noffsinger Chapter 51 Cannon Fodder Princess vs Handsome Young General 06
Chapter 51 Cannon Fodder Princess vs Handsome Young General 06
"In the beginning, she wanted to marry you, even though she knew you didn't like her and was just using her to trip up the prince, she still did it. Now my sister loves the man from the Rong family, and in order to pave the way for him, she is not hesitating to use this method that will hurt herself by a thousand and hurt you by eight hundred."
Ji Yu pointed at the table with his index finger, hinting at something.
"They will be husband and wife in the future, and they will rise and fall together."
"You were also married to her."
After saying this, the Third Prince picked up the teacup again and took a small sip.
Lin Huaicong thought deeply, people only thought that the princess was overbearing and forced others, she was like that in the past, and now General Rong is like that too.
In this case, everyone will only feel sorry for the young general. If he really becomes a royal consort and cannot take up an official post, everyone will feel unfair. If Rong Sheng'an is really needed to go to the battlefield, I'm afraid everyone will agree, as it is what the people want.
Lin Huai never made unnecessary guesses and immediately concluded that this was something Yueying could do. After all, after the divorce, he had sent people to monitor Yueying in order to monitor the prince. He knew that she had taken a miracle doctor as her master and that she had resolved the refugee migration plague a few years ago. She even had the title of little miracle doctor now.
Later he realized that the tens of thousands of refugees he had taken in were able to survive because of his ex-wife.
However, because the princess seldom returned to the capital, and had little contact with the prince, and had no interactions with the ministers, all news about her was later kept secret by his own hands.
But now, Lin Huaicong was also thinking. She was paving the way for Rong Sheng'an. If the military power was used by the prince, it would be the biggest stumbling block for the third prince to ascend to the throne.
"What do you think, Your Highness?"
"Doesn't the royal sister always like to travel? It's normal for her to accidentally fall into the mountains."
Because of Lin Huaicong's intelligence network, the third prince always thought that Yueying was traveling around all year round.
"After all, the princess is a royal daughter, and she has not had any affair with the crown prince or the court officials..."
"Huai Cong. Are you in love with the emperor's sister?"
Ji Yu narrowed his eyes and interrupted Lin Huaicong.
"No, I just think that since the princess and General Rong love each other, whether the princess lives or dies will not be affected by General Rong's preference. If we attack the princess, it would only cause more trouble if we find a handle on him."
"What you said makes some sense, but this reminds me, what if something happens to the princess in the Prime Minister's Mansion..."
Lin Huai's heart skipped a beat. Knowing that he had no reason to refuse, he nodded.
After returning to the Lin Mansion, Lin Huai was in a daze and walked to the main courtyard with something on his mind.
After the princess moved out, the main courtyard was left unused. He laid out simple bedding and a few sets of clothes in it. Occasionally, when he felt upset, he would come and sleep there.
Although Shen Qin gave birth to a child, a girl, Lin Huai had thoroughly investigated the backyard since the princess left, and had a new understanding of his cousin and mother, which made him reluctant to get close to his cousin again.
As a self-proclaimed upright person, he could not tolerate his cousin's hypocrisy and viciousness, especially since he was unwilling to believe that many evil things were done by his mother. In his heart, he was more inclined to blame the evil on his cousin's instigation.
Lying on the bed with his clothes on, he began to think about what the Third Prince had asked him to do today. After the divorce, after checking the inner house, he also checked the things in the palace. Lin Huai had never thought that many of the things he misunderstood could be found out by just asking anyone in the palace.
Yueying is the sixth princess. She was given a title at birth because of the emperor's favor. At that time, she also violated the ancestral system and issued a general amnesty. In contrast, the seventh princess was born on the same day a year later. Because her mother's family status was low, although her mother was favored for a while, she was later forgotten in the corner. Therefore, she always liked to compete with Yueying.
The seventh princess had a gloomy temperament and often abused and killed animals and palace maids. Later, she was imprisoned in the cold palace by the emperor.
Once, Yueying couldn't bear to visit the Seventh Princess, but was restrained by her. The maid ran out to ask for help. Chen Ye, the prince of Chen, was a cousin of Yueying, so he was pulled by the maid to save her. The Seventh Princess burned the cold palace and wanted to die with Yueying. Chen Ye had his leg broken by a beam while saving Yueying.
As he thought about it, Lin Huaicong discovered that tears were sliding from the corners of his eyes to his temples.
After finding out about these things, Lin Huaicong thought many times that if he had asked more questions at the time, their relationship would not have ended up like this.
