Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Deputy General Niu said he dared not, and then he told the purpose of his visit today.

"I'm sure you've heard about what happened last night. Our Lord Yan and Lord Wei worked together to capture thirteen people alive. I'm sure you've heard about that."

After speaking, Deputy General Niu paused for a moment, looked at the expressions of the two men, and then continued,

"These thirteen people had taken poison in advance, and they all died of the poison not long after being captured. However, before they died, Lord Yan had the illusion master of the Dali Temple conduct illusion interrogations on them and obtained some information. Among them, the confessions of three people were related to the Bachelor's Mansion, so..."

"I came here this time to bring Scholar Wang to the Dali Temple. However, looking at the current situation, I'm afraid it will be a few days late."

Wang Zhuo coughed twice at the right time and said helplessly, "It's really unfortunate. I'll trouble Deputy General Niu to go back and report to Lord Yan. When I feel better, I will go there as soon as possible."

"Okay, then please ask His Royal Highness Prince An to go to the Dali Temple with me first." Deputy General Niu did not worry too much about Wang Zhuo's physical condition, but turned his attention directly to Li Junze.

"Me? Why should I go to the Dali Temple with you?" Li Junze asked in surprise.

"Because the confessions of five of the thirteen people were related to His Royal Highness Prince An, His Royal Highness Prince An is also on the list of people we invited this time."

"Your Highness happens to be here, so I don't have to go to Prince An's Mansion again."

Deputy General Niu bowed and explained to Li Junze, still with a smile on his face.

Li Junze looked at Wang Zhuo guiltily. The other party grabbed his hand with increasing strength, but his expression remained calm. He smiled and said to Li Junze,

"Zer, grandpa is fine. You can go with Deputy General Niu first. Although the confession obtained through illusion hypnosis may not be true, since Lord Yan attaches so much importance to it, let's... cooperate."

Li Junze knew that there was no other reason to refuse, so he could only nod to Wang Zhuo and said, "Okay, Grandfather, Ze'er will go over here for a while, and will come back to accompany you later."

Wang Zhuo smiled at him, then waved in the direction of Deputy General Niu, telling them to leave. He didn't want to say anything else.

After the two left, Wang Zhuo felt more and more uneasy. He asked Wang Yucheng to help him up, and wanted to pace in the hall as usual, but his legs were weak and he couldn't stand up.

"Father, what are you planning to do? Didn't Ze'er just say that he will be back soon? Don't be nervous." Wang Yucheng saw his father's expression and knew that he must be a little worried about Li Junze.

"What do you know? Shut up." Wang Zhuo couldn't stand up. He was already furious, and now his son was making sarcastic remarks. He became even more furious.

Wang Yucheng opened his mouth, but tactfully closed it and did not add fuel to the fire.

"Try to help me send a letter to Yan." Wang Zhuo was ultimately unable to stand up. He could only sit on the couch, panting, and said to Wang Yucheng.

"Yan? Are you looking for the King of Yan?" Wang Yucheng asked in surprise.

"Yes."

"Yan is a remote area. It will probably take more than ten days to go back and forth. I wonder if father has anything to ask the King of Yan?" Wang Yucheng continued to ask with a frown.

Wang Zhuo lowered his head, feeling that all the strength in his body had been drained away. Now his neck couldn't even support his head. He closed his eyes weakly, and then said, "It's urgent. Go and arrange it."

Seeing his father's condition, Wang Yucheng didn't dare to delay any longer and stepped back to prepare to go.

Prince of Yan Li Xingxian is the emperor's fifth brother. He also helped the emperor ascend the throne with all his strength and spared no effort. However, after the emperor ascended the throne, he promptly applied to the emperor for his fiefdom - Northern Yan.

Beiyan was located at the northernmost tip of the Great Chu State. It was extremely cold all year round, and many serious criminals were exiled to Beiyan to serve.

At that time, many people could not understand why Li Xingxian would propose to return to his fiefdom at that time, and they were all very surprised. However, what surprised them even more was that the emperor did not say anything, not even a word to retain him, and agreed to Prince Yan's proposal.

He also issued an edict, which clearly stated that the Prince of Yan could return to Beijing twice a year, once during the New Year to celebrate with the Emperor, and once for the Emperor's birthday. He was not allowed to return to Beijing without permission at other times.

For a time, all kinds of discussions were heard in the capital, and it was very noisy for a while. In the end, there was no reasonable explanation, so it was left unresolved.

However, what no one knew was that Prince Yan once caught a glimpse of Wang Yuyan at a palace banquet and fell deeply in love with her. He later found various reasons to get close to her, but unfortunately Wang Yuyan was not attracted to him at all.

Because, Wang Yuyan had been instilled with the idea since she was very young that her future husband would definitely be the one sitting in a high position.

As for Prince Yan, his mother was not of high birth and he had no competitiveness among the princes, so he had always been the prince's follower.

Wang Zhuo was not surprised that Wang Yuyan looked down on him. However, not long after Wang Yuyan was ordered to enter the palace, the Prince of Yan asked to go to his fiefdom.

If he said that his departure had nothing to do with Wang Yuyan's entry into the palace, Wang Zhuo would certainly not believe it.

So, after all these years, at every New Year's palace banquet, Wang Zhuo could see the burning look in Prince Yan's eyes as he looked at his daughter. It was a pity that his daughter never paid attention to such a man again.

He has military force, and he also controls the garrison in Northern Yan and tens of thousands of exiled criminals. If they form an alliance, he will surely be a powerful aid to Ze'er in the future.

Li Junze followed Deputy General Niu to the Dali Temple, but saw that the person with Yan Nangui was actually Crown Prince Li Junhao.

"Greetings, my dear brother." Li Junze stepped forward as usual and saluted Li Junhao.

Yan Nangui stood up and saluted Li Junze.

Li Junhao stood up and said to him with a faint smile, "Third brother, there is no need to be so polite. I invited you here this time because I want to confirm something with you. I asked Deputy General Niu to invite you and Scholar Wang."

"Grandfather is ill, so I'm afraid he can't come today. If he gets better in a few days, I can bring him here again."

"What's wrong? Is Master Wang sick? Is it serious?" Yan Nangui asked with some surprise.

"This is a recurrence of the previous illness, but it is not serious. Lord Yan does not need to worry too much." Li Junze said politely.

"In that case, please ask Your Highness Prince An to come to the interrogation room. There are a few things I need to confirm with Your Highness." After Yan Nangui finished his polite words, he returned to the official business without even taking a breath.