Although the smoke from the commercial war in Lingzhou has cleared, treacherous undercurrents continue to surge. At the victory banquet, while everyone raised their glasses in celebration, Su Jinhuan stared at the swaying reflection of wine in her cup, a flicker of unease stirring in her heart. This victory had come too easily; the downfall of the Hu Family lacked the telltale signs of a desperate struggle, as if an invisible hand were still pulling all the strings from behind the scenes.
Just as Su Jinhuan was deep in thought, a dark guard dressed in black quietly approached and whispered a few words into her ear. Su Jinhuan’s expression changed abruptly, and she hurriedly left the banquet. As it turned out, while auditing the Hu Family’s assets, a secret letter had been discovered. The letter mentioned that the Hu Family was colluding with a mysterious force within the imperial court, and the Lingzhou commercial war was merely one small part of a much larger scheme. Even more alarming was the implication that the conspiracy targeting the Pei Family and Su Jinhuan had only just begun.
Su Jinhuan summoned Elder Pei and Pei Yingyue that very night to deliberate. Under the flickering candlelight, Elder Pei furrowed his brows: "Commandery Princess, it seems we underestimated our opponent. If there is truly a force in the imperial court interfering, then although the Pei Family has deep roots in Lingzhou, we are ultimately but ants when faced with the power of the central gover…
Chapter 122