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Her wishful thinking was wrong, the prince already knew about this. Master, just tell her that now that things have come to this, she has no choice but to let the lady go. "
Qiaochu blew a whistle, and the black bird that was circling in the room fluttered and flew to her hand. She stroked the bird's wings gently, thought for a while, and raised the corners of her lips.
Seeing her like this, the beauty became anxious, "Master, please don't scare me."
Qiaochu shook his head and said, "The prince already knows the secret. He himself will not tell Qiaomei. As for me, I must not tell her either."
The beauty was surprised, "What about the lady?"
"You are right. If I tell Qiaomei about this, she will have no choice but to let my mother go. After all, things have come to this point. However, my mother is safest in her hands now. Since she wants to use my mother to threaten me, she dare not do anything to my mother. In this way, my mother cannot return to the tribe for the time being. Once the war breaks out again, who can predict the situation of the tribe? Secondly, if Qiaomei knows that the secret is no longer kept, my beauty, what do you think she will do?"
The beauty frowned.
Qiaochu smiled bitterly and said, "She will make me try to leave Chaoge and prevent any chance of meeting the Crown Prince again."
The beauty was startled, lowered her head and thought for a moment, then said, "If that's the case. Master, what should we do now?"
"I'll let my eldest sister investigate and verify it first. If it was indeed Qiaomei who did it, she will definitely come to me soon, even if we had the wedding yesterday. We can't be impatient, we just have to wait. Right now, the problem of my mother's tribe is getting more difficult."
"Master, please forgive me for bringing up what the four said before. Do you think King Rui will help us?" The beauty said, lowering her voice slightly, "He doesn't seem to be sincere to you."
Qiaochu walked to the window and closed it.
"It's not as if, he really has no romantic feelings for me. Beauty, this is complicated. You don't know yet, the mother of Prince Rui and my mother are friends, but no one knows whether this friendship is enough for Prince Rui to send troops. Before coming to Chaoge, we thought that everything would be fine."
"But after these days' experiences, you can say that I am a mean person, but I guess that King Rui will not send troops." She smiled lightly, a little bitter, "Even if he had no intention of harming me at the beginning, the friendship between two mothers is still insignificant compared to the world. The kings are fighting, and whoever is distracted at this time will lose the initiative.
"To put it another way, even if Prince Rui is willing, he must get the military token again. How can we fight with only a hundred guards in the palace? But the military token is not easy to get. The crown prince and the other princes are all eyeing it."
The beauty hit the wall hard and said with a wry smile, "Is there really no other way?"
Qiaochu came back and tucked the quilt for the four men. "There are always a thousand solutions to a thousand problems. It just depends on whether we can do it."
"Prince Rui used me to make a move, so in the eyes of the emperor, he likes me. Is there any way to make Prince Rui send troops to prove that he really likes me? If he can get the military token, we might as well think about it."
The beauty was delighted, "Master, this method makes sense."
Qiaochu smiled bitterly and said, "The key point is that even if the emperor thinks he loves me, it is not too much to say that he does not love me enough to send troops. Unless we can think of a way to force him to send troops."
The beauty was silent for a long time before she whispered, "For example, he really fell in love with you."
Text 092: Truth cannot be hidden
Qiaochu was stunned for a while before he said, "He has left the house and will be back later. I will go find him to see his attitude towards this matter first, and then we can think of other ways."
The beauty hesitated, "Any other options?"
"Um."
"Master, isn't it good to let him fall in love with you, or are you still thinking about the prince?"
Kong Qiaochu was startled again. Since she entered the palace, she seemed to have never thought about the prince again. Even when she was having a relationship with Shangguan Jinghong, she never thought of him, not even Qin Ge.
The grief she felt when being pinned down by Shangguan Jinghong did not seem to be caused by the fact that the other person was not Qin Ge, but by Shangguan Jinghong's attitude towards her.
She was startled, took a deep breath, and beckoned the black bird to her shoulder, saying, "Take care of the four elder brothers. I will go back to my room to reply to my elder sister, and then think about how to tell Prince Rui about my mother."
