Chapter 39: The Scheme of Shifting Blame

  "I request that Your Majesty postpone the wedding for a month, so that I can cultivate feelings with Princess Ruyue." Nalan Xianyu knelt down in front of the grand hall and requested.

  "Isn't love just a matter of matching hearts and intentions?" Why is it still necessary to cultivate feelings? Huang Fu Song was puzzled.

  "Reporting to Your Majesty, I, the General, have had feelings for Princess Yuèyuè. Princess Yuèyuè seems to have intentions towards me as well, but we've never interacted normally before. If we were to get married suddenly like this, I'm afraid it would be awkward for both of us."

  Huang Fu Song nodded his head, what he said was reasonable. Anyway, Nalan Xianyu would eventually become the son-in-law of their country, and since he had feelings for Yuan Yue, he wouldn't go back on his word.

  "How come you suddenly want to delay?" Nalan Xianyu came out first, and Huangfu Ling followed closely behind.

  "I received news that Dugu Han will kidnap the bride on the wedding day, and the scene of the wedding will be particularly chaotic. I have to make arrangements in time and cannot let him succeed. However, Dugu Han is a prince of a country, how can he know Ruan Yue? And why would he kidnap her?" Nalan Xianyu looked at him with an puzzled expression.

  Huang Pu was shocked, did Dugu Han really abduct Qian Yue? How could Dugu Han possibly abduct Qian Yue, if he were to abduct someone it would be Nalan Xixi Nu, right? Could it be that he truly wanted to kidnap Nalan Xixi Nu? Nalan Xixi Nu had forgotten about past events and naturally didn't know about Dugu Han's feelings for her, so she thought of Qian Yue instead.

  "Is the news reliable?" Huangfu Ling asked seriously.

  "Don't you trust my people?" Nalan Xianuo's eyes gleamed with sharpness, "Dugu Hansheng not leaving the United States for so long is really too suspicious. I've been sending people to investigate and didn't expect it was because of this reason. This prince, how could he fall into such a state?" Nalan Xianuo's eyes were filled with disdain and incomprehension.

  Huangpu Ling is silent, if it were you, he would have done such a thing, which is completely not surprising.

  "Arrange this period of time properly, and he must not be allowed to succeed." Huangfu Ling sighed and said, "Heroes always have a hard time passing the beautiful woman barrier."

  Nalan Xixi secretly smiled in her heart. Since Huangfu Ling had tested that she really had amnesia, he had become very trusting of her and no longer had any ulterior motives towards her.

  "Not only will he not succeed, but also make him unable to retreat." Nalan Xixi said with a confident face.

  Huang Pu's face revealed a faint smile, this was indeed Nalan Xianyu's style of doing things. "However, still need to be careful, after all he is the crown prince of Sheng Jin country." Causing unnecessary war would not be good, now it's not the time for battle.

  In the largest wine house in the Imperial City of Lenovo, in a elegant private room in the corner, Nan Gong Jin wearing a human skin mask and the boss of the wine house sat facing each other.

  "Mr. Li, what have you decided?" Nangong Jin said leisurely, playing with the jade cup in his hand.

  "Uh...this..." Li Zhuang said hesitantly.

  "What? Does Mr. Li think the silver is not enough?" Nan Gong Jin's mouth corners rose by a tiny margin, but his obsidian-like eyes flashed with cold and cruel light, making people tremble involuntarily.

  "When, of course not, enough is enough." Li Zhuang was so scared that he was sweating profusely and his speech became incoherent. It wasn't that he was dissatisfied with the amount of silver, but this wine shop had been built up from scratch through his own hard work, and now it was to be sold to someone else all of a sudden. He couldn't bear to part with it from the bottom of his heart, but the other party represented Dugu Taizi, so how could he afford to offend them?

  "What's the reason?" Nangong Jin raised the corner of his mouth with a meaningful smile, and then seemed to think of something, and said seriously, "The prince just doesn't want any idle people to appear in the place where he lives. Your leaving is only temporary. When the prince returns to the palace, we will return the Silver Gao Wine House to you."

  "Really?" Li Zhuang was almost unbelievable that such a good thing would happen.

  "What I say must be done." Nangong Jin raised a smile without temperature again.

  In Du Guo Han's superior room, Xiao Er lightly knocked on the door, "Guest, your ordered dishes."

  "Come in." Dugu Han and his two attendants were all in his room, presumably discussing something.

  "Huh? Why has the little delivery boy changed today?" One of Dugu Han's attendants asked, having sharp eyes and noticing something was off.

  "This is what happened, the owner of this wine house sold it to our boss. Li Boss decided to go back to his hometown and open another Silver Ginkgo Wine House using his many years of experience, so he can take care of his elderly mother and also bring benefits to the local villagers." The waiter explained with a smile while serving dishes.

  Dugu Han didn't think much of it, after all, it was just a wine house.

  At night, Nalan Xixi did not wait for Nan Gongyin to come, but instead waited for a delicate small knife that had pierced through a piece of paper and was firmly stuck on the pillar of her carved bed.

  With a puzzled expression, he put down his short knife and unfolded the paper. The familiar handwriting leapt out at him from the page.

