ebookland Chapter 203 Adding fuel to the fire
Chapter 203 Adding fuel to the fire
Shi Lidie was led through many twists and turns and finally arrived at a secret room hidden deep inside.
The person she met was named Ye Feng.
This person was the former owner of Xuanyi Tower who had been lurking in the capital of Dayin Dynasty, and was also the confidant of Crown Prince Ye Zhaonan.
He was born an orphan and was later rescued by Ye Zhaonan, who gave him the surname "Ye". From then on, he was devoted to Ye Zhaonan. It was also because of this that such an important matter as lurking in the Dayin Dynasty was handed over to him to manage.
Ever since Xuanyilou was exposed and withdrew from Dayin Dynasty, Ye Feng took the remaining people and hid in this brothel called "Chunfenglou", returning to his old business and using the same trick he used against Dayin Dynasty on many dignitaries in Ye State.
The two sat down face to face, someone served tea to Shi Lidie, and then Ye Feng spoke:
"Princess Yun'an is really capable. You made us suffer such a huge loss in the Great Yin Dynasty, and many of our brothers lost. Our five years of business in the capital of the Great Yin Dynasty vanished in an instant, and brought immeasurable losses to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"I didn't expect that you would become the prince's fiancée and even gain his trust. He would hand over such an important token to you. I have to admit that the princess is quite capable."
Shi Lidie looked at Ye Feng and smiled coldly:
"I didn't come here today to listen to you mocking me in a sarcastic way. If you don't want to talk to me, then I'll leave. Your Highness the Crown Prince, you should find a way to save him yourself!"
After saying this, Shi Lidie threw the token on the table, stood up and was about to leave.
Seeing this, Ye Feng quickly stopped him and lowered his head obediently:
"Please forgive me, Princess. I am resentful of your exposure of Xuanyi Tower in the past, and I offended you with my words. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me."
"Since Your Highness trusts the princess, then we, your subordinates, will only obey the princess' orders."
"That's right. Only by seeing the situation clearly can we make the right choice." Shi Lidie sat down calmly, then skipped over the fact that she was offended and changed the subject. "I guess you already know about the An family's affairs, right?"
"Yes, it has spread outside that the An family intended to rebel, and the queen and the fifth prince committed suicide on the spot." Ye Feng said, "Princess, do you have any other information to tell me?"
Shi Lidie had already thought of what she was going to say, and she spoke as soon as she heard it:
"I'll tell you two things."
"First, it was His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince who previously exposed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for killing 30,000 disaster victims. The Emperor sent the Imperial Guards to search his house and found a booklet that contained many of the things His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had done in the past."
"The fifth prince admitted that he had ambitions to seize the throne and plotted against his two elder brothers. After this incident, I helped Your Highness find out who was trying to harm him."
"Secondly, the An family could not have rebelled, because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the legitimate heir to the throne. Even if they wanted to take the credit for following the emperor, they would not abandon the Crown Prince and choose the Fifth Prince. So the An family was wronged."
"According to my investigation and observation in the palace, the one who framed the An family should be the Second Prince's lineage."
After hearing this, Ye Feng slammed the table hard and said with gritted teeth:
"It is indeed so! Before the princess came, I had some guesses about this matter, and now the princess' words have confirmed my guesses."
"Calm down. These things are already established facts. Even if you are angry, nothing can be changed." Shi Lidie saw Ye Feng's expression and said, "What we need to do now is to solve the subsequent troubles for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"What does Princess think?" Ye Feng asked.
"You have trained your own assassins in Xuanyi Tower. The first thing they should do is go to the imperial mausoleum and assassinate the second prince." Shi Lidie said, "The second prince and his group framed the An family just to weaken the prince's power and make him have no maternal family to rely on. So let's cut off the source of the trouble and kill him directly."
Ye Feng became excited immediately after hearing what Shi Lidie said:
"Take away the firewood from under the cauldron! That's right!"
"What the Second Prince did was nothing more than wanting the throne. But if he dies, no matter how much he does, the throne will not belong to him. It can only belong to our Highness!"
"Smart, that's what I mean." Shi Lidie used the same trick she had used to fool Concubine Xian before, "Now is a good opportunity. There are many craftsmen in the imperial mausoleum, so it's easy for them to disguise themselves and hide. It's not as heavily guarded as the capital. If we can seize the opportunity, we can kill the second prince."
"I'll arrange it right away!" Ye Feng quickly called his men and prepared to find the best killer to assassinate the second prince.
After he finished making the arrangements, Shi Lidie asked again:
"If you send some of your Xuanyi Tower's personnel to assassinate the Second Prince, will the remaining personnel be enough?"
"What else does Princess want to do?" Ye Feng asked.
"I want to try to save the An family." Shi Lidie said, "No matter what, the An family is the maternal family of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Although the two queens have passed away, this blood relationship is an indelible fact. If the An family is really exterminated, it will be a very cruel thing for His Royal Highness."
"This is a very troublesome matter." Ye Feng said, "The emperor personally ordered the execution of the three clans. There are too many people, and we simply cannot rescue them all. Robbing the prison cell, the prisoner car, or the execution ground seems to be impossible."
"Then use your connections to get the emperor to change the An family's death sentence to exile!" Shi Lidie said coldly, "The three clans that are executed only refer to the father's clan, the mother's clan, and the wife's clan, but the An family still has so many students, old friends, and in-laws. Let them work among them and use everyone they can. There is always a way to make the emperor change his mind."
Even if we cannot save all the members of the An family, we can still save some people, except for the old lady and girls under seven years old who were promised by the emperor himself.
Various methods can be used, such as replacing one thing with another, or using someone else as a substitute.
Shi Lidie's words were cryptic, but Ye Feng quickly understood what she meant. As long as the emperor did not personally send people to supervise the execution and checked the identities of everyone during the execution, there would be room for maneuver.
“No matter how many people we can save, we will save as many as we can. At least when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne in the future, he won’t be truly alone without even any blood relatives around him.” Shi Lidie said.
After hearing these words, Ye Feng couldn't help but sigh that Princess Yun'an really cared about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and even considered all these things in detail.
If Your Highness knew this, he would be very touched.
Shi Lidie took in Ye Feng's expression, then added fuel to the fire and continued to deceive:
"I am a princess from a foreign country. I don't have many connections and means in Ye State, so these things can only be left to you to handle."
"But after rescuing the An family, I will arrange for them to pick you up so that they won't find out about you."
"I think it shouldn't be difficult to just provide a hiding place, and His Majesty the Emperor won't suspect that a princess from another country like me would be so bold as to harbor a treasonous criminal."
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng stood up and bowed respectfully to Shi Lidie:
"I am here on behalf of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to thank the Princess."
Shi Lidie slightly raised the corners of her mouth and smiled slowly.