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The moment the thunder and lightning tore through the night sky seemed to bring dawn to the world.

It's a pity that it faded away in an instant.

After all, lightning cannot bring the real dawn.

Jiang Wang was stunned for a moment: "Same mother?"

Jiang Wuyou said: "In the twenty-ninth year of Yuanfeng, the crown prince Jiang Wuliang was deposed. I was five years old that year, and our mother was thrown into the cold palace. I was handed over to Concubine Ning to be raised, and I have recognized her as my mother since then. This matter is not allowed to be mentioned outside the inner palace, and anyone who violates it will be killed."

She paused: "In the 30th year of Yuanfeng, my mother in the cold palace died of depression."

The twenty-ninth year of Yuanfeng, or 3893 in the Dao calendar, was an extremely important year in the history of Qi.

In that year, the East Palace forces represented by Jiang Wuliang were in power and opposition, and they were completely defeated. There are countless people who were implicated by the deposed prince. The most famous of them is the third holy place of Buddhism, Kurongyuan, which is full of Buddhist temples in the Eastern Kingdom, which was razed overnight. The Chongxuan family, the top famous family in Daqi, is also in a difficult situation because of the relationship between Chongxuan Mingtu and the prince.

But the root of the disaster was actually planted five years ago. In the 3888th year of the Dao calendar, which was the year Jiang Wuyou was born, the prince was grounded by the emperor for insisting on the Lord's peace, and Chongxuan Futu was sent to heaven for refusing to lead the army. Prison... In that year, the Son of Heaven personally conquered, and the vigorous first Qixia War officially started.

A generation of heroes, Emperor Xia Xiang, Si Yuan, and the emperor of Qi, Jiang Shu, faced off on the battlefield and conquered the country. Tens of millions of troops, peak Yan Dao, famous generals in the world... Regardless of life and death, they compete for supremacy.

Jiang Wuyou happened to be born after the Xia army was defeated. When the news reached the front line, the emperor said happily, "I am worry-free!"

In the eyes of many people, this is a clear proof of the easing relationship between the emperor and the prince, because Jiang Wuyou and Jiang Wuliang, both of the same mother, were born to Empress Yin.

People at the time said: "If you have countless children, you can have no worries."

The Great Qi Empire after the war was indeed very peaceful. With a dominant name in hand, it is developing rapidly. The vast majority of people are immersed in the joy of national power upgrading.

But those who have a real insight into the current situation can see that Qi Tianzi's purge of the East Palace has already begun after the war. It was only lurking at the bottom of the water, and it was not until the twenty-ninth year of Yuanfeng that it stopped being concealed, turned out of the water, and put away the last bloody giant net. That year, the whole of Linzi was full of blood!

Empress Yin who died in the cold palace in the second year was really just one of them. Not too light, not too heavy.

Compared with those profound bloody colors, Jiang Wuyou was transferred to Concubine Ning to be raised, and discussions between the government and the public were strictly prohibited, and he severed ties with the deposed prince, which is really a manifestation of the current emperor's preference.

Jiang Wang cautiously blocked Huaying Palace's voice, and then said: "I really always thought that His Highness's biological mother was Concubine Ning. Indeed, no one has ever mentioned His Highness's relationship with the abandoned... Qingshi Palace."

"I lived with my mother when I was a child, and my elder brother often came to see me. He is getting more and more leisurely and spends more and more time with me... He is a very warm person, and no one doesn't like him." Jiang Wuyou narrated slowly: "He personally enlightened me, and he also taught me my martial arts. He kept telling me, Wuyou, you have to go your own way."

The majestic and decisive Huaying Palace Master had a rare expression of confusion. Looking at the silent thunder and lightning that occasionally lit up in the sky, he murmured and repeated the sentence in her memory: "What is done by mortals cannot be opened." The new heaven of this world."

It cannot be said that it is not a big pattern and grand vision.

Jiang Wang didn't speak.

