ushernet Chapter 214 Mission 1: The World Sealed by the Goddess 2
Chapter 214 Mission 1: The World Sealed by the Goddess 2
When Ling Wan fell in love with him, the Third Prince told her his true identity and how he and the Queen were in trouble. His words made people indignant and unwilling. He also said that he would do his best to help Ling Chengjia get a promotion and return to Beijing. Apart from anything else, he would definitely help Ling Chengjia get the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
What Ling Wan didn't know was that because Ling Chengjia had made outstanding achievements while serving as an official in Ningzhou, the higher-ups had long intended to transfer him to the position of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. However, this matter had not been made public because Ling Chengjia's wife, Bai, was good at making money. After arriving in Ningzhou, Bai increased her dowry several times and became the richest person in the area.
The Third Prince's encounter with Ling Wan was all planned.
The Ling Cheng family was promoted and returned home in glory, and they all thought it was the Third Prince's help. The return of Ling Wan's family was a great blessing to both the Ling family and the prince. The Bai family was wealthy, and her family was the richest in Luo City. The Bai family and the Ling Cheng family loved their children very much, especially Ling Wan.
The Third Prince arranged for the Second Prince, the son of Concubine Xiao, to meet his sister while she was buying jewelry. The Prince was struck by Ling Wan's beauty and after returning to the palace, he pestered Concubine Xiao and insisted on marrying Ling Wan as his concubine.
Concubine Xiao already had a candidate in mind. After knowing that the Bai family was extremely wealthy, she made a plan and only agreed to give Ling Wan the position of concubine.
Ling Wan was eagerly waiting for the Third Prince to come and propose marriage, but she didn't expect that what she got first was the imperial decree granting marriage. She and the eldest lady of the Xiao family were married into the Second Prince's mansion as concubines on the same day. The eldest lady Xiao became the princess consort, and she became the concubine.
The Third Prince privately met with Ling Wan. Ling Wan initially wanted to end their past relationship, but the Third Prince refused, explaining that he was already engaged to Ling Yan, the daughter of the Duke of Ping, who was Ling Chengsi's eldest daughter. He then recounted how he and his son had been bullied by the Imperial Concubine and her son in the inner palace. He hoped Ling Wan, remembering their past, would help him obtain evidence of the Second Prince's crimes. Once they brought him down, he would marry her with great fanfare as a concubine. Though a concubine in name only, in his heart, she was his most honored and only wife.
The naive original owner was blinded by the sweet love and actually agreed to what the third prince said. Not only did she commit herself to a man she didn't love, she also pretended to be weak and acted like a white lotus, causing the second prince to neglect his wife and even obtaining evidence of her husband's crime.
Unexpectedly, after getting the evidence, the Third Prince accused the Ling Cheng family of conspiring with the Second Prince to rebel. It was clearly her who got the evidence, but she said it was Ling Yan who got it, and even regarded Ling Chengsi as the greatest contributor.
Poor Ling Wan's family of six, her father was killed for treason, her mother Bai committed suicide in the sky prison, her two brothers were exiled to a cold and miserable place for their talents, and her sister was sold to the official music house and was bullied until her death.
And because she was the Second Prince's concubine who was listed in the clan's jade disc, she would be tied to the Second Prince for her entire life. The grand wedding that the Third Prince talked about was simply impossible, especially since the Third Prince, who had become the Crown Prince, was even more concerned about his reputation.
After her death, Ling Wan learned all the truth. From the very beginning, it was Ling Chengsi, Ling Yan's family and the third prince who plotted to harm their family. When the third prince met her in the temple, everything was planned by them.
Ling Yan's mother received all of the Bai family's dowry and assets, and gave half of it to Ling Yan as a dowry. They lived a life of luxury by stepping on the flesh and blood of the original owner's family.
