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Chapter 192 Thankfully, we still had a trump card

Early the next morning.

An uninvited guest arrived at our residence.

Liang Jiang had already gotten up and was practicing her sword in the courtyard.

Suddenly, I heard people cheering and applauding, and dogs barking.

Liang Jiang caught a glimpse of the newcomer out of the corner of her eye and was somewhat surprised.

It was Xie Wan'er from the Marquis of Huaiyuan's residence, holding a fierce-looking dog on a leash. The dog was baring its teeth and tensing its body, seemingly wanting to compete with Liang Jiang.

The servants of the manor followed her, looking troubled but not daring to approach.

Liang Jiang sheathed her longsword and put it behind her back. A servant immediately explained, "Princess, this young lady insisted on barging in to see you, and I couldn't stop her."

Liang Jiang waved her hand: "This is Princess Wan'er of the Marquis of Huaiyuan's mansion. If she comes again in the future, there is no need to stop her."

The servants were so frightened that they hurriedly kowtowed and begged for forgiveness.
Xie Wan'er grinned at Liang Jiang and said, "Your kung fu is really good, only a tiny bit worse than mine."

Liang Jiang stomped her foot at the big yellow dog that was eager to attack her. The dog was so frightened that it let out a howl, then lay down on the ground, trembling all over, and no longer dared to be arrogant.

Liang Jiang said calmly, "But the dog you raise is much more timid than the one I raise."

Xie Wan'er pulled hard on the rope, and the dog lay on the ground with its tail between its legs and its ears tucked back, as if it had been terrified.

Feeling extremely humiliated, he still stubbornly retorted, "What are you bragging about? Let's see what you're made of. I'll let you see how powerful my General Huang Hu is another day."

Liang Jiang agreed: "Okay, it's a deal. I'll ride it back next time I go back to Yuhua Mountain."

"Ride it back?" Xie Wan'er chuckled. "My mother said, 'Riding a dog will tear your crotch.'"

Liang Jiang chuckled, "Who told you I raised a dog?"

"what is that?"

"tiger."

"what?"

“A tiger,” Liang Jiang shrugged. “A white tiger named Little Cat.”

"Why do you all love to brag so much?" Xie Wan'er laughed heartily. "Yesterday I met a spoiled brat in the Linlang Pavilion. He also said he raised a big white tiger. You two could have a little sparring match."

Believe it or not?

and many more!

Liang Jiang blinked: "You actually went to Linlang Pavilion? Did I hear that right?"

"What's wrong with going to Linlang Pavilion? Besides, I'm going there to investigate a case."

What kind of cases do you investigate?

Xie Wan'er glanced around before lowering her voice and saying mysteriously to Liang Jiang, "Jian Shuyan!"

Liang Jiang was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

"My cousin gave me the task of secretly investigating the people around Jian Shuyan, especially the servants who were with her when she saved my aunt. Yesterday, I went to Linlang Pavilion with one of them and, with a little trickery, managed to get some clues out of her."

Liang Jiang's spirits lifted: "What clue?"

Xie Wan'er, however, kept her in suspense and didn't rush to answer: "Why should I tell you?"

"Because you came here so early this morning, wasn't it to tell me these things?"

"You're so boring. Shouldn't you be asking me what my conditions are?"

Liang Jiang nodded: "Alright, what are your conditions?"

Xie Wan'er rolled her eyes and said smugly, "This time I'll help you deal with Jian Shuyan, and next time I fight someone else, you have to help me too."

“That’s not right,” Liang Jiang interrupted her, “What do you mean you’re helping me deal with Jian Shuyan? You two are the real rivals, you’re bound to be furious with each other, aren’t you?” “I never even thought about marrying my cousin, we were just putting on an act for others to see,” Xie Wan’er said indignantly.

Sure enough.

Liang Jiang smiled and said, "Your cousin doesn't want to marry you, but you don't want to marry him?"

