This time, the prince was silent for a long time.
But Jiang Xiancao asked him:
"Look at my Royal Brother, why does he seem so shocked?"
The Crown Prince paused, the smile on his face fading slightly. "I just find it strange, my Royal Brother. You and Miss Chu should have only met once at the Royal Grandmother's, right? How could you have fallen for her so quickly? That's a bit hasty."
Jiang Xiancao tilted his head and asked doubtfully:
"When I went to see the Imperial Grandmother, the Empress specially called Miss Chu along, and then mentioned my marriage to the Imperial Grandmother. Wasn't that just to set us up?
"I think Miss Chu is very appealing to me. Isn't that a good thing for the Empress and my brother? Why is it hasty? If you follow what my brother said, then isn't it also hasty for the Empress to call Miss Chu to meet me?"
The prince's eyes darkened slightly, and he wanted to punch this bastard brother who asked questions even though he knew the answer.
The Queen Mother asked Shen Tingsi and Chu Yusu to meet, not to bring them together, but to arouse Shen Tingsi's inner disgust at her intention to manipulate his marriage, so that he would react strongly in front of the Queen Mother and reject the marriage.
As long as he rejected the marriage in a strong tone and showed his disgust towards Chu Yusu, his mother's intention would be achieved.
As long as she pretended to be kind enough to arrange the prince's marriage but was not appreciated by the other party, the fact that Chen Tingsi was ignorant and disrespectful to his biological mother would be beyond doubt. Even the empress dowager who always loved Chen Tingsi would not say anything.
More importantly, as long as Chen Tingsi makes a fuss and makes Chu Yusu cry, the Queen Mother will not be able to think of marrying Chu Yusu to the Ninth Prince.
Among the remaining princes, the third prince born to Concubine Qu has already married a wife, and the others cannot compare with him at all. If Chu Yusu wants to marry into the royal family, he is the only choice.
Chu Yusu is beautiful and has a gentle personality, which suits his taste. The support her family can provide him is also good, so she is qualified to be his woman.
But in his opinion, she was not worthy of the position of the queen.
The Crown Prince has already discussed with the Queen that they can use the title of Crown Prince's wife as bait to lure the Chu family in, letting the Chu family show some sincerity, and then use some tricks, and finally marry Chu Yusu as a concubine, so that they can take over the Chu family's power and wealth.
He planned everything so carefully, but something went wrong at the very first step.
Shen Tingsi actually didn't play the way they expected, and even said that he also had a crush on Chu Yushu!
Did this bastard really intend to snatch it from him, or did he see through the Queen Mother's intentions and deliberately disgust him?
No matter which possibility it was, the prince was really angry with Jiang Xiancao.
But he was a man of great cunning. Even though he was furious, the smile on his face, as warm as the spring breeze, remained unchanged. He just spoke again in the tone of an elder brother educating his younger brother:
"My mother is indeed concerned about your lifelong affairs, and you must understand her painstaking efforts. However, this Miss Chu just entered the palace today, and my mother just happened to take her to visit the Empress Dowager, and she just happened to run into you. She doesn't have any intentions as you think, so don't overthink it."
"Oh, it turns out that I was overthinking it."
Jiang Xiancao nodded obediently, then suddenly changed the subject, "But I fell in love with Miss Chu the first time I saw her and want to marry her home. Even if the Queen Mother doesn't have this intention, I will still try to persuade the Empress Dowager."
The prince clenched his right hand into a fist, his voice sinking slightly.
"Ninth brother, you are already such a grown-up, why are you still so casual about these things? Miss Chu is different from the Miss Jiang you liked before. She is a good and innocent girl. If you are just interested in prey, let her go and don't ruin her reputation.
Besides, she is the niece of Marquis Wen Ning and is currently living in the Marquis Wen Ning’s mansion. You and the Jiang family are so upset——”
Before he could finish his words, Princess Wen Yi suddenly ran over.
"Brother Crown Prince, today is my birthday, why haven't you come yet?"
The prince had no choice but to swallow his unspoken warning, looked at Jiang Xiancao deeply, and then went to talk to Princess Wen Yi.
Jiang Xiancao looked at the other princes.
They looked at Jiang Xiancao with jealousy and disgust in their eyes, but they did not dare to show it obviously, for fear of offending this most favored younger brother.
Jiang Xiancao smiled sarcastically and turned away.
Two eunuchs had been following her closely. Seeing her walking aimlessly, they hurried over and asked:
"Your Highness, are you tired and want to rest?"
Jiang Xiancao took a look at them and knew that they were all people sent by the queen to monitor her.
After a pause, she smiled and said, "I want to go back to the banquet to watch the singing and dancing."
Two eunuchs respectfully led her the way.
At the banquet, the male and female guests were separated by screens and white gauze. On the female side, she saw many female members of the Jiang family, and Chu Yusu sitting with them.
She reached her right hand into her sleeve and touched the purse that had been prepared in advance.
When she met Chu Yuxu just now, the Queen Mother and the Empress were both present. She really couldn't find an opportunity to let Chu Yuxu touch the purse without arousing suspicion.
Now Chu Yuxu is also accompanied by members of the Jiang family. She guessed that the Jiang family and the Queen's people would not let Chu Yuxu be alone, so if she wanted to take action, this was the best time.
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