Chapter 183 The Return of the Remnant King

Prince Ling, Zhao Zhuoran, is the sixth brother of the current emperor and a biological brother from the same father and mother.

The first time Jiang Jiu saw him, he thought he was handsome and gentle as jade.

There was no way to tell that he was any different from the other princes, yet he was called the Incomplete Prince, and he had lost the qualification to compete for the throne since he was born.

It was not until later that it was discovered that the so-called Cripple King was just a man with an extra finger on one of his hands.

Born with six fingers.

This is nothing in modern terms, yet he is still called the Remnant King.

It's somewhat unfair to Zhao Zhuoran.

However, he has been experiencing this unfairness since he was a child, and he has also been treated unfairly in many ways since then.

First of all, he has been working hard to do his best in his studies since he was young, even though he is very smart.

But what's the use!

When he grew up, he was still a lazy prince.

The emperor's eyes either fell on the prince or on his most beloved daughter, Xiaojiu.

Later, the crown prince died, and the emperor chose a successor from among his many princes.

Even if the eldest son is useless, his father-in-law's family can still help him get him.

The ninth child was just a child, and the emperor paid a lot of attention to him.

Only he, who is also a prince and has amazing talent, is ignored by everyone like an invisible man.

Even his mother ignored him, and sometimes even looked at him with pity.

If only he wasn't a ruthless king.

Zhao Zhuoran stared at his hands endlessly. He really couldn't understand. It was just a few extra fingers, so why was he called the Cripple King?

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Zhao Zhuoxi returns to the capital to investigate his mother's death.

Together with Jiang Jiu, avenge his mother.

He defeated the Zhou family and blew up the queen, but he never expected that in the end, the person who would become his enemy would be his sixth brother Zhao Zhuoran, who had always taken good care of him.

When Zhao Zhuoran returned to the capital, according to the royal ancestral system, he was only allowed to bring 500 personal followers with him to the capital.

The 50,000 troops brought back were stationed in the suburbs of Beijing.

This means that once something happens in the capital, Zhao Zhuoran can lead his troops to attack the city in minutes.

Lu Ming followed Zhao Zhuoxi back to the palace and reported the situation of the Sixth Prince Zhao Zhuoran in detail.

Zhao Zhuoxi felt vaguely uneasy.

"Where are our soldiers?"

Lu Ming replied: "They have been dispersed and settled in various shops. The business rights of Yiyepianzhou have been taken back. Now all the shops are our people."

Zhao Zhuoxi nodded slightly: "If something unexpected happens, just defend the city gate, and Liang Liuge will not dare to mess around."

"Tomorrow, I will go to the palace with the princess..."

Zhao Zhuoxi wants to be with the emperor. Let's see how Zhao Zhuoran responds.

In the capital city, the security is handled by Zhao Zhuoxi's people, and the Bingma Division of the Ministry of War is also handled by Zhao Zhuoxi's people.

The palace and the imperial guards were his men, as were the men scattered in various shops.

The 30,000 elite soldiers he trained in Suzhou are now in the capital. They can be said to be able to respond to a hundred calls with one call, and they will surely defend the capital like an iron barrel.

Early in the morning, when Jiang Jiu got up, he felt unwell all over. He was lazy and lay in bed unwilling to get up.

Zhao Zhuoxi practiced Kung Fu in return, and seeing Jiang Jiu was still sleeping, he went to the bedside worriedly.

"What's wrong? Why don't you get up? Are you sick?"

Jiang Jiu turned over, hugged Zhao Zhuoxi's arm, but kept his eyes closed.

"I'm not sick, so I can afford to be lazy."

Zhao Zhuoxi chuckled: "Then go back to sleep. It won't be a problem for you to wake up anyway."

At this time, the maid Chunhua hurried over from outside and said excitedly: "Princess, aren't you going to get up? I heard that Prince Ling is returning to the capital today, and the emperor has personally come out of the city to welcome him. It's a grand ceremony."

Jiang Jiu then opened his eyes.

"Is Lao Liu back?"

