Jiang Jin listened to the servant's reply, and his handsome face showed no sadness or joy.

"really?"

"I heard it with my own ears. The Empress Dowager told Your Majesty that Princess Mingzhu married into the Yao Kingdom and became pregnant with Emperor Yao's child, while Princess Mingyue fell out of favor! The Empress Dowager is now trying to get Your Majesty to bring Princess Mingyue back..."

"And His Majesty just summoned Xiao Jingyun to the palace, saying he would send him as an envoy to the Kingdom of Yao..."

Jiang Jin had a meaningful expression on his face. His father was actually going to send Xiao Jingyun as an envoy to Yao Country. Could it be that...

He had mentioned the Xiao family's ambitions to his father before.

Prime Minister Xiao was determined to let Xiao Jingyun marry Mingyue, simply because he was attracted by the queen's identity and the Yuan family that the queen had backing.

If they are not allowed to unite, these two families will not be a threat.

If they were allowed to get married, it would be hard to say whether the State of Shen could still be called Jiang.

A cold light flashed in Jiang Jin's eyes, and he called his subordinate, Ye Yu.

Ye Yu is usually the prince's study companion, but he also has superb martial arts skills. He was left to him by the late queen before she passed away.

"Ye Yu, if Xiao Jingyun goes on a diplomatic mission to Yao Country, you go and keep an eye on him for me."

Ye Yu was a little embarrassed when he heard it, "I am not here, Your Highness, your safety..."

"It's okay. No one dares to hurt me now."

"If someone makes a move, just watch."

"If there is no one here, then you can take action." After he finished speaking, a cold light flashed in Xiao Jingyun's eyes.

"Yes." After hearing Jiang Jin's words, Ye Yu clasped his fists and left.

As for the marriage ban issued by Emperor Shen, some people led by Prime Minister Xiao have requested that Your Majesty revoke it.

This move was indeed too unreasonable and would easily give rise to criticism from historians.

But, if I find an opportunity to kill the Xiao family's only son...

Then there will be no worries.

If the Xiao family wants to use marriage to expand their power, they can only marry their daughter into another family.

In this court, the only way for the Xiao family to expand its power is for a son of the Xiao family to marry a daughter of the Yuan family, or for the crown prince to marry a daughter of the Xiao family.

But unfortunately, he would never be able to marry a girl from the Xiao family.

Then, as long as the Xiao family's lineage is cut off, the Xiao family will no longer be a threat.

"Your Highness, if Princess Mingyue really comes back, what should we do..." the young eunuch beside him asked tremblingly.

"Hmph." Jiang Jin curled the corners of his lips, "She has to be able to return alive."

He had been in the palace for so many years, and he was not unaware of how Mingyue and the Queen treated Jiang Ziyi.

He was well aware of Jiang Ziyi's tragic childhood, but he was adopted by Queen Shen at that time and had no energy to help her.

He once secretly sent her food, but was discovered by Queen Shen. Not only did she knock over all the food he sent, she also sternly warned him not to go to Jiang Ziyi's place.

At that time, he was also very young and in order to create the image of a good son under Queen Shen, he had to obey him and could only do nothing but not harm her.

But in his midnight dreams, he often dreamed of the little girl who was only as tall as his chest. When she took the food from his hand, she softly said to him, "Thank you, Prince brother."

Thinking of her, Jiang Jin showed a relieved smile on his face. It seemed that she was living well in Yao Country, so he could rest assured.

And from the news that the little eunuch just overheard, Mingyue being sent to marry is not as simple as it seems.

Yao Kingdom sent a message saying that they discovered that Jiang Ziyi was a fake princess, so they asked Mingyue to go instead.

But now?

Not only did Jiang Ziyi not fall out of favor, but she became pregnant instead, and was in the emperor's favor!

There were only two reasons why Mingyue was called over.

One is that Emperor Yao wanted to vent his anger on Jiang Ziyi.

One is that Jiang Ziyi wants Emperor Yao to vent her anger.

No matter what, Mingyue is destined to be the punching bag.

Thinking of this, Jiang Jin couldn't help but laugh out loud.

She hadn't realized before that this little sister of his actually had some dark side.

But when he thought of Mingyue and Queen Shen's previous excessive behavior, he couldn't help but utter two words, "Serves you right."

The young eunuch standing by was dumbfounded. Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince look so happy? And who was he talking about?

When Xiao Jingyun received the summons from Emperor Shen, he glanced at Prime Minister Xiao beside him with a nervous look on his face.

Prime Minister Xiao stuffed a silver ingot into the eunuch's arms and said, "Excuse me, Your Majesty, why did you summon me?"

The messenger weighed the silver, feeling very satisfied. He then smiled and said, "I don't know the details either. His Majesty only said that he wanted Young Master Xiao to go on a diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Yao."

Yaoguo? When Prime Minister Xiao mentioned Yaoguo, he thought of Mingyue.

Ever since Mingyue was sent to marry, the dream of marriage between the Xiao family and the Yuan family has been shattered.

Not only that, His Majesty also issued a special decree, forbidding Xiao Jingyun to marry into another family.

This made Prime Minister Xiao very angry, but he dared not say anything.

But he only has this one son, and this time, Your Majesty will undoubtedly make his Xiao family extinct!

Princess Mingyue married into the Yao Kingdom, and no one knows whether she is alive or dead, let alone coming back!

Now His Majesty has sent him on a diplomatic mission to Yao Country...

Prime Minister Xiao frowned and stroked his beard, which was almost bald. He had no idea why His Majesty sent him to Yao Kingdom this time.

Moreover, even if he were to send an envoy, it should never be his own son.

After all, his son has not yet entered the court and does not even have an official position.

Prime Minister Xiao, who was like an old fox, suddenly had a terrible idea.

Your Majesty, is this time to kill...

When he realized this, he felt a chill all over his body.

After the eunuch left, he handed a token to Xiao Jingyun.

"Yun'er, please be careful when you go there this time." Prime Minister Xiao said earnestly.

Xiao Jingyun looked at the token in his hand, very confused, "Dad, what is this?"

"These are the private guards I trained. If His Majesty really wants you to go on a diplomatic mission to Yao Country, there are a thousand of them on the road you are going to pass. They usually hide at the border between Yao Country and Shen Country, disguised as ordinary people. As long as you take out the token, they will be at your service." Prime Minister Xiao whispered in Xiao Jingyun's ear.

Hearing this, Xiao Jingyun's face changed drastically.

Although he is the eldest son of the Xiao family, his father has never told him these things so directly.

Although his father had once asked him to deliberately please Princess Mingyue, he could sense some clues.

But he never imagined that his father had already trained his own troops!

"Dad, this..." Xiao Jingyun was speechless for a moment.

Prime Minister Xiao sighed, "Why do you think I asked you to marry Princess Mingyue?"

Prime Minister Xiao snorted disdainfully. Empress Shen hadn't conceived a boy in all these years. She only had that one princess, and the Crown Prince wasn't her biological son...

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Jingyun already understood.

But he still couldn't help but gasp, "You mean, Queen Shen, you want to recruit a prince consort to replace the crown prince?"