Chapter 847 The Fourth Prince’s Strategy
The fourth prince had spies among the second prince’s retainers, and he knew exactly what happened when the second prince entertained Lu Yang that day.
“Lu Yang was able to turn against customers in a very short period of time. His scheming is really admirable. Even his second brother, who has always been very scheming, fell into the trap.”
Knowing that Lu Yang was difficult to deal with, the fourth prince kept sending gifts to the Meng Mansion for several days to show his goodwill.
Now that he felt that his goodwill was almost enough, he could make the next step.
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"Brother Lu Yang, I have admired your name for a long time, and today I see you with extraordinary magnanimity!" Like the second prince, the fourth prince also stood at the door to greet him in order to show his respect. What he did was still the etiquette of the world, not like a noble prince, but more like a businessman. A chivalrous forest hero.
The world said that he was forthright in his work and made friends with people regardless of their status. In fact, everyone he made friends with was useful to him. For this reason, he also worshiped many ordinary monks to hide his true intentions.
Meng Jingzhou temporarily retreated to practice, but the Immortal Fairy did not call him.
Furthermore, the Immortal Fairy felt that it made no difference whether she was called Meng Jingzhou or not. She had two masters in her spiritual space to advise her.
Although the second master’s wisdom is not as good as mine, he can still provide some reference.
The fourth prince secretly observed the Immortal Fairy's attitude and found that the Immortal Fairy was indifferent to his praise, which made him feel a little strange.
The Immortal Fairy also felt strange to the Fourth Prince, "What are you doing telling so many truths in front of me? Isn't this something everyone knows? Isn't it verbose?"
The fourth prince felt that Lu Yang was indeed elusive, so he could only continue: "Brother Lu, please come in quickly."
The fourth prince's official residence has flowing water, garden scenery, and musicians playing music, which complements the environment and is quite sentimental.
There are quite a few monks gathered here at the fourth prince's official residence, and only a small part of them are descendants of aristocratic families. Most of them are brothel owners, teahouse owners, painters, doctors, and even matchmakers.
These are all friends who have had a life-long relationship with the Fourth Prince and are absolutely worthy of trust.
Different from the atmosphere of the music played by the musicians, the Immortal Fairy could feel that everyone was looking at her with a very nervous expression after she came here.
The fourth prince invited Lu Yang to the second seat, and he sat in the chairman's seat.
After the fourth prince sat down, the atmosphere seemed to have relaxed a lot. Good wine and food were served for free, and they were even more sumptuous than those eaten at the birthday banquet of the old Dragon Emperor of the East China Sea.
Of course, this is because the fourth prince’s guests are not as many as the old Dragon Emperor’s birthday banquet guests.
Although the level of these spiritual foods was average and the Immortal Fairy disliked them, considering that eating these things could indeed help Lu Yang improve his cultivation, he had no choice but to eat them.
There was a lot of people drinking and drinking, and from time to time there were entertainers using their magical powers to liven up the atmosphere, and there was constant laughter and laughter.
Suddenly, the fourth prince was moved by the scene, put down the bronze wine glass, and let out a long sigh.
“It’s a pity, I’m afraid it will be difficult for us to have this kind of gathering opportunity in the future.”
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became heavy, and the guests all put down their chopsticks and looked at the fourth prince.
Before they came, they had roughly guessed the reason why the fourth prince had gathered them here. They wanted to collude on something big.
“Why did your Highness say this?” someone asked loudly.
The fourth prince looked at everyone with complicated eyes, then glanced at the immortal fairy who had been lowering his head to eat. He picked up the wine glass, raised his head and drank a glass of wine.
“My father’s life is short, and I, as his son, can’t do anything to help him. Watching my father grow older day by day, I have trouble sleeping and eating.”
“In my sleep, I often dream about my father’s funeral. The eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother are fighting for the throne, making the people miserable. I wake up in the middle of the night, scared and covered in cold sweat.”
"I often think that my father loves his people as much as his sons, and he absolutely does not want to see that scene. I want to change all this, but unfortunately I am weak, so how can I intervene in the battle for the throne?"
"At that time, the Great Xia is in turmoil. We are all people who care about the world, so how can we drink and have fun here?"
Thinking of the scene described by the fourth prince, everyone bowed their heads, and some even shed tears of sadness and sincere emotions.
The Immortal Fairy raised his head and couldn't figure out why they started acting in such a good way.
Forget it, it has nothing to do with him. The Immortal Fairy continued to lower his head and help Lu Yang eat.
Of course the fourth prince didn't know what the Immortal Fairy was thinking. When he saw Lu Yang raising his head, he thought Lu Yang was starting to become interested in them.
There was a middle-aged gentleman below who looked quite knowledgeable and said: "As for the method, there is actually one, but this method is highly rebellious and cannot be implemented."
The fourth prince said eagerly: "Mr. Lu, please speak."
“You can’t say it.” Mr. Lu continued to shake his head.
"No matter how treasonous and unethical, can it be compared to the well-being of all the people in the world?" After the fourth prince continued to ask, Mr. Lu revealed his plan.
"If you want peace in the world, you need an undisputed co-owner to inherit the throne. The one who should be the one who deserves it is the eldest prince. But the second prince and the third prince will definitely not sit idly by and watch. That's why there is a fight for the throne. ”
"As long as the three princes and their highnesses lose the qualifications to compete for the throne, the throne will naturally be yours."
Hearing this, the fourth prince wanted to stop him, but Mr. Lu seemed to have already known what the fourth prince was going to say, and continued: "I know that your highness has no intention of competing for the throne, but for the sake of the people in the world, I can only That’s it.”
The fourth prince opened his mouth, wanting to say something to refute, but the words seemed so weak when he reached his lips. In addition, his sturdy friends looked at him with eager eyes, so how could he say the words of rejection?
“That’s it, that’s it.” The fourth prince bowed his head as if resigned to his fate.
Then he asked: "But how can I make my three brothers give up the throne?"
Everyone is silent, this is the most difficult part.
The fourth prince turned to ask the Immortal Fairy: "Brother Lu Yang, do you have any idea?"
Hearing the question about himself, the Immortal Fairy took a sip of noodles and looked up at the Fourth Prince: "It's very simple. Isn't it enough to rebel?"
Lu Yang originally expected the fourth prince to show a shocked expression, but unexpectedly, the fourth prince continued to ask as if he had expected the immortal fairy to answer this way.
“Then are you willing to help me?”
What the fourth prince was waiting for was this answer from Lu Yang. According to the intelligence obtained from the second prince, Lu Yang often used the excuse of rebellion and establishing a new dynasty to make excuses, thus cleverly avoiding the issue of fighting for the throne, which caused the second prince to be unwilling to give up. Dare to have an in-depth conversation with Lu Yang.
The problem is that he does have the idea of rebellion!
Without rebellion, he would have no chance of inheriting the throne.
If Lu Yang answers "unwilling", it means that he admits that he is just talking and that he has other ways to force him to take sides.
If Lu Yang wants to save face and say "yes", it would be better, that is, to directly drag Lu Yang into the water and let Lu Yang stand on his side.
“Okay.” The Immortal Fairy readily agreed, which was exactly what she wanted.
(End of this chapter)