Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1236 Internal Conflict

Hearing his hesitant words, Yuwen Cheng glanced at him and said with a smile, "Are you worried that if I do this, the benefits will all go to the Crown Prince in the end?"

Su Changjing said hurriedly: "I just feel sorry for the King of Qi."

"Oh?"

"Your Highness the Prince of Qi has worked tirelessly for the court and for the prosperity of the country, but he has only been given an empty title like the General of the North. The limelight has been snatched away by the Prince of Qin. If he works harder and still gets nothing in return, then it is really - the law of nature is unfair!"

Yuwen Cheng sneered.

He did not like to hear these high-sounding words. If these words were really said by someone like Ji Hong, although he would find them sour, they would not sound so disgusting because they were consistent in their words. However, Su Changjing had obviously betrayed his master, yet he still spoke so righteously, mentioning "the court" and "the great prosperity" all the time. Who could not see that he was only doing it for his own official position?

However, Yuwen Cheng did not want to blame him for anything. In this world, how many people do things not for themselves?

So he smiled and said, "Don't worry, there are many things I like to do, but I don't like one thing - making things easier for others."

Su Changjing's eyes lit up: "So, the crown prince's throne——"

Yuwen Cheng said: "But, the prince must ascend the throne."

Su Changjing's eyes dimmed, but he didn't dare to show too much disappointment, otherwise it would be suspected of alienating the brothers. He only whispered: "This, this is natural. But, Your Highness must have other plans, right?"

Seeing his cautious look, Yuwen Cheng sneered in his heart and said, "The title of Crown Prince has been decided long ago, and although he has fewer supporters than the King of Qin, he still has a lot. If I fight for it, I will have two enemies at once. I am not interested in fighting with my two brothers. If I win or lose, others may not know, but don't I know it myself?"

Listening to his young voice, which was full of shrewd words, Su Changjing felt a chill in his heart for some reason, and his voice was a little hoarse when he spoke: "...Yes, yes."

Yuwen Cheng said: "But once the prince ascends the throne, things will be much easier."

Su Changjing was stunned: "I don't understand, your humble servant."

Yuwen Cheng said, "Everyone says 'Long live the emperor', but from ancient times to the present, which emperor has really lived long? There hasn't even been a hundred years old. Therefore, when an emperor becomes emperor, he must appoint a crown prince. After the crown prince ascends the throne, he must appoint his own child as the crown prince. Only then can the throne be passed down for thousands of generations. That is the meaning of 'Long live the emperor'. The crown prince is the foundation of the country."

"Yes, Your Highness is indeed insightful."

Yuwen Cheng squinted at him and said, "But do you think my brother is the kind of person who wants to have children with the Crown Princess?"

"...!"

Su Changjing opened his eyes slightly, as if he understood something.

Yuwen Cheng said, "They have been married for a long time, but the people I planted in the Prince's Mansion told me that the two of them almost never live in the same room. Today, I went to the Prince's Mansion to see them, and my brother came out with a body full of sandalwood, but he said that he didn't chant the Buddha's name. He didn't chant the Buddha's name, but he still stayed in his house with only a Buddha shrine and full of sandalwood. What's the reason?"

"..."

Su Changjing's eyes flickered, and he already knew something. However, even if he knew about the privacy of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess's bedroom, he did not dare to speak easily, and only put on a listening attitude; and Yuwen Cheng naturally did not need him to answer, and continued to sneer: "Don't you just don't want to get along with others?"

"..."

"And in the Prince's Mansion, there is someone he cannot dismiss but must avoid."

"..."

"Isn't she his Crown Princess?"

Su Changjing said, "So that's how it is." He thought for a moment and then said, "But why are the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess like this?"

Yuwen Cheng sneered, "I have long felt that it is strange that he would bring back that woman - your wife's sister. If the Crown Princess is really an extraordinary person, even if she is like my second sister-in-law, who is both civil and military, she is not bad; it's a pity..."

Hearing him ridicule Yu Mingyue, Su Changjing felt very happy. He couldn't help but move in his seat, but he couldn't stand up and say anything more. He just smiled and said, "Your Highness Prince Qi has a sharp eye."

Yuwen Cheng said: "If I am not mistaken, my brother is regretting it now."

Su Changjing asked: "Do you regret marrying the Crown Princess?"

"..."

Yuwen Cheng did not respond to this immediately, but lowered his eyes and thought for a while before saying, "No, he regretted it and gave up Buddhism to join the secular world."

"..."

"So he doesn't chant the Buddha's name now because he is ashamed of himself for abandoning Buddhism. He feels that he is no longer worthy of chanting the Buddha's name."

At this point, he sneered and said, "My brother has always been like this. He does what he wants to do, but he doesn't get entangled between doing it and not doing it. Instead, he gets entangled after doing it. He doesn't spend his thoughts and energy on the enemy, but on his own heart."

"..."

"Although my sister-in-law often says nonsense, I heard her say two words before, which are very suitable for my brother."

“I don’t know which two words they are.”

"Internal friction."

"Internal friction...?"

Su Changjing was somewhat puzzled by this word he had never heard of before. Yuwen Cheng sneered and said, "To use the words of the old monk, there are too many demons in your heart."

After Su Changjing heard this, he pondered over the two words carefully and figured out some meaning. He couldn't help but sneer and thought: Since Yu Mingyue could think of these two words, she is not completely useless.

Perhaps he felt that he had said too much nonsense, so Yuwen Cheng waved his hand and said, "In short, I think it is impossible for the two of them to have an heir as they are now. This way things will be much simpler. When my brother ascends the throne and becomes emperor, I should at least become a crown prince based on my merits in supporting him. By that time--"

Su Changjing was overjoyed and said, "Your Highness is wise!"

Yuwen Cheng smiled faintly, but then straightened his expression. His young face still had some childishness, but a deeper hostility emanated from his eyes and his broken eyebrows. He leaned slightly towards Su Changjing and said in a deep voice: "So now, our goal is to push the prince to the throne. To let the prince ascend the throne, we must eliminate my second brother and his forces. But from the previous few times, it can be seen that it is difficult for the prince and I to deal with him, especially now that he has captured Liang Shide and Xiao Yuansui, and Ashina Zhuye has also retreated to the Turks. There is no one outside Chang'an who can compete with him."

"..."

"At this time, it is up to the Emperor to take action."

"..."

"If the emperor doesn't take action, we have to force him to do it; if the emperor is soft-hearted, we have to let him see that being soft-hearted has no benefits."

"..."

"Anyway, this time, we have to do it before he goes to Luoyang..."