Disguised as a man, she became the biggest villain in the book.

Chapter 169: Cracks Begin to Appear in the Relationship Between the Male and Female Protagonists

The group maintained a superficially peaceful coexistence for a while.

Just as Zhan Ningxi was playing and frolicking with Quan Fuyue as usual, an indescribable pleasure welled up in her heart.

It turns out that the feeling of secretly flirting with Guan Zhijin in front of Quan Fuyue was incredibly exciting! The daughter of the Prince of Huainan was being manipulated by her.

Guan Zhijin could no longer tolerate Zhan Ningxi's constant, subtle flirting.

Each touch felt like an electric current running through his body, making him restless.

This subtle atmosphere gradually spread until Quan Fuyue began to realize that something was wrong between them.

So one day, Quan Fuyue pretended to go out but secretly slipped back.

As Quan Fuyue tiptoed closer to the closed door, a sense of tension welled up inside her. She didn't want things to turn out the way she thought, but reality dealt her a heavy blow.

Quan Fuyue stood quietly outside the door, holding her breath and trying to hear any sound coming from inside.

Then came the embarrassing and vulgar sounds coming from inside the room...

In an instant, Quan Fuyue was filled with rage. She clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her palms. At this moment, Quan Fuyue wanted to rush in and catch that adulterous couple on the spot, so that they would receive the punishment they deserved!

But reason prevented Quan Fuyue from doing so. Quan Fuyue knew that if she rushed in like that, although it might vent her anger temporarily.

But afterwards, you might lose face and become the subject of gossip and ridicule.

How could Quan Fuyue, the daughter of the Prince of Huainan, tolerate others knowing that the ideal husband she had chosen was such a fickle and promiscuous person?

If word gets out, who knows how the noble ladies of the capital will laugh at her! The prestigious Prince of Huainan's mansion can't afford to lose face like that!

But whenever Quan Fuyue thought about how she had been completely fooled by these two, her anger grew even stronger, and soon, a revenge plan came to mind.

A plan that would both save face and eliminate Guan Zhijin and Zhan Ningxi.

Quan Fuyue initially pretended to know nothing about the matter, intending to find a suitable opportunity to persuade Guan Zhijin to elope with her.

Then, Quan Fuyue deliberately revealed to Zhan Ningxi that she was about to elope with Guan Zhijin, pretending to have let the cat out of the bag unintentionally.

Quan Fuyue knew that, given Zhan Ningxi's personality, there was absolutely no way she would stand by and watch her run away with Guan Zhijin like this.

Quan Fuyue felt that Zhan Ningxi would definitely take the bait, and she believed that Zhan Ningxi would never let go of any opportunity to put her to death.

Finally, the day of their elopement arrived, and Quan Fuyue had already made thorough preparations.

She decided to strike first and arranged for a group of men in black to assassinate Guan Zhijin.

While Guan Zhijin was fighting with the enemy, Quan Fuyue took advantage of her moment of inattention and struck Guan Zhijin from behind with a sword, ending her life.

Before she died, Guan Zhijin looked at Quan Fuyue with disbelief, wanting to ask her why.

But Quan Fuyue just glared at Guan Zhijin and said, "You guys deserve to die! How dare you make fun of me, Quan Fuyue! You're disgusting!"

Quan Fuyue originally planned to wait for Zhan Ningxi to appear, then shift all the blame onto Zhan Ningxi, and then kill Zhan Ningxi as well.

Then, this situation was fabricated to make it seem like Zhan Ningxi killed Guan Zhijin out of love turned to hate, and Quan Fuyue killed Zhan Ningxi to avenge Guan Zhijin.

In this way, two birds with one stone can be killed, and Zhan Ningxi can also be framed for murder, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

However, after Quan Fuyue killed Guan Zhijin that day, she waited and waited but Zhan Ningxi never came. She later learned that Zhan Ningxi had gone to the capital that day.

Actually, Zhan Ningxi did send people to assassinate Quan Fuyue that day, but the Prince of Huainan had already dealt with them on his way to find his daughter.

After learning about the whole incident, the King of Huainan did not think that Quan Fuyue had done anything wrong. He just felt that Quan Fuyue should have rushed in and killed the adulterous couple.

Even if they were engaged before, they shouldn't have treated my daughter, the Prince of Huainan, so annihilating the entire Sword Shadow Sect was what the Sword Shadow Sect deserved.

The entire Sword Shadow Sect, with so many members, knew about the relationship between Zhan Ningxi and Guan Zhijin, yet not a single one of them thought to tell Quan Fuyue.

Those hypocritical江湖人士 (jianghu figures) claimed they didn't want to associate with the imperial court, but as soon as they saw that Quan Fuyue was the daughter of the Prince of Huainan, they thought about currying favor with her. After all, power is a really good thing.

Quan Fuyue failed to kill Zhan Ningxi, and in the end, Zhan Ningxi framed her, spreading the news in the martial arts world that Guan Zhijin was killed by the Prince of Huainan. He claimed that the Prince of Huainan simply did not want to fulfill the relationship between Quan Fuyue and Guan Zhijin, so he killed Guan Zhijin.

The King of Huainan didn't want to take such petty tricks seriously, nor did he want to explain further; he simply didn't want to get involved with people from the martial arts world.

Unexpectedly, those martial arts figures were shameless and repeatedly provoked the King of Huainan. Originally, he wanted to send someone to kill Zhan Ningxi and then destroy the Sword Shadow Sect, but now that they are dead, wouldn't that mean the King of Huainan was guilty and wanted to kill them to silence them?

Moreover, destroying the Sword Shadow Sect was no easy task; it could easily provoke conflict between the martial arts world and the imperial court, which led to what happened later.

The Prince of Huainan approached the Prime Minister's residence and made a deal, which Zheng Luoqi handled very well.

While Zheng Luoqi was expanding the Prime Minister's Mansion's influence in Huainan, many things also happened in the palace in the capital during Zheng Luoqi's absence.

After several days of traveling at high speed, Zheng Luoqi arrived safely in Beijing one night.

As soon as Zheng Luoqi returned, Zheng Yuxiang had someone call her to the study.

Zheng Yuxiang recounted in detail what important events had occurred in Beijing during Zheng Luoqi's absence.

First was Pei Wenyu. Pei Wenyu was dismissed from his position as a Lieutenant General and sent to join the army. The place where he joined the army was under the jurisdiction of the old General Pei.

It seems that General Pei intends to cultivate another person capable of shouldering great responsibilities for the Pei family before he dies.

In this way, even if General Pei passes away in the future, the Pei family will still have a pillar to support its reputation and will not decline or fall into ruin.

Consort Jiang in the palace is currently enjoying the Emperor's favor. Since Chen Xianlin was given medicine by the Empress Dowager and could no longer have children, the Emperor has only granted Chen Xianlin the right to manage the harem, and her position is currently the highest-ranking Noble Consort in the harem.

As for Xue Huaiyu's previous statement that he would bestow the Empress's title upon Chen Xianlin after wiping out the Wen family, whenever Chen Xianlin tried to bring it up, Xue Huaiyu would always find other topics to avoid the topic. Chen Xianlin gradually began to lose hope in Xue Huaiyu...