The delicate little cabbage was pushed by the old emperor

The eldest princess never thought that even though she sent so many elite troops to assassinate the prince consort, they all failed.

At this moment, she knew that the situation was hopeless. She took a deep breath and a look of determination flashed in her eyes.

The Ye family is still unaware of this, so she must contact them as soon as possible and start the rebellion in advance.

The eldest princess chose to bypass Ye Huan and contact his father Ye Zhenlong.

Ye Zhenlong, who was far away at the border, became furious when he heard the news. He didn't understand how things turned out like this.

Ye Huan has been back in Beijing for so long, what has he been doing?

Why didn't he send a message to tell him such an important thing earlier?

"Father, do you really want to listen to the eldest princess and start the war early?"

"So what else can we do now?"

"But Big Brother didn't mention this?"

"Don't mention that loser of your big brother to me!"

"By the time he sends the message, we'll probably be wiped out without even knowing what's going on!"

"But the eldest princess is also a member of the royal family. Can she really be trusted?" Ye Chen said with a frown.

"She made so much effort and sacrifice behind the scenes to overthrow the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. She is certainly trustworthy."

"But even if we raise an army now, we might just die if we go back..."

Ye Zhenlong knew very well that even if they rebelled now, their chances of success were slim.

Not to mention that Emperor Yong'an might have already made preparations long ago, just waiting for them to return and catch the turtle in the jar.

As for the eldest princess, perhaps her palace had already been raided before they even arrived in the capital.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

Ye Chen looked into the distance and suddenly had an idea. Perhaps he could make good use of the Dongli Kingdom.

If the imperial court knew that Dongli had made a comeback, they would definitely send reinforcements. By then...

"But the emperor of Dongli has only been on the throne for a short time, and the country is still in turmoil. He may not be willing to take the risk of going to war with our country." Ye Zhenlong shook his head.

"Father, it doesn't matter whether he starts a war or not. We just need to create some illusions."

Ye Zhenlong's eyes lit up. "You mean, pretending that the Dongli Kingdom is attacking so that the imperial court can disperse its forces?"

Ye Chen nodded, "That's right, we can spread the word and fabricate some military intelligence about Dongli Kingdom mobilizing troops and sending it out."

"If we arrange for some more people to disguise themselves as Dongli soldiers and harass the border, the imperial court will surely take it seriously and send troops."

"Then the capital's defenses will be vulnerable, and the Princess will be able to take advantage of the situation. We can then turn back and attack from both sides, and great things will be accomplished."

Ye Zhenlong stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly, "Although this plan is risky, there is no better way at the moment."

"But you have to be very careful and cautious, and don't let your true identity show."

"Don't worry, father. We just need to be secretive and have the spies disguise themselves as Dongli people so as not to reveal their true identity."

"No one will doubt it!" Ye Chen said confidently.

"Good! My son is indeed resourceful!" Ye Zhenlong laughed loudly and showed a very satisfied expression to his little son in front of him.

In comparison, Ye Huan seemed even more useless in Beijing.

If you are indecisive, you will never achieve great things!

Ye Zhenlong immediately wrote a letter and sent it to the capital to his eldest son Ye Huan as soon as possible.

The letter severely reprimanded him for his incompetence and informed him that the situation on the princess's side was critical, asking him to help the princess.

After receiving the letter, Ye Huan was somewhat confused about what his father meant.

That two-faced vicious woman is actually in contact with his father?

How is this going?

He suddenly had the illusion that he was being hidden by everyone.

The more Ye Huan thought about it, the angrier he became. He had been so cautious and careful in the capital, yet he was treated like this by his family.

But he knew very well that the current situation was complicated. If the Ye family really rebelled, it would be a disaster that would lead to the annihilation of the entire clan. So, had his father ever considered him and his sister in the capital?

If father raises an army now, and they are completely unprepared in Zhaojing, won't they be like lambs to be slaughtered?

What does this mean, father?

Is he just a pawn of his father?

So that's why he asked their family to return to Zhaojing to pave the way for his favorite youngest son Ye Chen?

Ye Huan had never thought deeply about this before. He knew from a young age that his father favored Ye Chen.

However, Ye Chen has always respected his elder brother, so he did not feel resentment towards his half-brother because of his father's favoritism.

Since the relationship between him and his father was originally weak, he had nothing to resent.

The only thing he cared about was the imperial concubine in the palace. If his father really was as he thought and didn't care about them in Zhaojing at all, then don't blame him for being heartless.

On the other hand, Emperor Yong'an arranged people to secretly monitor the every move of the eldest princess and the Ye family.

When the eldest princess sent a message to the border, he also intended to let it pass.

Emperor Yong'an already had a lot of evidence in his hands that could sentence the eldest princess to death, but he chose to remain silent in order not to alert the enemy.

He wanted to wipe out Ye Zhenlong at the border in one fell swoop.

If he dared to rebel, he could just catch him in one fell swoop.

But he didn't expect that after Ye Zhenlong received the news from the eldest princess, he didn't take any action at all.

It was because of the lack of movement that Emperor Yong'an felt something was unusual.

This made him even more cautious. His intuition told him that the Ye family must be plotting a bigger conspiracy.

Shen Leyan suggested that they could take advantage of the rift between Ye Huan, his father and the eldest princess to incite Ye Huan to rebel.

She had gradually figured out the relationships within the Ye family, so she felt that things between Ye Huan and his father might not be as harmonious as they seemed.

Moreover, Ye Huan was a sentimental person and was particularly concerned about the imperial concubine, so from the beginning to the end, he was more inclined to assist the eldest prince to ascend the throne.

His father Ye Zhenlong had long harbored the intention of rebellion and had kept it a secret from Ye Huan.

If Ye Huan knew about this, he would definitely find it hard to accept.

Emperor Yong'an also thought this plan was feasible. Even if Ye Huan was unwilling to betray his father, he would not ignore his sister at all.

This is also the reason why he was reluctant to touch the concubine.

In order to reduce resistance for her son, Concubine Ye actually chose to murder the fifth prince.

Fortunately, Shen Leyan discovered it in time and rescued Concubine Lin and the fifth prince, mother and son.

As a result, the imperial concubine was imprisoned in the Yiku Palace and has not yet received any other punishment.