From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 22 The Evil Party's Awakening

The Eastern Palace is unstable and the whole world is in turmoil.

Just as Chen Pingping and others had expected, after Crown Prince Li Chengqian was confined to the Eastern Palace for beating the eldest prince Li Chengning, the news that His Majesty intended to depose the crown prince spread in a secret and rapid manner. In just ten days, all kinds of outrageous rumors were spread everywhere.

"This time, the prince's prestige has been severely damaged, but why did he do this?"

Chen Pingping frowned as he sat in a wheelchair. Pushed by Fan Jian, he slowly moved along the palace wall and left the palace.

"Are you overthinking this?" Fan Jian remained silent. "Could it be that the prince was really drunk at the time?"

"If it were others, it might be possible, but can our prince see through it?" Chen Pingping shook his head.

"Whether you can see through it or not, it has nothing to do with me." Fan Jian smiled and said, "I am just an assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. I just need to take care of my own little piece of land."

Chen Pingping twitched the corners of his mouth but said nothing more.

The two walked out of the palace gate in silence. Before they had taken a few steps, a figure hurried over.

"Shadow?" Chen Pingping's face darkened. He could smell the strong smell of blood coming from Shadow from a distance. Thinking of Shadow's mission today, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Fan Jian stopped and said, "It seems you have something else to do, so I won't bother you anymore." After that, he waved his sleeves and left, with no intention of getting involved with Chen Ping at all.

After Fan Jian left, Shadow came behind Chen Pingping's wheelchair and pushed it forward naturally.

"There was an accident?"

"The Qin family received news that Jing Ge is dead." Shadow said in a low voice.

"How could it be? Why did the news leak?" Chen Pingping's hand on the chair handle suddenly froze. Jing Ge was the talent he had his eyes on. In order to rescue him, he had put a lot of effort into it. He believed that everything he had done was flawless, even sending his shadow. How could such a mistake happen?

"How are our people?"

"The Qin family seemed to have received intelligence a long time ago and ambushed people in secret. Qin Heng took action personally, and no one escaped alive except me." Shadow's voice was a little dull. It was the first time he suffered such a big loss after entering the ninth level.

After a moment of silence, Chen Pingping asked again, "How about you? Are you okay?"

"I couldn't reveal my identity, so I was accidentally stabbed by Qin Heng, but he didn't hurt any vital parts."

"That's good, that's good." Chen Pingping breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's go back."

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East Palace
Li Chengqian was still dressed in a green robe, holding a teapot in one hand and a chess piece in the other, staring intently at the chessboard. On his last move, he scrambled the pieces and yelled in dissatisfaction, "No more, no more! Can't you just give way to me? I'm the crown prince!"

"Your Highness, you were the one who said there was no need to give in." Gui Zitian looked at the messy chessboard and smiled. "However, Your Highness was able to hold on until the middle game today. Your progress is obvious. You are very talented."

"You're such a boring guy, you can't even flatter someone. No wonder Chen Pingping threw you into the East Palace."

Gui Zitian chuckled, "Master Dean, you never thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is actually a genius."

At the beginning, Gui Zitian was extremely dissatisfied when he was sent to the Eastern Palace to become Li Chengqian's tutor. After all, in this world, apart from the three offices of the Supervisory Council, he did not think there was any other place more suitable for him to do research.

Now, his mind has changed.

Because he discovered that Li Chengqian was actually a genius in making poisons and medicines. When Li Chengqian asked him for advice for the first time, he was disdainful and thought that this prince was so funny that a dignified prince had to learn how to make poisons, and moreover, he had no knowledge of pharmacology at all.

But what happened next left him dumbfounded.

It only took Li Chengqian one year to master the poison mechanism from the beginning. Not only that, he often had many fantastic ideas and imaginative designs that he had never thought of. The various opinions and suggestions for improvement and optimization made his dissatisfaction with Li Chengqian turn into deep envy and jealousy. He is really a genius!

When he was in the Third Division, his teacher Fei Jie praised him for being the best in terms of qualifications among the three divisions, and none of his fellow disciples could compare to him.

But after meeting Li Chengqian, he realized that the so-called first place in talent was worthless in front of a genius.

In addition, Li Chengqian also gave him support that he did not have in the Three Departments, including people, money, and materials. Most importantly, in the Three Departments, he was just an ordinary staff member, but in the Eastern Palace, he was the boss and could do whatever he wanted. Things that he could only think of but could not do before could be easily done here. He lived a very comfortable life, which was much more comfortable than in the Supervisory Office.

The personality displayed by Li Chengqian was also very much to his liking. The two of them could be said to be like-minded. However, in just a few months, their relationship became extremely close, and his status beside Li Chengqian also rose rapidly, even surpassing the two old men, Guo Baokun and Qin Yuan.

"The thing you mentioned last time is almost done, but the production volume is limited."

"It doesn't matter. As long as it can be made, just deal with it as before."

"I really don't understand. You are a prince, but you have to get these things. Don't tell me, do you really want to be a killer?"

"Haha, so what if he's the Crown Prince? The Crown Prince also has enemies, and there are many people he dislikes. There are also many people and things that the Crown Prince can't directly deal with, don't you think?"

