Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1337: The best of both worlds
After preparing the incense, Qin Zongliang lit it, sniffed it with his eyes narrowed, and sighed with satisfaction. He glanced at the prince who was deep in thought and sat over:
"Your Highness is depressed not only because of my house arrest, but also because of Yuan Dao and Han Qingru, right?

In today's situation, they asked for mercy from the King of Jin, oh no, it should be for the Second Prince, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, and it can even be said that they helped His Highness. "

After listening to Qin Zongliang's analysis, the prince's depression subsided a lot, and he turned to ask about the weapons:

Some time ago, they received news that the bandits in Pingzhou and the people in Mobei actually had weapons made by the Tianchu officials.

This was a serious matter, so people were sent to investigate immediately. All the signs they got showed that the Han family and the King of Qin, taking advantage of their control over the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works, were withholding weapons and making money.

Although I lamented that the King of Qin and the Han family were so bold as to sell weapons with official seals, you must know that if a prince privately withheld weapons, he could be accused of treason once it was verified.

Not to mention that even the people of Mobei were involved, which was even more serious, treason. The crime of treason was punishable by death, and Prince Ling was a precedent.

When the prince learned about this, he was so excited that he wanted to report it to the emperor, but was stopped by Qin Zongliang:

Pingzhou is fine, the Dingbei Army is confronting Mobei. How could the Mobei people not report to Your Majesty that they have Tianchu military equipment?
The Han family is about to leave Beijing in the next two days, but His Majesty still has not taken any action. It is obvious that he still needs the Han family and does not want to expose this matter before pacifying Yeliang.

If they bring this matter to light, it would ruin Your Majesty's ambition to unify the world, and naturally would anger Your Majesty.

"If you stop me from submitting a petition, the Han family will leave the capital. If he really wants to rebel, letting the Han father and son return to the Zhenxi Army will definitely cause trouble in the future."

Hearing the prince's worries, Qin Zongliang looked at the thin smoke floating gently from the incense burner, looking refreshed and intoxicated:

"Your Highness should have a longer-term vision. Now that Chu Chengyao is no longer able to make any waves, it is important to get rid of the King of Qin, but we must not lose the emperor's heart. Since there is a way to have the best of both worlds, why not wait a little longer?" The prince knew Qin Zongliang's ability, so he took a deep breath and suppressed his impatience:

"For this matter, all the arrangements prepared by the flower show have been withdrawn. I hope it will be as you expected."

Qin Zongliang said confidently:

“Your Highness, there is no need to be upset. It just so happens that Feng Siyao is sick. No matter whether it is true or not, she did not go to the flower show. Even if we follow the arrangement, we can only get Lin Jinyan.

I haven't completely cleared my suspicion of the Mingye Pavilion yet, so even if I succeed, I will only feel resentment. This time, the Qi family is lucky to have the Han family help us avoid the disaster."
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The day before the Han family set out for the war, the emperor suddenly granted a marriage and betrothed Han Yaohui's second daughter, Han Shuang, to the prince as his principal wife.

As soon as this imperial decree came out, the Han family, the Qin Palace, and even the usually calm Concubine Xian all changed their expressions in shock:
Why was the marriage granted so suddenly? Why didn't I hear any rumors beforehand?
When Concubine Xian came to see the emperor under the pretext of delivering food, she ran into her son and Han Yaohui and his son.

The emperor had expected these people to come and ask for a meeting, and he had already prepared his excuses.

No matter what the others said, Han Shuang was too naughty to be worthy of the prince, the emperor smiled and kindly rebuked them:

He rejected the arguments of several people with many reasons, including that the prince was attracted to Han Shuang and sincerely proposed to marry her, that he wanted to repair the relationship between siblings, and that he had a royal heir.

A few people were anxious and told others that they intended to send Han Shuang to the Prince of Qin's Palace as a concubine, in order to reject this marriage.