Chapter 771: Borrowing a knife to kill, the scheme to prune the three!

Upon hearing this, Xu Xuanji's face turned green.

"Braised beef with soybeans..."

He looked at Gao Yang through gritted teeth, his expression almost impossible to control.

At this very moment, he understood completely: Gao Yang was absolutely doing this on purpose. Those twenty-plus farts were definitely not accidental; they were intentional!

Damn it!

You bastard really deserve to die!

Xu Xuanji's heart screamed.

Seeing this, Gao Yang was almost certain.

The person under the bed was truly not an adulterer, but Xu Xuanji!

Xu Xuanji gritted his teeth, saying word by word through the gaps, "No need. Cattle are the foundation of the farmers. Even if it died from a fall, this Prime Minister will not eat it."

"I appreciate Lord Gao's good intentions."

Seeing this, Gao Yang said with a look of regret, "Xu Xiang is of high character and integrity; this official admires you. It is good not to eat this; after all, eating too much makes one fart a lot, and it stinks!"

Xu Xuanji's mouth twitched, and his face turned even darker.

"Lord Gao, this old man has matters to attend to, so I will take my leave."

Having said that, he strode away.

Li Long stared at Xu Xuanji's back, looking puzzled, "Brother Gao, why do I feel like Xu Xiang wishes he could kill you?"

"But aren't you inviting him to eat braised beef with soybeans? That's a hearty dish for drinking! Why does Xu Xiang seem to hate it to the bone?"

Li Long looked confused.

Gao Yang said with a deep gaze, "Brother Li, if you had twenty-one farts blown in your face, you would also hate this dish to the bone."

Instantly, Li Long was completely stunned.

Xu Xuanji got into his carriage and returned to the Prime Minister's residence, finally suppressing the surging killing intent in his heart.

"Prime Minister, please wash your hands first; this old servant will go tell the kitchen to serve the food!" The butler bowed his head, his face full of flattery.

Xu Xuanji rubbed his stomach; he was indeed a bit hungry.

He washed his hands in the basin of water brought to him and sat down on a chair.

Soon, the servants in the residence walked up one after another.

The first dish: braised beef with soybeans.

The second dish: stir-fried soybeans.

The third dish: beef and soybean buns!

Xu Xuanji looked at the table full of dishes and was completely stunned.

"Why is it either soybeans or beef?" he asked angrily.

The butler looked puzzled, "Lord Gao sent someone to pass a message a while ago, saying the Prime Minister was craving it, specifically ordering braised beef with soybeans, and telling the kitchen to focus on these two ingredients today."

Instantly, Xu Xuanji's face turned black, and his body stiffened.

Bang!

Xu Xuanji slapped the table, endless anger surging in his heart. He clenched his fists, his whole body trembling slightly with rage.

"Gao Yang, you have gone too far. This old man and you are irreconcilable enemies!"

He stared at the butler, his face gloomy, "From today on, there shall not be a single piece of beef or a single soybean in the Prime Minister's residence!"

"Otherwise, I will grind you to dust!"

"..."

Ding Duke Prefecture.

In Gao Yang's room, Gao Tianlong and Gao Feng sat to the side, both of their expressions quite serious.

"I really didn't expect that this would involve the harem struggles from ten years ago. The Empress Dowager might actually be a cuckoo in the nest!"

Gao Feng muttered.

"If we follow His Majesty's deduction and the current news, the thread of events is completely clear. Ten years ago, the phoenix throne was vacant, and even His Majesty's biological mother might not have died of illness, but was murdered!"

"The Son of Heaven having no heir is a major matter, but Imperial Consort Xiao's body was frail and she couldn't bear a dragon son. She might have been tricked by that Xiao Qing into going to the temple to pray for a child, and was replaced by Xiao Qing—a cuckoo in the nest. This dragon son is also nourished by someone else!"

Gao Tianlong's expression was gloomy, a killing intent permeating his body.

