I took over after the heroine of the abusive novel ran away

Chapter 132 I Want to Be the Queen Mother (25)

Separated by a wall, Qin Yu and Fang Ruoyan were living quite happily, and Fang Qingci and Prince An were also chatting quite well, well, it should be quite pleasant.

King An: No, I am not happy. I am tired.

After the matter was settled, Prince An didn't know whether he didn't want to listen to Qin Yu and Fang Ruoyan's love story here, so he took his leave first.

In order to conceal their whereabouts, Prince An opened a secret passage from the floor and returned to his original room downstairs. The two of them did not enter the same room from beginning to end.

When Fang Qing left, Qin Yu and Fang Ruoyan were still arguing.

Fang Qingci actually admired Prince An very much. Originally, this teahouse was the dowry given by Fang's father to Fang Ruoyan, so Fang Ruoyan felt so at ease to have a tryst with Qin Yu here.

However, later on, this teahouse was secretly bought by Prince An and became Prince An's territory.

Looking at Prince An's skilled posture just now, I wonder how many times he has witnessed Qin Yu and Fang Ruoyan's good deeds.

He could remain so calm even after being cuckolded. Fang Qingci even suspected that Prince An had some strange hobby, or that he just enjoyed being cuckolded.

In this life, Prince An has changed a lot. In the first life, Fang Ruoyan married Qin Yu. Prince An had a crush on her and was deeply in love with her and was willing to do anything for her.

When Fang Qingci was reborn, she exposed Fang Ruoyan's lie about saving her life in advance. Fang Ruoyan did not marry Qin Yu. Later, Fang Ruoyan also entered Prince An's Mansion. Although she was just an ordinary concubine, Prince An was quite fond of her.

In this life, Fang Ruoyan married Prince An as a concubine, and had an unclear relationship with Qin Yu, making Prince An a cuckold.

Fang Qingci originally thought that Prince An knew that Fang Ruoyan was cheating on him, but still tolerated her, and she thought that Prince An loved her too much and was willing to do so.

Unexpectedly, in the end, Prince An would actually make use of Fang Ruoyan and Qin Yu's affair.

Tsk, true love has deteriorated!

It's really hard for him to endure it for so long.

It seems that she underestimated Prince An, or Prince An was stimulated and mutated, from a love-brained man to an ambitious man.

The next day Fang Qing resigned and went to the general's mansion. Her grandfather rushed back to Beijing specially for the emperor's birthday.

Fang Qingci told her grandfather and her cousin some things and asked her grandfather and cousin to cooperate with her.

After Fang Qingci left, her grandfather stood in front of the desk, looking at the various plans and arrangements Fang Qingci had given him, feeling a little distressed and a little relieved.

"Ci Ci, you've grown up!"

Under the intensive arrangements of various forces, ten days passed quickly and soon it was time for His Majesty's birthday banquet.

On the day of the birthday party, the weather was completely different from the previous gloomy days, with clear skies and bright sunshine.

Inside the Changle Palace, on the surface, there was singing and dancing, toasting and a joyous scene.

In reality, everyone has their own agenda and is full of murderous intent.

Until King Cheng arrived, the atmosphere at the banquet became visibly tense.

Halfway through the banquet, King Cheng presented a gift, an imperial edict from the previous emperor, accusing Emperor Ming of stealing his throne, completely breaking off relations with him, and raising an army to rebel.

Led by Concubine Hui, Fang Qingci and other ladies and ministers and their families who came to attend His Majesty's birthday banquet were all locked up in a large hall. From time to time, the sounds of weapons clashing and killing could be heard from outside. Everyone was in a panic, anxiously awaiting the outcome outside.

No matter whether King Cheng wins or Your Majesty wins, a result must be given, whether it is life or death. It is too painful to wait for the butcher's knife to fall.

It was not until the sun rose that the door of the hall was opened from the outside. The person who came was Prince Duan.

