Joy of Life: The melon-eating prince sees through Fan Xian's fake death

Chapter 64: Aunt, the prince wants to go against you!
To be honest, Li Chengze doesn't have much blood relationship with his aunt. In his eyes, Li Yunrui is more like a woman who is greedy for money and power, indifferent to family affection, and slightly crazy under her calmness.

Otherwise, she would not have been driven out of Kyoto by His Majesty and exiled to a remote mountain area like Xinyang.

In the eyes of Fan Xian and others.

Li Chengze seemed to be the one who conspired with the princess to collude with the enemy in smuggling and setting up assassinations, but only he knew that Li Yunrui had an ambiguous relationship with him. On the surface, he conspired with him on some things, but in fact his heart was not with him.

Could it be that my aunt is solely biased towards the prince?
Li Chengze also asked himself this question, and later he figured out a truth. For a woman like Li Yunrui, having a good relationship with a prince has nothing to do with feelings, but only with interests. As long as whoever can bring her more benefits, she will play with him.
"Fan Xian has seized my aunt's financial power, and the two of them must be enemies forever. Since Li Chengqian dares to befriend Fan Xian and even make a marriage contract with Fan Ruoruo, this shows that the prince and the Fan family are already on the same side."

Li Chengze figured out what Emperor Qing meant: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. As long as Li Chengqian stands on Fan Xian's side, he will be against my aunt. And I, who am the enemy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, can become my aunt's ally. That is, your majesty is advising me."

"It's about family affection."

Fan Wujiu lowered his head and ground ink, not daring to say a word, quietly helping the Second Prince write the letter:

"Princess:

After parting in Kyoto, I missed my aunt so much. I haven't seen her gentle and dignified appearance for a long time, and I haven't heard her kind and gentle voice. Chengze missed his aunt in his heart, and he also had some words to say to her.

Many interesting things happened during the time when my aunt was away in Kyoto. Little Fan Shixian was returning from a diplomatic mission to Northern Qi and encountered an accident on the way. He was even accused of faking his death and deceiving the emperor. Aunt, guess what?

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is kind and compassionate to the people, and he is considerate of all officials. He personally guaranteed Fan Xian and escorted him back to the capital."

Li Chengze grinned wickedly. He wanted to tell the story of the collusion between the Crown Prince and Fan Xian bit by bit.

Tell Li Yunrui everything, anger Li Yunrui, and make Li Yunrui switch to another team.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is really foolish. He actually helped an outsider to question my aunt and I for colluding with each other and smuggling with Northern Qi. He really used all means to punish me, the Crown Prince, and almost made my aunt suffer. Fortunately, Your Majesty is wise and did not let us be punished for the crime without evidence.

But Your Highness the Crown Prince is unwilling to stop. During the time you were away, there was a lack of discipline on him. Cheng Qian has repeatedly tried to win over Fan Xian, trying to make him an enemy of me, causing unrest in Kyoto.

If only aunt were here, with your careful care and patient teaching, I'm sure His Royal Highness would not be misled by the treacherous ministers. He must be out of his mind to be colluding with such a treacherous minister who has seized aunt's inner treasury. Aunt, please calm down."

Li Chengze felt that he had said enough and added one last blow:
"Oh, aunt, Wan'er and Fan Xian's engagement should be almost here. I forgot to tell you about a happy wedding. His Majesty has arranged for Fan Ruoruo to marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The two are in love with each other and their love affair is spreading in Kyoto.

Wan'er and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are both your relatives. I believe that when they hold their wedding banquet, you will return to Beijing to celebrate. I hope that Auntie will take care of herself in Xinyang. Chengze has been waiting for you to return to Beijing and hopes to see you soon."

Li Chengze wrote down the letter and handed it to Fan Wujiu, asking him to personally deliver the letter to the princess, because the content was too sensitive and could not be passed through the hands of outsiders, otherwise it would have a bad impact:

"Deliver it to Xinyang within five days."

"Yes"

Fan Wujiu obeyed the order, but before delivering the letter, he had one more thing to do.

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The Third Prince's Mansion.

Concubine Yi Guipin came forward on behalf of the prince and stopped a group of officials who were begging for forgiveness at the door. Li Chengqian was not in a position to negotiate too much with them, otherwise he would be accused of privately coercing and bribing officials, or even of privately raising cronies.
Many things, even if they are innocent, can be tarnished by someone with ulterior motives.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Chengqian bowed to Concubine Yi and prepared to leave. He saw Qingzhu's anxious look outside the door and knew that she must have something urgent to report. But Concubine Yi still had a pleading look on her face. Seeing that he was unwilling to stay for dinner, she said a few more words:

"His Royal Highness, stay."

Concubine Yi held Li Chengqian's arm, looked at her disappointing son with concern, and begged the Crown Prince for a way out for him: "Your Highness, your brother is dull and has no desires. When I grow old, you will be the only one who can protect him."

She looked around and saw that there was no one around. She leaned close to Li Chengqian's ear and said, "After you ascend the throne, drive Chengping out of Kyoto and send him to a remote place with a better environment. Your brother is weak and dare not disobey you. Just spare his life."

Li Chengqian waved his hands and broke free from her arms: "You are joking, Madam. May Your Majesty live long and healthy, and bring peace to our country for generations. How could I have such an idea? As long as Chengping doesn't get close to my second brother and the others, he will live a life of wealth and peace without worries."

After watching the prince leave, Concubine Yi patted her chest and calmed down. She felt upset when she saw Li Chengping and wanted to fight him:
"Did you hear what your prince brother said? Stay away from Li Chengze from now on!"

"Don't hit me, I will obey you!"

The third prince was so frightened that he immediately jumped up, climbed over the wall and avoided the beating from his mother.

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Kunning Palace.

Her Majesty the Queen had a blank expression on her face and drank glass after glass of wine. The atmosphere in the palace dropped to freezing point, and the palace maid who was lighting the candles nearby was so frightened that her hands trembled. She couldn't light the candle and the stick fell to the ground. She immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

Li Chengqian followed the Queen's maid into the palace and spoke up when he saw this scene:
"You all go down."

"Yes"

With the Queen's permission, the maids immediately escaped. The maid who accidentally got into trouble looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with gratitude. She was very good at reading people's faces. It was His Royal Highness who saved her life.

The queen drank silently, and Li Chengqian went up and took away her wine glass:
"Mother, stop drinking."

"Are you going to discipline me?"

The queen had a stern face and acted like a mother.

Li Chengqian chuckled: "I dare not, but I think that your Majesty does not need to drink to relieve her sorrow, because there is nothing to worry about."

The Queen said "Oh" and said with interest: "I know that you turned Baoyue Tower into the most popular elegant place in Kyoto today. This not only solved the troubles Li Chengze left you, but also solved the problems of the Fan family. It's killing two birds with one stone."

Li Chengqian bowed: "It's all thanks to my mother's good teaching."

The queen snorted and laughed, her expression serious, and her tone became solemn: "Do you think this is Li Chengze's last resort? A letter was sent out from the Second Prince's mansion just now. Do you know who he sent it to?"

Li Chengqian was not surprised to see his mother so furious. Everything was within his expectations.
"I know that the letter was sent to Xinyang, to the Princess."

(End of this chapter)