Chapter 296 I, Jiang Wan Ning, am born with a rebellious spirit.
After touching it, she held it tightly. "Ningning, I deliberately misled Chuan'er about Zhou Taifu's matter."
"Because your maternal grandfather, Grand Tutor Zhou, was deeply trusted by the late emperor, he knew about what happened back then, and he also knew about Rui'er's identity, but he was still willing to support Xiao Yu."
"It's because Xiao Yu is his student, but Xiao Yu is inherently suspicious. If he were in that position, he would definitely make a move against Rui'er. It's only a matter of time."
"How many members of the royal family have died at Xiao Yu's hands over the years?"
"I had no choice!" the Duchess of England said, tears streaming down her face.
"Are you so sure that Xiao Rui won't change his mind if he stays in that position, and won't go on a killing spree?" Pei Yanchuan said calmly, "Although Xiao Yu is naturally suspicious."
"But every member of the royal family he killed was someone who was determined to rebel."
“Xiao Rui has loved mountains and rivers since childhood and has no interest in the throne. Moreover, Xiao Yu is indeed a rare good emperor who cares about the people’s livelihood.”
"This is also why the late emperor and Grand Tutor Zhou supported Xiao Yu's ascension to the throne."
The Duchess of England shook her head repeatedly. "No, Reil was forced back then. He loved reading from a young age, and not only that, he also liked to talk about politics."
"He will surely be a good emperor."
"Chuan'er, I know it's wrong of me to say these things now, but promise me you will protect Rui'er. He has not been by my side since he was a child."
"Although you are not from the same father, you are both flesh and blood of your mother."
“Mother-in-law,” Jiang Wan Ning couldn’t bear to listen any longer, “Although Prince Jin did not grow up by your side, both the late emperor and the current emperor have always treated Prince Jin very well.”
“As long as Prince Jin has no intention of rebelling, His Majesty will continue to treat him well.”
"But what about Your Highness? Have you ever thought about what Your Highness has been through all these years?" Jiang Wan Ning's voice deepened. "Who has comforted Your Highness after all these years of suffering?"
"He is now a prince..."
“He earned his position as a prince through countless trials and tribulations!” Jiang Wan Ning’s voice was tinged with anger. “Originally, I just felt that you were being biased, but this is not bias at all.”
"You're essentially having the Prince pave the way for the Prince of Jin."
“If you had felt even a shred of guilt towards your father-in-law over the years, you wouldn’t have treated the prince like this.”
“You are my elder, and I originally did not want to say it directly, but given your current state, you are still forcing the prince to do things he does not want to do. Since the prince does not want to say it, then I will say it for him.”
"When you were with the late emperor, did you really not have any feelings for him?"
Duchess Su Li of England's eyes darted away slightly, as if she were avoiding something. "Ningning, I..."
"If you really didn't have feelings for the late emperor, why would you have allowed him to place so many secret guards around the Duke of Ying's mansion?"
“Mother-in-law, the Prince has his own ideas about how to handle matters of the court, and I hope you will not try to influence him.”
“If Your Highness truly desires that position, no one in the Eastern Ling Kingdom can hold onto it securely, not even the current Emperor, nor the Prince of Jin.”
"Ningning, although Chuan'er commands 300,000 troops, it's not so easy for him to rebel. Rui'er, at least, is a legitimate member of the Xiao family..."
“My mother-in-law should have known long ago that the only princess of Western Xia is my friend.”
Jiang Wan Ning said calmly, "Behind Your Highness are not only 300,000 troops, not only the support of the Xie family army's old subordinates, but also me."
"If it were just the prince, perhaps it wouldn't work, but what if I were included?"
After listening to Jiang Wan Ning's words, Su Li was stunned for a while before saying, "Chuan'er is so lucky to have a wife like you."
“This is what Your Highness deserves,” Jiang Wanning said calmly. “Your Highness only wants to protect the people and land of Dongling and carry on the last wishes of the Duke of Ying.”
"I don't want to get involved in so much trouble, and I have no interest in that position."
"Therefore, mother-in-law, please stop making things difficult for the prince."
"Considering that you are the prince's birth mother, the past will be settled once and for all. But if you do anything else bad to the prince in the future, don't blame me for being impolite."
“I, Jiang Wan Ning, am born rebellious and never listen to worldly opinions.”
Jiang Wan Ning's last words echoed in the ears of the Duchess of England: she meant that no matter who you are, even if you are the prince's birth mother, she will not show any mercy.
This is already an exception, and perhaps this exception is only made because of Pei Yanchuan.
After saying what she wanted to say, Jiang Wanning got up and pulled Pei Yanchuan to leave, saying, "If my mother-in-law is at peace, the prince and I will definitely take care of you in your old age and see you off in your final days."
After saying that, Jiang Wanning pulled Pei Yanchuan and turned to leave.
After taking only two steps, Su Li called out from behind, "Chuan'er!"
The two stopped, and Pei Yanchuan turned to Su Li and said coldly, "What is it?"
Su Li's lips trembled. "Could you bury Mother next to your father? I mean, after I die."
“Your tombstone is already beside my father, so there’s no need to disturb him by opening it again. If you pass away, I will definitely discuss your fate with the Prince of Jin.”
The Xie family couldn't get in, and as an unknown person, she had no chance of entering the imperial mausoleum.
All I can do is find another place to lie there alone.
Pei Yanchuan did not agree because he knew that his mother knew he could not be buried with the late emperor.
Whether she truly loved her father more, the late emperor more, or power and herself, only Su Li herself probably knew.
at night.
Pei Yanchuan was having dinner with Jiang Wanning when Prince Jin arrived at the palace looking dejected.
"It seems you already know," Pei Yanchuan said calmly.
Prince Xiao Rui of Jin nodded, and without any formalities, plopped down on the stool next to Pei Yanchuan and gulped down a mouthful of tea.
"This is my cup."
“We’re brothers now, what’s there to complain about?” Prince Xiao Rui of Jin said with a sorrowful expression. “She…is dead.”
Pei Yanchuan naturally knew that the 'she' Xiao Rui was referring to was Su Li.
His hand holding the chopsticks paused in mid-air for a long while before he slowly asked, "Why?"
Pei Yanchuan asked why, which meant he had already guessed that Su Li had committed suicide. Xiao Rui sighed and said, "It was a backlash from the Gu worms."
“She didn’t believe you at all that you would bring the Gu worms to me, so when she held your hand and talked to you, she had already brought the Gu worms in your body to herself.”
Jiang Wan Ning only used medicine to temporarily suppress the scent of the Gu worms in Pei Yan Chuan's body, so that the offspring Gu in Su Li's body could not sense it.
Jiang Wan Ning put down her chopsticks, grabbed Pei Yan Chuan's hand and quickly took his pulse, "The Gu worms are indeed gone."
"Once these mother and child Gu appear in the same host's body, they will relentlessly gnaw at the host's internal organs until they die together with the host."
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