Don't ask where people go

Chapter 1283: Admit Defeat

"General Fu, have you ever thought about this?" Fang Zilan curled her lips, but her voice was extremely indifferent, "The third lady of the Fang family and Zhen from Qianjinfang are the same person. Otherwise, why would Li Shengxuan go to so much trouble to marry me?"

She deliberately blurred the timeline. At that time, Li Shengxuan proposed to her and Qianjinfang had not yet appeared in the world. But Fu Congnan had too many doubts at this time and had no time to think about it carefully, so he did not notice these details.

"This is impossible..." Fu Congnan shook his head, but his voice was shaking more and more, "This is impossible!"

"When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked." Fang Zilan said as she took a step forward, the short knife in her hand had already touched Fu Congnan's coat, "Now I am of no use to Li Shengxuan, and I have been sold to the Miluo people. I wonder what will happen to General Fu, who is of no use to them?"

She deliberately emphasized the word "they" and looked at the cold sweat dripping from Fu Congnan's head with satisfaction, wetting his clothes, "How did you know..."

"I know much more than General Fu imagined." Fang Zilan smiled even more. "Hand over Fang Lihui, and I can pretend that nothing happened today. Otherwise, when things get out of hand, it will be difficult for you to get away with it."

"You're threatening me?" Fu Congnan looked sinister. Fang Zilan chuckled. "Threat? Do I need that?"

As she spoke, she swung the dagger in her hand and cut Fu Congnan's clothes. "General Fu, you don't want me to go with you to find King Yucheng. I think it's because he fell into a trap and was locked up with Fang Lihui..."

She paused, "Of course, the trap that could have caught King Yucheng might not only have trapped Fang Lihui, but there might be other people among them that you didn't want others to find out..."

"Miss Zhen!" Fu Congnan's voice was filled with a hint of suppressed anger, "Do you know what you are doing?"

"I know." Fang Zilan nodded. "I also know that if more people are attracted, it won't be me who will be embarrassed. General Fu, you..."

"Fang Lihui is dead..." Fu Congnan gritted his teeth, but then he heard a clang and the secret door was opened from the outside.

Then came a loud voice, "If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his body. There's no reason for someone from our family to die in an unclear way."

It’s Fang Zitong.

Fang Zilan looked outside the door. Awan was looking at the mechanism beside the door with an innocent look on her face, as if it was a matter of course that "I saw you open it just now, so I know how to open it." Following behind her were Fang Zitong, Zhuge Yu, Pei Xiaoze, and several other adults she had just met at the birthday party.

Fu Congnan's face turned pale. He was about to say something when he saw Fang Zilan burst into tears and threw herself into Fang Zitong's arms, "Second sister, General Fu said...my cousin is dead..."

Seeing this, Fu Congnan was stunned. It turned out that Fang Zilan had put away the dagger the moment she heard the noise, and when the secret door opened, she had adjusted her mood. Now her aggrieved look was so real that anyone would think she was being bullied.

As for the person who bullied her, I would say it was Fu Congnan who said in a fierce manner that Fang Lihui was dead...

At this moment, Fu Congnan only felt a buzzing in his head.

Fang Zilan calmly distanced themselves from each other and said with a smile, "I will know whatever your majesty wants me to know."

"Forget it." Li Shengxuan sighed helplessly, "I was negligent in causing you to get hurt. But the New Year's Festival drama involves many people. Although the person in charge is Prince Yucheng and the Ministry of Rites, the Empress Dowager and the various powerful people in the court are standing behind them. I cannot touch the nobles and dignitaries who participated in the performance for the time being, so I can only let you down."

Fang Zilan was stunned for a moment, then said, "Your Majesty invited me here just to talk about this?"

She regretted it only after she finished speaking, but Li Shengxuan nodded without any reaction and asked, "What else? What do you think I want to say to you?" "Nothing." Fang Zilan shook her head, "I just think that it would be best if Your Majesty is willing to make the decision for me and give me justice. However, I also know that since this group of people are so bold as to dare to act in public, they must have someone to rely on and are fearless. I don't think Your Majesty will stand up for me."

She paused as she spoke, her expression becoming a little lighter, with a natural coldness and arrogance, "If you encounter something like this again in the future, Your Majesty doesn't have to tell me if you can't do anything for me. After all, I am used to being alone, and I never need others to do anything for me. I will solve my own problems myself."

"You..." Li Shengxuan was choked by her and couldn't speak for a while. After a while, he spoke hesitantly: "I just..."

He opened his mouth, but swallowed back the worried words that followed.

Worrying about nothing you can do is nothing but hypocrisy.

Fang Zilan waited for a long time, and seeing that he didn't say anything, she couldn't help but ask, "Just what?"

As soon as she said this, even she found it funny. What on earth was she expecting?

Li Shengxuan remained silent. She said to herself, "Your Majesty, do you still remember Xiahou Yan? When your Majesty's former subordinates died with their eyes open in Fenghe Valley, I understood that your Majesty had no choice. If you are like this to the Xiahou family, how much more so to me?"

Li Shengxuan had a gloomy expression and opened his mouth as if he wanted to refute, but in the end no sound came out.

He let Fang Zilan continue talking, and heard her mocking every word, "In fact, who in the world doesn't have their own difficulties? It's just that I am unwilling to accept it. Your Majesty, don't worry about it..."

Before she could finish her words, there was a loud bang.

Hearing the sound, they both looked up to the window at the same time, and saw brilliant fireworks burning all over the sky, occupying their entire sight.

There were constantly burned-out fireworks sliding down, and more dazzling fireworks constantly lighting up the night sky. One after another, the colorful fireworks were dazzling.

Fang Zilan stared at it for a long time before lowering her eyes and whispering, "The New Year's Eve palace banquet is about to begin. Your Majesty is still busy. You don't have to pay attention to me. I'll leave the palace now." After she said that, she bowed, turned around and left.

Li Shengxuan did not try to keep her, but just watched her leaving quietly. He suddenly felt that the fireworks in the sky were so bland and tasteless, not even as dazzling as the one she set off in the Wind River Valley.

Fang Zilan left the palace and stopped on Zhuque Street to watch the fireworks for a long time. Her hands and feet were numb from the cold, but she still stood there motionless.

Amid the bustling scene with endless traffic, she was so quiet that she seemed out of tune with everything around her.

At first, she only felt that the world was cold and indifferent, so during the fireworks display in Wind River Valley, she vowed to be her own light.

Later she watched the fireworks many times.

However, under the overwhelming light, she felt as if she was in an ice cave, getting colder and colder.

After all, I have no choice.