Novel Full Chapter 1129 - 144: Mother and Son Reunited (Part 3)
Chapter 1129: Chapter 144: Mother and Son Reunited (Part 3)
Lady Liang thought of something, her face grave: "I’m afraid Prince Han might rebel."
"We’ll just wait for his rebellion."
Upon hearing this, Lady Liang was taken aback, "You’re deliberately forcing Prince Han to revolt?"
"As expected of Mother, you guessed it right away." Zhao Yao’s move to eradicate Prince Han and the Third Princess’s influence in foreign nations was to push Prince Han to desperation.
"You really are..."
"Even if he has no intention of rebellion, he’s colluded with foreign tribes. For this alone, he deserves death." With a sharp sound, the tea cup in Zhao Yao’s hand shattered into two pieces. "He thinks he can benefit from the struggle between others. How naive."
"There’s no fault in your actions, it’s just..."
"General Chu is at the Northern Border, nothing will happen." Zhao Yao continued, "Father left General Chu at the Northern Border Camp precisely to guard against the Xiongnu."
"You mean your father already knew about Prince Han and the Third Princess’s dealings?"
"If I can know, how could he not be aware?"
Lady Liang thought about it and agreed, "You’re not just forcing Prince Han to rebel, are you?"
A mother knows her son best, indeed.
"Mother, you are indeed my esteemed mother."
Lady Liang smiled and said, "You want to use this matter to completely dismantle the Xiongnu, making sure the Xiongnu tribes can never unite again."
Zhao Yao gave Lady Liang a thumbs up: "Brilliant insight, Mother."
Lady Liang asked, "Are you confident?"
Zhao Yao held up eight fingers.
Lady Liang immediately felt reassured, "That’s good." Just as she finished speaking, she recalled her son’s mention of the Xun Family and Wang Family sending a suicide squad to assassinate him, "I understand the Xun Family sending assassins after you, but why the Wang Family?"
"Lady Shu." Zhao Yao’s right index finger tapped lightly on the table, "With Noble Princess Consort Rong seriously ill, Prince Dai was summoned back to the capital, which is the work of Lady Shu."
"Lady Shu? Why would she help Princess Consort De and the others?"
"If I’m not mistaken, Lady Shu and Princess Consort De had quite a good relationship in private before they entered the palace."
"That doesn’t make sense. I heard they were at odds even before entering the palace."
"Feigning enmity is common, but I didn’t expect them to pretend so well." Zhao Yao suddenly laughed with schadenfreude, "Father was probably deceived by those two as well."
"Everyone was fooled by them." Lady Liang hadn’t imagined that Lady Shu and Princess Consort De were feigning their discord, "How did you know about this?" Although not in the capital, he knew the affairs of the capital and palace like the back of his hand. "When did you find out?"
"I guessed it when Noble Princess Consort Rong fell seriously ill."
"Everyone assumed Noble Princess Consort Rong was feigning illness. Did you know from the start that she was genuinely ill?" Even Lady Liang herself believed Noble Princess Consort Rong was pretending to be sick to bring Prince Dai back to the capital.
"Yes, because Noble Princess Consort Rong didn’t want Prince Dai to return to the capital." Zhao Yao explained, "If Prince Dai stayed at the Northern Border, he could continue to earn merits. Besides, Noble Princess Consort Rong wanted Prince Dai to remain at the Northern Border Camp and become the Great General there."
"Didn’t the Emperor already appoint General Chu as the Great General of the Northern Border Camp? Prince Dai has no opportunity there anymore."
Zhao Yao said meaningfully, "General Chu can’t stay at the Northern Border Camp forever."
"How do you know General Chu can’t remain at the Northern Border Camp?" Lady Liang thought it was quite good for General Chu to stay at the Northern Border to fend off the Xiongnu.
"General Chu and the other three are heavily relied upon by Father, practically his most trusted generals. They each hold military power. If General Chu stays at the Northern Border indefinitely, how would other military officers perceive this?" Zhao Yao said leisurely, "Father trusts General Chu not to rebel, but what about the others?"
Hearing this, Lady Liang understood.
"I didn’t expect Noble Princess Consort Rong to have such thoughts." General Chu was already highly favored by the Emperor. With hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the Northern Border Camp, jealousy would inevitably arise if General Chu stayed there permanently.
Zhao Yao sighed, "Parents’ love for their child makes them plan deeply."