Chapter 851 Did he respond to her?
Lin Yu thought of how the Empress of Chaoxi Kingdom relentlessly pursued the eldest son and didn't know what to say.
She said, "The eldest young master should have gone home by now!"
"She wasn't with the Queen of Chaoxi Kingdom?"
Lin Yu nodded, "They were originally together, but Grand Tutor Jiang brought him back to the Jiang residence."
"My father brought him back to the manor. What happened?" Jiang Fenghua asked.
Lin Yu recounted what she had seen: "The Empress hugged and kissed the eldest son. I never expected that the gentle and refined eldest son, who seemed like a true gentleman, would be unable to resist the Empress's advances. I think Sang Yu Pianpian came here specifically for the eldest son."
"Did he respond to her?" Jiang Fenghua asked, puzzled.
Lin Yu was speechless. "No, not at all."
"The eldest young master is still quite self-respecting," Lin Yu scoffed.
Jiang Fenghua felt that Lin Yu was suppressing a laugh. Could it be that Jiang Jinyan and Sang Yupianpian had really done something outrageous, and even her father had noticed the problem?
Upon arriving at the Jiang residence, the gatekeeper saw the Empress returning disguised as a man and prepared to report to her, but she said, "No need to report, I'll go in myself."
Jiang Fenghua went straight to the study, where she heard Jiang Huai sternly reprimanding Jiang Jinyan.
"You are a subject, and he is the ruler. It is a romantic and amusing thing for a ruler to tease his subject, but for a subject to tease his ruler, it is sycophancy," Jiang Huai said sternly.
Jiang Jinyan retorted, "Father, your words are too harsh. I have not fawned over anyone."
“I saw it clearly with both eyes, and all the ministers were watching. I don’t know where to put my face. Jiang Jinyan, you are a married man…”
Jiang Fenghua suddenly pushed the door open and came in, "Father."
Jiang Jinyan was kneeling on the washboard, holding a stack of books horizontally in his hands. Jiang Fenghua felt embarrassed when she saw this. Her older brother was already thirty-two years old, but her father was still punishing him like he did when he was a child.
"Ruan Ruan, what brings you here?"
“If I don’t come, my elder brother can forget about attending the morning court tomorrow. Father is punishing him like this; how will my sister-in-law view him?” Jiang Fenghua said.
Jiang Huai was also furious and confused. "Get up now!"
Jiang Jinyan's knees were bruised from kneeling, and he couldn't stand up. Jiang Fenghua helped him sit on a stool before saying, "Brother, really! Father wants to punish you, but you don't know how to resist. How can you be so blindly filial! I really don't know why so many women like a dull man like you."
Jiang Jinyan actually felt guilty. He had deliberately wanted to be physically punished. He even felt a little happy when he was facing Sang Yupianpian. He despised his own dirty thoughts in his heart.
Jiang Huai asked, "Does His Majesty know that Ruan Ruan left the palace at this hour?"
He thought that the emperor probably didn't know, because the emperor would never let her leave the palace.
Jiang Fenghua said, "I have already left a message for him. He knows that I have left the palace to find you and Sang Yupianpian."
When Sang Yupianpian was mentioned, none of them spoke. After all, her identity was extraordinary, and the Jiang family could not afford to offend her.
Jiang Fenghua got down to business, "I came to see my elder brother about another matter concerning the Xiao clan of Beixiao Kingdom."
Jiang Fenghua told them about her dream, and Jiang Huai and Jiang Jinyan found it unbelievable: "How could Ruan Ruan have such a dream? The Northern Xiao Kingdom will destroy the Great Zhou in the future."
“I don’t know either. I don’t know why, but I dream about whatever I think about. This phenomenon started when I regained my memories.” She continued, “The flower between my eyebrows is actually a mark that inexplicably appeared on the day I regained my memories. You all heard Xiao Shang talk about it today. It’s called Manjusaka, a flower of death from hell. I don’t think these are coincidences.”