Lady Pi nodded, and as she walked out of the door, she suddenly said, "Master, I have something to say, but I don't know if I should say it."
She turned back to look at the beauty, "You say."
"You seem to have changed. Before you met the Crown Prince and Prince Rui, you always kept your emotions to yourself and knew when to advance and when to retreat. But in recent days, you seem to have been avoiding something and only taking the initiative to advance when dealing with things. But after receiving the letter from Princess Qiaohan and listening to your analysis, I feel that your former master seems to have returned."
Finally, the beauty spread her hands and said with a smile: "Master, please forgive me. I don't know what I am saying."
"I know." Qiaochu nodded and left with a smile.
As she walked through the garden, she suddenly remembered what Qin Ge had said to her, which made her emotionally moved and mentally damaged.
Perhaps, after the pain of last night, and Qiaohan's letter, she felt a little more encouraged. What was to come would come, and she could only go on. She could only plan well.
Prince Xian’s Mansion, study.
"Master, you are here."
In the hall, Lang Linling was delighted and stood up.
Prince Rui glanced around and saw that Prime Minister Lang and General Lang were both in the hall. Even the Queen had secretly come out of the palace. Prince Xian was pacing back and forth in the hall in annoyance. Everyone had a solemn expression on their face.
He knew what was going on, but didn't say much. He greeted everyone first.
The virtuous king came forward and patted him on the shoulder. Then he walked to the door and told the housekeeper outside: "You take your men to guard outside the courtyard and don't let anyone in!"
The butler took the order and left, and the wise king quickly locked the door.
Although it was daytime and the sky had cleared up after the snow had stopped, the study was still dark. All the servants had already left the room.
The wise king walked back, glanced at him, and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
The Queen said, "Xian'er, Jinghong is your brother and Ling'er's husband, not an outsider. Is there anything you can't say? Bring out the matter and let Jinghong help you make a decision."
The virtuous king smiled bitterly, "Mother, I am not being distant with my eighth brother, but I just don't know how to start this conversation. After all, my eighth brother was injured because of me."
"Let me tell you," Lang Linling sighed and lowered his voice, "Sir, the assassination of the crown prince was ordered by my cousin."
She had actually heard about this from Prince Rui a long time ago. Of course, at this moment, both of them pretended to be ignorant. Prince Rui was shocked and lowered his voice, "Brother, Jinghong's injury is a small matter, but how could you be so confused! The crime of assassinating the crown prince is no small matter!"
Although he had just heard about it, Lang Xiang was still shocked and angry. He slammed the table and said angrily: "I have already told you that you must never think of assassinating the prince at any time. Look, now it's a disaster!"
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The queen glanced at her brother, and General Lang sighed and advised: "Father, don't be angry first. Didn't we come here this time to come up with an idea to help Xian'er?"
Recalling Prince Rui's plan to quell the rebellion, and the fact that he was now a favorite of the Emperor, everyone looked at Prince Rui.
Prince Rui didn't even sit down. He put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth in the hall for a few steps before looking at the queen and asking, "But your majesty has learned the news in the palace. What has your father found out?"
The Queen smiled bitterly and said, "Mo Cunfeng sent a message saying that Zong Pu is very capable and has found out the family details of one of the assassins. The Emperor has sent someone to bring his family here and they are on the way. The Emperor will go to the prison tonight to personally interrogate the assassin."
Lang Linling frowned and stood up. "This is a tricky situation. If the assassin is stubborn, even if he is restrained and cannot commit suicide for a while, he will be tortured to death. But if his family is involved, he will inevitably confess in a short time."
Although she knew about this in advance and her heart was with Prince Rui, she only hoped that he could achieve great things, but after all, they had been brothers and sisters for many years, so she was a little worried about Prince Xian at this moment.
Everyone looked at King Rui again, and King Xian said in a hoarse voice: "Eighth brother, do you have any suggestions?"
