Chapter 42 My Rough Journey
Lu Qiongshuang opened her eyes wide, but covered her mouth and dared not speak, for fear of being punished by Jiang Yu to stand.
Illegitimate child——this news is too explosive!!!
Why didn’t the master ever tell her about this?
She pricked up her ears and listened carefully to what Jiang Yu said, afraid of missing a word.
"So the prince consort hates this child very much, and so does Princess Shuocheng, who also regards it as a shame."
"Although he is the first son of Princess Shuocheng and has the surname Jing, his status in the palace is extremely low, even lower than Jingxuan's concubines' children."
"Although he has royal blood, he carries a name of shame. The royal family of the Qian Dynasty tacitly understands that he is a disgrace to the royal family."
"There is only one person who is willing to get close to him and has a very good relationship with him, and that is the Crown Prince Xiao Ling."
"When Xiao Ling was born, his mother died during childbirth. The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess had a deep relationship, so since then the Crown Prince has been disheartened and doesn't care much about anyone, including the only bloodline left to him by the Crown Princess."
"When he was young, he went to visit his aunt and saved his cousin Jingye, who was being mistreated by servants in her house. The two of them got to know each other and felt sorry for each other, so they had a very close brotherly relationship."
Jiang Yu talked for a long time and Lu Qiongshuang was fascinated. Jiang Xue signaled Fu Dong to serve tea, and he took the tea and took a sip.
"So when Prince An was plotting a rebellion, Jing Ye was the leader of Xiao Ling's elite troops. He led the troops and shot Prince An to death. He helped Xiao Ling ascend the throne and was named Prince Rui Chong."
Lu Qiongshuang sighed, "My senior brother, who has great martial arts skills and a great appearance, has a rough life."
Jiang Xue was thinking, Prince An was Xiao Qi's biological father, and the palace maids involved in the death of her eldest brother had letters from Prince An on them. She was very happy that he was dead.
In this way, she also accepted the favor of King Rui Chong.
Lu Qiongshuang suddenly changed his mind and asked, "How did you know this royal secret, cousin?"
Jiang Yu said: "Do you think that the countries are really as friendly and respectful as they appear to be? The spies that Ji State has planted in various countries over the years are not just there to eat."
"Since knowing that there was this person among the envoys, my father summoned the inner guards to collect intelligence and investigate his background for the use of the Honglu Temple. The day before yesterday, my father ordered me to participate in the meeting with the envoys. I flipped through the files of the Honglu Temple and got a general idea."
Upon hearing this, Lu Qiongshuang exclaimed, "My senior brother is also among the envoys? He is coming to Jijing as well?"
Jiang Yu nodded: "We have arrived at the outskirts of Beijing."
Lu Qiongshuang said excitedly: "I knew that returning to Jijing was the right decision this time!"
She had been thinking about the Wanshou Festival, and there would be a lot of excitement in Jijing, but she didn't expect to see the heavenly senior brother her master had described.
"But why haven't I heard about the regent?" Jiang Yu asked with a raised eyebrow.
Lu Qiongshuang said, "I heard this from my master the day before I came back from the East China Sea. It may be that I was conferred the title too recently, and the court has not received the information yet."
"How did your master know?" Jiang Yu asked.
"Master has been in contact with my senior brother," Lu Qiongshuang said as a matter of course, "After all, this is the disciple she cares about the most and is most proud of. Although Master is in the East China Sea, she has a bird that can travel a thousand miles a day. Master calls it 'Banban'."
"My senior brother would occasionally use Banban to send messages to Master, but not often. He would only send letters when there was something important. He wrote to me saying that he was named the Regent, so Master took it out again to criticize, uh, to encourage me."
"The next day, Master said it was not good to detain me in the East China Sea for too long, fearing that I would become stupid and fall behind my senior brother, so he asked me to come out and gain experience."
"I heard that my cousin was getting married after I left the East China Sea, and I also thought that my uncle's birthday was coming, so I rushed back without stopping."
Jiang Xue raised her eyebrows and looked at Jiang Yu.
"Then tell me, what's going on with this regent?" Jiang Yu asked.
"About this matter, although Xiao Ling was extremely smart, it was a pity that he died a few months ago. It seems that it was a few months ago..." She hesitated, "Which month was it?"
"In May, the Qian Dynasty helped the young emperor ascend the throne." Jiang Yu tapped her head.
"Yes, yes, yes. Anyway, not long ago, how old was his son? Five or six?" Lu Qiongshuang thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, he is just a little kid. The country is in doubt when the ruler is young. Not long after he ascended the throne, various forces in the court were ready to make a move."
"In order to suppress these people, their queen mother, Xiao Ling's wife, took out Xiao Ling's will, saying that the emperor was young and ordered that Prince Rui Chong be the regent before he was crowned."
"My senior brother was already deeply trusted by Xiao Ling. He held military power at that time, and with this will, no one in the court dared to say anything."
"Since the emperor was young, there were cases where the late emperor entrusted his son to someone before his death," Jiang Xue asked in confusion, "but even if he entrusted his son to someone, at most he would be an assistant in government affairs, and in order to provide checks and balances, the power of assistant government affairs would never be given to one person."
"It's been a while since Xiao Ling died before the emperor issued an edict to entrust his son to the care of the regent—" Jiang Xue looked at Jiang Yu and said, "Even if they are cousins with deep affection for each other, this is still a bit shocking, isn't it?"
Jiang Yu said in a deep voice: "The regent of a country personally came to a neighboring country as an envoy to celebrate the birthday of the emperor?"
He snorted coldly and said, "This matter is definitely not that simple."
Seeing that the two had strange expressions, Lu Qiongshuang whispered, "Did I say too much..."
She had never thought about how incredible it was for the Regent to personally visit another country as an envoy.
She didn’t know if this would harm her senior brother - but on second thought, she had never even met this senior brother, and besides, she was a Ji citizen first, okay?
"Fortunately, fortunately, I told you about this today, and it will be convenient for you to prepare for the welcoming of the envoy."
Jiang Yu smiled and reached out to tap her head.
Lu Qiongshuang picked up the tea on the table and drank a full cup, saying, "If you continue talking, it will involve state affairs. I don't want to listen to these boring things."
She suddenly thought of Jiang Xue's cold look after she returned home, so she changed the subject and said:
"Cousin, why do you look so unhappy? Is your husband not a good person?"
Jiang Xue was silent, and Jiang Yu interrupted her, "Because you are too noisy."
Jiang Xue did not answer. She looked listless. She only saw that Lu Qiongshuang and Jiang Yu's tea bowls were empty, and was about to ask someone to change some tea.
She looked up and saw Xianglu walk into the room. She bowed to everyone and said, "Your Highness, the medicine sent by Doctor Yan has arrived today. Do you want to take it now?"
Jiang Xue looked up and asked, "When did you come?"
"He came at noon. At that time, His Highness was on his way to the palace. He handed the medicine to me and left."
"I understand." Jiang Xue replied.
"Your Highness, let me help you apply the medicine first." Xiaochun said.
Jiang Xue looked at her and said, "Okay, prepare some hot soup, I want to take a bath."
Lu Qiongshuang called out, "Cousin! We just got here!"
Jiang Xue said, "It's getting late. You should go back home early. My brother is here too. Let him take you back."
Lu Qiongshuang said aggrievedly, "I'm not going back. Today I finally have an excuse to leave the house. If I go back, I'll have to attend those needlework classes again."
Jiang Xue smiled and said, "If you don't go back, how can I explain to my grandfather, uncle and aunt?"
"Then I'll stay here tonight!" Lu Qiong's eyes lit up and he said:
"I want to sleep with my cousin!"
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