In the prison, Duan Chuanchao finally got a moment of rest.

He has been imprisoned in the water prison for more than a month, and his life has been worse than death every day.

Only during interrogation will he be released from the water cell and taken to the interrogation room.

Although the arraignment came with a harsher punishment, for him, it was better than the torture of waterboarding where he could not survive but could not survive.

Every moment, it wore away his will.

At this moment, he was kneeling in the dark and claustrophobic interrogation room, and the wall behind him was covered with blood-stained torture instruments.

He lowered his head and fell to the ground.

The third prince Wu Tianxiao stood in front of him. Until now, he still had an incredible feeling——

This person is indeed Duan Yunchao, the private winemaker who delivered wine to his house every day two months ago.

Yinyin liked the clear wine he made, and he also asked the guards in the mansion to check it out. The identity of this person was unknown, he was brewing alone in the capital, and he got along well with his neighbors.

So, he allowed this person to enter and leave the house.

At first, he didn't care, until one time when he passed by the back room, the conversation between this person and the servants in the mansion caught his attention.

At that time, Duan Yunchao was talking about wine. A jar of wine offered as tribute in the capital was worth hundreds of gold, but in the capital, a set of Dazhou porcelain could be exchanged for ten jars of wine.

He said that if the Zhou Dynasty could reopen border trade, everyone would be able to taste it.

His words struck home in my heart, so I went into the back room to chat with him for a long time, and gained a lot.

However, the identity he used was fake, and he had ulterior motives when he entered his mansion...

A third prince who has an elder brother who is favored, a younger sister who is coquettish and naive, whose mother and concubine died young, and who has no maternal family to protect him, what is there for him to plot?

Yes, what can a private bartender do if he stares at him?

"Tell me, who told you to stare at this palace?" Wu Tianxiao asked in a deep voice.

Duan Chuanchao raised his head: "Yes... His Highness."

"Second brother?" Wu Tianxiao frowned, "Why is he staring at this palace?"

"The Second Highness wants to know if you have joined forces with the Crown Prince... His Royal Highness's power in the court has always been equal to that of the Crown Prince. His only disadvantage is that he is not as favored by the emperor as the Crown Prince. Therefore, he first targeted Jiang Xia He originally wanted to dispose of the salt mine, but I don’t know why the prince learned about it in advance and took off his responsibilities in front of His Majesty. After that, he mobilized Jiangnan Flood to get rid of Chang Jing. He was deeply I know that without Chang Jing’s help, the prince will have no one he can trust.”

"The prince's downfall is close at hand, but before that, he wanted to know if anyone among the princes had joined forces with the prince, so he asked ordinary people to find out the truth in the name of delivering wine to the third prince's house."

"That's all?" Mu Rong asked with a sneer.

"Every word of what the grassroots say is true."

"Then adding something cold to the wine brought by the third imperial concubine was also ordered by the second prince?"

Duan Chuan shook almost invisible.

Wu Tianxiao turned around and looked at Mu Rong, his eyes full of shock: "What did you say!"

"Third brother doesn't know, right? This man took advantage of the third sister-in-law's preference for the clear wine he made, and added a lot of cold things to it."

Duan Chuanchao raised his head and looked at Mu Rong: "How do you know?"

Before he could finish speaking, Wu Tianxiao kicked Duan Chuanchao in the chest.

With this kick, he used [-]% of his strength. Duan Chuan flew up and hit the wall hard with his back.

He fell to the ground with a "pop" and a large mouthful of blood poured out of his mouth.

Wu Tianxiao was still angry and kicked him hard in the face: "Thieves! How dare you murder my wife!"

Mu Rong waited for him to finish venting, then reached out to hold him: "Third brother, don't worry, let's listen to what else he did."

His voice was cold, making Duan Chuanchao feel cold all over.

Mu Rong smiled and said: "I said that I am very aware of what you did in the third prince's house. Today I just want His Highness Xiang San to hear it in person."

He then asked: "What else did the second prince ask you to do? If you conceal anything, I will make you live in a water prison for the rest of your life."

"Yes." Duan Chuanchao knelt down again, "The second prince knew that the third prince had always wanted to reopen border trade, so he asked the common people to chat with others about business matters when they were in the third prince's house to gain the attention of the third prince. "

Wu Tianxiao was stunned. It turned out that what he thought was a pleasant conversation was actually a deliberate arrangement?

"What else?" Mu Rong continued to ask.

"The second prince asked the grass-roots people to gain the trust of the third prince as soon as possible. He said that the third prince is most concerned about people's livelihood matters. The grass-roots people come from the people and understand business. If they can do what they want, they will be entrusted with important tasks by the third prince... In this way, The common people can then alienate the relationship between His Highness the Third Highness and the Emperor, and also try to alienate him from other princes."

"Why is this like this? I can understand that the second brother wants to deal with the prince, but why would he do this to me?"

Duan Chuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth: "The second prince said that although the prince is favored by the emperor, he is a straw bag and is nothing to worry about. In addition, he is surrounded by greedy people, which will eventually make him everywhere. Constraints. But you are different. You share the same political views with the emperor, and you have many strategies that are beneficial to the people and are favored by the emperor. Once the prince falls, the emperor is likely to prefer you, so you must be removed before the prince is pulled down."

"We cannot allow you to give birth to an heir... Therefore, once the crown prince declines, the first task of the common people is to manipulate the diet of the third princess to make it difficult for her to conceive."

"As for why you want to alienate the relationship between you and the princes, it's because... the second prince wants to let everyone know that you are dissatisfied with the royal family. Only when the reality matures, everyone will believe..."

"What do you believe?" Wu Tianxiao's teeth were cold.

"I believe you are going to force the palace to rebel."

Wu Tianxiao was stunned.

"At that time, Your Majesty will be furious, and no one among the princes will speak for you. Then you will have to rebel if you don't want to. After that... all we need to do is to ambush the killers among the rebels, and you can be completely eliminated."

Wu Tianxiao stared at Duan Chuanchao in disbelief: His second brother actually forced him to rebel? !

Mu Rong leaned to the side and pursed his thin lips: in the previous life... Duan Chuanchao did it indeed.He forced the third prince to rebel, and his majesty was furious and ordered a purge.

The tragedy of that life was still vivid in his mind.

……

Riding on the horse on the way back home, the surroundings are filled with New Year celebrations.

When acquaintances meet and greet the New Year, it is full of new ideas.

Wu Tianxiao seemed to have lost his soul.

Mu Rong followed him quietly.

Wu Tianxiao stopped and murmured: "Second brother... I treat him with sincerity and sincerity, why would he do this?"

"Third brother, have you ever heard of 'Every man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade'? Third brother's talent is a threat to all the princes." Mu Rong looked at Wu Tianxiao quietly, "When we were in the East Palace, the prince had to When we found out that the Jiangnan officials we suspected all died in accidents, it was the third brother who was the first to suspect them."

"Ha..." Wu Tianxiao smiled, "The second brother is like this, the prince is like this, but I just want to be a prince peacefully and a minister in the future."

Mu Rong looked at him: "Does the third brother really believe that everything Duan Chuanchao said was arranged by the second prince?"

Wu Tianxiao was stunned.

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