The Right Chancellor said heavily, "What do we do next?"

"To scheme him out of the court step by step now is all but impossible."

There was a hard cruelty in the plump, pale young man's eyes. "So it has to be one stroke and a kill. Whatever the means, he has to die... We cannot let him go on getting stronger."

"That girl called Zisu can be used."

The Right Chancellor looked at him, not following.

The plump, pale young man smiled darkly. "Ning Chen has two women, and Prince Duan killed the family of each of them... and Ning Chen chose to work with Prince Duan."

"I have already had the two women told about it... And only a moment ago the girl called Zisu left the Ning residence alone."

The Right Chancellor gave a start. "Is Prince Duan one of ours too?"

The plump, pale young man shook his head. "No. Prince Duan is a very clever man. He never chooses a side and he has no eye on the throne. He only loves money."

The Right Chancellor nodded slightly.

True enough. If Prince Duan belonged to the man across from him, he would not be doing this... because if he did, the first man Ning Chen would suspect would be Prince Duan.

The Right Chancellor frowned. "But what use is one weak woman?"

The plump, pale young man smiled darkly. "She is a weak woman, but she is Ning Chen's woman, and the use is great."

"A master's death and a family's ruin are enough to make her a blade in our hands, and at the right moment she can deal Ning Chen a mortal stroke."

"The Elegance Garden is exposed. We meet somewhere else from now on."

The Right Chancellor nodded slightly.

Meanwhile, Zisu, who had left the Ning residence, had taken a room at an inn by herself.

She sat on the edge of the bed with her fine brows drawn together, her face torn.

She loved Ning Chen, and there was a lot of sense in what Yudie had said.

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