The third prince rode the fifth princess to the Taoist temple in the middle of the mountain outside the city. He wanted to stop several times along the way to have a good talk with the fifth princess, but the fifth princess refused because he wanted to hurry up. It wasn't until the fifth princess arrived at the Seven Star Temple and saw people moving in that she got out of the car and said goodbye to the third prince.
With tears in his eyes, the third prince said in a low voice, "Sister, I am the one who is incompetent..."
The fifth princess shook her head: "No, I did it myself, brother, don't blame yourself."
The third prince wanted to say some comforting words, but he couldn't make a sentence several times.
The fifth princess was very calm and said: "There is nothing wrong here." She inexplicably remembered Shen Wen's words, smiled and said: "At least, the air is fresh."
The third prince choked up and said, "I will come to see you..."
The fifth princess shook her head and said, "No, the mountain road is remote, and I don't want my brother to come here often." What should I do if I am ambushed? Then, she solemnly saluted the third prince: "Brother, go back, I will pray for him."
The third prince didn't move, the fifth princess turned around first, and walked into the Guanmen step by step.
Seeing the closing of the observation door, the third prince stood there feeling empty. He failed the most important women in his life: he failed to protect his mother, the woman he hoped to marry was besieged by refugees in broad daylight, and now, his only sister in this world was at her most beautiful age , leaving home sadly...
The third prince's throat was cut like a knife, making him unable to breathe. He really couldn't avoid it, and fate forced him to the path he least wanted to choose. If he didn't take this path, Miss Shen would have no place to belong, and the fifth princess would die...
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Although Mrs. Li heard Zhang Yunjin say that the fifth princess was going to become a monk, she didn't take it seriously. Knowing that the fifth princess had really become a monk, the emperor even gave her the name "Jing Xin", and wiped away tears: "This silly boy... this silly boy..."
Obviously, the emperor said that the fifth princess had a heart to belong to, so he let her purify her heart. Knowing that the fifth princess is sincere to her eldest son, Mrs. Li feels distressed and happy: Now, this debt of love is owed, and the eldest son can't let her down.
Marquis Pingyuan heard about it, so he ordered: "Find an unrelated farmer, and send rice, grains, vegetables, and Taoist clothes for the four seasons to the Seven Star Temple outside the city every month. Privately, it is for the five princesses, and I will go there every few days. Check to see if it's at the fifth princess's place. If someone is greedy, deal with it!" Zhang's daughter-in-law, how can she be wronged? Isn't the eldest son in a hurry to come back? It's nothing to become a monk, it's just a matter of a few years, and then you have to marry the fifth princess in a grand manner.
The fourth prince was emotional for a long time when he knew that the fifth princess had become a monk. He didn't expect that the fifth princess, who was usually so soft, could be so stubborn. The people in the Zhenbeihou's Mansion did nothing about it. From the side, the other party didn't think it was a problem at all!
The happiest in the palace is the fifth princess who became a monk and the fourth princess—what I didn’t get, you didn’t get either! It is a hard job to become a monk. If you stay in the green light, and the years are wasted, your end will be nothing more than this!
Ever since she knew that the Marquis of Pingyuan was attacked and that the fifth princess would never be able to marry Mr. Zhang, she felt a lot less honest.
As time passed, the grief and indignation when the mother just passed away disappeared a lot, and the fourth princess didn't want to make peace so much anymore. She didn't dare to talk to the prince directly, so she wanted to find a way to go down. The third prince in the palace ignored her at all. She felt that the fourth prince was a weakling and could use him. The fourth prince usually walks around the palace, and it is easy to block him, so the fourth princess "met" the fourth prince on the road.
Seeing the palace chariot of the fourth princess stopping beside him, the fourth prince still felt guilty, saying that he had indirectly plotted against his half-sibling. In this regard, the fourth prince can't let himself go. Therefore, when the fourth princess arrogantly said in the car: "How is the fourth prince?" The fourth prince immediately said: "It's okay." He took the initiative to say: "Si Huangmei, if you can, don't make peace with Fan. Beirong is a land of barbarians. Who can take pity on a girl who marries to that kind of place? Going three thousand miles, alone, in case What happened, who can help? Huo Luo is a reckless person, he will never be nice to others! Please think about it, Si Huangmei."
