Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

"Yes, yes, madam, you are wise!" It's just a common sense. It's okay to deceive outsiders, but there is no need to do so to your own people.

"Then I still have a question. After the Second Prince is caught this time, the whole story will be investigated. If it is found that the gold mine is fake, you will be in trouble. If the gold mine is real, you will be in even more trouble. How much money can you afford to pay for it? Didn't you do the aftermath?"

What Xu Yixing said was true. If the emperor also believed that there were mines in Qibei and ordered people to develop it, wouldn’t problems arise immediately?

"Oh! I'm still saying what I said, you don't understand my second brother, nor do you understand the emperor. Even if my second brother was caught, he would keep the fact that Qibei has a mine to himself until his death. He would never want us, especially me, to get the gold mine. Do you know that before he came to the capital, all the miners and people who knew about it were executed, which shows his determination to conceal it."

Lu Anyuan changed his posture and continued, "As for the emperor, he won't care about the gold mine. Do you know what an emperor is? The emperor is the common ruler of the world. Every blade of grass and every tree in Daxia originally belongs to him. He doesn't care who temporarily owns it. And this time, I'm afraid that my second brother has hurt the emperor's heart. Besides being furious, the emperor is only disappointed and will not investigate what he relied on to start the army."

Xu Yixing understood what he heard, but he was also chilled. The Second Prince executed all the people in the so-called "gold mine", which showed his cruelty, but wasn't Lu Anyuan, the man behind the scenes, also a murderer? Even himself, he was the sinner who caused the deaths of those innocent people.

The emperor was angry only because he was betrayed by his son and the army he trusted, but he didn't care about the soldiers and ministers who sacrificed their lives. How unbearable, how indifferent?

If the price of becoming an emperor is the sacrifice of thousands of lives, then Xu Yixing would rather choose to escape from the world. After all, no one should bear the disaster of being killed for the dream of others.

"What are you thinking about?" Lu Anyuan was still immersed in his plan that was almost successful. When he turned around, he saw Xu Yixing's eyes were dark gray, and he seemed to be in an emotion he had never seen before.

"What do you think the emperor will do with the second prince?"

Xu Yixing did not reveal her desire to escape from the world. In the past, she could still fantasize that Lu Anyuan would retire with her after achieving success. However, after listening to his plan today, it was clearly a hidden dragon's strategy. On this disagreement, she was destined to go against Lu Anyuan's will.

"Haha!" Lu Anyuan shook his head and smiled contentedly. Xu Yixing had never seen such a relaxed and contemptuous smile on his face. "He will definitely die. I just don't know whether my father will directly order the execution or quietly imprison him so that he disappears from everyone's sight for a while, and then dies quietly one night."

"Alas!" Xu Yixing held her cheek with one hand, listening to Lu Anyuan retell what happened last night. She also understood that Lu Anyuan's "great achievement" that her father mentioned was indeed a great achievement, a great achievement that an emperor could not ignore.

After this incident is over, the situation in the court will change drastically.

The originally most powerful competitor became a traitor, and the originally unknown one became a great hero who protected the emperor. I am afraid that in the future, when all court officials touch on the issue of appointing a crown prince, they will not be able to ignore the name that was once not very favored.

As for her, she claimed to be a hero, but in fact, apart from having a slightly better relationship with Shen Yue, she did not have any real contribution.

After all, the soldiers were moved in by Lu Anyuan, and the decree was jointly issued by the Empress Dowager, the Queen, and Madam Jing. The most I did was to call Uncle Bai to show up, which was really insignificant!

"Madam, I really admire you." Lu Anyuan suddenly said this, leaving Xu Yixing a little confused.

"what?"

"I heard from Shen Yue that you immediately determined that the rebels were the Dragon Guards, and you even took our government's order to the Weiwei military camp. To be honest, I'm really afraid that you'll go to the Dragon Guards for help, and then Shen Yue will probably never come back."

"This is all just guesswork, it's not much of a skill."

"But you can convince Shen Yue. He is a notoriously stubborn person. This time he has fallen into your hands!"

"That's because you don't know who he is. This is a matter of justice, he will definitely go. It has nothing to do with me." Xu Yixing was in a low mood, so she couldn't hear any of Lu Anyuan's compliments to her.

"But you also called out Bai Yu. Without the assault team he organized, it would not have been so smooth for the soldiers to go up the mountain."

"That's because Ying Wu is good at Qinggong, thanks to my uncle. And I think there is a problem within the Dragon Guards, otherwise how could 30,000 troops run away after just one fight?"

"Huh? I haven't received this news yet, but I did not see He Bin today... That's all! Why do you always say that it is someone else's credit? It is obviously because you are quick and smart. Otherwise, if your second brother had said something in front of the emperor, both of us and your father would have been suspected of being traitors."

"It was me who was being pretentious and insisted on getting off the bus. My sister was good enough to remind me..." Having said this, Xu Yixing stopped talking. She didn't want to tell Lu Anyuan that her panic was God's will and was inevitable.

Every time Lu Anyuan said something, Xu Yixing would refute it. He felt a little discouraged. Why was Yixing so pessimistic about herself in this matter?

"But later, I fell off the top of the city wall and it was your people who saved me."

"Don't think I didn't see Ying Wu didn't even untie your rope. You were already free and were deceiving the Second Prince."

"Forehead..."

It was already dusk, and no one was waiting to light the lamp in Yixiao Pavilion. The original followers were probably locked up for interrogation. However, the two were already extremely tired, and they didn't care about these empty things. They snuggled together and gradually felt sleepy.

"His Majesty has ordered that all princes, princesses and their husbands-in-law be invited to come in to discuss matters!" A hoarse duck voice sounded, driving away the sleepiness of the two people.

A young eunuch ran in, holding a lantern and leading the two men out.

"Did I hear it right?" Xu Yixing tidied up his clothes and rubbed his eyes. Wasn't the emperor still unconscious from poisoning in the morning? How come he recovered so quickly?

"Let's go quickly. Father is calling us now. It must be something important."

Tsk! Xu Yixing walked on the dark palace road, and said disdainfully: What's the big deal? Isn't the big deal right now to catch the second prince and sentence him to death? Your long-cherished wish has finally been fulfilled! But... Considering that the second prince is also his old enemy, it's quite exciting to rush to see his death.