Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

Ling Yi quietly returned to Beiwei the next day.

The secret talks between the Second Prince and Ling Yi went relatively smoothly. Although no substantive agreement had been reached yet, it increased the possibilities for future cooperation between the two sides.

As for the second prince, he had an unexpected gain this time.

I didn't expect that Ling Yi, like my silly brother, was deeply in love with the Seventh Princess.

However, it must be said that the beauty of the Seventh Princess was indeed irresistible. Even he could not forget her after seeing her true face.

He had foreseen that his third brother was a simple-minded romantic. But he had always thought that Ling Yi was ambitious and strategic at a young age, and that his future was limitless. He had never expected that he would lose his sense of proportion when it came to women, as he was still young.

In such a private meeting, Ling Yi actually went straight to rescue the Seventh Princess regardless of the consequences. If his whereabouts were exposed and people guessed their conspiracy, the consequence would not be as simple as wasting all previous efforts.

Once a person falls in love, he or she will easily worry about gains and losses, which will stimulate an unprecedented possessiveness. He had always doubted Ling Yi's sincerity in cooperating with him, but now it seems that he was worrying too much. Now that he already knows Ling Yi's weakness, he can make good use of it. As long as he has the Seventh Princess in his hands, he is not afraid that Ling Yi will not submit.

The reason why he later sent someone to ask Pei Chufeng to pick up the Seventh Princess was to use Pei Chufeng to stimulate Ling Yi and let him know clearly that the Seventh Princess and his third brother had a close relationship. Now Ling Yi should be more eager to cooperate than him, and more eager to replace Pei Chufeng, so that he can win without fighting. As for his third brother, she is just a woman, and he will come to his senses sooner or later.

Once people develop ambitions, it is difficult for them to be content with being ordinary.

This is not only the reason why Ling Yi took a fancy to the Second Prince and wanted to cooperate with him, but also the reason why the Second Prince was willing to take advantage of Ling Yi.

The second prince Pei Chuyun's life has not been as glorious as it seems.

Since ancient times, the royal family values ​​the eldest son, and the people love the youngest son. He, the second son, has neither of these two, so he is as miserable as the eternal second sons in other families. Since he was a child, he has lived under the shadow of his eldest brother, and then squeezed between the eldest brother and the youngest brother. No one cares about him. The good things are first given to the crown prince and the third brother, and only when there are extra things will it be his turn. He feels that he is the most extra in everyone's eyes. Over time, grievances have become his inner demon.

In order to gain everyone's attention, he worked hard to show himself. The prince and his third brother were good at literature, so he learned martial arts and studied hard the art of commanding troops and deploying formations. He led his subordinates to repair military affairs at the border all year round and led troops to various places to eliminate bandits.

Over the years, he gradually gained the respect of officials and civilians in various places and the support of a group of generals and soldiers. He is no longer the little transparent person before, but the dignified Second Prince who can share the worries of Nan Shen and can stand on his own.

He thought that his father would look upon him with a higher regard because of this, but to his surprise, the more achievements he made and the better his reputation became, the more wary his father became of him, and he had even begun to gradually weaken his power.

He understood that these were just the ways of the emperor, so he did not mind too much. Instead, he showed even more respect to the crown prince and continued to love his third brother.

Over the years, the prince's talent was mediocre and he had made no achievements, but he only thought that as a minister, he should assist the emperor wholeheartedly and be willing to serve as a minister, so he never coveted the position of the prince. However, as the health of the third brother gradually improved, the emperor seemed to be interested in supporting Pei Chufeng.

His father would rather consider cultivating the third son than using him, which made him a little difficult to accept. He had worked so hard for so long and done so much, but still could not get the appreciation of his father. Instead, he was restricted in every way. He was completely broken. Why, why should he be looked down upon by his father?

He wanted to play a game with his father and his deceased mother. Seeing how he beat their other sons, he wanted to prove that he was no worse than them, or even stronger. He must become the future lord of Nan Shen, so that all officials and people of Nan Shen would look up to him and submit to him. He wanted to lead Nan Shen to be strong and not be underestimated by the surrounding countries.

Pei Chufeng, who was like a little white rabbit, didn't know that his second brother had undergone such a huge transformation. He didn't take the seventh princess's reminder to be careful of his second brother seriously.

On the contrary, he attached great importance to Ling Yi's whereabouts in Nan Shen. After all, his country's affairs could not allow people from other countries to interfere, not to mention the Marquis of Bei Yi who had ulterior motives and had been by the side of the Seventh Princess.

He remembered the day when the Sixth Prince Ximo left Beiwei, he saw from afar Ling Yi hugging the Seventh Princess in his arms. At that time, Pei Chufeng knew clearly what Ling Yi was thinking about the Seventh Princess.

If Ling Yi really came to Nan Shen, even if it had nothing to do with the politics of the two countries, it must be related to the Seventh Princess. So he had to investigate, and he had to investigate carefully.

At the same time, Ling Qiqi also sent a pigeon to Qi Qing, asking her to find out Ling Yi's recent movements and to report immediately if there was anything related to Nan Shen. However, their actions were noticed by the Second Prince and Ling Yi respectively.

The second prince couldn't help but feel a little worried. He had already subtly adjusted his troop deployment and placed his own people in various confidential departments. Although Pei Chufeng was not interested in the court, with his wisdom, he would sooner or later discover his series of actions.

A real man does not pay attention to small details when doing great things. Although he has prepared for the eventual rift between father and son and the killing of brothers, he hopes that he will not be forced to the point of no return unless it is absolutely necessary.

Ling Yi was fine, because he was always careful and rigorous in doing things and would not easily leave any hidden dangers, except for the incident when he rescued the Seventh Princess at Sui Jingtan.

Ling Yi has already discovered that someone is tracking his whereabouts. When the Seventh Princess suspected him, he was not nervous at all. Instead, he felt a little secretly happy, because at least it proved that she had not forgotten him.

How did she guess it was him? She had clearly never seen him. Anyway, she couldn't find any evidence, so she could just let her investigate. It was better than her focusing all her attention on Pei Chufeng.

The Second Prince's arrangement of letting Pei Chufeng take the Seventh Princess away that night really stimulated Ling Yi. Looking at Pei Chufeng's back as he held the Seventh Princess in his arms, he wanted to rush out immediately and tie the Seventh Princess back.

That was the woman he had chosen. How could he allow other men to touch her? He felt that even thinking about her was a blasphemy to her.

First it was Lu Chengyou, and now it was Pei Chufeng. There seemed to be no shortage of men who admired the Seventh Princess, but he felt that the Seventh Princess did not have much romantic affection for them, including for him.

Because of this, he was even more afraid, afraid that the Seventh Princess would suddenly fall in love with someone one day, and he would never allow such a situation to happen. She could only have him in her eyes, and there could be no man other than her in her world.

So he had to either make her fall in love with him as soon as possible and make sure that there was no room for other men in her eyes.

Either get rid of the men who appear around her and let her never see other men again.

Of course, he hoped it would be the former, because the latter was unfair. But how could he make the Seventh Princess fall in love with him?

He didn't have the confidence, so he had to speed up his plan.

First of all, he had to find a way to let the Northern Emperor announce the "death" of the Seventh Princess. He knew from his brother Ling Jing that the Third Prince of Ximo had already suspected the Seventh Princess' illness, so he could use the Third Prince of Ximo to break this window paper. In this way, he could also destroy the relationship between Beiwei and Ximo, which would be beneficial to his father and brother's plans, killing two birds with one stone.