Chapter 224 When a man hates a woman, he will also hate the child that woman gave birth to!
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To make a long story short, Li Shiyue told Li Shiliang and the other three people what she could say.
The story of the Wang family in Zhenbei left the group stunned, especially Zhao Min and Zhao Yan, who had only recently married into the family; they were completely dumbfounded.
They never imagined that the people of Liujiatun could be connected to the Zhenbei Wang family.
However, Li Shiyue only briefly mentioned what everyone in the world knew about Liu Shu's assassination attempt on the street; he dared not tell Li Shiliang and the others about the mastermind behind it all.
Li Shiliang and the others didn't need to know that much, but Li Shiyue told them the location of the General's Mansion, "If I'm not around in the future, and you encounter any problems that you can't solve, go to the General's Mansion to see Madam Jiang and ask her for help."
After saying this, Li Shiyue told everyone to disperse and go back to sleep, as they had to get up early to open the shop the next day.
After returning to her small room on the second floor, Li Shiyue washed her hands, face, and feet, and lay down on the wooden bed, but couldn't fall asleep for a while.
At this moment, her thoughts were in turmoil.
Previously, I discussed with Liu Tan, Jiang Huijun, Yan Jiuniang, and Manager Jin who was behind all the events surrounding the Zhenbei Wang family, from the Mad Horse case to the assassination of the Crown Prince in the street.
Yan Jiuniang guessed that it was Consort Zhou, and Liu Tan and Jiang Huijun both tacitly agreed with this guess;
Manager Jin remained silent, adhering to his duty as a subordinate.
Li Shiyue herself didn't say anything at the time, since she really didn't have any right to say anything about it.
But what she thought was different from what Yan Jiuniang said.
After the Mad Horse case, Li Shiyue went to Xingsheng Tower to buy information about the Zhenbei Prince's family. At the time, she also thought that it was Consort Zhou who did all of this in secret.
But today, I learned from Jiang Huijun that the Prince of Zhenbei arranged the marriage for Yan Jiuniang in haste because he wanted the iron mine of the Sun family in Guanlong.
A sudden surge of electricity ran through Li Shiyue's mind. Combined with what she had seen in Xingsheng Tower about the complex interpersonal relationships in the Prince of Zhenbei's harem, Li Shiyue felt that Consort Zhou was definitely not innocent in these matters. However, she was just a target on the surface. The person who really wanted to kill Liu Shu was probably the Prince of Zhenbei himself!
Yes, Li Shiyue guessed that it was the Prince of Zhenbei hiding behind the scenes, using Consort Zhou as a cover, but in fact the Prince of Zhenbei wanted to kill Liu Shu!
As for why the father killed his son?
It's very simple. The Prince of Zhenbei no longer wants Liu Shu to hold the position of heir apparent.
As for the reasons, Li Shiyue had a few guesses in her mind.
First of all, as Yan Jiuniang said, Liu Shu is too lustful, but that's not the problem.
The problem is that he was too lustful at such a young age, and he even caused some deaths, including the death of his older sister and the birth of his son, Shouge.
Thus, this is a case of being unworthy of one's position.
Secondly, the reason why the Prince of Zhenbei wanted to kill Liu Shu was because of Liu Shu's mother, Zhao Changying.
Or rather, it's because of the Zhao family behind Zhao Changying!
The Prince of Zhenbei clearly doesn't want to be controlled by the Zhao family anymore!
The reason why Liu Shu was able to become the heir apparent must have been one of the conditions under which the Zhao family invested in the Prince of Zhenbei and married Zhao Changying to the Prince of Zhenbei as his second wife.
If the Prince of Zhenbei wants the Zhao family to invest in him willingly, then the Zhao family's requirement is to have a successor to the Prince of Zhenbei who carries the Zhao family's bloodline.
Thus, if the Prince of Zhenbei were to ascend the throne in the future, then barring any unforeseen circumstances, once Liu Shu went from being the heir apparent to the emperor, the Zhao family would be able to maintain their wealth and status for at least two or three generations!
Later, Princess Zhao Changying finally became pregnant and gave birth to Liu Shu. When Liu Shu was five years old, he was considered established, so the Prince of Zhenbei asked him to be named the heir apparent.
Li Shiyue even had a dark thought: since Princess Zhao Changying had been married to the Prince of Zhenbei for many years without conceiving, was it because the Prince of Zhenbei had done something to prevent Zhao Changying from getting pregnant?
