Chapter 460: Watch Me Give You One Ear‑Slap and Kill You

Having walked out of Zheng Guanyin's residence, Gao Yang, after changing stance, could finally speak, confronting Zheng Guanyin face‑to‑face, even threatening her, head held high, chest out, and waved a small hand:

"Little Yan, today this palace has helped you a great deal; how do you plan to thank this palace?"

Chen Yan: "......"

Sure enough, Gao Yang was still the same Gao Yang.

Only when she gets serious, after a super‑evolution, does Gao Yang show any sense.

He didn't want to deal with her, buried his head and walked forward.

"Hey hey hey!" Gao Yang, dissatisfied, caught up and kept saying, "What are you doing? Although Zheng Guanyin didn't agree face‑to‑face, she also didn't refuse; I'm sure she'll later help investigate the case."

"Whose merit do you say this is?"

Chen Yan stroked his forehead, "Enough, my Princess, before I arrived I already thought about how to communicate with Zheng Guanyin; who could have known you'd suddenly babble and force her to agree by threatening."

"How am I supposed to invite someone later to help me deal with the noble families?"

"Huh??"

Gao Yang, after hearing that, incredulously reached out and touched Chen Yan's forehead, "Are you ill?"

"Getting Zheng Guanyin to help investigate is already hard enough; you also want her to help you deal with the noble families?"

"Do you really think I'm stupid?"

"Fine, I have my own plans." Chen Yan brushed her hand away, slowed his pace, "Zheng Guanyin, that woman does have a brain, but not much, and her outlook isn't big enough."

"She says I'm naive, but actually the naive one is herself!"

"You think because your Father Emperor ordered the investigation to stop, and Cai Duke didn't continue to pursue, the matter is over?"

Gao Yang felt something stir in her heart, composed her expression, and asked puzzled, "Has this matter… actually already ended?"

"End what the hell!" Chen Yan sneered, "In this Court, there's an unspoken rule: everyone can fight and make a ruckus, but you must never cross the bottom line."

"Tell me, how did Zheng Guanyin slander Cai Duke into prison?"

Gao Yang pondered, then suddenly realized, "She, in Weinan County, tolerated officials and thugs' corruption, with all kinds of bizarre taxes constantly emerging, causing the locals' lives to be hard."

"Hmm." Chen Yan, arms crossed behind his back, walked slowly with Gao Yang, "Corruption itself isn't much; if it's just siphoning government funds, it's not a big deal, after all there are many corrupt officials in this Court."

"But as long as one can get things done without being too excessive, your Father Emperor usually turns a blind eye. However, using tax reasons to embezzle, causing the locals' grievances, is already digging at the roots of the Tang Dynasty."

"Your Father Emperor publicly exposed the matter because of her special status, but that doesn't mean he let her off."

"Everyone knows women can be vengeful; Zheng Guanyin today dared, for a moment's pleasure, to disregard the people's lives, using a petty whim of power to cause such a huge uproar; who knows what she'll do next?"

"So… Zheng Guanyin seems fine, but in fact a great disaster is looming?"

"Right!" Chen Yan nodded, "You hadn't told me about this before, and after the corruption case ended I thought the behind‑the‑scenes person, being special, had already been secretly dealt with by your Father Emperor, so I never paid attention."

"Who would have thought that you tell me today, the person is Zheng Guanyin, a bit more special than I imagined. That should also be why she can still be alive."

"If my guess is correct, your Father Emperor currently isn't moving against her, just letting her lower her guard; perhaps one day Zheng Guanyin will suddenly die in a situation no one suspects."

Gao Yang thought for a long while, rolled her eyes, "So, you're still saving her?"

"If she uncovers who poisoned the Crown Prince, she might atone and be credited; perhaps the Father Emperor and Empress Mother will, out of past goodwill, truly let her spend her remaining days here?"

Chen Yan mused, "This… I can't say, it depends on how your Father Emperor decides."

"Anyway, if she does nothing, she'll surely die; if she works hard to find the poisoner and cooperates with me against the noble families, there's still a sliver of hope."

"I had actually hinted to her before, but I didn't expect her to be so unbearable, swayed by useless emotions, completely oblivious, and she even called me naive."

At this point, Chen Yan smiled.

Zheng Guanyin, from a certain perspective, is actually… um… cute.

Hearing his explanation, Gao Yang realized Chen Yan hadn't lied before, and perhaps she truly messed up.

She felt a bit guilty, lowered her voice and said, "Then… will my threatening method of forcing her to help have any effect?"

Chen Yan glanced at her, vaguely grasping Gao Yang's thought, and lightly laughed, "No problem, even if your words are harsh, at least she agreed, right?"

"If she later calms down and her mind makes a turn, perhaps she'll realize my hint and understand her situation."

"Then she would willingly help, and your harsh words wouldn't be in vain."

"Then…" Gao Yang still uneasy, "What if her mind never makes the turn?"

"She's not named Gao Yang, how could she never make the turn?"

Chen Yan, subconsciously, blurted out a line, then seeing Gao Yang's angry expression, coughed awkwardly twice, and then said:

"If she doesn't turn, then she should die!"

"I also have a backup option, it's fine."

Hearing that, Gao Yang finally relaxed and showed a smile again.

"Chen Yan, I haven't gone out for a proper stroll in ages; taking advantage of today's return to Chang'an, you accompany me for fun!"

"Is this your request?" Chen Yan retorted.

"Not a request, this is what you, as a husband, should do!"

Gao Yang said confidently.

She had, for his sake, forcibly suppressed her temper for so long, staying at home all day nurturing the child.

Now that she finally gave birth and her body has recovered, shouldn't a husband accompany his wife for a day of fun?

"Is that so?" Chen Yan nodded, then suddenly asked, "Since I, as a husband, have things I should do and responsibilities I must bear."

"Then, as a wife, shouldn't you also fulfill your obligations?"

"My obligations?" Gao Yang was startled, "What obligations should I fulfill?"

Chen Yan, showing the same righteous demeanor as before, said, "As the saying goes, there are three kinds of unfilial conduct, the greatest is having no heirs; I still have no son, risking extinction of the line."

"As a wife, your duty is to bear an heir for the husband's family, yet I still have none!"

"You should take several concubines for me, that's what you should do!"

Gao Yang:???

Go die, you! You still want to take a few concubines? See if a slap from me to your ear won't kill you!

You bastard! I'll go back and tell Li Lizhi!