Your Highness Yh Chapter 90 (1/2)
That’s right. The Emperor is the key element to everything. Song Lin Feng icily laughed: “Do you really think the Emperor is honestly so foolish? He is extremely clever….”
Song Lin Feng started from the beginning. As Lin Shan listened, the story started to unfold.
Although the Imperial court appeared to be calm on the outside, there was actually a lot of internal conflict. Basically, there were three groups in power. The leading group was definitely Team Du Ye. This team mainly consisted of old officials and counsellors. They had a lot of power to rally supporters and often used their accomplishments for the late Emperor to get their way. Even the current Emperor didn’t dare to mess with them.
The next group was Team Du Hao. Most of the people in this group were the younger officials and counsellors. They had their own beliefs and were adaptive and innovative. However, they lacked strength. Without the Emperor backing them up, they would not be able to exist.
Under these circ.u.mstances, the third group was definitely crucial. It turned out the third group was Team General Yang Sui.
Yang Sui was born in the Capital. For many generations, his ancestors were Generals. By the time he had gotten the position, Yang Sui was at the highest position that had ever been. He had the biggest military power and he had cultivated countless of military leaders. Currently, all of them had very important positions in the Imperial court.
If we include Yang Sui’s military power with his leaders, it would represent more than half of all the military power within the Imperial court. Plainly speaking, the Emperor wouldn’t dare to touch the man.
Thus, Yang Sui was known as the “Lord of high accomplishments”. Although the Emperor appeared to respect and honour him, deep down, the Emperor saw him as a threat. The Emperor wanted to get rid of him in fear that he would go against him in the future. If Yang Sui decided to join Team Du Ye, the results would be inconceivable.
Therefore, the Emperor was troubled. How could he put Du Hao in power as well as control and limit Yang Sui’s power?
At this moment, an opportunity arose.
Princess Ming Yue suddenly stated she wanted to marry the Song Family’s son. The Emperor was smart. Right away, he could see the benefits of the marriage. Song Luo was Song Xian’s second son. Song Family’s eldest son Song Lin Feng had married Yang Sui’s only daughter, Yang Bi Yuan. Yang Sui was extremely satisfied with his new son-in-law.
Immediately after the marriage, Yang Sui wanted to breed Lin Feng as his successor. The Emperor saw this and sent out a marriage decree. On the outside, it would appear he was doing this for his daughter’s happiness, but deep down, he was using Song Luo to control Song Lin Feng and Yang Sui.
“So you’re telling me the Emperor purposely arranged the marriage?”
“That’s correct.” Song Lin Feng nodded, “Not only that. I suspect he knew early on that the Princess actually wanted to marry me. He only pretended to make the mistake. It was all part of his plan.”
After Song Lin Feng was finished talking, Lin Shan was in shock. If what her brother said was true, then it would explain why the Emperor refused to take back his words despite Du Ming Yue telling him that she wanted to marry her brother instead. Wow. So although the Emperor appeared to love his daughter very much, in reality, he put his power first. He was willing to sacrifice his daughter’s happiness in order to remain in power.
Thinking of this, Lin Shan suddenly realized why Du Ming Yue would rather roam around with He Lao San than return back to the Palace. Although she was loved, she couldn’t escape the fate of being a victim for power.
Lin Shan revealed an enlightened expression, “So originally, the Emperor could use my marriage to Du Ming Yue to control you and the General. But now that I’m gone, he has no one. Therefore, he decided to use Father, am I correct?”
“You’re not as stupid as I thought.” Song Lin Feng smirked as he knocked Lin Shan on the head.
Wow. The Emperor was despicable. Lin Shan gritted her teeth. However, in order to hear more gossips, she decided to swallow her words and continued to listen on. As expected, Song Lin Feng continued speaking.
“Actually, this time, the Emperor’s motive is different. Now, the situation has changed. Back then, there were three groups in power. Although there were a lot of conflicts, there were restrictions on all sides. As a result, it appeared to be quite calm. However, currently the Eldest Prince is gone. There are only two groups in power now. In order to preserve his political power, the Crown Prince has gotten rid of all those a.s.sociated with the Eldest Prince. Now, many are in the state of fear.