Chapter 165: Being Scolded
Luo Yechen endured the strong sense of humiliation, gritted his teeth, took off the bramble on his back, and presented it with both hands.
"I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so foolish as to send someone to assassinate you. It's normal for you to be angry. You can beat me with a whip to vent your anger. I will never fight back."
Luo Qinghan stretched out his right hand and took the bramble.
Luo Yechen was shocked. Was this kid really going to hit him?
He just wants to pretend!
If such a thick whip were to hit him, it would definitely hurt!
Just when Luo Yechen was feeling uneasy, he heard the prince slowly speak.
"I have something I want to ask you. As long as you can answer me truthfully, I will promise not to tell anyone about your assassination attempt on me for the time being."
Luo Yechen hurriedly said, "You say."
"What made you think of assassinating me?"
This was not an important matter, so Luo Yechen told it all without much hesitation.
"Not long after you left, I accidentally learned that the younger brother of a manager in the palace was the post station chief. It just so happened that you were going to pass by that post station, so I thought this was a good opportunity, so I arranged for four assassins to work together with the post station chief to assassinate you."
Luo Qinghan asked again: "Where is the steward in your mansion?"
"I was afraid he would reveal the secrets, so I killed him."
Luo Qinghan remained silent, obviously so angry at his stupidity that he had nothing to say.
After a long while, Luo Qinghan slowly spoke.
"Brother, sometimes I am really curious about what is in your head?
Why do you think that if you die alone, no one will find out about you?
The things you did were not particularly secretive. If someone carefully checked, they would easily find out about you.
Assassinating the crown prince is a capital crime. Once you are found to be the real murderer, you will lose your life, not to mention your position as crown prince."
Luo Yechen broke out in a cold sweat after hearing what he said.
He was also bewildered at the time, and was fooled by the steward. His mind was filled with thoughts about the position of crown prince, and he completely ignored the possible risks that this matter might bring.
By the time he reacted, it was too late; all the assassins had already been sent out.
Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. He can only go down this path until the end.
Luo Qinghan looked at him meaningfully.
"For the sake of our brotherhood, I have to remind you that there are no pure accidents in this world.
Every step you take is actually controlled by others."
Luo Yechen was shocked.
He raised his head: "How come?"
Luo Qinghan sneered: "Don't you think this is all too coincidental?
Just after I left Shengjing, you suddenly learned that there was a younger brother in the mansion who was a postmaster. What's more coincidental is that the post station where the postmaster worked happened to be one of the post stations where I stayed along the way.
So many coincidences just happened to come together, do you believe that there is no one behind the scenes manipulating this?"
Luo Yechen was stumped by the question.
Of course he didn't believe it.
It is true that he is stubborn, but he still has basic thinking ability. The prince has already made it so clear, how could he still think that everything is just a coincidence?
Luo Qinghan continued speaking slowly.
"In the last poisoned wine incident, you almost became someone else's scapegoat. I thought you would be more cautious after that lesson. I didn't expect you to dare to do that. Do you think your life is too long and you must rush to die?"
This was the first time that Luo Yechen was scolded in front of his younger brother and couldn't even raise his head.
It’s not that he didn’t want to refute, but he couldn’t find any words to refute, so he had to bite the bullet and take the scolding.
(End of this chapter)
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