It doesn’t matter, my boyfriend is a eunuch!

Chapter 138 No Backstage

While Lin Zhihe was thinking, Liu Li and the Fifth Prince stared at each other, then became distracted and wandered in their own world of thoughts.

Liu Li looked at Lin Zhihe who was thinking, and was very focused.

The fifth prince looked out the window in a daze.

Lin Zhihe's words successfully drew the two people's attention back, and even the Fifth Prince trembled with fear.

Lin Zhihe smiled, he was just a child after all.

"I asked you to find out about Concubine Li's clothes a few days ago. Did you find out?"

Although he didn't know how the topic turned to Concubine Li, the Fifth Prince still listened attentively with a confused look on his face.

"Your servant..." Liu Li paused for a moment before reacting, "Your servant's people said that the clothes that the imperial concubine wore this year were indeed the old clothes from last year."

"I have a bold guess!" Lin Zhihe's eyes moved from the Fifth Prince to Liu Li, looking into his eyes.

"The military expenditure is not enough. The Queen always says that the harem should be frugal, but now the treasury is empty. It's okay."

"There is no money, but the expenses of the harem remain the same. What's the point?" The Fifth Prince was a little confused and frowned.

"Do you know why you can't figure it out?" Lin Zhihe deliberately kept the prince in suspense, waiting for the Fifth Prince to shake his head.

As expected, the Fifth Prince also shook his head.

"Because your mindset is that of a prince, you always revolve around His Majesty and never pay attention to the harem."

"It seems that the harem has not cut down on expenses, but the most extravagant Concubine Li has already taken action. She has suddenly started to be frugal and no longer makes new clothes or new jewelry. What does this prove?"

Lin Zhihe's eyes suddenly turned to the Fifth Prince, like a teacher checking on a student, with a sense of oppression.

The Fifth Prince stared at Lin Zhihe, but his words were not very powerful. "Does this mean that Concubine Li has discovered that there is no silver in the national treasury, so she wants to keep a low profile and cater to the wishes of the emperor?"

Lin Zhihe nodded in agreement and continued to ask: "If the treasury has no money, why does Concubine Li keep a low profile?"

The fifth prince paused for a moment, but suddenly he understood and spoke louder, "Because the emperor wanted to start with these noble families, she was afraid that the emperor would target the Li family, so she kept her tail between her legs."

Listening to the Fifth Prince's speculation, Lin Zhihe asked, "You also think it makes sense, right?"

Liu Li and the Fifth Prince both nodded.

In this way, it makes sense for the eldest prince to return to Kyoto.

If you attack a noble family with many connections, it might lead to a rebellion.

Anyway, you will die whether you resist or not. You will get killed if you stick out your neck or if you shrink your neck. It’s better to stick out your neck.

The eldest prince returned to Kyoto to suppress, or prevent, rebellion.

"In addition to the eldest prince, there must be a small group of troops, either still on the way or already lying in ambush near Kyoto, just waiting for the order."

"Then I will go and find out right away." The Fifth Prince obviously believed this and began to plan his next step.

"Assuming our guess holds water, if the emperor really wants to take action against one or more of these families, which one would he choose?"

As soon as this question was asked, the inner hall, which had been quite lively, suddenly became cold and silent.

Everyone started thinking again.

Lin Zhihe, who raised the question, seemed to be out of the matter, staring at the Fifth Prince with his eyes rolling around.

The relationships between the aristocratic families are complicated, and it can be said that they are interdependent. She has just come through and is not as familiar with the "locals" as the Fifth Prince and Liu Li, so let them figure out this problem.

"Could it be the Lin family?" Lin Zhihe looked at everyone in silence and suddenly spoke.

His Majesty wanted her to stand in the same camp as the Fifth Prince, and then promoted her to Imperial Concubine. It was too obvious that he wanted her to distance herself from the Lin family.

“No way.” The fifth prince’s tone was hesitant, but his face was firm, “Father just promoted your third brother, it doesn’t seem like the Lin family.”

Yes, it should not be the Lin Mansion.

One of the reasons why the emperor adopted the fifth prince to Lin Zhihe was that he hoped the fifth prince could rely on the background of the Lin family, so he would not take any action against the Lin family now.

"It shouldn't be from the Li family, the maternal clan of Concubine Li."

