The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

Chapter 178 The Real Strategy

Wan Linlang glanced at her coldly, "If it weren't for a heinous crime, the prince would never let a concubine be punished."

"Six months of house arrest... is already a very severe punishment for Yu Fangyuaner."

Although Wan Linlang hated Fang Yuaner, she was very rational: "Fang Yuaner has been in charge of the household affairs, favored, and has a son. She was punished when she was at the peak of her power. This has completely suppressed her arrogance. She won't be able to get back on her feet in a short time."

Wan Linlang looked deeper: "And the prince punished her by confining her to her house for six months, which also revealed some information..."

"What news?" Suiyu looked at his master curiously.

"I'm afraid she'll be out of favor for a while."

If King Jing really doted on her and trusted her, he would have certainly let it slip.

Now that the punishment is so severe, I'm afraid he is already unhappy in his heart and will not go to Songyayuan again in the short term.

Wan Linlang lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes hiding the calculation in her eyes.

This period of time is her chance!

She needs to plan carefully!

Suiyu really wanted to praise her master, but when she saw her increasingly gloomy face, her heart started beating wildly in fear.

I simply shut my mouth and dared not say anything more.

Wan Linlang learned about Yuezhi's death when she woke up from her nap.

Suiyu told her the news nervously.

"Before Yuezhi died, she bit Ping'an, saying that Concubine An was disliked for giving birth to the Fourth Young Master, so she wanted to make the Fifth Young Master and the Third Young Miss sick, so that it would not appear that Concubine An was unable to take care of the children."

Wan Linlang looked at her expressionlessly, "Do you believe it?"

Suiyu said awkwardly, "I don't believe it."

"How could Concubine An have the guts to harm others? If she had the ability to reach into Chunshan Courtyard, she wouldn't be living like this."

Suiyu had nothing else to say.

If it were so easy to intervene in Chunshanyuan, her master wouldn't have to go through so much trouble to get a maid who served as a wet nurse.

Suiyu whispered, "Yuezhi revealed that Ping'an gave her two thousand taels of silver and signed a contract with her. Both of their fingerprints are on it. The evidence is irrefutable, and the prince has already had Ping'an imprisoned in the dungeon."

"Concubine An is now huddled in the courtyard, trembling with fear, not daring to ask for help."

Wan Linlang had a strange expression on her face: "Your Majesty, did you believe it?"

Suiyu hesitated and said, "There are both witnesses and evidence... The prince will naturally believe it."

"Indeed, with all the evidence, His Majesty has to believe it even if he doesn't want to." Wan Linlang smiled knowingly, "Your Majesty didn't punish Concubine An. It's obvious that he knew there was someone else behind this."

"Master, what you mean is that the prince knows that Concubine An and Ping'an are innocent? Then why punish Ping'an?"

Wan Linlang sneered, "Your Majesty is always cold and heartless."

"Ping An was plotted against by someone, that was her own fault. She can't explain it clearly, so she has to bear the blame!"

King Jing did not punish the king despite the irrefutable evidence. So, can we let him off lightly in the future if the same thing happens?

Fang Yuaner also had to jump out and claim that she was innocent and should not be punished.

There are some things that cannot be forgiven even if you know they are innocent!

"If Concubine An is willing to put down her dignity and beg, King Jing might be willing to let Ping An go and spare her life. If she doesn't dare, Ping An's life is in danger."

As a maid herself, Suiyu naturally felt a sense of empathy when she heard these words.

Suiyu slowly told Wan Linlang the trivial information she had heard.

Wan Linlang originally wanted to watch the show, but suddenly she felt something was wrong.

Her heart suddenly started beating faster, and she felt inexplicably panicked: "Do you think the person I met with Yuezhi at Yunjiao Alley is really Ping An?"

Suiyu paused. "Didn't the master say that Ping'an wasn't the one who did it? Then the person he met must not be Ping'an either."

Wan Linlang said coldly, "But the itinerary matches. The prince also sent people to question people near Yunjiao Alley, and they all said they saw Ping An entering and leaving the alley those two days!"

Suiyu was confused. "Master, what you mean is that you and Yuezhi are meeting to make an appointment. Is it really safe?"

If that's the case, why is my master sure that it wasn't Ping An who did it?

As Wan Linlang thought about it, her heart sank to the bottom.

"What if someone is pretending?"

Suiyu: "This...isn't possible?"

"How can this be disguised? If it's someone who looks similar... but Yuezhi is not a fool. She is a servant in the same mansion, so she wouldn't mistake a person's face."

"As for finding someone who looks exactly like Ping An to do this, that's a bit too difficult. I've never heard of Ping An having a twin sister, right?"

Listening to Suiyu's muttering, Wan Linlang broke out in a cold sweat on her back without realizing it.

She was shocked and said, "What a treacherous plan!"

"This move was originally aimed at me!"

Suiyu was stunned when he heard this, thinking that he was originally coming for us, but hasn't he been cleared of suspicion?

Wan Linlang could no longer hear what was said outside, and was immersed in her own world, feeling uneasy and angry.

At this moment, she was absolutely certain that it was Fang Yuaner who secretly plotted to frame her in the cassava flour incident!

She has a skill that has been hidden and never known to anyone.

Even in the previous life, there was no trace of it until his death.

Now that someone was using her as a raft, she couldn't think of anyone else except Fang Yuaner!

At this moment, Wan Linlang became more and more uncertain about Fang Yuaner's soul exchange.

Who, after having his soul changed, can know things that he didn’t know in his previous life?

Wan Linlang's skill is called disguise.

She was an orphan who was picked up and raised by an ugly old woman in the mountains.

In addition to her excellent medical skills and eccentric personality, the old woman also had a unique skill, which was disguise.

Relying on this skill, she, an old widow, managed to travel across most of the Dayu Dynasty with Wan Linlang.

In her previous life, when she entered the palace, Wan Linlang had always kept this ability hidden, not daring to reveal it easily, until she dealt Fang Yuaner a fatal blow at the critical moment.

If Fang Yuan'er had not luckily found out that she was pregnant at that time and barely escaped death, and later found an opportunity to turn the situation around, she would have died in that disaster.

But until Wan Linlang was sentenced to death, Fang Yuan'er still had no idea how she was framed.

In this life, Fang Yuaner is really different. She actually used this thing to make a raft!

Wan Linlang gritted her teeth and said, "Letting Yuezhi bite the broken porcelain is just to divert everyone's attention!"

Fang Yuaner's real plan was to pin the blame on Wan Linlang for disguising herself as Ping An and colluding with Yuezhi to murder the Fifth Young Master.

It was just a simple application of tapioca starch, which did not cause much harm to the Fifth Young Master. Even if the blame was really put on Wan Linlang, it would only be a minor punishment.

But now this case has harmed the Fifth Young Master, killed Yuezhi, and implicated Ping'an... If Concubine An makes another mistake, countless blood debts will be stained!

Ping An is now taking the blame, but everyone knows it couldn't have been Ping An's doing.

If King Jing finally finds out that the person is Wan Linlang.

The evidence is conclusive, Wan Linlang must die!