I heard from the palace maids around the Empress Dowager that when the marriage was arranged, Yueying didn't know that he was engaged. It was because the Empress Dowager felt sorry for her granddaughter that she investigated the Lin family and then sent a nanny to ask Madam Lin to cancel the engagement.
When the epidemic was rampant among the refugees, he had seen from afar that white figure tirelessly shuttling among a group of ragged patients. There was even one time when she collapsed from the illness, and he helped her find medicine.
He didn't want to, nor did he want to disrespect her. If he really hurt the princess...
Lin Huai sat up suddenly, changed his clothes, went out through a small door, and knocked on the door of Prince Yu's Mansion under the cover of night.
"Minister Lin, if I report what you said to the emperor, you will know that it is a serious crime that will confiscate your property and execute your entire clan."
Although Rong Sheng'an had not deliberately inquired about Yueying's marriage in the past few years, he had heard a lot about what the Lin family had done recently. He also needed to distinguish the truth from the falsehood of what Lin Huai had said today.
"I dare not speak directly to the princess and the prince. Prince Yu's Mansion has always been neutral. The general has been away from battle for many years and has not taken sides. Now the princess and the general are also... in love with each other."
Lin Huaicong always felt that he was inferior to Rong Shengan in his eyes.
"Why do you think I would let Yueying take risks instead of avoiding them?"
"If it's a deliberate frame-up, avoiding it once is useless. If it happens once, there will be a second time."
Lin Huacong looked at Rong Shengan very firmly.
"Then why don't you change your master and follow the prince?"
"It has been many years. I can't get away from my affairs for a while."
"Isn't it because of the relationship with the princess?"
"The princess is a very good woman. I was blind at the time. However, with my understanding of her now, the princess will not hold a grudge against me because of the hurt she caused me in the past."
Lin Huai's face showed a more thoughtful seriousness, and Rong Sheng'an nodded.
"After the divorce, you understand her better. Don't worry, I will be well prepared. You... also need to protect yourself."
"Then I'll take my leave first."
Many civil and military officials attended the birthday banquet for the old lady in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Yueying didn't need to come, but the Crown Prince and Rong Sheng'an were coming, so she came as well.
Thinking back to the original text, the original owner should have been so ill that he could hardly get out of bed, so he naturally did not show up at the old lady's birthday party.
However, it is true that something happened at the birthday banquet, and it seemed that it was planned by the Third Prince. One of his trusted subordinates ruined the innocence of the Prime Minister's daughter.
The old prime minister had no sons, only a legitimate daughter and a concubine's daughter. The legitimate daughter followed the third prince's confidant. He originally sided with the crown prince, but had to change direction and join the third prince's party.
"Those who use force and drugs to harm others will have their entire family killed."
At the banquet, Yueying focused her attention on the prime minister's two daughters, especially the movements of the eldest daughter, and silently muttered to herself.
"Princess, what's wrong with my granddaughter?"
Yueying forgot that she was a princess and that when she came to visit a minister's home, most of the female guests would surely be concerned about her behavior.
She smiled.
"I just think that the legitimate daughter and the concubine's daughter look strangely different. They are not like many sisters, but they have some similarities."
Anyway, whether they look alike or not is a matter of opinion among different people. If I say they don't look alike, then they don't look alike. I'm just looking for an excuse to stare at them.
The old lady smiled, waved her hand, and pulled the two granddaughters below to her side.
"Princess, you have good eyesight. Many people can't tell that they are not sisters. My second daughter is the child of a distant relative. Her parents are both dead. She has been playing with the eldest daughter since she was a child. They are very close. The clan rules are strict, so it is not easy to recognize her as a legitimate daughter, so she was listed as a concubine's daughter in the family tree."
"Oh, no wonder they don't look alike at all."
Haha, Yueying didn't expect that she just told a lie and exposed other people's privacy.
She thought about it and took off the two hairpins on her head. Coincidentally, for the sake of her look today, she wore two identical gold hairpins made of South Pearls.
"Come on, this is a perfect match. I hope you two sisters will always support each other for a long time."
"Thank you for the reward, Princess."
Yueying knew that the prime minister only loved one daughter, so she stopped looking after the second young lady and only stared at the legitimate daughter from time to time.
The banquet was halfway through, and theoretically, someone of the princess' status should have left soon.
Suddenly, a little maidservant accidentally knocked over the tea, spilling it all over Yueying's skirt. Yueying looked up at the little maidservant. The maidservant said nothing, but just kowtowed her head loudly.
"Get up, or you'll hit your head and become stupid."
The little girl raised her head without saying a word, her little face full of tears.
"You can't speak?"
The maid nodded.
"It's okay, just be more careful next time."
