Chapter 260 Brothers Fight
After a lot of useless chatter, Qin Zhenning heard a point that needed to be asked.
"What did you find out from him?"
"Just now I asked Old Ji if the dowry for my daughter, when she gets married in two months, should be 48 or 88 loads of bread. He said 48!"
Jiang Huailiang sighed.
"Old Guo is a second-rank official, the Crown Prince's Guardian. His eldest daughter is now the Crown Prince's Consort. Not only has she given birth to the Emperor's grandson, she also manages the affairs of the Eastern Palace. When the Crown Prince ascends to the throne, she will surely become the Imperial Concubine.
Guo Ziqian was the only male in his family, barely a brother-in-law to the Crown Prince. So I was at least a Duke of a superior rank, wasn't I? No matter how I looked at it, it was impossible to reduce the dowry, which was equivalent to the betrothal gift, to just forty-eight pieces.
Unless something goes wrong!
"Old Ji has always been shrewd, and recently he's been in the Crown Prince's good graces. By letting me know this, has he also sensed that the Crown Prince wants to attack the Prince of Qi's Palace or my Lingguo Mansion?"
Qin Zhenning looked at him.
"Did the prince suppress you openly or covertly?"
"Not yet."
Jiang Huailiang lowered his eyes and thought carefully.
"Ever since the Duke of Ping's mansion committed suicide last time, the Emperor temporarily gave me the military command of the camp outside the capital, and he has never taken it back.
I also resigned several times from the Emperor and the Crown Prince, but neither of them was willing to let me go home to raise chickens.
I could tell that when they said that, they really trusted me."
"Then have you asked the King of Qi if he has encountered any resistance from the Crown Prince?"
"I asked, and there's no answer."
"So, Princess Qi was the only one who sensed danger from the Crown Prince?"
"right!"
The room fell silent again. The two old fathers sat facing each other and thought for a long time. One of them sighed deeply.
"Old Jiang, I'm afraid you've got the wrong idea in mind. The Crown Prince isn't trying to get rid of the Prince of Qi, he's trying to get rid of the Princess of Qi!"
"What do you mean?"
Jiang Huailiang immediately sat up straight.
Qin Zhenning tapped the table with his fingers.
"The Princess of Qi has such an influence on the Prince of Qi that the Crown Prince cannot tolerate it.
Think carefully about what the Crown Prince did when the Ministry of Revenue officials besieged the Prince of Qi at the Grand Court today. And think about what the Crown Prince said when the Ministry of Rites jumped out to target the Princess of Qi.
"He didn't say anything, just told Li Laosi to shut up."
"Yes, he didn't say anything. But his attitude is so clear that it's like saying everything!"
There was understanding in his eyes, mixed with overwhelming coldness, and his voice was icy cold to the bone.
"The Crown Prince probably drew inspiration from his own past experience and was worried that the Princess of Qi would have too much influence on the Prince of Qi and that something might happen in the future. That's why he became interested in the Princess of Qi. Or perhaps, he could no longer tolerate the domineering Princess of Qi."
"He dares!"
The angry Duke Ling threw the teacup.
Meanwhile, inside the palace, someone also punched his brother in the stomach in a rage.
"You dare!"
Li Chengxiu relied on his height and physique to grab his brother and punch him twice.
But the other party did not fight back.
However, the pain made the prince curl up in embarrassment, and Li Chengxiu could not swing his fist high up no matter what.
He let go of his hand angrily and glared at his brother with red eyes.
"You know exactly how much I like her. I've liked her since I was little, and I've loved her for so many years! Finally, she likes me too, and there's no way you can break us up!
Li Laosan, you are just jealous of me. You yourself didn’t marry a good wife, so you can’t stand seeing my wife love me and like me! You hypocrite!
The prince leaned against the wall to catch his breath, looking at his furious brother with a calm look in his eyes, not at all angered by the nonsense the other party said.
"Have you had enough of this? If so, sit down and listen to me."
"I don't want to hear you say that! No wonder you were trying to speak well of me in front of the old man in the study just now. You're just trying to set me up!
Li Yanxiu, you bastard, I am your biological brother, born to the same father and mother as you. How can you not be willing to see me doing well?
I've been your lackey since I was little, and now you treat me like this? Are you even a human being?!"
Men don't shed tears easily, but only when they are heartbroken. When it's time to cry, Li Laosi can cry more miserably than a dog.
He wiped away his tears with his hand, then looked up and stared straight at his biological brother.
"Brother, I still call you brother. For the sake of our relationship since childhood, and for the sake of our parents, you'd better not have any bad thoughts.
I tell you, I have set my heart on Jiang Wan in this life. I am not afraid that she will step on my head to achieve success!
"After all, I'm just a vassal king living in a poor, remote place, and I can't threaten Dayu's foundation. From now on, the two of us won't come to the capital. Even if you invite me, I won't come. Is that okay?"
"Li Chengxiu, can't you be a little more promising?"
The prince looked at his younger brother who had grown out of his love brain and glared at him with disappointment, but was counterattacked by the other party lightly.
"I'm useless, but you are! We two elder brothers, let alone the younger brother, are just the same kind of people.
I don’t know what happened between you and Song Ziying that led to this. But I can tell you with confidence that my wife is different from yours…”
"What's the difference?"
The prince interrupted his brother coldly, his eyes dark and his voice cold.
"You and Jiang Wan were childhood sweethearts, and so were Song Ziying and I? But what was the outcome?
Fourth brother, please listen to my advice.
They are both extremely ambitious, intelligent, and unwilling to be mediocre. Jiang Wan is even more difficult to control than Song Ziying. One day, she will turn against you!
“Absolutely not!
Jiang Wan has me, Li Chengxiu, in her heart, while Song Ziying has the prince in her heart, not you, Li Yanxiu.
That’s the difference!”
For the first time, Li Chengxiu disregarded his brother's self-esteem and punctured the love that he thought he had.
"Back then, she placed her bets between Big Brother and you. No matter who won, she would be the Crown Princess! If Big Brother had won, she would have been our sister-in-law..."
"shut up!"
The prince became angry and embarrassed.
"Get out! Get out of the East Palace!"
"I'll say it even if you don't let me. You're also a love-brained person, and you still have the nerve to scold me? No matter how foolish I am, at least I still have the vision to choose a wife. Look at yourself?
This is the last time I'll let you do this, and I'm telling you this because you didn't actually do it. If you really dare to do anything to my wife and children, I'll dig up your ancestral grave! I'll hang you on the crooked tree at our ancestral grave, do you believe it?"
This guy is truly a typical figure who can stab his brother in the back, and can also stab his brother twice for his wife. The prince was so angry that he called out the guards and the secret guards to drive the cursing King Qi out of the palace.
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