Chapter 167: Two Daddies Unite To Get Revenge For Wanwan
“Go bring that little fatty cub back for me.”
From the building not far away, Shang Wuyang watched the child Qin Wanwan, who was following in the crowd, and chuckled lightly.
“She goes to join every bit of excitement. She’s so small, isn’t she afraid of being stepped on by others?”
Qin Wanwan had only followed the crowd halfway when she was taken to the restaurant.
“Daddy Shang, what did you call me for? I still want to go take a look.”
Shang Wuyang flicked her forehead with his finger.
“What’s there to see?”
Keke flew over: “Cub, you don’t need to go see. Just ask your Daddy. He’s the one who did this. He and Rong Zhi did it together.”
Qin Wanwan’s big eyes, full of curiosity, stared at Shang Wuyang.
Shang Wuyang lay lazily on the couch.
“Hong Sheng Casino and Cang Chun Pavilion are both industries of the First Prince. I just handed over some evidence of their crimes to Rong Zhi, and didn’t do anything else.”
And Rong Zhi, when the Second Prince was about to retaliate against the First Prince, had simply let the Second Prince find out about the evidence.
The Second Prince was already looking for trouble with the First Prince because the First Prince had exposed his cheating in the Imperial Examination, so they just kindly offered a little help.
Shang Wuyang and Rong Zhi both held grudges. This time, the First Prince’s losses were far greater than planned.
Shang Wuyang pinched Qin Wanwan’s little face: “You’re so small, and you go join every bit of excitement. With so many people crowding in, don’t you find it troublesome?”
Qin Wanwan pouted: “Wolf Fang and Big Goldy are there!”
Shang Wuyang glanced at her: “Bringing Big Goldy to the imperial court? You’ve really gotten bold now, walking sideways like a crab.”
Qin Wanwan: …………
Sometimes, I really don’t want to listen to Daddy Shang. His words are hurtful!
Keke: “Cub, I’m going to see how the First Prince is reacting. I’m a bit excited, hee hee hee…”
It loves gossip!
Qin Wanwan looked at Keke’s wings with envy: “Tell me when you get back.”
Keke patted its chest with its wings: “Don’t worry!”
Keke flew away, and Qin Wanwan held up the last candied hawthorn she had left.
“Daddy, you eat. There’s only one left.”
Shang Wuyang extended a finger and pushed her hand away: “I don’t eat it. Do adults eat this kind of thing?”
“Humph, I’ll save it for Daddy Rong.”
They returned to the residence, and Keke only came back at night.
Qin Wanwan and Shang Wuyang were eating sunflower seeds, listening to Keke vividly recount the gossip like a crosstalk performance.
It even imitated the First Prince’s voice!
“I saw the servant rush to the First Prince’s side and shout, ‘Bad news, bad news, Your Highness, Cang Chun Pavilion has been raided!’ The First Prince was greatly alarmed and slapped the table, angrily shouting, ‘How dare you! Who did this?’ The servant replied, ‘It was the people from the Dali Temple who raided it’…”
When Keke reached the exciting part, Qin Wanwan applauded enthusiastically, giving it emotional support.
However, she was also worried: “Daddy, will the bad guys find out about you and Daddy Rong?”
Shang Wuyang threw away the sunflower seed shell: “Do you think we’re vegetarians? That idiot will only find another idiot.”
Qin Wanwan was reassured. As long as it didn’t lead back to Daddy, she was fine.
Later, the First Prince’s men indeed found out about the Second Prince, and he didn’t suspect anything.
After all, his own people had uncovered the machinations in the Second Prince’s Imperial Examination cheating case. This must be the Second Prince’s revenge!
The First Prince relied entirely on the casinos and brothels to make money, and now his money pouch had been directly punctured.
As the saying goes, cutting off someone’s financial resources is like killing their parents. The conflict between the First Prince and the Second Prince had now escalated greatly.
They were openly antagonistic in the Imperial Court, and the Imperial Examination cheating case was also exposed. The grades of the students who cheated were all invalidated, and the officials involved were stripped of their hats, had their homes confiscated, and were exiled.
The Second Prince cut off an arm to protect himself. His accomplices were eventually given twenty heavy planks for the crime of poor supervision.
