Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1698 Continuation
“Miss Fang, I have said all I need to say. With your intelligence, you should be able to see the whole picture.” Yin Quanzhang sighed. “For the sake of our acquaintance, I’ll give you one last piece of advice: turn back before it’s too late. You can still leave now.”

"Is there enough time?" Fang Zilan stared intently at Yin Quanzhang and said coldly, "Lord Yin, is there something else you haven't said?"

Yin Quanzhang's expression froze, and Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "I am honored by your praise of my intelligence, and of course I cannot let you down. You've kept me here to talk, isn't it just to buy time for the people of the Jiangnan camp?"

As she spoke, her voice grew increasingly sharp, "Let me ask you, what will become of General Zhou Lang in the southeastern camp after tonight?"

"Any action without authorization will lead to certain death." Yin Quanzhang answered quickly, but Fang Zilan suddenly snapped and grabbed his neck. "This is your real purpose, not only to cover up the wrongs of the person behind you, but also to put Zhou Lang to death. From now on, you can manipulate the Southeast Camp just like you did the Jiangnan Camp."

“Zhou Lang… he doesn’t know what’s good for him…” Yin Quanzhang managed to utter these words, “He’s doomed…”

Before he finished speaking, Fang Zilan saw torches being lit downstairs. Her grip loosened slightly, and her brows furrowed. "What exactly do you want to do?"

“Miss Fang, as a member of Zixiu, you will be familiar with…” Yin Quanzhang coughed twice, curled his lips into a sinister smile, “A fire is enough to cover up all the truth.”

Fang Zilan was furious and grabbed Yin Quanzhang's throat again. The next moment, a familiar voice rang out from behind her, "Yin Quanzhang, you are wrong. A fire can only cover up the truth temporarily, but it cannot cover up the long-standing problems."

The solemn and resolute words instantly calmed Fang Zilan's heart. She did not turn around, but kept her eyes fixed on Yin Quanzhang in front of her. Sure enough, she saw panic in his eyes.

"You are... the Prince of Xiang? No, Your Majesty!" Yin Quanzhang recognized Li Shengxuan and watched him approach step by step. "Do you think that by burning down Zuiyue Tower tonight, their deeds will remain unknown forever?"

"Of course not, but it's not a loss either." Yin Quanzhang suddenly laughed. "It would be my honor to be buried in the sea of ​​fire with His Majesty."

"You think you're worthy?" Fang Zilan, as if manipulating a puppet on strings, held Yin Quanzhang's life in her palm, sometimes loose, sometimes tight.

Yin Quanzhang showed no fear, still raising the corners of his lips as he smiled and said, "I just didn't expect Your Majesty to be such a romantic. Your Majesty shouldn't be here tonight."

Upon hearing this, Fang Zilan glanced at Li Shengxuan standing beside her. In the instant their eyes met, she finally understood what Yin Quanzhang meant, but she couldn't react for a long time.

This time, Li Shengxuan really chose her.

"Yin Quanzhang, it's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away. Do you think your backers will stop after you die?" Li Shengxuan said coldly, "After you die, what will happen to Hong Tai, who they have detained? What will happen to Hong He on Feiling Mountain? Have you thought about that?"

Yin Quanzhang was stunned for a moment, "They promised me they wouldn't..."

"Don't know what?" Li Shengxuan interrupted Yin Quanzhang, saying mercilessly, "This isn't the first time you've worked for them. Others may not understand their methods, but don't you know them well?"

Yin Quanzhang opened his mouth, then said indignantly, "And what about His Majesty? Knowing it was a dead end, why did he still step in?"

“Because I, like you, have someone I’m willing to risk my life for,” Li Shengxuan said, his gaze falling on Fang Zilan. “Now that I’m here tonight, I will make sure nothing happens to her.” “Should we go and ask the Empress?” Dongxue’s cautious voice pulled Fang Zilan back to reality. She said decisively, “No, there’s still the Empress Dowager from the Pei family in the palace. The situation is unclear, and we can’t cause any more trouble for the Empress.”

"But besides the master and the empress, who else in the Fang family would risk everything to save my young lady?" Dongxue cried out. Fang Zilan reached out and supported her shoulder, applying a little pressure. "I also have the surname Fang."

Dongxue's eyes were filled with disbelief. She raised her head to meet Fang Zilan's gaze, "Lord Fang, you..."

“I will bring your young lady out.” Fang Zilan didn’t explain further, but just one sentence reassured Dongxue. “I believe you…”

Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by several voices, "Sister Lan!" "Lanlan!" "Lord Fang!"

"Why are you all here?" Fang Zilan looked at Mo Han, Chu Bin, and Xiao Xuan'er who were walking quickly towards her, somewhat stunned.

"Sister Lan, we are really worried that you and General Zheng have not returned yet." Mo Han looked worried, and Chu Bin and Xiao Xuan'er nodded in agreement.

"It's perfect that you've arrived." Fang Zilan said as if she had made up her mind, "Let's not delay, let's split up."

The three were stunned for a moment, then heard Fang Zilan instruct, "Miss Xiao, you escort this Miss Dongxue back to the manor and make sure she is well taken care of. Neither the Pei family nor the Jingzhao Yin Mansion are allowed to take her out of our manor. Mo Han, go to the Fang family immediately and ask Fang Lihui to bring people to the Pei family as soon as possible."

She was halfway through her sentence when she saw Zheng Yan approaching, so she waved and said, "Zheng Yan, go back to the manor and summon the guards. I'll wait for you in front of the Pei manor."

The group obeyed without hesitation and left. For a moment, only Chu Bin remained standing beside Fang Zilan. "Lanlan, are you going to completely break ties with the Pei family?"

"The Duke of Jin is dead, and the Pei family has no successor. Whether we tear off the mask or not is irrelevant." Fang Zilan said quietly, "The important thing is that Fang Zitong's marriage into the Pei family is related to me. I can't just watch her die in the Pei family."

"The Pei family still has Pei Xiaozhe and Pei Poming..." Chu Bin had barely opened his mouth when Fang Zilan interrupted him, "So what? Even if Duke Jin is still alive, if something happens to Fang Zitong, I will still save her."

Chu Bin pursed his lips, saying nothing more. In the years since she entered the Ghost Gate, he had assumed she had become ruthless and indifferent to anyone's life or death. However, these events all proved that she was still Fang Zilan, the woman who would risk everything for those important to her, not the cold-blooded Zixiu.

Finally, Chu Bin smiled and said, "In that case, I'll go with you."

Fang Zilan stared at him intently, and couldn't help but smile. "You said it yourself, you can't go back on your word."

Chu Bin responded with an "okay," and in that instant, Fang Zilan suddenly felt relieved. So what if she was poisoned by Gu? As long as the person in front of her was Chu Bin, and she was Fang Zilan, that was enough. Nothing else mattered.

"Let's go." Fang Zilan straightened her sleeves, led Chu Bin out of the alley, circled back to the main street, and stood in front of the Pei residence with its gates tightly closed.