Chapter 112: Instigating the Princess to Revolt, Killing Crazy
Anyway, for the common people, as long as the monarch is wise, it doesn't matter who is in power.
The eldest princess is kind and willing to listen to advice. She has the assistance of Prime Minister Jing and the lady as her think tank. She is definitely better than the current headstrong emperor.
Poured a glass of wine.
Shen Yan handed it to Jiang Wanning and gave it his full support.
"Madam, this is a brilliant plan. I am willing to be your stepping stone, oh no... I am willing to be your virtuous helper.
I will obey Madam's orders and help her soar to the sky!"
Although the status of the Marquis's wife is already very noble.
But there are also the wives of dukes, princesses, and the emperor's concubines... When you count them this way, they don't seem to be very valuable.
If the lady can help the eldest princess ascend the throne, she will be a top-class meritorious official and her status will be extraordinary.
What's more, the eldest princess has always wanted to recognize the lady as her adoptive mother.
Due to his royal status, he was unable to fulfill his wish.
By then, if the eldest princess really becomes the empress, even if her wife cannot be made the empress dowager, she can at least be given the title of "Lady Protector of the Country".
In this way, who in the court would dare to disrespect the lady?
It’s great that even he can benefit from the lady’s success!
Jiang Wanning hadn't planned to drink too much, but Chen Yan was too good at talking, and he made her a little drunk.
By the time she reacted, the two of them had already finished three pots of wine.
"My Lord, you can't drink any more... You have to go to court tomorrow..."
Holding down Shen Yan's action of pouring the wine, Jiang Wanning waved his hands, his cheeks feeling a little hot.
Although she can drink a few more pots without any problem, drinking too much can easily cause her to have sex.
For example, when she looked at Chen Yan now, she felt that he was much more handsome than usual.
Faintly, he even looks a bit like Lu Yanli.
No, no...
A man's mouth is a lie.
Great things have not yet been accomplished, and now is the most critical time.
Zhizhi and the others are all working hard on their careers. As an elder, she cannot indulge in male beauty and let herself fall behind at the critical moment.
The reason why Chen Yan was so attentive to her now, besides because they were "fellow countrymen" who traveled through the book together, was probably because he hadn't gotten her yet, so the usual male desire to win was at work.
But once he succeeds, who knows if he will still be so dedicated in the future?
The stakes are too high, so she should take it easy.
She's not in a hurry anyway.
Across the table, Shen Yan was very anxious!
But he didn't want to get his wife drunk, even though she was very graceful and now she was looking at him with slightly drunken eyes, which made him unable to control himself.
But he is greedy.
What he wanted was for his wife to accept and trust him completely, not just be a tool to warm his bed.
Although he is not opposed to starting with tools...
A small drink can make you happy, but he was afraid that if his wife drank too much, her health would be hurt, so he put down the glass as he was told.
Jiang Wanning glanced at the night scene outside the window and reminded.
"My Lord, it's late."
Shen Yan looked at her with sparkling eyes, and the tone of his voice was a little inconsistent with his stern face.
"Ma'am, there's something I forgot to tell you. The bed in my room is broken... So, can I squeeze in with you tonight?"
Jiang Wanning: “?”
Seeing her look of doubt, Shen Yan said again.
"Madam, if you don't believe me, you can ask Baojuan to take a look...it's really bad."
Jiang Wanning didn't argue with him.
This old guy is very cunning. If she really asked Baojuan to check, Lu Yao would definitely have taken action on the bed and table first.
But getting him to bed was obviously impossible.
"There are many other rooms in the mansion. It's impossible that the beds in every room are broken, right?"
Shen Yan lowered his head and poked his index finger.
"It's also possible that they are all broken..."
Jiang Wanning, who had been engaged in a debate with many people, was speechless for the first time in his life.
After a while, he replied.
"Then you're not allowed to get on the bed, or you'll break mine down... You can only sleep on the floor."
Shen Yan naturally did not dare to refute.
Being able to stay is already a big progress. As for climbing into bed, isn't that just a by-product?
So in the middle of the night, a certain marquis sneaked into bed, gently held his wife in his arms, with a slightly curved corner of his mouth, looking very satisfied.
The next morning, he was kicked out again.
…
A month later.
Concubine Li's health has improved a lot.
For the sake of the eldest princess's grand plan, she did not turn against the emperor again and continued to be in charge of the affairs of the six palaces.
He thought that even if he couldn't strangle the emperor to death, he could at least outlast him.
The days seem promising.
According to etiquette, on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month, all ladies of the royal family had to go to the palace to pay their respects, and Princess Ruyang was naturally among them.
Ever since the last time at His Majesty's birthday banquet, when Princess Ruyang questioned the eldest princess's status and asked the Queen Mother to slap her and Princess Rong'an in the face in public, the mother and daughter have been much more low-key.
Perhaps because he was afraid of being laughed at, he rarely even left the palace.
It's just a matter of paying respects to the emperor in the palace. You can excuse yourself from the palace once or twice due to illness, but you can't not come every time.
