Chapter 141 Your Highness, are you trying to fight for power?
The next morning, Xiao Ning left. She did not go to the princess to say goodbye, but just sent someone to tell her.
At that time, Shang Xi had just finished washing up and was thinking about whether to ask someone to invite Xiao Ning to come and have dinner together.
Before I could figure it out, I heard someone coming from Fuqiu Garden.
A glimmer of joy immediately flashed in his eyes, and he immediately stood up and walked out the door, only to hear the maid say, "The Prince Consort has to leave the house for an urgent matter and cannot say goodbye in person, so I have sent this servant to respectfully inform Your Highness..."
The joy in his eyes faded, and he said calmly, "I understand. Go down."
The maid left, and Shang Xi said to Furong, "Serve the meal."
Furong answered yes and turned to signal someone to serve the meal.
Shang Xi sat alone at the dining table, looking at the exquisite food in front of him, but he had no appetite.
He lowered his eyes and ate whatever dish Furong prepared, as if it were chewing wax.
He didn't know why Xiao Ning always had so much to do. It was clearly a day off, so what else was there to be busy about?
I didn't even have time to come and say goodbye to him in person...
She said that she treated him as a relative, but in her heart she didn't care about him at all. He was even worse than the maids and servants around her.
Shang Xi felt so wronged.
He poked at the food in the bowl again and again, "I won't eat it anymore, it's too disgusting!"
Furong: “…”
Is it that the food is bad, or are you distracted?
Furong sighed and waved her hand, signaling someone to come up and take the food away.
Shang Xi entered the study.
Sitting in front of the large desk, he leaned his head on the desk and thought about something.
This won't work after all.
If he wanted to stand before Xiao Ning openly and honestly, he would have to make some changes. If he kept shrinking and struggling like this, he was afraid that their lives would be like this...
He doesn't want this.
But those old foxes, who had no other abilities, were very smart when it came to controlling the imperial court. How could he bypass them and place his own people in the imperial court?
We still have to use some force and let them fight each other.
He is good at taking advantage of troubled waters.
"Fleur?"
Shang Xi shouted.
Furong immediately pushed the door open and came in, "Your Highness..."
"I remember that there is a son of the former Minister of Justice in the backyard, right?"
Furong nodded. "The Minister of Justice's surname was Zhao. He was oppressed and framed by the Xu and Chu families. Males over fifteen were beheaded, males under fifteen were exiled, and female relatives were forced to serve as military prostitutes. You were kind-hearted enough to learn of this and take Young Master Zhao into your family, preserving a trace of their bloodline. The entire Zhao family is deeply grateful for your kindness."
Shang Xi asked, "He's eighteen now, right?"
Furong was a little puzzled as to why Shang Xi suddenly asked this, but she still replied honestly, "That's right. I just turned eighteen at the beginning of this year. Your Highness, you ask this..."
"Go ask him if he wants to avenge this blood feud."
Furong looked at him in surprise, her voice trembling: "Your Highness, are you going to..." fight for power?
Shang Xi looked straight into Furong's eyes and asked, "Don't you think our lives are a bit pathetic now?"
"If Xiao Yanqing hadn't turned the tide during the last marriage incident, what do you think I would have done?"
Furong: “…”
That would definitely be a dead end.
Either die in Dayong or die at the hands of the Xiongnu.
Over the years, His Highness had indeed done a lot thanks to the emperor's apparent favor, but for the fear of being discovered by the emperor and his ministers, he did not dare to go too far. He even did not let many officials he supported know who had helped them to prominence.
Furong said, "I will go and ask him immediately."
After he finished speaking, he paused and asked, "Are there any other gentlemen whom I would like to ask questions to?"
The young men in the backyard of the princess's mansion have basically all received favors from His Highness. Only a small number of them were sent here by officials who had a request for His Highness. For example, Yu Qing and Fu Xian and the like, His Highness has never summoned them at all, and they are just left in the backyard to gather dust.
Shang Xi said, "No need. Take your time. If you arrange too many people at once, it will inevitably arouse suspicion."
Furong responded and left.
After about an incense stick of time, Furong came back, and Master Zhao came with her.
As soon as Master Zhao arrived, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Shang Xi earnestly.
"Zhao Yu'an, the son of a guilty minister, greets Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Shang Xi stepped forward and helped him up personally. "Don't be so polite. Young Master Zhao is not the son of a criminal. Your father was wrongly accused. You are the descendant of a loyal minister. How can you call yourself the son of a criminal?"
"Evil ministers are in power, the emperor is foolish, and loyal people are being persecuted. My Zhao family has more than 300 people, and now only the three of us brothers and sisters are left. Fortunately, we are blessed by the princess and have survived!
"Zhao dreams of revenge!"
"I only regret that I can't eat their flesh and drink their blood!"
Shang Xi smiled with satisfaction, "I can help you, but you have to follow my instructions."
Zhao Yu'an knelt down again, "Zhao Yu'an is willing to obey your Highness's orders!"
Shang Xixu helped him up, "Why are you kneeling again? Please stand up quickly!"
"You go back and wait. Once I've made arrangements, I'll send you to the First Prince. He hates the Fourth Prince the most, so I'm sure he'll be happy to use you."
Zhao Yu'an nodded, "I'll follow your Highness's arrangements."
The Xu and Chu families sided with the Fourth Prince. If he wanted to bring down these two families, it was essential to bring down the Fourth Prince as well.
Zhao Yu'an glanced at Shang Xi. He hadn't heard of any recent conflict between the princess and the Fourth Prince. Furthermore, the Fourth Prince was in the south overseeing the construction of a temporary palace and had only returned once during the Lunar New Year. And this princess suddenly got involved in the prince's fight...
Forget it, why should he still think about these things now?
The princess saved the lives of the three siblings, and now she is willing to give him a chance for revenge. No matter what the princess wants to do, it doesn't matter.
After Zhao Yu'an left, Shang Xi propped up his forehead and stared at the books on the table in a daze.
After a while, he turned to Furong and said, "Let the local officials and military governors I promoted earlier know who they were favored by. Remember, do it quietly and don't reveal your whereabouts."
Only mysterious, dangerous, and powerful things can make them fear and admire...
Furong nodded: "I understand."
Furong went down to arrange this matter, and Shang Xi sat in front of the desk again, in a daze, thinking about things.
He is now... officially entering this filthy arena of power.
If this matter were to be exposed, there would be no recovery.
But even so, he still has to do...
He really wanted to stand in front of Xiao Ning openly and honestly, as a man, to stand in front of her.
She doesn't treat her as a sister or a relative.
He is a man whom she treats as a man, someone she can hug, kiss... and do all kinds of intimate things with.
What would her expression be at that time?
It will be shocking...
Shang Xi knew that he was good-looking. Although he was taking medication and didn't look very masculine now, he thought that after he stopped taking the medication and grew a little bigger, he would probably look a bit more masculine...
After all, it won't be much worse than Shen Zhiyi and Fu Xian...
Thinking of Xiao Ning's astonished look when he first met him, Shang Xi couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his cheek.
I wonder if she would still like this face on a man...
I don’t know if this face will change much as I grow older.
If I have a chance someday, I'll ask that miracle doctor...
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