Wishful Things

And this timing always made her feel a little strange.

It can also be said that because the grandfather of this life had never handed over the military power, the emperor's fear was hard to dissipate, and when it was time to build the Wanfu Tower, there happened to be a suitable Cai Jin and a suitable name——

But, is it just that?

"Doesn't Zhaozhao think that the emperor's sending Cai Jin to the Duke of Zhen's mansion has something to do with the matter of the eldest princess?" Duke Zhen's voice was extremely low.

Xu Mingyi nodded.

It seemed that her grandfather thought of it with her.

Not long after the accident happened to the eldest princess, Cai Jin's incident happened. She always felt that the timing was too coincidental.

Regarding respecting the Eldest Princess before, she did not hide it from her grandfather, she told her grandfather what she knew and guessed, including that the person who intends to take the Eldest Princess' life is the current emperor.

Now it seems that grandfather has always taken this matter very seriously.

And looking at grandfather's expression at this time, it seems that he guessed something else that she didn't know——

This is also one of the reasons why she has always been self-righteous in hiding things from her grandfather. Grandpa's experience is here, and he knows far more than her. The same thing is in front of her and grandfather. Grandpa may To see what she couldn't see.

"Regarding this matter, in fact, I have a guess in my mind recently."

Duke Zhen also has no intention of hiding it from his granddaughter—in private, the child will always be the one who needs his pampering and protection. But before getting down to business, this child has already revealed her side that is not like a child.

Seeing the girl seriously and seriously waiting for him to continue, Lord Zhen sighed slightly, and said: "I had doubts about this guess before when Princess Jingrong had an accident, but now I am more convinced. Some——If you talk about the similarities between the Zhen Guogong Mansion and the Chang Princess Mansion, there is only one point..."

"Which point?" Xu Mingyi looked at the old man in sight without blinking.

What grandfather was referring to, could it be that the government of Zhen Guo and Princess Jing Rong had gotten too close to King Yan?

She also thought about this point when she learned that the emperor was going to attack the eldest princess, but she just felt that it was too untenable—even if she got closer to King Yan, the honorable eldest princess was different from Zhen Guo. The government holds the military power, and the eldest princess has no real power.

To put it bluntly, so what if Princess Jingrong is on King Yan's side, what useful help can she give King Yan?

You can't rely on those noodle heads in the mansion as the support of King Yan, can you?

——Of course, even this way is not feasible now, after all, the eldest princess has been sent away by the unfilial daughter in her family.

Therefore, in her opinion, the princess's mansion is always different from the town's mansion.

The emperor must have other, ulterior reasons for attacking this younger sister.

"Eldest Princess and I were both summoned by the late emperor alone in his bedroom before his death..." Duke Zhen said slowly.

Xu Mingyi's eyes suddenly changed.

There is such a thing?

In her previous life, she knew very little about the affairs of the court, and she knew nothing about these old affairs in the palace.

Now that I heard it suddenly, I felt a chill run down my back.

Grandfather's judgment was astute.

But...if they were only summoned alone, why would they be so afraid?

In this short moment, an old incident suddenly popped up in her mind—Liu Yi had said before that Zhan Yunzhu had used her to inquire in the Zhen Guogong's mansion "is there anything in the Xu family that is not known to outsiders?" family heirloom"……!

It is clear at a glance that the Zhan family is used by the Xia family, and who Xia Tingzhen is.

Therefore, the so-called "family heirloom", who wants to find out, is also a clear matter!

Before, she didn't think this matter was worth pondering. It was just a detailed means to pry into her Xu family's secrets and weaknesses after explaining it layer by layer...

But now it's different...

"Before the emperor died, did he secretly give something to grandfather?" Even though there was no third person in the study, Xu Mingyi's voice was still too low at this time.

"Zhaozhao thought that Zhanjia asked Liu Yi to inquire about any family heirlooms in our family?"

Xu Mingyi was slightly taken aback before nodding.

When she met the old man's eyes, she suddenly became more at ease.

When she mentioned this matter to her grandfather at the beginning, she remembered that his grandfather once joked that she was a family heirloom——

But it was such a small matter that my grandfather kept in mind all the time.

The feeling that her grandfather would listen carefully and write down everything she said gave her another peace of mind about the future.

"At that time, grandfather told you that we are the only heirloom in our family." Zhen Guogong said: "Grandfather did not lie to you—the emperor never gave me anything before his death."

After hearing the answer, Xu Mingyi didn't feel relieved.

"Not giving it to grandfather doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

"That's right." Lord Zhen looked out of the window where the twilight was beginning to emerge, and said, "Even if there is no such thing at all, as long as the emperor believes that it exists, even if he just doubts its existence—"

Their Zhen Guogong's mansion and Jingrong Princess' mansion are equivalent to committing a "capital crime".

What's more, holding Xu Jiajun in his hand and Tongyan King can be said to have the old Zhen Guo Gongfu, and its own existence is already "heinous".

so--

"The reason why the emperor chooses to send Cai Jin at this time is because he must have considered the matter of King Yan's entry to Beijing in the coming year." Zheng Guogong speculated.

Since the death of the former emperor, King Yan never set foot in the capital again.

Now that the Empress Dowager’s birthday is just around the corner, His Majesty has made an appearance of a loving brother, “This time there is finally a reason for the second brother to return to Beijing”, but the actual situation is—this time, he has no reason not to Let King Yan enter Beijing.

"He might be afraid that you really have something in your hands, so he took this opportunity to hand it over to the King of Yan—" Xu Mingyi's heart sank.

In the last life, the Xu family was wiped out just before King Yan entered the capital.

At that time, the Xu family had no military power to use as a bargaining chip, but His Majesty the Emperor was still ruthless and quick to attack.

I'm afraid this is not only to cut off all threats, but also to deter and remind King Yan who came to Beijing to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday.

This is how afraid of King Yan.

A sneer and sarcasm appeared in Xu Mingyi's eyes.

Is this kind of fear just fear, or is it based on a guilty conscience?

Because you clearly know that there are people in this world who are more worthy of that position than yourself, did you fall into boundless guilt and suspicion?

But what did those innocent people who lost their lives because of his self-serving paranoia do anything wrong?

She knew very little about King Yan, so she couldn't evaluate whether King Yan was more worthy——

But what is certain is that the current one is indeed unworthy.

He is not fit to be emperor.

Not even worthy of being human.

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