Everything starts from Menghualu

Chapter 457 Jiang Xuening's visit and Xie Wei's trump card

Because of the presence of Daoqin and Jianshu, the people outside naturally ended up in failure, and the result this time was the same as last time, and they still got nothing useful.

Although he was somewhat disappointed about this, it was actually within his expectations. After all, the person sent to kill him must be a trustworthy assassin, otherwise he would never be sent out.

At this time, Xue Shu had already entered the palace. The Queen Mother seemed a little surprised at Xue Shu's arrival, but she did not show it.

"Shu'er, why are you here? You are in such a heavy condition, so you don't need to pay your respects. After all, the baby in your belly is my grandson." The Queen Mother asked

"Mother, actually, actually I came to the palace this time because I want to ask you something." Xue Shu said
"Hmm? What are you talking about? What do you mean by begging or not? If you have any difficulties, just tell me directly. Your mother will definitely help you solve them." The Queen Mother said hurriedly.
"Mother, actually, actually Shu'er wants to ask you to let Shu'er live with you. I know this is against the rules, but I am the only one in the palace now."

"I have no idea whether they can be trusted. If they can, it will be troublesome. Besides, if I live in the palace, I will think of the prince. I, I..." Xue Shu said aggrievedly.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother felt a little embarrassed. After all, she had just listened to Xue Yuan's idea and even acquiesced to it. In this situation, it was somewhat embarrassing.

But now that the person is here with me and things have come to this, it would be too unkind of me to refuse.

"Alright, alright, don't cry. This is not a big deal. I agree. You don't have to go back today. You can live here from now on." The Queen Mother said directly
After hearing this, Xue Shu naturally hurried to express her gratitude, and the Queen Mother naturally stopped her immediately. The atmosphere was very harmonious, but when the atmosphere on their side became better, Shen Lang felt uncomfortable.

"What did you say? Xue Shu is going to stay in Cining Palace from now on? Here, go, go and call Cao Cheng to me, go quickly!" Shen Lang said loudly after hearing this.

After hearing this, Wang Xinyi naturally did not dare to delay and went to call for help immediately. After Cao Cheng learned the news, he naturally knew the purpose of His Majesty looking for him.

So he was fully prepared in his heart. As expected, as soon as he entered the imperial study, he heard the question "Cao Cheng, how do you do things? You can't even handle such a small matter!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please calm down. The dragon's health is the most important thing. Your Majesty, the dragon's health is the most important thing." Cao Cheng said
Shen Lang said nothing after hearing this, but just looked at him coldly without saying a word.

Your Majesty, the thing is, I had made all the arrangements, but my adoptive father wanted to keep something in reserve, so my previous plan did not succeed.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I was careless before, but I will never do that again this time. I promise that I will get rid of that child within a month." Cao Cheng said hurriedly.
"Hmph, Lord Cao, you'd better keep your word. Otherwise, hmph! Get lost." Shen Lang said
"Yes, yes, I'll get out of here right away. I'll get out of here right away." Cao Cheng left the imperial study with a look of panic on his face.

"No, we can't rely on outsiders. Mobilize all the people in Cining Palace and keep a close eye on Xue Shu. No accidents are allowed to happen." Shen Lang said directly.
After hearing this, Wang Xinyi naturally hurried out to prepare. At this time, Cao Cheng was sitting in his carriage with a gloomy face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

But when he returned to his house, he saw a person who surprised him a little.

"Miss Xue Ning, why are you here? Are you here to see my wife?" Cao Cheng asked
"My Lord, no, I came here to see you today." Jiang Xue Ning said hesitantly.

"Hmm? Looking for me? Interesting. Come with me to the study and talk." Cao Cheng nodded after hearing this.

Then the two of them entered the study room one after the other. After the servant served tea and left, Cao Cheng asked directly, "Tell me, why did you come to see me?"

