Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

The previous conflict with Fan Xian caused him to lose a Minister of Rites. However, Yan Xingshu also came to power later, and he was also the eldest princess' man!

Since he is the eldest princess's man, he must know the connection between Fang Li and Guo Baokun, and also know that he gave this money to him.

Since they knew what happened but didn't remind me, instead they just stood by and watched, cooperating with the Grand Secretary to add insult to injury, how hateful! These two old men made this matter difficult to get out of, and it was a bad ending for me!

"I just remembered that there are some things I haven't dealt with yet, so I'll leave now. You guys can handle the rest!"

The prince spoke mainly to the Grand Secretary, then nodded to Yan Shuxing and hurried out of the yamen and went to the palace.

On the moving carriage, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was anxious, secretly hating that at such a critical moment, he didn't have many people to use! It seems that he has to use the power left by his aunt to go to Fang Li's mansion to destroy the account books!

He called his subordinates, whispered a few instructions in their ears, and then rushed to the queen's residence in a hurry.

"Mother, mother!"

The graceful empress was watering and trimming all kinds of rare and precious flowers in the garden. She was born in a prominent family and had powerful relatives, so she naturally disdained to compete for favor with the harem. In addition, Your Majesty was a man of great talent and strategy, and never lingered on the women in the harem, so there was no fear of any major chaos in the harem.

"Prince, you are now the crown prince, why are you still so rash?"

"Mother, something terrible has happened. No, it's just that my son is in some minor trouble." The prince spoke with a stumbling voice and a forced smile.

Chapter 233 Fan Xian’s life experience is revealed.

The queen continued to water the flowers, occasionally trimming the branches and leaves with the golden scissors in her hand, neither hurried nor slow.

"But is it causing trouble again?"

The prince looked a little unnatural. He was just about to polish up the process of how he moved the silver from the Ministry of Revenue's treasury when suddenly a eunuch came hurriedly.

He did not care about the rules. Instead, he moved very quickly to the emperor's ear and whispered something.

Within a few breaths, the queen's face showed panic, and she even used too much force with the golden scissors in her hand, and broke a pot of precious peonies into two!

"Is this true?"

The prince noticed that his mother, who was always graceful and elegant, was now a little panicked, and her lips were pale and trembling.

The eunuch nodded solemnly and said, "Now the news has spread all over Kyoto. The flyers we sent earlier are all over the city."

It took the queen a while to come back to her senses. She was silent for a long time, then she was filled with endless anger!

She no longer cared about her manners, but narrowed her eyes because of excessive anger. Her hand loosened and the golden scissors fell to the ground, and the queen did not pay any attention to it.

"That bitch actually has a son!"

There was endless madness between the gnashing of teeth.

The prince shuddered and said hurriedly, "Mother, my matter..."

"What a critical moment! You're still thinking about your nonsense!"

The prince stood there in a daze, unable to react.

"Fan Xian! Fan Xian is His Majesty's son! He is your half brother. Did you understand? He is the prince!" The Queen lost her composure at this moment, and there was no mother-son affection at all. She looked at the Prince hatefully and shouted, "Did you understand?"

The roar frightened the prince, but he managed to react.

"Is this not true? I know, this must be a conspiracy of the Northern Qi people!"

"I know whether this is true or not. No wonder I felt like I had seen that little bastard somewhere when I first saw him. Turns out he's that bitch's son!" The queen's resentful voice filled the entire garden, causing the palace maids and eunuchs serving on the side to lower their heads, fearing that the queen would focus her attention on them.

"What are you still standing here for? Move!"

"What does the Queen Mother mean?"

"No matter what means you use, whether you unite with the Second Prince or talk to your aunt, the Princess, you must kill Fan Xian!"

"I understand, son!" The prince gradually realized the seriousness of the matter.

He was more skeptical at first, but seeing how confident his mother was, he could not help but believe it!

Think about Fan Xian, who has now taken over the Supervisory Office. With Chen Pingping in semi-retirement, the Supervisory Office has actually fallen into Fan Xian's hands! In addition, the other party has been in Jiangnan for almost a month. If he takes over the Jiangnan Treasury, then whether in terms of power or money, he will be above all the princes!