Jiang Wuyou continued: "After the crown prince was abolished, the eldest brother still lives in the East Palace, but he is not free to come and go. But if anyone wants to see him, the father will not stop him. Sometimes he wants to see me , the father also agreed. Until Yuanfeng thirty-five years, I was eleven years old. He was locked into the Qingshi Palace and never saw the light of day. Only I was allowed to visit him several times a year. Oh, that year, My adoptive mother Ning Guifei passed away due to illness, because I have grown up, my father did not point me to another mother."

The secrets of Daqi's court and the turmoil of the political struggle back then, Jiang Wuyou, who is a compatriot with Jiang Wuliang's mother, has softer details.

But the matter involved the dispute between the current emperor and the abolished prince, which really made Jiang Wang feel a little complicated.

He looked at Jiang Wuyou: "Could it be that Your Highness..."

Although Jiang Wang's words were not complete, Jiang Wuyou seemed to know what he was thinking, and shook his head: "No, I don't want to save him."

Jiang Wang breathed a sigh of relief.

But new doubts arose in my heart.

In Jiang Wuyou's description, Jiang Wuliang is such a good person, as a sister of the same mother, why would she not want to save Jiang Wuliang?

Jiang Wang didn't ask directly, but asked: "In your eyes, what kind of person is the former prince?"

Jiang Wuyou looked up at the night sky: "I think he is a born emperor, he is not inferior to my father in every aspect."

Jiang Wang was secretly speechless.

Of course he knew that the deposed prince Jiang Wuliang was by no means a simple character. Among other things, a world-renowned general like Chongxuan Futu, who is almost certain to be the next Bowanghou, gambled his political future to support him, even when he had lost everything and was imprisoned in Qingshi Palace, he still stood up for him. He begged for mercy, so much so that the family was implicated, and in the end he had to go to the Lost Realm to die.

There is no doubt about Jiang Wuliang's charisma.

But Jiang Wuyou's evaluation...is too high.

Today's son is already the upper limit of the emperor that Jiang Wang can imagine, and the emperor he has come into contact with so far, only Mu Tianzi can be compared with him. Jiang Wuyou, as a princess who is qualified to fight for the dragon, must have a clearer understanding of today's world.

And she actually said, Jiang Wuliang is not inferior to today's world?

"The former prince had such talents. The result now...is a pity." Jiang Wang lowered his voice unconsciously when he mentioned the former prince.

"There is nothing to regret." Jiang Wuyou said: "The Bluestone Palace is his best destination. Although that time...may be ten thousand years."

Jiang Wang was taken aback: "The former prince is Yan Dao cultivation base?!"

Jiang Wuyou glanced at him: "Otherwise, why do you think he is arguing with his father? Why does he hold opinions that are contrary to his father's opinion on such a big matter as the Xia Dynasty, and still get so many people's support? Look at how many people we have. Who, who dares to say no in front of the father?"

When Jiang Wuyou mentioned Jiang Wuliang's cultivation level back then, when Jiang Wuyou used the word "struggle".

Jiang Wangcai deeply realized——

Back then, the dispute between the main peace and main war factions within the Qi court was not a simple disagreement or disagreement over national policy. In fact, it is a confrontation between Jiang Wuliang and Qi Tianzi, a struggle between the Eastern Palace Party and the Imperial Party!

From this point of view, in the first Qi Xia War, the Son of Heaven suppressed Jiang Wuliang's voice, and beheaded Emperor Xia Xiang, Si Yuan, and won the crucial national war. It took five full years before the final purge was initiated, and the prince was abolished in one fell swoop. After that, another six years passed before Jiang Wuliang was locked into the Qingshi Palace.

Thinking about it is extremely terrifying.

In the past, Jiang Wang heard this history, thinking that it reflected the softness of today's heart, and he gave Jiang Wuliang opportunities again and again. Go back and look at it now... Maybe this is the embodiment of Jiang Wuliang's strength!

From this, more details spread, and Jiang Wang recalled the bits and pieces related to the deposed prince that he had seen in the Qi country in these years, and he could almost glimpse the huge net that was centered on Jiang Wuliang back then.