"My Lord, I came to see you today because of Mr. Zhang's matter." Jiang Xuening said

"Oh? Zhang Zha? Oh. I remember that he was assassinated today, right? Judging from your appearance, he should still be alive, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have come to see me." Cao Cheng said directly
"Your Majesty is wise. Yes, Lord Zhang is indeed still alive. I came here today just to ask you, Lord Marquis, to show mercy and spare Lord Zhang." Jiang Xuening said directly

"Haha, you've come to the wrong place. You shouldn't come to me for his affairs. You should go to my adoptive father. After all, he arranged all these things." Cao Cheng shook his head.
"My Lord, of course I know all this, but I can't even get into the mansion, so I can only come to you and ask you to show some mercy and help me." Jiang Xue Ning said

"Hahaha, Jiang Xuening, I find you really interesting. You and I are not related at all, so why should I help you? Why should I become enemies with my adoptive father just for Zhang Zha?" Cao Cheng sneered.
"My Lord, this is why I came here today. I know what you want. As long as you can let Zhang Zha go, I can help you." Jiang Xuening said

"Haha, what a joke. Not to mention whether you know what I want, just with your status, what can you do to help me?"

"For Xue Hui's sake, I won't bother with you today. Go back quickly and find Xie Wei. He may agree to your request." Cao Cheng shook his head and said
"My Lord, Master Xie can't help Zhang Zha, he can't save him. Now in the entire capital, only you can save Zhang Zha." Jiang Xue Ning said

"Hmph, my patience is limited. As I said before, why should I help you? Don't tell me anything else, it's all too unreal." Cao Cheng said
"I, I can tell you Xie Wei's background. Is that okay?" Jiang Xuening said

"Huh? What did you say? You said you wanted to tell me Xie Wei's background? Did I hear you right? You actually betrayed Xie Wei for Zhang Zha?"

"Hahaha, I don't know how sad Xie Wei will be after hearing what you said." Cao Cheng said
"My Lord, you don't have to worry about these. I just want to ask you, can these be replaced with a cover?" Jiang Xue Ning said

"Haha, that's not enough. Although I don't know who he is, he should be from the south. Am I right?" Cao Cheng said
"My Lord, then tell me, what do you want in exchange for helping Zhang Zha?" Jiang Xuening asked

"What do you want? What do you want? You don't seem to have much money left, right? In my opinion, you seem to be the only one left. Go back. It's not worth it." Cao Cheng waved his hand.

"It's worth it, of course it's worth it, Lord Marquis, it's settled. The conditions I promised you before remain unchanged, and I will be included in it." Jiang Xue Ning said directly

"Jiang Xuening, you are crazy! Do you know what you are talking about?" Cao Cheng asked
"I know, of course I know, Lord Marquis, this is something you promised, you can't go back on your word, I'm always available whenever you want." Jiang Xue Ning said

"Jiang Xuening, I'll say this one last time. If you leave now, there's still time for everything. I can pretend that you didn't say anything just now." Cao Cheng said directly.
"My Lord, since I have said it, I will not regret it. I still say that since you have agreed, you cannot go back on your word. I am ready at any time." Jiang Xue Ning said firmly
"You, okay, this is what you said. Don't think that I will let you go for other reasons. Go back, wash yourself and wait!" Cao Cheng said seriously after hearing this. After hearing this, Jiang Xuening felt a little panicked for no reason, but she suppressed it, then bowed, and then turned around to leave.

"Jiang Xuening, do you know that even if you saved Zhang Zha, he would not marry you? This is useless. Do you care about him so much?" Cao Cheng said directly
"My Lord, there are some things I cannot tell you. I can only say that I owe him this, so I want to pay him back now, that's all." After Jiang Xue Ning finished speaking, she pushed the door open and left.

Cao Cheng looked at her departing back with a frown on his face. He always felt that there was something wrong here, but she just couldn't put her finger on it.

After Jiang Xuening came out of the study, she did not go to see Shen Zhiyi, but left the Marquis' Mansion directly and got on her own carriage. After getting on the carriage, Jiang Xuening's face became a little ugly.

Yes, she did have her plans. The purpose of her coming here was to save Zhang Zha, but she did not want to pay such a huge price.

But the situation at that time was too difficult to back out, so she could only agree to it first.

In her original plan, she wanted to use the relationship between the princess and her sister to accomplish this matter while paying the least possible cost.

