The Kirin Office headquarters.
Scholar handed over a cup of hot tea and said with a smile:
"Boss, after this affair, your prestige at the Embroidered Uniform Guard Office has risen even higher."
Jia Huan sat at his desk, leafing through case files.
Seizing prestige was precisely one of his aims!
Everything was preparation for taking power!
"Boss, the Second Prince, Jiang Qi, definitely isn't Partridge Sky." After sitting down, Scholar said unhurriedly:
"I believe I've seen through him. Had he not been born into the right family, a man with his temperament and self-control would probably have accomplished nothing."
"The White Lotus Cult Leader wears a mask all year round. He must be exceptionally cautious by nature, and would never ally himself with someone so arrogant and dissolute!"
Jia Huan nodded and instructed:
"The Second Prince will certainly leap over the wall like a cornered dog. Tell Twin Whips, Iron Palm, and the others to take more men along when going to and leaving work these next few days. At the slightest sign of trouble, flee immediately."
"Understood!" Scholar cupped his fists and accepted the order.
That afternoon, at Rongguo Mansion.
Radiant with delight and wearing the Purple-Gold Crown, Jia Baoyu strode ceremoniously to the courtyard entrance and declared in ringing tones:
"Someone has let that purple hide go to his head. Disaster is about to fall on him!"
Then he laughed with abandon, without the slightest restraint. How could he contain the excitement surging through his chest?
That lowborn concubine's son had humiliated a legitimate son at home, letting the despicable wretch's arrogance swell beyond all bounds. Now look what had happened: he had seized the emperor's legitimate son and subjected him to a torrent of insults before everyone, leaving His Highness the Second Prince almost weeping