That night, Fang Zilan sneaked into Suzhou Mansion. Although it was not the first time, it was obvious that the guards were tighter this time.
Maybe Cheng Zhiyan let her and Hongtai in intentionally last time, or maybe Cheng Zhiyan was frightened by the scene she made with the Silver Armor Army during the day.
Fang Zilan thought like this and walked quickly to Cheng Zhiyan's study. When she saw the tall figure standing in front of the bookshelf, she couldn't help but stop.
Cheng Zhiyan looked at the documents all over the wall, but did not make any move. He had no intention of rummaging hastily or destroying evidence. Instead, he showed an indescribable calmness.
"Master Cheng." Fang Zilan raised her hand and knocked on the window lattice. Cheng Zhiyan did not turn around when he heard the sound, but said quietly: "Mrs. Crown Prince, you have obtained the evidence, what are you doing here again?"
"Is this letter Master Cheng is talking about?" Fang Zilan took out the earlier letter written by Mr. Zuo and shook it casually. "I am very curious, does Master Cheng know what is written in it?"
Cheng Zhiyan finally turned around and frowned: "What does Mrs. Shizi mean by this?"
"I remember Mr. Cheng once said that you have been in Suzhou Mansion for twelve years, and you have worked hard and with no regrets. Everything you do is for peace." Fang Zilan looked at the person in front of him steadily, "Really? "
"Yes." Cheng Zhiyan didn't hesitate. Fang Zilan threw the letter on the desk in front of him, "I dare to ask Mr. Cheng, how did he design to incite the refugees and entangle and trap General Shen, causing him to be incapable of doing anything else? The fall and the displacement of the people were also for the sake of - peace?"
Each sentence she spoke became more serious than the last, until the last word "taiping" was almost forced.
"Your Majesty..." Cheng Zhiyan opened his mouth, and after a while, he swallowed all his arguments and responded with a gentle, "Yes."
Fang Zilan's expression was stern, "Master Cheng, I didn't expect that you would deceive yourself and others like this."
"Whether the official is deceiving himself or not, doesn't Madam Shizi know?" Cheng Zhiyan suddenly flicked his sleeves and said sternly: "What the southeastern land looked like back then, Madam Shizi should know better than anyone else, that battle I can’t afford to fight.”
Fang Zilan's face was as dark as water, "If we can't afford to fight, should the people of Dajing just let the Miluo people eat their flesh?"
Cheng Zhiyan subconsciously argued: "What the Miluo people want is just the city's gold and silver. As long as it is given to them, more people can sleep peacefully..."
"It's just the city's gold and silver? To ensure that more people can sleep peacefully?" Fang Zilan sneered, "Cheng Zhiyan, as the head of a palace, is this what you think?"
Cheng Zhiyan's expression froze, and Fang Zilan sneered: "That means the war did not reach Suzhou Mansion. If not, Master Cheng might lead the people to surrender?"
"Mrs. Crown Prince, if you can afford to fight at that time, it will be your Majesty's strength to lift the capital." Cheng Zhiyan said solemnly: "Otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?" Fang Zilan interrupted Cheng Zhiyan's words with a cold voice, "Don't you understand why Your Majesty wants to use the power of the capital? Even if you can't fight, the battle must be fought."
"You short-sighted and reckless warriors, what's the difference between this and trying to catch a fish?" Cheng Zhiyan said angrily: "If you hadn't had to fight, how could the southeastern land be in the state of being riddled with holes today? A little impatience will lead to chaos. seek……"
"Cheng Zhiyan, is this why you colluded with Mr. Zuo?" Fang Zilan was furious. Cheng Zhiyan nodded and said: "Yes, at least the method proposed by Mr. Zuo is feasible."
"Is it feasible?" Fang Zilan seemed to have heard a big joke, "It is feasible for you, it will be beneficial to Miluo without any harm, and it will be a huge benefit to Murong Qing, don't you understand? ?”
When she got excited, she couldn't help but cough a few times, "To pay tribute to Miluo is to weaken the capital and strengthen Miluo, not to mention secretly giving an extra 20% to Prince Zhongzheng's palace to repay Mr. Zuo for his mediation efforts."
She paused and said coldly, "Not to mention that the people of Miluo are eager to pay tribute from the capital, and they don't need Zuo's mediation. Let's just talk about how the 20% profit can be used by Murong Qing to develop the Silver Armor Army. Can't you imagine it? Cheng Zhiyan, you have never been on the battlefield and don't know how to fight, so I won't talk to you. But you can't even settle the most basic account? "
Hearing this, Cheng Zhiyan was stunned, cold sweat broke out down his spine, but he could not utter a single word.
"If we say short-sighted, you are truly short-sighted." Fang Zilan snorted coldly, "Who would have thought that the soldiers of the capital were fighting bloody battles in front of them, but you people only thought about how to stab them in the back."
"Isn't this official..." Cheng Zhiyan quickly denied it, but was stopped by Fang Zilan, "Cheng Zhiyan, you know best what you have done in these years, are you really worthy of it? When you dreamed back at midnight, didn't you ever feel guilty? So one or two things, two or three people..."
"Shut up!" Cheng Zhiyan yelled with all his strength. He staggered a few steps and bumped into the bookshelf behind him. The documents on the shelf fell with a thud. He was shocked, but he was sober as he had never been before. .
Are you serious and worthy of your conscience?
"Cheng Zhiyan, if you still have a heart." Fang Zilan looked at the stunned Cheng Zhiyan and said word by word: "When the court opens in the future, everything will be made public."
"But..." Cheng Zhiyan was about to struggle, but heard Fang Zilan say: "There is no but. The whitewashed peace cannot cover the scars. If the wound is not opened, the wound will never heal."
After saying that, she turned and left without taking away the letter written by Mr. Zuo. Even though she knew that this was the most powerful evidence against Cheng Zhiyan, she still kept it.
Maybe, I just wanted to give Cheng Zhiyan one last chance. It is much more useful for people like them to stand up on their own than the testimony of her "dead" Xianyue Duke.
Thinking of this, Fang Zilan put away the testimony, stood up and walked to the window, looking into the boundless night, unable to sleep again.
It wasn't until the early morning of the next day, not long after Fang Zilan fell asleep, that she heard a burst of noise outside——
"Master Pei, the Crown Prince's wife is ill and no one can be seen!" Awan blocked the courtyard door and said to Meng Tingyang who looked like a door god at the side: "General Meng, please send Master Pei out."
However, before Meng Tingyang could make a move, Pei Xiaoze raised his voice and said, "Mrs. Prince, I am here to thank you for your life-saving grace..."
"Master Pei, what are you doing?" Awan was completely annoyed. Meng Tingyang also held Pei Xiaoze down, as if he would be thrown out the next moment.
The courtyard door opened with a creak. Fang Zilan leaned against the door and said with a faint smile: "I disturbed people's dreams early in the morning. Is this how Mr. Pei thanked me?"
Before Pei Xiaoze could speak, Fang Zilan said again: "Master Pei, if you really want to thank me, then do what you should do. This time, don't run away anymore."
