Bai Wanyi kept thinking until he got on the carriage.
She leaned on Lu Yan's shoulder, but she didn't regard him as a support in her heart. She had to find a way out for herself, at least to get away from the Lu family first.
Bai Wanyi half closed her eyes and thought all the way. When the carriage stopped, she walked into the Fourth Prince's Mansion without saying hello or looking back.
Lu Yan looked at her back and suddenly felt something was wrong. He instinctively stretched out his hand but caught nothing.
Bai Wanyi thought she would meet the Fourth Prince in the front yard, but the housekeeper took her to the main courtyard.
The main courtyard of the Fourth Prince's Mansion is naturally different from the main courtyard of the Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion.
The only owner here is the Fourth Prince. As soon as Bai Wanyi entered the door, all the maids serving in the yard retreated.
The housekeeper served tea himself and then retreated to guard the gate of the courtyard.
The Fourth Prince looked at the fair and tender face wrapped in the cloak and couldn't help but caress it with his fingertips: "Madam Lu, you are still as graceful as ever."
Bai Wanyi didn't accept the greeting, but took off his cloak and sat down beside the brazier. "The Fourth Prince asked me to come here, so I'll just tell you what's going on."
The Fourth Prince smiled and shook his head: "Can't you and I just reminisce about the past?"
"Walls have ears. It's better not to talk about old times." Bai Wanyi looked at the Fourth Prince with a smile, and her words were indeed an unquestionable rejection.
The Fourth Prince had no choice but to explain his purpose: "Some time ago, the Crown Prince got a batch of mysterious things from outside. You gave them to him, right?"
"Yes." Bai Wanyi nodded happily, "I gave it to you, what's wrong?"
The Fourth Prince did not ask about those things anymore, but instead asked, "Did you know that the firearms recipe in my house was lost?"
Bai Wanyi naturally recalled the assassination attempt on the Fourth Prince's mansion a few months ago. Suddenly, she realized, "What about that assassination attempt? You didn't ask me for the recipe later, and I didn't think about it that way."
The Fourth Prince raised his eyebrows and laughed, "How stupid am I? I just copied the recipe twice and waited for someone to steal it?"
Bai Wanyi was speechless: "You copied too much of this, aren't you afraid of losing it?"
"Does this prince fear that someone might do something to him?" the fourth prince sneered.
Bai Wanyi couldn't quite understand. Didn't the ancients cherish their possessions? When a master teaches his apprentice, they always keep a secret. Why not keep the recipe safe? Making a few copies, aren't you afraid someone will see it?
Bai Wanyi's thinking is also rigid. He looks at people of this era through the filter of that era.
But even though she didn't understand, she didn't say anything: "As long as you have a backup."
The Fourth Prince looked at Bai Wanyi with a squint. This woman, like her man, was a fence-sitter.
He suddenly grabbed her neck, his eyes fixed on hers: "The recipe wasn't stolen, are you disappointed?"
"What... do you mean?" Bai Wanyi grabbed the Fourth Prince's hand in horror. He was too strong. Was he really going to strangle her to death?
The Fourth Prince sneered, "Your husband married my woman, and you're flirting with the Crown Prince. You two, two fence-sitters, who are you really loyal to? Even though you gave me the recipe, there must be some differences, right? Otherwise, why can't I make anything?"
Bai Wanyi was strangled by him and couldn't breathe. She pulled his hands with both hands to catch her breath. "What are you talking about, Your Highness? I don't understand."
The Fourth Prince sneered, "What do you mean? Don't you understand? Look, the Crown Prince doesn't believe you, and he even stole my recipe for comparison. Tell me, don't you have a hidden trick up your sleeve?"
"I don't!"
Bai Wanyi didn't know why the Fourth Prince had lost his temper. She clutched his hand tightly, struggling to breathe. "The recipe... was presented... to His Majesty, and His Majesty then... gave it to the Crown Prince. Isn't His Majesty's intentions for the Crown Prince... obvious enough?"
As she spoke, the Fourth Prince's grip loosened, and Bai Wanyi was finally able to speak smoothly:
"I am merely the wife of a minister. If the sovereign wishes for the death of the minister, the minister must die. It is not the prince who wants these things, but your majesty. What can I do?"
The Fourth Prince was somewhat satisfied with her answer and released her neck. "It would be better if things were as you said."
Bai Wanyi collapsed in the chair, gasping for breath. She tried to shrink back in the chair, her mind racing.
The Fourth Prince is different from the Crown Prince. He is a madman and you cannot negotiate terms unless he is satisfied.
The Fourth Prince didn't care what Bai Wanyi thought. He said slowly, "Even if you don't tell me what you sent to the palace, I know. I'm just telling you, I want that thing too."
The prince has taken away all the things, so how can there be any extra ones?
Bai Wanyi spoke the truth, but also concealed a little: "That thing is very difficult to make. It took me a long time to make two or three. But I can give you the specific recipe."
"What's the specific recipe?" The Fourth Prince's eyes were stern. "So there's something wrong with your recipe?"
Bai Wanyi quickly shook her head and shrank back a little, afraid that he would attack again. "It's not that there's a problem with the recipe. The recipe I gave you is real. It's just that things are made day by day. If one method doesn't work, try another. You can always find a new recipe. I don't believe that the chef in your house has no time to come up with new and fancy dishes."
The Fourth Prince's brows softened at this point. "Are you sure you can make it this time?"
The Fourth Prince's firearms workshop was progressing slowly, almost to the point of no progress. He had a recipe for gunpowder and could make it, but he couldn't make bullets, let alone firearms.
None of the delicate small components inside can be made, and even if they are made, they cannot be used.
Bai Wanyi pondered his attitude and was just thinking about how to propose conditions when he heard the Fourth Prince say, "I don't want your prescription, just give me all your people."
"Huh?" Bai Wanyi was stunned and shook her head subconsciously. Isn't this cutting off the source of the trouble? She had trained these people for many years. "No! His Majesty didn't even ask for them. If you let them go, how can I explain to His Majesty later?"
The Fourth Prince sneered, "Just because my father didn't want it, why can't I?"
"That's not what I meant." Bai Wanyi quickly thought of a countermeasure, and at the same time, he wondered if he could put forward conditions if he wanted someone. "What I meant was, I've given the recipe to His Majesty, and now the Ministry of Works is secretly producing it. If the Ministry of Works can't make it, they'll definitely come to me for help. If I can't hand over the person by then, and I only have empty words, wouldn't that be a crime of deceiving the emperor?"
The fourth prince said, "Isn't this simple? If your father needs someone, just come to me and I'll send them over to you. In short, I want to make sure I have someone on my side as well."
Bai Wanyi pretended to be embarrassed, and after thinking it over, he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, but I have a condition."
The Fourth Prince sneered, "You're still putting forward conditions to me? I'm holding you here. Tell me, Marquis Pingyang, will you offer someone in exchange?"
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