The original owner was filled with resentment and made a wish that she no longer wanted to love the Third Prince. This attracted one quick-travel tasker after another. No matter how they tried to avoid him, the Third Prince would appear by Ling Wan's side as scheduled. Every time, the Third Prince would become the tasker's favorite male god. One tasker after another fell deeply in love with him, and several times they thought the Third Prince had fallen in love with them, but the plot turned out to be a reversal, and the Third Prince finally loved Ling Yan.
After Wen Wan received the plot, she asked Xiao Hua, "Isn't this plot weird? Is this the world of a novel?"
Xiaohua: Master, the plot has now progressed to the point where you have already met the Third Prince Sanyue. This is your sixth time to meet him in the tea garden. Today, the waiter fell while holding hot tea, and he used his body to block the hot water for you, injuring his arm.
Wen Wan was stunned for a moment. What kind of a plot was this?
"Can you sense plot awareness?"
Xiaohua: Master, I haven't detected any plot awareness, only a strong sense of resentment and unwillingness. Be careful, this world is strange.
Wen Wan was sitting in a private room of the teahouse with her two personal maids. The original owner's wet nurse and two little maids were drinking tea in the teahouse hall. As long as the original owner called, they would obey orders immediately.
Xiaohua: Master, the third prince, alias Huang Sanlang, has come in.
Wen Wan: Give me a document confirming Huang Sanlang's identity as the Third Prince. This world has a secret cabinet dedicated to selling all sorts of information. Simply print it out in ancient official script and give me all the factions he's associated with. The more detailed the better, and remember to make a copy. Hurry!
Xiaohua: Right away!
As for making the information look like old ancient letters, Xiao Hua knows how to do it.
Huang Sanlang brought a fair-faced servant with rosy lips and white teeth up to the private room on the second floor. He saw Wen Wan through the half-open door. She straightened her robes and came in with a smile, "Sister Wan, have you been waiting for a long time?"
Wen Wan nodded and pulled a stack of documents from her sleeve. "Huang Sanlang is actually the third prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yang Yan, the son of the current empress. The power behind him isn't his maternal uncle or maternal grandfather's family, but rather his close relationship with Ling Chengsi, the prince of the Duke of Ping. He also has close personal relationships with Ling Chengsi's eldest son and daughter. The empress and Cui, the wife of the prince of the Duke of Ping, have arranged for their children to be married, with a marriage certificate and a token of trust as proof. Ling Chengsi and his son have made a solemn promise that they will help the third prince achieve his wish at all costs..."
Wen Wan recited the information Xiao Hua had given her slowly, as if reciting a book: "The Prince of Pingguo Mansion and his family are the Third Prince's first supporters; the second supporter is the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, whose eldest daughter is betrothed to Ling Chengsi's eldest son as his wife, thus gaining this support for the Ling family; the third supporter..."
Without any emotion, she directly revealed all the court officials, important officials, and forces that Huang Sanlang had won over behind the scenes.
"Third Prince, these are the twelve first-class forces behind you, and the eighteen second-class forces that you haven't considered, but you plan to incorporate after the thirty forces that have surrendered to you."
Wen Wan threw the stack of money in her hand at Huang Sanlang.
Huang Sanlang was stunned: How could she know everything and even know all the news about her family?
"The Jianghu Dark Chamber truly lives up to its reputation. As long as I pay a high price, there's no information I can't buy. I just don't know if the Second Prince, the First Prince, the Fourth Prince, and the Fifth Prince have also bought this information."
"I also know that you approached me and tried to win me over because it was Ling Chengsi, Ling Xiu, and Ling Yan, father and son, who were all trying to help you. My mother is rich, and my maternal family is even richer, but you would never marry me. You just treat me like a pretty straw bag. Is that so, Third Prince? You even resorted to the beauty trick to get your money. To tell you the truth, I have more than one copy of this information in my hands. You'd better stay away from me and my family. If I'm unhappy, I can make multiple copies of this information and give one to each of the adult princes."