In addition, Concubine Liu and Concubine Wang both bit their tongues to commit suicide during the interrogation and did not give up Prince Ruyang. Prince Ruyang hid for a while and found that nothing was wrong, so he became bolder again.
Thinking that Concubine Li might have become estranged from the Emperor due to her miscarriage, he wanted to let Princess Ruyang enter the palace and use an excuse to win over Concubine Li.
Princess Ruyang also suffered a difficult childbirth and lost a son.
I feel a bit of sympathy towards Concubine Li.
After everyone left, he stayed to comfort Concubine Li.
"Your Majesty, you are young and in good health. If you want to have children in the future, you will still have the chance. Unlike me, I had a difficult labor and heavy bleeding. Not only did I lose the baby, but I will never be able to have children again.
If it weren't for the prince's pity for me, he would have promised me to be alone with him for the rest of my life and not have a concubine.
There is only Princess Ling'er in the palace, and he treats her like a treasure.
I’m afraid I haven’t lived such a comfortable life…”
Hearing this, Concubine Li just smiled and said nothing.
She used to think so too.
But what is the result?
Haha... the men in the royal family are all equally heartless and selfish.
How many people can be truly loyal and devoted, and only want daughters and not sons... Is it possible?
Jiang Wanning also shook his head after hearing this behind the screen.
Princess Ruyang was spoiled too much by her family, so she believed the sweet words of men.
After all the other ladies had left, Jiang Wanning came out from behind the screen and sneered.
"Princess, you've lived for most of your life, how can you still be so naive? Prince Ruyang has been secretly having affairs outside and has even fathered several sons, and you don't even know about it?"
When she saw Jiang Wanning, Princess Ruyang's expression changed.
Said in surprise.
"Why are you in the palace?! How dare you talk nonsense and sow discord in front of me! How outrageous! Don't even think about sowing discord between me and the prince!"
Concubine Li's parents died early, and she had no elders around her to whom she could confide in.
The eldest princess suggested to the emperor that he let the marquis' wife come to the palace to persuade and enlighten him these days. The emperor did not want to create a rift with Nangong Jing because of the matter of Concubine Li, so he did not refuse.
Jiang Wanning had been secretly searching for the concubine that Prince Ruyang had secretly kept.
Now we finally have some clues.
Look, they came over to rescue us right away!
Prince Ruyang wants to incite Concubine Li to rebel? What a pipe dream... She first tried to incite his wife to rebel!
The couple were meant to rise and fall together.
It is naturally unlikely to ask Princess Ruyang to do anything that is detrimental to her husband, but she would probably not be able to resist catching him cheating.
She was born into a military family and was the only daughter in the family. She was extremely loved by her father and brothers since she was a child.
Later, she married into the royal palace and became a princess, and was favored by Prince Ruyang.
Her life was smooth sailing, the only regret being that she could not give birth to a son for the prince.
If she knew now that Prince Ruyang's exclusive favor towards her was completely fake, and that his eldest son outside was already over ten years old...
Jiang Wanning really didn't believe that with Princess Ruyang's arrogant and domineering personality, she could be so magnanimous as to tolerate this matter!
“I just happened to see it by chance, so I didn’t see it clearly.
Maybe I saw it wrong.
Oh... In this kind of thing, it is better to be safe than sorry. Princess, it is better for you to pay more attention to it.
The children are still young now, so it’s okay to raise them outside, but when they grow up and need to have the coming-of-age ceremony... the prince will definitely want them to recognize their ancestors and ask for the title of crown prince.
Otherwise, who else can the prince pass on the throne to? "
Upon hearing this, Princess Ruyang turned pale and trembled with anger.
I wanted to interrupt her, but I couldn't help but think too much.
Just subconsciously arguing.
"No, the prince is not that kind of person... How could he lie to me?! Stop it, I don't believe a single word you say!"
Jiang Wanning: “…”
She finished speaking.
Taking two steps forward, Jiang Wanning casually stuffed a drawing into Princess Ruyang's hand, then gently patted the back of her hand.
"The concubine is in this house, you can go and see for yourself.
Oh, the prince is quite fertile.
As for the five sons, each one looks exactly like the prince, as if they were carved from the same mold... No wonder the prince loves them so much and holds them in his arms and won't let go."
Princess Ruyang tightly grasped the blueprint in her hand, extremely angry.
"Shut up!"
Jiang Wanning continued to sigh.
"Tsk tsk, five sons, how spoiled they must be..."
Princess Ruyang: “…” She is about to explode!
…
Watching Princess Ruyang leave angrily.
Concubine Li couldn't help but ask.
"Madam Hou, do you think Princess Ruyang will go look for that concubine?"
Jiang Wanning curled the corners of his mouth and sneered.
“It’s packaged.”
No woman can tolerate her husband, whom she loves so much, cheating on her for more than ten or twenty years.
What's more, she just mentioned the prince's throne.
Princess Ruyang knew full well that the prince was trying to seize power.
Now the prince still needs the help of her family, so he is accommodating and tolerant to her. But if Prince Ruyang comes to power one day, how can he take her, his wife without a legitimate son, seriously?
