Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

Gu Yanbai knew why Yan Xiuchen acted so ruthlessly. Although he couldn't hear what he said, he could guess.

But even so, the knot in his heart could not be resolved.

"You... who else are you and where are you?" Yan Xiuchen pulled out the dagger from the other person's body, glanced at him coldly, and slowly stood up.

Naturally, the man was unable to say anything. If he had not been forcibly pulled by his personal guards on both sides, he would have died.

Seeing this, Jiu Ye shouted at the others, "Speak, or you will end up in an even worse situation!"

Several people lowered their heads and didn't speak. Yan Xiuchen became impatient, pulled out a dagger from his waist, raised his hand and stabbed the man in front of him in the eyes.

"Ah..." The other party finally screamed, but he was weak and soon collapsed to the ground.

Seeing this, Jiu Ye moved closer.

After checking, he shook his head at Yan Xiuchen, "There is still a breath."

"Everyone, dig out your eyes, cut off your tongues, chop off your legs, and hang them at the west city gate for me..."

"The Fuye tribe of Sang State sneaked into Dayan, and this is an example."

After saying that, Yan Xiuchen came over with a pair of swords, handed them to Jiuhan, then grabbed Gu Yanbai's arm and left.

When Gu Yanbai came to his senses, the person had already been dragged outside the west wing.

"It's almost dawn, go back to sleep." Yan Xiuchen shouted softly and pushed open the door.

Gu Yanbai looked at Yan Xiuchen who turned around and suddenly spoke.

"The Fuye people wanted to kill me because they wanted to use my life to intensify the conflict and war between Dayan and Sang, so that they could reap the benefits."

Yan Xiuchen didn't look back, and whispered in agreement, "I know."

Gu Yanbai looked at Yan Xiuchen's back, and secretly covered his hand holding the jade flute behind his back, and his eyes turned cold instantly.

At three quarters past three in the morning, everything is quiet.

Gu Yanbai, relying on his excellent martial arts skills, quietly left the house in a black brocade robe and rushed to the silent wooden boat on the water street.

It was pitch black in the boat awning, and all he could hear was someone bowing to him in a low voice.

"Greetings to Prince Zen! May the prince be healthy and live long."

Gu Yanbai's face was cold and looked even more eerie in the boat awning filled with only a faint moonlight.

"Good health? Long life?" Gu Yanbai snorted coldly and slapped him casually.

"How did the Fuye people enter the capital? The king wants you to protect him, not to collect his body."

Hearing this, the other party immediately knelt on his knees and said, "Your Highness, the Regent's Palace is heavily guarded, and we cannot get close to protect you."

"Our spies in Dayan have not received any news of Fuye people entering the capital."

"I think someone is helping them. Otherwise, the Fuye people would not have been able to escape the eyes and ears of the Jingxingsi and our spies."

Gu Yanbai took a deep breath and looked over with a gloomy expression, "Get up."

"Yes, thank you, Prince."

"Three things. First, inform the king that the commander of the Yan army is the Jiang family, which has won many military exploits."

"Jiang Ruhai is upright, loyal and brave. We cannot confront him head-on. We can use the power of Dayan's strong army to get rid of Fuye. If there is a chance, we can capture Jiang Ruhai and Jiang Qingyu alive."

"Yes, Prince, I will remember this."

Gu Yanbai glanced at them coldly, then turned around and sat down at the wooden table under the awning.

"Second, inform Shen Zhuoqi that after the Jiang family father and son leave the capital, immediately take action against Jiang Qingwu. Winning or losing does not matter, escaping is the most important thing."

"Yes, your Excellency understands."

"Third, find the person who is secretly helping me and trying to get rid of me."

As he spoke, Gu Yanbai slowly picked up the teacup on the table, his eyes fierce and his voice low.

"The people who help me must be high-ranking officials of Dayan. There are not many people who want me dead in Dayan..."

The next morning, the West City Gate was crowded with people.

The people in the city stopped to watch, and were horrified and shocked at what they saw.

