Who put the yellow robe on me?

After leaving Fengtian Palace, the Sixteenth Prince Jiang Chen fell into deep thought as he looked at the gold medal in his hand on his way back to Ningbo Palace.

Suddenly, a figure jumped out from the bushes beside him like a gust of wind.

"I will enforce justice on behalf of Heaven! Jiang Chen! Give me your life!"

A masked assassin in red clothes suddenly appeared and stabbed Jiang Chen with his sword.

Jiang Chen was caught off guard and quickly dodged.

Seeing this, the personal eunuch exclaimed hurriedly:

"Someone is coming! There is an assassin!"

"Protect His Highness quickly!"

The assassin's moves are fierce, and each one carries a threat.

Although Jiang Chen had never learned martial arts, he managed to avoid being at a disadvantage by dodging here and there.

Although this assassin's moves are fierce, he does not pose much threat.

The assassin slashed across Jiang Chen's shoulder without piercing the flesh.

Jiang Chen looked closely and saw that the assassin was holding a...?

Wooden sword!?

The guards rushed over upon hearing the noise and surrounded the assassin.

The assassin was remarkably calm, saying leisurely, "This move that Big Brother Lu taught me really doesn't work. I can't even defeat a sickly guy who only cares about women!"

After saying that, the female assassin lifted her veil, revealing a familiar face.

what?

The guards exclaimed in surprise when they saw the true appearance of the female assassin.

It turns out that this female assassin is none other than the thirteenth princess of Emperor Liang - Jiang Sirou!

"Meet the Thirteenth Princess!"

The guards immediately knelt down to pay homage!

"Alright! Alright! Everyone, get up!"

"Yes! Thank you, Princess Thirteen!" The guards stood up one after another.

Thirteenth Princess Jiang Sirou walked past the guards and came to Jiang Chen's side.

"Thirteenth sister, you almost hurt me just now!"

When Jiang Chen saw Jiang Sirou, he immediately started to act miserable.

"Oh, really? What do you think of my swordsmanship? Is it impressive?"

When Jiang Sirou heard Jiang Chen praising her swordsmanship, she was instantly overjoyed.

"Hmm?" Jiang Chen thought for a moment, "I'm still a long way from being a master."

"A distance? Is it just a little distance?" Jiang Sirou asked happily.

"No, no, no!" Jiang Chen said with a wicked smile, "It's the distance between heaven and earth! Hahahaha!"

"You...! You deserve a beating!" Jiang Sirou puffed up her cheeks in anger, pinched her waist with both hands, and her eyes widened.

"Look at the sword! I want to enforce justice!" Jiang Sirou said as she raised her sword and stabbed forward.

"Hahaha!" Jiang Chen took three steps back and quickly dodged away.

"Thirteenth sister, do you have something to talk to me about?" Jiang Chen asked after Jiang Sirou calmed down.

"Sixteenth brother, you are now a big shot around our father!" Jiang Sirou put away the wooden sword and walked to Jiang Chen.

"Huh? Why do you say that?" Jiang Chen didn't expect the news to spread so quickly.

Jiang Sirou smiled:

"Today, you angrily confronted Ninth Brother in Wanhe Hall, and then publicly swore that you wouldn't need to spend a single ounce of silver from the national treasury to solve the refugee problem."

"Wow, Sixteenth Brother, you're so awesome!"

But Jiang Sirou paused and continued,

"But can you really do it?"

"Ahem!" It seemed Jiang Chen's previous image of being unlearned and unskillful was too deeply ingrained in people's minds. "Should... it be okay, right?"

"What? Should?"

Jiang Sirou was shocked.

"You have to know that you made a bet. If you can't do it..."

Before Jiang Sirou could finish her words, a woman's cry came from a distance: "Princess!"

Jiang Sirou turned around and saw that it was her personal maid Yue'er chasing after her. She turned to Jiang Chen and said, "Sixteenth brother, please help me stop them. I will thank you later!"

"Also, if you need my help with the refugee issue, just ask!"

After saying that, he ran away.

Jiang Chen shook his head helplessly.

In an instant, Yue'er was already beside Jiang Chen: "Greetings to His Highness the Sixteenth Prince!"

"Get up! Where are you going in such a hurry?" Jiang Chen still responded to Jiang Sirou's instructions.

"Your Highness the Sixteenth, I'm going to find my princess."

"Oh? You're in such a hurry, is there something wrong?"

Jiang Chen followed the principle of delaying the conversation as long as possible and chatted haphazardly.

"The Grand Tutor, Sister He, and the others have already arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion. Now I need to invite my princess back to study."

"Oh, so that's how it is. Thirteenth sister went over there just now, go quickly."

Jiang Chen casually pointed in the wrong direction.

"Thank you, Your Highness Sixteen!"

Looking at the direction Yue Er left, Jiang Chen couldn't help but sigh: "The maids around Thirteenth Sister are so simple..."

……

Ningbo Palace.

Empress Defei was already in the main hall of Ningbo Palace, waiting for Jiang Chen's arrival.

"My son, I pay my respects to my mother and concubine!"

Now that Jiang Chen saw Concubine De, he knelt down and saluted!

"Chen'er, stand up! Everyone, get out!"

After everyone left, Concubine De showed a complicated expression: "You can solve the refugee problem without using a single ounce of silver from the national treasury?"

"What on earth are you doing? What are you up to?"

Defei still didn't believe him.

After all, before entering the palace, he was just a refugee.

"Mother, I know my actions are somewhat reckless, but I have no other choice."

"Who in the court doesn't know me..."

Having said this, Jiang Chen paused.

"Everyone knows that I'm a womanizer and uneducated!"

"The Sixth, Ninth, and Twelfth Princes have intricate connections within the court."

"Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of War, Ministry of Works, which department doesn't support the prince? And which department supports me?"

"East, South, West, North, and South, military power in all four directions has been fought over and over for years. Which military will even look at me straight in the eye?"

"Although Prime Minister He and General Zhong never participated in the fight for the throne, who doesn't know that they are only loyal to the imperial power?"

"Once someone else is appointed crown prince, mother, do you know what we will face?"

Jiang Chen deliberately emphasized the word "we".

Concubine De: "Then there's no need to make a bet in public in the court, right?"

"No, mother. It's precisely because everyone looks down on me that I have no choice but to do this. If I don't take this risk, I'm afraid everyone will just think of me as an ordinary prince who only knows how to enjoy himself and do nothing!"

"Mother, don't you have the slightest desire to seize the throne?"

Fight for the throne? Forget about it. Jiang Chen hoped that this mission would fail, fulfill the bet and be driven out of the capital.

In the palace, a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones, who knows which will come first, tomorrow or death?

He was driven out of the capital and sent to a remote area to become a vassal king.

Holding military power, drinking wine, and listening to music, isn't that great?

Of course, Defei must not know my inner thoughts.

"But what are you going to do? How can you do it without using a single ounce of silver from the national treasury?" Concubine De still expressed her concerns.

"I have my own way of dealing with this matter. Which of my uncles isn't extremely wealthy?"

"If we don't use the national treasury, our family alone can handle the refugee problem. Who would dare to look down on our family?"

"Mother, you don't want the head of a prestigious southwestern family to perish just like this, do you?"