181 The Final Arrangement!
“Mr. Pei, you only said that the reason you suspected Suisui’s identity was that you recognized that the jade bead hanging around her neck was a relic left behind by her mother!
“Even I didn’t know about this. How did you know?!”
Facing Pei Qian’s blunt accusation, Lu Ze didn’t panic at all. He continued to drink tea quietly. After a long time, he said, “Therefore, I guessed that you and Suisui probably had some sort of connection!
However, Suisui didn’t know about this connection!
From the beginning to the end, what you actually wanted to protect wasn’t this country at all. You planned to let Suisui have someone to rely on and live a peaceful life!
“In that case, why didn’t you marry her yourself?!”
“Has Your Highness ever encountered anything that you had no choice but to do?!
Since Your Highness has guessed all of this and came here so calmly today, I believe you don’t have any grudges against Sixth Miss Lin.”
Pei Qian was silent for a long time before saying in a low voice, “My mother and Sixth Miss Lin’s biological mother were old friends, so I know that the jade bead on her neck was left behind by her mother.
I actually didn’t have much interaction with her. The reason I wanted to take care of her was because of my mother’s instructions!
As for why I didn’t marry her…
To be honest, I didn’t want to get married at all! Therefore, I couldn’t marry her.”
“How do you plan to settle the Northern Battlefront Army?!” At this point, Lu Ze didn’t probe further. He quickly changed the topic.
From the looks of it, the Northern Battlefront Army definitely couldn’t continue to fall into decline!
Pei Qian would think of a way to use the name list of those who had colluded with the northern barbarians to pursue the matter after he returned. However, the most difficult thing now was to deal with the Northern Battlefront Army.
“Your Highness, do you really want to live in seclusion in a mountain village with the Crown Princess and rely on hunting and farming to survive, according to your previous plan?!” At this point, Pei Qian’s eyes were filled with criticism and disdain. “With all due respect, if you really have such thoughts, I’m afraid you’ll have to rely on a woman in the future!
Your wife is much more wealthier than you. Not only does she have the 20,000 taels of silver I gave her previously, but there’s also the 50,000 taels of silver she scammed from that fool, King Gu Han!
With this sum of money, your wife will probably be able to support ten more husbands like you!”
“I know. Before I came to look for you, my wife had already told me about this sum of money. She even handed it to me for safekeeping because it was too cumbersome and inconvenient for her to keep.”
Lu Ze raised his eyebrows. He was already used to Pei Qian mocking him from time to time. Now, he could counterattack skillfully.
“…Tsk!” Pei Qian turned around. He really didn’t want to continue this conversation anymore.
“We still have to keep Gao Xuwei.” As if knowing that Pei Qian was unhappy, Lu Ze stopped arguing. “Regardless of whether he’s dead or alive, the general who stabilizes the north is vital now.”
“Isn’t the crown prince consort good at disguising herself?! Wouldn’t it be fine if I found a shadow guard with a similar figure and disguised him as Gao Xuwei to be a puppet?!”
Actually, Pei Qian had already thought of Gao Xuwei’s ending before King Gu Han and the others came to attack the camp.
Such a useless fool was much more useful dead than alive!
“No.” Lu Ze shook his head and decisively rejected Pei Qian’s suggestion. “Gao Xuwei definitely has many connections that we don’t know about. If we get rid of him simply and let the shadow guard replace him, we’ll be exposed.
In my opinion, we can use poison.”
In the end, they still had to discuss this with Lin Suisui.
After hearing Lu Ze’s plan, Lin Suisui agreed with Lu Ze without hesitation. “There are many ways to make him obedient. Actually, parasites are more useful than poison!”
At the mention of this, Lin Suisui clearly looked a little regretful.
If it were in the past, she would have at least a hundred ways to deal with Gao Xuwei!
However, in the current situation, she could only use poison for the time being!
“Whether it’s using poison or parasites, the most important thing is to make Gao Xuwei even more obedient than a dog and make him a puppet!
Therefore, I’ll have to trouble you to take care of this matter. Don’t let him find someone to detox this poison, or else it won’t be easy to end things!”
Pei Qian had probably been screwed over too badly by Lin Suisui previously, so when he spoke to Lin Suisui now, his tone was always a little sarcastic.
“How is that possible?! If my poison can be detoxed so easily, wouldn’t that ruin my reputation?!” As a doctor, Lin Suisui couldn’t stand people questioning her medical skills.
Skillful usage of poison had always been one of her medical skills.
“Don’t worry, after I concoct this medicine, I’ll let him feel the pain of not taking the antidote on time. That way, he’ll naturally have scruples in the future and won’t dare to make decisions on his own!”
Lin Suisui thought for a moment and promised Lu Ze and Pei Qian confidently.
“Then from today onwards, I’ll have to trouble you to be Gao Xuwei’s deputy for a period of time!” After Pei Qian received Lin Suisui’s affirmation, he looked back at Lu Ze with a gloating expression.
Lu Ze didn’t argue with Pei Qian. He agreed to Pei Qian’s arrangements.
Now that Gao Xuwei’s future was decided, what was left was dealing with the patrol camp!
The drug that Lin Suisui had given them had already lost its effect, but because the Yanyun Army arrived in time, they quickly subdued this group of people!
Naturally, some of them risked their lives to resist. Without exception, these people were killed on the spot by the soldiers of the Yanyun Army!
The remaining people were also frightened by the Yanyun Army’s ruthlessness. Even if they were dissatisfied, at least they didn’t dare to cause trouble anymore!
Dong Ping, who had previously acted like he was a big shot, was already tied up. His mouth was also gagged, so he couldn’t even commit suicide. In despair, he could only stay captive with the other soldiers and wait for Pei Qian’s final decision.
After settling other matters and arrangements, Pei Qian finally instructed someone to bring Dong Ping and Doctor Zhuang into his tent and wait for his final arrangements!