Chenjia Village, the living room of village chief Chen Laotaiye's house.
Jiang Ming and Ji Bochang are having a meeting here...
Jiang Ming certainly couldn't take the blame for Jin Feng's disappearance, since he was the one who took her away.
Therefore, he could only use the "mountain god" as a shield, subtly implying to Ji Bochang that Fatty He had blasphemed the gods, enraging the mountain god, who had detained the lady, and that she might never return...
Sure enough, Ji Bochang's brows furrowed, and he fell into deep anxiety.
There was no sadness in his eyes, only fear...
"Mr. Jiang!"
Ji Bochang clicked his tongue and said, "Now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from you anymore... This matter is quite troublesome. If Madam doesn't return, we may face annihilation!"
"Oh? How so?"
"cough!"
Ji Bochang sighed: "Mr. Jiang, Madam, she is actually..."
"You're the king's spy, aren't you?" Jiang Ming chimed in with a smile.
"Huh? You even know that?"
Ji Bochang stared at Jiang Ming, speechless.
"well!"
Jiang Ming sighed: "The divination... indicates that she has corresponded with the king. If that's the case... even a fool could guess that!"
"Mr. Jiang! Help me! Waaah!"
No, no, no!
......
Ji Bochang's mental defenses completely collapsed, and he immediately wanted to kneel down before Jiang Ming, but Jiang Ming pulled him up.
"Mr. Jiang!"
Ji Bochang hastily wiped away his tears and said, "You are a true deity! I believe what you say... but the king won't. He will think... that I deliberately hid the Golden Phoenix, or that I killed someone to cover it up. In that case... I won't be able to explain myself! He will think I have rebellious intentions... Waaah!"
"Don't cry, don't cry!"
Jiang Ming comforted her like a child, "I'm here, don't be afraid. Tell me about the power dynamics in the Yan court, how things are going, so I can help you out of danger! Also... what's the background of this Golden Phoenix, and who's behind her?"
"Okay, okay!"
Ji Bochang swallowed hard, took another sip of tea, and began to tell Jiang Ming his story in a rapid-fire manner.
Although Jin Feng had already told Jiang Ming a lot about the affairs of the Yan court, as well as information about her being a former queen's maidservant.
However, Jin Feng only talked about a limited amount of the more profound content, such as "digging up ancestral graves".
Sometimes, asking the same question to two different people can yield more and clearer answers!
Ji Bochang explained in detail, and Jiang Ming finally understood... why Jin Feng was able to gain the king's trust.
Besides the fact that she was a former queen's maid and was also quite skilled in bed!
There is an even more important reason: she is a confidante of the Prince of Yan's sister!
Princess Ji Shishi of Yan is fifteen or sixteen years younger than the King of Yan, but she shares the same mother as the King of Yan, Ji Xi!
Therefore, King Ji Xi of Yan doted on his younger sister, even more than on his own daughter, and granted her a fief of 30,000 households!
Princess Ji Shishi held absolute power and influence in the Yan court.
Her words carried far more weight than those of the Queen of Yan or any of the other favored concubines...
Moreover, this eldest princess had a particular fondness for poetry and songs.
Jin Feng's love for poetry and songs is also influenced by her master!
"oh......."
Jiang Ming nodded thoughtfully: "Then who is the princess's husband?"
"He's long dead!"
Ji Bochang said, "Years ago, in the family of the Fan family, a high-ranking official in the Jin state, a talented young man married into the Yan state and became a prince consort. The couple had only been married a few years when the young man died of illness, without having any children... After that, the princess never married..."
"oh......"
Jiang Ming sighed, "Since the king loves her so much, why doesn't he arrange a marriage for her?"
"We've made arrangements, who said we haven't..."
Ji Bochang explained, "Princess Ji Shishi is indeed quite beautiful and also quite talented in poetry. There are countless royal sons, noble families, and powerful clans from various countries who would be willing to marry into her family... But the princess is very proud and arrogant. She only looks at a man's appearance and his poetic talent. If he is good at poetry, he is not good-looking. If he is good-looking, he is mostly a good-for-nothing. Therefore, she has not yet found a suitable husband!"
"I see......"
Jiang Ming said with amusement, "If that's the case, then the eldest princess still has a lot to say about who will be the successor to the throne of Yan!"
"you do not say!"
Ji Bochang said, "Don't be fooled by the fact that Yan has a crown prince. The court is rife with various factions... and the king dotes on the second and third princes... especially the third prince. The scale of his mansion and the configuration of his entourage and guards are exactly the same as the crown prince's! The key point is that the crown prince is not the current queen's son, so it is still very hard to say who will inherit the throne in the future... If the eldest princess takes a liking to a certain child, his chances of inheriting the throne will indeed be very high!"
"hehe......"
Jiang Ming grinned mischievously and said, "Then... what if the Princess takes a liking to you?"
"What? Me?"
Ji Bochang was taken aback, then grinned foolishly and said, "Mr. Jiang, what are you talking about? The person the Princess despises the most is me..."
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