Quick Wear: The Development of a Pure Cannon Fodder

Their backgrounds were similar, their husbands were both sons of the Emperor, and the Crown Prince had already been established, so the princes below them were equally ranked. Their respective mothers were equally powerful in the harem, so what was there to be afraid of? Even if the Second Prince's Consort wanted to use their seniority to suppress the Third Prince's Consort, she wouldn't be afraid, because she was certain that the Second Prince's Consort, who had said those words, would not dare to make a big fuss. If she did, she would be the one who would be embarrassed in the end.

Moreover, the Third Prince's wife didn't like her, the Second Prince's sister-in-law. This person had secretly sent someone to her to say some ambiguous words before, but she still heard it. He just wanted her to instigate the Third Prince to join them in dealing with the Crown Prince, and also promised to help her family move to a higher level in the future.

She almost laughed out loud at the time. Putting aside the fact that her father was a staunch supporter of the Crown Prince and had asked her to marry him in order to win over the Third Prince to his support, even her husband, the Third Prince, respected and loved this eldest brother. Why would she go against her family and her husband? It was simply a thankless task.

As for why his natal family didn't support the Third Prince, wasn't it because the Crown Prince was simply no match for the Third Prince? Given the Third Prince's tactics, he wouldn't last more than two rounds in the Crown Prince's hands.

Of course, the most important reason is the emperor's trust and favor for the prince. If the emperor did not favor the prince so much, the third prince's wife might really take the risk of following the second prince's wife. But as long as you have eyes, everyone can see that the current emperor trusts and favors the prince. Therefore, it is ridiculous for the second prince's wife's people to say that the prince has no legitimate grandson and his position is unstable.

The Second Prince's wife doesn't even look at the other princes' wives who have given birth to imperial grandchildren. The emperor doesn't love these imperial grandchildren very much, and the emperor doesn't force the crown prince to give birth to the eldest grandson as soon as possible. It can be seen that no matter whether the crown prince has children or not, this position has no place for people like them. Only the Second Prince's wife is still dreaming!

At this time, the Third Prince's wife did not know that the Second Prince also thought so. She only guessed that the Second Prince might be somewhat dissatisfied with the position of Crown Prince, but she never thought that the Second Prince would actually commit the act of assassinating the Crown Prince. Therefore, she always felt that she, the Second Prince's wife, was a troublemaker.

So in the past, the Third Prince's Consort only wished she could stay away from the Second Prince's Consort, who wasn't very smart. Whenever they met, they would just say a few words before parting ways. Now, the reason she was so aggressive towards the Second Prince's Consort in the Crown Prince's Mansion was because she felt that she wouldn't dare to cause a big fuss, and also because she felt that she was really meddling in other people's affairs. It's up to the Crown Prince to pamper whoever he wants, but who has the right to interfere in the Crown Prince's backyard affairs? Why should you worry about it?

Seeing that the Third Prince's wife was not afraid of her at all, the Second Prince's wife became so angry that her face turned red. She hated the Third Prince's wife who had rejected her attempts to win her over and was now so disrespectful to her. She even hated Yu Zinyin who was standing next to the Crown Prince.

She felt that it was clearly Concubine Liu who didn't know the rules, and that she was wrong when she pointed it out. However, because she was the Crown Prince's favorite concubine, the Third Prince's wife turned a blind eye and turned a deaf ear, causing her to be choked. Wouldn't that make her angry to death?

The Second Prince's wife thought that if Yu Zinyin was not the Crown Prince's favorite concubine, she would not be bullied by the Third Prince's wife like this. She completely ignored the Third Prince's wife's words that the affairs of the Crown Prince's Mansion had nothing to do with her.

Yu Zinyin, who was following Shao Lian, had no idea that the Second Prince's wife had hated her for no reason. If she knew, she would definitely think it was an unprovoked disaster. However, even if she knew, she was not afraid of the other party.

Because when they sat down, Shao Lian pulled her and whispered to her to stay away from the Second Prince's wife and the Second Prince. He had found out that the person who assassinated him in Qingcheng not long ago was sent by the Second Prince. Even though the Second Prince did it covertly and who knows how many people passed the order in the middle, for fear of being caught, Shao Lian still found out.

This was not investigated by Shao Lian, but the emperor found out that it was his second son who did it and told Shao Lian.

Shao Lian had previously discovered that the assassin was sent by a eunuch with two red moles on the back of his neck. After much thought, he still felt that something was wrong and needed to be reported to the emperor. After all, that person had dared to attack him, and Shao Lian was afraid that the person behind the scenes would think that he couldn't get rid of him now and would want to attack his mother in a desperate attempt to harm him. Therefore, he told the emperor about this matter, but not the empress because she didn't know that he was faking illness, and that he had gone to Qingcheng and encountered an assassination attempt on his way back. It would be difficult to explain the situation to her later.

The emperor naturally ordered an investigation immediately. As long as something is done, it will definitely leave traces. In addition, the emperor's dragon guards are not freeloaders. Their investigative methods and abilities are not something the second prince's men can hide from. They were soon found out one by one by the dragon guards, and finally the mastermind was found to be the second prince.

Because everything was investigated in secret, when the emperor learned that it was the second prince, he was disappointed and surprised, because the prince had left the capital secretly, and only he, Shao Lian, and a few of Shao Lian's loyal subordinates knew about it. How did the second prince know about it?

The emperor's doubts were quickly resolved. Long Wei found out that his second son was quite extraordinary. He even had a spy around him. Even though that person did not become the emperor's confidant, he was serving the emperor and was very attentive. He actually saw through the secrets between the emperor and the prince. Although he could not completely guess the truth about the prince's departure from Beijing, he began to doubt whether the prince's illness was real.

The man shared this suspicion with the Second Prince. After investigating, and combining it with information gathered from various spies, the Second Prince roughly guessed that the Crown Prince had secretly left the capital. He then excitedly arranged the assassination. Because the Crown Prince was leaving the capital secretly this time, he would definitely be accompanied by a larger and more powerful group than usual. This was a perfect opportunity to kill Shao Lian! To ensure a fatal blow, the poison was the most potent and fastest-acting, fearing that the Crown Prince would not be killed.

So if Yu Zinyin had not led the team back quickly to rescue the prince and Shang Liang, and then forced Yan Yue to make the poison, I am afraid the prince would have really died at the post station on the way back to Qingcheng.

The emperor hadn't imagined that the seemingly respectful Second Prince was so secretly ambitious. The Dragon Guards even discovered that his second son and daughter-in-law had been speaking disrespectfully to him behind his back. They'd often get together to complain about their father's partiality, even bringing up the previous emperor who killed his brother to seize the throne. Why, they wondered, could the emperor do this while the Second Prince was relegated to mere princehood? He couldn't even stand a chance against the Crown Prince?

The emperor was so angry that he wanted to kill the rebellious son and the bitch with a knife. How dare his second son and daughter-in-law say such things about him? The second daughter-in-law was a person who was used to currying favor with the powerful. She would say such things about the emperor behind his back. Although the emperor was annoyed, he could understand it to some extent. But he really couldn't understand why his second son resented him so much?