NABC Chapter 329 Making a Game
Chapter 329 Making a Game
The information provided by the secret guards was all about Qin Muyan's sordid deeds of robbing bandits in Huaizhou and forcing them to plunder people from various places!
What started as a small-scale operation has now escalated into a large-scale, undisguised operation.
Moreover, the robbery route bypassed the southwest region, since the southwest was Chen Hongwu's territory, and he dared not act recklessly there.
We could take a roundabout route, with the ultimate goal of heading straight west...
"He actually had designs on the west! What a fine son he is!" Emperor Qi Xiao was so angry that he threw everything in his hand to the ground!
Cheng Hai was so frightened that he immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty, please calm down..."
"Since Chen Hongwu left, he's been doing whatever he wants. Does he really think I'm blind? Even if I keep ignoring him, he'll still seize the west and come back to me for the position of Crown Prince? He wants me to give up this chair for him?!" Emperor Qi Xiao's rare thunderous rage was truly palpable this time!
"Perhaps His Highness is too eager for quick results." Cheng Hai always spoke well of everyone.
"Did he consult me? He has made countless mistakes since childhood, and he always confesses them to me and asks for my forgiveness. But what about this matter? Go and look through all the memorials from the Ministry of War. Which one mentions what he did!" Emperor Qi Xiao's voice trembled with anger. He never expected that his attempt to balance the relationship between his two sons would almost lead to him being outmaneuvered by them!
Cheng Hai didn't dare to speak; what could he say?
Does Your Majesty underestimate the ambitions of the two princes? In fact, Yuan Cuo also has ambitions, but Your Majesty has never seen them, and Yuan Cuo has hidden them very well.
"When Prince Chun came to see me today, I was indeed quite surprised, especially when he mentioned that he wanted to hand over the western fiefdom just to have Yuancuo registered under his name..." Emperor Qi Xiao smiled self-deprecatingly, "I thought he had given in, only to find that my offspring are like an impregnable fortress, which he could not possibly penetrate."
"Actually, he had already seen the third brother's move, so he struck first!"
Emperor Qi Xiao didn't want to listen to what Cheng Hai was saying. He simply threw the wooden paper sent by the secret guard into the incense burner. "He handed the secret guard over to you again. It's not because he cares about his wife and children. He just saw this mess and didn't want to get involved."
"Cheng Hai, am I really getting old?"
……
Emperor Qi Xiao naturally neither received an answer nor wanted to know one.
At this time, Yuan Cuo had already returned to the Princess's residence, and Liu Yuechu had already fallen asleep on the bed for a couple of days!
"Still not asleep? I've kept you waiting." Yuan Cuo let the chill outside dissipate before approaching Liu Yuechu. He personally checked Liu Yuechu's pulse to make sure she was alright, then changed his clothes, washed up, and returned.
Liu Yuechu just had a dream.
She suddenly dreamt of Wei Gongming's youngest son from her past life, the child she had raised. He suddenly said that he wanted to be her child again in this life, hoping that Liu Yuechu wouldn't despise him.
In her dream, Liu Yuechu frantically refused, saying she was carrying a daughter, but he was willing to become a daughter, since he only wanted her to be his mother...
Before she could express her opinion, Yuan Cuo returned.
"His Majesty is looking for you so urgently? Is it about the secret guards?" Her voice was languid, still not fully recovered from the dream she had just had.
Yuan Cuo recounted Prince Chun's intention to hand over the western region, "...clearly knowing that he had no way out and was already penniless."
Liu Yuechu's eyes widened, and he quickly looked around. "You actually went to such lengths?" He had already explained this matter the day he returned. It was he and his adoptive father who prepared the Southwest Army, disguised themselves as mountain bandits, and swept through the money, grain, and rice in the west, transferring all of it to the Southwest Army.
“If I do something, it will naturally cause him serious injury. Actually, I'm doing this to look for clues.” Yuan Cuo didn't mention his birth mother, but Liu Yuechu understood who he was referring to.
"A clue?"
"Yes, but we need to confirm it again."
"Is His Majesty truly angry? Doesn't he suspect it's you?" Liu Yuechu didn't press him about his birth mother; if he wanted to, he would have told her sooner or later.
“He may be suspicious, but he trusts his godfather more…and the Third Prince must have his eye on the West, but I just got there first.” Yuan Cuo got into bed and hugged her. “Am I a little bad?” he asked Liu Yuechu very seriously.
Liu Yuechu pursed her lips and nodded seriously.
He sent Li Chengyue back, and had him use weapons from the Chu Kingdom to impersonate those made from Huaizhou mines. Emperor Qi Xiao was extremely excited and sent Qin Muyan to investigate, but in reality, he was presenting Qin Muyan with a huge problem.
He and Governor-General Chen ransacked Prince Chun's fiefdom again and framed Qin Muyan for it. In fact, before Qin Muyan took over, he and his adoptive father had already mined a lot of fine iron ore, which was used to replace the entire Southwest Army.
He didn't tell Emperor Qi Xiao that the mine had already been mined, and that the person who mined it was Prince Chun, who even sold the refined materials to the State of Chu...
His elaborate and varied methods were designed to make these scheming individuals come out on their own, rather than him informing Emperor Qi Xiao.
Even if he told the truth, Emperor Qi Xiao wouldn't believe him.
Only by witnessing it firsthand, only by experiencing it firsthand, could Emperor Qi Xiao truly understand the pain, while Yuan Cuo was able to gracefully extricate himself from the situation, avoiding becoming a victim.
“No matter how bad my husband is, I still feel sorry for him, because he is doing it for the greater good, not for personal gain.”
Despite being called Prince Chun, he was actually a traitor who betrayed the people of Chu. Regardless of whether Emperor Qi Xiao stole his woman, if it was a matter of power struggle and revenge, it could have been a fair fight. It shouldn't have been the people of Chu who benefited, especially since it was the people of Qi who suffered deaths and injuries!
Such an irresponsible person deserves this fate!
“I also think I’m bad, but as long as my wife doesn’t mind,” Yuan Cuo admitted without hesitation.
Liu Yuechu didn't care whether he was good or bad; he had always been considerate to her anyway. "What do you think His Majesty will do? And what will Prince Chun do?"
Yuan Cuo looked at her curious eyes and her strong thirst for knowledge. "Could it be that our child wants to be a wise man in the future? She's not even born yet, and she's already asking her own mother and father to tell her strategies."
“...It’s me who wants to hear it.” Liu Yuechu wanted to hear his voice.
His voice was magnetic yet husky, captivating her and even making her feel drowsy.
Yuan Cuo embraced her and gently coaxed her, "If my wife wants to know, I'll guess. I think His Majesty will let Prince Chun choose again, and he might give the Third Prince to him. It's also a deliberate attempt to put them in a difficult position."
"Isn't this a bit risky?"
"It is indeed risky, but creating a stalemate at this time is the most appropriate. After all, the Third Prince's military equipment mining is a mess, and he is not capable of joining forces with Prince Chun."
"For over twenty years, Prince Chun has never accumulated the confidence to draw a line between the two sides?"
"Yes, but I took it away."
"His Highness the Third Prince would never become Prince Chun's son, and Consort Yu would never agree to it. But is this all Prince Chun has to do? Does he have no other options? I think he's extremely cunning and will definitely not let this go!"
"Then it depends on whether he still has a shred of conscience left." Yuan Cuo didn't dare to make a judgment, "but no matter what he does, we won't lose."