But unfortunately, she underestimated Cao Cheng, so she could only keep increasing the stakes until Cao Cheng was satisfied, and finally it became what it is now.

But deep down in her heart, she didn't intend to really give herself, so she thought of a good idea. Instead of going home, she went directly to Xie Wei's house.

"Ning Er, why are you here? I see, you are here to see Zhang Zha, right? Then you may be disappointed, he is not with me now." Xie Wei said
"Sir, I'm not here to see Mr. Zhang. I'm here to see you." Jiang Xuening said

"Looking for me? That's really strange. You would actually look for me? Tell me, what are you up to? I'll tell you in advance that if you say anything too outrageous, don't say it." Xie Wei said
"Sir, what are you thinking about? I came here this time to remind you that your identity has been discovered by Cao Cheng. You are in danger now." Jiang Xuening said

"Hmm? What did you say? Cao Cheng knows my identity? Then tell me, what is my identity? How did he know it?" Xie Wei said calmly.

"Sir, Cao Cheng found out that you were one of the three hundred heroes back then. He also determined that you were from the Pingnan Palace." Jiang Xuening said directly

"Hmm? Ning Er, these things are confidential. How did you know? Someone told me that you overheard them." Xie Wei said with interest.

"Of course I didn't eavesdrop, but Cao Cheng told me. I went to see him today because of Mr. Zhang's matter, and he specifically told me to stay away from you." Jiang Xue Ning said

"Oh? Really? Ning Er, do you think I'm easy to fool?" Xie Wei said
"Sir, why do you say that? I don't understand." Jiang Xuening said

"Really? Since you don't understand, I might as well tell you something. I have a letter here. You will understand after you read it." Xie Wei threw a letter over.

Jiang Xuening suppressed his excitement and opened the letter. When he saw the contents, his face suddenly changed and he said, "This is impossible, this is impossible, how could you do this?"

"How could we be in collusion with each other? How could he agree to it? The reason is very simple, because our interests are the same. Because of Shen Jie's matter, he was desperate and tried all kinds of methods."

"The letter in your hand was sent by him at the beginning. It was a way out for himself, but the situation changed very quickly. Everything changed in the blink of an eye."

"He no longer needs this way out, but some things cannot be reversed. With this letter, what do you think he dares to do? What can he do?"

"So, do you think I will miss your lies? Why don't you tell the truth?" Xie Wei said
"Well, it seems that I still underestimated his decisiveness. Let me be frank. He agreed to help, but the condition is that I be his spy." Jiang Xuening said

"Humph, you finally told the truth. I guess you must have agreed, right?" Xie Wei said
"Sir, I, I don't want to lie to you. I did agree. The situation at that time was so bad that I had no choice but to do it. But I came directly to you, didn't I?" Jiang Xuening said

"You did come to see me, but you didn't forget your plan so quickly, did you? Well, since you agreed, then do it."

"Okay, I'm tired. You can go back. We can talk about it tomorrow if there's anything else." Xie Wei said directly
Jiang Xuening wanted to say something after hearing this, but she didn't say it in the end. She could only bow and turn away.

After she left, Xie Wei's face turned gloomy and became extremely scary.

Jiang Xuening didn't know all this at the moment, because she had her own troubles to deal with. She had originally planned to use the trick of driving the tiger to devour the wolf.

But she didn't expect that the other party had already intended to cooperate, and had leverage over each other, which caused her plan to fail in the womb, and this created a problem.

That was the condition she had agreed to before, and it seemed she had to fulfill it. In other words, she really had to hand herself over for Zhang Zha and get herself into trouble.

Of course, she could also choose to give up. She believed that Cao Cheng would not care, but she was unwilling to do so. Yes, she was unwilling to do so.

Since she was reborn, she has not done anything well, and everything she has been involved in has ended in failure.

Thinking about these, and then thinking about her tragic death in her previous life, she was unwilling to accept it, she was unwilling to continue to fail. If she had to do it again and it would be the same ending, then why should she come back?
What's the meaning of her rebirth? Is this a reward or a punishment from God?
She must win, even if it's only once, she must win, she wants to prove that this time is not in vain.

(End of this chapter)