PFC Chapter 208 What Lovers Does the Imperial Uncle Have?
Chapter 208 What Lovers Does the Imperial Uncle Have?
The people at the full moon banquet chatted and laughed. Although it was called a full moon banquet, it was just an ordinary banquet using the name. The focus of the banquet gradually became Song Jinglan, who had not appeared for a long time.
As the prime minister, Li Daocong naturally received an invitation. Although he disdained associating with people like Song Yunming, he was also compelled to come here by the pretext of "marrying for good luck". Accompanying him was his daughter, Li Shiying.
Li Shiying came to the banquet hoping that Song Jinglan would come, but she didn't expect that she would actually come to the right place.
Looking at Song Jinglan sitting not far away, her gaze never left him for a moment.
Song Jinglan naturally noticed Li Shiying's overly intense gaze. Thinking about what Steward Li had said about Li's feelings for him, she became quite impatient, wondering what she had done to cause Li to misunderstand her until now.
The banquet consisted of nothing more than ordinary singing and dancing. Seeing that Song Yunming didn't do anything special, Song Jinglan felt somewhat uninterested. He had come here to avoid giving anyone cause for gossip, and he had already had enough after sitting for a while. Seeing that he was about to leave, Song Yunming quickly stood up.
After all, none of his men had come to deliver the message yet. If Song Jinglan were to return prematurely, it might ruin everything.
“Currently, none of us royal brothers are married, but Sister Wan’er has already had a child before us. Father Emperor has always wanted us to get married as soon as possible to continue the royal family line, but…”
Song Yunming stood up with a smile and walked towards Song Jinglan, "However, we still have an imperial uncle above us. I wonder if the imperial uncle has taken a fancy to any woman while he has been away these past two years? If so, he can ask the emperor to grant him a marriage. If the emperor sees that the imperial uncle has started a family, his condition will probably improve a bit, right?"
Upon hearing this, Li Shiying became extremely nervous and quickly pricked up her ears to listen to what was happening, afraid of missing any important information.
When Song Jinglan met Song Yunming's gaze, his eyes were exceptionally cold. Song Yunming knew of Jiang Yuyue's existence, and if he were to reveal this in front of so many people, Jiang Yuyue would inevitably become the target of everyone's criticism.
However, Song Yunming was not intimidated by his gaze. After all, they were on the verge of a complete falling out, and he didn't care about such things. Moreover, Song Jinglan's greatest support in the court was Li Daocong. If this old man knew that Song Jinglan had betrayed his daughter, would he still stand firmly on Song Jinglan's side?
"The Second Prince is probably drunk."
Song Jinglan said coldly, "I'm afraid you have no right to interfere in my affairs."
Upon hearing this, Song Yunming scoffed, "Could it be that Uncle has some illicit affair outside? Why can't I even ask? Everyone says that Uncle hasn't settled down for so long because he has high standards, but I wonder if Uncle..."
Just then, Yueying quickly stepped forward and whispered a few words in Song Jinglan's ear, which made his expression change slightly, and then his gaze toward Song Yunming became more contemptuous.
This scene made Song Yunming a little nervous. Could it be that Song Jinglan's men had come to report that someone had broken into the Prince's mansion?
Song Jinglan slowly curled her lips into a smile, her meaning ambiguous, and said, "The Second Prince is truly an incompetent uncle."
Such a nonsensical remark left Song Yunming somewhat bewildered.
Song Jinglan raised his hand to signal, and soon a corpse was carried in.
The corpse had been struck in the heart by a crossbow bolt. Although the death was not particularly gruesome, most of the people at the banquet were nobles and royalty who had never seen bloodshed in their lives. They all gasped in shock at the sight.
Song Yunming's expression was quite interesting, after all, this person's attire clearly indicated that he was one of the people he had sent out!
"This man was captured by my guards outside the princess's residence."
Song Jinglan looked around and said calmly, "At such a crucial moment as the young prince's full moon celebration, the second prince is so careless about security. If it weren't for my men taking him down, the young prince would probably have met with an accident."
Xie Yunqi's face also turned pale as he watched this scene. It seemed that they had indeed underestimated Song Jinglan, and their operation was bound to fail.
Meanwhile, Song Chengyan secretly observed everyone's expressions. He naturally did not believe that this villain was really after Song Honglin's child who was not even a month old. Seeing Song Yunming's stiff face, he knew that this was the result of their game.
Song Jinglan stood up again and said, "This villain is definitely not alone. There are probably other villains lying in ambush here. Everyone should disperse as soon as possible."
Those who reach the top of power are mostly afraid of death. Although some people could see that this matter was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, as soon as they heard that there might be assassins lying in ambush, they didn't care about etiquette and hurriedly got up and left their seats. What should have been a full moon banquet ended up as a mess.
As the crowd gradually dispersed, Song Jinglan gave Song Yunming a meaningful look, sneered, and then turned and left.
Song Yunming stared blankly at the corpse on the ground, seemingly unable to believe that his plan had failed so quickly. Xie Yunqi, meanwhile, cautiously stepped forward, "Your Highness..."
"idiot!"
Song Yunming, seething with rage and with nowhere to vent, delivered a powerful kick to Xie Yunqi's chest, leaving him unable to stand up. "This is the brilliant idea you came up with for me!"
Xie Yunqi gasped in pain and quickly explained, "I didn't expect the operation to fail. Perhaps Song Jinglan was prepared and had planted a large number of people in the Jingwang Mansion..."
Song Yunming was now extremely regretful that he hadn't arranged for more assassins, but it was too late to think about it now. After today's plan failed, Song Jinglan would definitely be more careful, and no matter what they wanted to do next, they probably wouldn't succeed so easily.
"I entrust the task of capturing that bitch Jiang Yuyue to you."
Song Yunming said coldly, "No matter what method you use, if you still can't catch this person, you can forget about having your head."
On the carriage back to the mansion, Song Jinglan asked Yueying for details.
"what is going on."
Yueying immediately replied, "Your Highness, this servant is not aware of the specifics yet. It was Fengling who sent word that a group of villains had infiltrated the manor, but they were apprehended by our men before they could make a move."
"Feng Ling left one alive, and they should still be interrogating him. You'll probably know their purpose when you get back."
Song Jinglan scoffed at this, "No need."
He knew without a doubt that these people were sent by Song Yunming. They were incredibly stupid to think they could deal with him with such clumsy tricks.