Transmigrated into a farmer's lucky charm, all the villains in the family panicked.

Yun Shengsheng quickly put the golden silk armor and life-saving pills into her spatial storage, intending to take a closer look at them at a suitable time.

Then she turned her attention back to the little dumplings.

"Alright, Master, now you can tell me who brought these teenagers here?"

[You're already at level five, checking should be a piece of cake for you!]

The little fritter proudly tilted its head back, flapped its tiny wings, and flew in circles in front of her.

"Of course, I am now the most powerful leader, so naturally I know who is behind this!"

"However, the other party is quite cunning. It went through several layers of intermediaries. If it weren't for me, ordinary people wouldn't have been able to find out."

Yun Shengsheng narrowed her eyes: [Who on earth is behind this, with such a grand gesture?]

A glint of gold flashed in the little dumpling's eyes.

"On the surface, it was the Prince of Yong's men who did it, but there was another mastermind behind it all: the Prince of Nanyang, Qi Chenluo."

Yun Shengsheng was stunned for a moment.

[Has Prince Qi Chen of Nanyang fallen?]

[That Prince of Nanyang, who commands an army of 300,000 and guards the border of the South China Sea?]

The little dumpling nodded.

"Yes, that's him. Your senior brother, Qi Qingluan, is the heir of the Prince of Nanyang, but Qi Qingluan's mother, who is also the Princess Consort of the Prince of Nanyang, died several years ago."

"Currently, the Prince of Nanyang's principal wife is the Emperor's cousin, Princess Yan Yuefu. And Yan Yuefu also has a younger brother, Prince Ren."

Yun Shengsheng narrowed her eyes. [The Prince of Nanyang is secretly supporting the Prince of Ren, so he's stirring things up behind the Prince of Yong's back, exacerbating the conflict between the Emperor and the Prince of Yong.]

The little dumpling nodded: "That should be it."

"The Prince of Nanyang is a cunning and shrewd man who keeps a deep secret. Even if the Prince of Yong's affair is exposed in the future, it will not be traced back to him."

Yun Shengsheng stroked her chin and said, "It seems we need to carefully consider the matter of the Prince of Nanyang. His past actions will eventually reveal their flaws. Right now, the most urgent matter is dealing with the Prince of Yong!"

Why did the Prince of Yong arrest Gu Yanli? Gu Yanli is from the Kingdom of Yelang; what did the Prince of Yong gain from arresting him?

[You just said that the Prince of Yong's men wanted to cut off one of his fingers?]

Xiao Mao Tuanzi explains.

"The Prince of Yong went to great lengths to capture Gu Yanli in order to coerce the Duke of Gu. The Duke of Gu is a high-ranking official in the Yelang Kingdom, and his words carry great weight in the court."

"The Prince of Yong wants him to advise the Emperor of Yelang to continue cooperating with the Great Yan Kingdom to jointly attack the Great Xuan Kingdom."

"At the same time, they also wanted to force Gu Yanli's maternal uncle, Xuan Shiren, the renowned general of Yelang Kingdom, to lead the troops into battle."

"And what about the Prince of Yong himself? He plans to volunteer to lead troops to the border to attack the Yelang Kingdom."

Yun Shengsheng frowned.

[Attack the Yelang Kingdom? Didn't he just say he was going to cooperate with the Yelang Kingdom?]

As if sensing her confusion, the little dumpling continued to explain, "It seems contradictory, but it's not contradictory at all. What the Prince of Yong wants is a meticulously planned victory."

"When the time comes on the battlefield, he will have Gu Yanli in his hands. He can use Gu Yanli's life to threaten Xuan Shiren and cause him to be defeated."

Yun Shengsheng's pupils contracted slightly.

"Xuan Shiren is the most powerful general in Yelang Kingdom, with numerous military achievements and never having suffered a defeat. If he is forced to surrender, the Prince of Yong can easily achieve a peerless feat."

"With military achievements comes prestige, and with prestige comes a voice. Then... a general in the field may disobey the emperor's orders. He can gradually erode military power."

A night breeze blew by, making the leaves of the big tree next to us rustle.

Yun Shengsheng couldn't help but tremble. After a moment of silence, she finally spoke: "There were quite a few people who supported Prince Yong to begin with, weren't there?"

"Yes." The little dumpling nodded. "Because everyone thinks that His Highness the Crown Prince is weak and probably won't live for many more years. Prince Yong is the undisputed Crown Prince, and once the Crown Prince dies, he will be the rightful heir."

"Right now, the Prince of Yong simply doesn't have much military power. If he had military power, and with a few more maneuvers, he could easily accelerate the process and sit on that chair sooner."

Yun Shengsheng tapped her knees lightly with her fingers twice.

She thought of Yan Shijin.

Everyone says the Crown Prince is weak, but she examined Yan Shijin's pulse and found that although his body wasn't particularly strong, it wasn't nearly as bad as the rumors suggested.

Who spread these rumors?

"There's probably another reason," she said slowly, squinting. "The Prince of Yong probably noticed that Yan Shijin's health was improving and became somewhat restless."

Little Dumpling pursed his lips: "Probably, otherwise he wouldn't have taken such a risk."

What about the other children? What happened to them? Why were they arrested by the Prince of Yong?

Little Dumpling sighed and said, "They are all pawns placed by the Prince of Yong."

"Most of the parents of these children are centrists in the court, neither favoring the Crown Prince nor the Prince of Yong, but only loyal to the Emperor."

"The Prince of Yong wanted to win them over, but asking directly would be too obvious, so he used a more indirect approach."

"He first had someone secretly swindle a sum of money from the Sihai Bafang Restaurant, because these children had all gone missing near the Sihai Bafang Restaurant."

"Then he would use a different identity to approach these anxious parents and ask them to do things for him in exchange for 'helping to find their children.' And these parents would sometimes agree to any condition in order to save their children."

"Finally, he pretended to attack the bandit stronghold and 'heroically rescued' the children. In this way, he became the children's savior."

"These high-ranking officials owe him such a huge favor, they will naturally be willing to assist him. From now on, who will dare to say a single bad word about Prince Yong? Who will have the nerve to remain neutral?"

Yun Shengsheng nodded slowly.

[To kill multiple birds with one stone—truly a brilliant strategy!]

[What about Gu Zilan? Why is he here? He's not from some powerful or wealthy family.]

The little dumpling looked speechless: "Gu Zilan was brought here because of Yun Zide's connections."

Yun Shengsheng's eyebrows twitched.

"What do you mean?"

Little Dumpling said, "Yun Zide wanted to take Gu Zilan away, but he was injured and couldn't move, and they couldn't find any human traffickers for the time being."

"Then, somehow he found out that the Prince of Yong's men were kidnapping children everywhere, so he simply dumped Gu Zilan on the Prince of Yong's men as well."

Yun Shengsheng: "..."

"The Prince of Yong's people felt that if they mixed in a few children from ordinary families among the children they captured, and then the Prince of Yong 'rescued' them all at once, it would be more convincing and seem less deliberate."

Yun Shengsheng's lips twitched. [What a twist of fate!]

The little dumpling grinned, "Who says it isn't!"

"It was precisely because Gu Zilan was sent to this base that you were able to follow this lead all the way here. In a way... it was truly a coincidence."

"It is also your destiny with each and every person you pursue."

Yun Shengsheng rolled her eyes speechlessly.

She didn't like this fate at all...