It should be noted that before Zhao Changying gave birth to Liu Shu, the other concubines in the Prince's mansion had given birth to quite a few children for the Prince of Zhenbei!
Moreover, Liu Shu is the princess's only son!
After giving birth to Liu Shu, the princess never had another child!
How many children did Consort Zhou have?
The message said that Consort Zhou had two sons and a daughter!
Consort Zhou's eldest son and eldest daughter were both older than Liu Shu, but her youngest son was born in the same year that Liu Shu was made the heir apparent.
So, isn't all of this strange?
Isn't this enough to prove how much the Prince of Zhenbei despises Zhao Changying's Zhao family?
Would the Prince of Zhenbei, a proud and arrogant man, really be happy to be coerced by the Zhao family?
Was Liu Shu's birth a result of pressure from the Zhao family, forcing the Prince of Zhenbei to allow Zhao Changying to become pregnant?
However, even if the Zhao family actively sought to invest in the Prince of Zhenbei, rather than the Prince of Zhenbei begging the Zhao family for the investment, the Prince of Zhenbei might not necessarily feel grateful.
Not to mention that it was the Prince of Zhenbei who shamelessly persuaded the Zhao family to support him, the unfavored prince who had been sent to the remote Andong!
The more petty a man is, the less he can stand being manipulated. If he tolerates these things for the sake of profit, he will definitely seek revenge a thousand times over later!
This is human nature!
It's like a man who makes a big business with the help of his father-in-law's money and resources. When he finally achieves success, he will feel like a son-in-law who married into the family, a "phoenix man" who only succeeded because of others. He will suddenly realize that he needs to be a "real man".
But they succeeded because of their father-in-law, though their fragile pride wouldn't allow them to admit it.
What would a man do in this situation?
That means abandoning your wife and children!
Naturally, he wanted to erase the "dark history" of his path to success and abandon his father-in-law and the wife he married for his father-in-law's money and resources!
At the same time, when a man dislikes a woman, he will also dislike the child that woman gave birth to!
This is perfectly exemplified in Li's father.
The more Li's father loved the so-called son in Qin Tao's belly before, the more he hated the child when he came to dislike Qin Tao!
He hated the child so much that he personally killed him!
The Prince of Zhenbei is the same!
Li Shiyue sat up halfway and opened the window, where a cool breeze blew in.
Looking at the bright moonlight streaming into the room, Li Shiyue sighed and came out.
After sighing, Li Shiyue mentally activated the system. Looking at the points in her account, she suddenly thought, "System? System? Are you there?"
After waiting for a couple of breaths without any electronic sound, Li Shiyue shouted in his mind: "Garbage system!"
Stop playing dead!
I know you've always been there!
Speak up now!
Otherwise, I don't know what I might do!
The scumbag leader had no choice but to show up.
"Host, what is your request?"
"Is the option to view the storyline only available during system upgrades?"
Or is it that I can view it whenever I want?
"Host, generally speaking, you can only view part of the plot when the system is upgraded;"
However, if the host is lucky enough to find items in the exchange shop that can be redeemed for story content using points, then those items can be used to view the story.
Li Shiyue frowned. The system's shop was a complete scam to rip people off on points.
The papermaking technique, the blueprints for the curved plow, the seed drill, and the windmill, as well as the planting guide that she redeemed with points, were all obtained by her diligently spending half an hour every day!
Who knows when she'll be able to get the items to exchange for the original storyline!
"Can't I directly redeem story content with points?"
"cannot."
"Tongtong, can you help me operate it so that I can get this item directly in one go?"
I need to read the storyline to complete the missions more effectively!
Only in this way can I accomplish what you said as soon as possible and become a favored concubine.
"no."
"Tongtong, please help me! I promise I'll be very proactive in completing tasks from now on!"
OK?
Okay?
"not good."
Seeing that he couldn't let the system use a backdoor, Li Shiyue cursed, "What use are you, you piece of trash system?"
If you can't help, then hurry up and disappear!
Even though the system isn't a three-dimensional being, it still rolled its eyes in this digital virtual environment.
It knew that when its host, Li Shiyue, needed it, she would call it "Tongtong" politely, but when she didn't need it, she would just call it "garbage system, trash Tongtong".
It really knows all too well Li Shiyue's two completely different faces.
Li Shiyue ignored the scumbag system and instead opened the original book plot she had seen the previous two times. After reading it carefully from beginning to end twice, she finally fell into a deep sleep.
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