Li Yan pondered for a moment and said, "In my opinion, getting married is at least something you truly like and are willing to do, rather than being forced into it or making a hasty and helpless choice to avoid another engagement."
"I don't think any girl can accept being the second best choice! This not only affects your life, but also the life of that girl!"
In this era, marriages were mostly decided by parents' orders and matchmakers' words. She didn't dare to say anything more straightforward or bold, but instead persuaded Qin Yue that if he really wanted to get married, he should first want to do such a thing in his heart.
"What about you? What kind of person will you marry?" Qin Yue suddenly asked.
Li Yan's gaze suddenly became profound. She paused for a moment and said, "First, you can't have three wives and four concubines. Second, you have to be pleasing to my eye. Finally, you have to respect my ideas."
"That's all?"
"Just this first criterion has already screened out most of the suitable candidates. Adding the second criterion, it looks broad, but it's actually very strict." Li Yan shook her head in frustration. "It's difficult!"
Qin Yue was amused by her expression. He wanted to ask, "Do you like me?"
I can do the other two things, but I don’t have the courage to speak up, so I end up swallowing my words silently.
He changed the subject and asked, "So what do you think is the best way to deal with this matter?"
Li Yan did not directly answer Qin Yue's question, but took the opportunity to find out the new secrets of the royal family.
She asked rebelliously, "What do you think of the personalities of the princes?"
"The eldest prince is too soft-hearted to be of any importance, and the second prince is too ambitious but unworthy of his position!"
Li Yan's heart skipped a beat. From what Qin Yue said, neither of these two princes was fit to be emperor!
If such a person comes to power, she will be deceived by the treacherous people around her and become blinded. By then, her wish to live in peace in a corner will probably not be realized.
After considering his words for a while, Qin Yue continued, "Apart from being a little weaker, the Fourth Prince is superior to his two brothers in both ability and virtue!"
Qin Yue's words comforted Li Yan.
Fortunately, fortunately, there is at least one person who can be of great use! That means there is still room for negotiation.
She pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, this matter is already very obvious. You have been caught up in the fight between the First and Second Princes."
"I think this matter will not be resolved even after you get engaged. No matter who you get engaged to in the end, the other party will definitely not let it go. Instead of retreating again and again, it is better to take the initiative!" Li Yan made a fist-raising gesture.
Qin Yue stared at Li Yan in a daze. It was hard for him to imagine that a girl would say something that asked him to fight back.
In fact, Li Yan became anxious after listening to what Qin Yue said about the situation in the court.
She was not originally from this dynasty and had no idea of being loyal to the emperor.
The only person around her who could touch the imperial power was the young man in front of her.
She wanted to shake his mind. Even if she didn't confront those people head-on, she wanted to use tactics to prevent them from taking that position.
Li Yan continued her analysis, "You're at the border. If they want to get engaged to you, they'll naturally want to find out if you're already engaged. You can pretend to be engaged to others to delay their decision."
"During this period, you can secretly support the Fourth Prince and drag the First and Second Princes into this. This is the only way to solve this problem once and for all!"
At this moment, Li Yan had completely given up. She didn't care what Qin Yue would think of her. Her approach was simple and crude, and she was encouraging Qin Yue to do something extremely outrageous!
Qin Yue's heart was churning at this moment, and shock was no longer enough to describe it. Although he thought so too, he didn't dare to say it, and couldn't say it.
He grew up with the Fourth Prince.
The fourth prince was weak and had been bullied by other princes and princesses since he was young. Although he was alienated by his stepmother, he still had the rights he deserved.
A dandy young master with the attributes of a little bully met the weak and unpopular little prince. The two of them surprisingly got along very well and became good playmates.
My father is a loyal minister who is only loyal to His Majesty. In order to avoid suspicion, he has rarely written to the Fourth Prince in the past year. But secretly, he certainly hopes that his childhood playmate can sit in such a position!
However, he could only keep this idea in his heart and secretly build up his own power to support the Fourth Prince.
All this was done in secret, and he never revealed it to anyone, even keeping it a secret from his father.
He thought that if the matter was eventually exposed, those forces did not come from his father, and his father would not be implicated in any way.
Seeing that Qin Yue did not refute her, Li Yan continued, "As for how to drag the prince into this, aren't there many historical records of past dynasties?"
"If the Crown Prince doesn't make any major mistakes, the position will naturally fall to him in the future. The best way to deal with this is to force him to take action. The two of them will fight, and the other party will benefit. Such incidents are everywhere in history books."
Then he sighed, "When people are pushed into a corner, it's hard to stay rational, especially those who are in the middle of it."
Although the principle Li Yan talked about is very simple, it is necessary to strike a balance when implementing it.
It is necessary to allow the Second Prince to gain an advantage and be trusted and appreciated by the Emperor, and to create an illusion for the Crown Prince and the people behind him that the Emperor has a more preferred candidate, so that the Crown Prince and his party will have a sense of crisis and then rebel!
After listening to Li Yan’s rather bold analysis.
Qin Yue was still in a daze when he returned. He couldn't understand why she had filled his head with the idea that while the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits! He had clearly come here to test her feelings.
The funny thing is that he actually agreed with the little girl's idea!
Qin Yue returned to the general's mansion and locked himself in the room. He began to think about the feasibility of Li Yan's words. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He intuitively felt that there was a lot of room for maneuver here.
Then he began to write a letter to the Fourth Prince. The main meaning of the letter was to secretly help the Second Prince take the opportunity to suppress the Crown Prince's party.
The purpose is naturally to put pressure on the prince, causing him to misjudge the situation and take wrong actions similar to forcing the emperor to abdicate.
Qin Yue finished writing the letter and called Ying in, "This letter is very important. Use our Anzhuang and don't go through the post station to send it!"
Ying Yi respectfully took the letter and was about to leave when Qin Yue stopped him again, "Spread the news. I'm engaged. The girl is the daughter of a large grain merchant."
"Also, have our people confirm the identity of the major grain merchant and don't let anyone find out."
He was obsessed. In his father's territory, it was easy for him to forge someone's identity, and the other person happened to be a grain merchant.
From the perspective of the Second Prince, it is understandable that Qin Bin wants to win over these grain merchants and use his son's marriage as a bargaining chip!
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