kvmb Chapter 135 Makes a Bigger Scene
Chapter 135 Makes a Bigger Scene
The Crown Prince hummed in agreement. "If she can use this as leverage, she won't want to fail at the last minute. If she marries A Yao now, she will lose many options. If she is willing to accept this, she won't be thinking of begging the Third Prince."
Xue Wanning is an ambitious person, as evidenced by her seeking help from the Third Prince instead of Sheng Junyao. She doesn't just want her uncle to be lenient; that's merely a test, a signal. She wants more, such as the power over the entire Sheng State Duke's mansion.
And use this to achieve their own goals.
If she couldn't have it from the start, then the Duke of Sheng's mansion would be a useless piece of a pawn for her.
"In other words, as long as I find a way to let Xue Wanning know that the Third Prince wants my elder brother dead, Xue Wanning will herself break off this marriage!"
Lu Yangyang had never really thought about it from this perspective. She hadn't actually intended to stop her elder brother's marriage or anything like that. She just suspected that her elder brother's death might not be so simple and might be related to Xue Wanning's affair with the Third Prince. That's why she wondered if stopping the marriage would change her elder brother's fate.
But after the Crown Prince said that, she realized something she had overlooked. She had previously thought that Sheng Yunzhu married the Third Prince because she was attracted to his high position and power.
But they never considered the interests involved, nor why the Third Prince would choose Sheng Yunzhu.
In her dream, she only remembered that after her eldest brother died, Sheng Yunzhu came of age the following year and married the Third Prince, becoming the Third Prince's consort. Not long after, the Crown Prince was deposed and reportedly died during his exile. The Third Prince then became the most popular candidate for the throne.
But she didn't know whether the Third Prince actually succeeded to the throne, nor did she know who was in charge of the Sheng State Duke's Mansion in the end, because when she was expelled from the Sheng State Duke's Mansion in her dream, the Sheng State Duke was still in charge.
The scenes in her dream were fleeting and lacked detail. Furthermore, she spent most of her time confined to the Duke's mansion, so from her perspective, there were many things she neither knew nor had considered. She hadn't even met her elder brother once.
Looking back now, the reason why the Third Prince married Sheng Yunzhu was probably because the Duke of Sheng's mansion fully supported the Third Prince after his elder brother's death.
Lu Yangyang had never thought about the struggle for the throne before, nor did she know that the battle for the imperial throne was truly built on countless lives and bloodshed. She simply thought that the Crown Prince was a good person, and that it would be a good thing if he ascended the throne.
She felt that her older brother was also a good person, and she wished she could change his fate.
What she didn't expect was that there were so many bloody things happening in between, including the innocent and tragic death of Feng Qingyao at the Chengen Duke's Mansion last time.
Lu Yangyang's expression was somewhat solemn.
"Is the struggle for power really this cruel?" Lu Yangyang murmured softly.
"Are you scared?" the crown prince asked with a smile.
"What are you afraid of?" Lu Yangyang asked in return.
The crown prince chuckled, "It's nothing."
Lu Yangyang thought for a moment and said, "I just didn't expect that such a small thing would involve so much and have so many hidden stories. I just wanted to find out if Xue Wanning and her cousin had an affair, and I hoped that she wouldn't deceive my brother."
Unexpectedly, such a small matter would involve a struggle for the throne and national affairs that she never dared to imagine before. It was so complicated and bloody. Is power really such a good thing?
Lu Yangyang hasn't figured these things out yet, but that doesn't stop her from wanting to stick to her own ideas.
She wanted the Crown Prince to live, she wanted her elder brother to live, and if there were any difficulties, she would go and solve them.
"Now that you know that this marriage is not the root cause of A Yao's misfortune, do you still want to stop it?" the Crown Prince asked.
Lu Yangyang nodded firmly: "Of course! Big brother has his own choices. He will choose what he thinks is right. Why should he be put in a dilemma because of Xue Wanning's choice? But I will tell Big Brother about this first and let him make his own decision. After all, this is a major event in his life."
The crown prince chuckled.
"Actually, you still don't understand Ayao. Do you really think that after you've been running around for this matter, and as you said, he already knew about Xue Wanning's meeting with the third brother that day, and that her attitude was evasive, Ayao wouldn't have noticed something was wrong? I think he should already have a clue."
"That……"
Lu Yangyang was stunned. She wanted to say, "So, your older brother already knows all this, and he's still willing to be used? Does he really like Xue Wanning?"
“However, he probably doesn’t know that someone is already impatient to get rid of him,” the Crown Prince said in a low voice. “Even I didn’t expect him to be in such a hurry.”
Less than a year after his injury, turmoil began to rage in the imperial court.
"Your Highness, what should we do now? Is there any way to save my brother? I... I don't want him to be killed so inexplicably," Lu Yangyang asked anxiously.
"If you want to stop Ayao's marriage, don't tell him. Instead, hint to Xue Wanning that she will get nothing after marrying into the family. Nine times out of ten, she will find a way to break off the engagement herself, unless she is in love with Ayao."
"As for how to stop the third prince from attacking Ayao, leave that to me." The Crown Prince looked at Lu Yangyang. "I must thank you for reminding me. Otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't have had time to think of this. You're very capable."
Lu Yangyang was a little embarrassed by his praise. She wasn't that amazing. She just had a dream, and by working backward from the outcome of the dream, she realized that the so-called death of her elder brother on the battlefield was very likely a conspiracy, a deliberate act.
"Your Highness, you haven't had acupuncture these past few days. Wait for me a moment, I'll go back and get my things and come right away. Wait for me, okay?" Lu Yangyang had only come to see if the Crown Prince had returned today, so she hadn't prepared anything. But since he was here today, she would continue with her acupuncture.
The crown prince nodded with a smile.
After Lu Yangyang left, the Crown Prince's expression quickly calmed down. He tapped the table with his fingers, and Pei Ji soon walked in from outside. "Your Highness."
"Go and check Xue Wanning's whereabouts these past few days, and more importantly, whether she has been to the Third Prince's residence."
"Yes."
Lu Yangyang returned to her courtyard. Hearing the commotion, Granny Shen came over and said to her, "Miss, the young master just sent someone to say that he has urgent business to attend to outside the capital. He came to check if you have returned safely and apologized for not being able to pick you up. I said you have already gone to bed."
"Why would my brother leave the capital at this time?" Lu Yangyang found it a bit strange. Why did her brother seem so busy?
Granny Shen said with a smile, "The young lady seems to really like the young master."
Lu Yangyang nodded: "Because my older brother is a good person."
Unfortunately, good deeds don't always go unrewarded. Lu Yangyang thought angrily that she would never let those people's schemes succeed. The Crown Prince could help the Third Prince, but as for Xue Wanning, she would definitely find a way to make a big scene.
At this moment, Lu Yangyang was unaware that someone else was causing an even bigger disturbance than her.