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He was only twenty-one or twenty-two years old, still young. If he couldn't handle this human relationship well, he might create a rift with Queen Lang and her son, or cause King Xian to become suspicious of him - thinking that he was going to defect to the Crown Prince or take over the power of the Lang family for himself. If he wanted to get help from Prime Minister Lang and General Lang in the future, it would be a big trouble if Queen Lang and her son interfered.
Even though she hoped that Prince Rui would take control of the power of the Lang family as soon as possible, she couldn't rush it now. She could only do it after Prince Xian realized that he had no hope and had completely given up.
She was getting anxious, but Prince Rui patted her palm gently and said, "Prince, Brother, there is someone Jinghong wants to introduce you to."
Everyone was suspicious, and the virtuous king frowned and said coldly, "Let him in." He then asked the concubine to go into the inner hall first.
Prince Rui glanced at Lao Tie, and Lao Tie, who was accompanying him, immediately went out.
When the newcomer appeared in front of everyone, everyone was surprised.
This person turned out to be the Chief Justice of Dali Temple, Zong Pu.
Zong Pu greeted everyone and said, "Tonight, I have only one purpose for this trip, which is to report to the old prime minister and the wise king about what will happen after the assassination case is finalized."
The wise king's face changed.
Zong Pu observed the words and said calmly, "Don't worry, my virtuous king. It is my duty to know the whole story of the assassination. The emperor intends to keep it secret to preserve your reputation. Not many people in the court know about this matter."
Lang Xiang frowned and said, "Master Zong said that we should tell you what to do after the case is decided. I don't know what you mean by that."
Zong Pu sighed slightly, lowered his voice a bit, and then said: "After the assassination case was decided, the crown prince asked me to explain the law to the emperor and sentenced the virtuous prince to death. As the Dali Temple official, I cannot be partial when judging the case, but the case has been decided and the emperor has made the judgment. Zong and the Eighth Master have some friendship in private. Knowing that the Rui prince and the Lang concubine are getting married, the Rui prince and the virtuous prince are even closer."
"So he suppressed the matter and informed the Eighth Master. The Eighth Master was very anxious and went to the Crown Prince to ask for help. The Crown Prince knew that the Emperor valued the Eighth Master more and more recently and might give him the post of military supervisor for hunting. So he offered this to the Eighth Master in exchange. If the Emperor really gave the post of military supervisor to the Eighth Master, and the Eighth Master could give up the post, then he would not pursue the matter any further."
After he finished speaking, he clasped his fists and said, "Eighth Master, although you and I have a little ties, I have come here today to clarify what I did for you, and this is my bottom line. You must not help me again. My adoptive father is the uncle of Ninth Master. Although I do not form cliques for personal gain, I must remember the friendship. Old Prime Minister, Wise King, Zong Pu bids farewell."
After Zong Pu left, the Queen walked out from the inner room and said through gritted teeth, "Shangguan Jinghao is so vicious!"
Lang Xiang sighed and said, "Zong Pu is ruthless and always abides by the law. Although he is Xia Haibing's adopted son, I heard that he never helped King Xia. That's why the emperor appointed him to the important position of Dali Temple despite his young age. What he said sounds true. It's hard for Jing Hong to help him."
The virtuous king walked up to the wise king and said with a wry smile, "Eighth brother, I apologize to you."
King Rui waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother, please don't blame me for being a troublemaker."
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Lang Linling was surprised and delighted. She knew that being the military supervisor was a good opportunity to establish prestige. Prince Rui must have some ulterior motive in giving this important position to the crown prince. On the way here, she asked him about it. He doted on her and did not hide it. He said he had other plans and would tell her the whole story later. She knew that it was inconvenient for her to be outside the palace at this time, so she did not ask any more questions.
But he had told her long ago that he wanted to give the post of military supervisor to someone other than the wise king. She liked his trust in her, and was surprised that he could ask Zong Pu to be the lobbyist. The more she felt that she had married the right person. One day, the Crown Princess and the beautiful woman were all passing clouds, and she was the most luxurious woman in Dongling.
At this time, the virtuous prince pressed the wise prince's shoulder heavily and said, "Eighth brother, since you have confided in me, I will not hide anything from you. Didn't Shangguan Jinghao come up with new evidence to make it impossible for me to turn over in the assassination case? This time, I will kill him!"
