The Ultimate Prodigal Son - Chapter 269

[Chapter 269 The First Prince’s Actions]

Afterwards, the father and son discussed the matter of the day of the sacrifice to heaven, and Lin Tian decided to personally go to the place of the sacrifice to heaven in a few days to inspect it.

He was unfamiliar with this place, and it would be a great disadvantage to face Liu Zhang.

So he treated it as a way to familiarize himself with the place as soon as possible.

It is better to be prepared than to be caught in a trap.

“I understand, then father, take care of your rest, and I will leave first.”

They chatted intermittently for most of the morning. Seeing that Lin Zuhua was also a little tired, Lin Tian took the initiative to say goodbye.

Lin Zuhua still had a few more things he wanted to say, but Lin Tian naturally knew what he could think of, so he swallowed the words that were on his lips.

“You’d better be careful, go down.”

Lin Zuhua nodded and let him go back first.

After Lin Tian left Lin Zuhua’s study, he did not return to his room immediately, but plunged into his own study.

He had always wondered which side Li Tianlun belonged to.

Now he is more familiar with the eldest prince and the third prince, and he has never met the other princes and princesses.

The second prince is said to be a wild man who likes to travel around the world, and he must not want to get involved in the struggle for imperial power.

As for the eighth prince, Lin Tian does not know him. Su Rui, who has been following His Royal Highness King Jing in Liangzhou City, should be the emperor’s youngest son, the eleventh prince.

“It is unlikely that the princesses will be like this, and His Royal Highness King Jing will definitely not have such people under his command.”

Lin Tian muttered to himself while writing down several names on a piece of white paper.

This is a mind map. He wrote down all the information he could collect on it, and marked the relationship clearly and naturally.

“The remaining eighth prince and the eldest prince are the most suspicious.”

Lin Tian drew a big circle on these two names.

The eldest prince is named Su Lin, and Lin Tian did not know much about the other princes.

According to Liu Zhang’s power, and the fact that Liu Zhang has been able to get along well in the court over the years, all of these require money to escort.

So if nothing unexpected happens, Li Tianlun should be a figure under the eldest prince.

It’s just that this chess piece was easily destroyed by him, and even instigated a rebellion.

Of course, no one knew the latter.

The eighth prince Lin Tian had no impression at all, but there was such a person in his memory.

He didn’t see this person in the court.

Perhaps this person’s presence is really low.

“This relationship is really complicated, and there is also a Dali Temple Minister…”

Lin Tian muttered to himself, and soon drew a relationship network map.

It’s a pity that he just took a look at it, then crumpled the paper and put it on the candlelight.

If this relationship network is leaked out, it will probably cause an uproar!

So in order not to cause criticism, Lin Tian directly destroyed the paper.

After sorting out their relationship, Lin Tian probably had a bottom line in his heart.

In the morning court afterwards, no matter how Liu Zhang provoked Lin Tian, he was smiling but not smiling, and pushed his words back like practicing Tai Chi.

Lin Tian’s indifferent appearance made Liu Zhang angry, but it was a pity that he couldn’t do anything to Lin Tian now.

“This man is really cunning. I think we must get rid of him quickly!”

That night, in the dim study, Liu Zhang said with gritted teeth.

And the person sitting opposite him was obviously the eldest prince Su Lin.

“Grandfather, don’t worry. Tomorrow is the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heaven. The day of tomorrow next year will be the day of Lin Tian’s sacrifice!”

Compared with Liu Zhang’s gnashing of teeth, Su Lin seemed much calmer.

He often did these things that were not presentable, so he was also very good at arranging manpower.

At this time, he could ensure that there was no mistake, so he believed that Lin Tian would definitely die tomorrow!

“Has the eldest prince arranged everything that I have instructed?”

Liu Zhang put his eyes on Su Lin, his old eyes glowed with a sinister light, like the eyes of a poisonous snake in the dark.

His aura at this time was very gloomy. Although he spoke honorifics to Su Lin, his tone was full of instructions.

But Su Lin didn’t seem to care about this, or he didn’t realize that there was anything wrong at all, and he had already gotten used to it.

He nodded, as if he had a plan in mind.

“Of course everything has been arranged. This person will definitely die tomorrow!”

He was quite complacent.

“That’s good. To ensure that everything is safe, we will go back and check it today. We will set off early tomorrow morning.” However,

the cautious Liu Zhang was still worried and gave Su Lin a few more instructions.

Su Lin felt that Liu Zhang did not believe him. Although he was dissatisfied, he nodded and agreed because this person was his grandfather who raised him.

This was enough to show that although Su Lin was of noble status, he was mediocre and incompetent.

It is no wonder that Emperor Zhengde has been reluctant to appoint him as the crown prince. Such a cowardly emperor who only listens to the prime minister can only be a disaster for Da Chu!

If such a prince is really made emperor, I am afraid that Da Chu will fall into the hands of the Liu family sooner or later!

Then Da Chu will change its surname to Liu!

The next morning.

Lin Tian got up early and waited outside the palace gate early.

The emperor will go to the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs to pray for rain today. This time, the announcement has been issued long ago, so all the debris on the street has been cleaned up today.

The people gathered on the street, wanting to see the true face of the emperor.

It’s a pity that the emperor has been hiding in the sedan chair, and it is clear that he can’t be seen in person.

The carriage drove slowly to the suburbs.

They got up before dawn, and now the sun is at its zenith, but they have only traveled about half the distance.

“Minister Lin.”

Just when Lin Tian was yawning and wanted to be distracted while sitting on the horse, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.

“Grand Prince? Your humble servant greets your humble servant!”

Lin Tian turned around and found Su Lin riding a maroon horse towards him.

Because he was on a horse and the team was moving forward, Lin Tian could not dismount rashly, so he could only salute Su Lin on horseback.

“No need to be polite. This prince has admired Minister Lin for many days, so he naturally cannot accept such a courtesy.”

Su Lin waved his hand very modestly.

But he did not avoid Lin Tian’s courtesy at all, and his expression was also very proud.

“What is there to admire? Your humble servant is just lucky and has been appreciated by the emperor.”

As for the position of Minister of Works, Lin Tian did not take it seriously, so his answer at this time was also very modest.

It’s a pity that when others heard the extremely humble answer, Su Lin felt that Lin Tian was deliberately showing off to him.

After all, he was not appreciated by the emperor!