Chapter 17: The Femme Fatale
Wanyan smiled and nodded noncommittally, Zhao Nan's expression became more and more cold, and sure enough, "What kind of conspiracy do you have?" "Zhao Nan can actually foresee that such a big effort is probably only related to that throne. From ancient times to the present, there has not been a single battle for this position that has not been bloody, not to mention far away, just say that the last time, the Xuanwu dispute between the emperor and his brothers, those cruel scenes are still vivid. Zhao Nan can't let such a tragedy happen again, they were born and died on the battlefield, isn't it just for the sake of the world to shed less blood?
"The emperor wants to quit his dependence on pills?" Wanyan obviously didn't answer the question.
"Don't you know everything?" Zhao Nan was a little disdainful.
"I need your help." Wanyan's words are affirmative and full of sincerity. Over the years, in addition to the use of Zhao Nan, Wanyan still has a trace of feelings, at least after the matter is completed, she will not take Zhao Nan's life, even if Zhao Nan knows this plan from beginning to end.
"Why should I help you? Why do you think I'm going to help you? Zhao Nan asked rhetorically.
"You've changed." Wanyan's eyes swept over Zhao Nan, and finally met Zhao Nan's eyes, saw Zhao Nan dodge a little, and then said: "Even if you don't want to admit it, but I see it in my eyes." I don't know what you think, but are you really sure you don't love me? Are you really, really not going to be on my side all the time? ”
"I never said I loved you, and I never said that I would always help you do those hurtful things, why do you have such confidence."
"Just because you did this to me." Wanyan smiled contemptuously, "You don't love me, you are with me behind the emperor's back, we are so happy when we are together, you care about me so much, it is a past that cannot be changed, oh, by the way, you now have someone else in your heart." ”
"Don't talk nonsense." Zhao Nan was a little weak-hearted, and his brows wrinkled unconsciously.
"Every time you lie, you frown, you know." Wanyan still looked so disdainful, "You frowned just now, don't think I don't know, Mingfu is not your own sister at all, from the beginning when you recognized her as a sister, you began to avoid your feelings for her." ”
"You know her life experience, but you don't dare to tell her the truth, you are afraid, you dare not face your feelings, you think you have always loved me, but you have long fallen in love with that dusty woman, you don't know how Mingfu will react when she knows that you are not her brother, you don't dare to tell her at all."
"You don't talk nonsense here." Zhao Nan turned around and was about to leave, but Wanyan shouted and stopped, Zhao Nan didn't react, and kept walking forward.
However, Wanyan's cold voice sounded behind Zhao Nan without emotion, making Zhao Nan have to pause. "What do you think will happen to Minfu if I tell Mingfu about this, and tell Mingfu what you all know?" Zhao Nan turned around and smiled evilly at Shang Wanyan.
"What the hell do you want?" Zhao Nan looked at Wanyan's eyes, and felt a little unfamiliar, although Wanyan would have a lot of scheming to get what she wanted in the past, she would never be so unscrupulous.
Zhao Nan is really afraid, if Mingfu knows this result, what kind of reaction will she have, whether she can accept it, from a person who has been silently looking for many years to an elder brother, and then from a brother to a lover, I don't know if such a tortuous change can make her accept, Zhao Nan dare not say.
What's more, this is a matter that only conceals her alone, everyone knows, and they all hide her things but it comes out of Wanyan's mouth, from the mouth of the person she likes for many years, I don't know how much irony it is, let alone how much shame it is, coupled with Mingfu's hostile attitude towards Wanyan all the time, Zhao Nan doesn't know what kind of consequences it will cause.
"I don't want to do anything about it, I just want you to do me a favor." Wanyan finally showed a shallow smile, but Zhao Nan felt more and more cold behind her, full of fear for the woman in front of her, for so many years, she had grown into a femme fatale who had a deep understanding of the rules of survival in the harem at a time when Zhao Nan didn't know.
"What if I don't." Zhao Nan asked.
"I think you know for yourself, over the years, I think you know all the things I've done, and you also know that from the moment I entered the palace, I was no longer a good person, not to mention that my plan has now reached the last critical moment, and any of my crazy means may be used, you say, does what I say make sense?" Wanyan smiled confidently.
For so many years, Zhao Nan has been silently paying by his side, in fact, Wanyan has seen it in his eyes, and Wanyan has also thought about walking towards him step by step, maybe this is also a good choice, but unfortunately, there is an insurmountable gap between them after all, but this step by step approach has made Wanyan understand Zhao Nan better.