"If he dies, no one will slander me to my father and harm me. You are favored by the emperor. With you, grandfather and uncle to help me, I will have no worries about returning to the court!"
Prince Rui's eyes flickered slightly, but his face was startled. He said in surprise: "Brother, are you trying to take advantage of the hunting opportunity to assassinate my second brother again?"
The virtuous king smiled coldly and said word by word: "Yes, I will make sure he dies this time! This is a great opportunity. The Prince's Mansion is heavily guarded, and there are also Prince's Guards stationed in the suburbs. I can't do anything to him, but on the way to hunt-"
Lang Xiang slammed the table, stood up in a rage, pointed at the virtuous king, "You beast, you dare to do such a bold thing again! If you fail this time, you will only die, and the emperor will never give you any chance to survive."
The Queen smiled bitterly, walked in front of the Prime Minister, and slowly knelt down, "Father, I beg you, if Xian'er doesn't take this gamble, her hope of returning to the court will be slim, wouldn't that be worse than death? Besides, when the prince ascends the throne in the future, Xian'er will definitely die, and there will be no chance for my Lang family to gain a foothold."
Lang Xiang laughed loudly, and after a while, he said, "Don't we still have Jinghong? If Xian'er has no chance to ascend the throne, we can help Jinghong. Jinghong is Xian'er's brother, and also a member of my Lang family—"
"Grandfather, you're crazy!" Prince Xian interrupted Prime Minister fiercely, his eyes holding a hint of coldness, "Eighth brother has no desire to fight for power, let alone the talent to become emperor." He paused and glanced at Prince Rui vigilantly.
"I am willing to help you achieve your goal for generations to come."
Prince Rui was leaning forward slightly as he reported. He couldn't see Prince Rui's expression, but his words sounded gentle, respectful and calm.
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Text 124 A double agent
The virtuous king was relieved and looked at the prime minister again, "If your grandfather does not agree, you can report it to your father. Since I will die anyway, I will kill myself in front of you now!"
Lang Xiang laughed a low, hoarse, decadent laugh, and was so angry that his whole body trembled. "Okay, okay, since you don't care about the consequences and are willing to give it a try, I will help you! The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. If you succeed, the Lang family will be honored by you, the wise king. If you fail, the emperor will settle accounts with you, and the Lang family will die with you."
He fell back into his chair, and after a while, he looked at King Rui and said with a wry smile: "Jinghong, why don't you try to persuade your elder brother?"
Prince Rui smiled softly, somewhat helplessly, "Prime Minister, how can I persuade Jinghong?"
Koulang Linling suddenly felt a sense of fear trembling in his heart.
There was a faint smile in the eyes of King Rui. When she looked at him, he did not avoid her. She thought that he loved her and trusted her, so he did not hide it. She suddenly understood some of King Rui's thoughts.
He actually wanted the virtuous king to completely instigate a rebellion. If the virtuous king succeeded, he could get rid of the crown prince, but with the crown prince's intelligence, this was unlikely; if the virtuous king failed, he would have no choice but to die. Even if the emperor spared him again, Lang Xiang and Lang Jiangjun would have been completely disappointed in him.
Xiao told her that the emperor wanted him to use the power of the Lang family to assist the prince in ascending the throne and restrain the prince from killing his brothers. Therefore, even if the plan failed, the emperor would not hold the Lang family accountable, and he would be the new core of the Lang family.
After weighing the pros and cons of closeness to the king, she struggled slightly in her heart, and her guilt towards the wise king eventually disappeared.
Of course, Lang Linling didn't know at this time that it was Prince Rui who produced new evidence in the assassination case, which aroused all the anger of Prince Xian towards the prince, and it was Prince Rui who personally instigated Prince Xian to rebel.
At this time, she remained silent. The virtuous king patted the wise king heavily and suddenly said with a smile: "Grandfather, eighth brother, do you think that I will definitely fail? Just now, eighth brother introduced someone to me. Now I will introduce someone to you as well."
As he spoke, he clapped his hands vigorously. The steward outside the hall door nodded and left. After a while, he brought back a young man in blue clothes wearing a straw hat. The young man stood at the door and did not come in.
Lang Linling was puzzled, but saw the virtuous king smiling slightly and waving his hand, and the young man reached out and took off his hat. She was immediately shocked, because the man was actually Fang Jing, the prince's companion and the chief clerk of the Dali Temple.
