Chapter 163

C163 – Bro You’re so Noble

“I heard Crown Princess has lost her favor. Is that true?” In the corner of the backyard, a servant pulled his friend and asked.

“How could this happen?” The other party looked at him in surprise. “Don’t spout nonsense like that. If the butler or Ke hears it, they’ll be in deep trouble.”

“What are you afraid of? The news is spreading in the residence now. Crown Prince and Crown Princess have not slept in the same room for a few days, right?”

“Don’t keep asking about these rumors. Whether Crown Princess is favoured or not won’t affect you.”

The servant rolled his eyes and said with a smile, “It won’t affect anything, but we who serve people, don’t we all count on Mistress to be in a good mood? If you tell me the truth, I’ll be careful too.”

“That’s true. Unfortunately, I am not serving Crown Princess in close proximity. I only know that he has been lying on the bed for two days. His Highness occasionally looks outside the door but did not enter the room. He sleeps in the study at night.”

“So it is like this…”

The two of them chatted about some daily matters and then separated. The servant walked along the wall for a while and then squatted down to dig open a bush. He stuffed a piece of wood into a small hole in the corner of the wall and then quietly left.

In First Prince Manor, Old Prince was sitting and drinking tea. His mind went over and over again the plan that he had just come up with.

“Uncle Wang is here. Do you have any good news for me?” Wang Zixu was wearing a loose robe. His long hair was loose and he looked lazy. He looked like he had just woken up from the bed.

Old Prince frowned quietly, but then he returned to his intimate look. “There is good news indeed.”

“Hurry up and tell me. Ever since Crown Prince Zhao escaped from the calamity of the New Year’s Eve feast, Royal Father has returned to his cold attitude towards me. I have never seen him enter the palace eight times out of ten times. If this continues, I might as well ask him to let me go.”

“Your Highness, don’t think like that. You have to put in a lot of effort in order to get something in return. Didn’t Crown Prince use four years of war to win the recognition of the courtiers and the king? You can’t give up so easily.”

Without Wang Zixu’s blade, Old Prince’s revenge plan would be much harder to carry out.

“Let’s talk about your good news first. Is it about that person?” Wang Zixu pointed in the direction of the Crown Prince’s Palace.

Old Prince nodded and whispered something in his ear.

“This is it?” Wang Zixu thought he could hear some earth-shattering good news, but he did not expect it to be just that his husband did not have a good relationship with him.

“That’s it!” Old Prince nodded with a smile.

“What is it? He’s just a man’s wife. Although he has a special status and ability, what does it have to do with us whether he’s spoiled or not? Could it be that we can also join him because of this?”

“His Highness hasn’t gone out for a long time. I’m afraid he doesn’t know about the relationship between the two of them. Crown Prince insisted on marrying Tang Yue back then and said that he wanted to repay Tang Yue for saving his life, but I’m afraid he is interested in the wealth of Yueyang Marquis’s Mansion.”

“Is there a need to say that? My Ninth Brother is truly worthy of being the son of the Eastern Palace. At such a young age, his schemes and schemes are far beyond ordinary people’s.” Wang Zixu sighed, “Look at his performance that night. He didn’t seem nervous at all. Could it be that we guessed wrong?”

Old Prince felt that there was no point in continuing the topic. Unless they could find solid evidence, they wouldn’t be able to get any benefits from the king.

“By the way, have we dug out any spies around us?”

Old Prince shook his head. “In the past few days, I have dealt with a few suspects, but I do not know if I have found the right person. But I believe that we will find out soon.”

“Uncle Wang has a plan?” Wang Zixu was energized. He was worried that he would not give Crown Prince Zhao a chance to stop him.

“Yes,” Crown Prince Zhao said. Old Prince revealed a sinister smile. Tang Yue had ruined his daughter’s marriage, so he wanted to make Tang Yue’s life difficult too!

“I’m all ears!”

Another two days passed. Crown Prince Zhao felt that Tang Yue’s anger should have subsided, so he walked into the room openly.

Tang Yue no longer needed to lie on the bed, and the weather was getting warmer. It was just that when spring started, the drizzle could not stop it, so he rarely went out.

Today, he was talking to Zhang Chun in the house. Since he was going to bring Zhang Chun with him, he wanted to do something.

He could not treat Zhang Chun like a real child. Except in terms of professionalism, Zhang Chun was not much worse than Tang Yue.

“You don’t intend to make money in Huian Hall, do you?”

