Although her father was Liu Yu, she was not the daughter of the eldest lady, nor was she a real lady who grew up in the capital. Even if the prince wanted to marry a concubine and seek support, he should not set his sights on her.
"Zhu Hui's intention is not on you." Cheng Ying lowered her head and took a sip of tea. "I have asked Xia Ning to interrogate Yang Congwen. According to him, Zhu Hui was frustrated that he could not win me over. Since you are my adopted daughter, he set his sights on you. He wanted to marry you as a concubine and have you persuade me to support him to ascend the throne."
"But he is already the crown prince. He will ascend the throne smoothly after a hundred years. Why is he so eager to win you over?" Yu Jiao was puzzled.
Even though Cheng Ying was in charge of the Imperial Household Department and the Eastern Depot and had enormous power, as long as the Second Prince was the Crown Prince, the throne would be his sooner or later, so why did he have to win over Cheng Ying?
Cheng Ying explained to Yu Jiao with rare patience, "The emperor is afraid of Annan Marquis Gu Wei, so why shouldn't he be afraid of Dingbei Marquis who holds the military power in Liang Province? The emperor is now trying to take back the military power from Gu Wei, and the next one will be Dingbei Marquis Feng Ling. Zhu Xun is just afraid that if the Feng family loses the military power to protect themselves, his position as crown prince will also be abolished, so he is eager to win over me so as to keep his position as crown prince."
So that's how it was. Yu Jiao thought that the prince knew about Xue Rong's pregnancy, and secretly hated her for treating Xue Rong, which was why he schemed against her.
Yu Jiao was actually still a little confused as to why Zhu Yu, after knocking her unconscious, would instruct Yang Congwen to defame her innocence.
And... when she was dragged to the bedroom after she fell unconscious, someone secretly let her inhale the powder of the love potion, but the dosage was very light, which stimulated her to barely wake up.
After barely regaining consciousness, she lay on the bed pretending to be unconscious. This allowed her to stab Yang Congwen's throat with a wooden hairpin when he entered the tent and got on the bed without any precautions, and then covered his mouth and barely saved herself.
Zhu Yu was also arrogant, so he only left Yang Congwen in the bedroom, otherwise she would have been unable to escape.
Yu Jiao couldn't guess who was helping her secretly. Maybe it was a spy planted next to the prince, who wanted to ruin the prince's business, so he did it on purpose and intervened to help her.
"You have slept for a whole day. If you can't sleep at night, I will ask someone to go to the study to get some medical books for you. I have quite a few rare books here." Seeing that it was late at night, Cheng Ying stood up and prepared to leave.
Yu Jiao was still a little tired and was planning to go back to bed and lie down for a while. She was a little surprised when she heard this. "Unique copy? Can I go to the study to read it?"
Cheng Ying saw the light in her round, dark eyes, and her delicate face appeared in his mind. The teacher had collected many rare books in the past, and the junior sister also treasured those rare books very much. He smiled slightly and said, "You can go, let this maid lead the way for you."
Cheng Ying pointed at a maid, and the maid hurried forward and said, "The servant Xi Que greets the young lady."
Yu Jiao asked Jianjia to light a lamp and followed Xi Que to the study.
Cheng Ying walked out of the house and suddenly thought of the paintings in the study. He paused and turned back to Yu Jiao and said, "Don't touch the paintings in the study, and don't look at them."
Yu Jiao nodded and agreed immediately, "Don't worry, foster father, I only read medical books."
After Cheng Ying left, Yu Jiao followed Xi Que to the study. Cheng Ying's study was very large, and the bookshelves were filled with books of all kinds, among which medical books were the most.
Yu Jiao picked up a book at random, and it turned out to be the "Su Nu Pulse Secrets" which had been lost in later generations. Her eyes lit up and she was very happy. She held the medical book carefully and sat on the soft couch in the study to read it. Fearing that she would be so engrossed in reading that she would forget about external things, she sent Jian Jia and Bai Lu to rest.
But Jianjia refused. After repeated accidents, she dared not leave Yu Jiao's side.
Finally, Yu Jiao had to agree to let her stay in the study for the first half of the night while Bai Lu went to rest first. In the second half of the night, Bai Lu would come over and Jian Jia would take over to rest.
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