The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 467: kill two birds with one stone
Chapter 467 Killing Two Birds with One Stone
Hearing this, Mr. Fang stood up and said with a smile, “Your Highness, think about what I said. If you think it is feasible, send someone to tell me… I will go and make the arrangements! However, Princess Zhenguo and Princess Gaoyi will be returning to Shuoyang tomorrow. If Your Highness thinks it is feasible, you need to make a decision as soon as possible.”
“Okay!” The prince nodded.
After watching Mr. Fang leave, the prince turned his head to look at Quanyu, picked up the teacup and smiled: “Quanyu, you are getting bolder and bolder now!”
“Your Highness, I owe my courage to you! Your Highness is the most loyal master I have ever met, so I dare to be so unbridled in front of Your Highness!” Quan Yu said with a smile, “I felt that Your Highness was so busy today that he didn’t even have time to rest and drink a cup of tea. He must be too tired, so I came up with this idea.”
Seeing the prince slowly blowing hot air into the teacup, his mood seemed to ease, Quan Yu then spoke: “Your Highness, just now I heard what Master Fang said, he wants to use Princess Gaoyi! But… Princess Zhenguo and Princess Gaoyi are sisters, and Princess Zhenguo is loyal to Your Highness! Just now I saw Your Highness hesitate, are you afraid of disappointing Princess Zhenguo?”
The prince nodded: “That’s right, but what Elder Fang said… also makes sense. I need to think about it carefully.”
After hearing what the prince said, Quan Yu did not dare to persuade him anymore. He could only nod and say that he would go and preach to the prince.
When Quan Yu came back with the palace maids who were walking in a line with black lacquered and gold-painted food boxes in their hands, they saw someone coming out of the prince’s study and seemed to be heading towards the direction of Old Fang’s courtyard.
Quan Yu stood under the long corridor with carved beams and painted buildings, frowning, worried that if the prince touched Princess Gaoyi, Princess Zhenguo would know about it and would certainly become an irreconcilable enemy of the prince.
The prince didn’t even figure this out!
Quan Yu didn’t want to see the prince lose a capable minister like Princess Zhenguo in the future, nor did he want to see Princess Zhenguo sad.
The palace maid who was following behind Quan Yu, bending over and lowering her head, saw Quan Yu standing under the hexagonal palace lantern swaying in the wind without moving for a long time. She took small steps forward and called out in a low voice: “Eunuch?!”
“Let’s go!” Quan Yu came back to his senses and walked forward with the palace maids.
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Ren Shijie had just followed Mr. Fang’s arrangement and sent people out to spread the news that Prince Liang had taken Dong Tingzhen’s personal safety lock and went to the palace to ask the emperor for a marriage. Unexpectedly, news came from Prince Liang’s mansion again. Not long after Eunuch Gao left, Prince Liang went to Dong’s mansion.
After hearing this, Mr. Fang narrowed his eyes and guessed that King Liang might want to personally come to the Supreme Court Minister Dong to ask for help.
Ren Shijie whispered, “This Prince Liang went to the Dong Mansion. I wonder if it was because His Majesty… asked Prince Liang to go to the Dong Mansion to return the safety lock of Miss Dong, or Prince Liang wanted to ask Master Dong again.”
“No matter what the intention of Prince Liang was in going to the Dong Mansion, this time… is a good opportunity for us to help the Crown Prince block the possibility of Prince Liang’s succession!” Old Fang picked up the teacup and said to Ren Shijie and Qin Shangzhi, “Think about it, the last time… Prince Liang intended to frame the King of Zhenguo Bai Weiting for collaborating with the enemy, and also interfered with the grain and grass affairs in Southern Xinjiang. Why did Your Majesty let Prince Liang go? That’s because Prince Liang is Your Majesty’s son and has not really touched Your Majesty’s bottom line!”
