Chapter 010

After leaving Princess Ruyang, Jiashan returned to her own villa. While flipping through the "Lingbao Wuliangdu Ren Shangpin Miaojing", she called Suyu to fetch Zhao Youze.

Although Jiashan had ulterior motives when she came to Changchun Temple, she also sincerely prayed for the late queen. She always felt that she could still get a chance to be reborn, and perhaps it was the spirit of her mother in heaven who was blessing her.

After thinking about it, Jiashan called Dancui again: "After you pack up, please make time to go to Pei's house for me. Please make time to come over in the next two days, cousin."

Dan Cui instinctively said "yes", but there was a hint of embarrassment on her face.

Seeing this, Jiashan also came to her senses. In the past, she had been used to commanding Dancui in the Princess's Mansion. Now she remembered that Dancui at this time didn't even know which way the door of the Pei family opened.

"That's it." Jiashan picked up the pen and wrote, then took another letter and gave it to Dancui, "Give this letter to Lord Zhan and ask him to help deliver it to Pei's house."

Dan Cui was indeed much more decisive. She bowed and said, "Yes. I will go now."

Jiashan's maternal uncle's family, the Pei family, is a prominent family with a strong foundation in the Jiangnan area. Today, the head of the Pei family is still Jiashan's grandfather, the father of the late emperor. However, the grandfather is old and retired a long time ago.

Jiashan's uncle Pei Zijing is currently the chief academic officer of the Imperial Academy. He has many students all over the country and it is an official position that could not be more noble.

As for my cousin Pei Yuantang, he ranked second in the palace examination this year and is bound to have a bright future.

Among all the officials in the court, the only ones who would not harm Jiashan and Zhao Youze are probably the Pei family, who are closely related to them.

Unfortunately, Zhao Youcheng began to vigorously attack the Pei family and their disciples after he ascended the throne. Even Pei Yuantang, who had the most potential, was demoted from his position as the Minister of Personnel to a remote place, serving as the prefect of Guangxi Prefecture in Yunnan.

After all, they were just implicated by Jiashan and others.

Thinking of this, Jiashan couldn't help but recall the day in his previous life when Zhao Youze was forced to commit suicide by Empress Zhuang. In fact, although Zhao Youcheng was very drastic in government affairs and was very rude to the Pei family in the early days of his reign, he was not too bad to Jiashan and Zhao Youze.

After all, one is a woman and the other is blind. For the sake of reputation, Zhao Youcheng would not really kill them all.

The reason for his change of attitude was that at that time, Jiashan's fifth uncle Pei Ziqi suddenly found a miracle doctor named Kong from a remote corner of Jiangnan.

Pei Ziqi was a carefree person who never held an official position in the court. He just liked to travel around the world. For this reason, he had many friends, and people from all walks of life were willing to give him face.

Jiashan didn't know where his fifth uncle got the news that "Miraculous Doctor Kong is good at treating eye diseases". Anyway, by the time Jiashan and the Pei family reacted, Pei Ziqi had already taken Miraculous Doctor Kong to the Ning Palace to treat Zhao Youze.

At first, no one took this Kong seriously. Zhao Youze had already reached adulthood that year and had been blind for twenty years. For his eyesight, Emperor Zhanghe and the Empress had invited famous doctors from all over the world, but no one could come up with an effective prescription.

Even Zhao Youze himself has gotten used to not seeing this.

What no one expected was that after being treated by Dr. Kong for two months, Zhao Youze could actually feel the "light".

Everyone in Jiashan was very happy.

Although he has no chance of becoming an emperor, if he can really see, it would be like a new hope. Even among ordinary people, few people would be willing to be blind all their lives.

What I didn’t expect was…

This matter had only just begun to show signs of happening, but it brought Zhao Youze a fatal disaster. Even though Concubine Zhuang and her son were already in power, they still could not tolerate a visible Prince Ning.

Zhao Youze never even got to see what his sister and uncle, who had protected him all his life, looked like until his death.

Jiashan's face turned pale as she stared at a crabapple tree outside the window.

In the previous life, it was all about timing and fate. Doctor Kong appeared too late and it was already too late.

But this time is different.

My father is in good health now and has no intention of establishing a new country. If my cousin can find this miracle doctor named Kong before Concubine Zhuang and her son gain power, then everything can change in the future.