This time, when the fourth princess heard these words, she felt that they were particularly pleasant to her ears. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Father has issued the letter of credence now, what does the fourth prince want from me?"
Only then did the fourth prince realize that the fourth princess might want to use himself as a weapon, and he obviously shouldn't say anything, but the fourth prince was driven by an inexplicable force, and reluctantly said: "The fourth prince can become a monk first like the fifth prince. Avoid the limelight." The Tubo people who were going to Hefan in the previous dynasty just chased after the temple to see Princess Taiping really became a monk, so they gave up.
The fourth princess snorted: "Brother Sihuang, really, isn't this disregarding the orders of the emperor?"
The fourth prince didn't dare to speak anymore, the fourth princess was already satisfied with what she wanted to hear, so she stopped mocking the fourth prince and let the palace chariot start.
When the fourth princess changed her mind, it was also when the third prince was negotiating with the emperor, and he was about to leave the palace and live in another residence after his twenty-year-old crown ceremony.
The third prince will soon be twenty years old this year, and he will have a coming-of-age ceremony, entering the year of the weak crown, and he will be regarded as an official adult. An adult prince should leave the palace and enshrine the king. If you live in the capital, you have to set up another government office, and you can recruit your own subordinates.
In the past, the third prince has been entangled in wanting the emperor to marry Shen Xiang first, and then ask for other things. But now, he couldn't wait any longer. He wished he could move out of the palace immediately and start planning how to strengthen himself.
The emperor was originally annoyed because the fifth princess became a monk, but when he saw the third prince come to see him to discuss matters about leaving the palace, he felt even more unhappy—one or two, do they just want to leave the palace like that? !
"Are you planning to move out of the palace immediately after the crowning ceremony?" the emperor asked with a cold face.
"That's right, father." The third prince also had a straight face, without the warmth of a family member.
"Do you have a favorite mansion in Beijing?" the emperor asked.
"It's all up to the emperor's arrangement, I don't care." The third prince said coldly.
The emperor was so suffocated that he asked angrily, "You don't care whether you are crowned king or not? Seal the border?"
The third prince was also angry, and said dully: "Then the father has to make the decision? What's the use if I don't care?"
The corners of the emperor's mouth drooped, his temples ached, and he said bluntly: "Since you don't care about being crowned king and gaining feudal lands, then I will ask someone to give you a house in Beijing."
The third prince saluted and said, "Thank you, father." Before the emperor could wave his hand, he withdrew.
The emperor frowned, looking at the back of the third prince. once Upon a time…
The emperor shook his head, feeling a dull pain in his chest again. He didn't want to think about those anymore, and said to Eunuch Sun: "Find someone in the capital..." He originally wanted to say "it's not very good", but suddenly remembered the big trouble the prince had caused him, and he would provoke him if he had nothing to do. After leaving Pingyuanhou, he teased a wolf that was pretending to be sleeping, and he had to be careful in the future... Then he became angry again, and changed his words: "Give him the mansion that makes sense!"
Eunuch Sun quickly agreed.
In a few days, the crowning ceremony of the third prince was held in the palace, and the emperor bestowed the word "sincerity".
Most people in the capital had never seen the third prince's coronation ceremony, but the lively scene of the third prince moving into the mansion was seen by all the people in the capital.
The third prince's mansion is not far from Mingjing Lake in the city, the location is excellent, surrounded by wealthy and noble relatives. The courtyard is spacious, the trees are flourishing, a section of water flows through the garden, and the scenery is excellent. Inside, there are complete pavilions, towers and pavilions, which is not much worse than that of the First Prince's residence.
Many people took this as an attitude of the emperor and came to congratulate the third prince on his housewarming.
So, for five days in a row, the eunuchs and maids in the palace moved back and forth, and Shen Zhuo, the third son of Marquis of Zhenbei, brought hundreds of guards to visit the place every day. The Marquis of Pingyuan also sent many servants to help clean and arrange the house. Young Master Ye of Ye Zhongshu, friends who have been with the third prince in the past, and some disciples of Mrs. Jian, who are considered to be the same teachers as the third prince, also take turns to join in the fun. Even the fourth prince in the palace is also limping legs, walked the garden all over with envy. Everyone ate, drank, talked and laughed, the third prince hadn't been this happy for several years, and got drunk every day...
That night, Shen Zhuo and Young Master Ye carried the Third Prince to the dormitory again. Shen Zhuo smiled and said, "It's been a few days? You're so drunk every day, you're almost an alcoholic."
