Chapter 176 Conspiracy late at night
Chapter 176 Late Night Conspiracy

However, Hu Weiyong did not answer. Instead, he slapped the girl on the cheek mercilessly and scolded her in a low voice: "Just for this, you risked your life to come to my room in the middle of the night?"

"Did you know that Zhu Yuanzhang sent a group of Jinyiwei here?"

The girl lowered her head and admitted her mistake with a red and swollen face: "Qian'er knows her fault. Qian'er just cared too much about her father's plan. She came here late at night because she was worried."

"But please rest assured, godfather. With Qian'er's martial arts skills, I'm sure no one will be able to discover me."

"Humph, it's better to be safe than sorry! I brought you back from the chaos of war and have been teaching you carefully for more than ten years. Don't you even understand such a simple truth?"

Hu Weiyong's anger subsided a little, but he still lectured him without any politeness.

Qian'er did not refute, but lowered her head and said expressionlessly: "Qian'er knows she was wrong, and she will never make the same mistake again."

Hu Weiyong snorted softly, and suddenly he seemed like a different person. He kindly reached out and stroked Qian'er's cheek, and asked with concern: "Did it hurt? Your foster father just doesn't want you to put yourself in danger because of carelessness. I hope you can understand your foster father's painstaking efforts."

Qian'er, who had been expressionless all this time, now had a glimmer of light in her eyes and her voice became a little warmer.

"Qian'er understands your father's painstaking efforts. It was Qian'er who was too careless. Please rest assured, father. Qian'er will be more careful in the future."

However, Qian'er lowered her eyes and did not notice that when Hu Weiyong stroked her cheek, a hint of obscenity flashed in his eyes.

After a moment's silence, the conversation between the two finally got to the point.

Hu Weiyong's face suddenly turned ferocious, and he said fiercely: "Everything would have been going well, but Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly sent a Jinyiwei who knows medicine. I didn't expect that this Jinyiwei would make Hua Yuan, a waste, look so ugly!"

"In the end, he didn't even have the qualifications to prescribe medicine. He was suppressed by the Jinyiwei. It's really hateful!"

Hearing Hu Weiyong's anger, Qian'er felt the same way and said fiercely, "The Jinyiwei that foster father mentioned must be Ye Xuan, the captain of the Jinyiwei, right?"

Hu Weiyong nodded.

Because the study was small when they were diagnosing Liu Bowen during the day, neither Ye Xuan nor Hu Weiyong brought their men in.

Qian'er naturally didn't know what happened in the study, but since Hu Weiyong mentioned the Jinyiwei, it must be Ye Xuan, the captain of the Jinyiwei who was in charge.

After getting Hu Weiyong's confirmation, Qian'er said ruthlessly: "Since Ye Xuan is so in the way, why not let Qian'er kill him secretly to clear the way for the clothes!"

Unexpectedly, Hu Weiyong was not angry but surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly dissuaded him, "No, my godfather suspects that Ye Xuan is not a simple person. If we kill him, it is very likely that Zhu Yuanzhang will take action in advance."

"Isn't he just a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard? How complicated can it be?" Qian'er asked puzzledly.

Hu Weiyong sneered and said mockingly, "It's a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang claimed to be in love with Empress Ma. Humph, he started to pursue women very early. Now he has even brought his illegitimate child to Yingtian Prefecture and arranged him to be a Jinyiwei so that he can be seen often."

Qian'er was shocked when she heard this, and whispered: "Father, do you mean to say that you suspect that Ye Xuan is the illegitimate son of that dog emperor Zhu Yuanzhang!"

Hu Weiyong sneered and said, "Yes, there have been rumors in the court for a long time, but the clothes have never believed it." "But today, based on my godfather's observations, combined with previous rumors in the court and various doubts, Ye Xuan is indeed very likely to be Zhu Yuanzhang's illegitimate son."

"So we must not act rashly, otherwise it is very likely to attract the attention of Zhu Yuanzhang, the treacherous man! And thus expose us in advance!"

Qian'er said solemnly: "Yes, godfather!"

"But if we don't kill Ye Xuan, how can we deal with Liu Bowen? In fact, according to Qian'er's idea, we can just create a little accident and send this old man to the west."

"Qian'er, you are stupid again. Killing Liu Bowen directly or killing Ye Xuan directly will have the same consequences. It will never work!"

"then what should we do?"

The room fell into silence for a moment.

After a moment, Hu Weiyong suddenly grabbed Qing'er's shoulders affectionately, pretending to be in a dilemma and said, "In fact, Ye Xuan's identity is just my adoptive father's guess. It is not certain whether he is Zhu Yuanzhang's illegitimate son."

"And no matter if it is true or not, Ye Xuan's identity as a Jinyiwei is always an obstacle for us. The only solution now is to inconvenience you, Qian'er. I just don't know if you are willing or not."

Qian'er's face was firm when she heard this, and she said, "As long as I can help my foster father, I will do anything, even if it means going through mountains of swords and seas of fire! What should I do, foster father? You tell me!"

Hu Weiyong first took a look at Qian'er's beautiful face, then said with a look of great sorrow, "During the day, I saw Ye Xuan peeking at you several times. I think this scoundrel must have had lustful thoughts about you."

"Father hopes that you can bear the humiliation, get close to Ye Xuan and find out why Zhu Yuanzhang sent him here. Is Zhu Yuanzhang already beginning to doubt his adoptive father?"

"Another thing we need to clarify is whether Ye Xuan is Zhu Yuanzhang's illegitimate son. This information is too important. Whether it is true or not will greatly limit our subsequent actions."

"This……"

When he heard that his godfather, whom he had always respected, actually made such a request, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Hu Weiyong's face turned cold, "Why, Qian'er, you are unwilling to help your foster father even with such a small matter!"

Qian'er was startled and immediately said, "No, godfather, Qian'er was just thinking about how to get close to Ye Xuan so that she could get information without arousing suspicion."

"I see." Hu Weiyong became amiable again, and couldn't help but reach out and touch Qian'er's pretty face again. He tried his best to restrain the urge to push his adopted daughter to the ground and humiliate her crazily, and said warmly:
"All men in the world are the same. Even a hero cannot resist the temptation of a beautiful woman! Qian'er, you are so beautiful. You don't have to worry about how to get close to Ye Xuan. As long as you send him some signals, these men will naturally crawl towards you like dogs."

"And when necessary, you can sacrifice your looks!"

When talking about sacrificing one's chastity, a trace of reluctance flashed across Hu Weiyong's face, but it quickly disappeared.

In the face of great cause, what does a mere woman count for!
However, this sentence was like a bolt from the blue to Qian'er.

However, she never refused Hu Weiyong's orders.

(End of this chapter)