Power ministers always make things difficult for me

Chapter 156: Less Guilt

After hearing this, Pei Nian was also shocked and stood there in disbelief.

With trembling hands, she snatched the silver needle from Eunuch Wan Shun's hand. The needle tip, so black that it was blinding, was the truth that could never be erased.

"Dad?" Pei Nian called out and turned his head woodenly: "Why?"

Pei Yunjiang met Pei Nian's gaze and tried to say something to justify himself: "Niannian, listen to Dad's explanation..."

"What do you want to explain? What do you have to explain?" Jiang Mingcang interrupted him directly, his gentle eyes full of sarcasm: "If I come a little later, will there be an extra spy around me to monitor me?"

"Pei Yunjiang, do I need to remind you that I can give you what you have now, but I can also destroy what you have now. What capital do you have to do these little tricks in front of me?"

If there is no use in keeping him, someone like Pei Yunjiang who can even use his closest relatives should be kicked out of the imperial capital.

Just like Shen Yu, disgusting.

Now that the evidence was conclusive, Pei Yunjiang could only lie on the ground, begging for mercy with tears and snot.

Jiang Mingcang didn't even bother to look at him, and ordered Eunuch Wanshun to take the man away and punish him accordingly, and just spare his life.

Pei Nian wiped her tears and walked out from behind Jiang Mingcang.

The next second, he knelt in front of her.

Jiang Mingcang frowned slightly, looked at the little face full of tears and disappointment, and asked casually: "What?"

Pei Nian folded his hands, leaned down, kowtowed tremblingly, and held back his tears, choking with sobs: "Your Majesty, please spare my father once!"

Ok?
Jiang Mingcang raised his eyebrows, showing interest. He slowly squatted down, grabbed the fur collar at the back of her neck, and lifted her head up: "Are you begging for him?"

That old guy was really hoping that she would drink that bowl of porridge just now.

"Yes." Pei Nian nodded, but did not dare to look at him: "No matter what, he is my father. I should hate him for this matter, but... he raised me after all. If Your Majesty wants to kill him, I will not watch it."

Jiang Mingcang's gaze paused for a moment, but he quickly concealed it.

The hand that was originally pulling Pei Nian's collar slowly went around her neck, along her jaw, and wiped away the tears that were about to fall.

His eyes unconsciously blurred, as if he was thinking about something.

"Pei Qi was in prison at the time. He would rather beheaded himself and give Chao Lan Palace to Rong Qin in order to protect the Pei family that had abandoned her. Did she also think the same as you did?"

Not to mention that she didn't know at that time that Pei Yunjiang was the real culprit who poisoned her. Even if she knew it now, if he wanted to take action against the Pei family, Pei Qi would definitely stop him.

On the surface, she broke off relations with Pei Yunjiang, but she...

Can you really be so cruel?

Pei Nian didn't understand the purpose of Jiang Mingcang asking this question for a moment, he just knelt on the ground blankly and forgot to say anything.

Jiang Mingcang didn't expect Pei Nian to give her any answer. He stood up, pulled Pei Nian up from the ground, and his eyes returned to their usual gentleness.

"I can give Pei Yunjiang a lighter sentence, but if he still refuses to give up and wants to harm you, I arrived in time this time, but what about next time?"

"I am not idle and have nothing to do. I will come here every day."

"The only reason I saved you was because..."

That's it.

Jiang Mingcang paused what he was about to say, turned around and waved his hand: "There is no point in saying more, you should be more careful next time..."

"If there is a next time, I will not let you go."

Before Jiang Mingcang could finish his words, he was interrupted by Pei Nian's soft and tiny voice.

Her tone lacked any aura, and she even couldn't stop crying, but she was very firm.

Jiang Mingcang couldn't help but look at her one more time.

He curled his lips and walked out of Fu'an Palace. "You'd better not let him go."

……

After leaving Fu'an Palace, Jiang Mingcang was absent-minded all the way, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

However, Eunuch Wanshun had a question in his mind.

"Your Majesty, I feel that even if Lady Nian really became Pei Yunjiang's spy, with the Pei family's intangible power, it would be impossible for her to stir up trouble. Why did you come all the way to Fu'an Palace?"

If he were to say, just let Pei Yunjiang have fun by himself. When the time comes, the Pei family will be gone.

It won't last for more than a few days.

Jiang Mingcang paused, and his deep eyes moved slightly.

why?
It was just because Pei Yunjiang’s actions reminded him of Shen Yu.

He tilted his head and continued to move forward, but his steps were smaller than before.

"Since you have become my confidant, I will not hide some things from you. I am an illegitimate child outside the palace. You should have known this a long time ago."

"Shen Yu has been using me for decades. During this time, he has caused me a lot of trouble in order to control my whereabouts. He is exactly the same as Pei Yunjiang..."

After saying this, he sneered, and his past unbearable experiences made him clench his fists unconsciously.

He appears to be bright and handsome on the surface, and is the prince who is highly praised by the king and his ministers. However, behind the scenes, he has to obey Shen Yu's orders. Since he can remember, his past has been full of darkness.

until……

"Until I met the teacher."

"The teacher has a strange personality. He doesn't like to have extra people around him when he's teaching. So those who watch over me day and night have to be kept out. Only when the teacher is around can I get the rare freedom."

"He taught me how to fight for power and the ways of a monarch, helped me get rid of those who were against me, tore off the hands that were suffocating me, and gave me the opportunity to devour Shen Yu's power bit by bit."

Including the three thousand poisonous feathers that Shen Yu was proud of.

"As for why I want to help Pei Nian..."

Jiang Mingcang turned the ring, thoughtfully.

"I just feel that when I was controlled by Shen Yu, my teacher came to my rescue, but after my teacher was poisoned by Pei Yunjiang, no one helped her."

"In the Pei family, the teacher's biological mother has passed away. Apart from Pei Si, the person closest to her is Pei Nian."

"I helped Pei Nian once, which can be regarded as repaying the teacher's favor. When the day comes when I can really take action against the teacher, I will also be able to..."

A little less guilt.

He didn't say this.

It’s funny to think about it, why did he say all this to Wanshun.

Jiang Mingcang changed the subject and asked, "Have you searched all the people in the Imperial Master's Mansion?"

While Pei Qi is not in the imperial capital, those annoying little fry must be dealt with as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, apart from some insignificant servants, there is only Chao Lan Palace left in the Imperial Master's Mansion. The Jinyiwei have captured almost all of them, but..."

Wan Shun looked at Jiang Mingcang's expression, hesitated and did not dare to speak.

Jiang Mingcang glanced at him and unconsciously quickened his pace as he walked back to Yanlong Palace: "Speak."

"I heard that someone named Yun Lian ran away..."

"But, but that damn girl is already seriously injured. She might have died on the way!"