"I promise you." Seeing Fang Zilan froze in place, Li Qiyou repeated it firmly.
Fang Zilan was silent for a while, then solemnly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your success."
Li Qiyou stretched out his hand to support Fang Zilan's arm, "Why should we be polite between you and me? Lord Zhuge will be with you on the road ahead. Beijing..."
Fang Zilan interrupted Li Qiyou unceremoniously, "Does the prince intend to part ways with us and go to the fief of King Rongan alone?"
"This is my business." Li Qiyou deliberately darkened his face, but Fang Zilan had no deterrent effect. "There are thousands of people in the southeast, how can it be the prince's business alone?"
"If we want to return to the capital, the fiefdom of King Rongan is the only way to go." Fang Zilan looked sharp and said with unquestionable certainty in her tone, "It might as well give the prince a ride on the way. Master Zhuge, what do you think?" "
Li Qiyou looked behind Fang Zilan, and Zhuge Yu walked over to them and said, "Mrs. Crown Prince, this makes sense."
What's the point? Li Qiyou couldn't laugh or cry in his heart. If he entered the fiefdom of King Rongan, he would have taken a long detour. How could he take the easy way? These two people are really...
"What's the expression on His Majesty's face?" Fang Zilan raised an eyebrow, "This is the way to go. Even if Your Majesty is not happy, he can only endure it."
"I'm not unhappy." Li Qiyou's eyes flashed with worry, "It's just that there are so many roads in the world..."
"No matter how many roads there are, it's not the one I want to take." Fang Zilan confidently intercepted Li Qiyou's last words. Seeing this, Zhuge Yuqing smiled slightly and agreed: "Yes, no matter how many roads there are in the world, we have to take it." , it’s nothing more than that one.”
He said "we", not "I".
Fang Zilan relaxed, and a smile appeared on her face, "It's rare that Lord Zhuge is willing to go with me."
"What you said, Madam Shizi, is wrong." Zhuge Yu's smile became even brighter, "I have walked the same road with you not once or twice. Even if I live in the capital and sit firmly in the temple, I still have my own way. "
Fang Zilan chuckled and said, "I can't believe that Lord Zhuge holds a grudge like this."
"I have a photographic memory since I was a child and have an excellent memory." Zhuge Yu said quietly, "So Madam Prince, I always remember some things and will never forget them in this life."
Although the title of Mrs. Crown Prince felt a little inconsistent at this time, his serious tone every word still made Fang Zilan lower her eyes and avoid his gaze.
Hongtai, who was next to him, gently leaned towards Fang Zilan's ear and whispered: "Little beauty, are you feeling at ease now?"
"Relax." Fang Zilan's voice was very small, but it still fell on the ears of several people accurately.
*
That night, a group of people entered the fiefdom of King Rongan. Pei Xiaoze was shocked when he received the news. He never expected that the person who was supposed to return to Beijing would actually appear here like this.
"Master Pei, long time no see." Fang Zilan's voice suddenly sounded, like a thunder in the middle of the night, which made Pei Xiaoze unable to react for a long time.
Pei Xiaoze was stunned for a long time, and then he tentatively called out, "Miss Fang San?" Then he changed his title as if he remembered something, "Mrs. Prince, I'm here late at night. What are you doing for me?"
"Passing by." Fang Zilan said matter-of-factly, but there was an obvious look of suspicion in Pei Xiaoze's eyes, "Even if the prince's wife is lying, she should be more decent."
"When it comes to lying, how can I be as experienced as Mr. Pei?" Fang Zilan curled her lips and smiled meaningfully, but there was no smile in her eyes.
"Mrs. Crown Prince, I don't understand what you are talking about." Pei Xiaoze stood up and gave the order to expel guests, "Mrs. Crown Prince is a wife and she really shouldn't be here at this moment..."
"Master Pei, you want to drive me away?" Fang Zilan sat directly in front of Pei Xiaoze, "That's not possible."
"Mrs. Crown Prince..." Pei Xiaoze gritted his teeth, and Fang Zilan smiled coldly, "I thought Lord Pei invited himself to the southeast and made some progress, but I never thought that he would still be so indecisive."
After she said that, without waiting for Pei Xiaoze's reaction, she reached out and pulled the documents on his case, "Mr. Pei, even if this is a bad debt, it is a bad debt that cannot be covered up. If you can't pay it, the Pei family can't pay it. Instead of lying, , and caused the matter to get out of hand, why not report it truthfully..."
"Mrs. Crown Prince, do you know what you are talking about?" Pei Xiaoze's voice was trembling. He deliberately lowered his voice and said, "There are more than one or two powerful people involved in this account. King Rong'an has passed away, even though Just for the sake of royal dignity, I also want to leave a name for him..."
"Posthumous name?" Fang Zilan sneered, "That belongs to King Rong'an, not you. Pei Xiaoze, you are just getting angry. If you can't even save your life, how can you protect King Rong'an's posthumous name?"
"This is my business, I won't bother Madam the Prince." Pei Xiaoze turned away, his righteous look making Fang Zilan feel even more ridiculous, "Okay, I want to see what you are going to do, Mr. Pei, to settle this matter." Bad debt.”
She stood up suddenly, and before leaving, she heard Pei Xiaoze say: "Mrs. Crown Prince, who are you doing so uncontrollably for? As far as I know, this account is closely related to the Fang family, and there is also …”
He paused and said, "The bandits who colluded with the Fang family are also involved. As for what's going on behind the scenes..."
"If Mr. Pei has the courage, you might as well continue the investigation." Fang Zilan looked over and said, "I just don't know whether it will be me or Mr. Pei who will be unable to calm down."
"What do you mean?" Pei Xiaoze was stunned, and Fang Zilan's face was as cold as ice, "Mr. Pei, for the sake of your old relationship with our Fang family, I advise you, no matter how big your ability is, you can do anything beyond your abilities. , don’t have to carry it.”
After saying this, she left without looking back, leaving Pei Xiaoze alone, sitting slumped on his seat in the silent night wind.
He has been in the southeast for more than a month. He has seen all the accounts that should be seen, and also got a lot of things that should not be seen.
However, the more I looked at it, the more shocking it became.
As Fang Zilan said, this was a bad debt that reached an uncontrollable point after the fire in Zuiyue Tower.
Collusion between officials and gangsters was not a rare thing. He had been mentally prepared for it, but when he came into contact with some of the accounts in bits and pieces, he was still frightened into a cold sweat.
Land, armaments, population, official positions...all things that can and cannot be bought and sold are up for sale here.
Under the protection of King Rongan, his fiefdom is like an open black market——
They only care about gold and silver, not the law. Just ask about the way back, not where you came from.