Liu Li took over Lin Zhihe's words and said, "No, Concubine Li has already guessed the emperor's intention. If the emperor wanted to take action against the Li family, Concubine Li would have found a way for the Li family to make a living long ago and would not be so quiet."

Look, this is the advantage of a favored concubine. She can understand the emperor’s intentions and guess them accurately, staying several steps ahead of everyone else.

Lin Yingchen really didn't think straight and wanted to send the original owner in. With her look, she couldn't understand the emperor's intentions, and she caused a lot of trouble for the emperor.

I guess it wasn't Lin Yingchen who chose him, but the emperor's old selector who deliberately chose a stupid one.

After eliminating two wrong options, I thought about it and there was no one else. It couldn't be the eldest prince's family, right?

Let the eldest prince wipe out the eldest prince's mother's family, just like cooking beans and burning the bean pods, the original soup becomes the original food.

"Why couldn't it be the eldest prince? It would be just right for the eldest prince to eliminate his backers, and then the emperor can eliminate him who has no backers. It would be so much easier!" Lin Zhihe's eyes sparkled and he looked a little excited.

"When the rabbit is dead, the dog is cooked; when the bird is gone, the bow is put away?" Liu Li added.

"Yes! That's what it means!"

Lin Zhihe was still immersed in excitement and did not notice that the Fifth Prince's face had become even gloomier.

"Mother, I am in a hurry to get some information so I will take my leave now."

Liu Li and Lin Zhihe watched the fifth prince's back as he walked away little by little, but Liu Li did not take his eyes off him.

"In fact, there's one person the master didn't expect." Liu Li suddenly became mysterious, as if he was waiting for a good show.

Unexpected? Who?

After much thought, she still couldn't figure out which wealthy family she ended up in. In fact, she was not very familiar with Kyoto.

"Far away, yet so close."

Seeing Liu Li gloating over the fact that he was afraid of not being able to fight, and thinking of the back figure who left in a hurry, Lin Zhihe understood, "Are you talking about the fifth prince?"

No way, the emperor wants to take action against the fifth prince’s mother’s family?

"Is the fifth prince's mother's family also prominent? Who is richer than the Lin family?"

"Well..." Liu Li pondered for a while, "They are completely different three generations of the Lin family. Although Lin Yingchen is only a minister, he has a deep relationship. However, the fifth prince's mother's family, Luodong Qu, is a rising star, and they have also produced a noble concubine, which is unmatched."

There's a lot of gibberish here, but it doesn't make it clear who is richer!

It’s simply that the Lin family is a family of three generations of connections, and the Qu family is a nouveau riche.

It seems that the emperor wants to punish this upstart, and the fifth prince thought of this and left in a hurry.

"The relationships here are so complicated and tangled, like a ball of wool." Lin Zhihe looked at Liu Li eagerly.

“How come you see?”

"Look, if the emperor starts with the fifth prince's mother's family, then the fifth prince will be completely without support. Without support, can he succeed in his bid for the throne?"

"Master, don't forget that he is your son and his mother's family is your Lin family." Liu Li reminded.

“Yes, everyone knows that he is now a member of our Lin family, but the Lin family will not support him at all, and there is still no one behind him.”

Liu Li smiled softly, "The Lin family may not support the fifth prince. It's a long way to go, who can predict what will happen in the future? And the fifth prince may not be unwilling for the emperor to take action against his mother's family."

Lin Zhihe was shocked by this earth-shattering statement. He thought about it for a moment, fearing that he had misunderstood it.

"Why is Xiaowu... Let's not talk about the relationship, even that Qu family can help him win the throne?"

Liu Liming's eyes suddenly turned cold. "Who knows? If the Qu family has the merit of following the emperor, then the Qu family will become the most powerful foreign relatives in the future, which is actually the biggest hidden danger. It will be more difficult to deal with at that time. It would be too ruthless to destroy them. History books and the people will not have a good evaluation of them. If they are not destroyed... He can't tolerate such a big grain of sand in his eyes."

Lin Zhihe couldn't believe it. "You mean, they will become hidden dangers in the future, so why not uproot them now and not give them the chance to become hidden dangers?"

Liu Li nodded.

But Lin Zhihe still couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe that the fifth prince, who was only twelve years old, would have such a plan, and he couldn't believe that he was so cruel at the age of twelve.

"Who will help him if he loses his backing?"