864 There is always a mountain higher than the other
“Your Highness…”
Xiling Tianyu also knew about the commotion in the ancestral hall. Xiling Tianyu's servant whispered a reminder, reminding Xiling Tianyu whether he was going to do anything.
Dongling Ziluo was indeed arrogant. He looked down on everyone in Feng Mansion. The place where Xiling Tianyu lived was not spared and was also searched, but it was not smashed.
Although the other party didn't say anything, Xiling Tianyu understood the meaning of the words. He also wanted to move, but...
"I am the prince of Xiling and cannot interfere in Dongling's political affairs. These are Dongling's Blood-Clothed Guards doing their job." Xiling Tianyu sat in a wheelchair, holding the armrests tightly with both hands.
The servant also knew Xiling Tianyu's difficulties, but he was worried that if something happened in Feng Mansion, the Ninth Prince would be angry with Xiling Tianyu. The servant whispered, "Your Highness, where is the Ninth Prince?"
Xiling Tianyu closed his eyes, hiding the helplessness in his eyes: "It is enough for me to protect Feng Qingchen."
The servant thought about it and said no more. The master and the servant, one sitting and the other standing, stared in the direction of the ancestral hall in a daze, praying silently in their hearts that nothing would happen to the ancestral hall of the Feng Mansion.
They knew very well that General Feng and Madam Feng held such a high position in Feng Qingchen's heart that no one could replace them even if they died...
In the palace, the emperor seemed to be in a good mood. He didn't care at all how low the temperature was outside, nor did he care that there were no flowers to appreciate in the Imperial Garden at that moment. He pulled the Ninth Uncle to enjoy the scenery and play chess in the Imperial Garden.
Knowing the Emperor's intention long ago, the Ninth Prince didn't care whether he was willing or not. He sat down expressionlessly, picked up the black piece and started making moves. He looked so calm and composed, as if no matter how big the event was, it had nothing to do with him.
There was an ambiguous light in the emperor's eyes. He didn't believe that the Ninth Prince didn't know what he was going to do today and what he had done.
After the fifteenth move, the emperor finally spoke: "Ninth brother, you are very patient today."
These words were alluding to the Ninth Uncle. Normally, when he heard that Feng Qingchen was in trouble, it was like a lit firecracker, whoever touched it would explode. But today's behavior was too abnormal.
There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. The emperor is always suspicious. The performance of the Ninth Prince today made the emperor unable to help but open his mouth to test it.
The Ninth Prince raised his eyes and looked at the Emperor expressionlessly. If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, the Ninth Prince really wanted to laugh. The Emperor's suspicion was really unreasonable. It was not the Emperor's intention that he stay in the Imperial Garden.
Urgent? He was in the palace, and the troublemakers were outside the palace. It was useless for him to be anxious.
Do you want to see him laugh? Do you want to see him panic-stricken?
Your Majesty, you really think too highly of yourself.
His long eyelashes trembled slightly and his eyelids drooped slightly, hiding the light in his eyes. He was afraid that he would lose control and reveal the disdain in his eyes.
The Ninth Prince took a look at the chessboard and put the piece down: "Your Majesty, you are joking. I have never been like this before."
"Hahaha, that's right, ninth brother, you have always acted like a little adult since you were a child. You are cold and ignore everyone, and you look like you have no desires or ambitions. I don't know who you learned this from." The emperor picked up the teacup and took a sip, but used the action of drinking tea to look at his ninth uncle.
Seeing the Ninth Prince in a single garment, and then seeing himself in a fox fur coat that couldn't keep out the cold, a thought flashed through his mind.
He is old, and his ninth brother is still young. Even if he indulges his sons to fight, compete and rob, none of them can be a match for his ninth brother. The emperor heard Fu Lin's suggestion and became more and more certain that it was feasible.
The prince is a useless person, not even qualified to be a target. Maybe he shouldn't allow the prince to sit in that position all the time. He should replace him with someone else, or leave the position vacant and let his sons take it.
Only the strong can sit in that position, and only those who have fought their way out from among their brothers can sit firmly in that position.
As he was thinking too much, his moves became slower. The Ninth Prince did not urge him. He looked forward with unfocused eyes and did not answer the Emperor's words.
If he didn't have such a character, if he didn't pretend to have nothing to ask for, with the emperor's methods, he could have survived in the palace.
When the emperor ascended the throne, he was still a child who knew nothing. If he had not been protected by people inside and outside the palace, he would have died a thousand times already.
In the palace, there are hundreds of ways to make a person die properly.
Your Majesty, are you regretting not killing me when I was ignorant?
The Ninth Prince moved his fingers slightly and turned his eyes back. Seeing that the Emperor was still deep in thought, he reminded him, "Your Majesty, it's your turn to make a move."
The emperor came back to his senses and turned around to meet the eyes of the Ninth Prince's uncle. Facing the Ninth Prince's eyes that seemed to see through everything, the emperor felt uneasy.
He wondered in his heart whether the Ninth Uncle knew something, but then hurriedly denied it. If the Ninth Uncle really knew something, the person sitting on the throne of Dongling would not be him now.
The emperor did not want to think about it anymore, nor did he question the ninth uncle. After making his move, he changed the subject to the Wang family: "What do you think about the Wang family's affairs, ninth brother?"
The whereabouts of the head of the Wang family is unknown, and the Wang family is in the midst of internal strife. Of course, the emperor is not only asking about the Wang family, but also about the Feng Mansion. Although no one mentioned that the Wang family went to the Feng Mansion to cause trouble today, everyone knew it.
"Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the emperor, and the Wang family is also the people of my Dongling." These words were to tell the Ninth Prince that the affairs of the Wang family were of course decided by the emperor, and he had no right to interfere.
The emperor felt very relieved by these words, but if he thought about it carefully, he would find that what the Ninth Prince said was just empty talk.
If Wang Jinling secures his position as the patriarch of the Wang family, it will not be so easy for the emperor to control the Wang family. However, it sounds like this is the most appropriate thing to say now.
The two of them exchanged words with each other, mostly with the emperor testing them. The Ninth Prince would answer questions that he was willing to answer, and would pretend not to hear questions that he was not willing to answer. It was rare for the two of them to have harmony.
When the Feng Mansion was smashed to pieces by the Blood-Clothed Guards, the Imperial Garden was also full of harmony. The Ninth Prince and the Emperor were playing chess, but their real chessboard was not the jade chessboard in the Imperial Garden, but the chessboard of the Wang Family.
That's right, for the Emperor and the Ninth Uncle, the Wang family is the chess piece they want to play today, and the Feng Mansion is a key chess piece. This piece can determine the outcome, but before the chess piece falls, no one knows who will win or lose, and the harmony in the Imperial Garden is just an illusion.
The emperor was confident of victory, and the Ninth Prince was calm and composed. The emperor thought that if he could contain the Ninth Prince and Prince Su, he would win the battle in Feng Mansion. However, he forgot that there was another person in the imperial city whose status was higher than Dong Ling Zi Luo, and that person was...
"Stop!" When the Blood-Clothed Guards approached the servants of Feng Mansion with knives, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, dressed in apricot-yellow palace robes, came to Feng Mansion with his guards.
"Your Highness?" The Blood-Clothed Guard paused, his sword frozen in mid-air, not daring to chop down.
Why would the prince come to Feng Mansion at this time?
coincide?
No, there is no such coincidence in this world...
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