  "Madam, I've been unable to enter or leave the general's mansion recently, so I'm using this letter to inform you. Tomorrow, come secretly to the second floor of the Silver Apricot Wine Pavilion, to the room in the farthest corner. If no one is there, quietly crawl under the bed and you will reach my room. If someone is inside, don't worry, just kill him. Of course, I hope no one is there, so our scheme can be more convincing. Details, we'll discuss when we meet. Jin."

  On the second day, early in the morning, Nalan Xianyu hurriedly arrived at the Silver Ginkgo Tavern and found the room that Nan Gongjin had told him about. He carefully snuck inside, and at this moment, there was no one inside. It should be time for breakfast.

  According to Nangong Jin, Nalan Xixi crawled under the bed and found that the floorboard was loose. Without much effort, she entered a dark tunnel.

  Everything in front of her was pitch black, she couldn't see anything clearly. Suddenly a force grasped her wrist and pulled her in another direction. Nalan Xianyu didn't resist at all, because it was a familiar warmth, a familiar breath.

  "So early?" Nangong Jin pulled her to the exit, and the two of them entered a bright room together.

  "Curious." Nalan Xixi patted off the dust on her body and naturally sat down on the stool.

  "It's simple, I've bought this hotel in the name of Du Gu Han. If people from Lian Xiang Country investigate, they will definitely find out about it and think that Du Gu Han has some ulterior motive. Then, you can use this method to frequently meet with me, draw attention, and make them believe that you are a spy for Sheng Jin Country. Finally, when you kill Huang Fu Song, they will naturally only think of Sheng Jin Country." Nan Gong Jin said his plan simply, but his eyes were deeply affectionate as he looked at Na Lan Xian Nu.

  "To be suspected while not messing up." Nalan Xixi frowned, starting to calculate, "Right, but the design is to make Yuan Yue suspicious. She has always been loyal to Huangfu Ling and has a strong grudge against me. As long as she catches a small handle, she will constantly advise Huangfu Ling, and he will naturally investigate. We won't be discovered by him, and after investigating for half a day, it will be a waste of time. He will gradually lose trust in Yuan Yue. With this powerful assistant losing trust, we can take action more easily. Finally, after Huangfu Song is assassinated by us, Huangfu Ling will definitely think of what Yuan Yue said before, but at that time, it will already be too late..."

  "My wife is indeed extremely intelligent." Nangong Jin held Nanlan Xian's face and gave her a fierce kiss, "However, why does Yuan Yue have an intense jealousy towards you?" The meticulous Nangong Jin wouldn't miss any words, the two of them were evenly matched.

  Nalan Xixi suddenly stopped in her tracks, starting to feel a headache coming on. Was this guy going to get jealous again?

  "Say it." Nan Gong Jin would not let her get away with this, the dominance and determination in his eyes were all conveyed to Nalan Xianuo.

  "Yuè loves Hóng Fù Líng, but it's just that Hóng Fù Líng is a bit nice to me, so Yuè is jealous." Ná Lán Xī Nuò explained simply.

  "Is it just a little good?" Nangong Jin hugged Nalan Xianuo, "It's just a little good, how can it provoke jealousy?"

  "How could I not?" Nalan Xixi raised an eyebrow, "You're just like that."

  "Yes, I am!" Nangong Jin frankly admitted, then hugged Nalan Xixi's strength a bit tighter, "It seems that I have to follow you closely, so many people are eyeing my wife."

  "I'm worried about you too, with that showy face and outstanding temperament, I don't know how many troubles it will bring." Nalan Xinxin said with a pouting mouth.

  "Are you flattering me?" Nangong Jin suddenly laughed like a little kid.

  "Are there still few people who praise you like this? Is it worth laughing so exaggeratedly?" Nalan Xianyu said with some intolerance, but her face was filled with a happy smile.

  "The feeling that comes out of your mouth is different," Nangong Jin still maintained the smile he had just now, "Then I'll wear this human skin mask from now on, okay?"

  "It's not good." Nalan Xianyu said without hesitation, her jing was originally supposed to shine like this, why should it be covered?

  "Jing, I have something to tell you." Nalan Xianyu suddenly thought of the human skin mask on his face and decided it was time to take it off, letting Nan Gong Jing see his true appearance.

  "Hmm?" Nangong Jin slightly loosened his grip on her, as if he had already guessed what she was going to say.

  "Actually, I've always worn a human skin mask, you should know that, right?"

  "Uh-huh, I know you have your own reasons." Nangong Jin smiled harmlessly.

  "I only remember my mother telling me not to take it off easily, but you are my husband, you should see what your wife really looks like." As Nalan Xianuo spoke, she felt around the edges of her face and then removed the human skin mask that had accompanied her for many years.

  Even if I had mentally prepared myself, even if I thought that appearance wasn't important as long as she was Nalan Xinxin, and tried my best to remain calm and composed, I still couldn't help but be shocked by the breathtaking beauty beneath her mask. How could someone be so beautiful?

  Arched eyebrows, a pair of beautiful eyes shining with radiance, slender and straight nose, cheeks slightly flushed pink, cherry lips like dripping water, skin as white as jade, like ice and snow...