She was able to experience something like being reborn, and she felt that most of the dreams she had were true.
Jiang Huai was also someone who didn't believe in supernatural phenomena. He studied Confucianism and Mencius, but ever since Jiang Jinyan told him some things, he had started to have doubts.
They only knew that Jiang Fenghua had memories of her past life, but they didn't know how miserable the Jiang family had been in her past life. Lin Yu had heard Ji Chen mention it, but she didn't tell anyone the details.
Jiang Jinyan said, "Sang Yupianpian said that Xiao Shang's original name wasn't actually Xiao Shang, but Xiao Chuanyun..."
He shared the information he had learned from Sang Yu Pianpian: "This eldest prince of the Northern Xiao Kingdom is quite shrewd and ruthless. Since Xiao Shang took power, the territory north of the glacier has been completely occupied by the Northern Xiao Kingdom, so the power of the Northern Xiao Kingdom should not be underestimated."
Jiang Fenghua murmured, "Xiao Chuanyun."
"The eldest prince of the Northern Owl Kingdom is named this. He also seized the throne of Northern Owl for his father. He is a very cunning man, and his methods are ruthless and decisive..."
Jiang Fenghua recalled her dream about the Northern King, and her mind raced. "The royal surname of the Northern Xiao Kingdom is Xiao, so I can deduce that the name of that Northern King might be Xiao Shang. He was also inhuman and cold-blooded. Could there be a connection between the two?"
Jiang Huai said, "Ruan Ruan dreamed that the Northern Xiao Kingdom destroyed the Great Zhou several decades later. During the Emperor's reign, the Great Zhou Kingdom was still safe."
Jiang Jinyan said, "With the arrival of envoys from various countries in Da Zhou, the Northern Owl Kingdom has been provoking us openly and covertly. The Emperor will certainly not allow the Northern Owl Kingdom to be so arrogant. Now I am not worried that Da Zhou will go to war with the Northern Owl Kingdom."
Jiang Fenghua shook her head. "My intuition tells me otherwise. Many things in this life are different from those in the last. This life may not follow the same trajectory as the last life. In my dreams, I had no impression of the Northern Xiao Kingdom at all in my last life. It was only when I dreamed of the Great Zhou being destroyed that I saw that the totem of the Northern Xiao Kingdom was the whale pattern."
"These are all linked to the marks of the Earthly Fiend Sect assassins."
Jiang Huai and Jiang Jinyan also found it unbelievable. They had no choice but to believe her because Jiang Fenghua's predictions had almost always come true since they were young.
"Did Ruan Ruan tell the Emperor about these things?" Jiang Huai asked.
Jiang Fenghua shook her head. "Not yet. I haven't figured out how to tell him. I don't want to argue with him again because of my memories from my past life." Actually, she didn't have a chance to say it. Consort Song was in the Imperial Study. If she went in, she was afraid it would ruin the atmosphere and make everyone feel awkward.
She can only live with dignity if she knows nothing.
Jiang Huai and Jiang Jinyan said at the same time, "We can't say that Ruan Ruan did the right thing."
An emperor's thoughts are never for outsiders to fathom. Ruan Ruan only remembers the present, which will save her a lot of trouble. For example, the emperor's suspicion will distance them from each other.
Even though the Jiang family is now in such a high position, Jiang Huai still walks on thin ice, being extremely cautious. The higher they stand, the more the Jiang family needs to remain invisible in order to survive in the long run.
Just then, there was another knock on the door. "Reporting to the eldest young master, Minister Xiao has arrived."
Jiang Jinyan said, "Please have Minister Xiao wait in the living room."
"Why is Xiao Yu here so late?" Jiang Fenghua asked.
Ever since she learned that Xiao Yu had collected her body in her previous life and found a place to build a tomb for the Jiang family, she had wanted to thank him.
He knows nothing right now, and she doesn't want to disturb him and let him know.
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