I, the ninth grade county magistrate, scare the empress to tears at the beginning!

Zhang Lai was filled with resentment, but there was nothing he could do.

Now that the prince has been deceived, he knows that no matter how much he explains, the prince will not believe it, and it is all in vain.

But even so, he didn't intend to give up and had to think of other ways.

However, he still wanted to figure out one thing: who exactly did Ying'er belong to? Was she sent by Zhu Feng or by the king's uncle? He just couldn't figure it out.

At midnight.

When Zhang Lai was sleeping, he suddenly felt someone beside him.

When he was about to yell, the other person covered his mouth and whispered in his ear.

"Don't make any noise yet. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to come here. Come with me."

Zhang Lai became suspicious and felt very strange. He didn't understand why the prince suddenly wanted to see him. Could it be that he wanted to punish him privately?

Just when he was wondering, the other party had already pulled him up and jumped out of the door.

Seeing himself flying in the air, Zhang Lai was so frightened that he almost fainted.

When he arrived at the prince's bedroom, Zhang Lai saw the prince sitting on the couch.

He quickly knelt down, kowtowed and begged.

"Your Highness, I didn't lie. Ying'er is indeed very strange. The butterfly cake incident has nothing to do with me. I didn't ask her to do it!"

At this time, the prince slowly opened his mouth and responded.

"Of course I know it has nothing to do with you, and I know you would never do that!"

After hearing him say this, Zhang Lai's eyes suddenly became happy.

"Your Highness believes me, but why..."

Zhang Lai had no right to question, so he could only shut up.

The prince chuckled and explained.

"Since she is so determined to stay with me, I will see what she wants to do. From the first time she approached me, I guessed that she approached me with a purpose, so I took advantage of her."

Zhang Lai did not expect that the prince would have such a mind. He was stunned and felt that he was very different from the prince he knew, as if they were not the same person.

Although he was shocked, Zhang Lai did not show it and just asked in confusion.

"Your Highness, have you guessed who sent Ying'er? Was it the Queen?"

The prince shook his head and analyzed.

"No, that bitch is hateful, but she won't play so many tricks. She will only do it openly, and she probably won't bother to use such tricks."

"The only possible person is the uncle of the emperor. He wanted to place a spy next to me. At first it was you, but later when he knew you were no longer capable, he found Ying'er."

"Very few people know about the butterfly cake. Apart from you, the only person I can think of is the emperor's uncle!"

Butterfly cakes are the favorite food of the prince's biological mother, but unfortunately, she doesn't like the prince.

Every time he made butterfly cakes, he would give them to one of his younger brothers.

It is precisely because of this that the prince particularly hates butterfly cakes and is unwilling to see them.

The prince understood that no matter how much Zhang Lai wanted to target Ying'er, he would not dare to do such a thing. There was only one reason for this: Ying'er was placed by someone's orders by his side.

After understanding all this, Zhang Lai was a little confused.

"Even so, why did Your Highness deliberately target me?"

Seeing that he still didn't understand, the prince explained, "If you continue to stay with me, Ying'er's purpose will not be revealed, so I will naturally create an opportunity for her!"

After understanding this, Zhang Lai nodded thoughtfully. He already understood the prince's plan and what he was going to do.

Zhang Lai kept nodding his head and responded.

"My subordinate understands."

Looking at Zhang Lai who was kneeling respectfully below, the prince told him his plan.

"Many people have already defected. For example, I have arranged for people to deal with the few who falsely accused you before. New people will be coming in soon. You can familiarize yourself with them then."

Zhang Lai nodded, and was even more surprised at the prince's behavior.

He always thought that the prince's thoughts were simple, but he didn't expect that he was so cunning.

Without saying anything else, Zhang Lai quietly retreated.

After he left, the grandmaster hiding in the dark showed up.

They were all left behind by the crown prince and had never been allowed to show up, not even the king's uncle knew about it.

Even at the very beginning, the prince had no suspicion of his uncle and had never let him know about this matter.

As it turned out, there was nothing wrong with what he did, and he never expected that his own uncle would do such a thing.

"Your Highness, Zhang Lai has not done anything strange at the moment. He was just deceived by the King's uncle before. Now that he has seen everything clearly, he will naturally not betray Your Highness again."

Hearing this, the prince sneered and a hint of sarcasm appeared on his face.

"I can use someone like this, but I don't dare to trust her completely. It's better to be on guard, lest she does something terrible again. It's hard to guard against!"

"As for my uncle, don't worry about him for now. I'll see what he can do in the end."

The Grand Master nodded and stated the issue he was most worried about at the moment.

"The emperor's uncle is not to be feared. The main thing is that the queen has the support of Yuwen Honghao. I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with him. It's not that simple for us."

The prince had already made up his mind about this and naturally knew what to do.

He spoke slowly.

"It doesn't matter. Let's deal with my uncle first. After we deal with him, Zhu Feng will be easy. I am the crown prince. Even if that old guy Yuwen Honghao supports him, as long as I don't give in, they won't be able to do anything."

The prince has thought all of this through very clearly. It just depends on who can hold on till the end. Of course, he wants to be the one who laughs last.

As for the prince's uncle, he was overjoyed to learn that Ying'er had become completely close to the prince and was serving him, and that Zhang Lai had no chance at all.

I originally thought that I would have to wait for a while before the plan could succeed, but I didn't expect it to be successful much faster than expected.

It is precisely because of this that he has been in a very good mood in recent days, as if he feels that he has already won.

While he was excited, his close associates couldn't help but speak up to remind him.

"Uncle, there seems to be something wrong here. I don't think it's right!"

Hearing him say this, the prince's face paused and asked in confusion.

"What do you mean? What's wrong?"

In response to the inquiry, the confidant explained.

"I feel like Ying'er came to the Crown Prince too easily. Could it be that the Crown Prince was so defenseless that she could easily succeed?" (End of this chapter)