God favors the troublemaker, and the protagonist is forced to become evil

"Last night, the master sent a servant to deliver a message, saying that he would not be returning home in the next few days and would stay at the Prince of Qi's mansion for a while."

It seems that the King of Qi can no longer sit still and is ready to make trouble. I wonder how the King of Jin will respond this time.

Zi Ning waited for a long time, but the King of Qi did not make any big moves. However, the second concubine of the King of Qi, Wang, became pregnant.

In addition, there were two pregnant concubines in the Prince of Qi's mansion.

Lin Yanran has been recuperating since her miscarriage, and there has been no good news so far. Zining thought that she must be under a lot of pressure.

What's more, there is Bai Yangyang between King Qi and Lin Yanran, and the relationship between the two has been indifferent since their marriage.

Lin Yanran was aloof, disdaining explanations and not being a spoiled brat. She grew up in the Lin residence and had never encountered a fight. Jiang Muyun herself was a flower in a greenhouse, so how could Lin Yanran, who grew up under her care, fight?

Lin Yanran was once the princess's study companion, and she and the King of Qi were childhood sweethearts. That was a friendship that had been established since childhood. Could it be so easily destroyed by an outsider? Or did the King of Qi marry Lin Yanran just because she was the daughter of the Left Prime Minister?

But judging from Lin Yanran's expression, she may not really like King Qi. The two of them are a perfect match.

Zi Ning carefully recalled the original owner's memory. In the previous life, the King of Qi and Prime Minister Lin had a smooth journey to the throne, and the King of Jin had been killed long ago. Therefore, as the daughter of Prime Minister Lin, she was naturally valued by the King of Qi.

But this time, the Prince of Qi's path to succession was not smooth, and he had no choice but to take in more women. In addition, Zi Ning's previous fertility pills caused the women in the backyard to become more ambitious, and each of them wanted to gain status by relying on their sons.

If Lin Yanran doesn't stand up for herself, her life will only become more difficult.

It started to snow in Shengjing, and another year was coming to an end. The streets were full of the festive atmosphere, and were more lively than usual. Just when Zi Ning thought that he would have a happy Spring Festival, the King of Jin took action.

After the morning court session, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue went to the Imperial Study and reported that the Minister of Revenue had falsely reported the national silver.

Due to the heavy snow a few days ago, some places may have snowstorms, and we need to count the remaining grain in the national treasury so that we can provide quick disaster relief when the time comes.

The Minister of Revenue deliberately underreported the amount. Was the money that was concealed embezzled? Or...

The emperor could not tolerate official corruption the most, so he immediately ordered a thorough investigation and dismissed the Minister and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

The investigation lasted for three months. The entire Ministry of Revenue was cleaned up, many corrupt officials were removed, and officials were re-arranged in the spring.

The Minister of Revenue was replaced, and the King of Qi lost one of his two arms. The King of Qi wanted to embezzle money from the national treasury to recruit new soldiers, but he was discovered before he could make any major moves.

He felt guilty now, afraid that the emperor already knew about this matter. He could clearly feel the emperor's dissatisfaction and indifference in his eyes. But the emperor did not reprimand him, maybe he didn't know yet?

The King of Qi still held on to hope at this moment.

"He is not big, but he has big ambitions." Ming Shuce said disdainfully. Ever since he escaped death, he knew that there were no brothers on the road to succession. He was born to be destined not to live an easy life.

He had to take up arms and fight back, otherwise more than a thousand lives in the Prince of Jin's Mansion would be buried with him.

"Your Highness, now that His Majesty has concealed the whereabouts of the treasury's silver, the Queen should have made up for it. Next, we just need to spread the news..."

"No, this is a royal scandal and must not be disclosed. Moreover, if my father knew about it, he would probably be dissatisfied with me."

It’s really good to have a biological mother around, who can fill such a big hole for him.

If only his mother were still alive.

It's time to bring Yangyang back and reunite him with his mother.

The current situation of the King of Qi is not good. Everyone in the court can feel the emperor's respect for the King of Jin. The King of Qi's party is silent in the court, unwilling to say more unless named, for fear of being harassed if they say something wrong.

Since June, there have been heavy rains and the river water has risen sharply. The Qin River estuary burst its banks and caused a sudden flood. Six or seven counties including Yizhou and Hengshui were flooded. The disaster in Henan Province was serious and many refugees needed to be resettled.

