Guo Wei's chest rose and fell slightly, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead. Obviously, he was a bit angry.
However, at this moment, he couldn't act on impulse.
He had to figure out a way to lure Li Wanming into this trap.
After pondering for a moment, Guo Wei tried again, saying, "Miss Cheng, there are some situations you may not have thought through clearly."
"Half a day has passed since this incident, and there has been no news from the Princess Mansion."
"I once sent someone to inquire, but the person I sent said that the gates of the Princess Mansion were tightly shut, and no one was allowed to enter. Even my son, Ziyan, has gone missing."
"That is to say, we have no idea what the Princess's current attitude is and who she wants to target."
"The only way is for someone to venture into the tiger's den and try to figure out the Princess's intentions. Even a single word or two passed back would be better than us just getting anxious outside."
"You have someone backing you up. It's different for us..."
Li Wanming was munching on a chestnut cake with relish. Hearing Guo Wei's words, she immediately agreed in a muffled voice, "You're right!"
"I'm Sun Miaoqing's cousin, the adopted sister of General Yunhui, and there's also an implicit connection with Princess Chengping. Moreover, I've once been appreciated by the Emperor... If we were to calculate roughly, I could even have a word or two with the civil and military officials in the court!"
"But the problem is," Li Wanming swallowed the chestnut cake, "I don't want to go!"
"You..."
Guo Wei gritted his teeth, as if he had made a great determination. "If Miss Cheng is worried that our Guo family wants to watch from the sidelines and let you face this alone... I can let my daughter accompany you."
Li Wanming was startled and almost choked.
What was going on?
Was he planning to... sacrifice his own daughter?
Let Guo Xinyue accompany her...
Didn't he know what kind of person Guo Xinyue was?
If Guo Xinyue followed her into the Princess Mansion, it would be like a lamb walking into the tiger's den.
Not to mention the Princess, even she herself could manipulate Guo Xinyue at will, leaving her with no room for resistance.
By then, even ten Guo Ziyans wouldn't be able to save Guo Xinyue.
Was Guo Wei really going to abandon his daughter to take the blame for the Princess's anger?
No...
That wasn't right.
Guo Xinyue wasn't important enough.
Just as the Princess didn't care about Sun Miaoqing, she wouldn't care about Guo Xinyue either.
When she got angry, she needed human lives to appease her, and these lives couldn't be too insignificant.
So, it could only be the Guo family... or the Li family.
One Guo Xinyue couldn't satisfy her appetite.
Then why did Guo Wei want to do this?
Didn't he know that sending Guo Xinyue there would be a waste of her life?
Li Wanming pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out the reason. She lifted her eyelids and accidentally caught a glimmer of eagerness in Guo Wei's eyes.
Hmm?
He wanted her to go to the Princess Mansion...
And he really wanted her to go, so much so that he was willing to sacrifice his daughter.
If that was the case...
It would be easy to handle.
Li Wanming rolled her eyes and still said, "I'm not going."
...
Why...?
Guo Wei was really getting anxious now.
He had even offered his daughter, but why was she still unwilling to go?
"Miss Cheng may not have seen clearly. In the Princess's eyes, Miaoqing is from your Li family. If she gets angry, it will be difficult for your Li family to stay out of this..."
Guo Wei's voice grew低沉, sounding a bit sinister.
"I see very clearly. I couldn't be clearer."
Li Wanming spread her hands, looking nonchalant and carefree.
"If the Princess gets angry, my family definitely won't be able to escape. But it's okay. If my family can't escape, neither can yours!"
"By then, we'll all be tied to the same rope and burned to death together. We can even have each other's company on the road to the underworld. Maybe Miss Guo and I can even sing and dance to liven things up. That would be just perfect!"
Guo Wei stood with his hands behind his back, his face ashen. "The lives of your entire Li family depend on you, Miss Cheng. How can you be so frivolous..."
Li Wanming waved a finger and said with a smile, "No, no, no. It doesn't depend on me. It depends on you."
"If you live, we live. If you die, we die."
"My father is a simple warrior, and my mother is a bandit. I didn't expect that in the end, they would be buried in the same tomb as a third - rank official like you, Lord Guo. I guess they won't have any objections."
"Maybe they'll even praise me for finding a good way for the whole family to die."
The more she talked, the happier she became. In the end, she almost clapped her hands and burst out laughing. "Hmm, according to this, we've even made a profit!"
Guo Wei's face grew increasingly ugly. By the time he heard the last sentence "we've even made a profit", his face was almost as black as the bottom of a pot.
Great...
The more uncomfortable he was, the happier Li Wanming became.
It meant that her strategy was working.
Although she still didn't know what Guo Wei's real intention was, he was willing to sacrifice his daughter just to get her to go to the Princess Mansion. There must be a huge trap waiting for her behind this!
So, no matter what he said, her main strategy was to not take the bait.
Just as she said, if they were going to die, they would die together. It would be good to have each other's company on the road to the underworld.
After a long while, Guo Wei's voice slowly drifted out between his teeth. "Miss Cheng has great courage..."
"Thank you for the compliment."
Li Wanming clasped her fists and replied politely, "I'm just an ordinary unfilial daughter."
Guo Wei was speechless again. His face turned pale, and he staggered, almost losing his balance.
...
Li Wanming was extremely happy to see this.
To deal with this super - mutant of an old fox and a smiling tiger, she had to use this kind of chaotic and unpredictable strategy!
Strike randomly without any rules.
Make the opponent unable to figure out her moves. Maybe it would have an unexpected effect.
Of course, Li Wanming didn't want to die.
She didn't want her whole family to die either.
However, this matter was too big and had to be resolved properly. And it definitely couldn't be the Li family that took the lead.
Whoever took the lead would be the scapegoat.
She guessed that Guo Wei was pretending and using his eloquence here in order to make the Princess direct her anger at the Li family first.
After the Princess had vented her anger on the Li family, when she turned to the Guo family, her anger would be much less. With Guo Ziyan whispering in her ear, maybe her anger would subside.
And the Guo family could hide behind the Li family and not be affected at all.
But the Li family would be in big trouble...
Although she didn't know if this was Guo Wei's intention in getting her to go to the Princess Mansion, she instinctively felt that she mustn't go.
If this was seen as a gambling game, this was the most crucial moment.
Both sides had piled up their chips to the maximum, but neither had revealed their cards. Instead, they were both doing their best in a psychological game.
At this critical moment, life and death hung in the balance.
The more it was like this, the more she had to stir up the water, making it impossible for the opponent to guess or see clearly.
Having lived in the markets of Min for many years, Li Wanming didn't learn much else, but she did learn a clever strategy of deception in the gambling houses.
Hehe...
This mutant wanted to play the game of extreme pressure with her. He was still too young!