Chapter 576: There is no more Prince Yong in the world
The two rolled around on the soft couch for a while, and when it was over, Ji Yunshu couldn't help but tease, "Showing off in broad daylight, Prince Zhao."
Zhao Shen leaned back on the cushions, his expression full of contentment: "A short separation makes the heart grow fonder, isn't that normal?"
Seeing him just leaning on the cushion, looking at her lazily, Ji Yunshu poked the soft flesh on his waist and asked, "Don't you have anything to do?"
Zhao Shen said: "Well, nothing happened before the war ended."
Ji Yunshu was suspicious: "Is that so? Then why would the emperor let you come to Youzhou?"
It's easy to imagine that there were a lot of things going on in the capital at that time. Considering that the emperor wanted to cut Zhao Shen into pieces, why would he let him come here if there was nothing going on?
Zhao Shen played with her falling hair: "I told him I was worried about you."
Ji Yunshu opened his eyes wide: "The Emperor also believes such words?"
Zhao Shen was dissatisfied: "I'm telling the truth, why doesn't he believe it?"
Ji Yunshu didn't think this was the truth, but there was no need to get to the bottom of some things. It was good to have Zhao Shen by his side.
She thought for a moment and asked, "How is my aunt?"
Because the Queen Mother died when Prince Yong forced her to abdicate in the book, Ji Yunshu was always concerned about her safety.
It's just that both of them were too tired last night, and it wasn't appropriate to bring this up.
Moreover, Ji Yunshu knew that since no bad news had been received during this period, it meant that the Queen Mother was fine.
Zhao Shen said gently, "Prince Yong was a step too slow and didn't even enter the palace. The outer city was sealed off for several days before it was breached by the Shenwu Army. The palace was unaffected. When I left, I went to see the Queen Mother, and she brought you something. However, I left ahead of her to hurry on my way, so it will take some time for those things to arrive."
Ji Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm glad my aunt is okay."
Zhao Shen smiled and asked, "Why don't you ask how the emperor is doing?"
Ji Yunshu said indifferently, "If something bad happened to the emperor, the news would have spread long ago."
The double standard is obvious, and Zhao Shen has nothing to say.
Ji Yunshu's relationship with the emperor was not close, and she always held a wary attitude towards him.
Zhao Shen didn't understand at first, but now after a trip to Mobei, he understood.
Everyone in the capital envied the Ji family. They were top nobles, held a large army, and were the emperor's maternal family. Apart from the royal family, the Ji family was the family at the top of power.
But only those who have actually been to Youzhou and witnessed the cruelty of the battlefield will know that the glory of the Ji family was won with their lives.
There is no marquis in the capital like Ji Changlin, who has been away from the prosperity of Kyoto and has been leading troops on the border for decades.
There is no other child from an aristocratic family like Ji Yunlan, who has been fighting in the bloody battlefield since he was a teenager and may die at any time.
The Ji family is such a big family, but the main branch has only a few people.
But even so, he still could not avoid being criticized by court officials and suspected by the emperor.
He thought that Ji Yunshu had actually always been more clear-headed than him, and was aware of the unpredictable nature of human hearts and the terrifying nature of imperial power.
So she hopes that the world will become a better place and will do her best to achieve it, but she will never agree with the emperor from the bottom of her heart.
After figuring this out, Zhao Shen stopped talking about the palace and asked, "Don't you want to know about the Marquis' Mansion?"
Ji Yunshu hadn't even thought about this, but after hearing him say that, he knew something must be wrong.
Prince Yong was plotting a rebellion, and no matter what his plans were behind it, on the surface he failed.
Moreover, his escape by suicide gave the emperor an excuse to make him an illegal resident.
From now on, there will be no more King Yong in this world.
Next, the emperor will definitely thoroughly purge everyone in the capital who is related to Prince Yong.
Yao, who had an affair with Prince Yong, and Zhao Heng, Prince Yong's illegitimate son, should both be among those to be purged.
Oh, and there is Princess Taining, she is the biological sister of Prince Yong.
In this way, Wei Yuanmin will also be affected.
Thinking about this, Ji Yunshu also became curious.
Zhao Shen saw her bright eyes sparkling with curiosity, smiled, and said slowly, "Because my father didn't reveal Zhao Heng's background, he wasn't affected, and naturally, Yao Shi wasn't found out. But Princess Taining helped after Prince Yong's men entered the city, so when I left, she was already imprisoned by the clan affairs office."
Ji Yunshu: "Even if it hasn't been discovered, doesn't the emperor know what's going on with the Yao family?"
Given the relationship between Emperor Jingming and Zhao Shen, Ji Yunshu didn't think he would know nothing.
There are some things Zhao Shen may not tell her, but he will definitely tell the emperor.
Zhao Shen rubbed her head and soothed her, "It's not the emperor's fault. In fact, when I fell off my horse, the emperor suspected that it was Yao's doing. He couldn't find any evidence, so he sent out secret guards, but for some reason, those people never returned."
Ji Yunshu was shocked: "If that's the case, wouldn't the Yao family be even more suspicious?"
If she was just an ordinary woman in the inner palace, how could she not be able to deal with even the royal secret guards?
Zhao Shen shook his head. "You don't know the circumstances of the time. The deaths of the secret guards had absolutely nothing to do with the Yao family. The most outrageous case I remember was someone choking to death on a date pit. It was because of so many incidents like this that I realized I couldn't touch that mother and son no matter what."
Ji Yunshu was stunned. She had never expected that the protagonist's halo would be so powerful.
"Such a strange thing, yet the Emperor didn't ask anyone about it."
Although it is said that a gentleman should not speak of strange and supernatural things, this kind of thing is obviously beyond the normal scope.
Zhao Shen said, "The emperor asked Taoist Qingxu of Taiqing Temple, and he said that the secret of heaven cannot be revealed."
Ji Yunshu thought of Yichen's mysterious master, and the corners of his mouth twitched. "Who is that old Taoist priest? How could he treat even the emperor so perfunctorily?"
Zhao Shen shook his head: "Taiqing Temple is very low-key. The Taoist priests there are truly talented and don't like to get involved in worldly affairs. If the old Taoist priest doesn't want to talk, the emperor naturally can't force him."
Ji Yunshu felt that if that was the case, the emperor's temper was actually quite good.
At this time, Zhao Shen said again: "But after I came back, he said that I had a glimmer of hope. Now it seems that that glimmer of hope should be you."
Ji Yunshu: "You're talking like I'm the savior. I don't even know how I ended up in this shabby place."
Zhao Shen: "You don't like it here?"
Ji Yunshu pointed to the stack of storybooks he had placed beside the couch. "If you were reading a storybook and woke up to find yourself becoming one of the characters in it, a cannon fodder whose entire family would be tragically killed, would you like it?"
Zhao Shen looked into her eyes very intently: "But everything is different now. If you hadn't married Zhao Heng, your whole family wouldn't have died tragically."
He actually understood that Ji Yunshu was not talking about these things. She was talking about this place. No one would like to leave their hometown.
And her experience is even more outrageous than leaving her hometown.
The occasional carefree and uninhibited attitude she displays, as well as her attitude towards people and things.
All of this made him realize that the place she used to live in must be a very beautiful place.
That's why we were able to raise such a beautiful girl.
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