The Grand Princess

TGP Chapter 30: Difference

“He won’t be good to me because of his feelings. This is something I will always remember, and you remember it as well.”
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After Pei Wenxuan agreed to Li Rong’s request, he returned to his desk, picked up the brush and began to think about how he could help Li Rong write this memorial to the throne.

Both of them wanted to be let out, but it wouldn’t be good if Li Rong took the initiative and wrote it because it would appear as if she wanted to force the Yang family to die. Given Li Ming’s character, Pei Wenxuan was afraid he would read too much into it.

The role that Li Rong currently had to play was a princess who might be clever, but because of the faith she had in her mother and father, she did not have the slightest inkling of the clashes between the Crown Prince and Emperor.

Just like when she was eighteen in her previous life, everything was precisely what meets the eye and could not be anything else.

The Yang family was being investigated because Yang Quan committed a crime, and it had nothing to do with any other matter. Perhaps it would make others suspicious if she were to quickly go ahead and investigate after receiving news of Li Chuan’s victory.

That is why Li Rong asked him to write this memorial. However, if he were to write this memorial, then he must first explain how he came to know of this.

He could say that he took advantage of Li Rong or that he relied on the secret intelligence network his father left behind, but a lie would always require countless more lies to make it consistent. The more lies there were, the more loopholes would be.

Pei Wenxuan thought for a moment, then put the brush down again.

“Your Highness,” He called out to Li Rong on the other side. Li Rong was waiting for him to write the memorial and heard him say, “I cannot write this memorial.”

“Hm?” Upon hearing this, Li Rong knew that Pei Wenxuan had other plans in mind, so she asked him directly, “So how do you plan to get out of here?”

Pei Wenxuan pondered for a moment, then he said in a low voice: “Seek out the Empress.”

Li Rong reacted the moment she heard this. Just as she was about to respond, she heard Pei Wenxuan give her a careful and thorough explanation: “You should first have the Crown Prince make a list of names. Anyone who the Crown Prince does not see fit will be put on this list, then have the Crown Prince ask His Majesty to bestow rewards. It is best to include more people from the distinguished clans in the Northwest on this list as well as some of the generals who are loyal to His Majesty.”

“His Majesty seldom comes in contact with the Northwestern border station. His trusted aides had long been disposed of by the Yang family in the previous war campaign. His Majesty is actually not very familiar with the military officers under them, so if these people were to appear on the Crown Prince’s list in a request for a reward, His Majesty will suspect that these are actually the Crown Prince’s people and remove them instead.”

Li Rong thought about it and acknowledged what Pei Wenxuan had said. Pei Wenxuan knew that it was easiest to talk to Li Rong about this kind of thing. There was no need to say much because she would certainly understand what he was thinking. This kind of tacit understanding made Pei Wenxuan feel a bit more at ease deep down, so he relaxed and said: “Right. Moreover, if these people come from aristocratic families, of course, they cannot come from too prominent of a family. For the aristocratic families, their hearts will naturally turn cold once His Majesty dismisses them.”

“Once His Majesty dismisses these people, he will start to think about putting the Yang family in order,” Li Rong tapped her small fan against the palm of her hand, “When the time comes, His Majesty will definitely send some people to the border first, replace the Crown Prince’s manpower, then summon the Crown Prince back and let us begin the trial of the Yang family’s case, uprooting the Yang family.”