A plan against the Crown Prince

Among the crowd, some people were dissatisfied with the Crown Prince for a long time. While some belonged to the camp of the Third Prince and hence, they took this opportunity to incite the people against the Crown Prince and malign his already worse reputation. One of them moved forward with a cunning smile plastered on his face. "Hey, how about we all make a bet?"

Most of the people couldn't help but look at him curiously. "What bet?"

"Who do you think could be in that room?"

"It can be anyone...." One of them said.

"Yes," Another one nodded. "How can we tell who is in that room?"

The cunning man looked at his buddies and smiled. "Then let's bet on whether it is a woman or a man inside the room," he chuckled. "Anyways, when that person gets thrown out of the room and falls in the middle of the stage, then we will know whether it was a man or a woman."

Most of the people who heard what the man said were shocked while some were surprised by his sheer boldness. You see, most of the people dared not to gossip, bet or use the Crown Prince's name so openly and boldly. Yet, this man was standing in the Crown Prince's sight and openly using his name to make a bet and gain profit.

Everyone was well aware that if the Emperor or the Crown Prince get the wind of this matter that they used the Crown Prince's name to make a bet and gain profit, then they would usually end up dead or get implicated. Hence, people couldn't help but look twice at the man wondering whether he was boldly courageous or plain stupid.

"Hey, aren't you afraid that if the Crown Prince gets to know about this matter, he would hack you to death?" One of the people asked.

The man who proposed the bet snorted. "Why? Is the Crown Prince so stingy?"

Everyone gasped.

Most of them were stunned that this person dared to say such a thing. Those who were smart and wise quickly moved away from the man and decided to not participate in this person's madness. They loved their life more than this silly bet. Some of the people who remained were weighing their options in their hearts.

"If we make a bet and win, what will we get?"

The cunning man smirked. "Ten p-grade spirit stones each!"

"What?!?!?!"

"Ten p-grade spirit stones each?!?!?!"

"Hey!!! Do you really have spirit stones with you or are you making a fool out of us all?" One of the women who wanted to participate in the bet questioned the man.

The man smiled and moved his hand. Immediately, two small p-grade spirit stones appeared in his hand. On seeing that, all of them were shocked. Even though all of them belonged to high-class ranking families and were quite rich, yet when it came to spirit stones, they couldn't help but become greedy.

In the entire mainland, these spirit stones were extremely rare and quite valuable. Not everyone could get them easily and to have ten p-grade spirit stones each because of a small bet was quite a valuable offer. Infact, most of the people here came to these auctions because of such highly valuable spirit stones. Most auction sights would put them up so that people can bid on them.

Spirit stones were one the best way to increase their spiritual power in a cultivator's life. They were divided into different types based on their level of performance and quality. These types were usually diverse from c-grade, a-grade, p-grade, r-grade to s-grade. The s-grade was the highest and the rarest spirit stone found on the entire mainland and hence, they were not commonly found.

So, when the spirit stones were mentioned, even some of the people who left earlier returned. At once, their fearful hearts become greedy and they began to bet with great vigor. If they can get ten p-grade spirit stones, then it would save them a lot of money. Later on, if some highly valuable thing is put on auction then they can use this money to bid on those things. Everyone was thinking of different calculations in their mind.

"Okay, so let the betting begin." The man smiled as a cunning light flashed through his eyes.

"I believe it's a woman!"

"It bet it's a man!"

Most of the people put their bets that it was a woman while only a few betted that it was a man. The cunning man chuckled in his heart. He never thought that his plan would actually work. When the cunning man saw that so many people were fooled by him, he chuckled in his heart.

Hah!!! What a bunch of stupid people!!!!

At first, he didn't think his plan would work. But now seeing so many people trying to participate in his stupid bet, his eyes shined with ecstasy. Hehe, These rich masters and misses are usually called smart and would not participate in such things recklessly. And yet, they were easily fooled by his fake spirit stones.

His ultimate goal was to let the Crown Prince get to know about the foolishness of these people. Every person who participated in this bet belonged to some high official families who had positions in the court. And knowing the Crown Prince's cruel and stingy nature, he was sure that when he would know that these people were making a bet about him, then he would definitely get angry.

In his anger, he would punish these people severely making their families angry. The court would be in chaos and every family would complain to the emperor and be against the Crown Prince. They would never support the Crown Prince to be on that throne. And, this is exactly what he wants.

He wants everyone to hate the Crown Prince. And because of this matter, even if the Emperor wants to protect the Crown Prince, he cannot. How can he go against so many officials and side with the Crown Prince?

Only if the Emperor was a fool!!!!!

Hehe, he will have the punish the Crown Prince.

As for him, he had the Third Prince to protect him.