All Heavens: From Joy of Life to The Great Feng Night Watchman

After Li Chang'an finished speaking, he noticed that Lin Wan'er had her brows furrowed and was deep in thought.

"Wan'er, are you unhappy that I schemed against your mother?"

Lin Wan'er shook her head firmly, "If she hadn't instructed my second brother to assassinate Fan Xian, my second brother wouldn't have been killed by Wu Zhu!"

"In her schemes and plots, did she ever consider me even a little bit? My husband, I will always stand by your side."

"Besides, my husband is also planning for Wan'er's sake. How could Wan'er not be able to distinguish right from wrong?"

Li Chang'an was very pleased with Lin Wan'er's obedience. "It was worth raising her since she was a child. She's really well-behaved!"

A cold glint suddenly appeared in Lin Wan'er's eyes.

"My lord, Wan'er has an idea that might be able to help you!"

After hearing Lin Wan'er's plan, Li Chang'an was both surprised and excited!

As expected, women have the most vicious hearts!

Chapter 97 Zhan Pianpian's marriage to a foreign ruler, is Prince Yong still the eldest prince?

Lin Wan'er's plan was to use herself to frame Li Yunrui.

Since Li Yunrui is mentally unstable, it's not impossible that she might do things that harm her daughter in order to keep control of the internal treasury's finances.

If this incident had occurred just when Li Yunrui had angered Emperor Qing, the emperor would have certainly held Li Yunrui in the deepest rage.

Although Emperor Qing liked to incite one faction to fight another, he would never do anything to directly harm his children.

Moreover, because Li Yunrui has always been mentally unstable, almost no one would believe that she is innocent.

Lin Wan'er's plan was just a preliminary idea, but Li Chang'an, with his foresight, could fully realize it.

Li Chang'an stared at Lin Wan'er, whose eyes were clear and innocent, and who looked pure and lovely.

Lin Wan'er said sweetly, "Husband, you don't think Wan'er is a bad woman, do you?"

Li Chang'an lifted her chin and said seriously, "I think... you are an absolute bad woman."

Lin Wan'er's heart was in turmoil, and she quickly explained, "In the past sixteen years, my mother has visited me less than five times, which is less than a fraction of the number of times you and my second brother have visited."

"She never considers my feelings in anything she does. Now that my second brother is gone, my husband is everything to Wan'er!"

"If it can help my husband, Wan'er is willing to do anything!"

Li Chang'an stroked Lin Wan'er's delicate face, his gaze gradually becoming intense.

"My hobby is to bully good women and 'train' bad women..."

The Censorate.

Fan Xian was pushing Chen Pingping as they walked deeper into the dungeon.

Because of internal strife within the Supervisory Council, some people gathered to kill Chen Pingping.

"Dean Chen, who wants to kill you?"

Chen Pingping calmly said, "It's one of our own. Someone is dissatisfied with me."

Fan Xian asked, "Is it because recently, many people in the academy have been impeached by the Six Ministries, and some people feel that the dean cannot protect his subordinates?"

Chen Pingping nodded. "That's part of the reason, but not the whole reason."

"The Supervisory Council has been established for a long time, and some bad habits of accepting bribes and abusing power have also been picked up. It is their own fault that Lin Ruofu was able to seize on them."

"When you take charge of a department in the future, you'll understand that people can never overcome the complexities of human relationships."

Fan Xian frowned and said, "It's all because of me that the Dean has become enemies with Prime Minister Lin."

Chen Pingping patted Fan Xian's hand and said, "It's alright, you did a good job with that matter."

"Later I asked the courtesan Ruowei, and she said she didn't know Lin Gong at all."

With her flustered and pale face, I almost believed her.

Fan Xian grinned. Ruo Wei really didn't know anything; she was just a shield that he had pushed out.

Chen Pingping continued, "There is another reason for the internal strife in the institute. Some people have reservations about my support for peace talks between the two countries and my refusal to assassinate Zhuang Mohan."

"Among these people, there are many Crown Prince, Eldest Princess, Second Prince, Prime Minister Lin, and people sent in by the military."

"Perfect! Let's take advantage of their internal strife and wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

Before long, Fan Xian and Shadow pushed Chen Pingping to the bottom of the dungeon.

Fan Xian then said, "Dean, Zhuang Mohan's female disciple is disguised. Should we investigate?"

Chen Pingping said nonchalantly, "No need, that is the number one beauty on the Langya Pavilion list, Princess Zhan Pianpian of Northern Qi."

Upon hearing this conclusion, Fan Xian was somewhat stunned.

So it turns out that the person Li Chang'an seduced by copying poems was indeed a great beauty!

True beauty lies in the bone structure, not just the skin. Can Li Chang'an really discern beauty from a person's bone structure?