In order to win back the emperor's favor, the prince of Qi asked to go to Henan to provide disaster relief. The emperor agreed after a moment's consideration. The prince of Qi was accompanied by only four staff members, including Li Yan. Due to the emergency, they had to leave within an hour after the court session.

Zi Ning packed Li Yan's luggage and looked at him reluctantly. Huang, who was standing by, kept muttering to Li Yan, asking him to be careful, stay away from the river and not to work too hard.

Li Yan looked at his family seeing him off, his lovely wife, young children, and his gray-haired mother, and his eyes became wet. He clenched his fists and swore in his heart that he would earn a bright future for the women in his family.

The King of Qi is away from Shengjing this time, and I am afraid that when he comes back, he will find that Shengjing has undergone many changes.

However, the King of Qi is going to a long journey, how can he survive without a considerate person by his side? As a caring sister-in-law, she naturally has to consider her brother-in-law.

Therefore, before the King of Qi arrived in Henan, his reputation had already spread. First, he bought the poor orphan girl who sold herself to bury her father, and then he saved the tofu beauty who was harassed by a drunkard while making a living alone. When the King of Qi arrived in Henan, there were two beautiful women who served him on both sides, calling him "benefactor" on the left and "benefactor" on the right.

One of them was pregnant when she returned, and the King of Qi loved the other one so much that he took them both back.

While the Prince of Qi was away from Shengjing, the governor of Huguang was exposed for selling officials. The evidence was conclusive, and the emperor ordered him to be exiled to a place with bad air.

By the time the news reached the King of Qi, the people were already on the way to exile.

The King of Qi was so angry that he crushed the letter and cursed it as "waste".

Huguang is rich in mineral resources and is also the main area for coinage. The King of Qi tried to win over the governor of Huguang for a long time, and finally brought him under his command through coercion and inducement. However, he was exiled before he could get any money.

The King of Qi called his staff to discuss countermeasures overnight, and the candles burned until dawn. The sage books that Li Yan read were just theoretical, so how could they help the King of Qi? Moreover, he did not understand conspiracy, conspiracy, layout and design.

Originally, Li Yan should have been taught slowly by Minister Lin, but the situation was tense now, and Lin Wei was getting more and more annoyed with Li Yan, so he had no patience to give him any advice.

Therefore, as the aide to the Prince of Qi, Li Yan's most common words were "Your Highness, please be patient..."

Meanwhile, the emperor in Shengjing paid more and more attention to the eldest prince. He would let the eldest prince express his opinions on many political affairs in the court. This situation made Prince Qi and his party worried.

It was not until October that the King of Qi returned to Shengjing after he had finished his work. The Emperor commended the King of Qi for his diligence in flood control and gave him many rare treasures, but he did not mention the power that the King of Qi had lost.

The King of Qi was afraid of losing the emperor's favor, so he had not made any major moves since returning to Shengjing. He visited the emperor more frequently, not for power, but out of filial piety.

For a time, the reputation of King Qi's filial piety spread throughout Shengjing.

Lin Yanran had not gotten pregnant yet, but Prince Qi's children were born one after another, which made Lin Wei a little nervous, so he sent his concubine's daughter Lin Yanyan into Prince Qi's mansion.

In fact, Lin Yanran is still young, so why should she be in such a hurry to send a woman away?

Zi Ning knew that Lin Yanran would definitely feel bad about this, it was too hurtful.

However, after Lin Yanyan entered Prince Qi's mansion, she shared the same hatred with Lin Yanran and helped Lin Yanran to fight against Bai Yangyang, competing in front of Prince Qi every day.

Lin Yanyan is a little green tea, but she is not inferior to Bai Yangyang, a big white lotus. King Qi is caught in the middle and can only scold Lin Yanran for not managing the backyard well and vent his anger on her.

"Lin Yanran, when did my backyard become your Lin family's world? Yangyang is so weak, how could you torture her like this? As a princess, how can you be unfair? You have disappointed me so much."

King Qi flicked his sleeves and walked away in big strides. Lin Yanran was not good at explaining. She had always thought that he and King Qi were childhood sweethearts and he understood her. Now it seemed that things had changed.

