Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 62 Have you heard?
"The prince's madness was cured without any medicine. I heard it was because of Princess Changchun from Prince Teng's family."

"Oh? I only heard that the prince was insane. What does this have to do with Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

"That's not because..."

The gossip spread in the flatbread shop on the dock, as if it had become the hottest topic of the day. Xia Lin sat there eating flatbread soup. He did not leave immediately, but waited for a day. He did not expect that the news would spread even faster than he had imagined.

He was very satisfied with this. It seemed that there was a tacit understanding between him and a certain prince. Not only did the news spread wider and faster, but even the version was more complete, because in Xia Lin's version there was no mention of Buddha's light appearing overnight or a jade Buddha given by heaven.

According to legend, last night at the prince's house, there was indeed golden light and Buddhist light all over the sky, accompanied by a crispy fragrance that filled half the city, which was exactly the same as in the temple. The principle behind it is probably that gunpowder was piled in the yard and a large amount of sandalwood fragments were covered under the gunpowder. The gunpowder was ignited in piles, first emitting light and then igniting the fragments, and then emitting the Buddhist fragrance.

The sound and light effects, accompanied by the diffuse fragrance, are truly Buddhist incense.

The jade Buddha that descended from the sky was even more interesting. People on the dock were saying that along with the Buddha's light, a jade statue of Guanyin also appeared yesterday. The Guanyin statue was two meters tall, as white as jade, and the carvings were so precise that it seemed like a work of nature.

If you ask Xia Lin whether he believes in this or not, he definitely won’t. But there are still people who believe in it, such as ordinary people. As for whether Your Majesty believes it or not, it doesn’t matter. It really doesn’t matter.

Last night, Xia Lin was lying in the inn, thinking, why did the royal family suddenly split? Who is Prince Teng? Isn't he the emperor's brother? What's the difference between the brother's daughter and his own daughter? There is no difference, they are his own sons and nephews, from the same clan. But suddenly showing the intention of marriage and specifically conferring the title of princess on the princess, this is a typical thankless job.

Then the only possibility is that the aristocratic forces began to counterattack the imperial power, and in their previous fierce battle, the little princess became a victim of the struggle.

How did the conferring of a title on a princess become the result of their struggle? This is actually very simple. Everyone knows what the status of the princesses who were sent out for marriage was. Are there princesses from the royal family? Of course there are, but most of them were distant relatives or simply selected palace maids and given out.

If it really doesn't work, choose a princess of low status to marry off. There are very few legitimate daughters of the royal family. At least it seems that the current emperor is not so incompetent. Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to hand over the daughter of one's own brother? At the very least, it would divide the unity of the royal power. At the most, it would be possible to force the vassal king to rebel after being angered to this extent.

Since he still did it despite the huge risk, there is only one possibility, that is, the civil servant and aristocratic group was too aggressive. They might even have colluded with the North and specifically wanted the daughter of this family.

Wei was a defeated country, and a defeated country didn't have much dignity to speak of. If there was no legitimate reason, there was no way to refuse such a request. Giving it or not was a problem. If they gave it, the civil officials and aristocratic groups could sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and they would not give pressure to the foreign races to force the emperor to give up power. Political struggles are extremely ugly, and they don't care about the life and death of any little princess. What they want is to maximize their own interests.

The prince must have thought of this, which is why he sighed as the little princess said a while ago. He probably had no other choice at that time.

But now someone has set up a trap for him, and his son has paid a very painful price to let them have the upper hand of justice, so the prince simply goes with the flow and after further exaggerating the matter, lets everyone in the world know that his daughter has been chosen by Guanyin.

What? You said it was fake? Your Majesty believes in Buddhism, and the Emperor Taizu of Wei claimed that he was born from the Buddha's womb. To deny this is to deny Emperor Taizu Wu. There is no problem in just dragging him out and chopping him off.

All the civil and military officials in the court had no choice but to accept it, so this was definitely a very good move, choosing "or" between life and death.

Perhaps there really was some kind of tacit understanding between these three men. They formed a high-low coordination without any communication. Xia Lin built the foundation, the prince consolidated the system, and the rest was His Majesty's "great joy".

Would His Majesty be "very pleased"? Yes, he would be. There is nothing in the world more worthy of his great joy than this, and this matter will even be announced to the world by the emperor as an example to be praised. Seeing that his mission was accomplished, Xia Lin smiled and boarded the ferry to Jiujiang County. After all, the little princess would have to stay in his homestay.

He always felt like he was running back and forth, and sometimes he asked himself what he was trying to achieve. The little princess was not exactly his type. He liked the kind of sister who was fair, tender and looked very fragrant. The little princess was too thin and too young, which did not conform to his aesthetic standards.

But thinking back on all my actions, everything was getting closer to the little princess. This... this must be fate. It all depends on destiny and has no control over it.

Of course, this is also related to the little princess's love brain, but what can she do? The settings are set by herself and cannot be modified.

Never mind all that. Life is already tortuous enough, and there is no need to worry about trivial things. At least until now, Xia Lin has not forgotten his original intention, and climbing up is the key.

As for the little princess, just think of it as I couldn't bear to see her being tortured to death like that, nothing else seems to matter.

Arriving in Jiujiang County again, Xia Lin saw the carriages and horses coming from the prince's family within a few days. He not only sent the little princess over, but also sent his second brother. The homestay was ready. They didn't know how they compensated the group of old ladies and sisters-in-law who rented the house, but the entire homestay was emptied overnight.

Then the prince's housekeeper directly booked this place for three years. Xia Lin would not show up for this matter, of course, all matters were handled by the shop owner here.

Of course the prince didn't come. He should be rushing to the capital to celebrate the emperor's birthday. This birthday party must be very exciting, but Xia Lin, at his level, cannot have access to it, otherwise he would definitely see a shocking drama.

But it doesn’t matter anymore. Anyway, the plan was successful the moment the prince sent the little princess here. What remains is a father fighting against those evil interest groups for his child.

This is not to praise the imperial power, but to say that in this matter the prince's identity is that of a father who protects his cubs, and any animal that protects its cubs will be highly aggressive, so his trip to the capital this time was ostensibly to celebrate the birthday but was actually to eat people.

After everything was settled here, with maids, servants and nannies, the old housekeeper left. Then Xia Lin saw the little princess standing at the door on the small building opposite, looking outside with eager eyes, sometimes looking up to look around and sometimes looking down to fiddle with her fingers.

At this moment, she embodied the word "hope". Although she was not yet at the age of being graceful and charming, sometimes this unadorned look was better than countless others in the world.

"Here, look at you."

Xia Lin called out from more than 20 meters away. The little princess immediately looked over. When she saw it was Xia Lin, she was so excited that she almost jumped up: "Come on, come on, come on!"

Xia Lin had no choice but to walk down from the second floor of the shop. When he arrived outside the B&B and saw the cheering little princess, he smiled and said, "You look quite happy."

"That's right. My father told me to stay here for at least three years. Although I'm not allowed to go out, no one can control me here." The little princess was like a wild horse running away: "Come on, take me back to Xinping Township. I'll stay with you."

Before Xia Daosheng could speak, a pair of gloomy eyes swept over. He turned his head and saw his second brother eating and drinking. When he was fat, he was like a meat mountain and a mad bull. After losing weight, his eyes were like eagles, falcons, and jackals. He was quite a raptor and beast. Xia Lin shuddered as he looked at him: "Second brother, don't misunderstand..."

(End of this chapter)