King Rui sighed, "Brother, as an assassin, only those who are alone and brave can be considered top-notch."
General Lang nodded slightly, "Eighth Master, this is absolutely true!"
He was one of the generals guarding the border. When Western Xia was in trouble, Dongling happened to be using troops in a neighboring small country. He and several other generals including General Qin were responsible for leading the troops to fight, and did not catch up with the Battle of Xianyang.
After winning the war against the small country and taking part of the land of the small country, he rushed back to Xianyang to help. But by then King Rui had already defeated Western Xia. His 100,000-man army was defeated by Western Xia's 150,000-man army. Although the forces were not much different, he still won with a smaller force.
When the general of the Later Qin Dynasty returned to the emperor to report the matter of the small country's ceding land, King Rui hurried back to Chaoge to watch the concubine selection competition. He still stayed in the border to guard Xianyang. When he asked some of the garrisons in Xianyang who had fought with King Rui, they all praised the young prince for his wisdom and strategy. At that time, he had already secretly admired King Rui. Now seeing that he was smart and steady, he couldn't help but like him even more.
The virtuous king became even more anxious, pressing the wise king's shoulder, "Eighth brother!"
King Rui narrowed his eyes and said, "Brother, there are three options for now."
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Text 093 The fourth method
"One, find out the escort route and kill the assassin's family on the way. Two, find a way to enter the prison and kill the assassin. Three, my eldest brother takes the initiative to plead guilty to the emperor and confess the matter."
"No, the third method is absolutely not possible!" The virtuous king and the queen immediately objected upon hearing this, and the virtuous king even raised his voice.
Lang Xiang sighed and said slowly: "I agree."
"Father, if Xian'er admits to the emperor that she murdered the prince, there will be no hope for him to succeed the throne. The emperor hates fratricide the most." The queen said with a wry smile.
Kong Langxiang sneered, "Empress, your father only knows that he can be exempted from guilt by confessing his guilt. Do you know that if the Pope personally confirms this, even if he considers the relationship between father and son and can be exempted from the death penalty, he will not be able to escape this life sentence!"
The Queen was so angry that she almost crushed the teacup in her hand. But she didn't dare to contradict her father, so she looked at General Lang again. The virtuous king clenched his fist and said in a deep voice: "I think the first method mentioned by my eighth brother is the best. I have also thought about the first two methods."
General Lang looked at Prince Rui and said, "Since it was the Eighth Master who proposed this, what does the Eighth Master think?"
Prince Pirui bowed and said in a gentle voice, "Jinghong was terrified and had been thinking about telling the Prime Minister and the General that since you two gentlemen call your elder brother by his first name, why don't you also call me Jinghong? Since Jinghong is married to Linling, he will also be a junior of the Prime Minister and the General."
Lang Linling felt sweet in her heart, and Lang Xiang's anger subsided a little. General Lang smiled and nodded.
The virtuous king knew that the wise king had come to his rescue, and nodded to him.
Lang Linling walked to the side of Lang Xiang and said with a smile: "Okay, Grandpa, don't be angry. You'll get sick from being angry. Ling'er can't bear it."
Lang Xiang patted his granddaughter's hand and said, "You are so considerate, little granddaughter."
Lang Linling smiled and said, "Dad, don't ask me what I think about my cousin's matter first. Ask me what you think."
General Lang tapped the table with his hand and said, "Xian'er is right. In fact, the first method is the best. However, Jinghong also listed the last two methods because the first method is not easy to do."
King Rui nodded, "General, what you said is absolutely right."
He looked at the virtuous king again, but the latter showed a look of disapproval. He said in a deep voice, "Uncle, Eighth Brother, what do you mean by that? It's still early. Mother will go back to the palace and ask Mo Cunfeng to try to get information from Father. Grandfather will go to the Dali Temple and talk to Zong Pu. As long as one of them can find out the route, it will be easy."
General Lang frowned, and King Rui walked up to King Xian and said, "Brother, although this first method is good, I'm afraid it's too late."