Chapter 693 The Fourth Prince Who Hates Li Cheng

In the Great Chu State, although the mother was a foreign concubine, she was always taken care of in the palace and respected by others.

Even my father has always been very respectful to my mother and has never lacked food and drink for her.

It is even much better than her life as a princess in the Dali Palace.

At the very least, he is definitely much better than the emperor in front of him.

"Greetings to His Majesty the Emperor." Although he was performing the formalities towards his elders, he did not call him uncle.

To the Fourth Prince, His Majesty the Emperor cannot be considered his uncle.

It was because of him that his mother traveled thousands of miles to marry into the palace of Da Chu and became a princess.

The reason why my mother is safe and sound is because she is lucky.

She met such a good empress, such a good imperial concubine, and now the imperial concubine Lan.

It can even be said that my father is extremely good to my mother.

But these were not the reasons why Li Cheng considered choosing my mother as the princess for marriage?

He chose his mother as the princess for marriage because she was the younger sister of King Ui Xuan, and King Ui Xuan was a supporter of the former crown prince, nothing more.

If he knew that his mother was in such a situation in the harem, he would probably regret not marrying his own sister to her.

After all, at that time, the Emperor of Chu was known for his brutality.

How can such an emperor be called a human being?

He now wished that he could support King Yixuan to ascend the throne and replace Li Cheng.

But he could also see that his uncle was not up to the task. Thinking of this, the Fourth Prince had another idea.

Why not let Duke Dingguo attack the Dali Kingdom?

Wouldn't it be easy to include the Dali Kingdom within the territory of the Great Chu Kingdom and then govern it?

But he also knew that the strategies of these emperors were difficult for him to understand, so he didn't want to think about these things.

Li Cheng didn't know the real purpose of the Emperor of Great Chu sending the Fourth Prince to come to the Kingdom of Dali this time, so he asked a few tentative questions.

The two of them went back and forth, but neither of them realized each other's true intentions.

Finally, the fourth prince spoke up: "Your Majesty, my father asked me to come to Dali Kingdom for two reasons: first, to visit relatives, and second, because he knew that there was a virtuous monk in Dali Kingdom and wanted me to come and see him."

"I wonder if Your Majesty has heard that Master Mingze, a great monk from the Great Chu State, went to the north some time ago. He said he wanted to help the common people, but it's really a pity."

"My father allowed me to come here because he wanted me to replace my mother and come to visit my uncles."

"After all, as a concubine, mother cannot leave the palace easily."

"Secondly, it's for the great monk of Dali Kingdom."

Li Cheng now understood why they were talking about coming back to visit relatives. It was obvious that they had heard the news from outside and wanted to come to the palace of Dali Kingdom to see the sorcerer behind him.

It's just a nice way of saying it, calling him a virtuous monk.

Thinking about the man who is now in his palace, it seems that his abilities are indeed much better than that previous liar.

He had actually investigated the identity of this sorcerer and knew that this man had escaped from the imperial palace of the Great Chu State.

I also know that he and Lu Xingwan had always been at odds with each other in the past, and he even wanted to support the Fifth Prince and take down the Crown Prince.

It's just that his opponent was too strong, and Lu Xingwan seemed to know some messed up spells, which made him lose this opportunity.

But it is different in my case. I will hide him well in my palace and prevent him from being exposed to the outside world.

In this way, no one would know of his existence, and many things would be much easier to do in secret.

But I didn't expect that despite all my precautions, the news still got out.

"There is no such thing as a great monk here. He is just a charlatan. I got rid of him some time ago."

"It's still the same person from before. I think if you go back and ask your Royal Consort, she will know."

Originally, Pei Chuyan still had to think about the first sentence, but when he said the second sentence, Pei Chuyan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Of course the emperor lied.

The person was talking about Ji Rong.

He doesn't know about others, but doesn't he know where Ji Rong is?

Ji Rong has now followed the Imperial Concubine and the group to Yong'an County.

Moreover, they had been together in the palace all this time, so how could he have run to the territory of Dali Kingdom for some unknown reason?

This shows that there must be something fishy going on in this person's heart.

Thinking of this, he simply spoke.

He also took a step forward and respectfully saluted Li Cheng in front of him.

"To the Emperor of Dali, our Fourth Prince is only thinking about you."

"Your Majesty, you may not know that the Fourth Prince came here this time to seek for some great monk, but that was just a cover-up. He is really thinking about you, Your Majesty."

"Some time ago, a man appeared in the royal family of Da Chu who wanted to secretly divide the prince's feelings."

"I thought it was just that, but our Crown Prince has always had a very good relationship with all the princes, so he didn't alienate them. After a detailed investigation, I found that this person didn't want to alienate the princes at all."

"He has his own ideas deep down. He wants to replace His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and ascend the throne as emperor."

"These things are obscure, and Your Majesty probably doesn't know about them. The sorcerer is very powerful. He was able to disguise himself as the Crown Prince. It's really scary."

The Fourth Prince did not expect Pei Chuyan to tell such a lie. He looked at Pei Chuyan in front of him with some surprise.

But when Li Cheng saw this expression, he felt that the Fourth Prince was still frightened.

Thinking of this, he felt a little more fearful, and he also showed a little guilt towards the two of them.

In fact, the two of them came here this time just on the orders of His Majesty, to help Concubine Wen check on her family, nothing more.

I just hope they can take a look at the lives of the people here. There are rumors from outside that the country of Dali is in dire straits.

Or maybe, there was also the possibility that the Emperor of Great Chu was testing him.

The Emperor of Great Chu wanted to test him to see what his attitude was towards the Dali Kingdom.

He felt that the Emperor of Great Chu had always been jealous of his true identity, but this time Pei Chuyan really misunderstood the Emperor of Great Chu.

Since they returned from Dali Kingdom last time, the Emperor of Da Chu has had a frank discussion with Pei Chuyan about this matter.

Now, for the Emperor of Great Chu, since he has already discussed this matter with Pei Chuyan, he trusts him completely.

He trusts Pei Chuyan just as he trusted Duke Anguo in the past.