What Duke Jingguo, who didn't want to bring a tigress into his family, didn't know was that when the second wave of news from Duke Weiguo reached the northern border, Prince Zhenbei, Yu Zizhen's biological father, was actually even more shocked than he was.
Many years ago, he had heard from Mr. Jiang that Yu Zizhen was not good at studying but was very interested in studying medicine. What was his reaction at that time?
Prince Zhenbei tried hard to recall, and then he remembered that he seemed to be very helpless and at ease when he secretly criticized Yu Zizhen for "not doing his job".
Isn't that just not doing her job properly? In the eyes of King Zhenbei, even if she couldn't learn needlework, cooking, housekeeping, perfume making and rouge making that girls should learn because she had to dress up as a man, she should at least study hard and learn more about how to be a human being and common etiquette rules, instead of learning medical skills, let alone doing free medical treatment regardless of her status.
You should know that in the Great Qi Dynasty, the status of doctors was actually very low. Anyone who had some official title, worked in the government office, or had relatives who were officials, did not look down on doctors.
If Yu Zizhen's study of medicine and free medical treatment had not been more conducive to confirming her "male" identity, the King of Zhenbei would not have told Mr. Jiang "don't bother with her".
At that time, he didn't know that Yu Zizhen had improved her medical skills to a level far beyond that of the imperial physician in such a short period of time. He thought that she could only learn the basics at most.
After all, Yu Zizhen did not only study medicine, she also had to be a study companion to the eldest prince, and she had to find time to practice martial arts. She even taught herself foreign languages and often studied how to farm better in the palace.
This was only what he knew at the time. If one added to that what Yu Zizhen had secretly done without telling any of them, the King of Zhenbei would have doubted that she would have enough time to study medicine.
To put it bluntly, the Prince of Zhenbei was just like the Duke of Jingguo. He underestimated Yu Zizhen, who had his own cheats and was the king of rolls, so he never expected that the other party could accomplish so many things in a dozen years.
He subconsciously did not want to believe the information sent back by the spies, but if he did not believe it, he really could not understand why the Duke of Weiguo would jump out and firmly express his recognition and support for Yu Zizhen when Yu Zizhen was in the most difficult situation.
Prince Zhenbei was in a complicated mood. He frowned unconsciously and sighed unconsciously from time to time. With him like this, Yu Zicheng and Princess Zhenbei were naturally in a bad mood as well.
As for the concubines and illegitimate sons of the Zhenbei Prince who had been suppressed by the mother and son, some of them were gloating over the retribution of the Zhenbei Princess and Yu Zicheng, but some of them were genuinely worried about the future of the Zhenbei Palace.
Most of the time, they and the King of Zhenbei were a community of shared interests. If the King of Zhenbei could really make further progress, although most of his illegitimate sons and daughters would still have no chance of inheriting his greatest legacy - the throne and the country, at least they would all be able to obtain the title of prince or princess.
By then, who would dare to criticize them because of their illegitimate status?
Even their biological mothers, depending on the power of their families and the degree of favor they and their children received, would definitely be able to obtain the position of a concubine or a royal concubine.
At that time, the wives of the main wives of the families who originally did not look down on them and always looked down on them would have to be very respectful in front of them. If they could even get the position of one of the four concubines, those people would even have to smile and curry favor with them.
In this way, they can be said to have completely raised their heads in pride.
But now Yu Zizhen suddenly appeared, and the King of Zhenbei's chance of winning, which was originally half, suddenly became less than one-third. Wouldn't their wealth and glory also be gone?
Everyone was depressed. For the first time, they prayed from the bottom of their hearts, praying that the King of Zhenbei and his wife could bring back Yu Zizhen, the wild horse that had run away from his reins.
Yu Zizhen, who was completely unaware of their feelings and didn't care, was now receiving Mr. Chen Si, who had received an urgent letter from his old father.
Fourth Master Chen regretted that he could not form a strong alliance with Yu Zizhen, and even more regretted that he could not use the opportunity of marriage to gradually absorb Yu Zizhen's troops and territory. However, Fourth Master Chen actually agreed with Duke Jingguo's judgment that Yu Zizhen was "too dangerous."
He sighed to Chen Hushan, "You are so unlucky."
Chen Hushan couldn't help but roll his eyes at his hateful fourth uncle who was talking without any hesitation.
He doesn't want to marry a woman as powerful as Yu Zizhen. His ideal type is a truly spoiled daughter of a wealthy family.
Finally his grandfather was willing to let him go, so of course he had to seize the opportunity to escape the tragic fate that almost befell him.
In accordance with Duke Jingguo's request, Mr. Chen Si and Chen Hushan immediately ran to ask for an audience with Yu Zizhen shortly after receiving the news.
Yu Zizhen was quite enthusiastic towards them. Not only did he not make any trouble for them, he immediately made time to meet with them and even chatted with Chen Hushan in a very open manner.
Chen Hushan tried hard not to show his awkwardness. He first forced a smile and chatted with Yu Zizhen for a few words, then changed the subject and mentioned that the Jingguo Mansion wanted to form an alliance with Yu Zizhen to attack the Lu family.
Yu Zizhen did not make things difficult for him. As soon as he proposed to form an alliance, Yu Zizhen immediately agreed.
She called her subordinates and the two sides began to discuss the alliance treaty.
Upon receiving the news, Prince Zhenbei was afraid that he would be the only one isolated, so he hurriedly sent someone to pass the message to Yu Zizhen, proposing a meeting and alliance.
Of course, Yu Zizhen would not isolate him at this time. Her sphere of influence was in the west and the east, with the northern region sandwiched in between. Yu Zizhen did not want the King of Zhenbei to make trouble for her along the border of her sphere of influence after knowing that he had no hope of seizing the throne.
She readily agreed to meet with the King of Zhenbei, and then acted as a middleman to get the King of Zhenbei to join the anti-rebellion alliance formed by her, Duke Jingguo and Duke Weiguo.
Yu Zizhen did not tell Prince Zhenbei, Master Chen Si and others that Duke Weiguo had no intention of getting involved in this matter. In fact, his support for her was only spiritual.
When Mr. Chen Si and the King of Zhenbei mentioned the mysterious General Kaiyang in the western region, Yu Zizhen directly attributed him to the Duke of Weiguo.
Although this was just a lie told by Yu Zizhen, Fourth Master Chen and Prince Zhenbei believed it without any hesitation.
In their opinion, if that Kaiyang had nothing to do with the Duke of Wei, the Duke of Wei would definitely not watch him jumping around in the western region.
As for the fact that their spies could not find out the relationship between Kaiyang and Duke Weiguo, both Mr. Chen Si and Prince Zhenbei felt that it must be because Duke Weiguo was very good at hiding.
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