For example, Jiang Wuliang's inscription still remains on the water village of Changji. Song Yao, the court councilor, personally said that the strength of Daqi's navy was the result of Jiang Wuliang's own rectification. Jiang Wuliang participated in several vicious battles on Cassia Island and made key contributions.

Another example is the Buddhist temples that once spread all over the counties. With the power of the third holy place of Buddhism, Kurongyuan gave Jiang Wuliang unreserved support.

Another example is that when the emperor went to war, he must use Jiang Wuliang to supervise the country. Even if the emperor is in power, Jiang Wuliang often shares state affairs.

Another example is Jiang Wuliang's many missions to the grasslands, and he was almost responsible for the diplomacy with Mu Guo. And the Guangwen Bell of Kurongyuan is now in Minhe Temple...

Just a few simple outlines like this, the huge political power at the beginning has already shown its unpredictable power.

It is indeed a terrorist force second only to the imperial party.

Or maybe it was the reason why the emperor doubted Jiang Wuqi back then...

Because the emperor, who had been in power for fifty-nine years, had already been challenged once by his own children.

It was only now that Jiang Wang vaguely understood why Jiang Wuqi had to prove himself so resolutely in the first place. Even if he really dies, he can completely prove his love for his father, his love for the country, and his loyalty to the emperor.

Because a dead person cannot change again.

His love is forever.

In this way, he recalled the warmth of the emperor.

"I'm very curious about His Highness's impression of the former prince." Jiang Wang sighed in his heart, and asked calmly, "Because you seem to like it and hate it at the same time?"

After Jiang Wuyou was silent for a while, he said: "He is the person I am most wary of, and also the person I trust the most. I admire him the most, but also fear him the most."

For Jiang Wuyou to use the words "vigilance" and "fear", there must be many unknown plots of the political struggle back then.

But Jiang Wang knew that she didn't plan to go into details.

The thunder and lightning in the night sky became more and more rampant, and by this time it had already woven into a web. Jiang Wang pointed away and scattered it, stopping a rain that was about to fall.

Jiang Wuyou glanced at the sky: "The way of heaven is permanent, the sun and the moon rotate. If you disperse the rain now, it will only fall even worse tomorrow."

Jiang Wang said, "At least I'm not upset at the moment."

"Yes." Jiang Wuyou said, "At least for now."

Jiang Wang thought for a while, and then said: "I thought the reason for His Royal Highness's fight for the dragon was related to the former prince."

Jiang Wuyou shook his head: "Brother deserves to die in Qingshi Palace. I have worked so hard for so many years, not to replace someone, become someone, or inherit someone's ideals."

"A lonely road."

"Father, elder brother, I admire them all. But I must surpass them, so I take the most difficult path."

She spread her arms under the night sky where the thunder and lightning dissipated, as if she had embraced Jiangshan——

"If I were king, I would make the world worry-free!"

Jiang Wang was silent for a moment.

Regarding 'Worriless', he heard it three times in Qi's history. They are from the Son of Heaven, those who support Jiang Wuliang or Jiang Wuliang himself, and Jiang Wuyou's self-report tonight.

Every time is different.

He thought, this is indeed Jiang Wuyou.

"One more thing." Jiang Wuyou said slowly: "Even though elder brother should die in Qingshi Palace, how innocent is my biological mother? I want to restore her reputation, in the name of Emperor Daqi."

Jiang Wang nodded, and emphasized again: "I know."

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Jiang Zhenren is by no means a person who likes to show off.

He is now returning to his hometown in good clothes, and he is not ostentatious.

Only in Anzhilou, which has become very famous recently in Linzi City, a large table was set up, and Li Longchuan, Chongxuansheng, Yi Shishi, Yi Huaiyong, Yi Huaimin, Zheng Shangming, etc. were all gathered together.

Although the relationship is close or distant, they can still be regarded as friends.

As for why brother Yan Xian was not invited...

And look at the name of the restaurant.

Yan Fu is famous for his wide range of friends, and he is known as the person with the most friends in Linzi city. After all, he is generous and careless, has a gentle personality, and does not easily quarrel with others. To make friends with him, not only can you eat and drink, and you can receive generous gifts at every turn, but you don't have to suffer wronged. Who doesn't love Yan Fu?