"Whether it is or not, I just need to do my job well." Gui Zitian put down the chess piece in his hand, stood up and said, "There are still a few experiments to do, let's stop here today." As he spoke, his eyes fell on Qin Yuan who came hurriedly, and he turned and left.

Seeing Gui Zitian leave, Qin Yuan, who had already lost control of his emotions, quickly walked up to Li Chengqian, his face filled with excitement, "Your Highness, I..."

"From your looks, are you done?"

"It's done!" Qin Yuan's eyes flashed with anger. "As expected, someone was secretly tampering. However, my second uncle personally took action, mobilizing three hundred knights. Except for one ninth-grade master, all the others were eliminated." He hesitated for a moment and said, "But those people are obviously dead soldiers, and their identities cannot be found."

"It's good that the matter has been resolved. As for the identity, there will always be opportunities in the future." Li Chengqian nodded. "Okay, judging from your appearance, you must be tired. Go and rest first. Come back when you are refreshed."

"Yes." Qin Yuan lowered his head but did not leave. "Your Highness, Second Uncle wants to see you."

"Meet me? Your second uncle is a general in the army, and I'm a prince confined to the East Palace. Do you think it's appropriate?"

"But……"

"Okay, go and rest. There are still many days to come. There is no need to rush now."

"Yes!"

Qin Yuan said nothing more, just bowed solemnly to Li Chengqian and turned to leave.

"Jing Ge, hehe." Li Chengqian looked at Qin Yuan's departing back, and the smile in his eyes became brighter.

Jing Ge, the future deputy commander of the Black Cavalry, the confidant of the old cripple, and also the future confidant of Fan Xian, was originally a general in the army. Later, because of a conflict with the boss of the Qin family in the army, he stabbed him to death, which angered the Qin family. His entire family was killed, and he himself was thrown into death row.

However, he was secretly rescued by Chen Pingping, and from then on he obeyed the old cripple's orders. In the future rebellion, he killed Qin Heng and crushed the rebellion.

In the original novel, he is a positive character, a supporting role who endures humiliation, holds on to the right person, and finally gets his revenge.

But what does this have to do with me?
He is not Fan Xian, nor is he the protagonist.

He is very clear about his own position: a villain and a member of the evil party.

The Queen, the Princess, the Qin family, the Queen Mother...

Even Emperor Qing...

They were originally from the same party and reached a consensus on killing Ye Qingmei. Because of this incident, they became grasshoppers on the same rope. As the prince, he was actually the spokesperson of this party. He had been on this ship since he was born and it was impossible for him to get off.

Didn’t you see that the rebellion in the original novel was also carried out in the name of the prince himself?
The evil party must have the awareness of being an evil party!

I acted impulsively and brought disaster upon myself, affecting my family. Naturally, I should go down and apologize to them. Why should I seek revenge? Isn't it good for the family to be together?
If he took action now, not only would he eliminate a major helper of Fan Xian in advance, but he would also make friends with the Qin family, the top family in the army. From his point of view, he had made a fortune.

"Take your time. I've already stripped Fan Xian of his greatest glory. Next, I'll eliminate those who will surround him in the future one by one, making it difficult for him to gain any support. This way, even if he possesses the mindset of a time traveler, he'll ultimately have to follow the path this old man has paved for him."

As the illegitimate son of Emperor Qing and the son of Ye Qingmei, the one with the Heavenly Vein, Fan Xian had a smooth and prosperous road paved for him by Emperor Qing from the moment he was born, which was also the path of a lone minister.

In the eyes of Emperor Qing, this was the best compensation he could give to this illegitimate son. However, he did not expect that although this guy did not have any cheats, he was blessed with the memories of his previous life. He first wore the halo of a poet, and with the help of several godfathers, he got enough power in the shortest time. Finally, he lost control and stepped on the corpses of Emperor Qing and his son to reach the pinnacle of power.

If he had not been concerned about Wu Zhu, Chen Pingping's all-pervasive Supervisory Office, and most importantly, Emperor Qing's attitude, he would have already started to plan to get rid of Fan Xian.

This damn desire for control!

As the chosen one of the Roulette Wheel of the Heavens, his stage is the heavens and myriad worlds.

But this does not mean that he has to venture into the universe alone, isolated and helpless.

Now this world is his base, not only the Earth, but also the human civilization in the alien world deep in the distant space, which is also regarded by him as the base and rear base.

The identity of crown prince is very suitable.

There are too many resources that can be mobilized. When Emperor Qing unifies Dongyi and Northern Qi in the future and succeeds to the throne himself, he will be able to mobilize even more resources.

How could he tolerate all this being destroyed by Fan Xian?

Therefore, he needs to be cautious, eliminate all variables, and completely control the main line of this world in his own hands.

Control the entire process before, during and after the event.

Now, he is doing advance preparations.

Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes slightly. "Dongyi, Beiqi, Ximan, and the alien continent across the sea. Let's ignore the alien continent for now. It's too troublesome. Dongyi and Beiqi must be defeated to complete the unification of this continent. Only then can we integrate resources."

(End of this chapter)