Gao Yang sipped his tea and also spoke, "I have to say, this move was truly bold, and it's hard for anyone to notice."

"Whether it is true or not, your grandson will go to the Empress Dowager's bedchamber, and then we will know."

Seeing this, Gao Feng couldn't help but say, "You wicked son, do you really intend to threaten the Empress Dowager and take liberties with her?"

"This is a grave act of disrespect!"

Hearing this, Gao Yang immediately looked dissatisfied, "Father, what kind of talk is that? Your child is acting under imperial orders, for the sake of Da Qian, for the sake of His Majesty!"

"His Majesty granted your child the power to act as I see fit. Even if I were to take down the Empress Dowager, that would still be called acting as I see fit!"

Hearing this, Gao Feng stopped speaking instantly.

Gao Tianlong then spoke, "His Majesty is a female Emperor, and palace scandals cannot be spread outside. Taking down Xu Xiang, the Empress Dowager, and even the Eleventh Prince is not easy!"

"Have you thought of a way?"

Seeing this, Gao Yang chuckled and then said, "Does Grandfather remember who else we are keeping at the residence?"

Gao Tianlong paused, then looked at Gao Yang, shocked, "The Second Princess of Great Chu?"

In terms of ability, Gao Tianlong actually quite admires Chu Qingluan. Her ability to lead troops in battle is not at all inferior to the famous generals of the current age. Not only did she fight a brilliant lightning war, but she also came up with a vicious scheme to blockade Da Qian, only failing because she met Gao Yang.

But in terms of capability, Gao Tianlong highly appreciates Chu Qingluan.

Hearing this, Gao Yang nodded, "Correct, it is indeed the Second Princess of Great Chu!"

"To be precise, it should be the entire Great Chu mission. This is a good knife for framing others!"

Gao Tianlong and Gao Feng frowned upon hearing this.

"You want to borrow a knife to kill?"

Gao Yang said with a deep gaze, "The captured Great Chu soldiers have our Great Zhou weapon markings. Then, find a scapegoat in the prison and say someone smuggled weapons to earn a sky-high amount of silver. In the imperial court, His Majesty and your child will force the Second Princess of Great Chu to admit who did it, otherwise, we will kill all the remaining old, weak, sick, and disabled. The Second Princess will then follow suit and reveal that Xu Xiang is an insider for Great Chu. That is quite reasonable, right?"

"As long as the Second Princess of Chu insists, the Chu mission cooperates, and His Majesty nods, whoever we point at dies!"

"To keep the bloodshed to a minimum, the first kill is to kill Xu Xiang and prune the court forces!"

After these words were spoken.

Gao Feng and Gao Tianlong's expressions changed, their eyes instantly looking at Gao Yang.

"What about the Eleventh Prince and the Empress Dowager?"

"That depends on His Majesty. If we are slow, we will have the Ceremonial Directorate send the memorial to the Eleventh Prince's room, then send people to arrest him. According to the rule that imperial princes cannot interfere in politics, we will put him under house arrest and then release the news that His Majesty is going to depose the Eleventh Prince!"

"In this way, the Empress Dowager will have no choice. If she sits by and watches the Eleventh Prince be deposed, then the years of planning by the Empress Dowager and the people behind her will be a joke!"

"This is like boiling a frog in warm water. If we eat away at the Empress Dowager bit by bit, then only the second path remains: to fight with all her might!"

"At that time, we can sweep them all away together. However, it doesn't have to be that troublesome. On the night we move against the Eleventh Prince, we can stage an assassination and a palace coup, then frame the Empress Dowager, and in a fit of rage, wipe out both the Empress Dowager and the Eleventh Prince."

"The third scheme: the Eleventh Prince goes boating, but the boat leaks, the palace servants fail to rescue him in time, and he drowns. The Empress Dowager is overcome with grief and dies of illness. That is also quite reasonable."

After these words, Gao Feng was restless.

Damn it, this is too ruthless! ===== CHAPTER 773 =====