One day, she will return all the blood that Yuankang and she have shed to them.

Jiashan lowered his eyelids and bit his lips slightly.

When Su Yu went to fetch Zhao Youze, Zhao Youze had just woken up and the maid was still helping him undress, so it took some time.

When the two of them came over, Jiashan had already started copying the scriptures.

Although Zhao Youze was blind, Emperor Zhanghe would not allow him to be illiterate. Not to mention that he was the only legitimate son of Emperor Zhanghe and the Empress, even if he was a concubine's son, there was no reason for him to be illiterate.

Therefore, Zhao Youze had a teacher to teach him, and he also learned to write. His handwriting was very beautiful, but it took him longer than a healthy person to learn.

"Has Sister started yet?" Zhao Youze was led by Su Yu to Jiashan's side. He sniffed at the desk and said, "I smell the scent of ink."

Seeing him stretching his head like a puppy, Jiashan couldn't help but laugh and said, "In the future, if I accidentally lose something, I will ask Yuankang to find it. I think your nose is more useful than anything else."

Zhao Youze pouted and said sullenly, "Sister is cursing people in a crooked way."

Jiashan smiles.

She motioned Su Yu and the others to go down, and carefully carried Zhao Youze to sit on the wooden chair beside her. Because he was going to copy scriptures, Zhao Youze brought his own book, paper and pen.

He first carefully touched the characters on the scripture before he began to write. Compared with the people around him, his pen-holding posture was more awkward. After writing a character, he would always touch the structure of the next character before continuing.

Jiashan always felt sad when looking at his younger brother.

Is her brother really going to be like this for the rest of his life?

Jiashan felt a pang of grief in her heart. She put down her brush temporarily, turned her head and observed Zhao Youze quietly for a while.

Seeing Zhao Youze's concentration, Jiashan couldn't help but lower her head to look at him. She said softly, "If Yuankang could see it one day, what would he want to do?"

Zhao Youze had already written the first three words on the white paper in front of him. He was obviously stunned for a moment after hearing Jiashan's words. After a moment, he held his chin with one hand and swung his legs and said, "If I could see, maybe I wouldn't be able to do whatever I want."

Jiashan was stunned.

Zhao Youze let go of the pen and held his chin with both hands. He slowly lowered his voice and spoke in a straight tone: "Mr. Xu, who taught me to read, told me that although I am the legitimate prince, my father will not make me the crown prince because I have an eye disease. Even if I have the advantage of being the legitimate son, it is useless."

"My father doesn't teach me as the heir to the throne now. He feels sorry for me, so he is willing to let me and my elder sister go out to play. But if I can see, my father will definitely reconsider the matter of establishing a crown prince. Maybe he won't choose me, but he can't just let things take their course and establish my eldest brother as the crown prince. My uncle's family won't allow it, and the civil and military officials won't easily agree to him abolishing the legitimate heir and establishing a concubine's heir. If that time really comes, I think I won't have the chance to follow my elder sister to the Guanli again."

Zhao Youze's tone was calm, as if he was just stating a very ordinary matter, but it made Jiashan gasp.

Jiashan looked down at him.

Zhao Youze's young face was as clean as a blank sheet of paper. Compared to Jiashan, Zhao Youze actually looked more like the empress of the past. His facial features were delicate, and because he was thin, his complexion was a little pale. His dark eyes were not bright, but looked very pure and clear.

Jiashan's eyes were fixed on him without moving. She pursed her lips and said, "Did Mr. Xu teach you these words?"

Zhao Youze shook his head: "He only told me that since I can't see, I can't be appointed as the crown prince. The rest of it was my own decision."

Jiashan looked at Zhao Youze with a deep look in her eyes and she was silent for a while.

Zhao Youze smiled and said indifferently: "Don't be nervous, sister. If my eyes can be cured, I want to fight for the throne. That's the right thing to do. I am the only legitimate son of my father."

Jiashan almost couldn't help but cover his mouth. She asked, "Has Yuankang said this to anyone else?"

"No." Zhao Youze said, "I know I can't tell anyone except my sister."

"In this world, Sister is the only person I can completely trust," Zhao Youze said with a smile on his face. "In fact, sometimes I feel lucky. If I was born with the ability to see, Sister and I might not be so close."