allonlinenovel Chapter 1110 Diverse Methods of Gathering Followers
Chapter 1110 Diverse Methods of Gathering Followers
After listening to Fu Mingjun's story, Leng Rongyue turned to look at Xiao Jingyu... Xiao Jingyu nodded silently to Leng Rongyue;
Leng Rongyue then looked at Sui Feng and Ta Yun... The two of them also stared wide-eyed, nodding repeatedly at Leng Rongyue...
That clearly meant that everything the eldest son, Fu Mingjun, said was not exaggerated at all, and that it was the truth!
Leng Rongyue blinked, imagining things in her mind...
Before my eyes appeared the beautiful and fiery Princess Yan Hua, who, in order to protect her marriage, or rather, in the heat of her jealousy, personally whipped the maid who had climbed into her husband's bed to death in the street!
Some might say that Princess Yan Hua is fierce and cruel, but Leng Rongyue doesn't see it that way.
On the contrary, what Leng Rongyue saw was a fierce and courageous ancient woman who dared to protect the purity and integrity of her marriage and who did not hesitate to take drastic action against any third party who attempted to destroy her marriage.
As for the little maid who was whipped to death... Leng Rongyue didn't have much sympathy for her.
She was originally a servant in the Dongping Marquis's mansion, so it was impossible for her not to know about the emotional fastidiousness of the mansion's mistress.
She knew perfectly well how fierce the mistress of the Marquis's mansion was, and that the mistress hated women who wanted to climb into her husband's bed the most. So, when she developed greed and ambition, she should have been prepared to be beaten to death by the mistress.
Her death in the street was entirely her own fault.
This is because Princess Yan Hua, as the principal wife, has a powerful background and influence. What if it were an ordinary woman with no power or influence?
If a mistress succeeds in sleeping with her husband, and the husband shamelessly cheats on her, how are the legal wife and her children supposed to cope?
Now think about the modern 22nd century...
Humans evolved from animals long ago, and society has progressed significantly. Yet, there are those shameless scoundrels who become mistresses and father illegitimate children, and who, after gaining a voice and even the power to amend laws, actually begin to protect the so-called dirty rights of these filthy scumbags, mistresses, and illegitimate children. They attempt to completely destroy marriage and ethics, which are unique to humans, and vainly try to drag human society back to a world of beasts—a world of indiscriminate mating, devoid of human dignity, morality, responsibility, and obligation!
Those modern hypocritical beasts are no match for Princess Yanhua, this brave ancient woman!
Leng Rongyue realized that her thoughts had wandered a bit!
Leng Rongyue quickly pulled her thoughts back from the distant 22nd century to the carriage in front of her.
"Then... General Ta Yun..."
Leng Rongyue looked at Ta Yun, who was sitting by the carriage door, and asked, "Was the concubine of Marquis Guo Yuan of Dongping really just a... uh... human-shaped gift that Prince Yi gave to Marquis Guo Yuan of Dongping in order to please him?"
"Miss, of course it's not that simple!"
The mistress's identity at the Lily Pavilion was merely a cover for her true identity.
She was actually one of Prince Yi's subordinates!
According to intelligence obtained by 'Feng Xiao', Prince Yi secretly trained a group of beautiful women specifically to seduce and win over officials in the court.
Oh, by the way, Xia Qinian, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, also had a mistress who was under Prince Yi's command.
Prince Yi would select the targets he wanted to win over or use in the court, and then find or create opportunities to use these beautiful women to seduce those officials.
If those officials are lecherous, it would be best if they could use a honey trap;
If that doesn't work, they will drug them to make it a fait accompli, and then use that as leverage to blackmail and coerce the officials into submission!
If the wives of those officials were weak, or if they already had concubines in their household, those women would be directly taken into the officials' household as concubines.
If the wife in the household is fierce... oh, like Princess Yan Hua, the wife of Marquis Guo Yuan of Dongping, and Madam Sun, the wife of Xia Qinian, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, they would secretly keep those women outside as mistresses.
Those women were specially trained, and once those officials fell into their trap, it was very difficult for them to break free!
Not to mention whether they are subjectively willing to resist beauty when faced with it!
"I see!"
Leng Rongyue nodded slowly.
"To be honest, when the Crown Prince passed away, Prince Yi was still a child."
The current emperor's ascension to the throne is legitimate, as it was decreed by the late emperor!
Those court officials who follow Prince Yi cannot all be fools. They can easily tell which side is the legitimate one, the current emperor or the orphan of the former crown prince.
The current emperor is the legitimate successor, enjoys the support of the people, and his throne is secure.
They could easily see how likely it was that they would succeed in following Prince Yi in his plot to usurp the throne.
However, the fact that they still submitted to Prince Yi and became his henchmen shows that Prince Yi used many underhanded methods to win them over.
That makes sense!
"The young lady is right!"
Sui Feng then spoke.
"Prince Yi gathered his followers, except for a small number of officials who wanted to gain merit by following the emperor and earn titles and positions in the future."
The rest are nothing more than sending beautiful women, finding incriminating evidence, or controlling someone with drugs!