The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort (Chapters 1- 203)

Chapter 180 : Concealing a Desire to Murder

"Yuan Chuan, when have I ever given up?" The woman sighed lightly, yet her gaze became somewhat strange. "In the end, the reason things went wrong in Great Jin's capital is because of that Miss Jiang you mentioned — this makes me a little unhappy. You've had their God of War in your hands and interrogated him for so long, but what have you found?"

Yuan Chuan lowered his head in guilt. "This subordinate is incompetent, we have not been able to get the truth out of Jiang Xin Zhi."

"Wrong," Saintess said, shaking her head, "he said it long ago, you just haven't been able to realize it."

"Yuan Chuan is stupid, Saintess, please enlighten me." He looked at her, puzzled, only to hear her reply in a soft and lazy voice. "You interrogated him every day but he said nothing, not letting go of even the slightest clue. To my knowledge, Jiang Xin Zhi wasn't such a cautious person when fighting and on the march. Therefore, since he's so careful, the person he's protecting must be very important to him. I heard that his relationship with this Jiang girl is very good. It was also Jiang Ruan who saved him from an ambush when he first returned to the capital. And Jiang Xin Zhi's career has gone up smoothly and steadily ever since the siblings reunited. Do you think this is a coincidence?"

Yuan Chuan understood many things in a flash of insight. He looked at the woman and asked, "Saintess suspects...? But she's just an ordinary girl, how could she know so many things about the future?" There were many strange and capable people in the world, but it was too hard to believe that a sequestered girl was one of them.

"As a citizen of South Xinjiang born in the land of witchcraft yourself, why would anything be impossible?" Saintess' voice sounded sweet, but upon listening closer, there was a faint murderous intent. "You ignored it because you looked down on her and didn't take her as a serious opponent. But I never had any intention of letting her keep her life."

Yuan Chuan bowed. "Saintess is wise."

"Xiao Shao actually invited all his martial brothers to the capital in order to protect her. I originally thought that I could use her since she seemed to be so smart, but now she's just annoying. That this daughter of the Jiang family was able to silently break through our plans and defeat that waste Xuan Li has really opened my eyes. I heard that Xiao Shao will marry her after finishing off Tian Jin?" She abruptly chuckled. "How absurd!"

She didn't say anything serious — her tone was as relaxed as before, and even had a hint of sweetness, but Yuan Chuan shuddered when he heard her. After staying next to Saintess for so many years, he couldn't be clearer about what she wanted to do. The more she was like this, the more hatred there was in her heart and the crueler she would act. In the end, Yuan Chuan couldn't help but ask, "Saintess, should we act against her?"

The woman glanced sideways at him. "Someone is more anxious than us. You find a way to leak information to Xuan Li and just say that the Jiang girl was the one who proposed burning the granary. I still can't leave but some things in Great Jin should start now. Yuan Chuan, when their troops return in victory, you mix in with them and go to the capital."

"Saintess...?" Yuan Chuan, stunned, asked, "We're starting now?"

"Those people in Great Jin are getting worse and worse- the only one I can trust is you." She looked at Yuan Chuan with a wide smile and shining eyes like gemstones, like a girl gazing at her most beloved lover. "Yuan Chuan," she said, "you have another task as well. Xuan Li is really too useless — if he can't kill the Jiang girl, then you do it for me. I don't want to see her live too long." Then she slowly said, "A grand wedding after returning in victory? I want to see how he can marry a corpse."

A cold chill infiltrated Yuan Chuan's heart. He responded respectfully, then turned and left the tent.

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