The third prince waved his hands and said, "I won't... I won't go back to the palace!"
Shen Zhuo said: "If you don't go back to the palace, this is your residence."
The third prince turned his head to look at Shen Zhuo, and said with a big tongue: "I want... I want to go to your mansion!"
Young Master Ye looked left and right, and said anxiously to Shen Zhuo: "Hurry up, hurry up! Don't let him talk nonsense here!"
The two quickened their pace, dragged the third prince into the bedroom, and carried him to the bed. The third prince grabbed Shen Zhuo's arm and said, "You... are you Shen San?"
Shen Zhuo smiled helplessly: "Yes! Are you dizzy?"
Young Master Ye asked the people around him to go down, and while pouring tea for the third prince, he said: "It seems that this wine really can't be drunk, he is obviously more confused than before! He hasn't been so out of tune a few days ago..."
Shen Zhuo also sighed: "Indeed, he drank more and more..."
The third prince stubbornly said to Shen Zhuo: "I... I want to be your third brother!"
Shen Zhuo knew that he couldn't reason with drunk people, so he could only nod his head and say, "Okay, you can be the third brother..."
The third prince shook his head in confusion again: "No... can't..."
Young Master Ye said: "Of course not! You are the prince, wouldn't it be messed up if you were his third brother?"
The third prince said to Shen Zhuo in a daze: "I want to be your brother-in-law!"
Mr. Ye was about to sit down at the table, but when he heard this, he immediately jumped up to close the window and door, then turned to Shen Zhuo and said, "Give him some tea to sober up!"
Shen Zhuo picked up the teacup on the table and went to pour the third prince: "Drink some tea!"
The third prince shook his head to avoid the teacup: "I don't drink tea! I want to drink!"
Mr. Ye came over to help hold the third prince's shoulder: "What kind of wine do you drink?! If you drink any more, you will become stupid!"
The third prince burst into tears: "I'm going to be stupid... I don't want to understand things..."
Young Master Ye and Shen Zhuo looked at each other, Young Master Ye said in a low voice, "He must not be allowed to drink in the future!"
Shen Zhuo also nodded, and persuaded the third prince, "Drinking tea can also make you stupid..."
The third prince shook his head: "I don't want to be a bad person... I really don't want to... It's very bitter, my heart will be very bitter..."
Shen Zhuo nodded again: "No way! Come on, drink the tea!"
The third prince looked at Shen Zhuo: "If you drink it, you won't be a bad person?"
Shen Zhuo said firmly: "If you drink it, you won't be a bad guy!"
The third prince drank the tea in one gulp, then took a long breath of comfort, closed his eyes and said: "It's not right..." He fell asleep with a whimper.
Shen Zhuo and Young Master Ye took off the third prince's boots, covered him with a brocade quilt, and then went out, letting the eunuch servant outside go in to tidy up. The two silently bid farewell to each other in front of the gate of the mansion, Shen Zhuo returned to the Zhenbeihou Mansion, and Young Master Ye returned to his own home.
Although Mr. Ye was a little drunk, he didn't sleep for a long time at night. When he got up the next day, he went to find his father Ye Zhongshu, and said to his father, "Father, I want to be the third prince's assistant." He used to associate with the third prince, and even helped the third prince draft suggestions in private, all without telling his father , afraid that his father would say that he was causing trouble. But now, if he wants to openly serve as an aide, he needs to get his father's approval, and he can't make his own decisions.
Ye Zhongshu was almost fifty years old, his face was fair and clean, and he was very particular about his clothes. The collar, cuffs, shoes and socks had to match in color. The official position is just a false title, and most of them are raised at home. The Ye family has a library, which prints some poems, songs, and classics. Old official Ye is considered semi-retired. When he is in the mood, he reads books, and when he is not, he feeds the goldfish in the tank at home.
After listening to Mr. Ye's words, he asked, "Why do you want to be his aide?"
Young Master Ye sighed: "I just think he's stupid and want to help him."
Ye Zhongshu couldn't help laughing: "Where is the royal family stupid? Is he really stupid?"
Mr. Ye said firmly: "He is really stupid. When he said he didn't want to be a bad person, he meant he wanted to be a good person."