Lin Yanran felt a little exhausted. She had suffered a lot of grievances from the King of Qi, and Prime Minister Lin was anxious to have an heir. She hadn't received any good news for a long time, so she sent her concubine sister away.

Her sisters all became bargaining chips for him to seize power. No matter whether it was Zining, Yanyan, or herself, who was truly happy?

She remembered that her father never smiled at her when she was a child. She thought that was just her father's nature, until she found that she won first place in academics and archery, which brought glory to her father, and he would smile kindly.

I remember that when she was five years old, she was on the list of the princess's study companions, and her father was happy for several days.

She was so excited that she didn't know it was possible to be so happy to get her father's recognition.

But on the day she entered the palace, she had a fever and felt dizzy, so she probably couldn't enter the palace. She still remembers her father's eyes, which were cold and indifferent, and seemed to say "you are useless".

She was terrified and struggled to her feet, wiped her forehead with several basins of cold water, and entered the palace despite her mother's objections.

How did I survive that time? I don't remember.

Anyway, she remembered that she was successfully selected as the princess's companion, her father happily hugged her, but she fell ill.

Although she entered the palace as she wished, she still could not slack off. She did her best in everything and was careful in her words and deeds. Later, the emperor praised Lin Xiang for his good teaching of his daughter.

Since then, my father has become kinder to me.

She gradually understood how to get along with her father. As long as she could do things that were good for her father, he would always be kind to her.

Even though she doesn't have an heir to the Prince of Qi now, as long as she is the Princess of Qi, she will still be valuable to her father.

However, she seemed to be tired of this kind of life. However, she never thought about what kind of life she wanted.

The King of Qi sat in the garden drinking wine in a depressed mood. There was no moon at night and he seemed to have merged into the night.

The King of Qi didn't understand how the situation could change so drastically in just a few months.

A few months ago, he was the King of Qi, full of vigor and vitality, and everything went smoothly for him. But now, everything went wrong. What happened in the meantime?

The King of Qi was sulking and doubting his life, while Li Yan had a son in each hand and a lovely wife by his side, looking carefree.

"Yun'er has been raised by you to be plump and fair, just like you and good-looking." Li Yan teased the child in his arms, then looked at his wife beside him and smiled happily.

Zining smiled, "Master, you are joking. By the way, Yun'er even called me dad a few days ago."

"Really? Yun'er, call me daddy, daddy~"

There were lively laughter coming from the room, and the flickering candlelight made it seem unusually warm.

Chang'er heard the noise in the main house, walked to the door and leaned on the door frame to peek.

I don't know whose shadow was reflected on the window of the main house. Chang'er looked at it infatuatedly, with tears of envy flashing in his eyes. Then he frowned and went into the house.

That night, Zining was having dinner when Qiuju came over in a hurry.

"Madam," Qiu Ju bowed and said, "The eldest young master secretly brought back the rat poison from the side wall of the west wing last night."

Qiuju opened the handkerchief in her hand layer by layer.

"What is he going to do?"

The west wing is close to the kitchen, and for some reason there were rats. The old lady took out the rat poison she had bought in the countryside and put it there. Unexpectedly, Chang'er took it. The amount was not much, but if it was eaten by mistake, it would probably be very uncomfortable.

"Put it back first, keep a close eye on it and see what he wants to do."

A child of four or five years old who stole rat poison, whether to poison others or to frame others, is too cruel.

But who is his target?

If he wanted to stir up trouble, he might as well use this incident to make Li Yan feel disgusted with him, so that Chang'er and Yue Niang would never be able to turn things around again.

It was the coldest time of the year, and this winter was particularly cold. Many refugees poured into the suburbs of Beijing.

In order to regain the emperor's favor and win the hearts of the people, the King of Qi built porridge stalls and provided relief porridge everywhere, as well as medical shops, and asked his trusted confidants to look after some of them.

Li Yan went to the outskirts of Beijing to distribute porridge every few days. Zi Ning was worried that he didn't eat well, so he would ask the servant to bring him food.

That day, Li Yan had just finished his official business and sat down to have lunch when a doctor called him away, saying that a refugee had arrived and his symptoms looked strange and he needed to be isolated, and asked Li Yan to make the decision.

When Li Yan finished his work and was about to eat, he saw Qiu Ju running towards him, panting.

"Master, this meal is inedible. The young master mixed rat poison in it!"