Volume III-22 The Conspiracy Behind the Conspiracy (Part II)
The Conspiracy Behind the Conspiracy (Medium)
In addition to this couple, the prince also invited several brothers from the Tang family, who were all famous talents in Beijing and people who knew music and rhythm. After the people arrived, the prince moved out what he knew.
Lord Shiping has been a widow for a long time. At the beginning of the new widowhood, the mother of the fifth prince often visited her for unknown reasons. Maybe it's because of the loneliness in the palace, she just went to chat. Since then, Shi Ping has also often visited the palace to visit the mother concubine of the five princes. Although these are seemingly ordinary household chores, because the people in charge are extraordinary, they attracted the attention of the prince's subordinates very early, and they installed people into Shiping's mansion very early. In the past few days, because of the appearance of the nine-tailed fox and the poisoning of Lian'er, it has suddenly become very extraordinary, which has made more people pay attention to Shi Ping. In fact, the nine-tailed fox entered Beijing this time, and it was premeditated, and they knew it for a long time. It's just that I didn't fully understand their plan, and I didn't expect that the conspiracy would be launched with Lian'er as an introduction. Before she was poisoned, the prince's people had received the news, but because he was not in the capital, his subordinates did not know what to do, so they could only write back to him and wait for his instructions. However, things went so fast that before the prince could receive the letter, she was poisoned. When she was poisoned, they flew pigeons again to pass the news to the prince, who was still in Poyang, farther away than Xinjie, but he set out as soon as he received the first letter, and returned to the capital almost at the same time as Xinjie. In fact, before leaving, the prince had already sent a message to the capital's subordinates, asking them to ensure her safety as much as possible. So last night, around Aokien, in addition to watching the excitement, the prince's people have been on guard all around. If they didn't recognize Xinjie himself, how could they let him quietly return to the mansion.
The prince's tone became more and more solemn in the narrative: "Actually, judging from the various information I know so far, I really can't determine what their real purpose is. So today, I'm going to invite you brothers, and let's take a closer look. In this way, we can have a defense. Let's come back to Shi Ping, originally the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, but now that it has happened, I think we should let you know all about it, so that we can better analyze it. If you want to say that my cousin, the person she liked since she was a child is actually the fifth brother Yiheng. This is something that many of our brothers know. Shi Ping's father, my second uncle, Prince Ji, originally wanted to fulfill this family business. But the fifth brother has a perverse and lustful temperament, which everyone knows, Shi Ping is his only daughter, and he also needs to recruit a son-in-law, so he finally decided to give Shi Ping to Liu Yong of the Hanlin Academy. Liu Yong is not only a decent and talented person, but the only deficiency is that he was born in a poor family, and his family has no support.
Although Yi Heng has a relationship with Shi Ping, he is also a person in the east and west of the Ming Dynasty, since he has already obtained Shi Ping's people, and his father has also arranged a beautiful princess for him, so as for who Shi Ping is allowed to match, he doesn't care. Soon after Shi Ping got married, my second uncle passed away, Shi Ping had been pampered since childhood, and without a father, Liu Yong, who was from a humble background, could not govern her at all. Although Shi Ping was angry with Yi Heng at the beginning, he still got mixed up with him again.
Yi Heng is a person who has no character, and Shi Ping also knows it, so he must have been thinking about how to restrain him from that time. Finding the secret recipe boudoir cheats and something like that, led her to the nine-tailed fox. This fox is really not simple, in addition to maneuvering between several Mongolian princes with ease, in the past two years, she has also made many princes and ministers in the capital become her guests. Her foothold in the capital is Shiping's mansion. It is said that she taught Shi Ping that for a person like Yi Heng, she can't keep it alone, not to mention that there are so many concubines in his own mansion. can only let Yi Heng get happiness that he doesn't have elsewhere in Shiping Mansion, so that he can often linger. Her methods really worked, so that Yi Heng would really spend some time in Shiping Mansion sometimes, although it was not much, once every ten days and a half months, but it was still a big improvement compared to the past when Yi Heng only appeared for more than half a year.
Liu Yong can't fight Shi Ping, but he often scolds her. One day, when Yi Heng went to Shiping Mansion, he happened to hear it. Yi Heng asked his subordinates to strip Liu Yong naked and tie him to a chair, forcing him to have sex with a servant woman. Maybe it was Shi Ping who did something in the tea that day, Lao Wu obviously couldn't control himself, while watching the good show he made, he actually had a relationship with Shi Ping in front of Liu Yong and his subordinates, Liu Yong vomited blood and fainted and never woke up, and the post-mortem report of the imperial doctor said that he died of hemoptysis. Shi Ping asked people to make a detailed record of the scene, and asked all the subordinates present to sign and draw a charge, proving that it was the fifth mastermind, who killed Liu Yong and became a lever to blackmail him. Shi Ping and Yi Heng are in love, but the nine-tailed fox helps her, obviously not as simple as getting some honorarium.