Zhao Nan is kind-hearted, very chivalrous and righteous to the people around him, and will give anything to the woman he loves, Wanyan grasped this weakness of his, all the requirements, Zhao Nan will be camped, Wanyan has this confidence.
"Tell me, what the hell are you going to do." Zhao Nan finally compromised, "As long as you promise me, don't hurt Mingfu, don't hurt Changyu and them, they are all unrelated people, don't involve them in." ”
"Okay." Wanyan's smile bloomed, and she took Zhao Nan's arm and walked into the room, Zhao Nan just followed her, Wanyan closed the door after entering the door, approached Zhao Nan's side step by step, walked to a place only a stone's throw away from Zhao Nan's face, and climbed Zhao Nan's chest with both hands.
Zhao Nan pushed Wanyan away with some disgust, "You say, what do you want to do?" ”
Wanyan laughed a little self-deprecatingly, took two steps back with a sense of humor, wrapped her hands around her chest, and said, "Well, in fact, for you, it's very simple, just in the Luoyang Palace, control the emperor, and let my son be the emperor." ”
"You're crazy!" Zhao Nan's eyes widened, he gasped, and took two steps back.
"I'm not crazy, what do you think I have been by Li Shimin's side for so many years, betraying my hue, and trying my best to please him? It's not so that one day, my son can be in this position. ”
"You still want to avenge your Turks, don't you? You lied to me, you never gave up your hatred, you have been strategizing, just waiting for this day, right? ”
Wanyan smiled and nodded, approached Zhao Nan, kissed him lightly on the lips, and then quickly left, walked out, and a black dress quickly disappeared in the night, leaving only one sentence: "You are ready, listen to my news at any time, I will let Ruilin inform you." ”
Wanyan left the Luoyang Palace, and the next morning, she returned to Chang'an, Wanyan did not stay, nor did she return to the palace, but went straight to Zhao Nan's mansion.
Wanyan entered through the back door of the mansion, but what she saw was Mingfu fiddling with flowers and plants in the back garden, all the people who passed by were called Miss Mingfu, Mingfu smiled very happily, and the delicate face that could be broken by the original blow was even more beautiful and moving, obviously, she didn't realize the impending disaster, Wanyan saw Mingfu's happy appearance, and her heart was inexplicably full of displeasure.
Wanyan suddenly envied Mingfu, although she couldn't be with her lover, she could stay by his side all the time as a sister, she could laugh with him, cry together, and live together, but she could only spend her whole life in that boxy palace and couldn't get out.
Wanyan thought that if she was just an ordinary woman, or she could let go of her hatred and the shame of her nation being wiped out, maybe she could live a happier and easier life, or she could stay by Zhao Nan's side like Mingfu and live a simple and happy life.
Thinking of this, the smile on Wanyan's face froze, became poignant, distorted, and looked at Mingfu who was squatting there fiddling with flowers and plants with murderous aura, and walked straight over.
Wanyan stood quietly beside Mingfu, Mingfu saw a large shadow cast around her, thinking that Zhao Nan had suddenly returned, she stood up very happily and said, "Are you coming?" ”
But I didn't expect to turn around and see Wanyan's face, Mingfu was shocked, just wanted to call someone, but Wanyan quickly covered her mouth, Mingfu's eyes widened, full of panic and fear, struggling desperately, but Wanyan threatened: "Don't scream, I have something to tell you." ”
Only then did Mingfu calm down and asked, "How can you come in, you are dressed like this, what do you want to do, is something wrong with Zhao Nan?" ”
Wan Yan pretended to smile mysteriously and said, "He's fine, he's fine." It's something I want to tell you, and I promise you won't regret it. ”
Mingfu had returned to her original state, and asked very calmly, "What do I have to say to you?" ”
"Do you know who you really are?" Wanyan asked.
"What do you mean?" Mingfu asked suspiciously, Mingfu had suspected more than once that she fainted in the last blood test, so she was not very sure what the final result was, whether Zhao Nan deceived her, just looked at Zhao Nan's very natural attitude in the future, and really loved her as a sister, so she slowly dispelled her doubts and began to accept the result.
"What do I mean? Don't you understand what I'm saying, they all say that you Mingfu is the first card, you must be Bing Xue smart, could it be that you are pretending not to understand, or have you already begun to doubt your own background? ”
"If you have anything to say, just say it, don't go around in circles here."
"I'm thinking about you, I'm afraid that what I said is too straightforward for you to accept this fact, do you know, you are not Zhao Nan's sister at all, this is already a well-known secret."