Chapter 887 The snipe and the clam fight
"You also said that they were talking and laughing with me. If I was touched by them, would I still be able to laugh?" Yan Yan'er argued Mushi smiled and said, "You had just had a miscarriage when you came to the Prince's Mansion. You were pregnant before marriage and did something so immoral. Just now, in order to save your life, you most likely gave your body to a beggar."
"Nonsense! You are the daughter of the prime minister, how can you say such a thing?" Yan Yan'er said sternly, then laughed, "Yes, you rolled around in bed with another man before you got married. It is said that the roof collapsed. There were many people watching the show."
Cai Mushi was instantly shocked by her words. She quickly walked to the side of the prince and said aggrievedly, "Your Highness knows that I am innocent."
The prince's face turned livid.
The two women in front of me are about the same.
However, one of them was the adopted daughter who was driven out of the Yan family and was of no use at all.
The other one is the daughter of the prime minister, so she could be useful if she were kept.
Thinking of this, he glanced coldly at Yan Yan'er who was kneeling on the ground, and said to the servants with just one glance: "Send her to the beauty farm."
"What is Beauty Zhuangzi?"
Yan Yan'er looked around and saw Cai Mushi's face full of sneers. She thought that the so-called Beauty Farm was not a good place.
She hurriedly knelt before the prince, not caring about the pain of her knees rubbing against the stone pavement, and cried, "Your Highness, I still want to serve you, and don't want to go to the beauty farm."
The prince ignored her and signaled the person following him with his eyes.
The guards immediately dragged Yan Yan'er away.
Yan Yan'er struggled, turned her head and asked, "Where is the beauty Zhuangzi? Your Highness, I don't want to go!"
Cai Mushi snorted and laughed, and walked slowly in front of her: "Beauty Manor is naturally a place to raise beauties. You should thank His Highness for letting you go to Beauty Manor. Otherwise, if he threw you back to the pile of beggars, would you be quiet?"
Yan Yan'er was stunned, but her intuition told her that this was definitely not a good place.
At this moment, no matter how she shouted or struggled, it was useless and she was soon dragged away.
The shouting faded away.
The prince glanced at Cai Mushi coldly: "The concubine's handwriting?"
Cai Mushi lowered her head in guilt: "Your Highness, how could I possibly do such a thing?"
"She is just a woman. Even if she is not a beggar, I will not keep her in the Prince's Mansion for too long. You are too anxious."
The prince left a few words and walked back to his study.
Cai Mushi was left standing there in a daze.
Soon, the corners of her lips raised sarcastically.
So what if the prince guessed that it was her work?
Even the Crown Prince had to show some mercy to her, and the Crown Princess couldn't beat her.
Just as Cai Mushi had thought, the Crown Princess' face turned pale when she found out that Yan Yan'er had been sent to Beauty Manor.
"How could Yan Yan'er be so stupid? She was just strolling down the street, but she was kidnapped? Even if she really hadn't been touched by another man, given the prince's suspicious personality, he would never want a woman like this again."
This is the prince's personality.
If he liked a woman with a very good appearance, even if she had been married and had children, as long as she was by the prince's side and he was the only man, he would not care about the woman's past.
But if the woman was touched by another man after him, he would never want her again.
The maid advised: "Crown Princess, the current problem is that the concubine's sister is also in the mansion."
Upon hearing this, the Crown Princess picked up the scissors and started cutting the bonsai.
At this moment, the prince summoned all the staff in the palace.
"My father's health is sometimes good and sometimes bad, so I have to prepare for a rainy day."
"Your Highness is right. What does Your Highness want us to do?" the leading aide bowed and asked.
"When Cai Tingzhou was the Prime Minister, I didn't have to worry about any problems with my ascension to the throne. But now Fu Ciyi is the Prime Minister, and I have fought with him several times, both openly and secretly. I'm afraid there will be obstacles to my succession." An aide suggested, "Your Highness, why don't you consider changing the Prime Minister?"
"Change someone?" The prince frowned. "Who?"
"The emperor now treats young ministers much better than old ministers. I think it would be much easier to replace the prime minister if we start with the young ministers that the emperor likes."
The prince nodded when he heard this: "That makes sense. Who do you recommend as the new Prime Minister?"
"How about Tanhualang?" replied the aide who had just spoken.
Someone immediately retorted: "The third place is a little bit inferior. If you ask me, there is a candidate who should be very suitable, and that is the second place Yan Xinghe."
"Yan Xinghe is Fu Ciyi's uncle." The prince reminded, "They are relatives."
"Your Highness may not have heard that whenever the cabinet ministers discuss important matters, Yan Xinghe always raises objections and often goes against Fu Ciyi."
"Is there such a thing?"
"Yes, it's absolutely true. Not only that, it is said that Yan Yan'er and Yan Xinghe had a very good relationship. After Yan Funing was adopted by the Yan family, the other members of the Yan family doted on her, except Yan Xinghe. The relationship between them is actually very distant." The aide said, "I have already found out about this matter. In the past, Yan Xinghe's carriage was not allowed to be ridden by others. Only Yan Yan'er had ridden it, and Yan Funing had never ridden it once."
"It's clear what he hates and what he dislikes." The prince smiled, "It shows that Yan Xinghe dislikes Fu Ciyi and Yan Funing no matter big or small."
The staff nodded: "Indeed."
The prince groaned for a moment, then said solemnly, "But my original intention is that after I ascend the throne, I will not need any Prime Minister to assist me."
He wants to be the master of his own country.
He wants to hold all the power in his hands.
"What do you mean, Your Highness?"
"Yan Xinghe is a good candidate. We can choose the right time to win him over. If he is obedient, he can become the next Prime Minister. But my goal is to make Yan Xinghe and Fu Ciyi fight each other. In this way, Fu Ciyi will be dealt with, and Yan Xinghe will not end up well."
The Yan family has always been neutral, and they claim to support the legitimate prince.
But he knew that the Yan family had always supported royal orthodoxy.
In their eyes, he, the crown prince, was not the legitimate heir to the royal family.
The Yan family is too arrogant.
Especially Yan Xinghe, he was freezing cold.
On par with Fu Ciyi.
These two people have similar talents and personalities, but they really can't get along.
In this case, he can adopt the strategy of letting the fisherman benefit while the snipe and the clam fight.
The staff praised: "Your Highness, what a good plan!"
The prince smiled faintly. Before that, he had to send someone to investigate the true relationship between Fu Ciyi and Yan Xinghe.
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royal palace.
Fu Ciyi had just finished reporting to the emperor on recent official business in the Hanlin Academy. As soon as he walked out of the imperial study, he ran into the second prince before he had taken a few steps.
"Second Prince." Fu Ciyi nodded in greeting.
"Lord Fu, can you please spare me a moment to talk?" The second prince raised his hand.
"Your Highness, are you not going to look for the Emperor?"
"I'm here to find you."
The second prince grabbed Fu Ciyi’s arm and walked towards the corridor in the corner.
Fu Ciyi pulled his arm out calmly and said, "What's the matter?"
The second prince looked around and said softly, "Master Fu gave me some advice earlier, and my father has shown great care for me. I would like to cooperate with you further, do you agree?"
