四十九 A fool fooling a fool
The three princes have joined forces to eradicate the fourth prince, there were only four princes that were left after a sudden influx of illnesses and unfortunate miscarriages appeared in the inner palace, and on that note, the fight for the throne has become much easier.
Fu Jun Bei stayed in his luxurious tent, away from the interrogation that was happening underneath his eyelids.
Lieutenant General Han gathered the army forces to take those assassins that pose as soldiers to the barracks and performed another set of cold interrogations. As they say, kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, it took them almost an hour to end the interrogation while some new recruits vomited on their way home.
"Why does the fourth prince always stay in his tent?"
"Is Lieutenant Han the General? He's the one who always shows in front of us and never the fourth prince" A foot soldier grumbles, they have observed these facts in half a month.
In fact, the fourth prince can always be seen giving orders to Lieutenant General Han and never stepping out of his tent. If he does, it would be when the rations and subsidies for the army were allotted and that was it.
"They say the fourth prince was a fool who only have strength in him"
"Is it really the fourth prince that slayed the Mongol's great general?" One sneered, he was a soldier in a higher position than others.
With those words, the rumor spread that the fourth prince was only awarded as the general and it was truly Lieutenant Han that deserves the title. It has even gone way more crooked and the populace soon learned of it from the merchants that deployed goods towards the foot soldiers.
As those statements, began to take root, an assassination began to take place in the new residence of the fourth prince, and soon it was announced that the fourth prince will be taking a month's rest to recuperate.
That statement alone burned the soldier's heart under the influence of the rumors, Lieutenant General Han was being praised by the soldiers for his good nature and jovial attitude.
"Your highness has indeed seen six ways, the enemies have gradually loosened their guard on your highness estate" Eunuch Sun praised the fourth prince, the old eunuch knew how much preparation has been done for this to happen.
The fourth prince rumored to be in a deathly position and needed recuperation was sitting with his back straight and eyes filled with power. There was no sign of weakness nor paleness in his face; the study was even remotely close to his old study in his former residence before this new estate was given to him by the Emperor.
"It was because the three princes do not know of my capabilities and never gave any attention to me that I am successful in this plan"
Indeed he was right, the three princes no matter how much they promote filial piety towards one another would still have the bearing of the royal family.
Proud.
Arrogant.
Eyes up high.
They are most likely to only consider those that are in a much higher standing and not lower than of a Baron. It was a weakness he commonly find towards those that have a higher standing in the social pyramid and took advantage of it.
"Is there any news of Minister Tu's plans?"
"There us your highness"
Eunuch Sun took out the letter that was taken from the black market, there was a mercenary group that was managed by the fourth prince itself
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Historical FictionShe transmigrated into a novel made by someone she was told to reject. A story she has read and now forgotten. She plans to live till death naturally takes her life but it seems like the author truly hates her that she has to go through all this p...
