“Fourth Imperial Brother should not know that the first time I was punished by the Father Emperor to copy books and go to the Imperial Mausoleum to sweep the tomb of the Third Imperial Brother, it was because I accidentally overheard Father Emperor’s secret conversation with Prime Minister Pei in the Zhang Palace. The specific content of their conversation was about the matter of designating a crown prince.”
The matter of designating a crown prince!
Zong Chengsi was shocked.
As for the matter of the Great Witch calculating national affairs, he naturally believed it.
However, belief was belief, to a large extent, the emperor could definitely influence the result of the Witch Sacrificial Ceremony. Whether it’s personally recruiting soldiers and horses for the heir he favored, or using the excuse of the wooden plaque disappearing like the previous emperor, and directly announcing the choice of heir, the attitude of Emperor Yuan in this matter was absolutely of utmost importance.
But Zong Hongjiu was a habitual liar, and Zong Chengsi didn’t really believe his words. In case it’s just a lie to get out of trouble, in the end, it would be a futile effort and he would be counterattacked.
It’s clear that Zong Hongjiu was using this secret as his only lifesaver, and Zong Chengsi had no intention of making a move on Zong Hongjiu again.
Can a ten-year-old boy still play him? When he has nowhere to go, he will have to tell the truth.
The urgent matter at hand was still about Zong Luo.
Zong Chengsi couldn’t help but get angry when he thought of how he had tried so hard to win over Zong Luo before, and even framed Zong Hongjiu on Emperor Yuan’s birthday.
“Zong Hongjiu, this waste! If he had told this Prince earlier, would this Prince have been so passive?”
Zong Chengsi paced back and forth in the empty hall, furious. “Now it’s good, half of the Immortality Pill has been sent out, and the signal of goodwill and friendship has also been sent out. He’s good, using Father Emperor’s birthday and vomiting blood as an excuse, clearly all the Mantingchun were blocked by that Wei Kingdom Proton, but in the end, he stepped on this Prince and moved into Yuchun Palace without a scratch! This is outrageous!”
Since Zong Chengsi was born, he had never been played like this.
Now in his heart, that bright and clear Third Imperial Brother had completely turned into an image of a scheming demon, cunning, with a tricky mind, and playing with power.
How come he didn’t see it before?
“On the matter of Father Emperor’s birthday, after a lot of trouble and effort, who knew that the preying mantis was catching the cicada and the oriole was behind, this Prince actually became that mantis!”
Zong Chengsi fiercely swept the fine wine on the table, letting it splash all over the ground.
Given the cunningness of the Third Imperial Brother, since he was able to get the Father Emperor’s approval to temporarily stay in Yuchun Palace, and the Father Emperor inviting so many famous physicians for him to diagnose one by one, it showed that even if the Third Highness was not favored before, because of the battle of Hangu Pass, Emperor Yuan still felt guilty, hence his actions.
And now, the Third Imperial Brother was using this guilt to his advantage.
If by any chance, before next June, his eyes miraculously recover…
Zong Chengsi dared not think any further.
He could only repeatedly warn himself that the Third Imperial Brother was not even as favored as him in front of the Father Emperor, and warn himself that without the remaining half of the pill, the Third Imperial Brother’s eyes definitely couldn’t recover so quickly.
Just thinking about how he eagerly sent the pill to restore his eyesight in the first place, Zong Chengsi almost wanted to vomit blood.
Brilliant! Truly brilliant!
A hint of surprise crossed Gongsun You’s heart, but his face remained calm. “Fourth Highness, please calm down. The more at this time, the more you should calm down and think about countermeasures.”
He began his persuasion. “Although we have been kept in the dark before, but if we think about it the other way around, on the Third Prince’s side, they may still think that we are being kept in the dark by them. If this point is used well, it can also give us an advantage.”
Hearing him say this, Zong Chengsi really stopped and seemed thoughtful.
After a round of persuasion, and calming Zong Chengsi down, Gongsun You slowly returned to the guest room prepared for him in the Fourth Prince’s Mansion.
What he just said, besides going back to inform his lord, every word was true. As for Zong Chengsi, with the power of the Fifth and Sixth Prince still existing, even if he knew that Zong Luo had not lost his memory, he couldn’t make any waves.
What really interested Gongsun You was the secret that Zong Hongjiu did not reveal.
He took off his shoes and got into bed, thought for a moment, and then decisively turned off the light to sleep.
Gongsun You’s brain was always spinning on weekdays, so he also had a rule, as long as he covered the quilt, he wouldn’t think about anything, just play chess with Duke Zhou. (TL: means sleeping)
After an unknown amount of time, the person on the bed seemed to fall into a nightmare, his expression painful.
Gongsun You dreamed that he was standing on a high city wall.
Fourth prince is laughable lmao