Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 282 Breaking the situation
The masked man removed the 'emperor's' human skin mask, and his face turned ugly when he saw the true face beneath it.

This person was not the emperor, but a trusted confidant of Prime Minister Wang.

No wonder Zhou Wangshu was so confident; he had clearly planned everything perfectly, and they had no way to control him.

"How could this happen? We had planned everything perfectly." Prime Minister Wang was unwilling to accept it. "Cough cough..."

Black smoke was pouring in from outside.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the masked man held a dagger to Prime Minister Wang's neck and said to Zhou Wangshu outside, "I was coerced by him. These things were not my own choice. Lord Zhou, let me go, and I will hand over Prime Minister Wang to you."

"You traitorous bastard, you actually dared to use me to make a deal with him. Cough cough... You think that once I'm arrested, you henchmen can escape? I've been plotting for so long, and I still ended up falling into their hands."

“Come out, and I might spare your life,” Zhou Wangshu said. “If you don’t come out, then…”

The masked man led the Prime Minister out.

When they stepped out of the secret chamber, they found themselves surrounded by many imperial guards.

As for Prime Minister Wang's personal guards, none of them were seen; they must be in grave danger.

"Prime Minister Wang is truly cunning. Instead of directly plotting to usurp the throne, you want to put on the emperor's face and ascend the throne directly. You know that my father-in-law is close to the emperor, and if you don't get rid of him, it will be easy to be discovered. By sending him away, you make your actions easier. In addition, you cooperate with the enemy country and use their people to get rid of my father-in-law, so that you will have no future troubles."

"You're very clever, but what good is cleverness when you can't put out a fire from afar? Your good father-in-law should be reporting to the King of Hell by now," Prime Minister Wang said smugly. "Even if I die, it's worth it to have his mortal enemy buried with me!"

The emperor emerged, attended by eunuchs.

He looked coldly at Prime Minister Wang: "I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. I just received an urgent military report that General Su has won a great victory. However, General Su did not immediately return to the capital because he plans to directly attack the enemy's stronghold and expand our territory. I will spare your life so that you can hear with your own ears how my good general has lived up to the Emperor's grace and returned to me with great military achievements."

How did you discover my plan?

"General Su's transfer isn't inherently suspicious, given it's for military matters. After General Su left, there were too many personnel changes across various positions; even if it was to fill vacancies, it would be too obvious. Furthermore, your good son-in-law committed a crime, and you didn't help him. With your power, if you had just said a few words for him, the Emperor would have shown leniency, but you didn't. I also discovered that while your son-in-law was ostensibly exiled to Xilin City, it was just a decoy; the real one went to the border..."

“These are just some of the suspicious points. In addition, the Emperor has been inexplicably ill these days, and many unfamiliar faces have appeared in the palace guards. My men have also seen this evil doctor. This evil doctor wanted to replace the faces of my wife and another woman. The fact that he has appeared in the palace and become the Emperor’s physician is even more suspicious.”

"We've been holding back to see what tricks you can pull. Your good son-in-law's mansion still has a large number of weapons. Going through the secret passage leads directly to the secret passage of that temple. If you open up the passage below, it will be both your escape route and your secret base that you've been secretly planning. Am I right?"

Prime Minister Wang never imagined that his years of planning would end so quietly.

"My troops... there are clearly more than 20,000..." Prime Minister Wang couldn't understand.

Twenty thousand troops might not seem like much on the border, but in the capital, it's a considerable force; they could easily launch a rebellion quietly. "You've been secretly plotting for the past two weeks, and we haven't been idle either. While you were quietly laying the groundwork, we've already quietly broken through your defenses." After Zhou Wangshu finished speaking, the commander of the Imperial Guards rushed over with his men.

When Prime Minister Wang saw the commander of the Imperial Guards, his eyes burned with fervor: "You've come at the perfect time. Kill them all."

The commander of the Imperial Guards knelt before the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I am late in coming to your aid. Please forgive me."

"You...you're the Emperor's man!" Prime Minister Wang's eyes widened. "I married my niece to you, and this is how you repay me?"

"Don't even mention a niece; even if she were your own daughter, she wouldn't be worth me betraying His Majesty. If it weren't for gaining your trust, I would never have married the woman you arranged. Don't worry, once you're gone, I'll send her to join you."

That woman was a courtesan from Yangzhou, trained by Prime Minister Wang to seduce those he wanted to win over. Two years ago, Prime Minister Wang betrothed her to him, and he reluctantly accepted her, suppressing his disgust. Heaven knows, he never touched her. To gain her trust, he even took an erection-inducing drug, just to make her believe that his refusal to touch her was out of necessity. All of this was because he had a childhood sweetheart.

Today is finally over, and he must go back immediately to marry the girl he truly loves.

"Commander Xu, no need to waste words with him, just take them down."

The masked man threw out a handful of powder and tried to escape, but after only a few steps, Zhou Wangshu held a knife to his neck.

The mask fell off, revealing a familiar face.

Xiao Yanci? No, not at all. He not only resembles Xiao Yanci somewhat, but also Zhou Wangshu.

Zhou Wangshu noticed the color of the birthmark behind his ear; although it was only a tiny spot, it still reminded him of someone.

Yang Quan.

The makeup artist with a face full of black birthmarks that Jiang Yihuan once took in.

Isn't he a cosmetics maker?

Oh right, it seems he once asked Jiang Jing if she could remove the birthmark on his face, and Jiang Jing said it wouldn't work unless he had a face transplant.

"Yang Quan, right? Tell me, how did you learn the face-changing technique?" Zhou Wangshu held a knife to his neck. "If you don't tell me, I won't kill you, but I'll slash your face and throw you out into the street for everyone to see, so that everyone knows you're an ugly monster."

"I'll talk...I'll talk..." Yang Quan said, trembling, "Don't ruin my face. I finally got this face. Huan'er loves my face so much, and she even got pregnant with my child. Huan'er..."

"Stop pretending to be crazy." Zhou Wangshu held the knife to his face.

“I discovered it by chance in the Prime Minister’s study when I was a servant in his mansion. After discovering it, I studied it and tried it on many people. Later, I gained the Prime Minister’s appreciation with this ability. The Prime Minister asked me to switch faces between him and the Emperor so that he could become the Emperor without lifting a finger. If this method didn’t work, he would start a rebellion.”