Chapter 98: Ning Wanyin’s Undercover Handbook

“…Ning Jiejue, don’t worry, if the Xue family has any plans to deal with you, I’ll give you a heads-up, you can avoid them in advance, they definitely won’t succeed!” Wei Yingya said excitedly.

“No, let them succeed.” Ning Wanyin pondered for a moment and said.

Wei Yingya was stunned, “Ah? Why?”

“If I avoid them in advance, they will immediately guess that someone leaked the information.” Ning Wanyin said.

Wei Yingya realized, indeed, if her undercover identity was exposed, wouldn’t it be a one-time deal.

“But if the plan succeeds, what will you… do?” Wei Yingya looked at her with concern.

Ning Wanyin shook her head, “It’s just that the plan will be successfully implemented, the outcome won’t be as she wishes. The part you’re responsible for won’t have any problems, if it fails, it won’t be related to you.”

Speaking of which, Ning Wanyin thought carefully for a moment, she looked at Wei Yingya seriously and said, “Xue Taihou is a very cunning person, if you want to deceive her, you need to make some preparations. I’ve roughly thought of a few undercover rules that can help you gain her trust and reduce suspicion.”

Wei Yingya was very eager to learn, “Thank you, Ning Jiejue, for your guidance!”

“The Xue family believes that the direct reason they can buy you is that the Cen family wants to kill you, you need to rely on them to survive. So, you should constantly urge Xue Jin’yan, how to deal with your second uncle? How to deal with Cen Jiejue? How to give the Cen family a taste of their own medicine.” Ning Wanyin looked at her and said word by word, “But they won’t really deal with the Cen family. They will only appease you, to comfort you, they will probably give you some benefits.”

“Accept all these benefits! Don’t take them for nothing.”

Wei Yingya’s eyes widened, she nodded repeatedly, “Okay, okay, okay!”

Write it down, write it down, write it all down!

“Second, when you’re with them privately, you can show more dissatisfaction with me, this will help you get closer to them, and they will be more likely to see you as one of them.”

“Understood!” Wei Yingya nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

“Third, Xue Jin’yan may arrange for a spy to monitor you, to ensure that you are under her control. So, from now on, don’t trust anyone in your palace.”

“Fourth…

“Nineteen, to prevent yourself from talking in your sleep and leaking information, drink a cup of calming tea before bed.”

“Twenty, even if you do everything flawlessly, but as long as the outcome is not as she wishes, Xue Jin’yan will eventually suspect that there is a traitor among you. So, every plan, you can’t be the only one who knows.”

Wei Yingya wrote down a whole notebook full of notes.

She was hot-headed when she decided to go undercover, but after listening to Ning Wanyin’s words, she realized…

She was full of flaws.

From drinking a cup of calming tea before bed to prevent herself from talking in her sleep, to preparing a scapegoat in advance.

If it weren’t for Ning Wanyin’s detailed rules, she would have been discovered by the Xue family within three days.

“I haven’t had time to think about this carefully, I’ve only thought of these things roughly, I’ll think about it carefully later and add more.” Ning Wanyin finally looked at Wei Yingya and said.

Wei Yingya was completely in awe, these were just the things she thought of roughly?

If you went undercover, you would definitely be the boss.

Cautious! You’re so cautious!

“Ning Jiejue, you’re really amazing!” Wei Yingya exclaimed sincerely.

Ning Jiejue is so strong, I can’t imagine how she could lose?

Forget it, my brain can’t think of it, it’s normal.

Today is also…

A day to pray for Ning Shen’s long life!

Wei Yingya and Tang Miaoling stayed for a while before leaving.

Ning Wanyin continued to ponder the undercover rules…

Having an eye in the Xue faction was naturally a good thing.

She would do her best to help Wei Yingya go undercover.

“Mistress, this servant has a concern. You always teach this servant not to trust people easily. Is this Ying Jiejue trustworthy?” Lianrui asked with concern.

Ning Wanyin shook her head, “I don’t know.”

“Then you still…”

“It doesn’t matter. I only need her information, as for how to break the situation, I won’t tell her. If she sincerely allies with me, then we’ll each get what we want.” Ning Wanyin said calmly, “Otherwise, she won’t get anything.”

Lianrui breathed a sigh of relief, “Mistress has thought of everything, then this servant is relieved.”

“Time will tell. Whether Ying Meiren is sincere or not, it will be clear.” Ning Wanyin said softly.

She had some guesses in her heart.

Wei Yingya was sincerely siding with her. Because with her scheming and cunning, it would be difficult for her to plot something behind the scenes…

But with Ning Wanyin’s usual cautious nature, she wouldn’t judge a person’s good or bad based on her feelings.

Time would tell, time would reveal everything.

…

A few days later.

Wei Yingya received a message from Shi Meiren, asking her to visit Xue Jin’yan at Qionghua Garden.

Although Xue Jin’yan was only a Meiren, Wei Yingya naturally didn’t dare to be presumptuous in front of her, she politely carried precious tea leaves and paid a visit.

There weren’t many people in Qionghua Garden.

Besides Xue Jin’yan, there was also Shi Meiren, and two Zhaoyis from the Xue faction.

There were many concubines who had sided with the Xue faction, and those who were present at this moment were naturally the small leaders of Xue Jin’yan’s small group.

“Your concubine greets Xue Guizhu, and all the elder sisters!” Wei Yingya bowed respectfully.

Although her rank was low, Xue Jin’yan accepted Wei Yingya’s respect calmly, she looked at her and said slowly, “Cen Ruoyu is now extremely disgusted with you, she just wants you to die quickly.”

Cen Ruoyu was Cen Zhaoyi’s given name.

A look of fear flashed across Wei Yingya’s face, “Please, Xue Guizhu, protect me!”

“You’re a sensible person. As long as you do your job well, I will naturally protect you. I heard that you often send snacks and food to Ning Wanyin…” A cold light flashed in Xue Jin’yan’s eyes, “This is a good opportunity.”

After listening to her words, Wei Yingya immediately flipped through the “Undercover Handbook, Second Edition” in her mind and found a solution.

The next day, Ning Wanyin called Wei Yingya to Lingsxue Pavilion for tea again, she added thirty more undercover rules and supplementary regulations.

These thirty rules were Ning Wanyin’s predictions of some arrangements that Xue Jin’yan might propose, whether to agree or refuse, and what the reasons for refusal were, a total of thirty scenarios.

And Xue Jin’yan asked her to directly poison her, this was the second scenario in these thirty scenarios.

“Xue Guizhu, your concubine has something to say! Since the Crown Princess was poisoned last time, Ning has asked the imperial physician to check every time I make snacks and food. If I deliberately poison her this time and don’t have it checked, wouldn’t it be too obvious? Moreover, she knows to remind me like this, she will definitely check herself!” Wei Yingya looked worried, “I’m afraid this won’t work.”

Low-level undercover agents, they do whatever the other party says.

But high-level undercover agents will analyze the pros and cons for the other party, analyze the probability of success, and think from the other party’s perspective in all their words and actions.

Only then will the other party think that you are one of them.

Xue Jin’yan didn’t get angry but smiled, her expression softened a little, “You’re quite thoughtful.”

Her words were actually a deliberate test.

If Wei Yingya agreed immediately, there would definitely be something fishy.

Since the Crown Princess incident, who didn’t know that Ning Wanyin was extra careful about food?

Xue Jin’yan didn’t believe that she could use Wei Yingya to poison her.

She was just testing whether Wei Yingya was sincerely siding with her, whether she was sincerely trying to harm Ning Wanyin.