"The princess of an enemy country came to the capital with an envoy, and the court just turned a blind eye?"

Chen Pingping said, "The peace talks between the two countries were actually because the Northern Qi was afraid of being beaten. Shang Shanhu was not obedient, and the other generals were not capable."

"Therefore, their Empress Dowager Wei arranged a marriage alliance with our Empress Dowager in a private capacity, and this Zhan Pianpian came to see her future husband."

Fan Xian suddenly asked urgently, "The one she's going to marry into a political alliance with... isn't it Prince Yong?"

"What about my sister? Prince Yong has been seducing my sister since she was little, and she's been bewitched by him all the time!"

Chen Pingping chuckled and said, "You're really meddling in other people's business!"

"His Majesty has also considered this matter, and there is also the matter of Fan Jian's face to consider. Therefore, His Majesty proposed that the eldest prince be married off."

"However, the Empress Dowager proposed that Prince Yong be married off to the Northern Qi, thus completely extinguishing his hopes for the throne."

Chen Pingping left it at that, but Fan Xian already understood.

Although Prince Yong was unreliable in his childhood, his reputation gradually increased after he traveled the world, especially after he saved Fan Xian in Niulan Street, which made the Shadow Guard more and more prestigious.

In contrast, the second prince and the crown prince were kept busy in the capital by Emperor Qing.

Looking across the entire Great Qing Empire today, among the royal family members, Prince Yong enjoys the highest prestige.

Sitting in the Empress Dowager's seat, she naturally had to completely eliminate any remaining possibility that Li Chang'an might threaten the throne.

At the deepest level, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince are her grandsons, but Prince Yong is not her son.

However, Emperor Qing was very confident in his ability to control the situation, and he believed that Li Chang'an had no chance of seizing the throne.

The eldest prince, Li Chengru, has Dongyi blood and is therefore ineligible to inherit the throne. It would be better to reward him with a princess as a token of appreciation for his hard work in fighting for the country.

The Northern Qi Dynasty, the Imperial Palace in the capital city.

Zhan Doudou looked at the peace report with a bitter expression, "Sure enough, what you can't get on the battlefield, you can't get at the negotiating table!"

"It seems there's no chance of reconciliation regarding this peace talk."

"Once I assume full power, after several years of recuperation and rebuilding, I will surely recover the lost territories!"

Haitang Duoduo asked casually, "Any news about Lili?"

"Who is so immoral? It's one thing to kidnap Lili, but to impersonate this Holy Maiden!"

Zhan Doudou said, "There's not a single piece of news. The Nanqing side insists that Lili was kidnapped by you."

"But you happened to be in Xihu during that time. Isn't that hateful? We can't argue with that!"

Haitang Duoduo glared and said, "How utterly despicable!"

"If this Holy Maiden goes to Nanqing, she won't rush to save Lili; she must first go and chop up Li Chang'an!"

Zhan Doudou said with a smile, "Do you still remember the grudge from that medicine incident at the beginning of the year?"

Haitang Duoduo angrily peeled the apple in her hand, "I'll never forget this!"

"Li Chang'an was only at the lower eighth rank at the beginning of the year. I heard he's going to the Yunmen Poetry Gathering in six months. It's impossible for him to advance to the upper ninth rank in less than a year!"

"At that time, as long as he is weaker than me, this Holy Maiden will definitely avenge the loss of that medicine!"

After saying that, Haitang Duoduo fiercely chopped off the apple stem with a knife!

When Zhan Doudou saw the apple stem that had been cut off at the root, she suddenly felt a pang of worry for Li Chang'an.

Upon learning that Li Chang'an was coming to the Yunmen Poetry Gathering, a small idea that had just sprouted in her mind was completely cut off along with the apple stem.

She considered secretly asking Li Chang'an to conceive a child, then pretending it was born to a concubine so that the child could inherit her throne.

This idea is utterly absurd, especially since Li Chang'an is a prince from an enemy state.

However, Li Chang'an's reputation was too great, and he was a master of poetry, calligraphy, and painting, a feat few people throughout history could achieve.

In addition, Zhan Doudou is a die-hard fan of Dream of the Red Chamber. Although she was angry about Li Chang'an's infiltration of Northern Qi, she still admired his methods.

In Zhan Doudou's eyes, Li Chang'an was probably the most outstanding young man in the world.

She needs Haitang's cooperation and support to implement this plan.

However, seeing Haitang's attitude towards Li Chang'an, Zhan Doudou felt it was better to abandon this idea in the womb.

Just as she was lost in thought, Haitang suddenly asked out of the blue, "Any news about Pianpian? Could she have taken a fancy to Li Chang'an?"