you. Do you understand?"

Lin Yun seemed to know that he was powerless to save the situation and could only nod woodenly.

Jian Xi asked: "What is the current situation of the Xuanyuan Dynasty? What is the relationship between the major families and the Xuanyuan Dynasty?" The Xuanyuan Dynasty she was asking about was the Xuanyuan Dynasty after it lost the land north of Jiangnan and shrunk by half.

Lin Yun knew that Jian Xi was not someone who could be easily fooled, so he could only tell the truth:

"Xuanyuan Zhan's plan was exposed, and he lost the support of most people. The court officials felt that Xuanyuan Zhan was too extreme and not a wise choice for a ruler. They wanted to push the King of Jin to the throne. The Wu'an Palace sent the only girl in the family, Baili Huanyan, to the King of Jin as a concubine. Xuanyuan Zhan firmly controlled Concubine Zhao, making the King of Jin and the Prime Minister's lineage dare not act rashly. Now the forces of several parties are intertwined, and I am afraid there will be another war."

Jian Xi secretly calculated in her heart that such a situation was reasonable. Xuanyuan Zhan's behavior was tantamount to stabbing the court nobles in the back. There was no way he could get support.

But now she was more curious, "How did you convince Xuanyuan Zhan to leave the capital?"

This was an absurd act that anyone with a discerning eye could see. Xuanyuan Zhan had been in power for more than twenty years, and such frivolous behavior was really inappropriate.

Lin Yun didn't care. "He has been praised by others for a long time since he was in a high position. Xuanyuan Zhan is sure that Huang Yuan doesn't have the courage to attack the capital. Even if he does, the bandits can't defend such a big country. Then he will send troops to attack just for the right reason."

Jian Xi: “.......”

Weird reason.

She could guess how Huang Yuan's feat would be deified in the future, but the truth was just so ordinary and full of coincidences.

A reckless man who only knows how to do things recklessly, surrounded by a group of brothers who are willing to go through life and death with him, and enemies who keep seeking death and getting killed. It's a typical Long Aotian script.

If Lin Yun had not plotted against her and Dongfang Wenying's lives, Shen Nanxing and Gao Yunhuai would not have stabbed them in the back.

Without the assistance of Shen Nanxing and Gao Yunhuai, Huang Yuan would not have been able to secure his position in the capital so quickly.

And with her advice and all the coincidences piled together, no one would have thought that this would really happen.

"What was your original plan?" Jian Xi looked at Lin Yun and felt that she was both hateful and pitiful.

What’s hateful is that she has lost the most basic humanity. What’s pitiful is that she has always been a pawn in the hands of others, being dragged into a struggle that does not belong to her, and finally becoming a victim.

Lin Yun looked at Jian Xi with a gloomy gaze, "I want to make Prince Jin the king, and then kill him and take his place. As long as you can let me return to Jiangning, I can make you a condition. I can give you wealth, glory, and a harem of handsome men."

"Do you know where this is?" Jian Xi took down a beautifully decorated dagger from the bookshelf, opened it, and a cold light instantly flashed on the blade, which could cut through any hair.

Lin Yun then took a quick look at the surrounding decorations. It looked like a study room. It was hard to tell what kind of wood the desk was made of. It was covered with densely packed envelopes and documents. Even the paperweight was made of rare white jade.

The chair that Jian Xi was sitting on was carved with an unknown yet somewhat familiar totem. Even the clothes she was wearing did not look like Central Plains clothing. Memories from deep within her mind emerged.

Lin Yun's tone was trembling, which she herself did not even notice. "Is this Saibei?"

Jian Xi raised her eyes and suddenly remembered Lin Yun's origin. Lin Yun was picked up by Baili Yanhua from the battlefield in the northern part of the Saibei. "Not too stupid."

Looking at Chu Lu on the side, "Take her down, whatever needs to be done, but don't let her leave Saibei, and don't let her live too comfortably."

Chu Lu clapped her hands and walked towards Lin Yun with a sly smile, "This is easy. Just throw her to a grassland. Even if she has great abilities, she won't be able to escape."

Jian Xi looked at Chu Lu's actions and felt that she looked like a cannon fodder and lackey behind a vicious villain.

Lin Yun's entire body was shaking as Chu Lu dragged him out like a sack.

"I don't want to, I don't want to stay here, let me go, we are from the same hometown, I am reborn, I know what happens in the future, send me back, and I will tell you!"

No matter how hard Lin Yun screamed, Jian Xi remained unmoved.

It was not until he was dragged by Chu Lu again and stayed in the carriage for a month that Lin Yun finally felt afraid.

It's over, it's over.

Jian Xi opened an official document, which contained the field data and predicted grain yield per mu reported by the agricultural official.

Everything was quiet, no different from usual except for a few stains left by Lin Yun on the ground.

The maid brought a basin of water into the room and cleaned away all the traces left by Lin Yun bit by bit until no trace was left.