After saying this, Ye Zhongshu frowned and remained silent for a long time. Mr. Ye didn't say a word, he also knew that this matter was not a joke, if it is not done well, at least Yemen will never have a bright future, and at worst...
Ye Zhongshu finally nodded and said, "Go."
Young Master Ye was a little uncertain, and asked Ye Zhongshu, "What does daddy think?"
Ye Zhongshu sighed slightly: "Han Xin received the kindness of a meal and returned it with a thousand pieces of gold. Now my family and even our family can survive the famine year because they listened to the third prince and bought a lot of food at a low price. Otherwise With the current high food prices, my scholarly family has always been poorly managed, and the library is useless in the disaster year. I am afraid that I will not be able to eat three meals a long time ago, and I will lose my face. How can I enjoy peace? Have you not seen that the Changle Hou Mansion has dispersed its servants? , the whole family went to the countryside, and we have to work hard to make a living. We have received favors from others, and we have to repay them.”
Mr. Ye said in his heart that when he was on the mountain at that time, he heard the second son Shen tell the third prince that he wanted to make suggestions to store grain. That was not what the third prince wanted, but now his father has allowed his request because of this, so don't make extra troubles to deny him. What's more, it was indeed the third prince who made suggestions at the court, and then everyone knew about it, so he smiled and said to Ye Zhongshu: "Father, so the third prince did not only favor my family. At that time, there was a lot of trouble over whether to store grain. There was an uproar, how many people heard the news and bought grain, and are now free from famine."
Ye Zhongshu nodded and said, "Yi Yun, a family that accumulates good will have lingering celebrations, and a family that has accumulated evil will have lingering misfortunes. The secrets of the Book of Changes, which describe the mysteries of the universe, are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. But they understand this truth so clearly. Come, it is enough to see that the rewards of good and evil are the laws of heaven, and there will never be failures. He has lived countless lives, and he deserves good rewards."
Mr. Ye said again: "Besides, I think the third son Shen of Zhenbeihou's mansion and the third prince are close friends. It seems that the third prince's intention to marry Miss Shen is true."
Ye Zhongshu was a little restless, and said to Mr. Ye: "Don't talk about this casually."
Young Master Ye hurriedly said: "Of course, this is just talking to Dad."
Two days later, Young Master Ye went to look for the Third Prince, and told the Third Prince that if the Third Prince stopped drinking, he would serve as the Third Prince's assistant. The third prince was surprised: "Are you drunk or am I drunk?"
Young Master Ye said confidently: "Of course I'm drunk, you should hurry up and agree before I'm sober!"
The third prince was a little worried: "Then why don't you tell me after you go back and sober up?"
Young Master Ye was angry: "You are so stupid! I have been pointing you for so many years in vain!" He and the third prince have known each other since they were young. He always took the third prince to eat, drink and have fun in the capital.
The third prince was a little embarrassed: "Brother Ye is very kind to me, I just don't want to hurt you."
Young Master Ye said helplessly: "Well, it's okay if I want to implicate you?"
The third prince was happy: "This is really great! The Marquis of Pingyuan sent five hundred taels of gold that day, and I was worried that I had no place to put it. You can take it..."
Young Master Ye looked up at the sky: "It's a good thing I'm here! Otherwise, what would I do if I was taken advantage of?"
Shen Wen was also surprised for a long time when he heard from Shen Zhuo that after the third prince opened the mansion less than ten days ago, Mr. Ye became the first staff member. Young Master Ye did not come into people's sight at all in his previous life. At that time, the third prince moved out of the palace. The mansion was very ordinary, and he did not celebrate in such a ostentatious way. These things have never happened in previous lives. Shen Wen has completely given up trying to grasp the details now, she just wants to keep a firm grip on Beirong's invasion, and she really can't cover everything else.
But she was still suspicious, and asked Shen Zhuo, "Isn't this Mr. Ye the prince's man?"
Shen Zhuo shook his head again and again: "No, no! He has always relied on no one in the capital, and I heard from my second brother that when he asked the third prince to buy food last time, Mr. Ye was by his side, and he helped the third prince. There have never been rumors outside the organization that it was the second brother who asked the third prince to buy food."
Shen Wen also recalled that at the Wanhua Building, Mr. Ye accompanied the third prince to watch the Wanhua Dance. The third prince was about to leave when he received the note, but Mr. Ye stopped him and asked him to watch the song and dance first. ... From this point of view, this young master Ye has a sincere heart for the third prince.
