"When the young master came back just now, I heard from Butler Su that the young master seemed to be very angry?" Tang Yun put the hot soup in front of Li Qi and asked.
Li Qi told Tang Yun about entering the palace during the day. After listening to it, Tang Yun said: "Actually, I don't think the young master needs to worry too much at the moment."
"Huh?" Li Qi looked at her.
I saw Tang Yun continue: "Although the third prince has returned to the capital, isn't there still no movement from the emperor? In terms of the prince's character, he is indeed no match for the third prince, but don't forget, the prince has been in the capital for so many years.
Everyone is on his side. So even if the prince really wants to give up the throne, if others put pressure on him, he will have no choice but to fight for the throne."
Hearing this, Li Qi said: "You mean, instead of confronting the prince and me, why not use external force?"
Tang Yun nodded: "The prince has this idea now, no doubt because he has no sense of urgency. If the prince can let the noble concubine put pressure on the prince, and then let Miss Ye persuade the prince, he will probably change his mind."
Li Qi smiled bitterly and said: "It's easy to deal with the imperial concubine, but Ye E's side..."
"Didn't the young master tell me that you and Miss Ye are both members of the Tianji Association? Since Miss Ye only takes orders from the Tianji Association, why doesn't the master let the higher ups give her orders?" Tang Yundao said.
"You mean to find Duan Muhan?"
"Yes, Duanmuhan wants to be the emperor. Although I don't know why he arranged Miss Ye to be with the prince, if the third prince becomes the emperor, it will definitely not be easy for him in the Tianji Society. You have also seen the vigorous and resolute actions of the Xuanyuan Army. If
When Tianji meets Xuanyuan's army, do you think that side has a better chance of winning?" Tang Yun said.
Li Qi rolled his eyes: "Yes! After you said that, I knew what to do!"
Why didn't he think before that he would let Duan Muhan give orders to Ye E and find the imperial concubine to put pressure on the prince? With a two-pronged approach, even if the prince didn't want to fight for the throne, he couldn't help it.
Thinking about it, Li Qi hugged Tang Yun and said, "Yun'er, you are still smart!"
As he said this, Li Qi turned his mouth towards her and wanted to kiss her, but Tang Yun pushed him away gently: "Young master... we haven't gotten married yet, don't do this."
Li Qi wanted to say: Isn't that a matter of time?
But when the words came to his lips, he thought of Bai Mengxuan, so he swallowed them.
Seeing that Li Qi was not making any moves, Tang Yun took advantage of the situation and said, "Sir, it's getting late. You'd better rest early."
After saying that, the girl ran away quickly.
Li Qi sat alone in the study, looking at the soup on the table, taking a sip with a spoon and smacking his lips.
Damn it, sooner or later, this young master will marry you all!
We’ll see!
…
Early the next morning, Li Qi came to the imperial concubine's palace. When he saw Dou Miaofu, she also had a sad look on her face, leaning on the imperial concubine's bed, feeling unhappy.
"My lord, Li Qi goes to see Concubine Dou." Li Qi knelt on one knee and said.
"Li Shidu, please get up." Dou Miaofu said and ordered, "Give Li Shidu a seat."
Soon two palace ladies brought a chair over.
Li Qi sat down and looked around, feeling a little uncomfortable for a while.
In the past, the imperial concubine's palace was a chess and card room in the palace. Every time I came here, there were several tables of mahjong. Why was it so deserted now?
Probably because of the prince's incident, Dou Miaofu was not in the mood to play mahjong.
Thinking about it, now that the three princes have returned to the palace, who is still in the mood to play mahjong at this juncture?
"Did Li Shidu go see the prince yesterday?" Dou Miaofu asked.
Li Qi nodded and said, "Reporting to the Imperial Concubine, I was indeed in the East Palace yesterday."
"How about it."
Li Qi thought for a while and told what happened yesterday in detail.
After Dou Miaofu heard this, she gritted her teeth and said, "My prince, I am really..."
"My concubine, please calm down. I came here today not to accuse the prince... I came here today to discuss the next matter with you." Li Qi said, "My concubine should know that the third prince returned to the palace this time well-prepared.
Come."
"Oh?" Dou Miaofu looked at Li Qi with a puzzled look on her face, "How can I come prepared?"
"When I returned to Beijing the day before yesterday, I met the Third Prince's Xuanyuan Army on the road..." Li Qi recounted what he saw that night.
After Dou Miaofu heard this, her expression changed: "Is this happening?"
"It is said that the Third Prince is decisive in killing, and this time I have completely seen it." Li Qi said, "According to the Third Prince's temperament..."
At this point, Li Qi stopped deliberately.
"If Li Shidu has anything to say, just say it, we are all our own people."
"Since the imperial concubine has said so, I will speak out." Li Qi said, "If the third prince takes the throne, will the imperial concubine think that there is still a place for you in the harem? Besides, the prince will really let him go.
Live as a prince?"
When Dou Miaofu heard this, her face turned pale, as if she had already thought about the future.
"Although the prince does not want to compete for the throne at the moment, we cannot neglect it." Li Qi said, "From the day I followed the prince, I have been as proud as the prince. The noble concubine should know that although these words I said are treasonous, they are still true.
Good advice is offensive to the ears.”
Dou Miaofu's face was very ugly: "Li Shidu, what do we do according to what you see?"
"The most important thing now is not to let the third prince get too stable." Li Qi said, "Didn't the empress prepare a big gift for the third prince before? I think it's time to give it to him."
"You mean the princess..."
"good."
Li Qi naturally knew that the reason why the princess's matter had not been exposed until now was because Dou Miaofu was a little hesitant.
After all, once this matter is exposed, it will be completely broken with the third prince.
At that time, the prince's side will also be forced to oppose him. Even if he says something to the third prince, the other side will think that he is farting.
When the time comes, the prince won't be able to compete for the throne if he doesn't want to.
Dou Miaofu naturally knew about this matter, so she hesitated.
"My Majesty, this is the only way we can do this now. Otherwise, if we miss this opportunity, we will be boiling frogs in warm water... or my Majesty thinks that the Third Prince will really let him go after he ascends the throne.
Us?" Li Qi continued.
Dou Miaofu took a deep breath: "Li Shidu, you are right, this is the only way to do this... But Huang'er's side..."
"Please don't worry, Madam. I will try my best to persuade the Prince. All you have to do is give this great gift away," Li Qi said.
"Okay." Dou Miaofu clenched her fists and said.
She believed what Li Qi said, not because she trusted Li Qi, but because he had been in the harem all these years and he knew a truth very well, that is, the mother is as valuable as the son.