The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 734: confrontation
Chapter 734 Confrontation
After the emperor imprisoned Prince Liang, Li Mingrui met with the emperor and said that he knew Prince Liang and had a sense of disaster relief in Yan and Wo, and wanted to send a few people to Prince Liang’s mansion to take care of him. The emperor thought that Li Mingrui was concerned about his old relationship with Prince Liang, so he asked the secret guards to turn a blind eye and also told the prince not to interfere.
As for the Prince of Liang in the Prince of Liang’s Mansion, Li Mingrui said that they took extra care of him and sent people to monitor him because they were afraid that the Prince of Liang had letters between the Left Prime Minister Li Mao and the Second Prince, and they were afraid that if the Prince of Liang died, they would take him with them.
Also, because Li Mingrui often sent people to secretly deliver food and daily necessities to Prince Liang, as well as servants to serve him, Prince Liang’s mansion was full of Li Mingrui’s people. When the secret guards saw the doorman at the side door of Prince Liang’s mansion open the door and invite Wang Qiulu in, they didn’t take it seriously and just thought that it was Li Mingrui’s people who went in to deliver something to Prince Liang.
Li Mingrui played this move very beautifully…
Elder Fang’s hand on his leg moved slightly, and he realized that the prince no longer suspected Bai Qingyan, but instead suspected Prince Liang and Li Mingrui. He nodded calmly: “That’s right…”
“Could it be that this is a conspiracy set up by Prince Liang and Li Mingrui to alienate me and the Princess Zhenguo? Otherwise… why didn’t Li Mingrui let you tell me that he helped in this matter? Instead of asking you to tell me not to let the Left Prime Minister know about this!” The prince rested his elbows on the armrests of the chair, “No matter how I think about it… it’s weird!”
“In that case, why not send someone to call Li Mingrui and Princess Zhenguo over for a face-to-face confrontation!” said Mr. Fang.
The prince raised his eyelids and looked at Mr. Fang, not hiding his dissatisfaction with Mr. Fang’s insistence on holding Princess Zhenguo accountable: “Just when I entered the palace to report the good news to my father, Princess Zhenguo was in critical condition. Madam Qin asked the imperial physician to come to the prince’s residence. How can you expect Princess Zhenguo to confront you?! Didn’t you know that Quan Yu just summoned the imperial physician to rush to Princess Zhenguo’s residence? Mr. Fang… you are so old, why do you always pick on Princess Zhenguo, a child who is loyal to me and risked her life for me!”
Elder Fang heard the displeasure in the prince’s voice and knelt down and kowtowed: “Your Highness, please calm down. I… really didn’t know that the Princess Zhenguo was unwell!”
“Forget it! Your prejudice against the Princess Zhenguo has already penetrated deep into your bones! Someone…” The prince shouted, “Go! Tell Li Mingrui to come to the prince’s mansion immediately!”
Outside the main hall, the Prince’s personal guards responded and said yes.
The prince pinched his aching brows and felt that this day’s troubles would never end!
This King Liang is really good at finding trouble, just like the weeds in the corner, you can never step on them to death…
Li Mingrui is truly loyal to King Liang. Even after King Liang’s failed rebellion against the emperor, he still stayed with the king and devoted himself to serving him. The prince must not keep such a person around to cause trouble for himself!
After all, Li Mingrui is the son of the Left Prime Minister. Who knows whether the Left Prime Minister will side with King Liang in the future.
The prince was suddenly stunned, wondering if the left prime minister had already joined the Prince of Liang’s camp?
“Send someone to call Dali Temple Minister Lu Jin to me! He has to give me an explanation for the people he lost in the Dali Temple!” The prince’s face was solemn.
“Yes!” Ren Shijie hurriedly got up and went out to pass on the order.
“Take these three out for me! It makes me upset just looking at them!” The prince pointed at Wang Qiulu, the jailer and the Shuoyang gambler who were kneeling on the ground.
The Prince’s personal guards came in and took the three people away.
Only the prince and Mr. Fang were left in the main hall. Mr. Fang was still kneeling on the ground and had not gotten up yet. The prince felt helpless and said, “Alright, alright, you get up too!”
“Thank you, Your Highness!” Old Fang held on to a chair beside him and stood up tremblingly.
Seeing the loyal old man Fang, the prince softened his heart and said, “Old Fang, I’m not saying anything bad about you! Let’s not talk about the fact that the Zhenguo Princess is my savior, right now… Daliang is still at war! If you make the Zhenguo Princess angry, Bai Jinzhi will come back and fight you to the death even if she disobeys my orders. Do you believe it?”
Mr. Fang thought of Bai Jinzhi’s straightforward temper and nodded repeatedly: “Your Highness is right!”
The prince sighed, “With the Princess Zhenguo’s health, do you really need to be so defensive? I wonder if she can hold out until the end of this year! Even if the Princess Zhenguo is in good health, and you think she’s an eyesore and want to get rid of her, this is not the right time! Right now, Jin and Daliang are still at war, and it’s the time to count on the Bai family. Don’t say that the Princess Zhenguo is loyal to me! Even if the Princess Zhenguo has other intentions towards me, I can’t deal with her at this time, do you understand?!”
When Elder Fang heard this, he knelt down again and said, “I am ashamed of your highness’s trust. I…I just saw that your highness was increasingly trusting Princess Zhenguo, and I was afraid that your highness would be bewitched by Princess Zhenguo. To be honest with you, Crown Prince, I have always felt that Princess Zhenguo is not completely loyal to your highness.”
“Mr. Fang…” The prince suppressed the anger in his voice, “I am not a fool. How could I be played around by a woman?! Or in your heart, I am a fool?! You always keep biting the princess and it makes me very upset. Do you know that?”
“Prince, please forgive me!” Old Fang kowtowed quickly.
“Alright, alright! Stand up! Don’t kneel all the time!” The prince took a sip of the hot tea, “Don’t doubt Princess Zhenguo for everything in the future. I know you are so cautious about this matter for me. When Li Mingrui comes, we will know the truth by asking him. Of course…we can’t just listen to Li Mingrui’s one-sided words. We also need to hear what Princess Zhenguo says.”
“Your Highness, when I said I wanted Princess Zhenguo and Li Mingrui to confront each other together, it was not my intention to embarrass Princess Zhenguo. Li Mingrui and Princess Zhenguo are both eloquent people. Only when the two people confront each other face to face when they are completely unprepared can the truth be revealed! These are my sincere words… Please understand, Your Highness!” Old Fang kowtowed heavily.
The prince frowned and sat back in his chair. What Mr. Fang said seemed to make sense. Only when the two of them got together and confronted each other could they figure out who was responsible for this.
After all, Bai Qingyan was not completely without motive. Wang Jianghai used the jade pendant of Bai Qingyan’s fourth uncle Bai Qichuan to trick Bai Qingyan into the Dali Temple Prison in order to ask Bai Qingyan to save Wang Jianghai’s son Wang Qiulu.
The prince raised his hand and touched the corner of his lips: “But the princess is in such a state, it will be difficult to confront her!”
Just as Mr. Fang was about to say something, a young eunuch came in with small steps. He bowed to the Crown Prince and said, “Your Highness, the second sister of the Princess Zhenguo, Madam Qin, has brought people to seek an audience outside. The Crown Princess’s nanny and the imperial physician have also returned with them.”
The prince sat up straight: “Please come in!”
The young eunuch responded and left the main hall, going outside the door to greet Bai Jinxiu.
“You get up first!” The prince still wanted to save face for Mr. Fang.
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