Chapter 517 - 527: On the Current Situation
ƒrēewebnovel.com Jin Zijin’s meaning had become quite clear, and Gu Youyou nodded lightly.
"According to the strategy of sacrificing the chariot to save the chess piece, the Fifth Prince holds great military power; their strength remains. They have merely lost the Third Prince!"
"Exactly!" Jin Zijin said, "Perhaps things are far from being so simple. The rebellion of the Third Prince over a decade ago involved many, aside from the Fifth Prince and the wife of the Third Prince, who acted out of moral righteousness. The other royal relatives involved in the rebellion all died, including three of the Emperor’s own brothers."
Every magnificent imperial throne is founded on a pile of stark white bones, and the blood that flows most is often that of the Imperial Family.
Jin Zijin stood up, walked under a plum tree to pick up a few withered branches, then slowly returned.
Gu Youyou said, "The Emperor is deep and calculating. He must have wanted to use that opportunity to weed out dissidents, yet the Fifth Prince managed to stay unscathed, which is no simple feat."
"Yes," nodded Jin Zijin, "The Fifth Prince’s act of righteousness in exterminating his kin severed any intent the Emperor might have had to kill him."
"But given that outsiders can see that the Fifth Prince is employing the tactic of sacrificing the chariot to save the chess piece, wouldn’t the Emperor, with his wisdom, know as well?"