One sentence made Shang Huai's brow twitch slightly.
Xiao Chengci continued to raise the stakes, "You're hiring these male prostitutes just to please Zhizhi, aren't you?"
"Don't you want to personally win Zhizhi's favor?"
Shang Huai clenched his fist and rested it on his chin. "Tell me, how do you break them up? I want to hear your thoughts and see if it's feasible."
Xiao Chengci was secretly pleased to see that Shang Huai had taken the bait, but he didn't show it on his face.
With Shang Huai as the scapegoat charging ahead, if something really goes wrong in the end, he can just blame it on Shang Huai.
Moreover, two tigers cannot share one mountain.
After Pei Zhi and Lu Xiuyuan divorce, Shang Huai will no longer be of any use to them.
Xiao Chengci could not possibly be so magnanimous as to actually teach Shang Huai or try to win Pei Zhi's favor, unless he was insane.
Shang Huai still doesn't understand Xiao Chengci enough; Xiao Chengci is a completely black man inside and out.
“I heard Minxue mention before that Zhizhi has a mother-in-law who wants to arrange for Lu Bianzhuan to take a concubine.”
"You should act closer to Zhizhi. If her mother-in-law sees this, she'll definitely cause trouble."
Xiao Chengci said in a low voice, "Since ancient times, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been the most difficult to get along with. Zhizhi is a stubborn person who can't stand the slightest grievance."
"At that time, as long as Editor Lu wavers even slightly, Zhizhi will give up on her own without us having to do anything."
Xiao Chengci had known Pei Zhi for so long, and he understood Pei Zhi's character.
After thinking it over, Shang Huai concluded that Xiao Chengci's method was feasible.
Shang Huai was still worried about Xiao Chengci: "Then we have an agreement. After it's done, you can't do anything underhanded to me."
With Lu Xiuyuan here, they can still sit down and discuss things.
Shang Huai was worried that as soon as Lu Xiuyuan was eliminated, Xiao Chengci would make a move against him.
"We are cousins, after all. Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person."
Shang Huai stared at Xiao Chengci with a suspicious look, "Let's not talk about being cousins between the two of us."
The two of them had both wanted to kill each other.
What are we talking about now, the deep bond between cousins?
Moreover, in the royal family, even brothers are treated no differently.
"You swear that if you succeed in this, you will betray me and lose your beloved."
Xiao Chengci nodded readily, "I swear, if I ever dare to scheme against you, I will surely lose my beloved."
Xiao Chengci's straightforwardness made Shang Huai somewhat worried again.
Xiao Chengci looked at Shang Huai with his most sincere eyes, "I have made such a vicious oath, do you still not believe me?"
Shang Huai made Xiao Chengci swear an oath, and Xiao Chengci was absolutely true to his oath.
Anyway, Shang Huai only said that Xiao Chengci couldn't scheme against Shang Huai.
So it's not wrong for him to have someone else scheme against Shang Huai, is it?
With so many capable men under his command, how could he possibly outmaneuver a mere brute like Shang Huai?
I'll reluctantly believe you this once.
Shang Huai didn't believe Xiao Chengci; he just thought that Xiao Chengci could swear by the pain of losing his loved one.
Therefore, Xiao Chengci would certainly not dare to make any underhanded moves.
The two reached a temporary settlement agreement, although they still couldn't stand each other.
But for the sake of the present, they are willing to temporarily shake hands and make peace with their common "enemy".
After Xiao Chengci dealt with Shang Huai, he returned to the Eastern Palace and felt much better looking at the Second Prince, that fool.
The second prince, realizing he had fallen into Xiao Chengci's hands, turned ashen-faced.
Xiao Chengci, that wicked fellow, is someone even the Second Prince wouldn't dare to provoke normally.
What's more, this time, he took the initiative to come to us.
Xiao Chengci sized up the Second Prince, sighed, and said, "Tell me, should I cut off your hand or your foot?"
Xiao Chengci kicked the Second Prince's foot. "How about we cut off one hand and one foot? That would be more harmonious?"
"Xiao Chengci, don't be so arrogant. I am a prince, after all. How can you punish me without my consent?"
"I am the Crown Prince, so I naturally have the right to deal with you, a mere prince."
Xiao Chengci suggested, "If you're not satisfied, why don't you wait until I've finished chopping everything down before you go and complain to the Emperor?"
The second prince said with dissatisfaction, "You know perfectly well that in Father's heart, you are his only son. What are the rest of us?"
Xiao Chengci squatted down and said bluntly, "If that's the case, then why did you still fall into my hands?"
Xiao Chengci said with dissatisfaction, "Don't you know how to keep your head down?"
The second prince pursed his lips, but finally knelt down to beg for forgiveness, saying, "There were many misunderstandings in what happened today."
"What a coincidence! I almost injured Your Highness's men."
The second prince was, after all, a prince, and was taught by renowned teachers from a young age.
In order to please the Emperor, Consort Shu often forced the Second Prince to study.
"Someone must have framed me."
The second prince's mind raced. "This restaurant was opened by my third brother. He must be holding a grudge against me to plot against me."
The second prince cried out with a hint of grievance, "Your Highness, I am innocent."
Xiao Chengci had no time to listen to any of that. "Whether you are innocent or not, it's no use telling me."
Xiao Chengci, showing great mercy, said, "Considering this is your first offense, take him away and cut off one of his hands. That will be enough."
Xiao Chengci's men immediately tried to drag the Second Prince away.
The second prince screamed repeatedly, "Who dares? I am a prince! I am of royal blood! Who dares to kill me?"
The second prince struggled so fiercely that the guards of the Eastern Palace hesitated for a moment, and the second prince actually managed to break free.
"What, do you really intend for me to do it myself?"
The guards dared not hesitate this time and dragged the second prince away.
Not long after, a painful scream came from the distance from the Second Prince.
De Shun jogged back, "The hand has been cut off, and the imperial physician has already been ordered to stop the bleeding."
Xiao Chengci waved his hand, "Have someone clean it up, don't make my floor dirty."
"By the way, have Minxue send the evidence of the Second Prince's crimes that he has collected to Father Emperor, so that the Second Prince won't have to make a commotion and I won't have to go through all that trouble."
Emperor Xiao was not unaware of the Second Prince's actions.
However, no one complained to Emperor Xiao, and the Second Prince always whipped the concubines in his household.
Xiao Chengci hadn't bothered with it before because the second son hadn't crossed him.
Xiao Chengci didn't need to earn a reputation for being cruel to his own brother.
Recently, after finishing his shift, Lu Xiuyuan would go to the clothing shops in the city.
Lu Xiuyuan plans to hold another wedding banquet for him and Pei Zhi.
When Pei Zhi married him, she had nothing, not even a decent wedding dress.
No guests came to offer their congratulations.
Lu Xiuyuan wanted to live a good life with Pei Zhi and didn't want to make Pei Zhi feel wronged.
Although to outsiders, he and Pei Zhi were already a real couple.
But only they themselves knew that, in private, they had not crossed any lines.
Lu Xiuyuan made up his mind to hold the wedding banquet when the wedding clothes were perfect, and then he and Pei Zhi would consummate their marriage.
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