Yixiu is reborn, fights against her elder sister, and becomes the queen mother

"Tong Jia, you must understand clearly that you are nothing more than a pawn in the hands of your grandfather."

The prince spoke in a deep voice to the person behind the screen.

Tong Jia Suyue tightly grasped the handkerchief, trying hard to hold back the tears. At this moment, her face was pale and her heart was dead.

After realizing what was happening, Tong Jia Suyue hurried to the prince, knelt down and begged:

"Your Highness, please spare me! These things were all done by my grandfather. I really don't know anything. I didn't know that my grandfather would take action against the Fucha family. I really didn't know anything that day!"

She was afraid that the prince would not believe her, so she showed him the wound on her face that had not yet healed.

"I don't know why Ru promised to suddenly run out that day. I really don't know anything. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

The prince slowly approached, slowly sizing up Tong Jia, and finally said, "Of course I know you're innocent, otherwise I wouldn't have spared your life until now. But you've seen the situation now. Will you choose your grandfather, or me?"

Tong Jia Suyue was not involved in Fu Cha's miscarriage, but they had been together for so many days, and the prince still had some feelings for him, so he asked directly.

If Tong Jia Suoyue was willing to cut off contact with Longkodo and no longer interfere in Longkodo's affairs, after he ascended the throne, although he would not have to think about the position of queen, he could still grant her the position of concubine.

Tong Jia Suyue lowered her head, thought briefly, then quickly looked up and assured the prince, "A woman is bound by her husband's will. Since I've married into the Eastern Palace, I belong to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The prince smiled softly. He lifted up Tong Jia Suyue's trembling face with his hand and comforted her, "Don't worry, I will only kill Longkodo. As for the rest of the Tong Jia clan, if they are not involved in these things, I will not do anything to them."

Tong Jia Suyue breathed a sigh of relief and quickly kowtowed to express her gratitude. Serving the emperor was like serving a tiger. Now, as the daughter of the Tong Jia family, this was all she could do.

"Thank you so much for your grace, Your Highness the Crown Prince. Thank you so much for your grace, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

The prince had already started taking action. He asked his ministers to write down some evidence of Longkodo's corruption, abuse of power, and forming a clique for personal gain and submit it to the emperor.

At one time, the emperor received no less than twenty such memorials, which made him a little overwhelmed.

From his own selfish point of view, the emperor did not intend to punish Longkodo, but the evidence was true. If he deliberately covered up for him now, it would only damage his imperial prestige.

Longkodo didn't expect that the prince would be so ruthless in his first move. In that case, don't blame him for being merciless.

Tongjia Mansion

In Longkodo's study

"I only have one question for you, Fourth Prince. Do you have such lofty ambitions? If so, I will risk my entire fortune and life to fight with you in this one battle."

Longkodo chatted with the Fourth Prince about some random things and then got straight to the point.

The Fourth Prince gritted his teeth. Now, considering the situation in the court, he could only nod firmly.

"A true man cannot remain under someone else's thumb for long. If Lord Longkodo is willing to lend me a hand, I will definitely not forget you in the future."

Longkodo twirled his beard and smiled faintly, then he handed a portrait directly to the Fourth Prince.

"This is my granddaughter, Tong Jia Bi Yue. If the Fourth Prince doesn't mind, she will be his legitimate wife."

The Fourth Prince took the portrait and saw the woman in it, who was quite beautiful. He smiled and said, "Thank you, Lord Longkodo, for not being angry and willing to marry your granddaughter to me. Now, I and Lord Longkodo are in the same boat."

The Fourth Prince was not stupid either. It was obvious that Longkodo and the Crown Prince had fallen out. The Crown Prince wanted to make Fucha's concubine the future empress, but Longkodo naturally would not agree.

I'm afraid that the death of the concubine Fucha's child was also related to Lord Longkodo.

Although Longkodo was not a good person and what he did was courting disaster, he did not have many choices now.

It would be the same if I teamed up with Longkodo first, and then dealt with this old man in the future.

"After all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was personally appointed by the late Emperor. Now that the Emperor is gravely ill, our chances of success are slim. If the Crown Prince makes a major mistake, it would be fine. If he doesn't, even for the sake of stabilizing the court, the Emperor won't easily depose him."

The Fourth Prince deliberately tested the issue. This old man looked so calm and composed that he must have already thought of a way to deal with the Crown Prince.

Since the two had reached an agreement, Longkodo no longer concealed the matter of Nian Gengyao from the Fourth Prince.

He then took out the portrait and letter from a secret compartment in the study.

Longkodo spoke casually, hinting at something: "The man in the painting is Nian Gengyao, the great General Nian, who was supposed to be dead. I didn't expect him to appear in the Northwest Army. I'm afraid he's now a general. I wonder what the emperor would do if he knew about this."

The Fourth Prince took the portrait, opened the letter, and looked through it carefully.

Even so, the Fourth Prince still couldn't believe his tone and asked Longkodo with some suspicion, "Could it be that the two of them just look alike? This matter is no joke!"

Longkodo was somewhat displeased. He straightened his lips and said without any emotion:

"If the Fourth Prince doesn't believe me, then just pretend I never said anything."

Such a good opportunity. How could the Fourth Prince let it go?

It's not that he hadn't thought about being an ordinary prince like the second and third princes, but the moment the emperor and the ministers pushed him out, he was destined to stand on the opposite side of the prince.

Even if he had no intention of seizing the throne, after this incident, how could the prince still treat him the same way as before?

The prince will deal with me sooner or later, so it is better to strike first than to do that.

Life is like a gamble, so just take a gamble and see if you can reach the supreme position.

The Fourth Prince took the gift and said with a smile, "Now, this prince and Lord Longkodo are on the same boat. Naturally, this prince trusts Lord Longkodo. Then, Lord Longkodo, please wait for my good news!"

Not long after, these things were brought to the emperor's table.

The Fourth Prince knelt before the Emperor's bed and kowtowed loudly, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I know of this matter and I dare not hide it from you, Your Majesty. I have no choice but to report it to you."

The emperor tightly grasped the portrait of Nian Gengyao. He coughed heavily, which scared the Fourth Prince. He hoped that the emperor would not be angry to death at this time, otherwise his plan would be ruined.