Rebirth of Poisoned Empress, by 颜若优雅

Chapter 101

There was no telling how many people the proposal and scene the Duke of Qingping Palace made angered and thump their chests with dissatisfaction from. But as they consider that Pei Yuanxian wouldn't be able to gloat around much longer and might be gone permanently within a few days, they felt slightly appeased. Perhaps not a single of them considered that not only would Pei Yuanxian not die but was also hugging his beautiful Wangfei with tender affection. 

"I suspect the emperor would be angered to death this time. In the future, when you head out, be sure to take some more people with you. Replenish the personnel both hidden and out in the open with you," as the two people chatted nonchalantly, Pei Yuanxian couldn't help but suddenly turn solemn. 

With the Imperial decree passed, it was tantamount to announcing to the entire world of His Majesty's approval of the marriage. There was absolutely no reason for him to turn back on his words. Even as the emperor, on the surface, he would have to display his happiness and blessings for them. As for what he truly though behind scenes, it would be hard to predict. As the wise men once stated: it was easy to avoid the visible bullet, but hard to avoid the hidden arrow. Before the Blood Canyang in his body could be dispelled, they all had to act with caution.

"I understand. You must be careful yourself. He might not target me. Don't forget that the Blood Canyang in your body is still there. It'll prove much easier to kill you than to kill me," Shen Liang had spent the entire day flipping through medical books the day before and realized how troublesome the poison proved to be. He was still clueless on how to go about deriving an antidote for the poison and could only temporarily settle for a more efficient hemostatic prescription. If the emperor were to target them using this and send out more assassins, no matter how many lives he had, it wouldn't be enough for him to die with.

"Ha!" Pei Yuanxian gave a cold sneer, "If he truly dared to send people after me, I'd dare to handle whoever and however many he sends this way. This lord sure wants to see just how many hidden guards he has left to spare."

Be it the Imperial Family or nobles, there was no telling how many hidden guards each respective Family has trained and kept in private to handle some matters that couldn't be handled out in the open and on the table. The Duke of Qingping Manor proved to be no different. The Ironclad Guards are split into personnel that worked in the open as well as those who worked behind the scenes. Those who worked in the open were the personnel everyone was familiar with. They were the one hundred thousand elite soldiers. As for how many there were behind the scenes, besides Pei Yuanxian, Tianshu, and the others, perhaps no one knew. In fact, there were many people who didn't even know of the hidden faction's existence.

"Confidence is good, but excessive confidence is arrogance. After all, the other party is the emperor himself. His background and forces aren't to be underestimated. We can never go wrong with some more vigilance and precaution," Shen Liang shook his head angrily before moving on to another subject, "In the following few days, I won't come to visit anymore. The Civil Exams Fraud case is reaching its critical point. This rain should be coming to an end as well and I imagine the second and third Family of the Shen Family won't be able to sit still much longer either. If you're bored, then recover soon. Perhaps you'd be able to catch a good show or two in time."

Wen Yuan wouldn't be the only protagonist for this civil Exams Fraud case. He had waited for far too long. As for the second and third family, just based off of Shen Qiao's reaction from last night, Shen Liang was afraid she wouldn't be able to maintain her silence for much longer. As for Liu Shuhan mother-children group of three, they should be prepared to sit back and watch from the sidelines with hopes that they'd benefit from their two enemies fighting each other. However, Shen Liang was afraid they won't have that idle and leisure much longer.