Chapter 153 This is a setup!
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The people sent by the princess arrived quite quickly. There were more than ten people in the group, and the leader was a woman who looked older, about the same age as Li's mother.
After handing Shouge'er to the woman, Liu Tan turned to Li Shiyue and said, "I need to go check on the young master. Miss Li, you..."
Li Shiyue was a person who knew how to read people's expressions. He immediately cupped his hands and said, "My second uncle and I came here to thank the eldest young master. Since the eldest young master has other matters to attend to, my uncle and I should take our leave."
Liu Tan was quite accommodating, suggesting that Ma San see Li Shiyue and his nephew Li Wangming off. He nodded to Ma San and quickly left the training ground with Zhao Da.
Being escorted out of the palace by the eldest son's personal guards is a kind of dignity, isn't it?
Li Shiyue has always been very self-aware of her identity.
Li Shiyue and Li Wangming followed Ma San closely, and soon they were out of the Wangfu gate.
Upon arriving outside the Prince's residence, Ma Sancai quickly stopped, cupped his hands, and said to the two men, "October, Young Master Li, it's just that there are too many people and too much gossip in the Prince's residence, and it wasn't appropriate for the General to keep you here under such circumstances;"
Ma San leaned close to Li Shiyue and whispered, "I can't say much to you while I'm in the manor. The general was only summoned back by the prince a few days ago. He doesn't usually live in the prince's manor. He has his own residence in the east of the city."
I can't sit at the same table and drink with you today, but I'll definitely make it up to you next time!
At this point, Ma San looked up at Li Wangming and said, "Since the general has already found a way for your second uncle, it is enough that you have come to express your gratitude. The general knows this in his heart."
What could Li Shiyue say?
He nodded and clasped his hands in agreement.
They were escorted out of the Prince's mansion, but they weren't empty-handed.
Liu Tan must have already prepared a return gift for him; it was a set of beautifully bound books, which Li Wangming could use.
When Li Shiyue and Li Wangming returned to the inn, Li's mother and the others had not yet returned.
Li Shiyue ordered two bowls of noodle soup for Xiao Er, and after eating with Li Wangming, they each went back to their own rooms.
Li Wangming said, "Since the exam hasn't started yet, I'll study as much as I can. My family has put in so much effort for me, and if I don't do well on the exam, I'll be letting you down."
Li Shiyue sat in the room for a while, feeling as if she hadn't eaten the bowl of noodles she had just eaten, so she went out again and found a small eatery that made wontons on the street outside the inn and sat down.
Before the wontons were served, Li Shiyue couldn't help but think of the BMW accident that happened today in the Wangfu's training ground.
This matter simply doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
According to Ma San, Liu Tan lived independently outside the city after getting married;
Moreover, when she and Li Qiutian took a roe deer and a cart of wine to the military camp to deliver New Year's gifts to Liu Tan, during their casual conversation, Liu Tan implied that his relationship with the Prince's Mansion was not harmonious.
This discord even led him to directly refuse when the heir apparent, Liu Shu, invited him to return to the palace for the New Year.
Ma San also said that Liu Tan was only summoned back to the Prince's mansion by the Prince of Zhenbei in the last few days after the New Year.
Then, combining this with what Liu Tan said earlier at the drill ground: "...let's try the Ferghana horse that the prince obtained from the Turks."
Li Shiyue sketched out this picture:
Forced to return to the Prince's mansion, Liu Tan had planned to go to the training ground today to try out the Prince of Zhenbei's Ferghana horse.
The person who orchestrated this was well-prepared and also understood Liu Tan's military temperament: "If you're not convinced, then fight!"
The horse handler said, "...this horse is wild and difficult to tame..."
After hearing this, Liu Tan was even more eager to give it a try.
Liu Tan, being stubborn, insisted on personally conquering the wild horse. Then, by sheer coincidence, Prince Liu Shu and Shou Ge'er also appeared at the training ground at the same time!
That was a great timing!
The person behind this scheme is truly remarkable!
Just as Li Shiyue was thinking, a large bowl of wontons was placed on the table. Li Shiyue took a spoon and drank a mouthful of soup, but her tongue was burned!
Looking at the dumplings, Li Shiyue continued to ponder the matter of the Prince's Mansion.
Why do you think she knew today's event was a setup?
Moreover, Li Shiyue believed that this was a dead end specifically targeting Liu Tan!
Two points. First, when she was rampaging wildly, she was facing the three of them: Lie Ma, Liu Tan, Liu Shu, and Shou Ge'er.
With her exceptional senses, Li Shiyue detected a faint fragrance on Shouge'er!
When Li Shiyue punched the horse's head with both fists and then hugged it to stop it, she also smelled a strong, fishy odor around the horse's nose.
If Li Shiyue had never been to Niuma Market or raised horses before, she would never have thought of going there.
But she had been to the cattle and horse market and seen merchants selling things that could arouse stallions and make them estrus!
This stuff is powder made from the seeds of a flower that grows on the grasslands, and stallions get very excited and intoxicated when they smell it.
Simply dry the stems and leaves of this plant and mix them into the stallion's feed, then sprinkle powder made from the plant's flower seeds on the mares.
After eating fodder laced with additives, stallions will become excited and go berserk after a few hours, displaying their prowess towards mares that carry this scent.
This is a tactic used by horse traders, specifically to breed horses for sale.
Moreover, Li Shiyue saw this item in the cattle and horse market, and it was extremely expensive, traded for gold.
Of course, Li Shiyue, who had discovered this at the Prince's Palace training ground, kept quiet and instead focused on the fact that Liu Shu had become a father at such a young age.
If it's a trap, or even a dead end, then it's definitely a life-or-death struggle for interests!
Why is it considered a dead end?
"If I hadn't been there, if I didn't possess this immense strength, what would the outcome have been today?"
Li Shiyue blew on the steam rising from the wontons and ate them one by one, finishing the whole bowl in no time.
After finishing that bowl, she finally felt a little full.
Li Shiyue waved to the old woman and called out, "Another small bowl, please."
Picking up a side dish from the table, Li Shiyue thought to herself, "If I'm not there, Liu Tan definitely won't be able to get there in time to stop the horse. In that case, Liu Shu will have to be kicked or trampled by the horse in order to save Shou Ge'er."
If you're lucky, you'll be left with a disability, such as a broken leg or paralysis.
If you're unlucky, you'll die.
If the crown prince is crippled or dead, then naturally a new crown prince must be appointed.
If that's the case, how can the Crown Prince and the interest groups behind him be considered?
Liu Tan is bound to be suppressed; his military power will likely be taken back, and he may even lose his life.
With these thoughts in mind, Li Shiyue finished all the small bowls of dumplings that had been served, paid the bill, and then strolled around the city.
After wandering around for a while, she finally found a teahouse, went in and listened to a performance. She then asked the waiter who was constantly refilling her tea.
Li Shiyue gave the waiter, who was bowing and scraping before her, a handful of copper coins, exchanged a few words with him, and then left the teahouse.
Li Shiyue asked Xiao Er where in the prefectural city one could buy and sell information, since this was the prefectural city, the most prosperous place in the entire Andong.
What surprised Li Shiyue at all was that the biggest informant in the city was actually someone she knew!
Xingsheng Tower!
Yan Jiuniang's Prosperous Restaurant!
Yes, Xingshenglou is not only a large shop selling goods, but also serves as an intelligence hub for buying and selling information!
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