The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 468: died
Chapter 468: Death
Qin Shangzhi saw that Mr. Fang seemed to be thinking about something, so he added, “Mr. Fang is loyal to the Crown Prince, and is willing to sacrifice his life for him. But others may not be able to do the same as Mr. Fang does to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Mr. Fang, think carefully, is this the truth?”
Ren Shijie raised his eyebrows and looked at Qin Shangzhi. Qin Shangzhi was a man of high moral character who had always disdained the mean behavior of Old Fang. Yet today he could actually say such good things about Old Fang.
Mr. Fang was very pleased with Qin Shangzhi’s flattery. He raised his hand and stroked his goatee, “Mr. Qin is right. If the Princess Zhenguo knows about this, I will stand up and admit that I was the only one who did it… His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows nothing about it! I will go through fire and water for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!”
Qin Shangzhi gritted his teeth, his mind raced, and he tried his best to think of something to say: “But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot do without Mr. Fang!”
Old Fang narrowed his eyes and looked at Qin Shangzhi, and also realized that something was wrong. It seemed that Qin Shangzhi wanted to protect Princess Gaoyi.
As if he had suddenly figured something out, Mr. Fang looked down at Qin Shangzhi and said, “Mr. Qin is trying to stop me. Could it be that… he likes Princess Gaoyi?”
Qin Shangzhi almost couldn’t help but spit on Fang Lao’s face. Is this old man’s heart filled with only these dirty things? Qin Shangzhi is almost old enough to be Bai Jinzhi’s father, but he loves a child? !
“Mr. Fang, you misunderstood! The reason why Qin stopped me… is because this matter is of no benefit to the Crown Prince’s Mansion!”
“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already agreed, so there is no need for Mr. Qin to obstruct us!” Mr. Fang had made up his mind, and brought up the Crown Prince, sneering, “Mr. Qin, don’t forget that you are the counselor of the Crown Prince’s Mansion, so don’t leak the information, otherwise… I will definitely report it to the Crown Prince!”
Qin Shangzhi clenched his fists tightly at his side, and suddenly remembered that Mr. Fang had said at the beginning that Prince Liang had begun to win over Prince Xian in private, and hurriedly said, “Mr. Fang, I stopped you from involving Princess Gaoyi because I have a better candidate!”
Mr. Fang picked up the teacup and said casually, “Mr. Qin, let’s hear it!”
“Nandu Princess Liu Ruofu!” Qin Shangzhi stepped forward, bent down and stood beside Elder Fang. “Princess Gaoyi has no military power, but Prince Nandu Xian does! And Prince Nandu Xian has only one daughter, Princess Nandu. If Prince Liang intends to ruin Princess Nandu Liu Ruofu’s reputation and asks to marry the daughter of the Dong family, what will Your Majesty think? Elder Fang once said… Your Majesty’s opinion is the most important!”
Old Fang thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. If they really went up against Bai Qingyan, although the Prince’s Mansion would not be afraid of having an enemy who was disliked by the Emperor, it would still be a difficult situation.
“But if… Princess Nandu really married Prince Liang, wouldn’t Prince Liang have the support of Prince Xian? Prince Xian really has the military power!” Old Fang had actually thought of Liu Ruofu before, but he was afraid that Liu Ruofu would really become the Princess of Liang, which would be difficult to deal with.
“Then, let the King of Liang attempt to ruin the reputation of the Princess of Nandu, but don’t let him succeed! Just let your majesty and the Dong family know about this, there’s no need to publicize it! After all… the Princess of Nandu has already been engaged to Daliang, and your majesty doesn’t want such a scandal to happen right at the beginning of the peace talks with Daliang, so he will definitely not let the Princess of Nandu marry the King of Liang!”
