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

The old butler led the way, and the Second Prince hurried to the main hall. As soon as he entered, he bowed deeply to the old Prime Minister and said, "I beg your pardon for disturbing you so hastily."

The old Prime Minister hurriedly reached out to support him, saying politely, "Second Prince, please excuse me. I cannot accept your courtesy. Please stand up and take a seat."

The old butler quickly ordered the maid to serve tea. After the maid brought the tea, the old butler gave a look and took the person out.

Only the old prime minister and the second prince were left in the room. The old prime minister did not say anything, waiting for the second prince to speak first.

After a while, he finally lost his patience and picked up the teacup. The steam rose and lingered around his eyes. He lowered his eyes and said slowly while thinking, "I heard that the emperor allowed you to bring Madam Shen back to the palace. I came here this time to ask for a favor. I wonder if the old prime minister can help me?"

The old prime minister blew on the tea leaves in the teacup and said gently, "Second Prince, please tell me what you have to say. I will listen to what you have to say."

The Second Prince put down his teacup, stood up, and bowed again, appearing to be very sincere. He said, "Thanks to Madam Shen, my mother is now confined to Fengyi Palace. I'm sure you are aware of this, so I won't beat around the bush in front of you. I came to the Prime Minister's Mansion to see you because I had no choice. Just now, there was a rumor in the palace that my father was going to depose the queen. I was terrified, and after much thought, I could only come to you for help..."

After a pause, seeing that the old prime minister only listened but did not respond, he had no choice but to continue, "I would like to ask you to help me tell Madam Shen that when the emperor asks her again, she should say that someone deliberately threw her into the palace in the middle of the night. The person who threw her into the palace was Xiao Chenze's..."

As soon as he mentioned the eldest prince's name, the old prime minister frowned and put the teacup on the table. The air in the room instantly froze.

The second prince has a very evil heart.

As long as the emperor is told that it was the eldest prince's people who brought Xiao Zhao into the palace, then everything Xiao Zhao said about the Queen framing Queen Chu might have been said by the eldest prince. Not only can it not be used as evidence to punish the Queen, but it will make people think that the Queen was framed by the eldest prince.

As a result, the situation became confusing. The emperor wanted to depose the queen, and there were many doubts. The eldest prince was dragged into the matter again.

Thinking of this, the old prime minister said to the second prince calmly, "I cannot redeem myself. That would be a crime of deceiving the emperor. How can I casually accuse others?"

His words were like a bucket of cold water poured over the Second Prince's heart, and the courage he had mustered before coming here gradually extinguished. He suddenly became anxious, "But if you don't say this, Madam Shen will still be held guilty of entering the palace without permission. Compared to telling others that the First Prince brought her in to frame the Queen Mother, think carefully, Old Prime Minister, which explanation will better exonerate her?"

The old prime minister sneered in his heart. As expected, he guessed it right. The second prince just wanted to confuse things so that the emperor would not be able to convince the court officials when he deposed the queen.

There will always be people who believe that it was the eldest prince who did all this.

"Second Prince, there is no need to say anything more. I will not agree to your proposal today. Just pretend that you said nothing. I will not mention what you said today in front of the Emperor. Rest assured, Second Prince."

Upon hearing this, the Second Prince's face darkened instantly. He said coldly, "Old Prime Minister, do you think that my visit to your residence is a secret?"

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, I saw many people on my way to the Prime Minister's Mansion. I believe that the news has reached the emperor's ears by now. What do you think he will think of our meeting?"

Seeing the old prime minister's face suddenly darken, the second prince sneered, "At this delicate moment, my father will definitely think we are conspiring. Besides, my mother's affairs were caused by Madam Shen. If she is deposed, the old prime minister will not think I will let it go, right?"

Good boy, you dare to come to my house and threaten and bribe me.

The old prime minister narrowed his eyes and his face was as dark as the sky before a storm.

"Second Prince," he said slowly, "You should have asked the Queen herself whether she had done those things. As a minister, I cannot speak rashly about whether the Emperor will depose the Empress. I only know that I dare not deceive the Emperor, and I dare not frame her son when I know that the Empress has been framed. You dared to say those words in front of me because you know that I disdain to report behind her back, and because you feel that you have enough confidence to make the court officials stop the Emperor from deposing the Empress."

"There are a group of people in the court who, in the process of becoming vassals to the Yao family and the Queen, must have something on you. If you threaten them, they won't dare to disobey. They might even advise you to come to me. They'll analyze it and tell you that my daughter is involved. For the sake of my daughter's survival, I'll agree to your terms. Am I right?"

The Second Prince remained silent, and the old Prime Minister ignored him and continued, "Second Prince, the Yao family has fallen, and the Queen's guilt is irrefutable. You are not so naive as to think that those people will still stand up and fight for your mother, are you? In the face of the Emperor's wrath, who would risk turning their backs on her to speak for her? Those people only consider whether it is worth it, and will not remember the Queen and the Yao family's promotion of them in the past."

"But they don't say they won't show up, and instead they point you to me. If I agree to your terms, with me at the forefront, they'll go along with it and do you a favor. If I don't agree to your terms, they'll put all the blame on me."

"Second Prince, you must be careful when dealing with those old sly guys, lest you be tricked by them the moment you're off guard. Just like now, you clearly didn't have to come to my house. Maybe the Emperor wouldn't have been angry with you because of the Empress's matter. But now, the Emperor knows you came to see me, and he can guess your purpose without saying anything. How can the Emperor not be angry with you? You, you've been terribly harmed by those people."

After the old prime minister finished speaking, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

A guy who hasn't even grown all his hair yet wants to scare him. He's overestimating his own abilities.

The second prince sat there in a daze, speechless for a moment.

The old prime minister's guesses were all correct. He was taken to Fengyi Palace by Fang Yao's men. After discussing with his mother, he left the palace and started his activities.

He knew all about the group of people that my mother and grandfather had won over, and he also had some leverage over them.

When he went to find them, some of them pretended not to be at home, while others could not hide and suggested that he come to ask the old prime minister for help.

It wasn't that he was stupid enough to be directed here, he had been planning to come here in the first place.

However, he originally wanted to come quietly, but before he entered the door, his subordinates told him that the news that he had gone to the Prime Minister's Mansion to plead for mercy had spread outside.

It was these people who were harming him! They must have spread the news.

"Second Prince, those people were supported by the Yao family and the Queen. They've been raising troops for a thousand days, but they don't think about giving back. Instead, they've provoked you to plot against the First Prince at this very moment. Once the Emperor finds out, have you ever thought about the consequences? Even if you want to hate someone, you shouldn't hate me. You're hating the wrong person."

After the old prime minister said this, he picked up the teacup again and saw the guest off.

Watching the Second Prince walk out with a heavy heart, he put down the teacup.

The emperor must want to know who the queen has surrounded herself with. As long as the second prince goes back to settle accounts with them, Fu Lizhang can find those people.