I, the ninth grade county magistrate, scare the empress to tears at the beginning!

Jiang Linglong thought about it and felt that what Lu Yuan said made sense.

According to Prince Jing's character, he would never take her life directly. Instead, he would plan and wait for the right opportunity. When everything is ripe, he can replace her!
Thinking of this, she nodded, and at the same time curiously asked the most confusing question in her heart.

"If he really intends to take action, what kind of things would he do to set a trap before launching an attack?"

Faced with the question, Lu Yuan shook his head and spoke.

"There are too many possibilities. It is not clear how far he will go, but it must be a big deal, and it is related to the court and the important matter of our Great Zhou. He will make a big fuss about it. You must be extremely cautious in every decision you make!"

After a pause, he added.

"It's even more likely that he will deliberately create something that you won't be able to solve no matter how careful you are. You must pay attention to this and not be careless!"

Understanding the seriousness of the matter, Jiang Linglong nodded, but her beautiful eyes were filled with worry.

She pursed her lips, thinking about what might happen. She might be framed, and she couldn't help but worry.

Prince Jing was so cunning that she had no way of predicting what move he would make next.

After seeing her reaction, Lu Yuan spoke softly to comfort her.

"Don't worry about things that haven't happened yet. All you have to do is adjust your mindset. If you're really worried, you don't have to keep preparing for a rainy day. You can also take preemptive action!"

Jiang Linglong was stunned for a moment, then asked.

"Brother-in-law, what do you mean by preemptive strike? Do you mean that you want me to take action directly?"

"I don't have any reason to attack Prince Jing directly. This is against the rules. Besides, there must be many talented people around him. It's not so easy to deal with them!"

Lu Yuan sighed lightly, shook his head and looked at Jiang Linglong.

"You are becoming more and more indecisive. I know you are worried about those things, but don't worry about things that haven't happened. I believe you have the ability to face any crisis that may happen. Besides, don't I still have me? I will always be your solid backer!"

Things had come to this point, so Jiang Linglong stopped worrying.

She nodded and looked at Lu Yuan.

"I understand. Don't worry, brother-in-law. I know exactly what to do next. I will definitely give Prince Jing a big gift!"

"I have to make him understand that I already know all his thoughts and make him afraid to act rashly. This will be a good thing for us!"

Jiang Linglong was very quick. She had just come up with the idea in the morning, and in the afternoon, she sent someone to deliver the things to Prince Jing.

Upon learning that she was giving him something, Prince Jing was a little curious. He wondered what she would give him. Could it be some reward?
Out of curiosity, Prince Jing opened the brocade box and found a jade turtle with a severed head inside.

After seeing this, Prince Jing’s eyes darkened.

The servant holding the brocade box also knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I have been holding it well since I received it. I have never let it go and I have never dropped it. I don't know why it has become like this!"

Prince Jing glanced at him and spoke slowly.

"Get up, it's just a little thing, is there any need to be so scared? Besides, the neck of this jade turtle was broken a long time ago, or it could be said that the neck was broken on purpose and given to me!" Hearing this, the servant was a little puzzled.

"This is something sent by His Majesty. Why would she do this for no reason?"

After staring at the jade turtle for a few seconds, the color in Prince Jing's eyes became darker.

"It seems that she knows what I am thinking and is using this jade turtle to seduce me. If I were smart, I would shrink in my shell like a turtle, not act rashly, and not have any other thoughts!"

"If not, then this jade turtle will be my fate from now on!"

Hearing this, the servants were horrified and dared not say anything. They could only stand by with their heads down in silence.

But Prince Jing was not angry, instead his face was full of smiles.

"It seems that I really underestimated this little girl. I used to doubt how she could become the empress of the Great Zhou at such a young age. Now it seems that she is not as simple as she looks. She is also a scheming and thoughtful person!"

After saying this with a sigh, Prince Jing began to think again.

He hadn't figured out when he was exposed.

Over the years, he has always been cautious and has never let others notice anything unusual.

Now, he had just returned to Beijing, and it had only been a few days, but he was noticed by Jiang Linglong.

He had never met with other people in private just in case, but now she still noticed it. What went wrong?
After thinking for a while, he remembered one thing, which was the stone he had sent into the palace.

Thinking of this, Prince Jing couldn't help but said with self-mockery.

"I never thought that I would shoot myself in the foot and have such a stupid side!"

Originally, he was planning to make preparations for both scenarios, waiting for Jiang Linglong to make a mistake on her own initiative, and then he would seize the opportunity to make her get down from that position.

Another way is to use the stone to erode her vitality bit by bit. In less than a year, her life will be completely consumed.

However, Prince Jing did not expect that his little trick was still seen through by Jiang Linglong.

Understanding what he meant, the subordinate spoke up.

"Your Majesty, this may not be the case. Your Majesty is just a little girl. How could she have such a strategy to discover all this? I think it must be someone else who interfered and let her know all this, which is why she acted like this!"

The moment he heard this, Prince Jing seemed to be enlightened and suddenly realized that he had indeed overlooked someone, and that was Lu Yuan.

Prince Jing had heard a lot about his abilities, but he had never seen them.

"Are you talking about the guy named Lu Yuan? As far as I know, he is not in the imperial capital, but in Qinghe County. How could he come all the way here?"

"But you are right. Even if it wasn't Lu Yuan, there would be other people. Jiang Linglong was able to sit on the throne, there must be more than one person helping her. There must be other people!"

Prince Jing has already made up his mind to make these people his own people and their solid support! (End of this chapter)