Zhao Qiu Ming was not angry when he heard Jing Mo insulting Fengtian. Instead, he smiled and said, "Zhu Ri is the superior country. I am a Fengtian man who submits to him and dare not have any other thoughts."
Jing Mo threw the pearl necklace in his hand aside and asked directly: "Why did you come to see me so late at night?"
Zhao Qiu Ming took a look at Jing Mo's expression and said, "I came to visit Your Highness late at night. I have no choice but to..."
"Let's get straight to the point," Jing Mo interrupted Zhao Qiu Ming's polite words and said, "Prime Minister Zhao is not here to reminisce about the past."
Zhao Qiuming then said, "It's about the hostage issue."
Jing Mo sneered knowingly and said, "Wasn't the Seventh Prince born to Queen Jiang taken to the Gu Mansion by Princess Linglong to be raised? Why? After leaving the palace, this legitimate prince is still an eyesore to you and your daughter?"
Jing Mo had just arrived in Fengtian for two days, but he knew everything that had happened in Fengtian recently. This was obviously the work of the spies that Zhuri Country had planted in Fengtian. Zhao Qiuming smiled awkwardly and never mentioned the spies.
Jing Mo said: "I thought you wanted to push Yu Ziqing."
Zhao Qiuming said: "He just took up the title of the eldest prince. Compared with the legitimate prince, His Highness is not difficult to deal with."
"Hua Yingzhou has more soldiers than the Jiang family in Wuzhou," Jing Mo said coldly, "Have you thought it through?"
"The princess is marrying the third son of the Gu family," Zhao Qiu Ming whispered to Jing Mo, "Although the Gu family has lost its military power, they have many followers in the army. Compared with the Gu family and the Jiang family, the soldiers in Hua Yingzhou's hands are nothing to be afraid of."
Zhao Qiu Ming was seriously injured and lacked the strength to speak. In addition, this person deliberately lowered his voice when speaking, so the words spoken by Prime Minister Zhao sounded vague and unclear in Jing Mo's ears, and could not be heard clearly if one did not listen carefully.
Zhao Qiu Ming pointed to the two black painted wooden boxes placed at his feet and smiled at Jing Mo, "This is a small gift from me. I hope Your Highness will not despise it."
This was not the first time Jing Mo received a gift from Zhao Qiu Ming. He knew that the gift Zhao Qiu Ming sent was not insignificant, so he said, "Yu Ziyi is still in his infancy. Do you think your Majesty would be willing to hand over his legitimate prince?"
Zhao Qiu Ming said: "My emperor intends to make Concubine Zhao the empress, so the Sixth Prince will be the legitimate prince in the future."
Jing Mo said: "Will the Gu family and the Jiang family let this happen?"
"Your Highness, this is a request made by the superior country. Who among us, Fengtian's subjects, dares to raise any objection?" Zhao Qiu Ming laughed softly.
"I hope your daughter can get what she wants," Jing Mo said and waved at Zhao Qiu Ming.
Zhao Qiu Ming was very perceptive. He knew that Prince Jing didn't want to talk to him any more, so he said goodbye and left without saying anything else.
After Zhao Qiumin left, the two guards opened two black lacquered wooden boxes.
There were tens of thousands of taels of silver notes and countless jewels in the box. In the candlelit room, the dazzling light of the pearls almost dazzled the two guards.
Jing Mo took a look at the two boxes of gifts and showed no emotion. He ordered the two guards to "carry them away."
The two guards called two colleagues over, and had them carry one box each, and they carried the two boxes of gifts out.
Not long after, Qingyu, now Chuqiu, came into the room with a bowl of stew, bowed her head, knelt in front of Jingmo, raised the stew above her head with both hands, and said softly, "Your Highness, please have some."
Jing Mo took the cup and bowl in his hand, and moved the lid a little, and a strange fragrance filled the air in the room.
When Qingyu smelled the fragrance, she couldn't help swallowing, but she didn't dare to look up.
"Why did the Gu family sell you out?" Jing Mo asked Qingyu after taking a sip of the well-cooked meat soup.
Qingyu didn't dare to hide anything in front of Prince Jing, so she told her story. Of course, the maid told her that it was Yu Linglong who didn't allow her to be Gu Xinglang's concubine, which led to the Gu family not accepting her.
"Princess Linglong is still a jealous woman?" Jing Mo asked with a smile.
Qingyu said: "I am a servant, I dare not say anything bad about my master."
The Princess Linglong described by Zhu Ri'an's spies in the Fengtian Palace was not what Jing Mo knew now. A gentle and simple girl, would she become a completely different person after her mother died? Jing Mo lifted Qingyu's chin. This lowly beauty was wearing a thin shirt, revealing everything that could be exposed. Jing Mo pressed Qingyu's bright red lips with his fingers, and moved his hand down to pinch the woman's perky chest.
Qingyu's heartbeat was as violent as a drum. If she was destined to be a bed warmer, she would rather sleep in the bed of Prince Zhuri. How could Gu Xinglang, a minister, compare with Jing Mo?
Jing Mo played with the pair of tender flesh in his hands, but his eyes were looking at the night sky outside the window. He was absent-minded, but made Qingyu gasp repeatedly.
At this time in the imperial palace, Xianzong was sleeping soundly with his beauty in his arms, but Concubine Hua and the other mothers of the five princes could not sleep and gathered together in Concubine Zhao's Chuqing Palace.
Concubine Zhao was seriously injured this time and lay flat on the bed, like a wooden man, unable to move. However, this favorite concubine, at this time, still acted strong in front of the concubines, and her voice was no longer as gentle as it was in front of Emperor Xianzong. She said coldly: "The Seventh Prince is the legitimate prince. You should know what this legitimate prince means without me saying it."
The five concubines looked at Concubine Zhao in silence.
Concubine Zhao sneered, "You all want to be good people now. Although the Gu family has lost its military power, the old soldiers in the army are still there. Add to that the Jiang family in Qizhou, how many soldiers are there? You can calculate it yourself. The third son of the Gu family has crippled legs, but Yu Linglong is willing to marry her. I originally thought she was a man of her word, but now I think she is just a man of profit."
Concubine Hua said: "The eldest princess is really a good sister."
"What can a little girl who is not even 28 years old understand?" Concubine Zhao said, "It's just those people left by the Queen who are instigating behind the scenes. Sister Hua, you have been very concerned about the Seventh Prince. If the Seventh Prince succeeds in the future, it will be difficult for you and the First Prince."
Concubine Hua had a gloomy face. The bowl of Qingxin lotus seed soup was a very cold thing. It was fine for adults to eat it, but it could be fatal for babies. However, Yu Xiaoxiao poured it into Wang Shun's mouth. Then, the princess said something in front of Emperor Xianzong, saying that she was afraid that Yu Ziyi would not live long in the palace. Wasn't this a slap in her face?
"Let's get rid of the enemy first," Princess Zhao said word by word, "After that, my sisters and I will each rely on our own abilities."
"But the Seventh Prince is still too young," said Concubine Rong, the mother of the Fifth Prince Yu Zishen.
"Then let the Fifth Prince go and execute the emperor?" Concubine Zhao said, "Sister Rong, are you willing to do that?"
With just this one sentence, Rong Fei's pity for the Seventh Prince disappeared. No matter how much she sympathized with Yu Ziyi, Rong Fei would not take risks with her own son.
"Sisters should know what to do," Concubine Zhao waited for a while, and seeing that the five concubines were silent, she said, "This is all for our son, so no one should laugh at each other."
The five imperial concubines remained silent. It seemed that in order to save their sons, they had no choice but to send Yu Ziyi as a hostage.
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