"My cousin actually told you about this?" Xie Wan'er was a little surprised. "No, something's not right. My cousin's behavior is abnormal."

"I just guessed it myself," Liang Jiang scoffed. "Last time I examined you, I could tell you were faking it right away."

Xie Wan'er gave her a thumbs up: "You're so amazing, yet you still lost to Jian Shuyan. That shows how cunning that woman is."

"Who said I lost?" Liang Jiang sheathed her sword and fanned herself with a handkerchief. "Didn't your cousin tell you that we still have a trump card up our sleeve?"

Xie Wan'er immediately became interested: "What's your trump card? Tell me quickly!"

"You speak first," Liang Jiang insisted, not giving an inch.

Xie Wan'er glared at her angrily, but had no choice but to give in: "Fine, I'll tell you. According to the servant who was with Jian Shuyan, Jian Shuyan pretended to be carsick and vomit on her way back from offering incense at the temple that day, and rested for more than half an hour near the scene of the incident."

"And then?" Liang Jiang immediately became alert.

"After waiting for a while, the water she brought in the car ran out. The old woman next to her said she would go and find some water for her nearby. After the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn, she returned empty-handed. The group hurriedly set off back to Beijing. They had only traveled one mile when they rescued my aunt."

What a coincidence!

"Is the old woman you're talking about Sun Ma?"

"how do you know?"

Liang Jiang sat down on a stone bench in the courtyard and truthfully told Xie Wan'er about the clues she had obtained the day before, as well as her suspicions about Jian Shuyan.

"Do you think it's possible that the assassination attempt on the Empress Dowager was orchestrated by Jian Shuyan?"

"My cousin said the same thing."

"She dispatched assassins to ambush the Dowager Consort on her usual route, planning the assassination, and then stepped forward to rescue her. In this way, the Dowager Consort, remembering the life-saving act, would change her original attitude and stance, approve of her marriage to the Prince, and have complete faith in her."

"As it turns out, things didn't go as planned, and you just happened to be there. So they had to change their original plans."

So when you went to the Prince of Pingxi's mansion that day, Jian Shuyan repeatedly stirred up trouble, making my aunt dislike you and refuse to see you.

She immediately followed him out, hoping he would back down. But she learned from him that the coachman wasn't dead; he was still alive. Xie Wan'er analyzed.

"At that time, she immediately tried to dispel my doubts, then investigated the driver's whereabouts and sent someone to kill him to silence him."

Fortunately, the prince and I arrived in time, rescued the coachman Lao Qian, and transferred him back to the prince's mansion.

Fearing that Old Qian would wake up and expose her scheme, she had no choice but to take the risk again and attempt to poison him.

As a result, I took Yu Shu and Yu Hua to the banquet that day in order to test them.

Knowing her identity had been exposed and aroused my suspicion, Yu Shu sacrificed herself to save the king, ordering Yu Shu to poison Old Qian's medicine.

Xie Wan'er nodded repeatedly: "My cousin also said that after you left yesterday, Jian Shuyan framed you for this, saying that you planned it all, and that you killed Lao Qian and Yu Shu to cover it up."

Liang Jiang smiled bitterly: "It's all thanks to the fact that I kept my last trump card up my sleeve that day, otherwise, I would have been in a real predicament in front of the Empress Dowager."

Xie Wan'er smiled and asked, "So, what exactly are your and my cousin's trump cards?"

Liang Jiang glanced around to make sure no one was watching, then leaned closer to Xie Wan'er and smiled slightly: "Old Qian."

Xie Wan'er blinked in surprise: "Old Qian isn't dead?"

"The person your cousin brought back to the palace that day wasn't Old Qian at all; he was an injured employee of Renhetang."

We had also set up manpower around the room, ready to lie in wait. Who knew the other side would resort to underhanded tactics and poison the medicine?

Of course, the guy wouldn't drink that medicine. Everything that happened afterward was just us playing along, putting on a show.

(End of this chapter)