Chapter 524: The Femme Fatale in the Double Life Story (23)
This matter is a bit complicated and bloody. Su Yu was also surprised for a while when she saw the original plot.
As everyone knows, the current emperor is old and has few children. The only ones who have a chance to succeed the throne are the eldest prince and the third prince.
The eldest prince's mother's family is the head of the civil officials. They have been noble for generations and have no legitimate son. Since the emperor has no legitimate son, the officials naturally support the eldest son.
The third prince was born to the emperor's favorite concubine. His mother's family was also noble. He was born in the Mansion of Duke Lu. Duke Lu followed the emperor very early on and was deeply favored by him because of his meritorious service to him.
Under the suppression of these two people, the other princes could not cause any trouble.
As for the legitimate son of General Zhenyuan whom Xie Qinglan rescued, he had little to do with the fight for the throne. The bad thing was that the Mansion of General Zhenyuan and the Mansion of Duke Lu were related by marriage, so people naturally classified the Mansion of General Zhenyuan into the camp of the Third Prince.
When the enemy is strong, I am weak.
In order to weaken the power of the third prince, the eldest prince intends to alienate the relationship between the Zhenyuan General's Mansion and the Duke of Lu's Mansion.
Today, the eldest son of General Zhenyuan was invited by the prince of Duke Lu to go hunting in the hunting ground.
If things had gone as they had in the previous life, the eldest prince would have placed medicine that could drive the wild beasts crazy in the enclosure in advance, and then used a trick to lure away the guards. The legitimate son of General Zhenyuan would have been isolated and helpless, and would have been bitten through the chest by the wild beast, dragged for hundreds of meters, and killed to pieces.
This incident successfully caused a split between the Zhenyuan General's Mansion and the Lu Duke's Mansion, and the Third Prince's camp was severely damaged.
The truth will be revealed a few years later, by which time the two families have become mortal enemies and will fight to the death.
If Xie Qinglan had not been reborn and knew about this in advance, thus avoiding a conspiracy, the son of General Zhenyuan might have met with an accident.
The royal family’s secrets are truly terrifying and can take people’s lives at any time.
"What are you thinking about?" Seeing Su Yu suddenly stop moving, Xie Qinglan picked up a piece of roasted lamb for her with chopsticks and asked.
Su Yu came back to her senses, shook her head quickly, and said sweetly: "I was thinking, my husband brought back so many banknotes today, how should I spend them?"
Xie Qinglan had never had this kind of trouble before, so he couldn't give Su Yu any advice in this regard. In the end, he could only say, "Buy whatever you like."
Su Yu raised her eyebrow and said deliberately: "What if the thing I like is worth a thousand gold?"
Xie Qinglan was silent for a while: "I will go to the General's Mansion to ask for more tomorrow."
Su Yu burst out laughing: "I'm just kidding, how could your husband believe this?"
Xie Qinglan knew that Su Yu was teasing him, but he felt from the bottom of his heart that Su Yu deserved the best, and even if it was worth a fortune, he would find a way to get it for her.
After saving someone today, people from the Duke of Lu's Mansion and the General's Mansion invited him to visit, saying they would prepare generous gifts as a thank you, but Xie Qinglan thought it was too much trouble and only took the 1,000 taels of silver notes they had on them.
After all, Xie Qinglan didn't want to get involved in the fight for the throne, but for some unknown reason in his previous life, the eldest prince had troubled him time and again, and even tried to kill him. If he hadn't been lucky enough to have escaped, he would have turned into a pile of bones long ago, let alone been promoted to a higher position.
Xie Qinglan was happy to live his life again and cause some trouble for the eldest prince.
"Tomorrow we're going back to our parents' home. Is there anything you need me to prepare?" Xie Qinglan changed the subject.
After eating, Su Yu put down her chopsticks, rinsed her mouth with tea, and gently wiped the corners of her lips. She said, "Husband, don't worry about these trivial matters. Just concentrate on studying. With Lan Ying and I here, nothing will go wrong."
