Chapter 97 What do you want
After coming out of the West Palace Gate, the prince got on Qin Junchen's carriage and headed to the prince's mansion.
The person hiding on the imperial road in front of the West Palace gate watched the carriage slowly flow into the crowd before leaving into the narrow alley behind him.
In the carriage.
Qin Junchen clearly felt that the prince was holding back great anger, and he watched his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose.
The prince did not get any favor from the emperor, so how could he dare to ask at this time?
The Crown Prince was digesting what Emperor Ren De had just said, and his eyes swept over Qin Junchen.
After a while, the prince spoke: "Second Young Master, I heard from your brother that you are very good at planning things."
"Thanks for the compliment, brother." Qin Junchen said in a calm tone, "However, if Your Highness has any doubts, it would be my honor if I could help you with some of your worries."
Hearing Qin Junchen's well-chosen words and tone, the Crown Prince raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Why does my father favor the Xie family and ignore the Shangguan family?"
The prince did not understand Emperor Ren De. Even though the Shangguan family was now hiding in the dark, they were not without use.
But what is certain is that the Shangguan family is loyal to Emperor Ren De.
As for whether the Xie family, apart from their wealthy family background, really works for Emperor Ren De, remains to be seen.
Why would Emperor Ren De disappoint the Shangguan family for the sake of the Xie family?
After all, if the Shangguan family’s affairs were to be exposed, what benefit would Emperor Ren De get?
It only took Qin Junchen a moment to guess what the Crown Prince was confused about: "Your Highness, did you disturb His Majesty again because of Brother Shangguan?"
"I also thought that Shangguan Jing's concerns were not simple matters. This was related to my father's reputation, so I wanted my father to meet Shangguan Jing. However, my father had no intention of meeting Shangguan Jing at all. He even asked me to hand over the work I was doing to Kaifeng Prefecture because of this matter."
Isn't this just asking the Crown Prince to hand over the affairs of the Duke of Ying's Mansion to Kaifeng Prefecture for investigation?
"Your Highness, you shouldn't mention the Shangguan family in front of His Majesty again and again." Qin Junchen said softly.
"Why?" The prince's eyes were fixed on Qin Junchen.
Qin Junchen sighed slightly and said, "Your Highness, sometimes you can't just look at things from your own perspective, you also have to look at things from His Majesty's perspective."
The prince frowned and motioned Qin Junchen to continue.
"The Shangguan family sacrificed everything for Your Highness, and Your Majesty naturally remembers this. However, Your Majesty also blessed the Shangguan family with endless wealth and prosperity for generations to come. Even in Longxi, no one dared to pay attention to the Shangguan family."
"When the Shangguan family left Bianjing, they promised Your Majesty that they would never set foot in Bianjing again. However, the Shangguan Jing brothers and sisters are still in Bianjing and disturb Your Majesty from time to time."
"Your Highness, do you know that His Majesty has been sitting firmly on the throne for so many years and most does not want to recall the past?"
The prince's back straightened even more: "Go on."
"Your Majesty has done all that is right for the Shangguan family, but the Shangguan Jing siblings are using the Shangguan family's sacrifices to repeatedly disturb Your Majesty. This will make Your Majesty think that the Shangguan family is seeking a return of their sacrifices."
"Furthermore, in the current situation, compared to the ineffective Shangguan family, the Xie family is naturally the clan that Your Majesty values." Qin Junchen saw the look of sudden enlightenment in the Crown Prince's eyes and added, "Your Highness should also be close to the Xie family."
"But you told Shangguan Jing that the Xie family is in danger and must be dealt with as soon as possible." Although the prince was a little confused, he also knew that Xie Yi's son was close to King Wei, and the Xie family could not be kept.
Qin Junchen smiled and said, "Your Highness, you are the future crown prince. You should consider the overall situation instead of getting bogged down in your grudge with Xie Ting."
How could Qin Junchen not know that the biggest reason the prince targeted the Xie family was because of Xie Ting?
Xie Ting became close to King Wei, and in the eyes of the prince, the Xie family was King Wei's party.
At this time, the prince was silent. He seemed to understand what Qin Junchen and Emperor Ren De meant.
After a moment's silence, the prince said, "What are Shangguan Jing's plans next?"
"We haven't found out who is behind the investigation of the Shangguan family, but it is certain that he has some connection with the Xie family." Qin Junchen was not sure whether he had any connection with the Xie family.
"What about you?" The prince stared at Qin Junchen deeply and said, "Didn't Shangguan Jing say that it was Xie's people who deliberately started a riot in Wanmiao Village that night, which led to those servants attacking your mother?"
Qin Junchen's expression turned colder, and he said, "This matter won't just end like this."
"The Xie family has the protection of the Xie family, and you told me not to touch the Xie family. What's the matter? Are you only targeting the Xie family?" Whenever the prince thought of Xie Rongying, he would think of what happened in Yunwu Manor.
Then came Madam Xue, and then the Duke of Ying's mansion was massacred.
But the prince also knew that Xie Rongying alone could not do all these things, so he thought of King Wei.
After all, Xie Ting had a very good relationship with Xie Rongying, and Xie Ting was close to King Wei. It happened that when they were at Yunwu Manor, those people targeted the prince and Madam Xue, and even the entire Duke of Yingguo's Mansion.
It was also because of this that the prince was so sure that the Xie family was a member of the King of Wei's party.
"Your Highness, what you need to do now is to reassure the Emperor. Only then will our Yongyi Marquisate be stable under your care." After Qin Junchen finished speaking, he turned his gaze away from the Crown Prince and said with lowered eyes, "As for Xie Rongying, I will naturally resolve the matter in my own way."
"Since you have thought it through, then solve it as soon as possible." Although the prince felt that it was a pity that Xie Rongying was solved like this, when he thought about the overall situation, she was just a woman with some abilities. She was of no benefit to him, so it would be best to destroy her.
The prince watched Qin Junchen fall silent and asked again, "Does your brother know what you are thinking?"
"I don't know." Qin Junchen responded.
The prince thought that although Qin Junyi didn't pay as much attention to Xie Rongying as Shangguan Yao, he still had some thoughts: "Does your brother not know?"
"My brother blamed Xie for our mother's death, but he didn't know the real situation in Wanmiao Village." Qin Junchen did not let Shangguan Jing tell Shangguan Yao about Wanmiao Village.
In Qin Junchen's eyes, Qin Junyi and Shangguan Yao are not people who can do big things.
It was clear from Jiang's previous letters that he didn't want these two people to affect his affairs.
"What are you going to do?" asked the prince.
Qin Junchen was silent for a moment, thinking of his mother and the Jiang family's uncle, his voice was particularly cold: "Of course I have to ruin her reputation to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
"How did you become disgraced?" the prince asked with a chuckle, as if he was interested.
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