Zhang Baiwan could only sigh. His disappointment was obvious. He really hoped that Chu Junwei could become the son-in-law of the Zhang family. In this way, the Zhang family would have more protection. Moreover, his daughter had high standards. Ordinary men would not enter her eyes. Unfortunately …
After leaving the Zhang family, Ye Li, Wei Lin, and Zhuo Jing could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. Zhuo Jing said, "That Miss Zhang's eyes were almost glued to Young Master. Fortunately, Young Master saw the opportunity and sent her away. Otherwise, it would be really troublesome. " Being handsome was also a mistake. They really did not know how Young Master Qingchen had survived all these years. No wonder he provoked a crazy woman like Dongfang You. However, Princess Consort dressed as a man was worse than Young Master Qingchen. Young Master Qingchen's immortal aura made people look up to him and dare not blaspheme him. However, Princess Consort dressed as a man was handsome and amiable. She was simply the best candidate for a good son-in-law.
"Princess Consort, what if Zhang Baiwan runs to tell on us?" Wei Lin frowned.
Ye Li said indifferently, "Then we can only let Lord Zhang be a real money-grubber. But … I think he is a smart person. "
Wei Lin thought for a moment and said, "Yes, and with his money-grubbing temper, how could he send himself in when he knows that Mo Jingli wants to swallow up his Zhang family?"
Ye Li sighed and said lightly, "It will be much easier to deal with the Zhang family and the Lin family." The Zhang family and the Lin family could be regarded as the richest in Nanjing. With their secret help, there was no need to worry about not being able to poke a big hole in Mo Jingli's logistics.
Everything was carried out in secret in an orderly manner. Ever since he had been in the limelight at the Regent's Residence's banquet, Mo Jingli seemed to have remembered this young master from Yunzhou's Chu family. From time to time, he would send people to invite him to the residence to talk and ask for some opinions on political affairs. However, Ye Li was still a little worried that Mo Jingli would see through her and reveal something. Most of the time, she refused. Only when she really could not refuse would she go once. However, he did not expect that because of this, Mo Jingli valued him even more. It seemed like Mo Jingli also wanted to play a show of being courteous to the wise.
Perhaps he was really worried that the Empress Dowager would affect the little Emperor, so Mo Jingli really left the little Emperor in the Regent's Residence. She would only bring it to the palace when she went to court every day. Although there were many people in the court who objected to this, Mo Jingli controlled all of the Da Chu State's military power. Political power came from the barrel of a gun. This had always been the case in ancient times. Since ancient times, how many literati revolted successfully?
Ye Li had also seen the little Emperor once in the Prince Regent's Residence. Compared to the last time she saw him at the banquet, he was even more weak and thin. Very quickly, news spread from the Li Palace that the little Emperor had been poisoned with a slow-acting poison.
When they received the news from the Li Palace, everyone could not help but be stunned. Wei Lin frowned. "What exactly does Mo Jingli want to do?" The eve of an expedition was the time when stability was required. Now that the little Emperor had been poisoned to death, it was not a good thing for Mo Jingli.
"How much longer can Mo Suyun last?" Ye Li asked in a low voice.
Yaoji, who had come with Qin Feng, shook her head. "Although the poison in the little Emperor's body is slow-acting, it is still somewhat strong. Also, the little Emperor seems to have some innate deficiencies. These two years, he has been greatly frightened by Mo Jingli. I'm afraid … even if the poison is cured, he won't be able to live to adulthood. " Yaoji herself was the mother of a child, and she had not seen her own son for many years. She naturally felt more heartache for a child.
Speaking of which, in this messy dispute, the most innocent person was the little Emperor, who was only eight or nine years old. A child who did not know anything, without the love of his father, without the support of his mother, was suddenly pushed to the position of Emperor before Mo Jingqi's death. What was waiting for him, as long as one had eyes, they could see clearly.
Ye Li was silent. She had never been a heartless person. But to this child, although she could not say that she had harmed him, she had absolutely left him in the lurch. Everyone, for their own goals … The Empress Dowager, for her own power, Mo Jingli, for his high position, and she, for the Prince Ding Mansion, had all chosen to give up this child.
"Princess, Mo Suyun's matter has nothing to do with us. Princess, why do you blame yourself?" Qin Feng said in a low voice.
Ye Li shook her head and smiled indifferently. "I don't blame myself, but I'm a little emotional … He's just a child who doesn't know anything. Why was he born in the Emperor's family …" Ye Li rarely blamed herself. Self-blame was a kind of useless guilt. Instead of blaming herself, it was better not to do so in the first place. Since she had chosen, what was the use of blaming herself?
"Yaoji, go and tell Ye Ying. Give me the list in her hand. I'll tell her the child's whereabouts immediately. If it's too late … she'll regret it. "Ye Li said lightly.
Yaoji frowned and said, "I'm afraid Ye Ying won't agree. She may not trust Princess in her heart. Now the list in her hand can be said to be the most important thing she can hold. She certainly won't give it out easily. Princess, you seem to consider telling her the child's news first? "
Ye Li sighed and said, "If we tell her the child's news now, we really can't get the news. And … even you and many people in Nanjing will be in danger. "Yaoji frowned and was somewhat puzzled. Qin Feng said, "If we tell Ye Ying that her son is the little emperor. How can she help the Prince Ding Mansion? The first thing she has to do is to tell this news to Mo Jingli. Now Princess Xixia is dead and Dongfang You is missing. Once the little emperor becomes Mo Jingli's son … "
Yaoji suddenly realized. She had spent a lot of time with Ye Ying. She naturally understood Ye Ying's temperament. Ye Ying was timid and not very smart. It was difficult for her to achieve great things. But she was selfish and didn't trust anyone at all. When necessary, she was ruthless enough. If her son became the emperor, she would be the Empress Dowager. Naturally, she didn't need to care about the Prince Ding Mansion.
Yaoji sighed helplessly and said, "I'll go back and tell her." She only hoped that Ye Ying would be rational and not harm her son.
"Princess, what does Mo Jingli want to do to the little emperor now? It can't be that he can't wait and wants to ascend the throne immediately, right? If the little emperor dies in his Prince Li Mansion, he will be suspected. "Zhuo Jing was puzzled and said. Mo Jingli always liked to be smart. He didn't seem like someone who didn't understand such a simple principle.
Ye Li shook her head and said in a low voice, "In fact … it may not be Mo Jingli who poisoned him."
"Someone wants to frame Mo Jingli?" Everyone was puzzled.
Qin Feng frowned and said, "Since Dongfang You disappeared, Mo Jingli has vigorously reorganized the Prince Li Mansion again. Now it can be said that the Prince Li Mansion is completely under Mo Jingli's control. Even we can find out the news, Mo Jingli can't not know. "
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