Jie teaches the Immortal Sweeping Heaven’s Cultivation of All Heavens

After practicing the Sunflower Manual, Xiao Luzi's lightness skill became extremely high, second only to Liu Dong.

With his current lightness skill, he can easily sneak into the palace without being discovered by the palace guards.

The Fifth Prince's residence was less guarded than the imperial palace, making it even easier for Xiao Luzi.

Xiao Luzi took out a homemade booklet and a homemade charcoal pencil, and wrote down every move and every word the Fifth Prince made in the booklet.

The fifth prince was skilled in martial arts, but he mainly learned external martial arts and horsemanship and archery—the same as all the princes. The eldest prince was the best at horsemanship and archery, so he entered the military camp for training.

The crown prince was the worst at riding and archery, but he was the best at writing among all the princes.

The Fifth Prince was mediocre in both literary and martial arts skills; he only had some whimsical ideas, which he mostly spent on eating and drinking.

Because of this, the others didn't think much of the Fifth Prince, and the Crown Prince trusted his younger brother completely.

However, Xiao Luzi discovered that the Fifth Prince actually possessed internal energy. Although his strength was not as great as his and Liu Dong's, it was still quite remarkable.

Xiao Luzi was almost discovered by the Fifth Prince.

He quickly concealed his breathing and was extremely careful in order to continue following the Fifth Prince.

Xiao Luzi then understood why his master had ordered him to accompany him in investigating the Fifth Prince.

The Fifth Prince is really good at hiding his true identity. Do the Crown Prince and Empress not know his true nature?
Could it be that what the two of them are doing now is all for the benefit of the Fifth Prince?
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Liu Tong flipped through Xiao Luzi's records.

The Fifth Prince was a very cautious person, but when he was alone, he would say a few words that others wouldn't understand, but Liu Tong would.

Through these words, Liu Dong confirmed that the Fifth Prince was a time traveler.

Ten years have passed since I traveled through time.

During these ten years, the Fifth Prince, under the guise of the Crown Prince, secretly built up his own power base.

The most famous brothel in the capital was actually owned by the Fifth Prince. He made money through the brothel and also obtained information through it.

Liu Tong had never been to a brothel, otherwise she would have discovered the brothel owner's identity as a time traveler long ago.

The Fifth Prince revived the system of training Yangzhou "slim horses" from the Qing Dynasty, cultivating many women who then entered the private quarters of many high-ranking officials through various channels.

Among the ministers who sided with Liu Dong, at least half of them had young women raised by the Fifth Prince in their private quarters.

Of these, half were captivated by the beautiful young woman and changed their allegiance, becoming the Fifth Prince's women.

Liu Tong was not angry about this. On the contrary, he felt that the Fifth Prince had not done enough. He wished that the Fifth Prince could take away all his subordinates.

That way, he could easily get away.

Of course, besides Liu Tong's subordinates, many of the Crown Prince's subordinates also switched sides to the Fifth Prince.

The Fifth Prince now commands a force that is not much less than that of Liu Tong and the Crown Prince.

The most ingenious thing is that Emperor Qianming, who thought he was in control of everything, was completely unaware of what the Fifth Prince had done and didn't know that changes had occurred on the chessboard he had set up.

Liu Dong smiled happily.

This was the first time he had laughed so heartily since regaining his memories.

Thank you, Time Travel Master!

Liu Dong held the invitation sent by the Song family.

It was Mrs. Song's sixtieth birthday, and he, as her nominal grandson, was obliged to attend.

Liu Tong had a jade carving of the God of Longevity prepared as a congratulatory gift.

The old lady was quite satisfied with the birthday gift and immediately had the jade carving placed in her room.

The old lady looked at Liu Tong with affection and said, "The Song family is your home. Don't be so formal at home. Do whatever you want."

After saying that, he sent Liu Dong off to "play" by herself.

Liu Tong smiled and agreed, then left the old lady's courtyard.

Sure enough, they soon encountered Song Xuemei and Song Xuelan.

The two women greeted Liu Dong politely, but their attitude was not warm. Although they were the Song family's chosen brides for Liu Dong, they seemed to have their own ideas and neither of them wanted to marry Liu Dong.

Liu Dong thought this was a good idea.

If they find someone they like, Liu Qiu wouldn't mind helping them get married.

The three people were chatting awkwardly as they walked along the garden path. The Song family created an opportunity for the three of them to be together and controlled other people to come here.

So they traveled for a while without encountering anyone else.

The three of them followed the path to the lake.

Small boats were moored on the shore, but none of the three had any intention of rowing around the lake. They didn't get on the boats, but just stood on the shore, admiring the scenery on the lake.

The three stood in the shade of a tree, their figures hidden from view by the shadows.

Those who want to do bad things won't see it.

So everyone watched helplessly as a woman was pushed into the river.

None of the three moved.

There's definitely more to this story.

Sure enough, someone jumped into the river to save the person.

The three of them could see clearly that the woman who was pushed into the river was the daughter of the Minister of Personnel, and the one who jumped into the river to save her was the young master of Prince Cheng's mansion.

The Minister of History was very loyal to the emperor and remained impartial among the princes.

The Duke of Song once tried to win him over on behalf of Liu Tong, but he refused. Of course, the Minister of History did not side with the Crown Prince either; he was a loyal royalist.

His daughter was of marriageable age, so the Crown Prince set his sights on Miss Li and wanted to marry her as his principal wife.

The crown prince asked the emperor for a marriage decree, but the emperor's attitude was ambiguous, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

However, the emperor's spies informed Liu Dong of this matter, and Liu Dong's side tried their best to stop it.

Song Xuelan spoke up: "Your Highness, did you give this order?"

Her tone was disdainful.

To destroy a woman's innocence for a purpose.

This tactic was too despicable, and she despised it.

Even if a man is a prince, she would not marry him.

Song Xuemei spoke up for Liu Tong: "Second sister, those who achieve great things do not concern themselves with trifles."

Her tone was cheerful, as if she was quite pleased to see Miss Li suffer misfortune.

Liu Tong glanced at Song Xuemei out of the corner of her eye and said, "Even if I don't want Miss Li to marry the Crown Prince, I won't scheme against her at my maternal grandmother's birthday banquet."

Song Xuelan thought it made sense, so she simply apologized to Liu Dong directly.

Liu Tong nodded in acceptance, wondering who was behind this scheme.

The Crown Prince was the first to be ruled out; he even wanted Lord Li to be his father-in-law.

He himself wouldn't do it, as for whether his subordinates would encounter obstacles and take his place.

Of course I would, but I would absolutely not do that at Madam Song's birthday banquet.

The candidate would then be one of the fifth prince or the sixth, seventh, or eighth prince.

It's highly unlikely that Lao Wu, being a time traveler, would do such a thing.

He still has to rely on the crown prince to act as a target.

As for the sixth, seventh, and eighth, they were infants ten years ago.

But now, ten years have passed, and they are past the age when the Third Prince died; naturally, they have also begun to covet that position. (End of Chapter)