Chapter 63 A Plot to Kill Two Birds with One Stone

Liu Feng knelt on the ground, his ebony pupils filled with determination.

"Liu Feng did it willingly. He would be willing to die to avenge his parents and brothers, let alone this body."

Your Highness, Liu Feng has been waiting for this day for two years. Liu Feng has been dieting every day, not daring to make his body strong, and taking medicine with every meal, just to keep his waist flexible and his figure beautiful.

Today, Liu Feng will expose the Third Prince's true colors before everyone, revealing to the world his crimes of murder, robbery, abduction of children, and persecution.

Pei Yuan nodded, "Okay, everything will proceed as planned."

Sun Yan entered through the door, holding a letter in his hand, his expression solemn.

“Your Highness, the Third Prince did not return to his room. I saw him go to Lord Shen’s room, so I brought Liu Feng’s letter back.”

Pei Yuan's expression suddenly turned cold, and the teacup he was holding shattered in two.

It's Chen Chu again!

His original plan was to have Liu Feng invite the Third Prince to a meeting by letter, and then intentionally lure him in. The Third Prince had been coveting Liu Feng for a long time and would surely make a move.

He will then have His Majesty and all the civil and military officials personally arrest him, and then Liu Feng will kneel before His Majesty and plead his innocence.

Even if His Majesty intended to show favoritism, he had no choice but to order a thorough investigation in front of all the civil and military officials.

But now all of these plans have been ruined by Shen Chu.

Liu Feng was filled with resentment. "Is this the opportunity we've been waiting for? In the past two years, who knows how many young men the Third Prince has persecuted behind the scenes, and how many families have been ruined and destroyed?"

Are we just going to stand by and watch him continue to live a carefree life?

Sun Yan, holding his sword, said, "How about I have the Flying Eagle Guards bring the Third Prince here?"

Pei Yuan frowned. "No, if Father Emperor discovers that the Flying Eagle Guards are involved, he will not easily touch the Third Prince."

Although the Flying Eagle Guards were under his control and could arrest any official without reporting, this did not include princes.

This was the Emperor's way of protecting him from using the Flying Eagle Guard to get involved in the power struggles between the princes.

All matters concerning the princes must be decided by the emperor himself.

Otherwise, the rumors of the Third Prince's homosexuality would have circulated for a long time, but the Emperor pretended not to know, precisely because the Third Prince was Prince Heng's most powerful right-hand man.

Over the years, Prince Heng and the Crown Prince have been rivals, maintaining a balance of power.

The Emperor was unwilling to disrupt this balance, and Prince Heng had handled the Third Prince's disgusting deeds so thoroughly that no concrete evidence could be found.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have let Liu Feng take the risk himself.

"You all wait here, I will go and see for myself."

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Chen Chu was halfway through changing her clothes when she heard the door behind her creak open.

She was startled and quickly grabbed a red jacket from the side and put it on.

Just as she was putting it on, someone rushed up from behind and hugged her tightly.

"Hehe, it seems that I, the prince, have arrived at just the right time."

Accompanied by the nauseating scent of ambergris, a warm breath fell on the back of her neck, and a large hand directly opened her clothes.

Startled, Chen Chu grabbed the large hand, leaned her shoulder slightly forward, and executed an over-the-shoulder throw.

The third prince was slammed to the ground.

Her expression turned slightly angry. "What is the Third Prince doing?"

The third prince leaped to his feet, his expression showing no anger, but rather even greater excitement.

"I didn't expect Lord Shen to be so wild. Hehe, if you're tired of those refined and gentle types, you'd prefer something more exciting."

He rubbed his hands together, his gaze towards Shen Chu filled with undisguised lust.

Shen Chu was disgusted.

Unexpectedly, the handsome and dashing Third Prince was actually a homosexual.

She took two steps back, quickly fastened her belt, and looked at the Third Prince with a wary expression.

"Your Majesty, I have no particular hobbies. If you continue like this, I will have to call for help."

