"Miss Mian, all your skills should be used for the bigger picture. Even if you are a woman, you can still achieve great things!!"
"If we succeed today, you will be a ritorious minister, and there will be more opportunities in the future to secure a place for won like you!"
His idea was good, but unfortunately, he fell into the trap set by King Yan, only seeing the part King Yan wanted him to see.
At this mont, a familiar voice suddenly ca from ahead.
Looking in that direction, he noticed a woman in armor, her ponytail held high, riding on horseback with a proud expression.
Her eyes, when looking at Ruan Mian, were as sharp as arrows, as cold as the chill of a nine-day winter wind.
"Ruan Mian?"
She seed unable to believe what she was seeing until she confird the person in the sedan chair was indeed Ruan Mian, after which the woman flew into a rage, drawing the sharp blade from her waist, furiously charging at Li Ren.
"Do you know who this woman is?"
Li Ren was slightly startled and was about to speak when Ruan Mian suddenly drew a sharp blade from her sleeve and held it fiercely against his throat!
Li Ren was taken aback, looking into Ruan Mian’s eyes with disbelief!
Perhaps he never expected that the woman, who laid the gunpowder formation and provided them with so many weapons under Qin Fu’s command, would harbor ulterior motives.
"Who are you!!"
Before Ruan Mian could speak, the woman’s face already darkened, and she spoke.
"Ruan Mian, I really didn’t expect that in Wuheng, you still aren’t dead!! It seems that the people I sent are all useless fools!! They can’t even deal with a re woman."
This person was none other than the long-unseen Fifth Princess.
Now she was wearing armor, leading the rebels, officially breaking with the Imperial Palace and becoming the head of the rebels.
Ruan Mian, however, remained unruffled, rely smiling calmly.
"It’s not that the Princess overestimated her subordinates, but rather underestimated ."
"Do you think I’m still that widow trapped in the Qi Mansion?"
"Hmph, I won’t deny it, as a woman, you have so skills! But let tell you, today the arrow is on the string, and half your foot is already in the gates of hell."
"I don’t regard a treacherous person like Qi Nanfeng highly, but I do have respect for your abilities. If you now obediently join us, maybe after this coup, you and your family can return from Wuheng to the Capital City as long as you work for —those with ability, I will ensure a good life for them."
Ruan Mian smiled slightly, rcilessly exposing her: "Princess, what you say sounds better than it is."
"If the Princess were truly soone of such understanding, she wouldn’t commit such a treasonous cri!"
"You have never regarded human lives as important, seeing only your imdiate interests. You colluded with King Yan, secretly accumulating wealth and power from the civilians, taking countless lives, robbing people of their ans of survival—all for your selfish gain."
"Natural disasters may be uncontrollable, but man-made calamities surely have your and King Yan’s handiwork in them. During the locust plague and famine at the Eastern Border, it was you who incited disaster, allowing the locusts free rein, killing disaster relief officials, and placing all the bla on the court. You pretended to save people, only putting on a show for certain individuals."
"On my way to exile, every plague, snow disaster, and flood I encountered was inextricably linked to your secret alliance with evildoers. You privately raised soldiers for rebellion, made enormous profits from people’s suffering to fund your rebel army with the sole aim of raising yourself to power today, directly attacking the Imperial Palace, and supporting King Yan to ascend the throne."
"But Princess, I don’t believe you don’t understand that both you and Mr. Li are just pawns in King Yan’s hand."
The Fifth Princess hadn’t expected that their years-long plan and all these hidden matters would be so clearly known by a single person.
Could it be... that Xie Huai’an told her?
But so what?
"Whether I’m a pawn or not, how I choose is none of your business! But Ruan Mian, your husband, Mr. Xie, has long died by my hand. You’re alone among the rebels, yet you dare to threaten Mr. Li? Truly courting death."
Ruan Mian smiled faintly and continued: "Has the Princess considered, if you fail today, what will beco of you and Mr. Li? At that ti, the Prince, who never shows himself, will shift all the bla onto you, while he remains hidden, free of bla, living another lifeti. But you will face the cri of rebellion, executed as a public warning."
"Do you think I would be afraid? What do you understand?!!!"
"Back then, when I was sent as a hostage to an enemy country, who among the ministers and nobles of this country cared about my life or death? It should have been the current Holy Emperor sent as a hostage, but just because I was a woman who would not inherit the throne, they sent an innocent person like ."
"Ruan Mian, your path of exile compared to my life as a hostage, what does it amount to?!"
"So, what do I care about being a pawn or not, I just want everyone here to suffer the sa pain as , and I’ll be happy. A person’s life is bound to end in death, do you think I’m afraid of dying anyti?"
"Riches, demons, I care about none of them! I’ve lived long enough, eagerly waiting to reincarnate and end this miserable life! But before I die, I want to drag everyone down with , to have everyone accompany on the Yellow Spring Road!"
"Yes, you even knowing all our plans, so what? The Xie Huai’an who told you these things has long been poisoned to death. Today, no one can save you!"
The more she spoke, the more agitated the Fifth Princess beca, turning manic, laughing uncontrollably, as if going mad.
"I advise you to let go of Mr. Li quickly, or if you delay our major plans, I won’t even leave you an intact corpse! I’ll dismber your body and feed it to dogs! So you’ll never find peace for eternity! Understand?!"
Ruan Mian lowered her gaze, softly informing Li Ren.
"Mr. Li, do you now realize, that your so-called justice for the world, your supposed liberation of the people, is nothing more than helping a tyrant, pulling you into the illusion these evildoers crafted for you."
"Your so-called Prince is just using you as a scapegoat. He doesn’t even have to step onto the battlefield himself to easily sit on the coveted throne. anwhile, you risk your neck and bleed, staining your hands with more innocent blood! This is reality!"
Her eyes turned sharp, suddenly giving Li Ren a hard shove.
At the mont she grasped the Pearl Jade Ring, a massive White Tiger suddenly descended from the sky, its fierce roar shocking everyone present!
Amidst the burst of flas, under everyone’s astonished gaze, Ruan Mian flipped over and mounted the White Tiger’s back. Before anyone could react, countless arrows swiftly shot toward the Princess’s faction!
At this mont, innurable mounted archers stood atop the rooftops, completely surrounding them.
And Xie Huai’an, standing elegantly at the forefront, reached out to Ruan Mian.
She slightly pressed down on the tiger’s back, the large tiger agilely leapt up to the rooftop, precisely landing beside Xie Huai’an.
He imdiately took her hand: "Are you alright?"
"I’m fine, but I didn’t expect them to launch a surprise attack tonight."
"Rest easy, we were always prepared, thanks to the letter you sent a few days ago."
As he spoke, the Fifth Princess also beca wide-eyed in shock, seeing the supposedly dead Xie Huai’an standing there, and he had brought so many elite soldiers protecting him! They clearly ca prepared long ago.
She felt a surge of anger: "You’re not dead?"
"Mr. Xie is indeed resourceful!! But so what? Can the eight thousand imperial guards of the Imperial Palace withstand our elite reinforcents?"
"Are you referring to the reinforcents sought from Prince Liao Lie?"
Ruan Mian smiled slightly, just as Yun Xiu led those reinforcents to rebel, trapping the Jingwei factions outside the palace gates.
The Princess’s faction called for reinforcents to enter, but there was no response.
In a hurry, a rider rushed to report on the situation outside the palace.
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