mynovelweb Chapter 371
Chapter 371
[Not to mention that the one he likes is their most promising son. If the emperor keeps him overnight in the palace too many times, wouldn't the little old man notice?If he didn't know that his son already had someone in his heart, he would really be afraid that Wei Qingyi and the Emperor would develop feelings over time, turning a perfectly straight incense stick into a mosquito coil.
Just in case, the old man decisively sent a daughter in to act as a substitute.]
Yue Fuguang secretly admired them; this whole family was full of talents. They managed to turn a substitute trope into something massive. If everything went smoothly, this hidden Eighth Prince might actually get what he wanted.
She just wondered who Wei Qingyi was helping. Thinking this, she asked out loud, "Little Zhu, aren't Wei Qingyi and Bei Ye a couple?
Does he know that the Eighth Prince is actually his aunt's son? Between his cousin and his lover, who do you think he will help?"
Without a doubt, Chancellor Wei would definitely help his nephew, both publicly and privately, but Wei Qingyi's stance was not so certain.
Don't forget, he and Bei Ye also had a 'son'!
The Wei family and the royal family had entanglements across three generations, which was absolutely incredible!
[Wei Qingyi still doesn't know that the Eighth Prince is his cousin. His father still cares about his face and can't bring himself to speak about his past affair with the Emperor, especially when his own son is now involved with the other party's son!]
The officials nodded secretly. If it were them, they wouldn't be able to say it either. How damaging would that be to the majestic fatherly image they had built in front of their sons?
"Does Bei Yue know the inside story? If he wants to commit patricide, he would need to pull in a few more allies to increase his success rate, right?"
Bei Feng, who was the most likely to become the Crown Prince, counted as one. If Bei Ye knew about the Wei family's affairs, he would probably latch onto Wei Qingyi and never let go.
Yue Fuguang glanced at Emperor Mingxi from the corner of her eye, only to see him relishing the sweet melon from a jade plate.
She just didn't know which was sweeter: the melon, or the gossip she and the system were spilling!
If she remembered correctly, she seemed to have heard the Crown Prince, the head of the Secret Spy Bureau, mention that there was a double agent sent by Beili in Shangjing.
This guy was sent to Beili by Emperor Mingxi in his early years and eventually became Bei Feng's man. Unexpectedly, over a decade later, he was sent back to Shangjing by Bei Feng to spy on intelligence.
Wasn't this a ready-made great achievement?
Obviously, the melon-eating Emperor Mingxi and Zheng Zicheng, the deputy envoy of the Secret Spy Bureau who had been here for a while, both thought of this.
[These are all old matters from over a decade ago. He definitely doesn't know the detailed inside story, otherwise he wouldn't be constantly guarding against his brothers, but would focus on winning them over instead.]
Just as the system finished speaking, a rumbling sound of horse hooves could be heard coming from the hunting ground in the distance.
Yue Fuguang secretly checked her electronic watch; it was already twelve o'clock. Were they coming back for lunch?
She just didn't know how everyone's harvest was. They wouldn't be able to catch the wild game for lunch today, and she wondered if the afternoon would be as peaceful as the morning.
Yue Fuguang couldn't help but tap the system, "Tongtong, when and where will those people make their move?"
[Host, according to the information I've detected, they will first strike at the princes and princesses in the dense forest this afternoon to create panic and internal chaos.
Tonight's banquet and the night itself are one of their main events.]
One of? So there's a second or even a third?
"Keep an eye out and constantly monitor their movements."
[Are we not going to expose this to Emperor Mingxi and his ministers?]
"Let's not say anything for now. This is also a test of their abilities. If they can't even bury people in the pits they dug themselves, they might not be up to the task of expanding the territory next year or the year after."
By then, she would either wait for them to grow or bring out a massive weapon herself.
This was something Yue Fuguang absolutely did not want to see. Gunpowder had already appeared prematurely. As for other firearms, she still hoped they would follow the laws of development.
She would never admit that ever since she learned there were 'ghosts' in the underworld and a heavenly consciousness above, the concept of karma in her heart constantly reminded her not to go to extremes in everything. Even when killing, unless absolutely necessary, it was best to leave the opponent with half a breath!
If she were just a tasker traveling through small worlds, it would be fine, but since she still wanted to walk the path of cultivation in the future, she had to leave a way out for herself.
Soon, everyone arrived at the hunting presentation platform fully loaded with prey. Yue Fuguang took a look; wow, in less than four hours, these people had really caught a lot.
The Eighth Princess quickly ran towards her and said excitedly, "Little Aunt, Seventh Brother and I saved a white fox pelt for you.
We'll go out and look for more this afternoon to hunt a few more, so we can make a fox fur cloak for you in the winter."
Seeing her sweating profusely, Yue Fuguang poured her a cup of water and handed it over, "That sounds great. Whether I can wear a new cloak this winter depends on you two."
She hadn't thought about instilling concepts of animal protection into the people here, mainly because such ideas were inappropriate for the times.
Before cotton, people relied on reed catkins and straw to stuff their clothes for warmth.
Nobles relied on various animal furs and silk wadding to keep out the cold.
Telling them to protect animals? Are you kidding! When their lives were at stake, who cared about the life or death of animals?
And for winter heating, if they couldn't cut down trees in the mountains, the common people would freeze to death before coal became widespread.
It was only in the past two years that coal briquettes and coal stoves slowly became popular. Without needing promotion, these things were easy to obtain and inexpensive. Since they burned longer than firewood, the logging of trees naturally decreased, and many bald mountains regained their greenery.
Hearing her words, the Seventh Prince, who had walked over, happily replied, "Don't worry, Little Aunt. My sister and I will definitely gather enough for a fox fur cloak for you."
"So confident? Little Seventh, have your archery and riding skills improved again?"
Before the Seventh Prince could brag, the Eighth Princess had already started to undermine her brother, "Little Aunt, it's not that Seventh Brother's skills have improved, it's because there hasn't been any hunting for years.
Over these years, the animals in the hunting ground have reproduced well. We saw a lot of prey not long after we went in."
Seeing his sister undermine him, the Seventh Prince wasn't annoyed and added with a naive smile, "Exactly. We spent the morning wandering around the outer edges and still got a good harvest.
We'll go further in this afternoon."
"Little Aunt, do you want to come in and play with us this afternoon?"
Yue Fuguang originally wanted to refuse, but thinking about the system saying those people would make a move in the afternoon, and seeing the expectant looks in these two pairs of eyes, the words of refusal changed into an agreement.
The Eighth Princess originally just invited Yue Fuguang out of habit, not expecting that she, who usually didn't like to move much, would agree.
She and the Seventh Prince were so happy that if they weren't mindful of their status and the fact that they were outside with their imperial father and foreign ministers watching, they would have jumped up.
Hearing the commotion here, Xie Zhiyan's heart stirred. Since the Junior Preceptor was by the side of his seventh brother and eighth sister, he felt much more at ease.
As for his other younger siblings, he would have to deploy more personnel to protect them in the afternoon.
He looked towards the diplomatic mission again, his gaze lingering on Bei Yue for a moment longer. The revelations Yue Fuguang made in the morning had been reported to him in detail by Zheng Zicheng.
Xie Zhiyan expressed that Great Yan was hospitable. Before this person returned to Beili, the hospitable Great Yan would definitely make sure he 'returned fully loaded!'