Deal With the Spy (Part Five)
“Yin Shuo’s position as prime minister is something that can be removed in an instant, so why must I still marry him?!”
Princess DanYang stood up in anger, pointing at the second prince, “You clearly know whom it is I love, yet you still want to sacrifice my happiness to win over Yin Shuo! Very well, if sacrificing my happiness means that you will succeed, I am fine with it! But you need to look at your own situation. Father Emperor announced that he would be establishing a cabinet in front of everyone. Do you think that the smarter ones are unable to realize that Yin Shuo has lost father Emperor’s favor?”
The second prince pulled her back to her seat, “Shush, keep your voice down!”
He looked around outside the window and found that only Dian’er, Princess DanYang’s confidant, was standing guard outside, “Could it be that I can’t tell that Yin Shuo has lost father Emperor’s favor? But father Emperor insists on marrying you to him. Even the date has been set. Father Emperor suspects that the matter of targetting Marquis Gu’s Manor might be related to Yin Shuo, but there is no evidence. How can he possibly change the marriage that he himself decided on?”
“Hah, father Emperor does not have evidence but wants to reduce Yin Shuo’s influence in court. That’s why I sent him those gifts to comfort him. Like this, after the cabinet is established, and the prime minister’s position is rendered obsolete, nobody will say that father Emperor is harsh and without mercy. Father Emperor really planned things out well. But what about me? Do I need to be the unlucky one who marries someone who is about to lose their influence?”
Before a girl gets married, she is tied to her father. Once she gets married, she is tied to her husband. Presently, all of her glory was a result of her father being the emperor of Eastern Ling.
In the future, if her husband was someone without power or influence, others would not look up to her. She would be in an even worse situation than the young misses from normal noble families.
No, she did not want that!
Since she had spent one day as a princess born of the empress, she would always live a high and noble life!
“DanYang, calm down a little! Yin Shuo’s current situation is indeed quite bad, but you need to consider your brother’s situation too! Right now, only with you obediently marrying Yin Shuo will father Emperor not suspect me of creating a supportive faction to pursue my wishes. You must know that it was you who told me to bring up establishing a crown prince when father Emperor was severely ill last time!”
“Second brother, what do you mean by that? I did it with you in mind. Now, you want to place the blame for losing favor with father Emperor on me? Moreover, you’re not the only one to lose favor. Hasn’t Ning YiZhao also lost favor? So how can you place the blame on me?”
The second prince suddenly fell silent.
He thought for a long time then furrowed his brow and said: “I always felt that there was something strange about that. How did father Emperor’s illness get so bad? The Deity of Medicine refused to reveal what his condition was after treating him. Think about it. If it was just an illness, why would the Deity of Medicine refuse to say anything?”
Hearing him say this, Princess DanYang also remembered something, “I remember that the Deity of Medicine said that he did not want to get involved in Eastern Ling’s court affairs. When it came to father Emperor’s illness, nobody was allowed to ask him anything. That is to say… father Emperor’s illness was related to court affairs!”
The siblings exchanged a look and instantly reached a silent agreement.
“At that time, Imperial Consort Xian was the one who stayed by father Emperor’s side every day. She even used her status in the imperial harem to prevent other members of the imperial harem from going to visit father Emperor.”
This was also to say that it was very likely that Imperial Consort Xian had done something to make Emperor Ning’s condition worsen.
Princess DanYang shook her head, “If it was Ning YiZhao and Imperial Consort Xian working together in this, what was their goal? Could it be that they knew that father Emperor was going to establish you as the crown prince, thus they decided to try and do something to take father Emperor’s life? No, this was clearly something that only Marquis Gu’s Manor and we knew…”
The second prince had not thought about Marquis Gu’s Manor for quite some time, “It can’t be them. Although I also do not like the idea of Marquis Gu wielding so much military power, even if he was biased toward Ning YiZhao, they would not work together to try and kill father Emperor. Have you forgotten? The reason that the Deity of Medicine was willing to treat father Emperor is that Marquis Gu kneeled.”