Shen Wen nodded and said, "Then you should cooperate with him more."
Shen Zhuo made a fool of himself: "Of course, we are on a boat of thieves."
Shen Wen waved his hands: "Don't say it so badly."
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The prince angrily took the case again: "I already knew that he was pregnant with wolf ambitions! Look, as soon as you go out and open the mansion, you will have a staff! Ye is a clean stream in the capital! He will go to seek fame immediately!"
An aide whispered: "There is something more serious than this. Someone saw the housewarming ceremony presented by the servant of Marquis Pingyuan, which looked like gold..."
The prince slapped the table harder: "He is so rampant!"
Another person stepped forward and said: "The news from the Hou's residence is that the second daughter of the Marquis of Pingyuan will probably marry the third son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, and the two families have sent matchmakers to each other..."
The prince gritted his teeth: "Are they so blatant?! Father just taught Marquis Pingyuan a lesson! Do they have to steal their house to be honest?! Tell father this! I don't believe father can make them happy!"
Seeing the prince's face was flushed, the staff persuaded: "These things don't hurt His Highness at all. After all, the third prince has not officially entered the government yet..."
The prince said angrily: "What?! Isn't that too bad?! You still want him to be in charge of the government?! They are all idiots! Besides talking nonsense, can you come up with some good ideas?"
Everyone was afraid, and an aide said: "The drought is serious now, the prince can speak to the emperor and reduce the number of officials..."
The prince frowned: "Won't this offend many people?"
Another staff member agreed with this suggestion, saying: "Who will make the cuts? Naturally, it is the officials of the Ministry of Accounting. At the beginning, Lu Taifu was the first to attack the Ministry of Accounting and put our people in it. Over the years, we have been in the Ministry of Accounting. With a firm foothold, you can manage money and food, and you can mobilize personnel. Streamlining, you can take this opportunity to lay off those who don't agree with the prince!"
The prince thought for a while, nodded and said: "Go draw up a chapter, and I will hand it to the emperor tomorrow."
Seeing that the crown prince adopted the suggestion, the atmosphere became more relaxed, and everyone said a few more words, the crown prince waved them back, and all the staff left one after another.
Because of the suggestion just now, the prince can not only cater to the emperor's current mood in dealing with the disaster year, but also be powerful to himself, and feel that his mood has improved slightly. But deep down, he still felt flustered. The shadow of the third prince is always swaying in front of his eyes, he really wants to get rid of this person who bothers him! But now it is different. The last time he provoked Marquis Pingyuan, most of his subordinates lost. Now the Third Prince is surrounded by Marquis of Zhenbei, and Marquis of Pingyuan actually gave him gold! What if the opponent misses with a backhand
When he was in a state of confusion, people reported that the fourth princess had arrived.
The prince let the fourth princess in, and the fourth princess saluted. Seeing that the prince looked wrong, she hesitated and didn't know how to speak.
Seeing that the fourth princess hesitated, the prince frowned and said, "I heard that Huo Luo will be here soon. You often come to sit around these days... When he comes, you will get married..." He sighed, a little sad.
The fourth princess felt uncomfortable, so she plucked up her courage and said: "Brother, I... Brother Sihuang said... I shouldn't be with Fan... I also... don't want to be with Fan..."
The prince has been hit repeatedly this day, and now it happened again, his jaw half dropped in shock: "What did you say?! What does this have to do with the fourth prince?! What is he talking about?!"
The fourth princess didn't want to face the prince, turned her body slightly, and whispered: "He... he said that I... went to Beirong alone... not good... and that person in Huo Luo... was very rough..."
The prince scolded: "He knows nothing! He is a cripple, so he knows how to curry favor with the third prince! Now Huo Luo is coming, who will you let if you don't go with Fan?!"
The fourth princess said: "Brother Sihuang said... I can also become a monk... If it is not possible, you can find someone to replace me!"
The prince raised his hand and tried his best to control himself so as not to slap the fourth princess on the ground. He took a few deep breaths and said to the people around him, "Stand back!"
Everyone saw the gloomy expression on the prince's face, and wanted to avoid it quickly. Hearing what he said, they all stepped out of the door. Only the prince and the fourth princess were left in the room.
