PFC Chapter 551 The General Was Rescued (26)
Chapter 551 The General Was Rescued (26)
Naturally, if Chen Jiyao wanted Huo Yuan to work for him wholeheartedly, he must fully demonstrate his sincerity.
Now the prince has married the eldest daughter of the Luo family.
In this way, in order to maximize the benefits brought by the marriage.
The thoughtful queen began to plan. She intended to find a woman from a civil servant family to be the wife for her beloved youngest son, the much-anticipated Fourth Prince.
And at this moment, she already had a suitable candidate in her mind.
I have to say that Chen Jiyao is a very capable person.
After so many years of keeping a low profile, he has established his own intelligence network in the palace.
The best way to dissuade the Fourth Prince from marrying Luo Yuhe is to let the Queen take action.
Look, not even a day had passed, and the news that the Fourth Prince had a crush on the Huo family's second daughter spread as fast as wings to the Queen's ears.
After hearing this, the queen, who was always amiable, suddenly became a little angry. She felt that her plan had been ruined, so she immediately summoned her youngest son for questioning.
When the fourth prince hurried over, he saw the queen angrily scolding him, "This is just nonsense! Your brother has already married the daughter of the Luo family. If you also marry one, it will not bring any benefit at all.
Moreover, your brother has already maintained a good relationship with the military commanders with the help of the Huo family. For you, the most important thing right now is to marry a lady from a civil official family to be your imperial consort. This is the best strategy."
Facing his mother's explanation, the Fourth Prince couldn't help but feel a surge of grievance in his heart. At this moment, his eyes were even slightly red. He choked up a little and retorted: "Can't I make the decision on who I want to marry? Isn't my preference important?"
Hearing her son's stubborn words, the queen first took a sip of the fragrant tea in the cup.
After a long time, the queen slowly raised her head and stared at the child who had been spoiled by her. She sighed and said, "Alas...after all, I have been too pampered and indulgent to you.
As a result, you have developed such a willful and reckless character. I thought that since you didn't need to inherit the throne, it would be good to let you relax a little. But I never expected that you would be so naive. "
Afterwards, the Queen analyzed the situation in the court for the Fourth Prince, especially the fact that the Second Prince always opposed the Crown Prince.
"Behind the Second Prince are civil officials." The Queen continued, "Since ancient times, scholars have looked down on each other. As long as you marry the daughter of a civil official, this situation will be broken bit by bit."
"But the person I like..." The fourth prince was still unwilling to give up, "Is it not okay to be a concubine?"
The queen felt that her youngest son was becoming more and more naive: "The most favored youngest daughter of the Luo family will not be your concubine, so don't even think about it."
Then seeing that her son didn't say anything, she felt that the marriage should be settled earlier, otherwise there would probably be more trouble.
Sure enough, in the afternoon, the imperial decree came down granting marriage to the Fourth Prince and the daughter of the Minister of Personnel.
At this moment, the biggest crisis between Luo Yuhe and Huo Yuan was finally temporarily resolved.
Another half a year passed, and a few days after Luo Yuhe came of age, the Huo family went to the Luo family to propose marriage. The childhood sweethearts finally agreed to get married after Luo Yuhe turned eighteen.
Because the Luo family still wants to keep their baby for a few more years.
But then something unexpected happened in these few years.
First, when the crown prince was investigating the imperial examination fraud case, he carried out a large-scale "purge" of the second prince's subordinates.
Then the second prince took advantage of the fact that the crown prince was away inspecting the dam project and tried to kill him.
This kind of back-and-forth confrontation caused both of them to lose a lot of their men, resulting in a lose-lose situation.
In fact, the third prince Chen Jiyao was responsible for this!
He provided the list of the Second Prince's subordinates, but it was passed through the Crown Prince's "disciple".
The route and time of the Crown Prince's outings were handed over to the Second Prince by Chen Jiyao.
"These two guys are so hard to kill!" Huo Yuan couldn't help but complain, "Your Highness has already tried to kill them several times, but they managed to escape every time."
The third prince Chen Jiyao didn't care at all: "It doesn't matter whether they live or die now, as long as their conflict can become deeper and deeper."
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince are born at odds with each other. There is no need for you to instigate this." Huo Yuan sometimes felt that Chen Jiyao was very capable, but sometimes he felt that this Third Prince was nagging and liked to "pass messages on" and do things to sow discord.
"They can hate as much as they want, but if they don't fight, that's annoying." Chen Jiyao handed the plate of snacks to Huo Yuan, "Look at this, it's just one snack. If I want to eat it, I have to let them fight. It would be even better if they can meet the evil father in the end."
Even though the current emperor has walked a bloody path himself, he still hopes that his sons can "live in harmony" - they can fight, but it's not a matter of life and death.
After all, if the wise prince has no rival, then the emperor himself will have a headache.