If Marquis Gu’s Manor was not responsible for the leak, that would mean…
Princess DanYang suddenly stood up and quietly shifted toward the window.
The second prince followed behind her and saw her suddenly open the window. Outside the window was a palace maid with her ear up to the wall!
“How impudent! Who told you to stand here and eavesdrop?”
Princess DanYang let out a loud scream, and imperial guards immediately rushed forward and pressed the eavesdropping palace maid to the ground.
“Princess, spare me! Princess, spare me! This servant just happened to be passing by and did not do it on purpose. This servant didn’t hear anything!”
By this time, Dian’er had also rushed over and looked at the palace maid kneeling at the ground, “You were passing by here? I ordered you to prune the flowers in the front this morning. How could you be passing through this backyard? It’s clear that it’s a lie!”
Sure enough, there was a spy!
Of the people in the palace who would plant a spy and had the ability to do so, aside from Imperial Consort Xian, who else was there?
Princess DanYang sneered, “Very well, to actually dare to eavesdrop on what second brother and I were talking about, I wonder how your master gave you the nerve to do this! I can’t be bothered to question her. Send her to Eunuch Gao to be interrogated. I want to see if she’ll confess or not!”
“Yes!”
The imperial guards dragged her off, and Princess DanYang gave Dian’er a look, “You go with them and explain the situation to Eunuch Gao. Ask that he be especially thorough!”
“Yes, this servant understands.”
Watching them leave, the second prince said: “Why send her to Eunuch Gao to be interrogated? When a palace servant does something wrong, there is a board to deal with them. Why bother telling old Eunuch Gao? Also, if Eunuch Gao tells father Emperor about all of the complaints that you voiced earlier, how could that do any good?”
“Second brother, do you think that my complaints will make father Emperor angry, or do you think that Imperial Consort Xian planting a spy in my palace will make father Emperor angry? This is especially true once father Emperor knows that Imperial Consort Xian spied on the matter of establishing a crown prince…”
Deal With the Spy (Part Five)
“Yin Shuo’s position as prime minister is something that can be removed in an instant, so why must I still marry him?!”
Princess DanYang stood up in anger, pointing at the second prince, “You clearly know whom it is I love, yet you still want to sacrifice my happiness to win over Yin Shuo! Very well, if sacrificing my happiness means that you will succeed, I am fine with it! But you need to look at your own situation. Father Emperor announced that he would be establishing a cabinet in front of everyone. Do you think that the smarter ones are unable to realize that Yin Shuo has lost father Emperor’s favor?”
The second prince pulled her back to her seat, “Shush, keep your voice down!”
He looked around outside the window and found that only Dian’er, Princess DanYang’s confidant, was standing guard outside, “Could it be that I can’t tell that Yin Shuo has lost father Emperor’s favor? But father Emperor insists on marrying you to him. Even the date has been set. Father Emperor suspects that the matter of targetting Marquis Gu’s Manor might be related to Yin Shuo, but there is no evidence. How can he possibly change the marriage that he himself decided on?”
“Hah, father Emperor does not have evidence but wants to reduce Yin Shuo’s influence in court. That’s why I sent him those gifts to comfort him. Like this, after the cabinet is established, and the prime minister’s position is rendered obsolete, nobody will say that father Emperor is harsh and without mercy. Father Emperor really planned things out well. But what about me? Do I need to be the unlucky one who marries someone who is about to lose their influence?”
Before a girl gets married, she is tied to her father. Once she gets married, she is tied to her husband. Presently, all of her glory was a result of her father being the emperor of Eastern Ling.
In the future, if her husband was someone without power or influence, others would not look up to her. She would be in an even worse situation than the young misses from normal noble families.
No, she did not want that!
Since she had spent one day as a princess born of the empress, she would always live a high and noble life!
