Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne-Chapter 181 - 153 The Noble Families of Yangzhou

Inside Xingde Palace, the Eighth Prince was reclining on the bed reading a book.

Yu Hai brought in a cup of hot tea, then immediately held it before the Eighth Prince with both hands. "Your Highness, please have some tea and take a break."

The Eighth Prince put down the book in his hand, reached out and took the teacup, lifted the lid, and gently blew on it before sipping the tea.

"What time is it now?"

"Almost noon." Yu Hai thought the Eighth Prince was hungry, "Your Highness, should I bring in your lunch?"

"I’m not hungry for the time being." The Eighth Prince handed the teacup to Yu Hai, "I don’t know how Tenth Brother is doing."

"Your Highness, it turns out you are worried about the Tenth Prince."

"His health is not very good. He just recovered from an illness not long ago. Although it’s already April and the weather has warmed up quite a bit, the water in the fields is very cold. I’m worried that the Tenth Brother will catch a cold." The Eighth Prince remembered something and asked Yu Hai, "Haven’t they found the Divine Doctor yet?"

"It’s said that the Divine Doctor is elusive and hard to find." Yu Hai replied respectfully, "Every time they reach the place where he was seen, the Divine Doctor leaves in advance."

"Get them to find him as soon as possible."

"Oh, my Prince, your body is even weaker than the Tenth Prince’s. You should think about yourself." Seeing that the Eighth Prince was only concerned about Zhao Yao’s health and not his own, Yu Hai was a bit anxious. "You still can’t get out of bed; you should care more about your own health."

"I am in good health."

"How can you be in good health?" Yu Hai was irritated by his master’s disregard for his own condition, "Your health was already not very good. This time you’ve walked through the Gate of Hell and lost your vitality, and it won’t get better in just three or five years. You need the Divine Doctor even more than the Tenth Prince." Yu Hai also hoped to find the Divine Doctor quickly to properly check the Eighth Prince’s pulse and nourish his body.

"I’m not as weak as you say." Compared to his own health, the Eighth Prince was more worried about Zhao Yao’s health.

"Your Highness..."

The Eighth Prince impatiently interrupted Yu Hai, "Enough, I’m fine."

Yu Hai could only reluctantly close his mouth, not daring to say any more about the matter.

"How are things in Yangzhou being handled, without leaving any loose ends?"

"Your Highness, rest assured, the matters in Yangzhou were handled very cleanly, without leaving any traces," Yu Hai paused here, hesitated, and then spoke, "Your Highness, is Dong Jin really not going to betray you?"

"He doesn’t dare." The Eighth Prince sneered, "If he betrays me, then his son won’t stand a chance of living."

Yu Hai remembered that Dong Jin’s most treasured illegitimate son was in their hands and felt somewhat relieved.

"Your Highness, if we don’t notify Dong Jin and let him get caught, what if he feels resentful towards you and exposes you?"

"He won’t live long anyway." The Eighth Prince replied coldly, "If it weren’t for me, he’d already be dead."

"Your Highness, I still think killing him would be better." Yu Hai voiced his concern, "Keeping him alive is really too dangerous." Only dead men can keep secrets.

"He can’t die, he needs to live well."

"Why is that?" Yu Hai asked with a puzzled expression, "He no longer has any value, why keep him alive?" Yu Hai thought keeping Dong Jin alive was extremely dangerous.

"Who told you he’s of no value?" The Eighth Prince smiled meaningfully, "He needs to stay alive to play his role."

Yu Hai looked confused, "What role?"

"Him being alive can see the assassination attempt on the Crown Prince come to a close and can destroy those people in Yangzhou." The Eighth Prince’s eyes were cold as he thought of the noble families in Yangzhou, "Father has been setting this up for so long, just to deal with those noble families in Yangzhou. Now Father sent Grandmaster Liu there to draw in the net, and Dong Jin is the key to that net."

"Your Highness, wasn’t it you who made Dong Jin cooperate with the noble families in Yangzhou, why are you now having Dong Jin betray them?" Moreover, these years, the noble families in Yangzhou have sent Your Highness quite a lot of money. If the Emperor eliminates those noble families, Your Highness will lose a source of wealth.

"Those people in Yangzhou deserve to die!" Although the noble families in Yangzhou had given the Eighth Prince a lot of money, the Eighth Prince loathed them. "Those people think they can rule the world, manipulating the clouds and the rain, without putting anyone in their eyes."

"But aren’t they still useful to you?"

"They are no longer of use." The Eighth Prince replied casually, "Things that are useless should be discarded."

Upon hearing these words, Yu Hai felt a slight tension in his heart, then asked, "Your Highness, are you helping the Emperor?"

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