Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

Fang Yao rode to the Prime Minister's Mansion and just saw the old Prime Minister coming out of the sedan chair. It was obvious that he had just returned from the palace.

When he saw Fang Yao, the old prime minister thought he was here to ask for the tiger whip, but he couldn't save face in the palace, so he wanted to talk about it in private.

Then he nodded to him and said, "Let's go and sit inside. I can talk to you."

On his way back, the old prime minister ran into his eldest daughter, Mrs. Zhao of the Wen family. Having heard about the Yao family's situation, Mrs. Zhao hurried to the Chongguo Mansion. Seeing the old prime minister's sedan chair, Mrs. Zhao hurried down to greet him, "My daughter greets father. I hope you are well."

The old prime minister hummed and said, "It's been a mess outside these days. You should stay at home with Ying'er as much as possible and don't go out unless necessary."

It's not that he is strict, but his daughter has never been at peace since she came to Beijing from Jiangnan. She has been making trouble all the time and even gave her niece to the third prince.

I heard that a few days ago, the steward of the Chongguo Mansion came to threaten him, which was really embarrassing for him.

If the Duke of Chongguo's Mansion had not been demoted, he would have been ready to scold Duke Chongguo in person.

"Father," Mrs. Zhao approached the sedan chair, covering her mouth with her sleeve, and asked softly, "Did Duke Chongguo really get demoted? Is the emperor serious about this? Isn't this just a temporary show to save Fang Yao's face, and then reinstate the Yao family official in a few years?"

The weather was gloomy and a heavy rain was brewing.

Such a big thing happened in the court today. The emperor is in a bad mood, and the old prime minister is also in a bad mood.

When the crown prince has not been appointed and everyone is watching, any move of the emperor will be seen as a signal.

The eldest prince's mother was the late Queen Chu, the emperor's first wife. The Chu family was a powerful and influential noble family, and there was always a strong demand for him to be crown prince.

Because of this, the Queen and the Second Prince were eyeing the First Prince with eager eyes. They fought overtly and covertly for countless times, but neither side could win.

The second prince relied on his biological mother, Queen Yao, and the connections and power of his maternal grandfather, Duke Yao, in the court, and always felt that the position of crown prince was in his pocket. There were also many people in the court who followed him.

Now that the Yao family has suddenly fallen, who knows how the officials in the court will feel.

Once the Second Prince's faction feels that there is no hope and resorts to a desperate struggle, who knows how big a storm this will cause? Let's just wait and see.

The third prince?

With his mother's family in decline, no one had ever bet on him, so he shouldn't have taken it seriously. But today, because of the sudden incident at the Yao family, he was being compared to them, and some people even thought he had a chance of becoming the heir.

Is it because he is quiet and reserved?

No, it’s because he is the grandson-in-law of the Prime Minister’s Mansion, and behind him are the Prime Minister’s Mansion and the Jiangnan Weaving Factory.

Thinking of the third prince who had plotted against his niece, the old prime minister's eyes flashed with a cold light.

Human ambition is something you really can't give up. Once the seeds are planted, they will try every possible means to emerge, to pull everyone along, either to climb high or to fall to their death.

The old prime minister sat in the sedan chair with the curtains closed.

Several people have asked him the same questions as his daughter today.

He was already feeling irritable due to the hot weather, and now when he heard his daughter was testing him, he became furious and kicked her without even thinking.

Even through the curtain of the sedan chair, the old prime minister kicked Mrs. Zhao back several steps. If the maid behind her hadn't quickly come over to support her, she would have almost lost face in front of everyone.

Mrs. Zhao's face flushed crimson as she angrily asked, "Daddy, what are you doing? I'm not a child anymore. I can just say whatever I want to say. It's not like I won't listen. Why are you resorting to violence? It's so embarrassing for others to see this. Do you still want to save your dignity?"

When the old prime minister heard this, he wanted to go out and beat her up.

"You still have any sense of dignity? Someone sent a butler to threaten you. How could you not realize how important your own dignity was? Why didn't you dare to just order someone to beat them out? You don't even dare to fart in front of outsiders, but you dare to question me in front of your father? If you had even one tenth of the ambition you have today, you wouldn't be so scared to say a word when you were bullied to the point of being at your doorstep."

"I'm warning you, go back home now, stop asking questions outside, and don't have any thoughts that shouldn't be there. Don't think I don't know what you're up to. If you want those things, you have to see if you have the ability to hold them. If you don't have the ability, just be an honest person, and you will have a prosperous life. Otherwise, if you dare to harbor unreasonable thoughts, you will never be able to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion again, and I will not recognize you as my daughter. Get out!"

Da Zhao's face turned blue, red and purple in turn. The old prime minister's words were like a slap in the face, which was so embarrassing.

If I had known that you would leave after paying your respects, I wouldn’t have asked so many questions.

As a result, the old prime minister smelled something as soon as he asked this question.

She did go out with a purpose.

Such a big thing happened in the Chongguo Mansion that all the high-ranking officials in the capital were alarmed.

After everyone analyzed the situation, they suddenly realized that the backers behind the third prince were not weak. With the current momentum, who can be sure who will take the throne in the future?

Those with a sharp nose went to the Wen family to inquire. No matter how capable Mrs. Zhao was, she was just a woman after all. She didn't know the details of the important events in the court. So she couldn't stay at home anymore and packed up and left.

I had originally intended to go to the Duke of Chongguo's mansion, pretending to comfort Old Madam Yao to find out the truth. Unexpectedly, I met my own father. Just when I was feeling happy, the old Prime Minister poured a bucket of cold water on me, and my heart sank.

After respectfully seeing off the old prime minister's sedan chair, Mrs. Zhao no longer had the heart to go out and inquire. After thinking for a moment, she told the driver, "Go to the Shen family."

The carriage turned a corner and headed towards the Shen Mansion.

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The old prime minister returned home in a depressed mood. When he saw Fang Yao coming to visit, he hurriedly invited him in.

Fang Yao followed behind silently with his hands behind his back. The two of them went to the study and sat down. The maid brought up tea and bowed before leaving.

Fang Yao then pulled the letter out of his sleeve pocket and placed it on the table in front of the old prime minister. He said coldly, "This is something Madam Shen Zhaojiang secretly hid among my family's antiques. Old Prime Minister, please take a look first. After you've read it, explain to me why your daughter wants to kill our Fang family. Was this directed by you, old prime minister? Or was it her own doing?"

The old prime minister looked at him in surprise, picked up the letter and opened it. After reading it for a while, his face turned gloomy, even darker than the clouds outside.

After reading the letter from beginning to end, Fang Yao could see that his hands were shaking a little. She picked up the teacup, took a sip, closed her eyes and waited for him to speak.

After a long while, the old prime minister slowly said, "How can the general be sure that this letter was hidden by my daughter in your house?"

In fact, he had already more or less believed that Fang Yao could not have fabricated something and framed his daughter. Holding on to a last glimmer of hope, he hoped that he could find evidence that this was a misunderstanding through questioning.

Fang Yao snorted coldly, not even raising his eyelids, and said to the old prime minister, "On the way back to the capital from the farm, my niece was poisoned repeatedly by your daughter, hoping to kill her on the way. After returning home, she refused to stop even more. The old prime minister must know this, right? My niece even pays for her food with the dowry left to her by my sister. Your good daughter puts on a kind face in public, but she's a vicious snake at heart, repeatedly trying to kill my niece Li'er. Even her two little bastards are influenced by her and don't regard Li'er as their legitimate sister. They provoke, insult, and even fight..."