"Call her over." Shen Tian said.
The housekeeper left the study and went to the front hall to bring Xue Qingshang over.
As soon as Xue Qingshang entered the room, she asked, "Prime Minister Shen, is Ji Wudao willing to help my sister?"
Shen Tian glanced at the housekeeper, who closed the door and walked out.
Shen Tian and the Xue sisters have always been close. Xue Rong was neglected and confined to the harem, and had to rely on Xue Qingshang for protection, so he did not hide it from her and said, "I was just talking about this with the old official. I'm afraid Ji Wudao has second thoughts and wants to find another better branch."
Xue Qingshang's face turned pale. She knew how glorious it was for her sister at the palace banquet when Ji Wudao captured the fourth prince of Oirat alive. She naturally knew the importance of military power, so she hoped that after Ji Wudao returned to the capital, he would be able to clear his name and become her sister's helper, helping her sister regain her favor.
Who would have thought that Ji Wudao would be so greedy and forget his loyalty, disregarding the kindness he had shown in the past, and was ready to join someone else's army when he saw his sister falling into poverty.
Xue Qingchang gritted her teeth and said angrily, "Such an ungrateful villain!" After cursing like this, she knew it was useless. Xue Qingchang felt very disappointed. Only now did she realize how difficult it was for her elder sister to be so favored in the past and to manage her affairs in the harem.
Shen Tian didn't want to tell Xue Qingshang about what happened in Xianyang, but he reminded her, "Don't leave the house or go to the palace in the next few days. Prepare some personal belongings. If the situation is not right, I will send someone to send you away from the capital."
Xue Qingshang was shocked when she heard this, and looked up at Shen Tian: "What do you mean by this? Is Zhu Yu really going to gain power? Even if he is restored to the position of crown prince, as long as the emperor is still alive, even if my sister has fallen out of favor, he will not dare to kill all of my Xue family!" What's more, the emperor owed my sister. She had been going to the palace several times in recent days to test the waters. From the clues, she had already guessed why her sister turned against Emperor Mingzheng on the day of her giving birth.
Emperor Mingzheng was so obsessed with seeking elixirs that he even cut open his own son to use as a medicine guide. His previous pretended doting was all fake. Such beastly behavior would be shocking even among ordinary people. How is it different from those animals who have lost their nature by eating their own children?
My sister only stabbed him with the hairpin, but unfortunately she didn't take his life!
If he still had some sense of shame, he would have known that he owed his elder sister a great deal, so how could he dare to allow Zhu Yu to wield a knife against his Xue family.
"If the emperor is no longer in good health, who can protect your Xue family? We must always plan ahead so that we are not left with no way out. What your sister can't let go of the most is you, so you must protect yourself." Shen Tian sighed softly, knowing that her thoughts were naive, but he still revealed a little.
Seeing Shen Tian’s gloomy face, Xue Qingshang became more and more uneasy. She pinched her palms and forced herself to calm down from the panic.
She was not an ignorant child and knew that Shen Tian would never say such things without any reason.
"But the emperor has always been in good health, how could he suddenly be ill? Besides, he has given the military power of the three camps to Yu Qizhe. Even if Zhu Yu suddenly rebels, the three camps can still resist." Xue Qingshang said stubbornly, "As long as my sister is still in the palace, I will not leave Beijing."
As she spoke, her eyes turned red. She didn't want to listen to Shen Tian's persuasion anymore, and said bluntly: "My elder sister protected me well in the past, but now she is suffering alone in the palace. How can I be afraid of death? It's just death, and I have to accompany my elder sister."
Shen Tian had other plans in mind. If that day really came, no matter Xue Qingshang was willing or not, he would protect Xue Rong and have someone force her to leave the capital so that Xue Rong could feel at ease.
He looked at Xue Qingshang with a more loving look, and said, "After hearing what you said, I don't know whether your sister felt happy or distressed that you grew up overnight."
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