The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 491: Why not do it
Chapter 491 Why not
The prince stared at the robber who was kneeling on the ground and dared not look up, and asked, “Did the Wang family send you to rob the child?”
The man kowtowed heavily and replied with a trembling voice: “It is the Wang family!”
“Then how did you know that those children were sent to Prince Liang’s Mansion?” The prince asked after folding up the confession.
“I… I have captured some beggars before, and went to send the children together with the steward of Wang family! I heard from the steward of Wang family… the one who came to pick up the children was the steward of Liang Wang’s Mansion! Later, the steward of Liang Wang’s Mansion thought the beggars were too thin and dirty and refused to accept them. Later, I and my brothers captured a few children from the villages outside the capital and sent them to Liang Wang’s Mansion. The Wang family felt that it was too conspicuous near the capital, so they arranged for us to go to the ravine near Shuoyang, pretending to be robbers and robbing children! As for what the steward of Liang Wang’s Mansion wants the children for, I really don’t know! I beg Your Highness to show mercy. I will tell you everything. I beg you to spare my life!” The robber kowtowed repeatedly.
The prince raised his eyes and signaled the guards of the prince’s mansion to take the man away first: “Watch carefully!”
“What do you think, Mr. Fang?” The prince handed the evidence to Mr. Fang.
“Now we have the witness, and the physical evidence… is in the Prince Liang’s mansion. If the Prince Liang really used a child to make the elixir, it would be impossible to clean up all the traces!” Old Fang lowered his eyes and looked at the evidence in his hand, smiled and said, “I think this matter must be exposed, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot come forward!”
The prince looked at Mr. Fang solemnly: “Mr. Fang, please speak clearly!”
Old Fang glanced at Bai Jinzhi and saw that Bai Jinzhi was bending over to brush off the dust on his collar, then he looked at the prince.
The prince understood, turned his head and glanced at Bai Jinzhi, and ordered Quanyu, “Quanyu, tell someone to prepare some water so that Princess Gaoyi can wash up!”
“No need to bother!” Bai Jinzhi clasped his fists towards the Crown Prince and Old Fang, “Jinzhi has already sent the person to my cousin the Crown Prince. I’m not good at making suggestions anyway, so I won’t stay in the Crown Prince’s Mansion. I’ll go back to the Zhenguo Princess’s Mansion first, and I can still play with Xiaoqi for a while!”
“Okay…” The prince nodded. He actually liked Bai Jinzhi’s free and easy personality. “Go!”
After watching Bai Jinzhi leave the house, Elder Fang followed the Crown Prince to the study and said, “After this incident was exposed, I think… it shouldn’t be handled by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!”
“I would like to hear the details.” The prince turned his head and looked at Mr. Fang.
Elder Fang stroked his goatee and spoke in a low voice, “Your Highness, think about it. Yesterday, the people we sent out wanted to enter the Prince of Liang’s mansion to investigate, but they found that the Prince of Liang’s mansion was protected by secret guards! Your Highness, think about the fact that the Prince of Liang messed up his job in Yanwo, but His Majesty did not punish him, but instead favored him more and more. Think about the fact that the Prince of Liang used children to make elixirs!”
The prince paused, his expression shocked: “What Elder Fang meant is… maybe Father knew about Prince Liang’s alchemy, maybe this elixir was made for Father?!”
Elder Fang nodded. “So, if it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who revealed this matter himself, His Majesty would inevitably be angry with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Originally, I thought… as long as I could block the path of Prince Liang and His Royal Highness competing for the throne, it wouldn’t matter if I temporarily offended His Majesty! But today, Princess Gaoyi sent all the witnesses and confessions to me. After careful consideration, I realized that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has no need to offend His Majesty at this time!”
“Master Fang, do you already have a set of rules?” The prince asked Master Fang seriously.
“Since we have this witness and a confession! Then… add another victim and go beat the drum to report the incident! As long as the crown prince doesn’t get involved, the bigger the incident, the better… it’d be best if everyone knows about it!” Old Fang laughed, “Whether this matter is handed over to the Dali Temple or reported to the Censorate, it won’t be as loud as beating the drum to report the incident, which will let everyone in Jin know about it! Only when the people of Jin know how cruel and worse than a beast King Liang is, will King Liang have no chance of becoming the supreme ruler in the future! Just like King Xin…”
The prince narrowed his eyes, thinking of how the people hated Prince Xin so much when he brought the corpse of King Zhenguo back to Dadu, pretending to be seriously injured but having sex with a prostitute in the carriage, and nodded: “Mr. Fang is right!”
Seeing the prince nod, Elder Fang bowed to him and said, “If your Highness agrees, I will send someone to do it immediately!”
How anxious the family who lost their child must be, knowing that their child had entered Prince Liang’s mansion, they would want to rescue the child as soon as possible, even if they would be beaten to death for reporting the incident. After all, Prince Liang used children to make elixirs, and they didn’t know how to make them. Who wouldn’t be anxious?
“Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Fang!” said the prince with a smile.
Mr. Fang thought for a moment and said, “Your Highness, there is one more thing…”
“Mr. Fang, please speak!” The prince became more and more friendly towards Mr. Fang.
“Just now, Princess Gaoyi said that the Zhenguo Princess originally wanted to propose sending the newly recruited soldiers to the southern border to let the Bai family army train the new soldiers. I remembered that when the Yan envoy came to Jin, His Majesty intended to let General Liu Hong lead the victorious army from the northern border to the border of Xiliang to deter Xiliang!” Elder Fang took a step towards the prince, “I thought, since the prince and His Majesty just wanted to deter Xiliang, why bother sending elite troops there?”
The prince stood under the red lights in the corridor, listening to the cicadas chirping. He thought for a moment and said, “Master Fang, do you mean to send the newly recruited soldiers to southern Xinjiang?”
“That’s right!” Old Fang smiled and didn’t forget to flatter Bai Qingyan in front of the Crown Prince. “The reason why the Zhenguo Princess didn’t want to mention this matter in front of His Highness is because she was afraid that if she brought it up, His Highness would not protect her when others slandered her! But she forgot that… when the students of the Imperial College made trouble, it was His Highness who protected her against all odds! She doesn’t even know… that His Highness scolded me several times to protect her!”
The prince frowned, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Originally, the prince wanted to ask the emperor to send Bai Qingyan to southern Xinjiang to intimidate Xiliang, but later, when he thought that the army stationed there was the Bai family army, the prince hesitated.
“The elite troops of Jin should be kept in the capital to protect His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! New recruits need training… The Bai family army is very good at training new recruits. Sending new recruits to southern Xinjiang can satisfy Dayan’s request and make Dayan owe us a favor. At the same time, it can also achieve the purpose of training new recruits. Why not do it?”
The prince strongly agreed with what Mr. Fang said… that the elite troops of Jin should be kept in the capital to protect His Majesty and the prince.
He nodded and said, “Anyway, the food and supplies that Jin is sending to the southern border this time are all from Dayan, so it’s right to let the new soldiers go there to gain some experience! Tomorrow I will go to the palace to talk to my father, and he will definitely agree.”
Mr. Fang smiled and nodded.
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Bai Jinzhi suddenly returned to Princess Zhenguo’s mansion, which scared Second Madam Liu. She thought something had happened in Shuoyang. After waiting for Bai Jinzhi to see her for a long time, Second Madam Liu hurried to Bai Jinzhi’s yard.
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