Marquis Wenning frowned, "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
Jiang Xiancao said calmly:
"My Lord, there is no need to play dumb. You should know how hostile Prince Zhan is towards the aristocratic families.
Even though the Emperor had issued an imperial decree condemning Jiang Huaizhu, the case was not over in his mind. He still suspected the Jiang family, especially the five sons who had been so close to this guilty woman.
Let me tell you one more thing. The Empress Dowager had actually been preparing to withdraw the imperial decree to punish them. It was His Royal Highness Prince Zhan who went to the palace and told the Empress Dowager and the Emperor that these five people were very suspicious. Before their backgrounds were found out, Jiang Jinyan and Jiang Jinyi must not be allowed to return to officialdom.
The Emperor and the Empress Dowager have great trust in him. With his obstruction, even if your Jiang family can ask the Empress and the Right Prime Minister to intervene, it will be very difficult for Jiang Jinyan to get his official position back.
Furthermore, the Right Prime Minister wouldn't necessarily come into direct conflict with the Emperor's uncle over the Jiang family. After all, the Empress and the Crown Prince don't value Miss Chu that highly. What do you think, Lord Marquis?"
Marquis Wenning fell silent.
Lu, who was sitting below, looked nervously at Jiang Xiancao and then at Marquis Wen Ning.
She originally thought that as long as the Marquis rejected the Ninth Prince, her son's reinstatement would be a foregone conclusion. Now, when she heard the Ninth Prince say that the Prince Zhan, whose reputation was as terrifying as a demon, was going to hinder her son's path, her heart felt like it was being fried in a frying pan, and she was so burnt that she didn't know what to do.
"But this king is different."
Jiang Xiancao smiled and said, "This prince really likes Miss Chu. The Marquis and the two ladies also know that this prince likes women who are as pure as the bright moon, which is why he is obsessed with Jiang Huaizhu who disguises herself as such.
It's a pity that Jiang Huaizhu's gentleness and innocence are all fake, but I believe that Miss Chu is not a liar like her. I want to marry her as my principal wife. To this end, I will show enough sincerity. What the Queen and the Crown Prince can give to the Jiang family, I can also give. "
After a moment of silence, Marquis Wen Ning finally spoke:
"Your Highness Prince Zhan is well-known for his stubbornness. I have never heard of your close relationship with this uncle. Can you really control him?"
Jiang Xiancao met his questioning gaze with a firm look:
"If I couldn't, I wouldn't have said that. As for whether my relationship with the Emperor's uncle is good, the Marquis should also know. At least between the Crown Prince and me, the Emperor's uncle is more inclined towards me.
Otherwise, the uncle wouldn't have been able to protect me all along, even going so far as to offend the Crown Prince."
Marquis Wen Ning's eyes were gloomy, and he only believed her words halfway.
But he has been in the officialdom for many years and knows that all eggs should not be put in one basket.
Now the situation of the battle for the throne among the princes is still unclear. There are also conflicts and differences between him and the leader of Tianming Pavilion. He wants to leave a way out for his family and cannot put all the chips on the prince supported by Tianming Pavilion.
"If Your Highness can really do what you said, then I will find a way to bring you and Yu Shu together." Marquis Wen Ning said in a low voice.
Jiang Xiancao knew what he meant. He wanted her to prove that she had the ability first, and he would fulfill his promise only after Jiang Jinyan was reinstated.
By then, it’s hard to say whether he will fulfill his promise or not.
But Jiang Xiancao did not raise any objection to this, she just said lightly:
"But before that, I want to meet with the five young masters and tell them what to do. Will the Marquis stop me?"
Marquis Wen Ning thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
After all, if you want to deceive King Zhan's eyes, you really have to be prepared.
To take a step back, even if what the Ninth Prince said was not true, Jiang Jinyan and the others were not virgins, let alone three-year-old children, so there would be nothing wrong in letting him meet them.
Marquis Wen Ning ordered the servant to invite Jiang Jinyan and others, then looked at Lu:
"Take your mother back to rest."
Mrs. Lu really wanted to stay and listen to what the Ninth Prince wanted to say to her precious son.
But she didn't dare to disobey her husband's order, so she could only go to support Old Lady Qin, but was stopped by Jiang Xiancao:
"Madam, please wait a moment."
As he spoke, the handsome Ninth Prince clapped his hands lightly, and two maids he brought from the palace came forward with a brocade box and opened it in front of them.
Mrs. Lu was instantly dazzled by the glittering jewels, and even Mrs. Qin, who was used to seeing fine things, widened her eyes slightly.
The jewellery in the box are all extremely precious and priceless real treasures.
Even the ladies in the palace would be amazed if they received such a treasure.
"This is a gift from the king to the two ladies. Please accept it." Jiang Xiancao smiled while pursing his lips.
Mrs. Lu swallowed and looked at her mother-in-law.
Old Lady Qin glanced at Marquis Wen Ning and saw that he had no intention of letting them refuse. She thought it would be a waste not to accept it, so she thanked Jiang Xiancao and took the brocade box in person.
They did not see the coldness in Jiang Xiancao's eyes.
She gave such expensive jewelry to her "relatives" whom she hated, not really to please them and let them speak well of her in front of "Chu Yushu".
But it was because she knew very well Jiang Huaizhu's greedy and vain nature.
When that woman saw these jewels from Old Lady Qin and Madam Lu, she would surely be tempted by greed and try every possible means to get a few pieces from them and wear them herself.
What she wanted was for Jiang Huaizhu to wear them close to his body, because only in this way could the special medicine she applied on the jewelry gradually penetrate into Jiang Huaizhu's current body without his knowledge, making Jiang Huaizhu's soul unstable and revealing his true colors.
Although Jiang Jinyan and others were reluctant to see the Ninth Prince, they could not disobey their father's orders, so they had to come reluctantly.
Jiang Xiancao's eyes swept across their faces.
Except for Jiang Jinyi who was eager to see her, the other four tried their best to hide their anger when they saw her, but their eyes were still as if they had seen the murderer of their father.
And she wanted to see them hating her but being unable to do anything about her.
She asked the five young men to line up in the yard and then spoke to each of them individually in turn.
In order to fool Marquis Wen Ning and also to amuse them, she said some words to advise them to be careful with their words and actions, just like a private school teacher educating a disobedient student. This made Jiang Jinyan and Jiang Jinxing very angry, and their faces turned as purple as they walked out of the house.
When Jiang Jinyi came in, she glanced at him and whispered:
"I heard that the Third Young Master has something to tell me?"
Jiang Jinyi swallowed nervously and suddenly hesitated again.
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