"Yes, yes, madam, you are wise!" It's just a common sense. It's okay to deceive outsiders, but there is no need to do so to your own people.
"Then I still have a question. After the Second Prince is captured, the whole story will be investigated. If it turns out that the gold mine is fake, you will be implicated. If it turns out that the gold mine is real, you will be in even greater trouble. How much can you afford to pay for it? Didn't you handle the aftermath?"
What Xu Yixing said was true. If the emperor also believed that there were mines in Qibei and ordered people to develop it, wouldn’t problems arise immediately?
"Oh no! I'm still saying this, you don't understand my second brother, nor do you understand our father. Even if my second brother was caught, he would keep the fact that Qibei has a mine to himself until his death. He wouldn't want us, especially me, to get the gold mine. Did you know that before he came to the capital, all the miners and those who knew about it were executed? That shows how determined he was to keep it secret."
Lu Anyuan changed his posture and continued, "As for Father, he wouldn't care about the gold mine. Do you know what an emperor is? The emperor is the common ruler of the world. Every blade of grass and every tree in Daxia belongs to him. He doesn't care who temporarily owns it. And this time, I'm afraid that my second brother has hurt Father's heart. Besides being furious, Father is only disappointed and won't ask why he started the rebellion."
Xu Yixing understood, yet his heart sank. The Second Prince had executed everyone in the so-called "gold mine," demonstrating his ruthlessness. But wasn't Lu Anyuan, the man behind it, also a murderer? He, himself included, was responsible for the deaths of innocent people.
The emperor was only angry because he was betrayed by his son, and by the army he trusted, but he didn't care about the soldiers and ministers who sacrificed their lives. How unbearable, how indifferent?
If the price of becoming an emperor is the sacrifice of thousands of lives, then Xu Yixing would rather choose to escape from the world. After all, no one should bear the risk of death for the dreams of others.
"What are you thinking about?" Lu Anyuan was still immersed in his plan that was almost successful. When he turned around, he saw Xu Yixing's eyes were dark gray, and he seemed to be in an emotion he had never seen before.
"What do you think the Emperor will do with the Second Prince?"
Xu Yixing did not reveal her desire to escape from the world. In the past, she could still imagine that Lu Anyuan would retire with her after achieving success. However, after listening to his plan today, it was clearly a strategy of a hidden dragon. On this disagreement, she was destined to go against Lu Anyuan's heart.
"Haha!" Lu Anyuan shook his head and smiled contentedly. Xu Yixing had never seen such a relaxed and contemptuous smile on his face. "He will definitely die. I just don't know whether Father will directly execute him or quietly imprison him, making him disappear from public view for a while, and then quietly die one night."
"Alas!" Xu Yixing held her chin with one hand as she listened to Lu Anyuan recount what happened last night. She also understood that the "great achievement" of Lu Anyuan that her father had mentioned was indeed a great achievement, a great achievement that an emperor could not ignore.
After this incident is over, the situation in the court will change drastically.
The originally strongest competitor was labeled a traitor, and the originally unknown one became a great hero who protected the emperor. I am afraid that in the future, all court officials will not be able to ignore the name that was once not very favored when the issue of appointing a crown prince is touched upon.
As for her, she claimed to be a hero, but in fact, apart from having a slightly better relationship with Shen Yue, she had no real merit.
After all, the soldiers were moved in by Lu Anyuan, and the imperial edict was issued jointly by the Empress Dowager and Madam Jing. The most I did was to call Uncle Bai to show up, which was really insignificant!
"Madam, I actually really admire you." Lu Anyuan suddenly said this, leaving Xu Yixing a little confused.
"What?"
"I heard from Chen Yue that you immediately identified the rebels as the Dragon Guards and even took our palace's order to the Weiwei military camp. To be honest, I'm really afraid that you'll go to the Dragon Guards for reinforcements. I'm afraid that Chen Yue will never come back."
"This is all just guesswork, it's not really any skill."
"But you can convince Chen Yue. He's a notoriously stubborn guy, and this time he's in your hands!"
"That's because you don't know who he is. This is a matter of justice, he will definitely go. It has nothing to do with me." Xu Yixing was in a low mood, so she couldn't listen to Lu Anyuan's words of praise for her.
"But you also called out Bai Yu. Without the assault team he organized, the soldiers who came to support the king wouldn't have been able to ascend the mountain so smoothly."
"That's because Ying Wu is good at Qinggong, thanks to my uncle. And I think there's clearly a problem within the Dragon Guards. Otherwise, how could 30,000 soldiers just run away after a single blow?"
"Huh? I haven't heard of this news yet, but I certainly didn't see He Bin today... That's all! Why do you always say it's someone else's credit? It's obviously you who's quick-witted and smart enough. Otherwise, if Second Brother had said that to the Emperor, both of us and your father would have been suspected of being traitors."
"I was being pretentious and insisted on getting off the car. My sister was good enough to remind me..." Having said this, Xu Yixing stopped talking. She didn't want to tell Lu Anyuan that her panic was God's will and it was inevitable.
Every time Lu Anyuan said something, Xu Yixing would refute it. He felt a little discouraged. Why was Yixing so pessimistic about herself in this matter?
"But later, when I fell from the top of the city wall, it was your people who saved me."
"Don't think I didn't see Ying Wu didn't even untie you. You'd already escaped and were deceiving the Second Prince."
"Forehead..."
It was already dusk, and there was no one to light the lamps in Yixiao Pavilion. The original attendants had probably been locked up for interrogation. However, the two were already extremely tired, and regardless of these empty feelings, they cuddled together and gradually fell asleep.
"His Majesty has ordered that all the princes, princesses, and their husbands-in-law come in to discuss matters!" A hoarse duck voice sounded, driving away the sleepiness of the two people.
A young eunuch came running in, holding a lantern and leading the two men out.
"Did I hear it right?" Xu Yixing tidied up his clothes and rubbed his eyes. Wasn't the emperor still unconscious due to poisoning this morning? How come he got better so quickly?
"Let's go quickly. Father is calling us now. It must be something important."
Tsk! As Xu Yixing walked along the already dark palace road, he said disdainfully: What big deal? Isn't the big deal right now to capture the Second Prince and sentence him to death? Your long-cherished wish has finally been fulfilled! However... considering that the Second Prince is also his old enemy, rushing to witness his death is also quite exciting.
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