There was a notice board nearby with the palace's notice on it. A crowd of people gathered in front of it, and various tiny noises were heard.

"The Fuye tribe? I heard that they are the rebels of the Sang Kingdom who have taken control of the southern part of the country and claim to be one of the Fuye tribes."

"They have always wanted to unify Sang, but Sang is at war with us, and they are here to assassinate the regent. What does this mean?"

"Pretend to be a Sang countryman and assassinate the regent, so that we can fight with Sang country and reap the benefits."

"This Fuye is even more hateful than the Sang Kingdom. I heard that the people there are bloodthirsty and brutal, killing people without blinking an eye."

"Now that he has ended up like this, it is also a case of giving him a taste of his own medicine."

In the crowd, Jiang Qingwu looked at the bloody corpse and the notice, listened to the loud and low discussions in his ears, then turned and hurried away.

"Girl, shall we go see His Highness? Is this what happened after you came back yesterday?"

"Don't go to see him, he should be fine." Jiang Qingwu agreed.

Thinking of what Gu Yanbai said to her yesterday, she understood something in her heart.

Those Fuye people broke into the palace to assassinate...

I'm afraid it was not to assassinate Yan Xiuchen, but to kill Gu Yanbai, otherwise he would not have ended up in such a tragic way.

"Miss, why did His Highness keep Gu Yanbai in the palace? It doesn't look to me like he's treating her like a criminal..."

Jiang Qingwu came back to his senses, turned to look at Wanyue, and sighed secretly.

"Maybe I feel guilty, but I think the truth is not just like that..." Jiang Qingwu murmured thoughtfully, and was distracted for a moment.

When she turned to look at Wanyue, she was looking at her with a confused expression.

"Ask what you should ask, and don't ask what you shouldn't ask. I'm still confused about a lot of things."

Jiang Qingwu shouted softly, and just as he was about to get on the carriage, he heard Xiao Liuzi's voice in the distance.

"Young lady..." Xiao Liuzi rode his horse and hurriedly stopped in front of Jiang Qingwu, bowing to her, "Greetings, young lady."

"What's wrong? Why are you here? Did His Highness..."

"No, His Highness is fine and has already entered the palace. His Highness asked me to send a letter to the young lady, saying that he will go to the Marquis' Mansion to see her later."

Jiang Qingwu took the letter handed to him by Xiao Liuzi, opened his mouth as if wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't ask anything.

"I'm fine, you can go back."

"……Yes."

[Just as you guessed, there is a red mole on Lin Yu's ankle, and face powder was found in the bedroom. It must be a disguise, Shen Wanrong without a doubt.]

Jiang Qingwu looked at the two short lines of words on the letter, crumpled it into a ball, turned around and got on the carriage.

"Wanyue, go find Feng Qizi for me."

"Yes, girl."

In the afternoon, in the back alley outside the Second Prince Yan Nan’s mansion, Feng Qizi, dressed as a vegetable farmer, pushed vegetables and fruits into the Second Prince’s mansion.

"Why are you here today? Where is Old Man Liu?" The people in the kitchen looked at Feng Qizi in confusion.

Feng Qizi originally lived in the city, and he pretended to be very serious, nodding and bowing as he carried vegetables and fruits.

"My uncle is sick and asked me to bring it here. Where can I move it?"

"Move it to the kitchen. Don't run around. Once you're done, leave the same way you came. Got it?"

"Hey, hey, hey, I know."

Feng Qizi wiped his sweat while seeing off the manager. After moving the vegetables and fruits, he slipped into the inner house when no one was paying attention.

Soon they found Shen Jing in a remote courtyard.

When Shen Jing saw Feng Qizi barging in, he was panicked and confused. Just as he was about to draw his sword, Feng Qizi took out the Shen family's token.

"The Duke asked his subordinate to come and see the young lady."

Hearing Feng Qizi's words, Shen Jing quickly put away his sword, "What did father say?"

Feng Qizi looked around and whispered to Shen Jing in a low voice.