The two maids who supported Princess Taiping were still standing on the side, but Princess Taiping did not seem to care about their existence.
However, as soon as she said this, the two maids knew that they should not listen to her anymore. They immediately let go of Princess Taiping's elbow and walked away without moving their shoulders or skirts.
Yang Fan winked at Princess Taiping and whispered, "Then how do you want me to thank you?"
Princess Taiping stuck out her proud breasts and said in a pretentious tone, "Supervisor Yang, tonight you will sleep with me. You have to do your best!"
Yang Fan could not help laughing and said, "I am afraid that Your Highness will not be able to bear it. I don't know who will be sad when the time comes."
Princess Taiping blushed and patted him coquettishly.
Yang Fan joked for a bit before withdrawing his smile. With a stern expression, he said: "If Your Highness thinks that I took great pains to trouble Princess to make this trip just to help me vent my anger and make Lai Junchen unhappy, then you are gravely mistaken."
He looked up at the mountain and said, "Come on, let's talk on the way so that we will not miss the show!"
On the hillside, Zhang Tongxiu and his group had disappeared behind a rock. Princess Taiping did not need the help of the two maids and could also climb the mountain.
The two walked along the stone steps to the top of the mountain. The family guards began to move their belongings from the carriage. Princess Taiping and Yang Fan went up the stairs and continued the topic. She looked at him and said, "You called me here not to help you vent your anger, but to …"
Her eyes turned mischievously and she suddenly smiled coquettishly. Her cheeks were slightly red and she said shyly, "Is it because you miss me?"
Looking at her eyebrows and the corners of her eyes, which were full of amorous feelings, and even deliberately put on a cute appearance, Yang Fan couldn't help but feel his heart sway when he saw this. The charm of this kind of mature and beautiful woman was really hard to resist. He stared at Princess Taiping and said, "If you do not want to hear it, then I will not say it."
"All right, all right!" Princess Taiping successfully flirted with her Langjun and couldn't help but feel happy. She made a face at him and giggled, "Go ahead, I'll listen!"
Yang Fan said, "It's not a big deal to be bullied a little. If it was just to embarrass Lai Junchen, I wouldn't have bothered to go through all this trouble. Fighting over power is something only children like!"
Princess Taiping blinked her eyes and nodded seriously, "Yes! Speaking of which, my Erlang is really becoming more and more like an adult! "
Yang Fan rolled his eyes at her and said, "Am I not an adult?"
Princess Taiping glanced at him and leaned over. She gently bit her red lips and asked maliciously, "How big is it?"
Yang Fan did not know whether to laugh or cry. If not for the guards and servants of the Princess Mansion following them from afar, Taiping's buttocks would have been slapped. "My Royal Highness, can't you be a little more serious?"
Princess Taiping said worriedly, "If I'm too serious, will it annoy you?"
Yang Fan snorted and ignored her double entendre. He said slowly, "Wealth is a shack that will collapse in ten years; power is a stone palace that will not collapse in a thousand years. But what is this kind of glory? "
Yang Fan pursed his lips and blew away a snowflake that was floating in front of him. Yang Fan said, "It's just a fleeting snowflake. I really don't understand why some people are so happy about it and fight over it!"
Although Princess Taiping was clever, she really didn't guess Yang Fan's purpose this time. She really thought that Yang Fan was angry with Lai Junchen for deliberately showing off his power in the Dragon Gate, so he asked her for help and wanted to make Lai Junchen suffer. That was why she successfully angered a group of flower protectors and made them go up the mountain to find trouble with Lai Junchen. That was why she was happy.
At this time, listening to Yang Fan's funny tone and contemptuous metaphor, she realized that her thinking seemed to be wrong. Thinking of when Yang Fan sent someone to send a message, he specifically asked her to bring the Zhang brothers. Princess Taiping suddenly realized, "The Zhang brothers? Your target is them? "
"Yes!"
Yang Fan smiled. They were both smart women, but because of their different backgrounds and environments, it was obvious that Princess Taiping was more sensitive to politics and conspiracies. If it were Wan 'er, Xiao' man or Ah Nu, they would not understand his intention so quickly.