The First Prince was also framed for many crimes by the Second Prince, and he lost quite a few men under his command. The Grand Marshal, who had been preparing to interfere in the matters of the Jinwu Guard, was also exposed and severely impeached. The Emperor directly confiscated many of his powers.
The dispute between the First Prince and the Second Prince this time was a case of mutual destruction; neither gained any advantage.
The entire Imperial Court underwent a major reshuffling. Rong Zhi, the fisherman who had been watching, quietly promoted some of his own people, but it was all done in secret. At least several people had no apparent connection to him.
The Third Prince, on the other hand, managed to withdraw in time and suffered no significant losses.
At the Minister of Rites’ residence, his youngest son was also beaten and imprisoned.
Before being locked up, he loudly shouted that Lin Wan’e had told him to do it, clearly implicating Lin Wan’e.
Lin Wan’e adamantly denied it and had her face scratched by the enraged Madam of the Minister of Rites.
In the end, she was directly kicked out of the house by the Minister of Rites, who also declared that their family would no longer have a daughter named Lin Wan’e.
The two masterminds behind the conflict between the First Prince and the Second Prince were currently listening to Keke gossip while playing chess.
Shang Wuyang was being thoroughly beaten and had given up playing.
Qin Wanwan listened most attentively, especially when she heard that Lin Wan’e had been kicked out of the Minister of Rites’ mansion. Her big eyes shone brightly.
“She was really kicked out?”
Keke: “Really, really. You don’t know how pathetic she is now. If the Third Prince hadn’t intervened, the Minister of Rites would have probably wanted to beat her to death.”
“You don’t know, even after being kicked out, Lin Wan’e arrogantly declared that the Minister Lin’s family would definitely regret it in the future. She’s too confident in herself.”
In the original timeline, Lin Wan’e wasn’t particularly smart, but she had grasped the ‘plot’ and sailed smoothly, manipulating everything from behind the scenes, which was actually the Third Prince.
The Third Prince learned a lot of things from that idiot Lin Wan’e, which allowed him to scheme and harm several of Wanwan’s fathers.
Qin Wanwan’s big eyes showed a bit of excitement: “Can I go take a look?”
Rong Zhi and Shang Wuyang simultaneously grabbed her collar.
“You are not allowed to go.”
Rong Zhi: “It’s snowing so heavily outside, don’t catch a cold. She’s probably already left.”
Keke nodded: “Big Boss Rong is right. That woman was taken away by the Third Prince’s men.”
Rong Zhi slowly picked up the chess pieces one by one and put them into the jar.
“However, the Crown Prince was somewhat unexpected.”
“He didn’t appear at all during this entire incident, yet he managed to discreetly place several people in the Jinwu Guard, and there are also his people among the newly promoted officials.”
Shang Wuyang: “What’s there to be surprised about? His maternal grandfather is the Duke of Zhenguo, after all.”
“No, he didn’t use the Duke of Zhenguo’s people.”
Shang Wuyang chuckled upon hearing this: “Interesting.”
Qin Wanwan only heard the word “Crown Prince,” and automatically ignored everything else.
Her little head couldn’t hold so many things.
“Is it Brother Yuanli? Daddy, I want to give him a scarf. Can you help me give it to him~”
“I wonder when Daddy Xie will receive the wool sweater and scarf.”
Shang Wuyang snorted: “Indeed, things far away smell good and things near smell bad. You mention your Daddy Xie every day until my ears are calloused.”
Qin Wanwan, thick-skinned, leaned in and kissed his cheek with a soft smile.
“Daddy Shang, aren’t you jealous? Wanwan also super likes Daddy Shang!”
Shang Wuyang’s mouth turned up: “How many people have you told that you super like them?”
Rong Zhi also looked over.
Qin Wanwan stopped talking, her eyes drifted, and she hummed and changed the subject.
Rong Zhi: “The Grand Tutor’s birthday is the day after tomorrow. Do you want to go?”
Qin Wanwan’s eyes lit up: “Is it Grand Tutor Gu? I want to go, I want to go! Wanwan wants to go with Daddy.”
It wasn’t snowing outside anymore. Rong Zhi got up: “Then I’ll pick you up the day after tomorrow.”
“Daddy, are you going back? I’ll see you off.”
“No need, it’s cold outside.” He ruffled Qin Wanwan’s hair, nodded to Shang Wuyang as a greeting, and left.
