Chapter 478 Anyone who stands in her way must die!
Duke Zhao's Mansion.
Princess Jing'an was looking at her chrysanthemum seedlings in the chrysanthemum garden when she received the news that Xie Zhuoning had returned.
She narrowed her eyes and looked angry, "They are really good at singing this."
Originally, some officials were arranged to impeach Xie Zhuoning and Xiao Jinxuan for deceiving the emperor. Once the charges were proven, neither of them would be able to escape.
But what they did today instantly made Xie Zhuoning's death and resurrection seem reasonable.
That they are cheating?
Could it be possible that such a “miracle” witnessed by so many people was fake?
They, as a couple, may be their biggest obstacle.
But it doesn't matter.
Anyone who stands in her way must die anyway.
She bent down, looking at the chrysanthemum seedlings that she had carefully taken care of, with a nostalgic look on her face, "My Lord, very soon, very soon I will restore the Zhou Kingdom. Not only the Zhou Kingdom, but also Daye will become a vassal of the Zhou Kingdom."
Such outrageous words obviously frightened the new servant girl, who knocked over the teacup and spilled the hot tea all over the chrysanthemum seedlings.
Seeing the flower seedlings withering all of a sudden, Princess Jing'an was instantly furious. "Bury her alive and use her as feed for the flowers!"
Duke Zhao limped over and said, "It's just a flower seedling. Just replant it. Why are you so angry?"
Princess Jing'an was still furious, "Is this just a matter of a flower seedling? This is a memorial ceremony, it must not be destroyed."
Duke Zhao's expression suddenly dimmed.
Everyone knows that he cultivated an entire chrysanthemum garden for the eldest princess, but few people know that the existence of this chrysanthemum garden is just to commemorate another man.
Princess Jing'an quickly regained her composure and counted the days. She realized that the real disaster would be coming soon.
Then let Daye be in chaos.
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Although the capital city still appeared to be peaceful, bustling and noisy, anyone with a keen sense could sense a different atmosphere.
Xie Zhuoning combined his own forces with those of Xiao Jinxuan and began to accumulate strength in secret.
Even Murong Yan began to follow the Left Prime Minister in and out, and officially came into contact with court affairs.
At the North Gate, my father and brother sent a message saying that they had discovered that Northern Qi was making frequent movements, which were completely different from the previous minor conflicts. They were afraid that an unprecedented war was about to break out.
April is a good season for flowers to bloom.
Xiao Jinxuan and Xie Zhuoning walked all the way to a valley and saw an old man fishing in a stream from a distance.
The two men approached and asked, "Uncle, we are here to look for Master Ji Ge. Do you know him?"
"There is no Ji Ge Lao here, please go back." The old man waved his hand and continued fishing.
Until Xiao Jinxuan looked at him and said, "Mr. Ji Ge is my grandfather. I found out that he is still alive. Can you please take us to see him?"
Hearing this, the old man raised his head in shock, and the moment he saw Xiao Jinxuan, he understood everything instantly.
He sighed, "What a sin!"
He asked them to follow him into the house and made them a cup of tea. "You have come all the way to see me. If you have anything to say, just ask directly."
Xiao Jinxuan and Xie Zhuoning looked at each other.
They received some ambiguous information from Queen Mother Yin and sent people to investigate along these lines.
As for Concubine Jing's affair, almost all those who knew about it at that time are dead.
On the other hand, Princess Gong did have a father, Ji Ge Lao, who immediately resigned from his post and retired after Princess Gong "committed suicide for love", and his whereabouts have been unknown to this day.
They searched for a long time before they found this place.
Xiao Jinxuan did not beat around the bush and said bluntly: "I want to know my life experience."
He now doesn't even know whether he is the son of Prince Gong or the son of the late emperor.
Master Ji Ge sighed and began to slowly recount what happened back then, "Back then, I was the Imperial Tutor, teaching and answering questions for the late Emperor and Prince Gong. I never expected that my little girl would be naughty and disguise herself as a man to cause trouble, and she unexpectedly got to know the two of them. This was the source of all the disasters."
The three of them often played together secretly, they were childhood sweethearts, and grew up together.
The late emperor and Prince Gong, who were both princes at the time, both fell in love with his daughter Jingyu.
Soon, the late emperor was enthroned and arranged a marriage for him with a man of prominent family by his father and mother.
His Crown Princess will not only be the mother of the country in the future, but also be his helper.
Prince Gong had been in poor health since childhood, and the imperial physician said that it was unknown how long he could live.
So when he asked the Empress Dowager, who was still the Empress at the time, to marry Jingyu, the Empress Dowager felt sorry for him and agreed to his request without a second thought.
At that time, the Empress Dowager knew that the late emperor also liked Jingyu, because the late emperor once said that if he ascended the throne, he would make Jingyu the queen.
But she still agreed.
What she was thinking was, the eldest son had already taken over the kingdom, so what was a woman to him?
My younger son has nothing and is even suffering from a serious illness. He just wants a woman. As the mother of a country, can't I satisfy him?
"After your mother found out about this, she went to Prince Gong and told him that the person she liked was not him and that she would not be happy if she married someone who did not love him. But Prince Gong did not intend to cancel the engagement and even prepared a more generous betrothal gift. Your mother knew what the consequences would be if she disobeyed the order, so she had no choice but to get on the sedan chair and marry into Prince Gong's mansion."
After getting married, Prince Gong's health improved briefly for a few years, but it only lasted a few years. Soon, he began to be bedridden and his health went downhill.
In the nineteenth year of their marriage, Prince Gong finally passed away.
"Prince Gong's seventh day of mourning had not yet passed when Jingyu came to me and told me that she would go to the imperial mausoleum to mourn for Prince Gong for three years. When she left, her expression was very strange, and I thought she was too sad about Prince Gong's death. But not long after, I suddenly heard that she had committed suicide for love, and there was an inexplicable concubine Jing in the palace. Then I realized something was wrong. After asking around, I finally confirmed that Concubine Jing was my daughter Jingyu!"
This was undoubtedly a fatal blow to him.
He was the emperor's teacher, but the daughter he raised married twice, and the man she married was her own brother. How should people in the world view him?
He felt ashamed to face the world, so he planned to resign and retire.
"Before leaving, I managed to meet Concubine Jing and asked her if she was willing to leave with me. But she shook her head sadly and said that she couldn't leave because she was pregnant."
"So if you ask me, whose child are you? My answer is, I don't know."
He simply didn't want to think about these things.
If Xiao Jinxuan was the son of Prince Gong, it meant that the late emperor was raising a child for his younger brother and was also planning to pass the throne to this child.
If Xiao Jinxuan was the late emperor's son, that would mean that the two of them had been together right after Prince Gong died, even before the seventh day after his death.
No matter which one it is, it is unacceptable for an old man like him.
After saying this, Mr. Ji Ge looked even older. "I have said all that needs to be said. Please do as you please."
Xiao Jinxuan thought about it, and decided to kowtow to the old man together with Xie Zhuoning before getting up and leaving.
Unexpectedly, on the way back, I received news from the border -
The Northern Qi army was approaching, planning to go to war with Daye. But the food and grass for the Northern Qi army had been cut off for many days!