lcionline Chapter 51: The Swallow's Return
Chapter 51: The Swallow's Return
Prince Rong's fat pig-like face twisted, and his carrot-like fingers slammed the table fiercely, shouting,
"How can I save you? What do you want me to do? Should I bring my soldiers to raid Shen Changgong's house?"
Hearing this, Duke Liang's eyes lit up.
"Yes, we can also do the opposite and say Shen Changgong has also broken the law, and we will raid his house as well.
"Your Majesty, you are such a wonderful person, so wonderful!"
"I'm so good at this!"
Prince Rong picked up the cup on the table and smashed it hard on the ground. He was so angry that he pointed at the Duke of Liang's nose and cursed,
"Are you crazy or am I? You're mobilizing the Central Army in non-wartime and without an imperial decree. What do you want to do? Are you planning a rebellion?
Are you afraid that Shen Changgong won't be able to find evidence of our crimes, and that he won't be able to lead his troops to encircle and suppress us?
Shen Changgong can arrest people because he is in charge of the security forces and he has the power!
What right do you have to arrest people? You are just a nobleman. You only have the power to lead troops to fight and make suggestions in the court!
Don't you know that Shen Changgong and Duke Dingguo went to dinner together a few days ago? Shen Changgong has clung to Prince Gong's thigh. He has become a knife in Prince Gong's hand. He is Prince Gong's dog, specifically biting us!
If you dare to mobilize troops, His Majesty will immediately dispatch the central army to destroy you in the name of rebellion.
Don't forget, although His Majesty only had 50,000 Central Army troops before, we had 80,000, and Prince Gong had 70,000, but after the fall of the Duke of Ying, the Empress immediately arranged for her confidant to take over that regiment of the Central Army."
Prince Rong became more and more angry as he spoke, his throat was smoking from shouting. He wanted to drink some water, but found that his cup had been smashed.
"Bring tea! Bring tea!"
After he finished shouting, the maid at the door immediately came in to pour tea and tremblingly handed it to Prince Rong.
Prince Rong took a sip and spat it out, smashing the teacup in his hand on the maid's face.
"Do you want to burn me to death?"
"I dare not, I know my crime!"
The maid didn't care about the tea on her face and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously.
Prince Rong was now very angry. He raised his foot and stomped on the maid's head to vent his anger.
"Fuck you, I'll beat you to death, you lowly slave! You're all worthless. You're all worthless beasts, just like Shen Changgong!"
The woman screamed and begged for mercy, but she didn't dare to struggle or move.
Yan Guichao quickly stood up and grabbed Prince Rong.
"Father, calm down. Don't get yourself sick from anger. Why are you getting so angry with a lowly servant?"
"Someone, drag this bitch away and beat her to death with sticks!"
The guard at the door came in and dragged the woman out.
The woman screamed for mercy,
"Your Majesty, please spare me! Young Master, please spare me!"
Soon, there was a sound of beating with sticks outside the door, and the woman's wailing became low and finally no sound could be heard.
Prince Rong calmed down a little and continued to say to Duke Liang,
"Where were we just now? Oh, yes, your Majesty's general has now taken over that corps.
In other words, there are now six corps loyal to Your Majesty, seven from Prince Gong and seven from us.
You want to lead an army? You want to rebel? Prince Gong was so happy that he celebrated the New Year overnight. He had to make dumplings, you know?!
He will happily join Your Majesty in chopping you to death, which will not only bring him credit but also weaken us and divide our power and property!
Can your 10,000 people defeat their 130,000 people, or can our 70,000 people defeat them?
Do you think the Central Army is your private army? Do you think that if you raise your arms, those people will rebel against you and exterminate their entire clans?
Get up early! Go take a shower and go to bed! "
Duke Liang slapped his face with his hands and begged,
"Your Majesty, I truly know I was wrong. You must find a way to save me!"
Yan Guichao stood up and said,
"Don't worry, Duke Liang. We must think of a way. We have to deal with Shen Changgong not only to save you, but also to save ourselves.
But don't worry about the confiscation of property. Even if Shen Changgong is arrogant, he wouldn't dare to confiscate the property of a duke a few days ago. He's afraid of forcing us to rebel."
After pacifying Duke Liang, Yan Guichao looked at his father again and said,
"Father, there are strategies for dealing with Shen Changgong, but it all depends on his attitude towards us and our own attitude towards him.
Father, at this moment, let us put aside our anger and weigh the pros and cons. Do you think Shen Changgong is useful?"
Prince Rong's fat face twisted and he said,
"Useful? What use can he be? He's just a dog!"
"But this dog bites!"
Yan Guichao smiled coldly and knocked on the table and said,
"Father, we have three options for dealing with Shen Changgong: treat him to a meal, behead him, or keep him as a dog!"
Prince Rong snorted coldly,
"He is now Prince Gong's dog, how could he possibly be our dog? We also framed him and framed him, but he ended up framing the Duke of Liang's brother-in-law.
Forget about beheading, I've used it before. Who would have thought that Shen Changgong was such a master? He killed so many of my warriors by himself. I'm heartbroken! "
Yan Guichao smiled and said,
"Father, if we want to deal with Shen Changgong, we must first understand why he wants to deal with us.
In my opinion, he is a commoner with no one to rely on. He urgently needs to show his loyalty to Your Majesty and wants to curry favor with you, which is the so-called flattery and trampling.
It's just that he happened to choose us to offend, hoping to curry favor with His Majesty, and the Prince of England just happened to be caught in the crossfire."
Prince Rong and Yan Guichao still believe that they were not the ones who offended Shen Changgong first. After all, they are princes and powerful nobles. It is normal for them to curse a commoner and threaten to kill his whole family.
How dare you, a commoner, bear a grudge against us?
Are you kidding me?
Even if we really kill your entire family, it will be your blessing.
Yan Guichao continued,
"Father, I have been secretly investigating Shen Changgong these days. He used to be just a playboy from a wealthy family. He only did useless things like eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. He can't compare with the wealth and style of children from big families like us.
But these things are also illegal.
We can first treat Shen Changgong to a meal to keep him stable. If we can promise him huge benefits, we can win him over to our camp and help us deal with Prince Gong. That would be great.
By the way, we can also use money to corrupt him and make him do something harmful to the world. In this way, we can get evidence against him. When we are done with him, we can push him out to take the blame and have him beheaded.
If he doesn't join us, we can also collect evidence of his past crimes, and then bribe those who have been harmed by him to go to the Supreme Court to sue him together.
We will treat him the way he treats us, giving him a taste of his own medicine."