Qin Shangzhi stood beside Mr. Fang, thinking as he continued, “Besides… Princess Nandu is so proud, how could she like Prince Liang? If Prince Xian knew that Prince Liang intended to destroy his daughter’s reputation, would he be angry? And think about it, Mr. Fang, Princess Gaoyi has been on the battlefield and is very skilled in martial arts. If we start a fight in the Princess Zhenguo’s mansion, if the Princess Zhenguo is alarmed… With the Princess Zhenguo’s archery skills, our people may never come back! And Princess Nandu Liu Ruofu has always been spoiled, so she is much easier to deal with than Princess Gaoyi!”
Ren Shijie thought for a moment and said, “In that case, choosing Princess Nandu Liu Ruofu… is much more cost-effective for the Crown Prince’s Mansion than choosing Princess Gaoyi. What do you think, Elder Fang?”
Old Fang clenched his fists. According to what Qin Shangzhi said…it is indeed more appropriate to choose Princess Liu Ruofu of Nandu rather than Princess Gaoyi of County.
But this time, Mr. Fang instigated the prince to choose Princess Gaoyi, not only because he sincerely wanted to give the prince advice, but more importantly, he wanted Bai Qingyan to stay away from the prince after they became estranged, so that the prince would listen to him!
Seeing that Mr. Fang was still hesitant, Qin Shangzhi said, “If Mr. Fang is still hesitant and is afraid that His Royal Highness will blame him if he changes his mind, then Qin will go to the Crown Prince and tell him that after the three of us sat together and thought carefully, we felt that it would be more appropriate to replace her with Princess Liu Ruofu of Nandu. Of course, if Mr. Fang is willing to take the trouble to go to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, that would be the best!”
Qin Shangzhi’s meaning was very clear. If Mr. Fang was afraid of taking responsibility, then he would go and say that this was the result of the three of them discussing it. If Mr. Fang thought that Liu Ruofu was a good replacement, then all the credit would belong to Mr. Fang, and he could go to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on his own.
Old Fang glanced at Qin Shangzhi, who had been unwilling to give advice to the Crown Prince for a long time. When he heard the guards come in and say that they had brought the assassins, Old Fang spoke to Qin Shangzhi quietly, “The three of us are all counselors in the Crown Prince’s Mansion. If we can continue to work together like this for the Crown Prince, we can truly accomplish great things! Do you understand this, Mr. Qin?”
“Of course! Mr. Fang is much older than me. If I have offended you in the past, please forgive me.” Qin Shangzhi was very humble and picked up the teacup from the corner of the table and handed it to Mr. Fang.
Elder Fang smiled and nodded: “I will go to the Crown Prince right now and tell him about Mr. Qin’s method.”
“It was Mr. Fang who first proposed this idea. Mr. Ren and I just tried to think about it as comprehensively as possible according to Mr. Fang’s idea. How can it be said that it was Qin who came up with it alone…” Qin Shangzhi lowered his eyes and spoke in a very low voice.
Seeing Qin Shangzhi being very sensible, Old Fang did not dare to delay and stood up and walked quickly towards the prince’s residence.
After seeing Elder Fang leading the six assassins away, Ren Shijie smiled and looked at Qin Shangzhi: “Mr. Qin, that’s right. Elder Fang has followed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for the longest time and is also the oldest. It’s inevitable that he will be a little arrogant. The two of us came late, so if we show more respect to Elder Fang, he will naturally be more easy to talk to.”
Qin Shangzhi looked in the direction where Mr. Fang left, his fists hidden in his sleeves clenched tightly.
Ren Shijie once advised him this, but Qin Shangzhi was disdainful of it.
Today, he obeyed the summons and came to discuss matters. He originally thought it was just a formality. If it were not for protecting the fourth daughter of the Bai family, Qin Shangzhi would certainly not be willing to bow to Old Fang.
What Qin Shangzhi cares most about is integrity.
Once upon a time, he was unwilling to bow down to King Liang… and the counselor named Du beside King Liang, so… his whole family died!
Second update! Keep asking for monthly votes! You see, Qin Shangzhi is actually the one who is in Cao’s camp but his heart is with Han!