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Chapter 94 I Staged a Play with the Prince
Liang Jiang paused in her tracks: "Explain yourself clearly, when exactly did he save me?"

“Last time in the courtroom, if my lord hadn’t sent me to hire a lawyer for you, would you have won? General Tong’s slap on your body was no joke.”

"That jade pendant belongs to the Prince of Pingxi?"

“This is the jade pendant that my lord loves most. I gave it to save you, but you repaid kindness with enmity, stabbed him with a sword, and refused to listen to his explanation.”

"What else is there to explain? I saw it with my own eyes!"

“Sometimes what you see with your own eyes may not be the truth. If you follow a petty person, he will take you to see someone, and then you will know.”

Liang Jiang hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'll go!"

Following Guanqi, they went straight to a teahouse. Guanqi pushed open the door to a private room facing the street and turned to the side: "Miss Liang, please!"

Liang Jiang stood at the door of the private room, and the two men inside turned their faces away.

Liang Jiang was stunned, both surprised and delighted: "Junior Uncle! Are you alright?"

One of them was Baili Shouyue, who fell off a cliff some time ago, and the other was Gu Xizhi.

The two now sat together, one drinking tea and the other drinking wine, no longer showing the tension of that day, but rather like tacit friends who had not seen each other for many years.

Guan Qi, with his keen eye, closed the door to the private room from the outside.

Baili Shouyue gave her a smirk: "If something really happened to me, you wouldn't take a sword and go and attack the Pingxi Prince's mansion, would you?"

Liang Jiang glanced at Gu Xizhi somewhat embarrassedly: "I was angry that day and acted rashly."

"No wonder Gu Xizhi didn't dare to come to you personally to explain, but instead made me come all this way here. I never knew you had such a temper."

When Liang Jiang saw the two sitting together, she knew there must be some misunderstanding.

He said awkwardly, "When I saw him strike you so hard, I thought you had fallen off the cliff and would not survive."

Gu Xizhi pointed to the chair and said calmly, "Sit."

Liang Jiang sat down in front of the two. She felt a little embarrassed and wanted to ask about Gu Xizhi's shoulder injury, but she swallowed the words back.

Baili Shouyue lifted the wine jar and placed it in front of Liang Jiang, and handed her a teacup: "Have a couple of bowls with me, it's too boring to drink alone."

Gu Xizhi picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea for Liang Jiang with one hand, and then gently pushed it in front of Liang Jiang.

"Is it appropriate for you to make a young woman drink such strong liquor with you?"

Baili Shouyue snorted: "The people of the martial world are always quick to settle scores, drink wine from large bowls, and are not concerned with trivial matters. Unlike you people in the imperial court, who are always scheming against each other and afraid of drinking too much wine, your minds are a step slower than others."

“This is Shangjing, not Yuhua Mountain,” Gu Xizhi retorted.

"I can't stand your indecisive and overly cautious manner." Baili Shouyue scoffed disdainfully: "Little girl, listen to your junior uncle. You can't be close to a man who can't drink. Such people are often cunning and will sell you out without you even knowing it."

Gu Xizhi said calmly, "Drinking alcohol is about escaping loneliness, while drinking tea is about self-cultivation. And you shouldn't associate with men who drink excessively; they're too dangerous."

Liang Jiang never expected that two grown men would start arguing about whether to drink alcohol or tea. She hoped that they might break into a fight over something else.

He had to interrupt them: "Do you want to fight again?"

Gu Xizhi shook his head: "I can't even beat you, how dare I provoke him? Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?"

Galangal blushed.

"I was reckless that day. Are you alright?"

Gu Xizhi said calmly, "It's alright, just a little inconvenient. I specifically invited you here today to explain the misunderstanding from that day."

Baili Shouyue said, "The Third Prince said that even if he tries his best to explain, you will not believe him, so let me explain what happened that day."

The day I fell off the cliff, it was actually a play I staged with the prince.

"acting?"