Elder Fang took a sip of tea, put down the cup and continued, “The Second Prince’s rebellion has always been a hurdle in your majesty’s heart. Your majesty can indulge his son in anything because of blood ties, but you must never indulge his son’s attempt to get involved in military power! So… the more reluctant Prince Liang is to give up the daughter of the Dong family, the more suspicious your majesty will be of Prince Liang!”
Qin Shangzhi, who was sitting under the glass lamp, raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Mr. Fang. Although Mr. Fang could sometimes make people so angry, it had to be said… Mr. Fang knew the emperor very well.
For Qin Shangzhi, as long as he can stop King Liang from reaching the top, he is willing to do anything, even if… Miss Dong is the cousin of Princess Bai Qingyan, he can’t care even if it will damage Miss Dong’s reputation. Who made Miss Dong so blind to choose King Liang!
Qin Shangzhi lowered his eyes and suppressed the slight uneasiness in his heart. The battle for succession has always been a life-and-death struggle. You choose your own path and you can’t blame others!
“Mr. Fang, Mr. Ren, Mr. Qin!” The young eunuch saluted to the three counselors of the Crown Prince. “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to pass on a message. Regarding the matter of King Liang, Mr. Fang can make his own arrangements. All the assassins in the Crown Prince’s Mansion who are not included in the roster will obey Mr. Fang’s orders!”
Qin Shangzhi frowned and looked at Mr. Fang with shining eyes. Mr. Fang…what else is he going to do?
“Thank you, Your Highness, for your trust!” Old Fang stroked his goat beard and sent the guards around him to call over the assassins who were not registered in the Prince’s Mansion.
“Mr. Fang, is there anything else you want to arrange?” Ren Shijie hurriedly stood up and asked.
While waiting for the assassins to arrive, Old Fang roughly expressed his idea of setting up a trap for Prince Liang to ruin the reputation of Princess Gaoyi and to provoke Princess Zhenguo to take action against Prince Liang.
“Originally, the Bai Mansion had guards, and it was like an iron barrel. But when everyone in the Bai Mansion moved back to Shuoyang, the guards also went back with them! It’s actually easier to enter the Bai Mansion, so this matter is not difficult to handle!”
Mr. Fang was very proud, with a smile on his face. “Just think about it, given how much the Zhenguo Princess cares about Princess Gaoyi, if she could break the leg of King Liang… that would be the best result. His Majesty would never appoint a disabled crown prince, and this matter has nothing to do with our Crown Prince’s Mansion! With the Zhenguo Princess’s resolute and decisive personality, she would definitely not let Princess Gaoyi marry King Liang! The Dong family and the Bai family are in-laws, and if something like this happens, they will naturally not marry their daughter to King Liang! Kill two birds with one stone!”
“No!” Qin Shangzhi’s heart was in his throat and he stood up excitedly.
Old Fang looked in the direction of Qin Shangzhi with displeasure.
Qin Shangzhi knew that Mr. Fang liked to put on airs, so he gritted his teeth and bowed to him, “Don’t worry, Mr. Fang. Let me explain in detail. It is rare for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to win over the Princess Zhenguo. The Princess Zhenguo is unparalleled in wisdom and courage. If the Princess Zhenguo knew that it was the Crown Prince’s Mansion that designed Prince Liang to ruin the reputation of Princess Gaoyi, the Princess Zhenguo would definitely be irreconcilable with the Crown Prince’s Mansion!”
Old Fang lowered his eyes and said nothing. What he wanted… although it was not that Bai Qingyan and the prince were irreconcilable, he also wanted Bai Qingyan to be cold towards the prince. He must be the most important counselor around the prince!
But now that Qin Shangzhi had pointed it out, he couldn’t save face and was also afraid that Qin Shangzhi would report it to the Crown Prince.
Qin Shangzhi glanced at Elder Fang, and his attitude became more respectful: “Er Fang is always very accurate in judging people! He knows the resolute and decisive personality of the Princess Zhenguo. If the Princess Zhenguo finds out about this matter… and sides with King Liang, then the situation will only be unfavorable to the Crown Prince!”
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