"Your Majesty personally selected me as the top scholar. If people were to see the Third Prince being humiliated like this, wouldn't it be bad for his reputation?"

The Third Prince, far from being afraid, walked over with great interest upon hearing this.

"Young Master Shen, playing hard to get gets boring after a while?"

You wrote me love poems to invite me out, weren't you hoping I would favor you?

Now that I, the prince, have arrived, you can stop putting on airs.

There's still an hour before Father arrives, plenty of time for the two of us to have some fun.

As he spoke, he impatiently unbuckled his belt, his eyes gleaming with intense desire.

Shen Chu dodged to the side, avoiding the Third Prince's outstretched hand.

"What love poem? Your humble servant has never written a love poem for the Third Prince."

The third prince frowned, not believing him at all.

"Chen Chu, is it no fun for you to play these tricks on me? You said you wanted to spend your nights with me in the boudoir, enjoying the warmth of spring and the sounds of revelry, but now you're pretending to be reserved."

"Heh heh, it seems this prince needs to teach you a lesson. When you're beneath me, let's see if you'll admit to writing that poem."

He paid no heed to Shen Chu's defense and pounced on her again, laughing as he did so.

"Don't worry, if you please me, I'll deliberately lose to you during the dragon boat race later, because I love you."

In this way, you can also gain favor with Li Chengxuan.

However, now that you belong to this prince, you should still keep your distance from Li Chengxuan.

He confidently gave his instructions and reached out to take Chen Chu's hand.

Shen Chu took a step back and leaned against the wall, quickly calculating a solution in his mind.

With all the civil and military officials present, if she were to openly injure the Third Prince, she feared he would turn around and bite her.

It seems the only option is to use medication.

Unfortunately, all she had on her today was sleeping potion; it was uncertain whether she could succeed on her first try.

Just then, a commotion suddenly broke out outside.

"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress."

"I have heard that someone is indulging in debauchery here in broad daylight. Break down the door and drag the person out for me."

Shen Chu's expression changed slightly.

The Third Prince's face turned even uglier, and he lowered his voice angrily, "Chen Chu, how dare you scheme against me?"

You deliberately wrote love poems to lure this prince here, just so the Empress would catch you in the act of adultery?

Shen Chu shook her head, but in an instant she understood the whole story.

Clearly, someone deliberately used her to set a trap for the Third Prince.

The Third Prince is Prince Heng's right-hand man and a thorn in the side of the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is the Empress's legitimate son. If the Empress were to catch the Third Prince rolling around with this Imperial Censor in broad daylight, His Majesty would surely be furious.

The royal family's reputation cannot be tarnished. In that case, not only will she be sentenced to death, but the third prince will likely also be punished.

What a brilliant scheme to kill two birds with one stone!

A loud crashing sound came from outside the door, and the door shook violently, teetering on the verge of collapse.

Chen Chu clenched her fists and looked at the Third Prince, "Third Prince, why aren't you putting your clothes on yet?"

The Third Prince gave a wicked smile and took off his inner garment, revealing a large expanse of his chest.

"What are you afraid of? When Your Majesty the Empress comes in, I'll tell you that you deliberately seduced this prince and even tore my clothes."

But this prince has no homosexual tendencies and utterly despises you. I'd like to see what the Empress will do then.

Chen Chu.....

I really want to kill this guy, but unfortunately not now.

If the Third Prince really said that, the Empress would probably immediately accuse her of seducing and insulting the prince, and of being a homosexual.

Her political career was thus completely over.

We absolutely cannot let the Empress catch her in a room with the Third Prince.

Shen Chu put away the sleeping potion, opened the window, and jumped out.

The room is built by the water, with the clear waters of Mochou Lake visible through the window.

He thought he would fall into the lake if he jumped out, but an accident happened.

There was a person hanging under the eaves outside the window.

Shen Chu crashed straight into that person, and the two of them fell into the lake.

The instant she fell into the water, she saw Pei Yuan's ashen face.

How come this guy is outside the window?