Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1510 Dealing with

"Your Majesty, do you think that what I said is no different from those who are hoping for your fall day and night?" Fang Zilan slowly sat up and continued to talk to herself, "Your Majesty, do you think that I am mean and selfish and have never thought about you? The so-called deep love and deep feelings..."

"Fang Zilan." Li Shengxuan interrupted Fang Zilan, his voice a little deeper, "I can let the Fang family go and give them supreme wealth and honor. I can also stop pursuing whether Hongtai and Honghe are alive or dead, and what relationship you have with them. I can also bear the world's infamy, break my promise, divorce your elder sister, and marry you as my queen."

He paused and said, "But I can't stay for you. Dajing needs Li Shengxuan. At least now, I can't abandon everything for you."

Fang Zilan heard the expected answer, but she still couldn't stop shaking all over.

No one who has power is willing to return to mediocrity. Li Shengxuan is like this, and so is she.

Isn't this a delaying tactic for her? It is enough to know that Li Shengxuan can show some mercy to the other party's family under the bottom line and can show some leniency to Hongtai and Honghe on the surface.

But... the little bit of extravagant hope hidden in her heart was ultimately crushed to nothing.

"Fang Zilan?" Li Shengxuan felt the person in his arms trembling, and his voice couldn't help but add a little concern and panic, "You..."

"I'm fine." Fang Zilan let out a long sigh and forced herself to suppress the bitterness in her words so as to avoid being discovered by Li Shengxuan.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." She spoke each word with aloofness and restraint, "But I know that my talent and appearance are crude, and the difference between me and my elder sister is like heaven and earth. I am really not worthy of the position of Queen. Please let me go, Your Majesty."

Li Shengxuan tightened his grip on Fang Zilan's waist, "What do you mean by letting you go?"

"I'm tired." Fang Zilan gently pushed Li Shengxuan, but his hands did not loosen at all and still held her tightly.

So she simply made up her mind, used all her strength, and pushed Li Shengxuan away fiercely. She did this to make the wound split open, so that he would soften his heart with blood, but she never expected that he would let go so quickly, and would rather fall to the ground than watch her tear open the wound.

Due to inertia, Fang Zilan couldn't help but lean back. Li Shengxuan quickly stood up and grabbed her arm, "Be careful."

"I..." Fang Zilan opened her mouth. Li Shengxuan grabbed her hand and used a little force to stabilize her body. Then he asked, "Are you really going to retire?"

"Your Majesty never believed me." Fang Zilan curled the corners of her lips and showed a bitter smile. Without waiting for Li Shengxuan to say anything, she continued to talk on her own, "Your Majesty, please pity my injuries and let me go. From now on, I will live in seclusion in the mountains and never appear in front of Your Majesty again."

After Fang Zilan settled Cong Rong, she took A Wan back to the inner room. After making sure that no one was around, she asked, "What did you want to tell me on the way?"

A Wan sat beside her, frowning slightly as she asked, "Why did you take Cong Rong in?" Before she could even start, she added, "Don't tell me it was for some empty talk about getting back to the original source and being fair and just, or some nonsense about not being able to bear Cong Rong's plight, I don't believe it."

Fang Zilan chuckled and asked instead, "Awan, what do you think of Cong Rong's situation? How does it affect the Fang family and the Wang family?"

"No matter what, Fang Yuhan is in the wrong. It's a family scandal for the Fang family, so we have to cover it up as strictly as possible. As for the Wang family..." Awan pondered for a moment, and said carefully: "The daughter of the Wang family is Fang Yuhan's wife. There are many wealthy families with three wives and four concubines. Even if she knew about this, she would have nowhere to complain and could only swallow her anger. But I'm afraid she will be cold towards Fang Yuhan." "You're right." Fang Zilan looked at her approvingly and said softly: "Then Awan, why do you think I should take in Cong Rong?"

"Buying people's hearts?" A Wan pursed her lips and said as she thought: "After all, the Fang family is our source of income, so it's understandable to cover up for them. But you just asked about the Wang family..."

She didn't say anything more, Fang Zilan said, "Wang Quanzhi played a trick on me in the Northern Border case, and I will pay him back sooner or later. If those who know about Cong Rong's pregnancy keep silent, then why not keep it a mystery? If we keep her, as long as we use her appropriately, she will be enough to make the daughter of the Wang family lose face. If we rise together, we all rise together, and if we fall together, the Wang family will naturally not be in a good situation."

"You..." A Wan stared at her in a daze, only to hear her continue, "As for the Fang family, I am not just trying to buy their hearts. It is true that the Fang family must do me a favor regarding Cong Rong's matter, but what I want is leverage over the Fang family. Once the Fang family becomes suspicious of my identity, Cong Rong is the hush money."

After she finished speaking, a hint of jade appeared in her hand. It was the jade pendant that originally belonged to Fang Yuhan that Cong Rong took out at Fang's house just now.

She neither returned the jade pendant to Cong Rong nor gave it to Fang Lihui, but kept it in her own hands.

A Wan stared at her in amazement. She then put away the jade pendant and said with a smile, "A Wan, I am not a good person. Since someone has bullied me, I will always fight back. This is the rule, isn't it?"

Awan turned her head away, her expression showing a little more pity, "You are willing to use her to hurt innocent people?"

"Use?" Fang Zilan chewed on the word softly and said calmly, "Rather than using, it's better to say it's a transaction. I protect Cong Rong, and she is used by me, that's all."

Awan stared at the person in front of her, opened her mouth but couldn't help asking, "What about me?"

"You are my relative." Fang Zilan answered without hesitation. A Wan continued to look her in the eye and asked persistently, "Will you also use me?"

"I said no, do you believe me, Awan?" Fang Zilan still curled her lips, but there was a sense of helplessness in her smile. "I can only promise that if that day really comes, I will definitely explain it to you clearly."

Awan remained silent. Fang Zilan raised her hand and patted her shoulder. "Awan, if you need me, you can use me."

"What did you say?" Awan's eyes widened suddenly. Fang Zilan held her shoulders and said, "I am willing to be used by you."

"But..." Ah Wan suddenly realized that she had been misleading, and quickly changed the subject: "It's not about using her or not. I mean that the Wang family's daughter is innocent, you shouldn't use Cong Rong to hurt her..."

"Aren't the people in the North innocent?" Fang Zilan interrupted her abruptly, "Awan, since there is no way to escape, you might as well go all the way. Those who do whatever it takes are never unscrupulous."

A Wan sighed softly, "I understand. But there are so many noble families in the capital, and if you deal with them alone, I'm afraid..."