Chapter 433: Insidious and Vicious
In the evening, Gu Chan returned to Wanyuanfang happily.
She had just finished taking a shower and changing her clothes, and before she had time to go to dinner, Yuan Jie rushed into the room and said, "Boss, something bad has happened. Someone has come from the Censorate and asked you to come over. The Chief Censor wants to discuss something with you."
"Go tell him that I'm very busy and don't have time to go over." Gu Chan waved her hand disdainfully.
"Isn't this a bad idea?" Yuan Jie asked with a worried look on her face.
Yan Xishan, the Chief Censor of Jiangnan, can be said to be the ruler of the Jiangnan area. It is certainly worrying that Gu Chan does not give him face.
Gu Chan sneered and said, "Last time Yan Li stole my white fox, I didn't bother with him, but he still dares to act arrogantly in front of me? So what if he is the Chief Censor of Jiangnan? In front of me, Gu Chan, you still have to lie down."
"Okay then. I'll listen to the shopkeeper and tell the people in the Censorate right away." Yuan Jie agreed reluctantly.
Then she turned around and left with a worried look on her face, going to pass on a message to the censor.
Gu Chan didn't care about all this and went to eat.
After an incense stick of time, in the study room in the backyard of the Censorate's Mansion.
At this time, Yan Xishan was sitting behind the desk, his face ashen with anger.
The servant who went to deliver the message stood in front of the desk with his head lowered, and was so scared that beads of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Obviously, he did not expect that Gu Chan would be so bold as to not even give face to the Jiangnan Chief Censor.
Bai Xi sat aside and waved to the servant, signaling him to leave. Then he said to Yan Xishan, "My husband, it seems necessary to give this brat named Gu Chan a good beating, lest he always goes against us by relying on the title of the imperial envoy!"
"Damn Gu Chan, he is so bold that he dares to openly offend me. Moreover, his Yao Duoduo caravan's current behavior is also wrong. It is clearly a challenge to the rules of our Jiangnan City. If it were not for the imperial envoy, I really want to kill this little bastard with a single knife." Yan Xishan cursed angrily.
After cursing, he raised his fist and slammed it hard on the desk.
Bai Xi frowned and said, "My husband, you said that the Yao Duoduo caravan is now looking for beggars to help spread the word. Could it be that the imperial envoy deliberately ordered this? Could it be that he wants to openly challenge the authority of our Jiangnan City?"
"You think it's simple. The imperial envoy is the Ninth Prince's man. Right now in Kyoto, the First Prince and the Second Prince are fighting so fiercely. Our Jiangnan area is the fiefdom of the Second Prince. But the Emperor secretly instructed the Ninth Prince's men to come here to stir up trouble. Isn't it obvious that they are targeting the Second Prince?" Yan Xishan said with a serious expression.
As a second-rank official in the imperial court, his vision is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
He saw more clearly than anyone what was hidden behind the imperial envoy's visit to Jiangnan.
There is no doubt that the imperial edict sent to the border earlier was issued by the Crown Prince as the acting governor, but without the secret instruction of the old emperor, the imperial edict could not be issued. Therefore, the old emperor had a plan to let his three sons compete with each other, just to see who is stronger among his three most outstanding sons. So no matter what the imperial envoy does in Jiangnan now, it will not seem strange. After all, the purpose of the imperial envoy coming here is to make the water in Jiangnan as muddy as possible.
Bai Xi became visibly worried. "We are the Second Prince's men! We can't just watch the Imperial Envoy disrupt the business rules in Jiangnan and do nothing, right? If we give in this time, how can the Second Prince hold his head up among so many other princes?"
"Then what should we do? Lead the troops to capture that brat Gu Chan? Or send someone to kill him secretly? Now the imperial envoy is hiding in the dark, and we can't find out where he is. The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. If we take a wrong step, this dog imperial envoy will catch us and beat us to death, right?" Yan Xishan said angrily.
Bai Xi was suddenly choked speechless.
The atmosphere in the study became extremely awkward.
Just at this moment, the study door was pushed open from the outside, and Yan Li limped in with a crutch.
After being beaten half to death that night, she was finally able to walk after two days of rest. However, her face and nose were still bruised and swollen. Although she managed to save her life, she also suffered a lot!
When Bai Xi saw her daughter coming, she immediately stood up and walked over, helped her sit on the chair and said, "Why don't you lie down in your room? Why are you running here?"
"Dad, Mom, I can't lie down anymore. I won't be satisfied unless I kill that bastard Gu Chan." Yan Li said gritting her teeth.
"Look at yourself, do you think you can beat him? And you can kill him! You should be thankful that he didn't kill you! I warn you, you'd better lie down at home and recuperate, and don't cause any trouble for me. Otherwise, if something big happens again next time, it's hard to say whether I can save you or not." Yan Xishan raised his finger and pointed at Yan Li and scolded angrily.
The more Yan Li listened, the angrier she became, and she almost wished she could cut Gu Chan into pieces.
Bai Xi also tried to persuade her earnestly, "Daughter, your father is right. You should take good care of your injuries. Leave the matter of dealing with that brat and the imperial envoy to us. You don't have to think too much. We will definitely avenge you."
"Dad, Mom, I've heard about what the Yao Duoduo caravan did. It's obvious that it was the Imperial Envoy's doing. He just wants to disrupt the business rules of our Jiangnan City. I have a plan that can foil the Imperial Envoy's plan." Yan Li said with a gloomy face.
The couple became interested and looked up at her.
Yan Li said in a cold voice, "Since the imperial envoy is hiding in the dark, no one knows who he is, which is also beneficial to us! If we can get the imperial sword and find a master to hold the sword, then this person will become the imperial envoy. By then, the real imperial envoy will surely be so anxious that he will reveal his true identity. Then we can follow the clues to find the real imperial envoy and get rid of him. In this way, the fake imperial envoy we found will become the real one."
"Oh my God! Daughter, this is a serious crime of bullying. The entire family will be executed." Bai Xi said anxiously.
"Mother, the emperor is far away. As long as we do a good job, how will the emperor know what happened to the real imperial envoy here? After we get rid of the real imperial envoy, we will arrange for the fake imperial envoy to fake his death and escape. Then, dad will be able to submit a memorial to the emperor, saying that the imperial envoy unfortunately met with an accident in the Jiangnan area, right?" Yan Li said with a vicious smile.
Yan Xishan and Bai Xi looked at each other, and both husband and wife fell silent.
At this moment, they did not deny that their daughter's plan did have its merits, but the premise was that it had to be done well. If it was not done well, it might lead to the destruction of the entire family.
