The three brothers parted on bad terms. After watching the drama, Gu Kaiyuan returned to find that everyone had fallen asleep, save for Zhuang Datou, who was keeping watch. He found a corner to sit down, told Zhuang Datou to go get some rest, and sat alone, staring blankly at the night sky.
He wondered who exactly had sent those three women.
It definitely wasn't the Third Prince. The Gu family was already tied to him. What he needed to do now was protect this family so they would willingly hand over the goods.
The First Prince and Second Prince were possibilities, but neither of them was a pushover; they wouldn't resort to such a lousy trick.
As for the newly prominent Fourth Prince, he had always kept a low profile in the imperial court. Later, knowing he couldn't win the power struggle, he simply withdrew and took his family to his fiefdom early on.
As for the younger princes who hadn't yet come of age, they shouldn't be so impatient as to get involved right now.
