Chapter 260 Reversal
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Eunuch Liu pondered for a moment and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, this servant doesn't know either!"
"Whether it's true or not, we have to be on guard!" Emperor Wen of Qi sighed and said, "Xiao Zhuzi, you're the only one I can trust. My sons only care about my kingdom. The Queen Mother protects the Xuan family, but the Yuan family..."
"Your Majesty!" Eunuch Liu said hurriedly, "The border is not completely peaceful yet!"
Emperor Wen of Qi sighed, "Yes! This really puts me in a difficult position!"
"Well!" Eunuch Liu thought for a moment and said, "I think Your Majesty should just watch secretly. After all, the girl from the Yuan family is engaged to Master Huo, so I don't think she would..."
"Hmph!" Before Eunuch Liu could finish his words, Emperor Wen of Qi narrowed his eyes and snorted, "Even if there is an engagement, so what? It's not yet married, or it's already married. If word of it gets out one day, who can resist the temptation of this emperor?"
"This..." Eunuch Liu didn't know how to respond, so he lowered his head and stood beside Emperor Wen of Qi.
Emperor Wen of Qi didn't point at Eunuch Liu in reply. He just squinted his eyes and stared at something in a trance. After a while, he murmured in a low voice, "I just can't believe that my kingdom can be taken away so easily!"
Most things in this world are beyond people's expectations.
After Su Chengwei was escorted back to Beijing, he changed his confession and said that the Su family's affairs had nothing to do with the royal family and were all done by him alone. He had pushed the matter onto the eldest prince in order to escape punishment.
As a result, Su Chengwei was ordered to be executed by slow slicing by Emperor Wen of Qi himself. The Su's workshop was taken over by the royal family because it had no one in charge. The eldest prince Xuanyuan Che was released from house arrest and was named the crown prince. Emperor Wen of Qi also gave many things to Empress Xuan, the crown prince and Prince Su's palace as a sign of appeasement!
A sensational rumor incident ended just like that!
Instead, it gave the common people a lot more topics to talk about after dinner.
Xuanyuan Xiao smashed a lot of things in Tutor Liu’s study and was extremely angry!
He didn't expect that Xuanyuan Che was directly named the crown prince because of this incident.
And this inexplicable rumor, although it did not make Emperor Wen of Qi suspect him, it did cut off his largest source of silver and money, which actually cut off his financial resources!
"Uncle, who spread this rumor? I won't accept it, I won't accept it. I won't accept it until I find this person!" Still feeling angry, Xuanyuan Xiao slammed the table fiercely with a face full of resentment!
"Second Prince!" Imperial Tutor Liu frowned and said, "The person who spread the rumor is so cleverly hidden that we still don't know who it is. I'm afraid they are well prepared. We have to be on guard!"
"Uncle, didn't you say that the people under your command were carefully selected? How come you can't find even one person? What's the use of them?" Xuanyuan Xiao roared.
"Second Prince!" Imperial Tutor Liu said hurriedly, "Don't worry or get angry. There will be news soon!"
"There's news? When will there be news? When he tries to trick me again?" Xuanyuan Xiao asked, "I was able to get away with it once, but if he does it again, do you think he'll let me off so easily? This time it was because you delivered the news in time, but what about next time?"
"Don't worry, Second Prince. The Emperor will be very busy this time!" Imperial Tutor Liu said with a smile, "The Empress Dowager is protecting the Xuan family, so the Emperor can't do anything. Next, he will only think about how to deal with the Yuan family."
"Hmph, I'm afraid my father won't dare to touch the Yuan family for a while!" Xuanyuan Xiao snorted coldly.
"Don't worry!" Imperial Tutor Liu said, "As long as there are a few more reports of victory from the border, I think the Emperor will stop protecting the Yuan family so much. As long as he lets go of the idea of protecting the Yuan family, the Second Prince will naturally achieve his wish!"
"Humph!" Xuanyuan Xiao sneered, "This Yuan family is really an annoying obstacle!"
"That's right!" Taifu Liu stroked his beard and said, "Hmph, the Yuan family will taste the bitter fruit of their own sowing sooner or later. If Yuan Qifeng had been willing to serve me back then, he would have continued to be his first-rank general when the Second Prince became emperor. Now, hmph, there's also Xue Qing's revenge, which will be settled together when the time comes!"
"That's right, I have to settle my cousin's revenge!" Xuanyuan Xiao narrowed his eyes. Somehow, he thought of Yuan Zitong at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. His heart couldn't help but move. He couldn't touch the legitimate daughter of General Yuan's Mansion now, but the other one seemed to be not bad either!
Yuan Zitong didn't know that Xuanyuan Xiao had already noticed her. At this moment, she was thinking about how to attract Xuanyuan Che's attention!
Although the prince was reprimanded by the emperor a few days ago, it was finally proved that it was a villain who framed him, and he was even named the prince. In this way, I am afraid that the prince's position in the emperor's heart will be even more important. Then in the future, the prince will be the emperor. If I can marry the prince, won't I be the emperor's concubine in the future?
With such an identity, huh, even if Yuan Ziyu became the Crown Prince's wife or even the Marquis' wife, wouldn't she have to kneel down and kowtow to her when she saw her?
Thinking about it, Yuan Zitong felt happy, but then she started to worry about how to get Xuanyuan Che's favor!
Now, she has to rely on herself for everything.
Her grandmother was now cold and indifferent to her, not as kind as before, and her father was even more indifferent to her. It was unknown what Zuo was thinking, but she had become more generous to Concubine Yan, which made her father like her more. Now, her father only lingered with Zuo and Concubine Yan, and he might have forgotten that he even had a daughter like her!
Sure enough, a child without a mother is just a weed!
Yuan Zitong clutched the handkerchief in her hand angrily, unable to understand how she had ended up in this situation. She clearly... clearly felt that it shouldn't have been like this.
But now, what is going on?
"Miss, Miss!" Suddenly, Lian Qiao ran into the house hurriedly, with joy in her words.
"What's wrong? Why are you so irritable?" Yuan Zitong was feeling annoyed and scolded casually.
Lian Qiao stood up quickly, with a hint of restraint on her face: "Miss, I have heard some good news."
"What good news?" Yuan Zitong asked lazily, "Could it be that Yuan Ziyou is dead?"
"No!" Lian Qiao was about to continue when she was interrupted by Yuan Zitong: "No? Then what other good news is there?"
"Miss!" Lian Qiao said, "Today, when I went to get my purse, I overheard the other girls saying there would be a garden party at Biyuetan Lake in a few days. Any daughter of an official of the appropriate age could attend. I heard that both the Crown Prince and Prince Ning would be there!"
"What!" Yuan Zitong was stunned when she heard this and asked, "Are you saying that the prince will also go to the garden party?"
"Yes!" Lian Qiao said hurriedly, "That's what I heard those girls say. I heard it all!"
(End of this chapter)
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