The two arrived at the Sutra Viewing Tower. The Crown Prince took the Third Prince straight up to the sixth floor and asked the others to wait on the fifth floor.

　　"Everyone is downstairs. The Sutra Tower is high, and there is only this much space on each floor. You don't have to worry about the walls having ears." The prince said, "If you have anything important to say, it's safest to talk about it here."

　　The Third Prince then told the Crown Prince what he had heard from Su Guangcheng and Su Zhier.

　　"I... I am afraid that my eldest brother will really fight with you in the future. What if... What if he really wants to do something bad to you, so I let you..." The third prince hesitated.

　　"What did the emperor say?" the prince asked. "Did he believe it?"

　　"Father didn't say it, but he is a cautious person and has always been prepared." The third prince said, "Even if he says he doesn't believe it, I'm afraid he would rather believe it."

　　The prince took two slow steps back and forth.

　　In this respect, he is very similar to a saint.

　　He didn't believe these things, but if someone really said them, he would rather believe it.

　　The boss won't backstab him.

　　If I could, I would have done it a long time ago and wouldn't have waited until now.

　　What the prince is worried about now is that if what Su Guangcheng and Su Zhier said is true, something might happen in the future that would cause him to be deposed and the eldest prince to be demoted.

　　The person who seems to benefit from this is the third prince.

　　But if the Third Prince really had this intention, he would not have come close to him and said these words to him.

　　Or......

　　Did the Third Prince say these things deliberately to sow discord between him and the First Prince?

　　But the prince quickly rejected this idea.

　　In the Third Prince's opinion, he and the First Prince were already fighting fiercely at this point, and there was no need to instigate.

　　The prince opened the door and shouted downstairs: "Zheng Jing!"

　　Zheng Jing came up the stairs with a thump, stood at the door, bowed and said, "Your Highness."

　　"The eldest prince will be here soon, ask him to come over too," said the prince.

　　"Yes." Zheng Jing took the order and left.

　　The Third Prince was surprised and asked, "Brother, you asked the eldest brother to come. Are you going to tell him about this?"

　　"The relationship between your eldest brother and I is not what the outside world thinks." The prince explained with a smile, "When he comes, I will tell you about it."

　　The third prince was filled with question marks over the crown prince's actions.

　　Less than half a cup of tea later, the eldest prince arrived.

　　As soon as the eldest prince entered the room, he saw the third prince

　　Zai was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Hey, what's going on? Why is my third brother here too? Isn't he avoiding me?"

　　The third prince was so embarrassed by the eldest prince's words that he was too embarrassed to look at him.

　　"Brother..." the Third Prince said hesitantly, "You know I..."

　　"Did he know that you were avoiding me, or did he know that you came to see the prince every day?" The eldest prince raised his eyebrows and smiled.

　　"Don't tease him." The Crown Prince said, and then said to the Third Prince, "Tell your eldest brother what I just said."

　　The Third Prince also realized at this time that the relationship between the Crown Prince and the Eldest Prince was not as bad as the outside world thought, and it could even be said to be very good.

　　What are these two people doing?

　　The third prince was a little confused.

　　But he still did as the Crown Prince said and told the First Prince what he had just said to the Crown Prince.

　　The more the eldest prince listened, the gloomier his expression became.

　　After the Third Prince finished speaking, the First Prince said in a deep voice: "I don't believe in such weird things. But, if it is true, there must be someone instigating it."

　　"Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, let's take it seriously. From today on, pay more attention. Don't let go of anything suspicious." The prince said, "If this matter is true, as you said, there must be someone instigating it. We didn't know it and fell into the trap. But now that we know it, we can't let the other party succeed."

　　The eldest prince nodded, "I know."

　　"Brother, you..." The Third Prince hesitated, "Don't you doubt me?"

　　"If it were you, how could you tell us?" The eldest prince asked, "Besides, you don't have any men of your own, so how can you instigate us?"

　　The Third Prince: "..."

　　This is so true.

　　But the third prince discovered for the first time that the eldest prince was actually a very smart and sensible person.

　　"Are you... doing this for the outside world to see?" the third prince asked again.

　　"My eldest brother has never wanted to compete with me." The prince said, "Those people chose him, and even if he didn't agree, those people would have other ideas and would not choose me."

　　Because to those people, they were never his confidants.

　　Once he ascends the throne in the future, those people will worry that their positions will be threatened, that they will not be valued by him, and that they will always be inferior to his old people in the palace.

　　"So my eldest brother agreed to collect them for me first."

　　The Crown Prince did not say what he meant, but the Third Prince understood.

　　Once the crown prince ascends the throne, the eldest prince's people will still belong to the crown prince.

　　The Third Prince: "..."

　　Okay, okay, this is how you play, right?

　　"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" The third prince said aggrievedly, "I was like a fool."

　　"I saw that you were cautious before, and I was worried that you would have no one to support you. If I rashly got involved, it would bring you trouble." The prince explained, "But now that you have taken the initiative to come to me, I can't hide it from you anymore."

　　"Okay, let's not think about these things for now." The eldest prince said, "Let's go to the third floor. When I came up, I saw that they had already arranged everything. Let's go and rest for a while, drink some tea, eat some fruit, and don't just stand here."

　　When the flower-viewing banquet was about to begin, Li Mumu and others were led by the palace maids to sit in their seats.

　　Li Zhiyin and Miss Wen sat very close to the front, and Li Mumu and Madam Shang were right next to them, with Madam Shang sitting even closer to the front than Li Zhiyin and Miss Wen.

　　After a while, the queen and several concubines arrived to the sound of the eunuchs' singing and shouting.

　　This time the main focus was on the Queen and Consort Shu, and An Zhaoyi also took the opportunity to see if there was any suitable woman among them.

　　The other concubines were there purely to watch the fun.

　　Li Mumu thought to herself that it was a good thing that she had learned the rules in General Li's mansion before, so she was able to perform the salute safely and without making any mistakes.

　　After sitting down, Li Mumu, relying on the fact that she was sitting at the back, boldly raised her head slightly and secretly glanced at the queen.

　　The queen was much younger than she had imagined. She looked graceful, with a perfectly plump figure and a round face, and she looked blessed with a look of good fortune.

　　As for the others, Li Mumu couldn't tell who was who for the time being.

　　But they were sitting downstairs, and the people upstairs had already started talking to each other.

　　Li Mumu also gradually figured out who was who from their conversation.

　　Now the saint has only three princes.

　　The expression on Concubine Shu's face became visibly fiercer.

　　An Zhaoyi, the biological mother of the other third prince, seemed to be very satisfied with the status quo. She had a calm expression and a low sense of presence. Her eyes were not on the noble lady sitting in the front, but were looking behind her.

　　I wrote before that the biological mother of the third prince was a noble lady, but this book was written based on the systems of the Tang and Song dynasties. Some parts are mixed with other dynasties, but most of them are still based on the Tang and Song dynasties, so the ranking of the harem is also based on the Tang and Song dynasties, and the noble lady in front was changed to Zhaoyi.