After rebirth, His Highness Xinshu was pampered by me.

Chapter 449: Everything is going wrong!

The emperor had absolutely no trust in the Crown Prince of Liang.

Therefore, sending envoys to offer congratulations is necessary, but covert precautions are still essential.

Considering Empress Li's past actions...

The emperor pondered for a moment: "This mission to Daliang will be undertaken by Prince Ze. As for the remaining candidates and other matters, Minister of Rites, you and the Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies will discuss them together."

The Minister of Rites and the Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies exchanged a glance, then quickly stepped forward, cupped their hands, and accepted the imperial decree.

The eldest prince, however, seemed to be lost in thought.

He was jerked by the minister behind him, who gave him a sharp tug on his sleeve. Only then did he come to his senses and step forward to receive the imperial decree.

Even the emperor found it a bit of an eyesore to look at.

But he wouldn't change his mind because of this. After all, compared to the Fifth Prince, the Emperor still felt that the First Prince would be more suitable to be sent as an envoy to Daliang.

But the Fifth Prince couldn't stand to see the First Prince so smug.

His eyes darkened, and he slightly turned his head to look behind him.

Immediately, an official standing behind the Fifth Prince stepped forward, ready to say something to persuade the Emperor to change his mind.

But the emperor, sitting at the highest point, couldn't possibly see their underhanded actions.

The minister had barely stepped forward and hadn't even had a chance to speak when the emperor waved his hand and said, "Alright, that's settled then. Minister of Works, how's the matter of the floods in the south going?"

The Minister of Works was called upon and hurriedly stepped forward.

Ignoring whether the Fifth Prince looked displeased, he carefully reported to the Emperor on the recent frequent floods in the south...

He, a mere Minister of Works, couldn't interfere with the princes' infighting, but the floods in the south were a matter of national importance, and he couldn't let the princes' petty squabbles distract him from it.

Because the emperor changed the subject, the fifth prince had no further opportunity to bring up the matter of his mission to Daliang, and could only harbor his resentment in his heart.

The Fifth Prince has been very irritable lately, feeling like everything is going wrong.

First, his mother was inexplicably confined to Fengzhao Palace, losing all her power. He tried every possible method, but failed to get his father to lift his mother's confinement.

He was already very upset about this.

His eldest brother has run into trouble again, I don't know what happened.

Originally, things were going well between them after they each got their jobs, but lately, for some reason, she started picking fights with him all the time, repeatedly, as if she had gone mad.

The Fifth Prince was not only bewildered, but also felt even more distressed! Everything was going wrong!

When the Fifth Prince returned to the manor after finishing his errands, he heard that the Princess had made the concubine kneel again that morning...

According to the servant who delivered the message, the concubine was dissatisfied after being forced to kneel. She stood up, pointed at the princess, and cursed her, which angered the princess so much that she lay down.

When the Fifth Prince heard this news, he sat behind his desk, closed his eyes, and felt extremely annoyed.

In the past, I would often hear Zhuo Fang say that the princess and concubine of Prince Ze's mansion were fighting again, and Prince Ze himself was being chased around by a concubine, making a scene known throughout the city.

At that time, he only found it laughable and secretly looked down on the prince, thinking that if the prince couldn't even handle his own concubine, what kind of future could he possibly achieve?
The rivalry between the wives and concubines has become the talk of the town. If the Emperor finds out, what expectations can he have of him?
Because of all this, the Fifth Prince gradually lowered his guard against the First Prince...

Then, he recently became the target of the eldest prince's surveillance.

And now, the two in his backyard have started making a ruckus too.

They are all daughters of the Minister's family, cousins, yet they have quarreled to such an extent.

What a joke!

The Fifth Prince didn't want to get involved in this matter, which concerned his mission to the Great Liang...

The Emperor has already issued an edict ordering the eldest prince to go to Daliang, so it's clear that he can't go. The Emperor can't possibly retract the edict, but the eldest prince can't go alone either. Besides the people around the eldest prince, there will definitely be people from the Ministry of Rites and the Court of State Ceremonial accompanying him. Among these people, he can still make some moves.

Therefore, the Fifth Prince also had many things to arrange at this time.

Who has time to bother with those trivial matters in the backyard?
However, many times, there are things that you can't simply ignore just because you don't want to.

In the backyard, Princess Yi and her concubine, upon hearing that the Fifth Prince had returned, immediately sent their trusted maids to invite him.

The two trusted maids arrived one after the other, and upon meeting, neither would give way, almost starting a fight right outside the Fifth Prince's study...

The Fifth Prince ignored him and simply had Zhuo Fang send the person away.

However, these two trusted maids were both very confident because their mistress was a girl from the Li family and a relative of the Fifth Prince, and they could not be dismissed no matter what.

Even more so, the two trusted maids became even more enthusiastic.

For a time, the area outside the Fifth Prince's study became as noisy as a bustling market.

Even if the Fifth Prince wanted to pretend he didn't hear it, he couldn't...

Finally, suppressing his anger, he went to the courtyard of Princess Yijun and asked Zhuo Fang to bring the concubine there as well.

He wanted to see what kind of nonsense these two cousins ​​could come up with.