Helan Yinsheng didn't know all this. He only heard from his mother-in-law that the mysterious deaths of those princes were all related to Helan Qin.
"When it happened, you were still too young. You have no idea what the whole thing was like." The Queen Mother was a little emotional. "Your father and I are siblings, born from the same mother, and you are my nephew. I can't treat you badly, but Yu Qinglan is really not suitable for you. I can give you anyone else you want."
"I want Jin Suting."
Helan Yinsheng gave the answer decisively and quickly.
The Queen Mother opened her mouth slightly in surprise but remained silent.
Because she couldn't answer, she couldn't agree to the person Helan Yinsheng asked for right away.
One reason is that she has indeed changed her opinion of this girl recently, and the other reason is that she knows how much her silly grandson likes Jin Suting.
"I was joking." Helan Yinsheng seemed to laugh at himself. He actually still had a glimmer of hope for the words of this hard-hearted woman.
The Queen Mother seemed relieved. Compared to Jin Suting, Yu Qinglan was just a suitable partner for Helan Ruizhe, and Jin Suting was the one her grandson really liked.
If Yu Qinglan married Helan Yinsheng, it was certain that Grand Tutor Yu would never betray her, but would just have to abandon Yu Qinglan as a chess piece.
"I remember you promised me something when I was five years old."
The Queen Mother looked at him, as if thinking about what happened decades ago. Suddenly, a picture flashed through her mind, and she promised Helan Yinsheng one of his requests.
"You said you would agree to anything as long as I didn't rebel or try to seize Helan Ruizhe's throne." Helan Yinsheng said, "I have no interest in Helan Ruizhe's throne right now. I just want to spend time with Yu Qinglan. You won't break your promise, will you, Her Majesty?"
She must have been stupid to say such words to a five-year-old child. What made her even more unbelievable was that Helan Yinsheng actually still remembered it. He had remembered it for twenty years.
"Apart from this request..."
"Don't rush to reply to me," Helan Yinsheng said, "I am willing to give up one-fifth of my military power for Yu Qinglan. I will hand this one-fifth of military power over to you, and I will never give it back."
As he spoke, he took out a military token, which was passed down to his father Helan Rong by the previous emperor, and then left to him by Helan Rong.
The royal family of Fuding State had a rule that the military token was divided into five parts, and each prince had one copy, in order to avoid disputes over the throne and forcing the emperor to abdicate.
The military order cannot be changed or invalidated. Seeing the military order is like seeing Your Majesty. All elite soldiers obey the military order.
This tradition has been passed down for many years. Back then, Helan Qin did not receive a military token because she was a woman, a princess.
Helan Rong had never given her his military token, and she still didn't know that Helan Yinsheng had another military token in his hand.
Among the three military tokens in his hand, General Jin also had one in his hand, and the one missing was the one that Helan Yinsheng had.
Although the military token was only one-fifth of a li in size, Fuding State had a massive military presence. The border was in turmoil, with barbarians from the northwestern barbarian lands disrupting people's livelihoods, the Western Regions harboring motives for invasion, and the southern barbarians also eager to make a move. Therefore, three-fifths of the military force was stationed at the border, surrounding Fuding State impenetrably, fighting and defending their homeland.
One-fifth of the troops remained in Funing City, one group protected the imperial palace, and another group guarded Funing City. These were the troops in the hands of General Jin.
Only one-fifth of the troops could be mobilized randomly, and this one-fifth was kept in the barracks as a reserve force. Helan Yinsheng's military token was just enough to mobilize this one-fifth.
Although all the elite soldiers obey her, the Queen Mother, the military token in Helan Yinsheng's hand is more intimidating than her identity.
What if Helan Yinsheng used the military token to mobilize this one-fifth of the troops to rebel, and most of the elite troops far away in the northwest couldn't return...
The Queen Mother thought about the pros and cons and hesitated.
"Let me think about it."
Helan Yinsheng saw that the Queen Mother was wavering. The conditions he offered were so tempting that the rest was just a matter of time. He smiled gently and said, "Then Aunt, please think about it carefully. I will go back first."
After completing the first step of the plan, the next step is the second step.
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After Jin Xiwen helped Tang Ruozhi clean the injured area, bandaged it and sprinkled medicine on it, she changed her clothes and sent her back to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
They were riding in a carriage because Tang Ruozhi couldn't walk at all now, but the sight was too big, and Jin Xiwen didn't like this feeling and felt inexplicably irritated.
Recalling that just before getting on the car, Tang Ruozhi was still crying and shouting, asking not to send her back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and that Mrs. Tang would beat her to death if she saw her like this.
Jin Xiwen was very puzzled. Tang Ruozhi was Mrs. Tang’s biological daughter. How could she be injured and not cared about but instead be “beaten to death”?
"My mother doesn't like me."
This was Tang Ruozhi's explanation, but Jin Xiwen still didn't understand why there would be mothers in this world who didn't like their own children.
She remembered her mother... Thinking of this, she suddenly had a splitting headache. Who was her mother?
The sudden loss of memory made her very uncomfortable, and her head ached rapidly and intensely.
Seeing that she was in pain, Tang Ruozhi supported her shoulders, but was suddenly thrown away. Jin Xiwen seemed to hate physical contact. The throw involved Tang Ruozhi's wound. She cried out in pain and was also annoyed: "What are you doing! I'm concerned about you!"
Jin Xiwen panted unhappily: "No need." Although she still looked very unwell, she had felt much better.
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