Naturally, she had to strike first.
Even if she couldn't kill those bastards, she would never keep that woman and threaten her position as queen.
Of course, Jiang Wanning didn't say it.
Prince Ruyang actually had more than one concubine.
He is essentially a very romantic man, and he is good at sweet-talking to please women, so he is almost sowing seeds everywhere.
Even Bai Wushuang was one of his women.
In the original text, he also coaxed Bai Wushuang, saying that he only loved her.
Once the great cause was accomplished, he would take her as his concubine, and if she gave birth to the eldest son, he would make her the queen... Bai Wushuang had no idea that he was playing such tricks behind her back, and she foolishly believed it.
In the end, naturally, he did not end up with a good death.
The reason why Prince Ruyang hid the matter from Princess Ruyang was, on the one hand, to make her mother's family more loyal to him, and on the other hand, to make the emperor relax his guard.
Seeing that he was old and had no son, the emperor naturally did not worry that he would rebel.
I even felt a sense of sympathy for him.
Therefore, even though Prince Ruyang behaved a bit domineeringly on weekdays, the emperor just turned a blind eye.
But who could have imagined that Prince Ruyang had given birth to a litter of children without his knowledge.
The person he trusted the most ended up backstabbing him the most.
After hearing about Prince Ruyang's romantic affairs, Concubine Li completely lost her illusions about men and sneered.
"It seems that men are only honest when they are enshrined in the ancestral hall."
…
Villa.
Princess Ruyang endured it for only two days, and finally brought her men and attacked angrily!
She was worried that Prince Ruyang would obstruct her, so she specially chose a time when he entered the palace.
However, Jiang Wanning told her this so that she could make a big deal out of the matter and report it to the emperor, causing him to completely lose faith in Prince Ruyang. This would force Prince Ruyang into desperate measures.
So, of course she couldn't let Princess Ruyang get rid of the person quietly.
Without waiting for Prince Ruyang to enter the palace.
Jiang Wanning asked Lu Yao to coerce and bribe the servant of the villa, and then ran to wait outside the palace in advance to inform Prince Ruyang.
When Prince Ruyang heard this, he felt like the sky was falling!
He rushed over in a hurry.
When he arrived, Princess Ruyang had just tied up the concubine and was about to throw her into the well.
When she saw Prince Ruyang appear, the concubine wanted to shout anxiously, but she couldn't shout because of the cloth strip stuffed in her mouth. She could only shake her head desperately and sob.
"Damn it! Stop it!"
“Plop!”
Without waiting for Prince Ruyang to approach, Princess Ruyang pushed the concubine into the well with both hands!
Seeing this, King Ruyang couldn't help but get furious.
He quickly stepped forward and slapped Princess Ruyang in the face.
"Bitch! How dare you disobey this king!"
In an impulse, Prince Ruyang no longer cared about disguising himself and attacked without caring about the severity of the situation. He completely lost his usual tenderness and slapped Princess Ruyang's mouth so hard that it drew blood.
Only then did Princess Ruyang finally see through the man's hypocrisy.
She glared at the man in front of her with grief and anger, gritted her teeth, and slapped him back with all her might!
“Bang!”
Prince Ruyang's face suddenly became extremely gloomy.
"You still dare to hit me?!"
"You betrayed me first!"
Princess Ruyang screamed, her eyes red and her face covered with tears.
"All those vows you made to me before were lies! You lied to me for twenty years. I've been deceiving you so much!
I just want to kill this woman!
I just can't bear to see you guys having so much fun!
I'm also going to kill all those bastards of yours... not one will be spared, kill them all, kill them all!"
Looking at her crazy appearance, Prince Ruyang couldn't help but feel extremely annoyed, with a hint of cruelty in his eyes, and gave cold orders to the guards beside him.
"What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and rescue Yao Niang!"
Soon, under the scolding of King Ruyang, everyone worked together to rescue the concubine.
Princess Ruyang was not willing to accept this and rushed forward to stop them.
"Don't rescue her! Don't let her come up... Your Majesty, today, you can only choose between her and me! Either she dies or I die!"
She thought that Prince Ruyang would abandon his concubine because of her status.
But I didn't expect it.
As soon as she finished speaking, Prince Ruyang grabbed her neck and pressed her against the well!
"Bitch, you're just a hen that can't lay eggs. What qualifications do you have to yell at me?! I'm not disgusted by your inability to give birth to a son, I've already been very kind to you!
It would be fine if you weren't grateful, but you actually came here and acted like a madman!
If you hadn't come here, you and I could still live in peace and be a loving couple, but you chose to come here to cause trouble for Yao Niang and even wanted to harm my child.
How can this king keep you?!
Don’t blame me for being ruthless, you forced me to do this—"
As he spoke, Prince Ruyang loosened his grip and made a gesture to throw Princess Ruyang into the well.
Suddenly, a sharp shout came from behind!
"stop!"
Prince Ruyang turned around and saw Jiang Wanning approaching quickly. His expression suddenly became stern and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"Jiang, are you tired of living?! How dare you break into my private residence?!"
“Bang!”
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