He often signs bills for his friends in various restaurants, but he finds it troublesome over time, so he opened a restaurant by himself last year, employing the best chefs, making the best decorations, and stocking genuine and good wines, exclusively for entertaining his friends , and do some business by the way.

But he didn't expect that the store would be very popular immediately after opening, and the business would be booming, which made him earn a lot!

As a close friend, Jiang Wang must of course take care of his business - taking care of popularity is also taking care of him!

Just like this, a table of people sat down, and everyone talked and laughed happily.

Yi Huaimin asked curiously: "Brother Jiang, have you given yourself a name? What is your real name?"

Yi Huaiyong said solemnly: "The real person's name is made by himself, not given by anyone. It's not that what he says is called, others will recognize it. Not all real people have a name, Jiang Zhenren doesn't necessarily need it. Huai Min, You are too presumptuous."

Yi Huaimin rolled his eyes.

The personalities of these two brothers are completely opposite, the younger brother is never serious, the older brother is serious, and they can't play together at all. Although the relationship between the brothers is not bad, if Jiang Wang hadn't invited them, they wouldn't have come out for dinner together.

Yi Shishi rounded up the situation with his two elder brothers: "How about we think of a more prestigious name for Jiang Wang together?"

Zheng Shangming, the current deputy inspector of the Beiya, was the first to promise: "Otherwise, it will be called 'Qingyang'. This is Brother Jiang's first title and his first fief. Using this as a title means that we will not forget the past. how?"

"Not right, not right." Yi Huaimin laughed and shook his head: "Isn't Wu'an much bigger than Qingyang? Such a name doesn't make much sense. I have read poetry all my life, and I love "Guo Feng" and "Li Sao" the most. It is a masterpiece in poetry. The so-called "talented people come out from generation to generation, each leading the coquettish for hundreds of years", in my opinion, brother Jiang might as well use the title of 'coquettish'!"

Yi Huaiyong has a staid temper and does not participate in this kind of game.

Li Longchuan didn't bother to waste that brain, he just made a fuss over there: "It's nice to be coquettish!"

How could Chong Xuansheng let his wife's proposal go cold? Hiccupped, and hurried to participate: "You don't understand Jiang Wang's taste, and he wouldn't like what you said, I'll tell you what he likes—"

He brewed for a while, and shouted imposingly: "Fantian! Batian! Aotian!"

"I can't live with 'Heaven', right?" Yi Huaimin couldn't help laughing: "Brother Jiang, do you really like it?"

Jiang Wang listened in silence for a long time, then he said 'oh', and said leisurely: "I have never thought about names, I find it boring. But if I have to say a name... the first in Qing history is true, it is not enough ?"

There was a moment of silence on the table.

No one wanted to see him show off, so everyone quickly forgot about the subject and raised their glasses one after another: "Come and drink!"

Yan Fu was in his own restaurant, which was not as convenient as usual, and there were people talking to each other wherever he went, so Wen Tinglan and Wen Tinglan came late.

There was also a woman that no one expected——

Bao Zhongqing's widow, Miao Yuzhi, daughter of Miao Jingyang, governor of Cangzhu County.

Jiang looked at Yan Fu without any trace.

Yan Fu returned an innocent look, expressing that he didn't know either.

Obviously it was all Wen Tinglan's idea.

Wen Tinglan held Miao Yuzhi's arm, as if she had a very good relationship with her, and said to everyone present: "Yuzhi is a close friend in my boudoir. She has been busy taking care of the children and hasn't gone out for a long time. I thought we would have a small gathering today, so I brought her out Take a breath, and see you heroes! I didn’t inform you in advance, so I hope you don’t take offense.”

There was no sound in the room.

"Where are you going to see something strange?" Chong Xuansheng looked at them with a smile: "Bao Zhongqing is also my best friend. We went to the battlefield together and went to the window together... Come, Mrs. Bao, please sit down!"

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