AWB Chapter 202 Meeting the Prince
Chapter 202 Meeting the Prince
In order to meet the prince, Xu Yuan changed into her best clothes early in the morning.
It was Beiyao who gave it to her.
Wu Shiming took her to the teahouse and told her, "Xu Yuan, if you realize that the prince wants to harm you, call me immediately, understand?"
Although he cannot directly compete with the prince, the prince still relies on him.
"Don't worry, no problem." After saying this, he went upstairs calmly.
There was no one in the teahouse any longer, only the prince's guards.
If it was the first time that Xu Yuan saw this situation, she would be a little nervous, but not now.
Going up to the second floor, he saw a figure behind the screen and guessed it was the prince. Xu Yuan bowed and said, "I am Xu Yuan, nice to meet the prince."
"come in."
Hearing the voice, Xuyuan looked up, folded his hands in front of him, and slowly walked across the screen.
There is a faint aroma of tea and mist everywhere.
The prince stood up, and when he saw Xu Yuan, he smiled gently and said, "Ever since you became famous in the Poetry Pavilion, I have always wanted to meet you, but I have never been able to do so. That is why I asked Wu Shiming to help me see Xu Qing's true face."
"The prince's body is worth a million dollars. If the prince summons me, I dare not refuse. I don't need to ask for help from others."
"That's right." Bei Yuan nodded. "I am the crown prince. No one would want to refuse when the crown prince summons me. Of course, they dare not refuse, but power also means responsibility. I have not been able to sleep well recently because of the affairs in the capital. I heard that Xu Qing is very talented. I wonder if you can help me solve this confusion?"
"What troubles the prince?"
"Geshu."
Bei Yuan finished speaking, looked at Xu Yuan and said, "After Xu Qing entered the capital, many major events happened in the capital. I wonder how many of them Xu Qing participated in?"
Hearing Bei Yuan's words, Xu Yuan's heart froze for a moment. After thinking for a while, he said, "I am just a commoner and have never participated in anything."
"The Song family arson case, the Sishui County magistrate's corruption case, and even the destruction of the Zhuifeng Hall by the imperial court, are you sure you didn't participate?"
Bei Yuan was still looking at Xu Yuan. Seeing her lower her eyes, he could not help but say, "Look up. I want to hear the truth."
Xu Yuan raised his eyes and looked at Bei Yuan.
Of course, there is pressure from the prince, but Xu Yuan is not afraid.
However, before, she only saw a figure behind the screen, and she did not look up after crossing the screen. Before, she had only seen the prince from afar. Only tonight did she see the prince clearly for the first time.
Bei Yuan's eyes are very similar to Bei Yao's.
The only difference is the temperature of the eyes.
Beiyao is always smiling, and there seems to be warm sunshine in his eyes, but Beiyuan is different. Although he smiles on his face, his eyes are cold.
This is a hypocritical and ruthless person.
Xu Yuan came back to his senses and said, "If the prince wants to hear the truth, then Xu Yuan will tell the truth. It was Xu Yuan who told the prime minister about the Song family arson case. Xu Yuan didn't know about the Sishui County magistrate's corruption case. As for Zhuifeng Hall, Xu Yuan was also a victim."
The Song family and the prince are not closely involved, and with the Prime Minister's Office stepping in, the Northern Yuan Dynasty will not make things difficult for them.
But the case of the corruption of the county magistrate of Sishui County is different.
The magistrate of Sishui County is a cronies of the prince, and her actions are also to help the prince make money. If she says that she is involved, it means telling the prince that she knows everything, and the only thing waiting for her is death.
Xu Yuan knew very well what to say and what not to say.
"You are good at picking yourself clean."
"Your Highness, you are too kind." Xu Yuan bowed and then lowered his head.
"In fact, whether Xu Qing is involved or not, I don't care. What I care about is Xu Qing's future."
The prince looked at Xu Yuan and smiled even more kindly: "I heard that Xu Qing had taken the exam in Wenhua Palace before, but because of Song Xiuwen's slander, he couldn't enter Wenhua Palace, is that right?"
Make a wish and nod.
"I guess that you want to enter Wenhua Palace just for the national examination. If you want to take the national examination, I am the crown prince, so I naturally have a way. I just don't know if Xu Qing is really talented enough for me to make an exception for him."
Bei Yuan looked at Xu Yuan with a smile.
Xu Yuan raised his head, looked at Bei Yuan, and asked, "How does the prince want Xu Yuan to prove his talent?"
"I want to kill Xie Xiaocheng."
"Why?"
"You don't need to know so much. You just need to tell me, can you help me get rid of this worry?"
Bei Yuan looked at the wish.
If Xu Yuan can deal with Xie Xiaocheng, it means that Xu Yuan is still capable and can be used by him.
If Xu Yuan didn't have this ability, then there would be no need for him to waste his time on such a mediocre person.
"Xie Xiaocheng is a military commander who just received military merit in Hanzhou. If he dies now, I'm afraid the court will turn the capital upside down to find out the real culprit. Prince, I'm not stupid, nor am I a reckless man."
"He is indeed a useless person." Bei Yuan didn't want to listen anymore and raised his right hand.
From the darkness, a man in black walked out.
After seeing this, Xu Yuan said slowly, "If the prince's evaluation of a person is based on whether he can kill people, then the prince's capable men should all be killers, right? How can a group of killers rule the country with the prince?"
"Oh? This sentence is interesting. This is the first time I have heard it."
Bei Yuan waved his hand again, signaling the man in black to retreat.
He looked at Xu Yuan, his voice gentle but murderous: "Xu Qing, you'd better prove that you have real ability, otherwise, you won't be able to leave this teahouse today."
"Since I dared to come to the appointment, I must have made all the preparations. The prince must have heard about me breaking into the Taiwei Mansion with a sword. Although I can't kill Xie Xiaocheng, I can help the prince get the military power of the Song family."
Bei Yuan looked at Xu Yuan, his eyes darkened: "Go on."
"The Song family has been bullying the city for more than a day or two. Today they can burn down the school, and tomorrow they may want to take over Tianqi. Now that the emperor is alive, they can so wantonly murder the prince. If the prince ascends the throne one day, as a minister of state, if the Song family wants to replace him, what should the prince do?"
Xu Yuan looked at the prince and said slowly, "Prince, do you want to kill me to get some temporary pleasure, or do you want to completely seize the Song family's military power so that no one can shake your position as crown prince from now on?"
"You know more than I thought."
The prince thought of Qi Shengmei's child.
Although he didn't love Qi Shengmei, he really wanted a child.
What's more, with the child, even if Qi Shengmei died, his relationship with the Prime Minister's Mansion would still remain, and Prime Minister Qi would definitely help him for the child.
But all this was ruined by that fool Song Xiu Yue.
And for the sake of the Song family's military power, he not only cannot be criticized, but must swallow his anger.
Thinking of this, the prince's eyes were filled with sinister intent.
Who doesn’t want military power?
As long as the Song family does not fall, the military power will always be in the hands of the Song family, and he will always be controlled by the Song family.
"The prince wants the Song family's military power. It's very simple. Re-investigating the Song family's burning academy is a natural outcome."
Upon hearing this, the prince sneered coldly: "Oh, if it were that simple, the Song family would have been gone long ago."
"What if it's a case within a case?"
"What do you mean?"
Xu Yuan said slowly, "The Song family had a dispute with the magistrate of Sishui County. The purpose of burning the school was to destroy the evidence. Prince, do you think there is any crime more serious than burning the school and killing more than a dozen people?"