jdhmnovel Chapter 539 They even want to take the pot away?
Chapter 539 They even want to take the pot away?
His Majesty may have genuinely valued the Second Prince in the past, but after the Second Prince's incident, that may no longer be the case.
Rather than favoritism or affection, it's more accurate to call it "pity"—that favoritism carries an element of compassion.
Seeing that Jiang Xiaoqi had fallen silent again, the Fifth Prince deliberately made some noise when he put down his teacup.
"Alas, Lord Jiang must also feel sorry for his student, right? I wonder what Father Emperor was thinking, letting someone as learned and talented as Lord Jiang teach someone like my second brother..."
A fool?
Why don't you dare say it? If you dare to say it, I'll report you!
Jiang Xiaoqi silently complained to herself, really disliking the Fifth Prince's hesitant and hypocritical Green Arrow.
However, it is still unknown what the Fifth Prince intends to do, so they can only listen to his ramblings on an empty stomach.
The Fifth Prince's patience was nearly exhausted when he saw that Jiang Xiaoqi still didn't respond.
A barely perceptible sneer curled at the corner of his lips as he continued, "Lord Jiang, my younger brothers are all growing up now. As the Second Prince's teacher, you're probably not having an easy time in the future."
Although the second brother is the legitimate son, he is destined to be out of favor due to his own reasons. No matter which emperor succeeds to the throne, the second brother's life will probably not be easy.
A prince without the support of his maternal family or real power would likely face a bleak old age.
However, if the successor is a conscientious person who cares about brotherhood, he can ensure that the second brother will live a life of wealth and comfort.
As for Lord Jiang, the tutor of the prince, he wouldn't be implicated unjustly, and might even rise rapidly in rank to become a high-ranking official.
Having said that, Jiang Xiaoqi understood. So the Fifth Prince had gone to such lengths to win her over... as well as the Second Prince and even the Empress.
This is an attempt to wipe them out completely, taking them all down with the pots and pans!
It must be said that the Fifth Prince is not particularly handsome, but his thoughts are extremely beautiful.
They've really lost all sense of shame; they're not even pretending anymore.
"I appreciate the Fifth Prince's kindness. However, as you know, I am merely a lowly sixth-rank compiler with little influence."
I was ordered by His Majesty to instruct the Second Prince, and I will certainly do my duty diligently and dare not have any other thoughts. I only wish to do what I should do as a teacher.
As for planning for the Second Prince's future, that's a matter for Her Majesty the Empress to worry about, not for someone like me to concern myself with.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Fifth Prince's face darkened, and a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes.
"Lord Jiang, don't refuse a toast only to suffer a penalty. Now that the First Prince and the Third Prince have lost power, and the Fourth Prince is hiding at home like a coward, if you still refuse to see the light, you may not have a good end."
The sixth and seventh sons were just a bit playful, but the ninth and tenth sons' maternal relatives were no pushovers.
The implication was that his fifth brother was the only good choice.
Jiang Xiaoqi wanted to laugh out loud, but she held it back.
This fifth brother usually seems very patient, but I never expected him to lose his temper in front of me.
Was it a matter of being determined to win from the start, or did they think they would be easy to defeat?
Sixth, seventh, ninth, and tenth brothers—I doubt all of them combined are as toxic as you, fifth brother.
She betrayed the Third Prince and then washed her hands of the matter just as easily—a series of actions that were incredibly smooth.
It's almost unbelievable that he'd expect people to believe he'd treat his useless second brother kindly for the rest of his life after he ascends the throne.
It's understandable that the Fifth Prince would think this way, since he didn't know about his betrayal of the Third Prince. Not only did the Prince of Xuan Nan know, but Jiang Xiaoqi knew as well.
By using Jiang Xiaoqi as a springboard to consolidate the power of the Second Prince and the Empress, the Fifth Prince made a terrible mistake.
What did he actually value about the Second Prince? On the surface, the Second Prince had no people, no soldiers, no money, and no power.
Oh, so it's not the Second Prince who's in love, but rather the Second Prince's mother, the Empress.
The Second Prince is the legitimate son because he is the child of the Empress, the head of the inner palace. If the Empress intended to register a son born out of wedlock under her name, wouldn't another legitimate son emerge from among a group of sons born out of wedlock?
It turns out that what the Fifth Prince wanted was the title of a legitimate son, which was also the most direct way to crush his competitors.
But isn't the fifth prince's birth mother still alive? No way, no way? Surely she wouldn't be that heartless?
Jiang Xiaoqi instantly felt a chill for the Fifth Prince's birth mother. It's not like a son is incapable of killing his mother, is it?
To achieve their goals, they've abandoned even the most basic human decency.
Such a person sends chills down one's spine; the Biluochun tea has gone cold and is no longer suitable for drinking.
Jiang Xiaoqi felt she should take her leave.
The Fifth Prince did not use force to stop him, perhaps initially intending to, but the long sword that Li Mo inadvertently revealed made him abandon that idea.
This man was no ordinary groom; he was clearly a highly skilled guard!
No wonder Jiang Mingfei dared to come alone; it turns out he had his biggest trump card with him.
"Thank you for the tea, Fifth Prince. However, tea alone cannot fill my stomach. My family is waiting for dinner, so I must take my leave now."
The Fifth Prince watched Jiang Xiaoqi go downstairs expressionlessly, followed by the sound of a teacup hitting the ground with a clatter.
It's unclear whether the person who had already gone downstairs and boarded the carriage could hear this, but the person who smashed the teacup ended up injuring their hand with shards of porcelain.
"What are you standing there for! Are you blind?"
The Fifth Prince's guard, disguised as a groom, hurriedly stepped forward to check the wound on the Fifth Prince's hand and haphazardly sprinkled some wound medicine to stop the bleeding.
Since there were no bandages, they tore off the fifth prince's undergarment and tied it on.
Don't ask why she didn't tear her own clothes. The reason is that she was worried the Fifth Prince would find them dirty, not because she was reluctant to part with them.
"waste!"
Upon seeing someone else's "coach," I instantly felt that my own "coach," which I usually found quite convenient and easy to use, no longer mattered.
People still need to have money. With Liuxiang Pavilion as a treasure trove, what good people could the Jiang family hire or buy?
The Fifth Prince was furious again. If he could win over Jiang Mingfei, Liuxiang Pavilion would be his money bag.
Moreover, with the Empress, the head of the inner palace, behind him, he could have a chance to legitimize his position.
The positions of legitimate sons and illegitimate sons in the emperor's heart are different. With the empress's support, one's chances of winning are greater.
In exchange, he could also provide security for the Empress and her son. As an orphan and a widow, he could simply give them a fiefdom and be done with it.
He wouldn't be so merciful to his other brothers.
The second prince is mentally challenged, but his other brothers are not.
No hidden dangers should be left unaddressed, as long as there is any possibility of jeopardizing one's position.
As expected, Jiang Xiaoqi had guessed all of the Fifth Prince's thoughts.
What Jiang Xiaoqi didn't expect was that the other party actually coveted his Liuxiang Pavilion!
The Fifth Prince not only wanted to take the whole thing away, he wanted to dig it up from the roots and eat it all up.