Yueying stood up, shook her skirt, and looked like she was going to change her clothes.
"Old lady, is there a guest room where I can change clothes?"
"Princess, it's not far from here, Madam Lu, please show the way to the princess."
Yueying walked around the coffee table and took two steps when she suddenly felt the corner of her skirt being pulled. She turned around and saw that the mute little maid immediately let go of her hand, then glanced at Yueying, lowered her head and shook it slightly.
Yueying pondered and looked at the prime minister's daughter sitting there safely. Could it be that the drugging plot has come to her?
She was not afraid that anything would happen to herself, but she was afraid that if she left, something would happen to the prime minister's daughter without anyone to take care of her.
Nanny Lu took Yueying to the guest room to change clothes, then closed the door and left.
Before Doukou got the spare clothes, Yueying started to check if there were any incense or drugs in the room. Sure enough, the incense burner beside the bed contained drugs.
Yueying took a heart-clearing pill and smiled, it was all child's play.
"Ying'er."
Rong Shengan suddenly climbed in from the rear window, called her softly, and made a gesture to be quiet.
"How did you come?"
Yueying asked in a breathy voice.
Just as Rong Sheng'an was about to speak, he heard a noise at the door. Holding Yueying's slender waist, the two of them hid behind the screen.
The door opened, and two men carried a handsome man who was walking unsteadily. After putting him on the bed, they tiptoed away.
Rong Sheng'an picked up the man on the bed and threw him out of the back window. Yueying was a little confused and asked him in a low voice.
"who is this?"
"The Prime Minister's only son, an illegitimate child."
"They want me to follow him? This drug isn't enough."
"What drug?"
Uh, Yueying noticed that Rong Shengan's face was a little red at this time, so she took out a Qingxin Pill, but did not give it to him immediately. Instead, she spoke to him in a teasing tone.
"Are you feeling hot and uncomfortable right now, little brother? Here, the incense at the bedside is a powerful aphrodisiac."
Rong Shengan quickly took out the dagger from his arms and pretended to stab himself.
Yueying quickly pressed down his hand and whispered.
"I have the antidote."
Then he stuffed the Qingxin Pill into Rong Shengan's mouth. After leaning against the wall and resting for a few breaths, Rong Shengan slowly regained his composure.
"Don't you realize I'm fine? Why are you drawing your sword so easily?"
"I'm afraid it'll be too late, I won't be able to control it, and ruin your reputation. By the way, how do you have the antidote?"
"I'll tell you when I get back."
Two people climbed out from the back window, and then two more people were carried into the house. After a while, strange noises came from the house.
Yueying followed Rong Shengan to the next room and saw Doukou who was knocked unconscious and clean clothes. Yueying quickly changed clothes and woke Doukou up.
After finishing the tidying up, I sat in the house waiting for someone to come.
Soon, the sound of hustle and bustle was heard. Yueying stood up and pulled Doukou who was still teasing the bird.
"Stop playing, go watch the fun."
next door.
The door was kicked open and it was wide open. Looking inside, the disheveled man who was dressing hastily was the third prince. The other person... who else could it be but Shen Qin?
Who did this? Yueying thought about Rong Shengan's behavior just now. It was obvious that he knew something and was playing along with the woman. He probably knew that he almost died of illness at the hands of that woman, but this was too much of a slap in Lin Huaicong's face.
Except for the Third Prince, all those present here are the women from various mansions. Women are very gossipy and it will probably spread all over the capital by tomorrow.
Just as he was thinking about it, the prince, the prime minister, Rong Sheng'an and others rushed over, and the most important thing was that Lin Huaicong also came.
Yueying couldn't control her expression anymore and had to pinch herself.
When the Third Prince saw Yueying, who was neatly dressed, standing at the door, and Lin Huaicong, who looked pale, he wanted to chop the two of them to death with a knife.
The prime minister frowned. After all, it was his mother's birthday party, and the third prince actually did such a dirty thing in the prime minister's mansion, completely disregarding him.
The prince remained calm and asked about the identity of the person involved.
"Minister Lin, I am sorry for what happened to you. I will write down the whole story and report it to my father when I get back."
"Thank you... Your Highness."
Lin Huaicong uttered a few words with difficulty, his eyes full of sadness.
Yueying didn't know that Lin Huaicong had long disliked Shen Qin, and she thought that he was sad for Shen Qin. After all, if a scandal like this happened, if the person involved was not a royal family, someone would definitely die.
"I hope that all the ladies know what to say and what to forget about what happened today. I don't want anyone to tell you about what happened today. Do you understand?"
In order to maintain the royal dignity, the prince coldly warned those present.
"Yes."