“DanYang, calm down a little! Yin Shuo’s current situation is indeed quite bad, but you need to consider your brother’s situation too! Right now, only with you obediently marrying Yin Shuo will father Emperor not suspect me of creating a supportive faction to pursue my wishes. You must know that it was you who told me to bring up establishing a crown prince when father Emperor was severely ill last time!”
“Second brother, what do you mean by that? I did it with you in mind. Now, you want to place the blame for losing favor with father Emperor on me? Moreover, you’re not the only one to lose favor. Hasn’t Ning YiZhao also lost favor? So how can you place the blame on me?”
The second prince suddenly fell silent.
He thought for a long time then furrowed his brow and said: “I always felt that there was something strange about that. How did father Emperor’s illness get so bad? The Deity of Medicine refused to reveal what his condition was after treating him. Think about it. If it was just an illness, why would the Deity of Medicine refuse to say anything?”
Hearing him say this, Princess DanYang also remembered something, “I remember that the Deity of Medicine said that he did not want to get involved in Eastern Ling’s court affairs. When it came to father Emperor’s illness, nobody was allowed to ask him anything. That is to say… father Emperor’s illness was related to court affairs!”
The siblings exchanged a look and instantly reached a silent agreement.
“At that time, Imperial Consort Xian was the one who stayed by father Emperor’s side every day. She even used her status in the imperial harem to prevent other members of the imperial harem from going to visit father Emperor.”
This was also to say that it was very likely that Imperial Consort Xian had done something to make Emperor Ning’s condition worsen.
Princess DanYang shook her head, “If it was Ning YiZhao and Imperial Consort Xian working together in this, what was their goal? Could it be that they knew that father Emperor was going to establish you as the crown prince, thus they decided to try and do something to take father Emperor’s life? No, this was clearly something that only Marquis Gu’s Manor and we knew…”
The second prince had not thought about Marquis Gu’s Manor for quite some time, “It can’t be them. Although I also do not like the idea of Marquis Gu wielding so much military power, even if he was biased toward Ning YiZhao, they would not work together to try and kill father Emperor. Have you forgotten? The reason that the Deity of Medicine was willing to treat father Emperor is that Marquis Gu kneeled.”
If Marquis Gu’s Manor was not responsible for the leak, that would mean…
Princess DanYang suddenly stood up and quietly shifted toward the window.
The second prince followed behind her and saw her suddenly open the window. Outside the window was a palace maid with her ear up to the wall!
“How impudent! Who told you to stand here and eavesdrop?”
Princess DanYang let out a loud scream, and imperial guards immediately rushed forward and pressed the eavesdropping palace maid to the ground.
“Princess, spare me! Princess, spare me! This servant just happened to be passing by and did not do it on purpose. This servant didn’t hear anything!”
By this time, Dian’er had also rushed over and looked at the palace maid kneeling at the ground, “You were passing by here? I ordered you to prune the flowers in the front this morning. How could you be passing through this backyard? It’s clear that it’s a lie!”
Sure enough, there was a spy!
Of the people in the palace who would plant a spy and had the ability to do so, aside from Imperial Consort Xian, who else was there?
Princess DanYang sneered, “Very well, to actually dare to eavesdrop on what second brother and I were talking about, I wonder how your master gave you the nerve to do this! I can’t be bothered to question her. Send her to Eunuch Gao to be interrogated. I want to see if she’ll confess or not!”
“Yes!”
The imperial guards dragged her off, and Princess DanYang gave Dian’er a look, “You go with them and explain the situation to Eunuch Gao. Ask that he be especially thorough!”
“Yes, this servant understands.”
Watching them leave, the second prince said: “Why send her to Eunuch Gao to be interrogated? When a palace servant does something wrong, there is a board to deal with them. Why bother telling old Eunuch Gao? Also, if Eunuch Gao tells father Emperor about all of the complaints that you voiced earlier, how could that do any good?”
“Second brother, do you think that my complaints will make father Emperor angry, or do you think that Imperial Consort Xian planting a spy in my palace will make father Emperor angry? This is especially true once father Emperor knows that Imperial Consort Xian spied on the matter of establishing a crown prince…”