Not to mention Fan Xian's world-renowned literary reputation!

The prince, who had been thinking a lot, suddenly realized a problem and asked the queen hurriedly, "Mother, does your father know about this matter?"

It would have been better if the prince had not asked, but he regretted it as soon as he asked.

As expected, the Queen's expression became more vicious. She managed to utter a few words with great difficulty: "What do you think?"

The prince was shocked. What did his father mean by this? Knowing that Fan Xian was his son, he handed over the Supervisory Office and the Imperial Treasury to him. Was he training a secret prince?

He glanced at the queen and his expression also became gloomy.

It seems that my father has never thought of giving the throne to me!

"Don't panic, mother. I'll do it right away!"

The prince did not stop, but turned around and walked out at a faster speed, but the queen stopped him.

"My son, go and do what you want to do, what you think is right. Your mother will support you!" The queen's expression was gloomy and mysterious, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.

The prince said angrily: "I understand!"

After that, he left without looking back.

"Kill all these people!"

The queen spoke softly to the eunuch who had come in earlier.

"Yes." The eunuch glanced at the people behind him and walked towards them silently.

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In the Second Prince's Mansion.

A private banquet was currently taking place. The original location was scheduled to be on the flower boat on the Liujing River, but recently Prince Jing's son Li Hongcheng had undergone a huge change and had become alienated from him and was drifting away from him.

In desperation, the second prince had to secretly encourage the third prince and Fan Sizhe of the Fan Mansion to open a Baoyue Tower as his own source of funds. As for Zuixianju, the same was true.

However, Zuixianju and Baoyue Tower were not his in name and were only controlled secretly, so the banquet was still held in the mansion.

"It's really interesting!"

The second prince's sitting posture was indeed a bit strange. He took off his shoes and half-squatted on the chair, just like a farmer taking a rest in the field. He was sipping fine wine, showing an intoxicated look. Suddenly, he heard a piece of heavy news, but he did not lose his composure, but instead had a sense of elegance and peace.

It was as if he had anticipated it, and it was also as if he was already tired of everything that was happening around him.

After a while, the second prince sighed, slowly put the wine glass in his hand back on the table, and then slowly opened his eyes.

He glanced at his wife beside him and smiled faintly: "Ling'er, your husband has some things to take care of here. From now on, please entertain everyone on your behalf!"

After saying that, he stood up and bowed sincerely to the guests, saying: "Everyone, I have some things to take care of here, so I'll leave you first!"

As the second prince, Li Chengze was treated with such courtesy, the guests knew that it was an important matter, and they all stood up and saluted in return, saying, "Your Highness, please go."

Ye Ling'er watched Li Chengze leave with sadness and worry in her eyes.

Although she didn't know what had happened, the Ye family's observation of Li Chengze in recent days and Li Chengze's ambition towards the Ye family made this new wife very worried.

The reason is simple, simply because Li Chengze makes no secret of his ambition.

After the second prince left the table, he came to the lake in the backyard, took the letter handed to him, and began to read it.

The breeze blew the hair in front of his forehead, revealing his eyes which were covered with a wonderful smile. The corners of his lips curled up slightly, revealing a somewhat pure smile.

"I originally thought that Fan Xian was my brother-in-law, but I didn't expect that fate would play such a trick on me and he would become my own brother!" Li Chengze's words did not receive a response. He seemed to be recalling his first encounter with Fan Xian.

That time I did not greet him, and he did not fear me.

Just this once, he realized that the two people were the same kind of people!

"The throne is so tempting. Sometimes you can't get it just because you want it. But sometimes you can't get it just because you don't want it!"

The second prince smiled and shook his head, tore up the letter in his hand, and asked softly, "Do you know everything?"

"Everyone in the city knows it!" the man replied.

"There is no smoke without fire. There is no smoke without fire. This is probably true."

"It's still under investigation, but it's just in the palace."

"All the cruise ships on this lake were built with my money. What do you think?" asked the second prince, pointing at the pleasure boats on the lake.

"It looks great from the outside, but I have never been up there, so I don't know what it's like inside."