Baili Shouyue continued, "When the prince first came to me wanting to take back Jin Shouxing, I was dismissive and told him to take it by his own ability."

So we fought our way through the guards and reached the cliff. Only then did the prince tell me the truth: someone wanted to frame me, deliberately using the court to eliminate me. He wanted me to cooperate in a charade to lure out the mastermind behind it all.

Liang Jiang vaguely understood: "So, he deliberately inflicted a severe injury on you, but in reality, that palm strike didn't hurt you? It was just to lure the snake out of its hole?"

Baili Shouyue nodded: "That's right. As long as I am seriously injured, that person will definitely not let me go once he gets the news. Instead, he will take the opportunity to kill me."

It turned out to be the case.

Liang Jiang picked up the teacup in front of her and apologized to Gu Xizhi, saying, "Indeed, I was too impulsive. I offer this tea as a token of my remorse to Your Highness."

Gu Xizhi glanced indifferently at the wound on her shoulder, picked up the teacup beside her, and said, "There were spies of the other side among the guards I brought at the time, so I couldn't explain to you. It's understandable that you're angry, and it will only make the other side more convinced. This sword wound was worth it, and I accepted it willingly."

"So you saw through all of this long ago and knew that my junior uncle was being schemed against."

"The other party has been trying to lead me by the nose. Because of the time constraints, the clues came too easily. It's hard not to be suspicious."

"That's why you thought of going back to the capital to ask my mother to intervene, hoping to resolve this matter peacefully. But I ended up ruining things instead."

Gu Xizhi shook her head: "No, the Demon Lord didn't believe me at first, and he disdained to join forces with me. It's thanks to your arrival that you came at just the right time."

Otherwise, given my mediocre skills, it would be extremely difficult to knock the Demon Lord off a cliff without arousing suspicion.

"But for this, you will be branded as taking advantage of someone in distress."

Gu Xizhi took a sip of tea: "It's alright, I don't care."

"Then," Liang Jiang looked at Baili Shouyue, "have they found out who harmed you?"

Baili Shouyue glanced at Gu Xizhi: "Let the prince tell you."

Gu Xizhi put down her teacup and slowly uttered, "Tong Shouliang."

"What?" Liang Jiang was somewhat taken aback: "Tong Shouliang has no grudge against my junior uncle, why would he want to harm him?"

"Perhaps, Tong Shouliang's target is not your junior uncle, but me."

"What do you mean?"

"Xie Fubai missed the birthday ceremony, and my imperial brother punished him, rendering him unable to walk. I cannot stand idly by and must take action."

"And if I were to fight the Demon Lord, regardless of who wins or loses, he would ultimately benefit."

"You have a grudge against Tong Shouliang?"

Gu Xizhi shook her head: "No."

"Then why would he plot against you?"

"For some people, there is no need for a reason to harm others. Just like Tong Shouliang harmed your father back then."

Liang Jiang Yimo: "I still only have suspicions. There is no evidence whatsoever to prove that Tong Shouliang is related to my father's death."

Gu Xizhi said seriously, "What if I can prove it?"

Liang Jiang was taken aback: "Do you have evidence?"

Gu Xizhi shook her head: "No, but I know the truth about the battle in the Great Rift Valley back then."

Liang Jiang's breathing became rapid: "Did Tong Shouliang collude with the Xiliang people?"

“Yes,” Gu Xizhi said with certainty, “but I haven’t found any evidence yet.”

"Then how can you be sure?"

"Two years ago, in the Battle of the Great Rift Valley, regardless of the process, two people from both Chang'an and Xiliang benefited, one of whom was Tong Shouliang."

He acted decisively, refusing to send troops to aid the Duke of Liang, and instead used a counter-strategy, guarding the only route back to Xiliang through the Great Rift Valley, annihilating 10,000 elite Xiliang troops. He then smoothly seized power, taking over your father's military command.

"Where is the other one?"

(End of this chapter)