The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

Gu Nianzhi listened to the conversation between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince and found that they could not clearly see the loyalty and treachery of the ministers in the court. He couldn't help but want to spoil the plot, so he gave a brief reminder.

"Prince, do you really think that Master Liu is on your side?"

"That's natural."

Gu Nianzhi sighed. This prince is good in every way, except that he is too loyal and righteous. He is unwilling to doubt the people around him. He is also too soft-hearted. Without the support of his mother's family, it is indeed difficult for him to be the prince. In the book, Liu Taifu has always been a pawn planted by the queen's party next to the prince. He reported all the prince's words, actions and movements to the queen's party. However, until the prince died, he did not know that his most trusted enlightenment mentor had always been a member of the queen's party.

"Teacher Liu cannot be trusted. If Gu is right, he should be the Queen's man."

"How is this possible? Master Liu is my mentor and he fully supports all my ideas. Sima Hui believes that Master Liu is truly loyal to me."

"Brother, you must be on guard against others." Sima Yao said, "I believe Mr. Gu will not speak nonsense."

"During this period, the court has been in turmoil, and Liu Taifu will regularly report the whereabouts of the prince to the Queen's party. If my calculations are correct..." Gu Nianzhi thought carefully, the book said that Liu Taifu would put the whereabouts of the prince and the list of people to be reused on a display board in a Danqing Pavilion, and the Queen's people would go to get it regularly. "Today, the Crown Prince and the Third Prince met privately, and you planned to reuse Shu Huaiyuan, the second son of the late General of the Cavalry, and the Queen will soon learn about it."

"I haven't even told my third brother about my meeting with Shu Huaiyuan. How come Mr. Gu..." The prince had indeed just met Shu Huaiyuan, and discussed with Taifu Liu, saying that he was considering nominating him as the deputy general of the pacification general on the border between Dasheng and Qiangyi.

Gu Nianzhi was like a worm in his heart, and he knew everything clearly.

"Lin Heng, tomorrow you send a stranger to wait at Danqing Pavilion. Also, find someone to guard the door of Taifu Mansion. After the court is dismissed, someone should go to Danqing Pavilion from Taifu Mansion." Gu Nianzhi did not answer directly, but gave orders directly.

According to the original book, after the Queen's party received the secret letter, they asked the Emperor for permission before the Crown Prince to send Shu Huaiyuan to the Southern Territory. In just half a year, the high-spirited young general Shu Huaiyuan was framed by his colleagues and fell into a trap, which led to his downfall. It was a pity that the Shu family, a family of loyal and brave generals, had no descendants from then on.

Gu Nianzhi couldn't bear it and thought that the Shu family was just a side story. Even if there were changes, it would not reverse the main storyline. So he wanted to make Shu Huaiyuan have a good beginning and a good end by himself.

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The next day.

According to Gu Nianzhi's arrangement, Lin Heng completed the layout.

Gu Nianzhi had Sima Yao imitate the handwriting of Grand Tutor Liu and write another insignificant secret letter. The letter only reported the secret meeting between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince outside the palace, and did not mention the intention to reuse Shu Huaiyuan. "Once the Grand Tutor's family puts the secret letter behind the display board, you must immediately replace it with this one. Remember, don't alert the enemy."

all the best.

At noon, Lin Heng retrieved the secret letter and handed it to the prince who had been waiting in Prince Yao's mansion for a long time.

The content of the letter was indeed consistent with what Gu Nianzhi said.

The prince looked at every word written by Tutor Liu in disbelief, and his voice was actually trembling.

"Why would Master Tai do this? I trust him so much, why would he do this?!"

Gu Nianzhi shook his head and thought: You are such a naive prince, it’s time to teach you a lesson.

"The Second Prince and the Queen are losing power in the court. Excuse me for being blunt, but your position as Crown Prince is already in jeopardy. As your most trusted tutor, if you lose power, he will definitely be abandoned by the Second Prince's party and even his life will be in danger. Therefore, he should serve the Second Prince and surrender to him without being discovered by you. No matter which prince ascends the throne, he will continue to enjoy wealth and glory. Although this tutor Liu is well-read in the books of sages, he is still a villain at heart."

"Thank you Mr. Gu for your advice." The prince was obviously in a low mood.

"It's not your fault. Imperial power is the greatest power. How can a kind-hearted person like the prince see through the calculations surrounding imperial power at a glance?"

"How should the Grand Master deal with this? I hope you can tell me clearly."

"Before, the Crown Prince was in the open and Imperial Tutor Liu was in the dark. Now, Imperial Tutor Liu is in the open and the Crown Prince is in the dark. Maintain the status quo and selectively reveal information to Imperial Tutor Liu, so that Imperial Tutor Liu and the Second Prince's party still think that you fully trust the Imperial Tutor. Perhaps Imperial Tutor Liu will become our counter-espionage chess piece."

"Sir, your words have opened my eyes. Sir, you are truly a great man. Sima Hui really admires you!"

After lunch, the Crown Prince left, and the Third Prince and Lin Heng also left the house. Gu Nianzhi was thinking about going to the secret passage to wait for the crossing, so he pretended to take a nap in the afternoon and stayed alone in the house.

"I am feeling very sleepy today. If I am still not out by dinner time, please do not knock on the door. If the Third Prince comes to look for me, tell him that I will sleep until tomorrow morning. In short, no one should disturb me."

Worried that someone would discover that he was not in the room in advance, Gu Nianzhi explained everything to the maid first.

Everyone was tired in the afternoon.

Gu Nianzhi hid outside Sima Yao's bedroom for a long time, and finally, when he could hardly open his eyes, he waited for the guards to change shifts and quietly slipped into Sima Yao's room.

She entered the secret passage with familiarity and arrived at her first stop since traveling here.

God bless, please let me travel back in time this time.

Let them fight among themselves, I have to go back and pay the rent.

Gu Nianzhi touched the bag of heavy "small change" that Lin Heng gave her and smiled with satisfaction.

Although he lost the hairpin worth thirty thousand, he gained two or three hundred thousand worth of gold in exchange. Overall, it was still a huge profit.

Gu Nianzhi walked behind the screen and sat in the place where she had traveled through time.

In such a dark place without sunlight, without a watch, a cell phone, or anything to tell the time, Gu Nianzhi just sat there, getting colder and colder, and more and more sleepy. Unable to bear it any longer, Gu Nianzhi fell behind the screen and fell asleep.

Just before falling asleep, Gu Nianzhi's remaining thoughts came up with this thought: "This should be a time travel..."