The protagonist of this crossover film and television series is disrupting the plot again.

Chapter 205 1 Thoughts of the Pass 8

Yuanlu explained, "What Ningtou means is that Her Highness is kind-hearted and wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken before. How could she have the audacity to kill someone in just a few days? And the person she killed was the lady-in-waiting assigned to her by the Empress?"

The room fell silent for a moment.

Sun Lang slammed his hand on the table and said in surprise, "You don't mean to say that Chief Secretary Du is up to no good, deliberately corrupting His Highness, and using His Highness to eliminate dissidents, do you?!"

Everyone turned to look at him upon hearing this, and Sun Lang shrugged: "That's exactly what Ning Tou and Yuan Lu meant."

"Probably not? Chief Secretary Du is known for his uprightness, loyalty, and inflexibility. He shouldn't have such a despicable thought. Besides, what benefit would he gain from doing so?" Qian Zhao said hesitantly.

Ning Yuanzhou's eyes turned cold: "The Prince of Danyang didn't want His Majesty to return, but he didn't want to make it too obvious, so he sent Chief Secretary Du, a person who seems loyal and righteous but is actually despicable. His real purpose was to make him mess things up so that no one could say anything else."

Qian Zhao still felt something was amiss, but looking at Ning Yuanzhou's confident demeanor, he couldn't help but waver a little: "Then what do you want to do?"

Ning Yuanzhou thought for a moment: "He is still the head of the delegation, so it is not advisable to touch him for the time being. In order to avoid His Highness being affected by him, I think it would be better to explain the matter to the Empress and ask her to send a capable female historian to teach him from the side."

“There’s no one else,” Qian Zhao sighed, his tone tinged with helplessness.

Qian Zhao was a captain in the Imperial Guard. After Emperor Wu personally led the expedition, he was ordered to protect the Empress and knew the situation in the Empress's palace all too well.

"There are only a handful of palace ladies who are truly useful," he continued. "Perhaps you're making excuses to get Lady Pei, the one who serves the Empress, but she's already engaged. Doesn't that seem inappropriate?"

Ning Yuanzhou, who was drinking water, choked on Qian Zhao's words and coughed repeatedly, but a charming face involuntarily floated into his mind.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Ning Yuanzhou glared at Qian Zhao, trying to change the subject: "Since there is no suitable candidate in the palace, what about the female Taoist priests of the Six Paths Hall?"

Upon hearing this, Yuanlu hesitated, saying, "Ever since Zhao Ji took office as the Commandant, he has begun to exile the Three Evil Paths, and the Six Paths Hall cannot find a suitable person for the time being."

This won't work! That won't work either!

Everyone was at a loss for what to do and fell silent.

Yuanlu's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and he turned to look at Ning Yuanzhou expectantly: "Ning, what do you think of Sister Ruyi?"

When Ning Yuanzhou heard this name, he felt a little strange and looked forward to seeing Ren Ruyi. But then he felt something was wrong. Ren Ruyi was a member of the Anguo Zhuyiwei. How could he let her teach His Highness?

"Let me think about it some more!"

……

The next morning, the delegation made preparations for departure. Yang Ying had already changed into a carriage and was slowly moving forward with the main group.

Sun Lang was assigned to be Ning Yuanzhou's bodyguard. Sun Lang was broad-shouldered and burly, and looked very reassuring. He followed closely beside the carriage, his eyes as sharp as a hawk's, constantly scanning the surroundings, not missing any abnormalities.

Ning Yuanzhou, on the other hand, led the other three, disguising themselves as a Chu Kingdom merchant caravan that was going to An Kingdom to sell medicinal herbs.

Yes!That's right!

A caravan of medicinal herbs from Wu Kingdom to An Kingdom!

This disguise looks so fake!

It was all just a facade of loneliness.

Such a shoddy disguise is not to be believed by anyone with a brain!

However, Yang Ying held back the complaints that were on the tip of her tongue and did not readily offer her opinions.

Having learned from her experiences in the previous world, she has learned to respect the wisdom of others.

After all, her predecessor had worked hard for half a month to completely eliminate Wufeng, making so many plans, but the palace gates wiped out Wufeng with just a "bridal ceremony".

Where can you even begin to reason with this?

Even now, she finds it hard to believe. For decades afterward, she couldn't understand how Wufeng could have fallen for the trap!

So when Ning Yuanzhou told her about this plan, she was silent for a moment before agreeing.

Perhaps every world has its own set of rules. Just like when the palace holds a wedding ceremony, Wu Feng has to go. Ning Yuanzhou disguises himself as a medicinal herb merchant from Chu State, and An State definitely won't be able to tell... right?

Yang Ying shook his head, clearing his mind of these random thoughts, and picked up the history book that Chief Secretary Du had given him to read. The history of this world was different from the worlds he had traveled to before, so he needed to understand it properly.

Ning Yuanzhou, along with Yu Shisan, Yuanlu, and Qian Zhao, disguised themselves as a medicinal herb merchant caravan and followed the delegation at a distance. He frowned deeply as he watched Du Changshi fawn over Yang Ying's carriage, offering books or pens in a fawning manner.

Ning Yuanzhou, having formed a preconceived notion, imagined Du Changshi as a treacherous person and attributed all of Yang Ying's changes to Du Changshi. Now, seeing Du Changshi frequently sending books to Yang Ying, he feared that Du Changshi was instilling some evil ideas into Yang Ying, and became somewhat anxious.

It seems that the matter of finding a lady-in-waiting for His Highness cannot be delayed any longer.

"Yuanlu, immediately send a message to Jiang Qiong by carrier pigeon, instructing him to thoroughly interrogate Zhao Ji's associates and find out where Mr. Yue is."

Genroku readily agreed and happily went to write the letter.

Ren Ruyi had previously offered to join the delegation, claiming she could tell Ning Yuanzhou all the information she knew about Anguo, on the condition that the Six Paths Hall help her investigate the truth behind the tragic death of an old friend. Unfortunately, Ning Yuanzhou refused because of her identity as a member of the Zhuyiwei.

But now he suddenly asked Jiang Qiong to investigate Mr. Yue's whereabouts, which is obviously a disguised way of inquiring about Ren Ruyi's whereabouts.

Ms. Yue was a Purple-Clad Guard within the Crimson Guard, but she betrayed the Crimson Guard to the Six Paths Hall, causing the innocent deaths of forty-seven branch members hidden in Wu Kingdom.

Among them, Ren Ruyi's good friend, Linglong, was captured and tortured by Zhao Ji's men, and all the bones in her body were broken.

After Linglong's tragic death, Ren Ruyi vowed to kill Mr. Yue in order to avenge her.

Therefore, finding Mr. Yue is equivalent to finding Ren Ruyi.

Two days later, after Jiang Qiong's reply arrived, Ning Yuanzhou couldn't wait to say goodbye to Qian Zhao before quietly leaving the group with Yuan Lu to find Ren Ruyi.

Just as he and Yuanlu left the caravan, Yang Ying, in the carriage of the delegation ahead, chuckled and turned the page of her book.

Sun Lang, who was on guard outside the carriage, was puzzled when he heard the commotion inside. His Highness was reading a history book, not a storybook, so how could he be enjoying it?

Sun Lang scratched his head and continued to keep watch on his surroundings while also keeping a close watch on Chief Secretary Du.

Ning Tou has just sent him a message, instructing him to do his best to prevent His Highness from meeting with Chief Secretary Du alone.