Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1373 Cooperation

"Please come in, Madam Prince." Fang Zilan had not taken two steps when a maid from the backyard brought her into Madam Fu's room.

After the greetings and sitting down, Fang Zilan looked at her carefully and suddenly found that Mrs. Fu was 70% similar to Ouyang Wei whom she had met before.

Could it be that Madam Fu and Ouyang Wei are sisters? Fang Zilan was thinking this when she heard Madam Fu say, "Madam, I heard that Lord Zhuge came to the mansion on the orders of His Royal Highness Prince Yucheng. I wonder whose orders you came on?"

Fang Zilan did not answer but asked, "Madam, whose orders do you think I followed?"

"Madam, since you have married into the Prince Zhongzheng's Mansion in Miluo, you have nothing to do with Dajing anymore." Madam Fu said sarcastically, "Why bother with so much effort? Be careful not to get yourself into trouble."

Fang Zilan was not annoyed. "Hearing what Madam Fu said, I guess she also thinks that I came here on the orders of King Yucheng?"

Madam Fu didn't say anything, but her attitude was very clear, "Isn't it?" Seeing this, Fang Zilan said directly, "Your Highness Prince Yucheng didn't ask me to do anything. I just wanted to ask Madam a question."

Madam Fu sneered, "What the Crown Prince's wife said is very interesting. You and I are just women hiding in the boudoir. What can His Royal Highness Prince Yucheng ask of you?"

"Mrs. Fu, I came here today just to ask you a question." Fang Zilan raised her hand and lightly frowned, impatiently asking, "Will the Wei family intervene in the Fu Congnan case?"

"The Crown Prince's wife thinks too highly of me." Madam Fu shook her head. "How can I know what Wei thinks?"

Fang Zilan looked at Madam Fu steadily for a long while before she said, "It seems that Madam is unwilling to tell me the truth. In this case, there is no need for me to waste my efforts. From now on, the life and death of the entire Fu family will be…"

She deliberately dragged out the words, and Madam Fu sneered, "How can the wife of the Crown Prince decide the life and death of the entire Fu family? Even if His Royal Highness Prince Yucheng obeys your orders, you can't do such things as confiscate the family property and exterminate the clan..."

"I don't know whether the entire Fu family is dead or alive, and what His Royal Highness Prince Yucheng is thinking." Fang Zilan interrupted Madam Fu and said word by word: "But I want the entire Fu family to die."

"The Crown Prince's wife is so arrogant!" Madam Fu slammed the table, and the teacup on the table shook, making a crisp sound, as if she was dissatisfied with her host.

"The Fang family has always been protective of their shortcomings, and I am the worst among them." Fang Zilan curled her lips, but there was no smile in her eyes, and her tone was chilling, "Fu Congnan severely injured my cousin Lihui, so I will not let him off."

Mrs. Fu blurted out subconsciously: "That's Fu Congnan's business. What does it have to do with the entire Fu family?"

"My cousin Lihui's limbs are crippled, and he will have to stay in bed for the rest of his life." Fang Zilan tapped the table with her fingers and said calmly, "How can a mere Fu Congnan afford to compensate for such a loss?"

"Does what you say count?" Madam Fu glared at me. "Now that your father is no longer an official in the capital, the Empress in the palace is just a nominal position. You..."

Fang Zilan added: "That's right, I am just a wife of a prince."

Li Shengxuan asked calmly, "I know everything that happened in Yuzhang Palace that day. You could have escaped unscathed, so why did you have to kneel in the snow and humiliate yourself, begging the Empress Dowager to calm down?"

There was a hint of anger in his tone, and although he restrained it very well, Fang Zilan still heard it.

She wondered why he was angry, and couldn't help but ask, "I've humiliated myself to ask the Empress Dowager to calm down. Is that how Your Majesty sees me?"

Li Shengxuan did not answer. Fang Zilan continued to talk to herself, "I know that I caused trouble to His Majesty that day, but I never asked His Majesty to stand up for me and make things difficult for the Empress Dowager. Why did His Majesty vent his anger on me? I..." She was interrupted by him before she could finish her words of grievance, "Let me ask you, did you shout in front of the Yuzhang Palace that day to provoke the Empress Dowager so that she would deal with you indiscriminately?"

Hearing this, Fang Zilan's eyes suddenly widened. She opened her mouth, but could not utter a word of rebuttal.

Seeing her reaction, Li Shengxuan knew that his guess was correct, so he continued, "If the Empress Dowager punishes you, this case will no longer be as simple as a corruption case, but will involve the authority and reputation of the noble family."

Fang Zilan was touched on and kept silent, listening to him silently: "Even if you are a nobody, you are still the Duke of Yue appointed by me personally. Once the Queen Mother punishes you, it will be a blatant confrontation with the nine ministers. Under the pressure of the powerful, she will not dare to investigate further and can only let it go. What you call saving the people of the North at the cost of your own death, is this your way of protecting them?"

Finally, Fang Zilan lowered her head and said softly, "Your Majesty already knows everything, so why bother asking?"

"Fang Zilan." Li Shengxuan held her shoulders and met her gaze. "You don't believe that I will protect everyone in the North?"

She stared into his eyes and said coldly, "Yes, I don't believe it. Those who hold high positions are all playing tricks and weighing the pros and cons, and Your Majesty is no exception. How can I believe it?"

Li Shengxuan let go of his hand and said calmly, "If all those in high positions are like this, then why are you willing to risk your life to protect the people of the Northern Territory?"

There was a look of scrutiny in his eyes, "Or do you think you are the most unique?"

Is it different? When she heard this word, she suddenly chuckled and asked instead, "Your Majesty, I have already answered one of your questions. Now, it's your Majesty's turn."

He was stunned for a moment, but did not ask any further questions. He just said calmly: "Those who carry firewood for the people should not be allowed to freeze to death in the snow. The people in the northern border have held on for several years and have made great contributions. I will not disappoint the soldiers in the four borders."

She was slightly stunned, and asked involuntarily, "But what if..."

"If this eventuality had to happen, it would have happened long ago. Why wait until today?" He interrupted her without further ado, his confidence almost conceited, "I have also guarded the northern border before, have you forgotten?"

Fang Zilan didn't say anything, but her heart felt inexplicably calmer.

In fact, ever since that day when Li Shengxuan said in front of Yuzhang Palace that he was willing to share the burden with her, the balance of trust and suspicion in her heart had uncontrollably tilted towards the side called trust.

Now that they are pursuing us so aggressively, it has finally been confirmed beyond a doubt.

No matter what, she believed him. One point or ten points, she believed him after all.

"Fang Zilan, I know that people in this world are treacherous, and suspicion is the inevitable fate of those in high positions." Li Shengxuan said slowly: "But Zhuge Yu told me that trust should be applied to things, not people. I think he is right, so I trust you and you can trust me too."

She heard his voice, and he said word by word: "You are not the only one who is different."

His tone was calm, and his words seemed like insignificant idle chatter. But for some reason, the last string of defense in her heart completely relaxed.