Zhao Zhuoxi nodded slowly: "You should get up too, pack up, and let's go into the palace to welcome Sixth Brother together later."

Jiang Jiu stood up, his brows full of worry: "If he returns with his troops, will it have any impact on you?"

Zhao Zhuoxi nodded honestly: "Yes, so, we will live in the palace."

Jiang Jiu understood that Zhao Zhuoxi regarded the emperor as his own, so even if Zhao Zhuoran made any move, he would not dare to touch the emperor.

Besides, everyone in the palace now belongs to Zhao Zhuoxi.

Even though they had to go to the palace, Zhao Zhuoxi still hired Doctor Yu to see Jiang Jiu.

Doctor Yu took Jiang Jiu's pulse through the bed sheet for a long time, and just when Jiang Jiu thought he had some serious illness.

Doctor Yu stood up and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty. The princess is pregnant..."

Huh? This...

Jiang Jiu put his hand on his lower abdomen and looked at Zhao Zhuoxi in surprise.

Obviously, Zhao Zhuoxi was also confused, and he looked silly with his mouth wide open.

"What did you say? The princess is pregnant?"

Doctor Yu nodded solemnly: "The princess is weak and it is very difficult for her to get pregnant. It is still not easy for her to get pregnant this time. I will prescribe a medicine for the princess to keep the pregnancy going. She should take good care of herself and she will get better slowly."

After sending Doctor Yu away, Zhao Zhuoxi looked at Jiang Jiu happily.

Suddenly, I felt like she was a porcelain doll and I didn't dare touch her.

Jiang Jiu found it ridiculous to see Zhao Zhuoxi at a loss.

"It's just pregnancy, you don't dare to touch me."

Zhao Zhuoxi pulled Jiang Jiu and held her in his arms.

"Yeah, I never thought that you would have my child. God is so kind."

Jiang Jiu laughed and punched him: "This has nothing to do with God, it's the result of your hard work."

Zhao Zhuoxi works so hard every day. As long as the soil is fertile, seedlings will grow sooner or later.

Suddenly, Zhao Zhuoxi panicked. Since Jiang Jiu was pregnant, everything would focus on her and the child, but his plan...

Zhao Zhuoxi called Lu Ming over: "If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move. The princess is pregnant, and peace is the most important thing."

Lu Ming was also shocked after hearing this. Originally, they planned to lock the gates of the capital and capture Zhao Zhuoran after he entered the palace.

Now that the princess is pregnant, their strategy has to change.

"Is the prince still going to the palace?" Lu Ming asked.

"Go in. The palace is the safest place. Isn't there a secret passage in the palace?"

After Zhao Zhuoxi discovered the secret passage under the imperial palace, he had someone modify the secret passage.

It leads directly to Jiang Jiu's villa outside the capital. If anything happens, they can leave the capital through the secret passage and return to Jiang Jiu's villa.

The explosives that were previously placed in Jiang Jiu's villa have now been repaired and still have explosives and cannons stored, which is enough to protect them.

Zhao Zhuoxi took Jiang Jiu in a carriage and entered the palace.

Seeing the emperor again, Jiang Jiu found that he had aged again. He was obviously just Zhao Zhuoxi's elder brother, but he seemed like his grandfather.

Yes, this royal brother is thirty years older than Zhao Zhuoxi.

The Queen's palace was still under renovation, and people from the Ministry of Works were coming and going, monitored by the Imperial Guards.

Zhao Zhuoxi was not too arrogant when he brought Jiang Jiu with him. He still met the emperor first according to etiquette.

But unexpectedly, the emperor was walking with Concubine Xian in the Yu Garden.

Concubine Xian was holding her belly and was already more than seven months pregnant.

After Zhao Zhuoxi met the emperor, he took Jiang Jiu and moved into his mother's courtyard again.

Jiang Jiu sighed when he saw Concubine Xian beside the emperor.

"The Empress and the Crown Prince were both killed in the explosion. I thought the Emperor would be sad for a long time, but I didn't expect that he would have a new person by his side so soon..."