"That's it. A glamorous appearance doesn't represent what one is like inside." The second prince spoke very slowly, always giving people a sense of disconnection. The same was true when he suddenly changed the topic.

The visitor had been with the Second Prince for a long time, so he naturally understood what he meant.

"It's just that the palace is too quiet."

The second prince smiled faintly, raised his head and glanced at him, and said, "Be calm."

Chapter 234 Destiny is mine!

"Your Highness, what should we do next?"

"Since others want us to take action, I will not do what they want!"

The Second Prince recalled Fan Xian, who was an interesting person. From the first time they met, he felt that Fan Xian was inexplicably familiar, but he didn't know where this familiar feeling came from. He was sure that Fan Xian felt the same way.

Brothers? Only royal brothers.

"Of course someone will take action. Let's not talk about those far away. Let's talk about my brother, the Crown Prince. I'm afraid he is impatient right now, right?" The Second Prince laughed, but his smile was a little bitter. After a moment, he sighed again and murmured, "What a pity for the Eight Generals!"

In two battles with Li An, all eight generals were lost.

Even his most trusted ninth-grade swordsman Xie Bian was lost, which disrupted many of Li Chengze's plans.

The person opposite was about to say something, but suddenly stopped talking because the hostess of this palace arrived.

"Husband." Ye Ling'er spoke softly. She was still a little worried, so she followed over to see what happened.

"Ling'er."

The second prince smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to support his wife, and asked her to come to his side.

"Didn't I tell you that I have some important matters to deal with? It's windy here, you should go back."

Ye Ling'er shook her head gently. She didn't know how to comfort him, so she just held Li Chengze's hand tightly, very hard.

The second prince's subordinate hurriedly lowered his head, his eyes on his nose, and his nose on his heart.

"You knew already?"

Ye Ling'er bit her lip lightly and nodded with difficulty.

"After you left, the servants from each mansion came home and spread the news."

Li Chengze looked at her helplessly. Although he had not had much contact with his wife before, he knew her personality. After marrying him for more than a year, she had been focusing all her attention on him.

Therefore, many things made Li Chengze hesitate.

"Let those guests go back. This place is no longer a safe place!"

"There is no need to talk or do so much. Everyone has left, and I don't know what they are thinking." Ye Ling'er looked at the person opposite her who was bowing his head and not saying anything. She sighed slightly, and it seemed that her husband was hiding a lot of things from her. She continued, "The eldest prince has arrived at the mansion and is drinking tea in the hall. You can go over there as soon as you finish your instructions."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Li Chengze teased, "His Royal Highness, the eldest prince, seldom comes to his brother's house. Let's go over now. We can't keep him waiting for too long!"

After saying that, he took Ye Ling'er's hand and walked towards the hall.

The subordinate bowed slightly and left in the opposite direction. Only Ye Ling'er turned her head slightly, thinking about something.

In the hall.

Not only did the eldest prince Li Chengzong come to visit, but also his wife, the eldest princess.

This eldest princess was, of course, the woman who had traveled thousands of miles from Northern Qi to marry into the Kingdom of Qing. The two of them were very intimate while drinking tea. Although they treated each other with respect, there was affection in their eyes, and it seemed that they had developed a certain affection.

The second prince had only met the eldest princess once.

After meeting and greeting each other, Li Chengze did not speak in a hurry, but instead glanced at Ye Ling'er.

Ye Ling'er instructed. Although she was somewhat curious about the eldest prince's visit, she also knew that the two must have something important to discuss. So she smiled softly at the eldest princess and said, "Your Highness, shall we go to the backyard to have a private chat?"

The eldest princess glanced at the eldest prince, and when he nodded, she turned around and smiled: "I couldn't ask for more."

After the two girls left, the hall fell into a brief silence.

Li Chengze raised his hand slightly, signaling the eldest prince to have some tea, and asked softly, "Brother, you came to visit suddenly, but was it because of Father's summons from the palace?"

The eldest prince Li Chengzong is now in charge of the palace guards. In addition to protecting the emperor's safety, he also often does errands and notifications, so Li Chengze asked this question.