Seeing that Old Lady Shang's expression had not changed, Tu Zhizhi thought of the deal she had made with her and softened her tone: "Old Lady Shang, the Eighth Prince is in a bad mood. I think it's because Wuling Mountain is not as good as Yongzhou City, which makes him regret his behavior."

"You going to see him at this time is just rubbing salt into his wounds."

"I advise you to give up this idea and go back to Wan Shufang to make poison. As long as you two complete the task he assigned, he will come to you two on his own initiative without my help."

Tu Zhizhi's tone was very calm, as if she was trying to persuade Old Lady Shang, but she was very nonchalant.

Old Lady Shang noticed her perfunctory attitude and couldn't help but frown. She was fine before, why did her attitude change in less than a quarter of an hour? Did she get angry at the Eighth Prince?

With this thought in mind, Old Lady Shang stared at Tu Zhizhi with a subtle expression and asked coldly, "Did the Eighth Prince reject you?"

Tu Zhizhi's face froze, then she snorted and laughed: "How could he reject me? It's just that something tripped him up, so he couldn't come with me to see you."

After saying this, Tu Zhizhi looked Old Lady Shang up and down, her tone extremely puzzled: "If you want to see the Eighth Prince, you should do as I say. Why do you have to ask me for help? Yesterday I asked you, but you didn't want to explain. Are you willing to tell me today?"

After a pause, she continued, "What the Eighth Prince is going to do this time will take a long time, so if your matter is not important, he will not meet you alone."

When Old Lady Shang heard this, she could no longer control her emotions. She stared at Tu Zhizhi with a sharp gaze and said in a cold voice, "I think you have offended the Eighth Prince, so you are unwilling to help me."

Tu Zhizhi's face flushed red, she was angry, "Mrs. Shang, who am I, who are you, do you think I would do this?"

When she heard her mention the word "identity", Old Mrs. Shang was speechless. She looked at her deeply, as if she was forcibly suppressing her anger, and turned to find Wan Shufang.

As soon as she arrived, she saw Wan Shufang coming out of the tent in high spirits. She looked as if the danger-filled Wuling Mountain was just like Yongzhou City, and she was not afraid at all.

"The Eighth Prince is planning to cooperate with the Miao people, but the Miao people are very xenophobic. This means that if the Eighth Prince wants to gain the trust of the Miao people, he will use the two of us as pawns."

Old Mrs. Shang was upset and couldn't help but raise her voice.

"Wan Shufang, do you know how cruel the Miao are? If we fall into their hands, we will die miserably."

"Don't you want to see your family? Why don't you try to escape?"

Wan Shufang had just slept for the whole morning and felt much better, so she was ready to continue studying the poison. She didn't expect Old Lady Shang to suddenly jump out and say such words.

She was angry and amused at the same time: "Regarding what you said, Jiang Xuan and I have already guessed it, but what can we do about it? Do you still want the two of us to go head-to-head with the Eighth Prince?"

"Let's not talk about whether the two of us have such ability. Let's just say that the Eighth Prince is busy contacting the Miao people and has no time to see us. Do you think that if we cause some trouble under such circumstances, the Eighth Prince will let us go easily."

Wan Shufang deliberately dragged out the last syllable of the sentence, staring sharply at Old Lady Shang with a sarcastic and cold expression.

"I know you want to use me. Even the vulnerability you showed in front of me before was part of your exploitation."

"I didn't expose you because I thought we could reach a superficial cooperation and face the outside world in unison at that time."

"I didn't expect that you had bad intentions from the beginning, and the poisonous insect you gave me was also a cover. Fortunately, the Ninth Prince attacked the city at that time. Otherwise, if I did what you said, wouldn't I really be deceiving the Eighth Prince?"

Wan Shufang had previously made various speculations about the fact that Old Lady Shang had given her a semi-finished Phoenix Gu.

But after arriving at Wuling Mountain, she thought carefully about the original conversation and pondered over Old Lady Shang's behavior at this moment. Suddenly, she realized that Old Lady Shang took out that poisonous insect just to make her and Chen Changli lie in front of the Eighth Prince.

The fact that Old Lady Shang did not take out the Phoenix Gu already made the Eighth Prince suspicious.

If he realized that the couple were lying, wouldn't the Eighth Prince do the opposite of what they said?

"I didn't mean that. It's you who was just imagining things. That's why you came up with such a ridiculous thing." Old Mrs. Shang's eyelids twitched, but a look of innocence appeared on her face.

Wan Shufang didn't buy her tricks and said in a cold tone, "Because I am worried about Chen Changli, even if something is not good for me, I will try my best to ignore it."

"But now Chen Changli is not by my side. If you want to fool me again, it will be harder than climbing to the sky. I advise you to give up that unrealistic idea and be honest, otherwise I will not coexist with you."

After saying this, Wan Shufang walked around Old Lady Shang and went to sort out the medicinal herbs.

Old Mrs. Shang stared at her back, her face turning red and white, looking very ugly.

"If a person tells a lie, he will tell countless lies to cover it up afterwards." Jiang Xuan came out of the tent and happened to hear the conversation between the two.

He felt that he couldn't quite understand Mrs. Shang's thoughts. It was obvious that as long as the three of them cooperated properly, their situation would improve.

But Old Lady Shang chose to do the opposite. She was now jumping around, trying to push them out to bear the possible wrath of the Eighth Prince.

He immediately thought that Mrs. Shang had a mental problem and that was why she did something that was detrimental to her.

"Mrs. Shang, did Tu Zhizhi threaten you with your grandson? But you seemed to care about your grandson before, but in fact, you let him fend for himself."

"Why do you feel like giving up everything for Xu Yi just because she threatened you this time?"

Jiang Xuan had not forgotten that Old Lady Shang followed Tu Zhizhi away yesterday. He was asking about it deliberately, just like stabbing her in the heart.

Seeing Jiang Xuan's face full of sarcasm, Old Lady Shang thought for a moment and said with a wry smile: "She didn't threaten me, she just negotiated a deal with me. I thought her conditions were good, so I agreed to her offer."

Jiang Xuan smiled coldly: "I am not your grandson, I will not be fooled by your pretense, you should do this in front of Tu Zhizhi, she has Xu Yi in her hand, she will definitely believe what you say."

After saying these words full of disgust, Jiang Xuan hurried to find Wan Shufang and sorted out the medicinal materials with her, but he deliberately observed Old Lady Shang out of the corner of his eye.

Seeing her standing still, her eyes like knives falling on him, Jiang Xuan frowned and muttered: "This person is really weird."

After hearing what he said, Wan Shufang thought for a moment and said, "Recent events disrupted her plans, and she acted hastily in order to correct them."

Jiang Xuan's expression changed slightly: "Is her plan related to the Sixth Prince?"

Wan Shufang looked calm and somewhat cruel: "This matter has nothing to do with us, but if she is blind, we can join forces to take her life."

Hearing these murderous words, Jiang Xuan's heart beat quickly, but he deliberately lowered his voice: "Are you sure? If this succeeds, it will be difficult to hide it."

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