Chapter 1988
Not a Noble Consort 9
Nangong Fan has become the heir apparent.
Nangong Yi could not bring down Nangong Fan, so he could only hide and plot against him slowly.
Nangong Fan realized that Nangong Yi was not dead and sent people to search for and kill him.
As fate would have it, when Nangong Yi was once again being chased to the brink of death, Liu Qingya, who happened to be passing by, saved him.
Liu Qingya's medical skills are already quite good; even without Liu Qiu, she could snatch people back from the jaws of death on her own.
Under the guise of repaying a debt of gratitude, Nangong Yi shamelessly stayed by Liu Qingya's side.
Liu Qingya quite liked Nangong Yi's appearance, but she was wary of his identity.
Liu Qingya escaped with a pill: "This is the Three Corpse Brain God Pill."
Actually, it was hawthorn balls that aided her digestion; what can you do when you love delicious food!
Liu Qingya: "If you truly want to stay by my side, then eat it. Otherwise, leave. I don't need your gratitude."
Nangong Yi took the "Three Corpse Brain God Pill" and swallowed it without hesitation.
Liu Qingya kept Nangong Yi by her side and did not hide many things from him.
Nangong Yi learned of Liu Qingya and her brother's scheme.
Nangong Yi: "...I'll help you! But there's one condition."
Liu Qingya: "What are your requirements!"
Nangong Yi: "I want to be your royal consort."
Liu Tong: "Granted!"
Liu Qingya: "Hey, how dare you make decisions for me without my permission?"
Liu Tong: "So, will you agree?"
Liu Qingya: "...I agree!"
Those people continued reading the gossip.
They extracted information from these divination symbols and used it to make arrangements.
Liu Qingya: "The princess was actually harassed by a mere maid from the Prince's mansion?! Isn't the Prince of the Southeast disrespecting imperial authority? Shouldn't he at least let his cousin, the Emperor, know about this? Whether he's the brother or the Emperor, he should support Princess Huaining!"
Liu Tong and Nangong Yi exchanged a glance and gave Liu Qingya a thumbs up.
Dongfang Zeng received news from the southeast and saw that Huaining was being harassed by a maid in the Prince's mansion, but he didn't take it seriously.
It's just a case of women arguing over a man.
A palace maid beside the Empress Dowager said indignantly, "The princess is of noble status, how can she be bullied by a mere servant? If only the Emperor could send more people to the princess's side, they could support her and report back on her situation promptly. The princess always reports good news and never bad..."
The Empress Dowager immediately took it to heart.
Although Princess Huaining was not the Empress Dowager's biological daughter, because of her good relationship with the Emperor and the early death of her own mother, the Empress Dowager took extra care of her, and a mother-daughter relationship developed between them.
Without compromising her own interests or those of her son, the Emperor, the Empress Dowager was willing to act as a loving mother and show more care for Princess Huaining.
When the emperor paid his respects to her, the Empress Dowager mentioned sending someone to the southeast.
The emperor's heart stirred. None of his spies had infiltrated the Southeast Prince's residence, and the information they had gathered was all insignificant.
Now that he had the opportunity, he used the excuse of having someone serve Huaining to allow his spies to openly infiltrate the Southeast Prince's residence.
The emperor immediately went to arrange the selection, unaware that someone else's spies had already infiltrated his ranks.
With these spies, the emperor gained a lot of information about the prince's residence.
He didn't know that much of this information was deliberately leaked to him by Nangong Fan to lull him into a false sense of security.
How could Nangong Fan not treat someone sent by the emperor with utmost care?
He sent his men to secretly keep an eye on these people and discovered that some of them were using carrier pigeons to send messages to the capital.
Nangong Fan decided to play along and gave the man a message that was partly true and partly false.
Unbeknownst to Nangong Fan, among these people were other spies who had made contact with people in his palace. These people were Nangong Yi's subordinates.
Nangong Fan tried to wipe out his brothers' men, but some still managed to escape.
Nangong Yi remotely controlled his subordinates to help Princess Huaining and used her to incite conflict between Nangong Fan and the King of the Southeast.
Nangong Yi knew his brothers and father very well.
His good father was a cold-hearted, detached, and profit-driven man who had little affection for his sons. Otherwise, he wouldn't have raised them in the manner of raising poisonous insects, letting them kill each other.
Although Nangong Fan is now the heir apparent, the possibility of change remains until he becomes the King of the Southeast.
The King of the Southeast is only in his early forties, still in his prime, and has no intention of abdicating.
Moreover, he can also get women to have his children.
Nangong Fan's position as heir apparent is not secure.
He did not want to become a deposed prince like his three brothers, so he had to obtain the throne, and the current king of the southeast had to die.
Through the emperor's spy, Nangong Yi informed Dongfang Zeng of Nangong Fan's predicament. After consideration, the emperor decided to help Nangong Fan deal with the Southeast King.
The little fox is easier to deal with than the old fox.
Moreover, it allows them to fight each other like dogs, wearing each other down.
Nangong Fan gained an additional ally, which was given to him by the emperor in the name of Princess Huaining.
Nangong Fan accepted it without hesitation.
Indeed, the most important thing right now is to deal with the King of the Southeast.
With Princess Huaining in hand, the royal family is unlikely to face any problems for the time being.
The emperor's subordinates were very capable—actually, it was Liu Tong and Nangong Yi's subordinates who were very capable—Nangong Fan discovered that the Southeast King actually had two more sons, one of whom was older than him.
These two sons were born to the true love of the King of the Southeast.
Fearing that their grand plan would fail, the King of the Southeast wanted to preserve the bloodline of the Nangong family, so he raised Zhen'ai and her two sons outside the palace.
Apart from the confidants of the King of the Southeast, no one knew of the existence of this mother and her two children.
The two sons will temporarily take their mother's surname.
Although they were not raised in the Prince's mansion, the Prince of Southeast did not neglect their upbringing; on the contrary, he paid more attention to it than to the upbringing of his sons in the mansion.
He hired a renowned scholar from the capital to teach his two sons academic subjects, and had his trusted confidant teach them martial arts.
When I have time, I will personally teach the two of them the art of strategy.
In the heart of the King of Southeast, these two sons were his true heirs.
He thought that if the rebellion failed, his two sons would survive and live a good life.
If successful, he would bring them back to his side and make his eldest son his heir.
Upon seeing this news, Nangong Fan was so angry he felt like he was going to vomit blood.
So the King of the Southeast is actually a loving father!
Unfortunately, it wasn't for them!
The King of Southeast went to great lengths to protect those two.
Fearing that Nangong Fan would discover the two of them, the Southeast King got another woman in his palace pregnant.
There are several!
He tried to draw Nangong Fan's attention to the pregnant women, but unfortunately, Nangong Fan had already discovered the existence of the Southeast King's two sons and no longer cared about the pregnant women.
Even if he doesn't make a move, the other women in the backyard will take action against those women.
Whether the baby can be born is still uncertain.
Even if it can be born, whether it can grow up is another question.
"Brother Fan, I heard that Ci'an Temple is holding a Dharma assembly. Will you come with me to attend?" (End of Chapter)