When she saw Prince Duan, Concubine Hui, who had been holding on all night, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Prince Duan had always followed Qin Yu, and the fact that Prince Duan could come meant that His Majesty had won.

Concubine Hui quickly asked, "Prince Duan, what's going on outside? Are His Majesty and Yu'er okay now?"

Qin Heng looked at Fang Qingci calmly before answering.

"Mother Hui, King Cheng was conspiring for treason and has been executed. Your Majesty... Your Majesty was injured by the traitor King Cheng and is currently being treated by the imperial physician. Fourth brother was slightly injured and is currently presiding over the situation outside and cannot leave for the time being, so he ordered me to escort Mother Hui back to the palace."

Hearing that Qin Yu was fine, Concubine Hui finally put down her worries. When she heard that Emperor Ming was injured, Concubine Hui became a little nervous and asked, "How is your majesty's injury?"

There are still many ladies in the palace. It is difficult to say more about your majesty's injury. Prince Duan can only answer, "Well, the imperial physician is treating him. I don't know much. Concubine Hui, you were frightened this night. Go back to the palace and have a good rest first!"

As he said this, Prince Duan looked at the other female relatives and said, "You can leave the palace now."

Fang Qingci and Chen Yao first sent Concubine Hui back to her palace, and then left the palace.

After the palace coup last night, there were still many things to deal with in the palace, so Qin Heng simply sent Fang Qingci to the palace gate.

"Fourth sister-in-law, just go home with peace of mind. Everything went well yesterday. I will take good care of fourth brother!" Qin Heng specifically told Fang Qingci this before leaving.

Fang Qingci understood his implication, nodded at him, and took Chen Yao into the carriage.

Fang Qingci was not actually very worried about yesterday's situation. Not to mention that she had already made arrangements, even though Qin Yu did not have much ability, as the current male protagonist his luck was still pretty good.

What happened last night was actually quite interesting. On the surface, it seemed that King Cheng was extremely daring and attempted rebellion, but he failed in the end.

But the truth is, King Cheng's visit to the capital was itself a trap set by Emperor Ming.

The power behind Qin Yu grew stronger and stronger, and court officials repeatedly mentioned making Qin Yu the crown prince. However, he preferred Prince Ping to Qin Yu, and Emperor Ming felt deeply threatened by the aristocratic families and Qin Yu.

So, taking advantage of his 60th birthday, Emperor Ming played a trick of driving away the wolf and swallowing the tiger.

Emperor Ming knew that Prince Cheng was ambitious and had long been dissatisfied with him, so he deliberately took the opportunity of Prince Cheng's sixtieth birthday to invite Prince Cheng to the capital.

Emperor Ming wanted to let King Cheng and Qin Yu fight each other until both sides suffered losses, and he would be the one who benefited.

In the plot, Qin Yu won with the help of the male protagonist, the General's Mansion and Prince Duan.

What’s different from the previous plot is that this time there’s an additional troublemaker, Prince An.

I don’t know if it was because of the incident between Qin Yu and Fang Ruoyan, but Prince An has a strong sense of career in this life.

While Qin Yu and Fang Ruoyan were loving each other, he was working diligently on his career.

Prince An, who had lost his love-brain, became much smarter. He carefully discovered that Emperor Ming was wary of Qin Yu and was optimistic about Prince Ping. He inadvertently learned of Emperor Ming's plan, so he also came up with a plan.

On the surface, Prince An surrendered to Prince Cheng to help him seize the throne, but in fact he wanted to take advantage of the fight between Prince Cheng and Emperor Qin Yuming so that he could take advantage of it behind the scenes.

In order to make King Cheng believe him, he also revealed the affair between Qin Yu and Fang Ruoyan and gained King Cheng's trust.

If Emperor Ming was at the first level, he was playing a game where the fisherman benefits from the quarrel between the snipe and the clam.

King An is on the second level, playing the role of a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Fang Qingci is at the third level, overseeing the overall situation.