Yang Fan said, "Frankly speaking, when Lai Junchen first returned to the capital, I also looked down on him. I thought that the Empress was only remembering Lai Junchen's heroic contributions to the Empress when she first ascended the throne, so she transferred him back to the capital as repayment. But after the case of Liu Sili and Su Lianyao, I understood! "
Yang Fan took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. He looked at the white fog that quickly dissipated in the air, "Lai Junchen has always considered himself a lonely official, and the Empress has always been aware of this. So, her trust in Lai Junchen has never disappeared. As long as Lai Junchen does not go too far, no one can really put him to death!
The Empress may punish him because he has gone too far, but whenever she needs to use cruel means to sweep away a possible threat, she will still think of him, and then promote him, and put him in an important position. Because the Empress feels that such a person can be trusted, and it is convenient to use him. "
Yang Fan looked at the thoughtful Princess Taiping, smiled and said, "The Empress once wanted to use me to replace him, but unfortunately, I have disappointed her. My means are not as ruthless as Lai Junchen, and the Empress does not use me well! Moreover, no matter if I walked with Li Zhaode or Wu Sansi, she wouldn't be happy in her heart!
Perhaps she is very confident in me, but it does not mean that she will rely on me as a confidant. She wants a confidant … as long as she is on the throne, she will always be the only master in her eyes. As long as she gives the order, he will not hesitate to bite anyone for her! "
Princess Taiping's expression also became serious, and she said word by word, "But there are fewer and fewer people like this around the Empress. The Empress originally thought that the throne has been settled, and there is no problem without such people. But the case of Liu Sili and Su Lianyao made her feel danger again."
Yang Fan nodded and said, "That's right! So, it is very difficult for us to use normal means to bring him down, even when he is working for the Empress, he continues to smuggle personal goods into the palace. The Empress is getting older and older, but she is still indecisive about the Crown Prince. At this time, she needs people like Lai Junchen more. "
Princess Taiping said, "So, letting him be the Capital Governor and the Minister of Agriculture is just the beginning. It will not be long before the Empress will transfer him back to the Three Law Division!"
Yang Fan said, "Then, he will become the Empress's eyes and ears and fangs again. The ruthless officials of the Censorate have been swept away, but Lai Junchen does not stick to one pattern when selecting 'talents'. It will not be long before he can recruit a group of ruthless officials again. This kind of people is much easier to find than the capable and good officials who can govern the country."
Princess Taiping stopped, and her eyes shone, "After the collapse of those ruthless officials, we have expanded our power for the first time. If Lai Junchen is allowed to grow again, it will be a disaster for us! It is very likely that … when the Empress passes away, we will not have enough power to fight against the Wu family and restore Li Tang. But, even the crime of framing the Prime Minister cannot bring him down, so it will only be possible if someone who is more important than him in the Empress' heart takes action! "
Yang Fan said with a smile, "That's right! Then, in the Empress' heart, who is more important than Lai Junchen? "
Princess Taiping silently turned around and answered sadly, "It will not be me. Her own son and daughter … none of them!"
Yang Fan patted her arm comfortingly and said, "So, evil people need to be dealt with by evil people!"
Princess Taiping said doubtfully, "Do you think that the Zhang brothers can do it?"
Yang Fan glanced at her and said, "Don't look down on them just because they are male escorts. Not everyone who is a male escort is the kind of person who has evil intentions. The Empress' love for them now is far more than Xue Huaiyi in the past, but are they as domineering as Xue Huaiyi in the past?
However, in the dark, they have done so many things. Xue Huaiyi has served the Empress for more than ten years, but does he have his own soldiers in the court? However, how long have the Zhang brothers served the Empress? How much power do they have in the court? After all, the Zhang brothers are from a famous family, and they are well-read. These two people are not simple! "
Princess Taiping turned her head and looked at him with a strange look in her eyes.
Yang Fan asked with a smile, "What is it?"
