Chapter 938 - 940: King Qin Returns to the Capital (7)
Cai Wei, seeing his resolute attitude, let him go, but ultimately she was still not very reassured. After much thought, she brought Brother Ying back from the General’s Mansion to follow the man from afar, so that if anything happened, she would be the first to know.
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In the past few days, General Li was very troubled.
It must be said, the conditions proposed by Nangong Shi were tempting, as making his daughter the mother of the nation had always been his dream. However, he did not trust Nangong Shi’s promises.
Currently, Nangong Shi’s main consort was a princess of the Xianbei, and if he achieved great success, he could not possibly set aside a princess to marry his daughter as Empress. Thus, for his daughter to become the Empress, only the death of the Xianbei princess would suffice.
If he really killed the Xianbei princess, his character would be too cruel. Such a person couldn’t be trusted by Li Kaifeng; but if he did not kill the Xianbei princess, how could he possibly make his daughter the Empress? Unless he was deceiving him.
In his dilemma, he shared Nangong Shi’s words with his daughter to know her opinion, which was met with strong opposition from Li Ruizhu.
"Dad, the Prince has always been hypocritical and of poor character. Originally, he was crippled because of his fondness for keeping an opera actor, can you really trust such a person?"
General Li said, "Dad doesn’t fully trust him, either. However, there are no more options with King Qin. If we miss out on the Prince, you will never have the chance to rule the Middle Palace in this lifetime."