The counselor who had just given the suggestion was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, the prince did not follow his advice.
If he really obeyed, he would die miserably when the time comes.
Song Yunhe looked at the others and said, "Now let's talk about how to expose Song Zhaoling and put the fire on him."
A counselor said, "Your Highness, since the Dark Chamber can find out what the King of Qin did, we might as well ask the Dark Chamber to provide us with evidence. This way, we can hammer the King of Qin to death."
Eunuch Hong said directly: "The secret cabinet has rejected it."
Another counselor stepped forward and said, "We can tell Madam Hou about this and ask her to beat the drum and sue the King of Qin."
"Not right." Someone objected before Song Yunhe even needed to speak. "We don't have any evidence. The Marquis will not believe us. Instead, she will think we are playing a trick on her. Now everyone thinks we are the murderer. No matter what we say, they will not believe us."
Every counselor racked his brains to come up with an idea, but no one could come up with a perfect plan.
Song Yunhe didn't count on those people, and looked at Eunuch Hong, "Do you have any ideas?"
Eunuch Hong thought for a moment and then said, "Your Highness, I don't think you need to worry too much about this matter. It's not easy for the King of Qin to pin the crime of murdering Shunyi Marquis on you. After all, he doesn't have strong evidence. What they provided is nothing more than some indirect evidence."
"Let's fight fire with fire."
Song Yunhe became interested and asked, "Tell me in detail."
"The King of Qin's people used public opinion to make everyone mistakenly believe that we were the murderers of Shunyi Marquis. We might as well use public opinion to make everyone think that the King of Qin is the murderer. He has no evidence, and we have no evidence either. It depends on who the people are more willing to believe. Perhaps we can drag other people into the water and muddy the water completely."
"Who can tell the difference between true and false, false and true?"
One of the counselors spoke up, "If we want people to believe that the King of Qin is the murderer of Shunyi Marquis, we have to let everyone know that Shunyi Marquis is the prince's man and has helped the prince accomplish many things. Otherwise, it will be hard to convince people."
Once word gets out that Shunyi Hou is a traitor, I'm afraid he will be nailed to the pillar of shame after his death.
After the strategist finished speaking, he carefully observed the prince's expression.
Song Yunhe snorted coldly, "That idiot Fu Wenlin dragged me down until my death. Now that he can clear my name, I will no longer pursue the crime of his wife and children."
Everyone present understood.
Song Yunhe looked at Eunuch Hong and said, "I'll leave this matter to you."
"I obey your command!"
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In a teahouse, Su Yin and Su Xinguang sat in the corner of the hall, quietly listening to the storyteller who was passionately telling the story about the Marquis of Shunyi.
"Legend has it that a long time ago there was a marquis who was highly regarded by the emperor. He offended a powerful prince, and guess what happened? Prince Jing teamed up with bandits to kill him. Do you know how the marquis offended the prince?"
"It is said that the prince has taken a fancy to the marquis' sweetheart, a woman with skin as white as cream and a face as rosy as a peach..."
Su Yin and Su Xinguang drank tea and listened to the storyteller telling legends that were as outrageous as they could be.
The guests in the audience all knew who the marquis was talking about, and they knew even better who these protagonists were.
"Who do you think is the author of this?" Su Yin asked.
"Prince Jing."
"Why?"
Su Xinguang looked at some of the spectators in the audience and said, "We're going to see a good show soon."
Not long after he finished speaking, a guest in the audience slammed the table, interrupting the storyteller and shouting loudly.
"You, the storyteller, are not right at all."
The storyteller raised his eyebrows, "Why do you say that, sir?"
"You just mentioned that the prince killed the marquis because they both fell in love with the same woman. That conflict led to the prince killing the marquis. That's pure bullshit. As far as I know, the woman was given to the prince as a concubine by her father, but the prince didn't like her and sent her away."
"As luck would have it, the Marquis recognized the girl as his childhood sweetheart and took her away. The two of them secretly fell in love."
"If the prince liked that girl, why would he send her away? What you said is completely nonsense. You people should forget about wanting to know why the marquis died."
As soon as the man finished speaking, the man at the next table said, "Look at what you said, don't you know?"
Someone else came out to agree, "How come none of us know, and you are the only one who knows? Don't try to deceive us."
The ridiculed man was furious and said to everyone, "Hey, don't disbelieve me, I know it. This bullshit about doing it for women is all fake. The Marquis and the prince are in cahoots."
"The Marquis betrayed his previous master for this prince, and the previous master found out. The previous master killed the traitor and put the blame on the prince, killing two birds with one stone."
"You idiots, do you really think those people would die for a woman? They want any woman they want, but would they do it for just one woman?"
After the man finished speaking, he realized that he had said too much, and he was so nervous that he stuttered to make amends, "I was talking about the storyteller, don't think too much."
After saying this, the man fled in panic.
Everyone looked at him leaving in a panic, their hearts were shaken, and the noise of discussion grew louder.
"No way?"
"Do you think what that person said is true or false?"
"Marquis Shunyi is a man of Prince Jing? Why did I hear that Marquis Shunyi is a man of Prince Qin?"
"Don't you understand yet? Shunyi Hou betrayed the King of Qin and defected to the King of Jing. The King of Qin knew about this, so he killed Shunyi Hou and put the blame on the King of Jing. It was like killing two birds with one stone."
"I remembered something. Some time ago, I heard that many of the properties of the King of Qin were seized by the emperor. It was all caused by the King of Jing. Do you think that the Marquis of Shunyi was involved?"
"Oh my god! That makes sense."
"No wonder the King of Qin kept nagging the King of Jing in the court."
…
This kind of scene was not just happening in a teahouse. People were talking about it in the streets and alleys of the capital city. The discussion was getting wider and wider, and spreading faster and faster.
If the trend continues like this, it will spread throughout the streets and alleys within an hour without any unexpected incident.
Public opinion also showed a one-sided tendency.
Su Yin looked at Su Xinguang, "How did you figure that out?"
"Yesterday, the Dark Chamber gave Prince Jing the news, but no evidence. If Prince Jing wants to turn the tables and get rid of this piece of shit Shunyi Hou, then he has to fight poison with poison. If he muddies the water, he will naturally be safe."
Su Yin raised an eyebrow and caught a glimpse of the sedan chair parked at the door out of the corner of her eye.
The person she was waiting for came!
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