Princess Taiping said, "Their thinking is meticulous, their methods are ruthless, and the general situation of the court is clear at a glance. This method of killing with a borrowed knife is used to the point of perfection. If you have been immersed in the court for decades, suffered countless losses, received countless lessons, and stood out in many games, it would not be strange to have such thinking and methods, but you … "
Princess Taiping shook her head lightly and murmured, "You have such foresight, such thinking, and such methods. It is more than enough to be a Prime Minister who can subdue the feudal lords and control hundreds of officials. But how old are you? You have only been in the court for a few years? Are there really people with natural talents in the world? "
Yang Fan felt ashamed in his heart. If this Princess knew that he was the master of the "Succession Hall" that was jointly established by the seven largest aristocratic families in the world, if she knew that the most important department under him was not those Jianghu people recruited from the Three Mountains and Five Peaks, not those rich merchants who secretly controlled the economic lifelines of the world, and not those officials who had infiltrated all levels of the court, but the "Sky Observation Department", she would not have said so.
Sky observation, observing the changes of the sky, deducing all things!
In the "Succession Hall", there were some people like this. They were either well-read scholars or old officials who had worked in the court for half their lives. Their only job every day was to discuss, deduce, and plan some matters related to the current situation and important officials based on the various kinds of information sent by the Secret Department.
These people often reviewed the successful or failed people and matters of the past dynasties and summed up their experiences and lessons. Based on the various kinds of information they had, they could see the political situation of the court in time. They would deduce and analyze the political struggles in the court and the changes in the situation inside and outside the court, and then come to a conclusion.
Perhaps one or two of these sophisticated and experienced people would make a lot of mistakes in their analysis, but if many wise men came to the same conclusion, then the possibility of them making a mistake would be very small. Yang Fan had been influenced by Dragon-Beard Guest since he was a child, so his starting point and knowledge were far higher than that of an average person. With the assistance of such a powerful think tank, he could already be considered to be very low-key by not displaying his demonic wisdom like Zhuge Liang.
However, even the sharpest weapon had to be in the hands of people who knew how to use it. This Sky Observation Department gathered a large number of wise people who could be recruited by the aristocratic families. Most of them were not from the aristocratic families. Therefore, in order to prevent the Succession Hall from being controlled by them, these people were only responsible for research and judgment. As for whether the results of the deduction were accepted or executed by the headmaster, they had no room to ask. They did not even know whether the headmaster would take a look at the results of their deduction.
Yang Fan looked at Princess Taiping's appreciative and even worshipful gaze. He smiled tenderly and said some sweet words without thinking, "There is no such thing as a heaven-bestowed talent. Isn't it because of you that I can be like this? As the saying goes, one is stained by the company he keeps. After being with you for a long time, I have unconsciously become smarter! "
Princess Taiping giggled. Although she was still curious why Yang Fan's analysis of the plan was so shrewd, she knew that he didn't want to say it, so she didn't ask further. "Well, listening to what you said, what you did today, is it for me, for our Li family?"
Yang Fan said with a smile, "That's right! I have painstakingly worked so hard for Your Highness. Why would Your Highness thank me? "
Princess Taiping sighed and pretended to be pitiful. She said, "I have nothing valuable. I really have no way to repay such a great kindness. How about … I devote myself to you?"
Yang Fan touched his nose and said helplessly, "This … seems to be the same as the result of Your Highness standing up for me."
Princess Taiping said confidently, "How can there be no difference? When I threw myself into someone's arms, according to that person's words, there is a big difference! "
Oh no, she was going to settle old scores with him. Yang Fan hurriedly begged for mercy. "Okay, okay, okay, Your Highness said …"
"Yang Fan, you are good! You are good! "
A strange scream like the cry of an ape suddenly sounded, interrupting Yang Fan's words.
Yang Fan and Princess Taiping suddenly raised their heads and saw Lai Junchen was standing on a hillside, his clothes were untidy, he did not even wear his headscarf, his hair was disheveled, he was stamping with rage while pointing at Lai Junchen and shouting, "Yang Fan, you are really something! Hahahaha … I will follow your surname! From now on, I will follow your surname! I … Ouch … "
Lai Junchen was jumping happily on the hillside like a god when he suddenly slipped and sat down on the snowy ground. He slid down the hillside and screamed even louder, "Help! Yang, you and I can't live under the same sky! Help … "
Yang Fan covered his eyes with his hand and gazed into the distance until Lai Junchen's figure disappeared behind a hill. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief and mumbled, "I'm not being paranoid. I really feel that he's a little abnormal …"
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