Yang Yaozu asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?"
Consort Li smiled and said, "Eunuch Yang, you know perfectly well what I mean, so don't pretend to be confused. The Fifth Prince is currently leading a large army on an expedition. As long as the Northwest Army is wiped out, the Fifth Prince's prestige will reach its peak. If you really want to be loyal to my son, you'd better do it now."
Yang Yaozu laughed and said, "Your Highness, His Majesty might still be able to recover."
Consort Li said, "Whether I recover or not depends on Eunuch Yang's decision, doesn't it?"
Yang Yaozu was startled and lowered his voice, "Your Majesty, do you mean to..."
He dared not utter another word. As the emperor's personal eunuch, he was required to taste all the emperor's medicine before taking it. It seemed Consort Li intended for him to tamper with the medicine. This was a grave matter.
Consort Li showed a disdainful expression and said, "Eunuch Yang, you also know that His Majesty is determined to kill the deposed Crown Prince Wei Jingzhuo, right?"
Yang Yaozu said in a low voice, "Of course I know."
As Emperor Kangping's personal eunuch, he knew many secrets, which he would share with Consort Li.
“We both know about this,” Consort Li said. “Wei Jingzhuo’s original surname was Lu. If he defeats the Fifth Prince, not only will His Majesty be unwilling, but I will also be unwilling, and you will also be unwilling.”
His Majesty was unwilling, because at that time he had no choice but to reinstate Wei Jingzhuo as Crown Prince. Consort Li was unwilling, naturally because the Fifth Prince could not ascend the throne. And Yang Yaozu deeply hated Su Wan and could not tolerate her becoming Empress.
Yang Yaozu said with a wry smile, "How could the Fifth Prince not be victorious when he personally led an army of 100,000 to conquer Youzhou?"
“One hundred thousand is not enough; we must use all the troops,” Consort Li said. “I have advised him several times, but His Majesty absolutely refuses to use all the troops. There is only one way: his death.”
Yang Yaozu shuddered and staggered back, saying, "I don't know anything, I didn't hear anything."
After saying that, he hurriedly fled.
Consort Li sneered, unconcerned, and slowly stood up, saying, "If you don't do it now, you will do it in the future. It's only a matter of time."
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