Capital city, Grand Prince's Palace, Council Hall.
The eldest prince sat in the main seat, holding the intelligence brought by his subordinates. After reading it, his face turned very dark, as if dark clouds were covering the city and a rainstorm was about to fall.
However, no matter how angry the eldest prince was, he raised his head and did not vent his anger on the man sitting below. Instead, he said gently: "Mr. Jin, the third prince not only completed the disaster relief mission for the two prefectures last year, but also captured Beiling City and defeated the Beimo army. Such a large army poses a considerable threat to the second prince."
"Besides that, the third son somehow learned that black stones could be used as fuel. He made something called honeycomb coal for heating. That winter was so cold, a lot of honeycomb coal flowed out of Qingshan Prefecture, and it was also sold in the capital. Many people didn't have firewood for heating, so they bought honeycomb coal. As long as they paid attention to ventilation when burning, there wouldn't be any problems. All these things combined strengthened my father's determination to pass the throne to the third son."
"Mr. Jin, you said you would help me get that position. Now that the Third Brother has so much trouble, what hope do I have?"
Mr. Jin was very anxious when he saw the eldest prince complaining on the main seat. He also knew that what the eldest prince said was true. Considering that the third prince had served in Qingshan Prefecture and Beiling City for many years, if the emperor was not confused and made the third prince the crown prince, it would be for the welfare of the people of the world.
Although he knew this truth, he could never let the third prince become the crown prince. The position of crown prince must belong to the eldest prince.
It's just that the eldest prince doesn't have much chance of winning, but if you think about it carefully, it's not impossible.
"Grand Prince, do you still remember what I told you about Mengyue last year?"
"Of course, Prime Minister Yun raised his daughter for over a decade, but it was later revealed that she was switched at birth. Prime Minister Yun's biological daughter was raised by a rural couple. Prime Minister Yun later wrote a letter of severance and expelled Mengyue from the family tree. She was no longer a member of his Yun family. All the princes knew this. And last year, you said Mengyue had a large sum of money. I sent someone to bring Mengyue to the palace, but they escaped."
Speaking of this, the eldest prince was unwilling to give in, because he really had his eyes on the money in Mengyue's hands.
You have to know that the money he spends every year to maintain his secret army is not a small amount. Even though he has a lot of gray industries and people below him pay tribute to him regularly, those are just barely enough to support him and there is no more.
He has been thinking about where to get money, but he could never find the right way.
Although he earned a lot every year, he spent a lot of money. He also knew that if he wanted to become a big man, he couldn't just focus on money.
When he learned that Mengyue had a large amount of silver and money, he became interested.
As a result, when he ordered people to bring Mengyue to the capital that year, not only did he fail, but he also lost the power of Qingshan Prefecture, which made him feel like he had lost more than he gained.
Thinking that Mengyue was just a little woman, and she had made him fall time and time again, he was so angry that he wanted to kill her.
However, many people were sent out, but none of them succeeded.
That would have been fine, but what he didn't expect was that Mengyue was actually hanging out with the third brother.
He received a tip-off that a woman appeared next to the third brother.
He didn't believe it. After all, he knew the third brother's physical condition very well. It was impossible for him to have children, let alone a woman.
Later, when he learned that the third brother was disabled, he no longer regarded him as a threat. He felt that no matter how they had fought in the past, the third brother had no chance of becoming emperor, and he could still tolerate him as a brother.
When he comes to power, he will let the third brother guard the border, and he will not treat him unfairly.
However, the news he received made him dare not feel at ease about the third brother. On the contrary, after repeatedly confirming that the woman next to the third brother was Meng Yue, he had the urge to kill the third brother immediately.
Even though he knew this was not realistic, he still couldn't help but have that thought, because Mengyue was pregnant.
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