However, Jiang Nuan knew nothing of the inner collapse these people were experiencing. She was still listening as Guagua fed her more gossip.
[Although Prince Xin went to his fief in Ba-Shu, his treacherous ambitions never died.
Xing Yuanzheng was one of the spies he left in Capital City.
Who would have thought Xing Yuanzheng would do so well? In just a few years, he rose several ranks and went straight into the position of Right Commander-in-Chief. I wonder what your Imperial Father would think if he knew the man whose promotions he had waved through all along was actually Prince Xin's spy, hahahaha...]
Guagua mercilessly mocked Jiang Yunsheng.
What else could he do? Sit there and watch!
Well played, Xing Yuanzheng. To think I trusted you so much back then!
[He's absolutely devoted to Prince Xin. Logically speaking, with his position, he's already beneath one man and above ten thousand. Even if he really helped Prince Xin take the throne, his status couldn't rise much higher, could it?]
Jiang Nuan found this difficult to understand. Most people who sided with a prince were gambling on the rewards of helping a new emperor ascend the throne, hoping for promotions and higher pay. But he already had nowhere higher to climb, so why did he do it?
[Host, I think it might be because he's secretly in love with Prince Xin!]
Guagua dropped a earth-shattering piece of gossip.
[What? Secretly in love with Prince Xin? Guagua, you're not joking, are you? Isn't Xing Yuanzheng a man? Prince Xin is a man too, right? Could one of them be a woman disguised as a man?]
Guagua's words left Jiang Nuan utterly stunned.
[No, they're both men, through and through.]
Guagua answered Jiang Nuan's question.
[Oh, so Xing Yuanzheng has a passion for