The Empress seemed to have known about it for a long time and there was nothing unusual about it. The Prime Minister was also greatly shocked. However, Prince Rui was always calm and there was no surprise in his eyes. However, his eyes were slightly narrowed, as if he was also a little surprised to see Fang Jing here.
Fang Jing bowed slightly to everyone and soon disappeared.
Before leaving, he seemed to glance at her lightly, but it seemed that it was just her illusion.
The virtuous king smiled faintly, "Why, Grandfather, Eighth Brother, Ling'er didn't expect that Fang Jing is my man."
She was the first to express her doubts, "Cousin, Fang Jing has been with the prince since he was a child. Can he be trusted?"
The wise king stopped smiling and walked slowly in the room with his hands behind his back.
"Don't forget that people are greedy for power! There is also Wang Mang beside the prince. Fang Jing is as talented as Wang Mang, but Wang Mang has the Wang family behind him. Compared with him, Fang Jing is inevitably inferior. And when the new emperor ascends the throne in the future, there will only be one prime minister, the highest position in the civil service. If he helps me, I will give him a position that is second only to him and above ten thousand people. Isn't that better? Besides, when I accepted him, I fed him the foreign poison. Only I have the antidote for this poison."
After hearing this, Lang Linling felt relieved; on the other side, Lang Xiang was still worried about the second assassination attempt.
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At this time, Prince Rui said calmly, "Jinghong is not talented, but he might as well guess what big brother's intention is. Big brother was angry with Jinghong just now, not only because he thought Jinghong was going to defect to second brother, but also because if Jinghong got the position of military supervisor, it would be much easier for big brother to carry out the assassination plan. After all, Jinghong is only responsible for assisting. The final decision on the arrangement of the carriages and how the army will protect the father and the masters lies in the hands of second brother."
After Prince Rui mentioned this, Lang Linling suddenly realized that when the emperor, the prince and important people in the palace traveled, in order to prevent assassination and ensure safety, only the military supervisor knew all the arrangements of the carriages, and others, even Prince Rui who was responsible for assisting, might not know. In other words, among these many carriages, which one sat the emperor and which one sat the prince, only the prince knew.
But it would be different if Prince Rui came to supervise the army. He could tell Prince Xian which car the crown prince was in. Once the target was clear, Prince Xian could send people to lock on and kill him, and he would most likely succeed.
She immediately understood why the King of Rui had turned down the post of military supervisor, so that the King of Xian would not be able to get information from him. He seemed to have guessed that the King of Xian would assassinate the prince again. If he became the military supervisor but refused to tell the King of Xian about the prince's carriage, it would undoubtedly be a loss for the King of Xian.
If he told, it would be fine if the virtuous prince failed, but it would be troublesome if he succeeded. The emperor loved the prince more than his life, so how could he not investigate afterwards! If any clues were found, even if the virtuous prince succeeded in killing the prince, he would still not escape the blame, and the Rui prince would also be held accountable! Because the prince was killed so easily, the Rui prince was the military supervisor, and the Rui prince was on good terms with the virtuous prince, so everyone thought that it must have been the Rui prince who leaked the news.
Although her husband only guessed the king's intention at this time, he had actually weighed all the pros and cons in his heart.
She secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although they had not set out yet, it was already so dangerous! Every step could not be wrong. Otherwise, this cousin would implicate them!
"Yes, Eighth Brother is smart." The wise king clapped his hands gently.
Prince Rui's tone suddenly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice, "So, big brother, you want Fang Jing to steal the route and carriage map of the second brother for you?"
The virtuous king nodded, his eyes flashing with enthusiasm, "We will set off tomorrow. The round-trip route map must have been produced. It's a pity that you are not the military supervisor, but it doesn't matter. As long as Fang Jing steals the map, I can arrange for someone to assassinate him on the way back."
"No! Big brother, ask Fang Jing to cancel the mission immediately. Second brother will definitely keep this map safe. You will only expose him. Fang Jing will die! Second brother will also be prepared. Once he takes precautions, your plan will be completely ruined!"
The virtuous king's eyes glowed red as he laughed loudly: "Even if Fang Jing is dead, even if Shangguan Jinghao is on guard, this assassination of me is still inevitable!"
Everyone only saw King Rui's eyes change color, and he ordered sternly: "Uncle Tie, cut off the square mirror immediately."
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