The prince gritted his teeth and asked: "Who do you think can replace you? Who can persuade Huo Luo to cooperate with us and cut off the Shen family army?!"
The fourth princess avoided the prince's eyes a little bit: "Must... must you cut off the Shen family army?"
The prince looked at the fourth princess angrily: "Woman! You can't compare to one tenth of your mother! It's useless!"
The fourth princess had tears in her eyes, and she said angrily, "If mother was here, she would never let me and Fan!"
The prince said viciously: "Mother is gone! Dead! Do you remember what you and I said when mother died?! How long has it been? You forgot?!"
The fourth princess is about to cry. She is in a different position from the prince. After all, isn't a woman just marrying someone? Hearing that Huo Luo was on his way, she was really timid at the thought of marrying a Beirong man.
The fourth princess raised her eyes to look at the prince, and looked at the prince pitifully: "Brother prince, I'm a little... afraid... I don't want to marry Bei Rong..."
The prince hates iron but steel: "What are you afraid of?! Where is your usual arrogance? From childhood to adulthood, what have you been afraid of?! Now is the time for you to avenge your mother, why are you afraid?!"
The fourth princess suddenly understood in her heart: It turned out that she was able to be so unrestrained and arrogant because of her mother and the prince's brother. But his mother died, and once he went to Beirong alone, without the protection of his brother, he would lose confidence.
Seeing that the fourth princess hadn't agreed, the prince said angrily, "The letter of credence has been published, and if you don't marry, what will the father think of you? How do you think of me?"
The fourth princess swallowed her saliva and whispered, "Brother Sihuang said..."
The prince interrupted: "Don't mention him! He is with the third prince! He said that for a purpose! Don't be fooled by him!"
Seeing that the fourth princess was stubbornly silent, the prince changed his strategy and asked in a low voice: "Do you know what the housewarming gift that Marquis Pingyuan gave to the third prince is?"
The fourth princess asked: "What is it?"
The prince said through his teeth: "It's gold! Gold!"
The fourth princess was surprised: "They are really rich!"
The prince was angry: "It's not about being rich! It's why they gave the third prince gold?! Ah?! Why do you say?!"
The fourth princess thought about it: "Buying furniture or something..."
The prince interrupted: "Stupid! They gave the third prince gold, so he can hire staff and insightful people to help him make achievements in the court and win the favor of the emperor!"
The fourth princess said with some pride: "Brother Prince, no matter how capable he is, you are the Prince!"
The prince sneered: "The Marquis of Zhenbei has 200,000 soldiers in his hand, and his sons are all close friends with the third prince. How long do you think I can be a prince?"
The fourth princess shook her head and said, "No matter how much they don't like you, they can't rebel! You will be the emperor in the future, so you can control them!"
The prince laughed wildly: "You are so stupid! I now understand what my mother said, how many times did the prince..."
The fourth princess still didn't believe it: "I think they definitely wouldn't dare."
Seeing that the fourth princess was stubborn, the prince had no choice but to change his method: "Don't dare? How did you lose your face?! Second Miss Shen! How did you lose your body?! Third Shen and Mr. Zhang! That's what they did, Why don't you dare? Look, who else can you marry in the capital?!"
These words really hit the fourth princess' deathbed, she said again with tears: "Brother Prince, you have to avenge me!"
The prince grinned grimly at the fourth princess: "How can I avenge you? They have no soldiers or generals, and they killed all the people who went to rob Mrs. Pingyuan Hou's business! Kill them! They dare to kill my men, but you say they dare Don't dare to kill me? Kill you?!"
The fourth princess finally had the violent temperament of the past, and she gritted her teeth tightly.
The prince lowered his voice: "Have you forgotten what I told you?!... You must unite with Bei Rong... If you marry Huo Luo, Huo Luo will be able to cooperate with me. Our relationship with Bei Rong is justified, and we have a greater chance of winning! "
The fourth princess frowned: "If I get married, what should I do if he doesn't want to help you?"
The prince looked around, and said in a very low voice: "Tell him, I will allow him half of the country!" This is a tone he has never revealed before. If it weren't for the fourth princess, he would not have entrusted such important information. .
Although the fourth princess is a woman raised in the deep palace, she was shocked when she heard this, and looked at the prince with wide eyes: "Then... then... the capital is just..."