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Xie Qinglan felt that his only value to Su Yu was to study hard and pass the imperial examination.
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On the day of returning home, Xie Qinglan hired a carriage.
Lan Ying put the prepared gifts in. In addition to the wedding cakes and tea prepared according to custom, Su Yu also bought gifts according to each person's preferences. For example, Marquis Yongchang liked jade, so Su Yu prepared a jade seal. In short, there was no way to go wrong.
"Husband, let's go."
The carriage drove steadily towards the official road. When passing the village entrance, Su Yu saw several sneaky and suspicious people squatting there.
System: [Host, you belong to the eldest prince.]
Su Yu: [Not surprising, the hero saved the general's son yesterday and ruined the eldest prince's plan, so he naturally sent someone to take a look.]
System: [However, the eldest prince seems to have no idea who rescued him, and he just followed the trail and found his way here.]
Su Yu: [It seems that the male protagonist is very cautious. ]
Su Yu said before that the poisoned wine in this life might be delivered earlier because of the eldest prince.
According to common sense, Xie Qinglan was just a boy from a poor family. Even if he was lucky enough to pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar, he would not be in the eyes of the eldest prince and would not be targeted by him again and again.
But the premise of this statement is common sense.
Thinking of the relationship between these two people, Su Yu couldn't help but sigh, it's too bloody.
As we all know, the male protagonist usually has a hidden awesome identity.
Xie Qinglan was not surprised, as his life could be described as rough.
The eldest prince's mother was from the Zhao family, the Zhao in Prime Minister Zhao's name. Concubine Zhao became pregnant half a year after entering the palace, and later successfully gave birth to a son.
However, no one knew that the child was replaced by someone when he was just born, smuggled out of the palace and thrown into the river. The eldest prince in the palace now is an impostor.
This matter involved the feud over the succession to the throne of the previous generation. In short, Xie Qinglan luckily escaped drowning and washed downstream and was rescued by the Xie couple. However, his real identity was stolen by an imposter in the palace.
The eldest prince only learned the truth later.
In order to protect his position, the eldest prince secretly sent people to deal with Xie Qinglan, suppress him, and assassinate him. Unexpectedly, Xie Qinglan seemed to be blessed by gods. He escaped death again and again, and his official position became higher and higher, and he even suppressed him in turn.
The eldest prince had no choice but to find Su Yu, which led to the cup of poisoned wine.
After reading this, Su Yu felt like she was splashed with a huge pot of dog blood.
Xie Qinglan knew nothing about this. He just thought that he had come into conflict with the eldest prince before he even entered officialdom in this life, so he had to find someone to rely on in advance.
The carriage drove all the way from the official road to the Yongchang Marquis Mansion.
Su Yu leaned on Xie Qinglan: "What are you thinking about, my husband? Why don't you say anything?"
Xie Qinglan looked through the small window at the majestic and tall houses outside, and thought: "Should we buy a bigger house? You grew up in a marquis' mansion, so you must not be used to living in a small courtyard. I heard from Lan Ying that you haven't left the house in the past two days. I guess you are not used to dealing with them."
At this point, Xie Qinglan sighed softly: "Marrying me is an injustice to you."
After hearing this, even though Su Yu was selfish, she couldn't help but wonder if Xie Qinglan was being too nice to her.
Su Yu raised her eyes to look at him and asked casually, "My husband is so good to me. If it was my sister who married him, would my husband treat her like this?"
Xie Qinglan glanced back, his voice clear but cold and serious: "I will never marry anyone other than the Second Miss in my life."
Su Yu was stunned for a moment.
Lan Ying quietly shrank her body to reduce her presence, her eyes and brows showing uncontrollable joy. She was truly happy for the young lady to marry a good man.
Su Yu looked away awkwardly and changed the subject: "There's no need to buy a big house. One thousand taels won't buy you any good location. When my husband passes the imperial examination, His Majesty will naturally reward him with a mansion. There's no need to waste this money."
Xie Qinglan: "..."
It's another day when my wife pushes me to take the imperial examination.
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