“Yes. Originally, I opened this medicine store to make it convenient for me to use medicine. I have my own store to earn some pocket money. Also, if a war breaks out, I can concoct the herbs as fast as I can. I don’t want corrupt officials to mess with the herbs and kill the wounded.”

Zhang Chun looked at him with stars in his eyes. “Brother, you are so noble!”

Tang Yue rolled his eyes at him. “What is there to be noble about? I am just doing what I can do. Think about it. What will happen to us if the war between North and South ends and South Jin loses?”

War was the cruelest. Once they lost, they would lose their lives, let alone their peaceful lives.

“I have always felt that war is very far away from us. Hearing you say so, we should be on guard. What do you think… how about we go overseas and occupy a small island? If that day comes, we can just run away and go overseas to be the Island Master of Peach Blossom Island. Our days are also very comfortable.”

“What are you thinking about? Then how many people do you want to bring? No one knows how to weave cloth, no one knows how to farm. Are you planning to live as a savage when you escape to the island?”

“Er…” Zhang Chun scratched his hair and laughed, “That’s right. It seems like I need to start looking for talents in various industries from now on.”

Tang Yue agreed with him in his heart, but when that day came, Crown Prince Zhao might not be willing to run away. He would not leave. Was he going to run away alone?

He did not say it out loud. Instead, he told Zhang Chun what kind of talent he should look for.

Tang Yue didn’t know, but Crown Prince Zhao, who was standing in the outer room, had a dark expression on his face when he heard their conversation.

No wonder he did not like Loyal and Brave Marquis. Why did he always poach him?

“Ahem…” He coughed to remind the two people in the inner room of his arrival.

He walked in and asked with concern, “Madam, have you had lunch?”

Tang Yue returned to his cold expression and replied with one word, “No.”

“Coincidentally, I haven’t had lunch yet. Shall we go together?” Afraid that Tang Yue would disagree, he emphasized, “We got two bear paws in the kitchen today. They said they were sent by the Palace. Let’s try them together.”

Tang Yue almost drooled when he heard the word bear paw. As a modern person, he had only heard of this kind of mountain dish and had never eaten it before. Moreover, in the modern era where bears were dying, even if there was food, he would not be able to eat it.

Zhang Chun was even more shocked. He grabbed Tang Yue’s hand and winked at him, meaning, “Bring me along! You must bring me along!”

Tang Yue did not want to call a truce because of this, so he refused with a straight face. “No need. These Japanese young masters are not suitable for big fish and big meat. They can only eat light food. They are not blessed with good food.”

Zhang Chun knew the inside story and laughed mischievously. However, he was afraid that Tang Yue would really refuse, so he quickly advised, “Two or three days is enough. Do you still want to live a peaceful life in the future? Moreover, that was bear paw! Bear paw!”

Bro, you can resist the temptation of delicious food, I can’t!

Crown Prince Zhao looked at Tang Yue expectantly. “How about I let Chef keep it for a few days?”

Zhang Chun denied. “No, no, no. This food is fresh. If it’s not fresh, it won’t taste good.”

Crown Prince Zhao’s lips curled up. He thought to himself, What does this have to do with you?

However, seeing that Zhang Chun was standing on his side right now, he thought to himself, “What does this have to do with you? Crown Prince Zhao would not poke this point out for the time being.

Initially, Tang Yue did not intend to keep fighting with Crown Prince Zhao. He just could not get away with it, but at the same time, he felt a little awkward. Ever since he knew that Crown Prince Zhao would stand at the door of his room for a long time every day and did not dare to enter even though he wanted to, his anger gradually subsided.

What he lacked now was only a step.

It just so happened that with Zhang Chun around, this step was naturally and harmonious.

“Brother, go, go. I am growing up. Recently, I have been losing appetite and need to eat something good to replenish my energy.”

“Losing appetite?” The corner of Tang Yue’s mouth twitched. May I ask, who is the person who can eat three big bowls of rice in one meal? Who was the person who could eat an entire roasted chicken? And he still had the face to say that he did not eat well?

“That’s right. I’ve been busy reading the accounts for the past two days, and I’ve put in too much effort. I’m dizzy from reading it, and the food doesn’t even smell good anymore.”

“Then there’s even less of a need to eat bear paws. Anyway, it doesn’t smell good. It’s a waste of good stuff!” Tang Yue said with a smile.

Zhang Chun lowered his head and rubbed his arms against Tang Yue’s arm. “Brother, don’t be so heartless. I’ll just eat less.”

Crown Prince Zhao clenched his fists. If it wasn’t for the fact that he needed Loyal and Brave Marquis to be his bridge, he would have cut people into pieces and fed them to the dogs with his current actions.