The crown prince shook his head and said: "It's just a word of mouth, how easy is that? Shen's army is 200,000, and Tugu Khan's is only 200,000. The two sides are evenly matched, and Zhenbei Hou will definitely fight to the end. In the end, both sides will suffer. It's a draw. After shaking hands at that time, the Shen family's army has been eliminated, and the third prince has no backer, so everything will be easy."
The tears in the eyes of the fourth princess dried up slowly, and with straight eyes, she whispered: "If I go and tell him that, maybe we don't need to get married..."
The prince said impatiently: "You are empty talker, if you don't get married, how can you make him trust you?! If you stay, who can you marry? Do you want to be a concubine for your uncle's youngest son?! Their family is no longer in the capital! Go to the countryside to be a farmer!"
The fourth princess looked at the prince desperately, and said in a trembling voice: "I... Let's make peace..." After finishing speaking, the fourth princess didn't want to cry in front of the prince, so she got up and ran away.
The prince was very anxious because of the sudden change of the fourth princess. The third prince originally had military generals to help him, but now he has the power of civil servants! Although Ye Zhongshu and Old Master Jian are not well-known under the sect, this can be regarded as a remarkable start! Now that his mother is gone, he can't win alone, and he can't win without the help of Beirong. Isn't it annoying that the fourth princess says she won't marry at this time? ! But having said that, if the fourth princess does not marry suddenly, Bei Rong will definitely be angered. They may attack immediately, and they will definitely deal a blow to the Shen family's army... However, they probably won't destroy the Shen family's army. It is better to have the fourth princess to make contact there People, it is safe to reach a cooperation with Bei Rong... The fourth princess should marry...
The fourth prince actually sowed discord behind his back! This sinister villain! He was with the third prince, if he objected, he must have seen that the fourth princess and Fan would be detrimental to the third prince! Absolutely can't forgive him...
A burst of fragrance came, accompanied by a soft voice "His Royal Highness..." The prince raised his head and saw the side concubine Liu whom he had loved in the past, her clothes were half-faded to her shoulders, her hair was loosely tied in a bun, her eyebrows and eyes were exquisitely drawn, Holding the tea tray, she stood slightly sideways by the door, looking at him from the corner of her eyes. The eunuch on one side looked terrified, probably because he was afraid of the crown prince's scolding because he didn't stop Concubine Liu.
There was a period of time in the past, the prince felt that Concubine Liu was charming and plump, very tasteful. Later, Concubine Liu became pregnant, and naturally she had a miscarriage soon. Concubine Liu, who has always been very scheming, was not immune to the common customs, and resorted to the usual methods of those girls in the backyard: crying and making noise at him, accusing the princess of viciousness, and begging him to call the shots. But Lu's support in the court is indispensable, and he can't do anything to the princess. Facing Concubine Liu's noise, he felt incompetent and upset, and soon left Concubine Liu in the cold.
Concubine Liu hadn't slowed down for a year or two, and when she regained her spirits, the prince felt that she was no longer as lively as before, and looked much older. The prince couldn't care less.
The prince sat without moving. What the crown prince wants now, if it is not Chu Rong who makes him feel warm, is a girl of sixteen or seventeen, full of youthful vigor, not a pretentious half-old mistress like Concubine Liu. Just twenty one or two years old.
As soon as the crown prince frowned, Concubine Liu turned around and said softly with tears in her eyes: "Your Highness, although this concubine is not beautiful, but this concubine has been taking care of her body in the past two years, her body is healthy, and she wholeheartedly wants to give birth to a child for Your Highness. "
One word touched the prince's heart. For more than a year, no one in the backyard has been pregnant. The newcomer may be like the princess, who is not easy to conceive, but the woman who has had a child before must have no problem. If she becomes pregnant again, she must be well protected and the princess should not interfere.
As soon as the crown prince showed hesitation, Concubine Liu walked up to the prince with light lotus steps, put down the tea tray, and knelt beside the prince's knee. She intentionally sent one of her white shoulders in front of the prince, put one hand lightly on the prince's thigh, and gently stroked the prince's chest with the other hand, whispering: "My grandmother, all four babies are boys, my mother, the front Both are also boys. I also want to give birth to your Highness... a little boy..." She elongated her tone slightly.
These words finally caused the prince to stretch out his hand, and grabbed the shoulder in front of him...
At the beginning of summer, Huo Luo, the second prince of Beirong, led a wedding team to the capital.