"You also said that they were talking and laughing with me. If I were touched by them, would I still be able to laugh?" Yan Yan'er argued anxiously.
Cai Mushi smiled and said, "You had just had a miscarriage when you came to the Prince's Mansion. You were pregnant before marriage and did something so immoral. Just now, in order to save your life, you most likely gave your body to a beggar."
"Nonsense! You're the Prime Minister's daughter, and you actually say such things?" Yan Yan'er snapped, then laughed, "Indeed, you were rolling around in bed with another man before you were even married. It's said that the roof collapsed, and there were quite a few people watching the show."
Cai Mushi's face froze as she was instantly retorted by her. She quickly walked to the side of the Crown Prince and said aggrievedly, "Your Highness knows that I am innocent."
The prince's face turned ashen.
The two women in front of me are about the same.
However, one of them was the adopted daughter who was driven out of the Yan family and was of no use at all.
The other one is the daughter of the prime minister, so she would be useful if she were kept.
Thinking of this, he glanced coldly at Yan Yan'er who was kneeling on the ground, and said to the servants with just one glance: "Send her to the beauty's manor."
"What is Beauty Zhuangzi?"
Yan Yan'er looked around and saw Cai Mushi with a sneer on her face. She thought that the so-called Beauty Manor was not a good place.
She hurriedly knelt before the prince, not caring about the pain of her knees rubbing against the stone pavement, and sobbed, "Your Highness, I still want to serve you and don't want to go to the beauty farm."
The prince ignored her and signaled to the person following him with his eyes.
The guards immediately dragged Yan Yan'er away.
Yan Yan'er struggled, turned her head and asked, "Where is the beauty Zhuangzi? Your Highness, I don't want to go!"
Cai Mushi chuckled and walked slowly in front of her: "Beauty Manor is naturally a place to raise beauties. You should thank His Highness for letting you go to Beauty Manor. Otherwise, if he threw you back to the beggars, would you be fine?"
Yan Yan'er was stunned, but her intuition told her that this was definitely not a good place.
No matter how she shouted or struggled, it was useless and she was soon dragged away.
The shouting gradually faded away.
The prince glared at Cai Mushi coldly: "Is this the concubine's work?"
Cai Mushi lowered her head in guilt: "Your Highness, how could I possibly do such a thing?"
"She's just a woman anyway. Even if she hadn't been a beggar, I wouldn't have kept her in the Prince's Mansion for too long. You're too anxious."
The prince said this and walked back to his study.
Cai Mushi was left standing there in a daze.
Soon, the corners of her lips raised sarcastically.
So what if the prince guessed that it was her work?
Even the Crown Prince had to show some mercy to her, and the Crown Princess couldn't defeat her.
Just as Cai Mushi had expected, the Crown Princess's face turned pale when she learned that Yan Yan'er had been sent to Beauty Manor.
"How could Yan Yan'er be so stupid? She was just strolling around the streets, and yet she was kidnapped? Even if she really hadn't been touched by another man, given the Crown Prince's suspicious nature, he would never want a woman like her again."
This is the prince's personality.
If he fell in love with a beautiful woman, even if she had been married and had children, as long as she was with the prince and he was the only man with her, he would not care about her past.
But if the woman is touched by another man after him, he will never want her again.
The maid advised: "Crown Princess, the current problem is that the concubine's sister is also in the mansion."
Upon hearing this, the Crown Princess picked up the scissors and started cutting the bonsai.
At this moment, the prince summoned all the staff in the palace.
"The emperor's health is fluctuating, so I have to prepare for the worst."
"Your Highness is right. I wonder what Your Highness wants us to do?" The leading aide bowed and asked.
"When Cai Tingzhou was the Prime Minister, I didn't have to worry about any problems with my ascension to the throne. But now Fu Ciyi is the Prime Minister, and I've fought openly and covertly with him several times. I'm afraid there will be obstacles to my succession."
An aide suggested: "Your Highness, why not consider changing the Prime Minister?"
"Change someone?" The prince frowned. "Who should I change?"
"The Emperor is now much more lenient towards young ministers than veteran ones. I believe that if we start with the young ministers that the Emperor favors, it will be much easier to replace the Prime Minister."
The prince nodded when he heard this and said, "That makes sense. Who do you recommend as the new Prime Minister?"
"How about the third place winner?" replied the aide who had just spoken.
Someone immediately retorted, "The third place is a little off after all. If you ask me, there's a candidate who would be very suitable, and that's the runner-up, Yan Xinghe."
"Yan Xinghe is Fu Ciyi's uncle." The prince reminded, "They are relatives."
"Your Highness may not have heard that whenever the cabinet ministers discuss important matters, Yan Xinghe always raises objections and often opposes Fu Ciyi."
"Is there such a thing?"
"Yes, absolutely true. Furthermore, it's said that Yan Yan'er and Yan Xinghe used to have a very good relationship. After Yan Funing was adopted by the Yan family, the rest of the family doted on her, except for Yan Xinghe. Their sibling relationship was actually quite distant," the aide said. "I've already made inquiries about this matter. In the past, Yan Xinghe's carriage was not allowed to be ridden by anyone else. Only Yan Yan'er had ridden in it, not even once."
"He clearly has a clear distinction between what he hates and what he dislikes." The prince laughed. "It's clear that Yan Xinghe dislikes both Fu Ciyi and Yan Funing, no matter how big or small the matter is."
The staff nodded: "Indeed."
The prince pondered for a moment, then said solemnly, "But my original intention is that after I ascend the throne, I will not need any Prime Minister to assist me."
He wants to be the master of his own country.
He wants to hold all the power in his hands.
"What does your Highness mean?"
"Yan Xinghe is a good candidate. We can choose the right time to win him over. If he's obedient, he can become the next Prime Minister. However, my goal is to make Yan Xinghe and Fu Ciyi fight each other. That way, Fu Ciyi will be dealt with, and Yan Xinghe won't end up any better."
The Yan family has always been neutral, under the euphemism of supporting the legitimate prince.
But he knew that the Yan family had always supported royal orthodoxy.
In their eyes, he, the crown prince, was not the legitimate heir to the royal family.
The Yan family is too arrogant.
Especially Yan Xinghe, he was freezing cold.
On par with Fu Ciyi.
These two people have similar talents and personalities, but they really can't get along.
In this case, he can adopt the strategy of letting the fisherman benefit from the conflict between the snipe and the clam.
The staff praised: "Your Highness, what a good plan!"
The prince smiled faintly. Before that, he had to send someone to investigate the true relationship between Fu Ciyi and Yan Xinghe.
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Imperial Palace.
Fu Ciyi had just finished reporting to the emperor on the recent official business of the Hanlin Academy. As soon as he walked out of the imperial study, he had not taken a few steps when he ran into the second prince.
"Second Prince." Fu Ciyi nodded in greeting.
"Sir Fu, can you please spare a moment to talk?" The second prince raised his hand.
"Your Highness, are you not going to look for the Emperor?"
"I came to look for you."
The second prince grabbed Fu Ciyi's arm and walked towards the corridor in the corner.
Fu Ciyi calmly pulled his arm out and said calmly, "What's the matter?"
The Second Prince looked around and said softly, "Master Fu gave me some advice earlier. Father has shown me great care and concern. I would like to further cooperate with you. Do you agree?"
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