The only time General Chi had selfish motives was when he also fought on the battlefield. His son and daughter-in-law had both died, and he didn't want to let his only grandson stay on the battlefield.
"Grandfather, why do you think the emperor gave me the title? He wants the Chi family to serve him. If I don't go, the Chi family will be worthless. The emperor will not keep a useless family." Chi Qian'an stared at the other party in a daze. He knew very well in his mind.
Chi Lu opened his mouth, but could not say anything, so he just sighed.
After a while, he continued, "Qian, Grandfather gave you this name in the hope that your father would return safely from the battlefield. But... he, he never came back, and Grandfather only has you left! My Chi family has served the country for generations, and now there's nothing we can do to keep even one person."
Chi Qian'an looked up at the sky without saying a word. Things in the world are unpredictable and there is nothing he can do.
——
Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Jiang Ji frowned as he looked at the memorials in his hand. These memorials were all impeaching the eldest princess.
It was said that bad things about the eldest princess were constantly being spread among the people, which was too provocative. She hoped that the emperor would give the eldest princess severe punishment to appease the public anger.
A few days ago, Qin Pianyue died suddenly at the city gate. So many people saw it and it had a huge impact.
Jiang Ji asked Li Dequan: "Li Dequan, how do you think I should deal with this matter?"
Li Dequan did not dare to make any comments, "I am just a stupid slave."
Jiang Ji was very upset. "Changle needs to be tempered. She's already reached adulthood and should have moved out of the palace long ago. Grant her a house to be her princess residence and let her move in! Staying in the palace will only cause trouble!"
"I'll do it right away!"
This treatment was already considered serious. The princess's mansion had never been approved for new houses, and all of them were newly built. It seemed that the emperor really treated her as an abandoned child this time!
Jiang Qiao was not very surprised when she received the news. She had heard the rumors in those days. She didn't expect that Qin Pianyue was so capable that he would trick her even when she was about to die.
But she is not afraid. Aren’t there enough rumors about the eldest princess?
Yu Xing was almost crying, "Princess, why aren't you worried at all? The Emperor is trying to kick us out!"
Jiang Qiao's voice was hoarse; she had caught a cold. "Why are you in such a hurry? Just leave. This princess doesn't want to stay here!"
"Yuxing, tell Eunuch Li that I want the house on Qinglong Street. Once they're ready, we'll leave immediately. I don't want to stay here at all. This palace is so boring. We can do whatever we want then!"
Yu Xing replied crisply: "Princess, but you can do whatever you want now! I don't think there is any difference."
Jiang Qiao: "...Am I that arrogant?"
Yuxing answered honestly: "A little bit, and a little arrogant!"
Jiang Qiao: ...
"By the way, this princess doesn't plan to take Linglong with her when she leaves the palace this time. Tell her to go back to her mother!"
Conditions in this world are limited, and Jiang Qiao cannot perform surgery on her. He only made some scar-removing beauty cream for her. Now the scars on Linglong's face have faded a lot and are not as scary anymore.
Yuxing: "Okay, Sister Linglong hasn't seen the Queen for a long time."
She then asked, "By the way, Princess, why did you choose Qinglong Street? It's far from the downtown area!"
Jiang Qiao put a string of Buddhist beads on her wrist, "Because this princess wants a prince consort!"
If she remembered correctly, the General's Mansion was near Qinglong Street.
Yuxing: “Huh?”
The Ministry of Internal Affairs packed up quite quickly and had cleaned the princess's mansion inside and out by the evening.
Jiang Qiao was really anxious, so she left the palace that night and headed straight for her new residence.
Before leaving, she took a box of incense from the counter and gave it to the steward of the Imperial Household Department. She pinched herself to make herself look more pitiful, "Steward Wang, this is the calming incense I personally made for my father. It's several times more effective than other incense. Please give it to my father on my behalf. It's my fault that I made him angry."
Yuxing looked at the scene in front of her, biting her lip and not daring to speak. She had seen with her own eyes how the princess made these incenses using the medicine she had bought last time.
The princess said it was... poison!
Steward Wang accepted it graciously, "I understand. Tomorrow I will personally deliver it to the Emperor and speak well of the Princess."
Jiang Qiao: Who cares?
"Thank you, Steward Wang!"
…
Yonghe Palace.
The lights in the hall flickered, and a young man in a satiny white suit stood by the window. "Is she gone already?"
"Your Highness, according to the time, the eldest princess' carriage has already left the palace."
"Back off!"
"yes!"
Jiang Yanchuan's eyes flickered with the candlelight, carrying an unusually perverse temperament that made people want to protect him but also feel terrified.
She lied to him about protecting him. Why did she leave so decisively?
fraud!
…
When Jiang Qiao arrived at the princess's mansion, it was already dark. It was indeed very quiet here. The leaves blown by the wind rustled on the treetops, which sounded really creepy.
"Princess, if you ask me, this place is really not as good as the palace. It looks like there are ghosts here."
Jiang Qiao deliberately scared her: "With so many people dead in the palace, there seem to be even more ghosts."
Yuxing: ...Are you serious?
"Okay, let's go in, I'm feeling a little dizzy!"
"Okay, quickly send the princess back to Mingyin Pavilion."
…
The eldest princess's departure from the palace was also a grand affair. Not far away in the general's mansion, General Chi had not yet gone to bed and was practicing his sword skills in the yard.
Hearing the orderly footsteps outside, Chi Lu was puzzled. Guards?
Why are they here?
When the noise died down, Chi Lu opened the door and saw several rows of guards standing neatly not far away.
He muttered to himself, "I haven't heard anyone has bought it over there! The mansions here were built by the royal family and can't be bought or sold. Who could it be?"
"Grandfather, what are you doing?"
The sudden sound startled Chi Lu.
Who else could it be but Chi Qian'an?
"You little brat, now your kung fu is better than mine! You can even walk without making any sound!"
Chi Qi'an: ...
He wasn't really proud of it.
Chi Lu pulled him over and said, "Come, come, look, there are people living there. Who is it that's making such a big scene? You're good at Qinggong, fly over and take a look! (*ˉ︶ˉ*)"
Chi Qi'an: "...I am a general, not a thief."
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