Although the fifth child is distracted, he is never confused in business. Ning Er knew very well when she was in the palace, Yi Heng was shrewd and capable in government affairs, and in the past few years, he has managed the water power of Henan Province in the Ministry of Industry, and has made outstanding achievements. It's not that my father doesn't know about him and Shi Ping, but my father and his old man have always thought that this is the right of a royal man, and it is also a manifestation of energy, so even if someone reports to him that the fifth child is not, his old man will turn a blind eye. To tell the truth, if it weren't for the Queen Mother's insistence on establishing the main family, this crown prince position would not necessarily be mine. Ning'er knows my brothers very well. Although Yixiang is domineering, he is ruthless on the surface. And he was the crown prince at the time, although he hurt you back then, so that you had to flee outside the palace, but if he was really scheming, neither you nor I were his opponents back then, maybe not only you couldn't escape him, but I couldn't escape either.
Yi Heng is not only scheming deeper than Yi Xiang, but also has a force behind it that we have not yet investigated. Maybe this royal brother is not really as lustful as he seems in secret. When everyone was studying in the south study, although he was ridiculous, if you think about it carefully, there may be traces to be found.
After Ning'er returned to Beijing, he appeared again and again, so that there was always a rumor in the capital that the five princes loved Ning'er. He looked lustful and reckless on the surface, and even challenged the Tang Sect to show that he had no scheming and didn't care about his reputation, and he also used this to tell the public that he didn't care about the big position. And yet..."
At this point, the prince paused and looked at Lian'er with deep eyebrows.
She immediately understood why he was so weird today, why he sent the bamboo root cup, and why he unveiled the relationship at her husband's place. If you don't put these details of the past in front of you, it may be difficult for the brothers here to understand the various potential conspiracies. He put their past in front of Xinjie and his brothers, and also avoided Yi Heng and them from using their suspicions to create chaos. She also quickly figured out that the real purpose of the Nine-Tailed Fox and Yi Heng this time was very likely to be the position of the prince.
"Xinjie, we are brothers, maybe I should have made it clear to you when you brought Ning'er back to me, but I think it's not too late to say it. When I was in the palace, I was very young, ignorant, and repeatedly plotted, if it weren't for Ning'er, maybe I wouldn't be alive today, and that feeling of sharing hardships and hardships is not something that others can replace. But no matter what, please believe that there is innocence between me and Ning'er. Although I was full of attachment to her, in her heart, she always regarded me as a brother whom she was ordered to protect. At that time, I swore that as long as I had the ability, I would protect Ning'er for the rest of my life. So Ning'er, when I fought with Yixiang, maybe I wasn't really brave. It was because you couldn't hold your breath that you were almost executed, and you had to go to the Taoist temple. Since then, I have lost my Ning Er forever. Xinye, I also want to really thank you for saving Ning'er. When I received the will of the crown prince, I thought that if Ning'er was still there, I would have enough power to protect her.
When I saw her again in Yuehuaxuan that day, I was extremely excited, and before that, I really thought that Ning'er was dead. Although she treated me lightly, I still thought that my Ning Er was back. I cared about every strand of her hair, every gesture, everything. I soon found out that Ning'er's vision of Xinjie was so different. She had never looked at me in such eyes. Especially on the day of the opening of the Aoki Tea House, she was dealing with a bunch of wives, and when she saw Xinjie walk in, I saw with my own eyes that her face was suddenly full of brilliance, and I understood that Xinjie was her only choice. Xinjie, I can say all this today, not only because I don't want you to misunderstand, but also because in my heart, the past Ning'er is in the past, and now there is only one Lian'er who is a relative like my own sister. I believe that I am not the only one here today who has this idea. Lian'er couldn't help but smile in her heart, Yiyi has really grown up and become mature and sophisticated. Just this last sentence resolved the crisis that might arise between him and Xinjie, and pulled Xintian and Xinye who were sitting under his alliance, and also invisibly limited them, so that they had no wrong thoughts.
The prince suddenly laughed: "Xinjie, maybe among us, you are really the luckiest one. You must cherish it. Xinjie picked up the cup in front of him in a dashing manner, signaled to him, and expressed his commitment.
After that, everyone was silent, until a moment later, the prince looked at Xinjie again, "On your way back from Jiangnan, did anyone leave you in trouble?" ”