Rebirth of a Lost Nation: Princess, Please Respect Yourself

Chapter 251 A bigger conspiracy

"It's as if it was intentional." Jiang Lige took over the conversation fluently, analyzing coldly, "If you really had a conflict with the emperor or Prince Zhao today, and it was witnessed by the civil and military officials, you would be doomed."

"Yes." Ning Yunxiao responded softly, then rubbed his fingers, "I think the people who are against me are not necessarily after the crown prince, but are hiding a bigger conspiracy."

"A bigger conspiracy?" Jiang Lige was a little puzzled.

"Yeah, for example..." Ning Yunxiao paused for a moment and gave an answer that Jiang Lige hadn't considered. "If Sheng Ling falls into chaos, who will benefit?"

The answer was already on the verge of coming out, but Jiang Lige subconsciously shook his head in denial, "No."

Ning Yunxiao didn't continue, only saying, "Don't worry, I will definitely get to the bottom of what happened today."

Jiang Lige nodded silently, but his heart sank slowly after hearing Ning Yunxiao's words.

Even though Ning Yunxiao didn't mean to blame her, if today's incident was really caused by Nan Chu, then what they were planning...

It will be a serious crime that endangers the country.

A long silence stretched across the room, and for a moment, no one spoke.

At this moment, there was a regular knock on the door outside, followed by the respectful voice of Eunuch Lu.

"Your Highness, Princess Zhaohua, I have been ordered to come and deliver a reward to Princess Zhaohua. Is this convenient for you two?"

Jiang Lige was stunned, but Ning Yunxiao reacted faster and said in a deep voice, "Come in."

"Yes." Eunuch Lu came in with the palace maids. At first glance at the treasures in the hands of the palace maids, it was clear that Emperor Shengwu had spent a lot of money this time.

Eunuch Lu smiled brilliantly and bowed, saying, "Prince Zhao was foolish today and even attempted to assassinate His Majesty. Fortunately, Princess Zhaohua came to his rescue in time, which saved His Majesty's life. His Majesty specially sent this servant to bring a reward to thank Princess Zhaohua for saving him."

Ning Yunxiao and Jiang Lige were very smart people. Just by listening to what Eunuch Lu said, they had guessed what Emperor Shengwu was thinking.

"Your Majesty, you are too polite. This is just a trivial matter." As his "lifesaver", Jiang Lige had to be polite. After that, he asked, "What about Prince Zhao and his wife?"

Eunuch Lu bowed his head respectfully. "They have been killed on the spot. As for the rest of the Zhao Palace, they have all been exiled to the frontier and are forbidden to return to the capital. However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now enshrined in the majesty's care and will not be affected by this matter."

Jiang Lige nodded in understanding, "I see. Thank you, Eunuch Lu."

"Princess Zhaohua, you're too polite."

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The assassination of Prince Zhao cast a shadow over the New Year's celebration, so that all the officials who had dealings with Prince Zhao's palace were worried throughout the New Year, and the Eastern Palace became the focus of everyone's attention.

To put it bluntly, the guy in the East Palace was the legitimate son of King Zhao in everyone's eyes. King Zhao's inexplicable assassination might have been an early plan for the guy in the East Palace to ascend the throne!

But what is strange is that after this disaster, Emperor Shengwu not only did not blame Crown Prince Ning Yunxiao at all, but instead relied on and doted on him even more.

Eunuch Lu, the first person around Emperor Shengwu, ran to the Eastern Palace all day long and almost stayed there.

To a certain extent, Eunuch Lu's attitude represents the attitude of Emperor Shengwu. In this way, no one in the capital dares to disrespect the Eastern Palace.

This made the spectators in the capital city even more confused. They could only guess that Jiang Lige had made a contribution in saving the emperor. Apart from that, they really couldn't think of any other possibility.

Some people were happy about the fall of Prince Zhao's Mansion, some were just watching the show, and naturally there were also people who were so worried that they couldn't eat or sleep.

The first to be affected was Princess Jingyu.

On the day of the annual banquet, Princess Jingyu made some rude remarks, which displeased Empress Dowager Jiang. She issued an oral order to lock Princess Jingyu up in the princess's residence and ordered her to reflect on her mistakes.

Then the events of Prince Zhao's Mansion came one after another. Among those exiled was the second young lady of Prince Zhao's Mansion, Xie Xuefu, the only biological daughter of Princess Jingyu.

Princess Jingyu failed in her bet and now her daughter has been exiled. Although she is full of complaints, she has no choice but to accept the result.

Although she admitted her mistake, Princess Jingyu could not bear to see Xie Xuefu suffer exile because she was her only daughter. She had to make connections and plead for mercy everywhere.

But this matter is of great importance, and everyone in the capital is trying to avoid it. Who would dare to confront Princess Jingyu?

Princess Jingyu had nowhere to turn to for help, and after much thought, she finally turned to Jiang Lige.

During this period of time, Jiang Lige has been staying in Qingge Cottage under the pretext of "recuperating from his injuries" and rarely goes out.

On the one hand, there are too many eyes outside staring at Donggong and her Qingge Cottage. No matter whether they are good or evil, Jiang Lige is not happy to deal with those who are hypocritical.

On the other hand, it was true that she was always worried about the impending war between the two countries, and she felt complicated and didn't know how to deal with it.

As for Ning Yunxiao, after the mystery of his life was revealed, the relationship between Ning Yunxiao and Emperor Shengwu was once very tense.

Even though Emperor Shengwu repeatedly showed goodwill, Ning Yunxiao was always unwilling to accept it. Later, Emperor Shengwu spent too much time in the Eastern Palace, so Ning Yunxiao simply stayed with Jiang Lige all day long.

Fortunately, Jiang Lige's "injury has not healed yet", so she still has an excuse. Otherwise, in her current state, I'm afraid those people outside would break her spine.

When Jiang Lige heard that Princess Jingyu was coming to visit, he was playing chess with Ning Yunxiao in Qingge Cottage.

Playing chess with Ning Yunxiao is a mental activity that requires extreme concentration. Ning Yunxiao's chess style is changeable and he likes to surprise the opponent. Jiang Lige has suffered a lot at his hands.

Jiang Lige, who was eager to win, ordered that no one was allowed to come in and disturb them while they were playing chess. Therefore, when the two learned that Princess Jingyu wanted to see them, it was already an hour later.

Although Jiang Lige didn't like Princess Jingyu, he still had to save face. After a moment of silence, he pulled Ning Yunxiao out to greet her.

It was snowing heavily, and Princess Jingyu stood there in the snow to show her sincerity. A thin layer of snow accumulated on the umbrella hanging above her head.

Seeing this, Jiang Lige hurriedly asked someone to help Princess Jingyu into the house, and told Songyue to bring a hand warmer and hot tea.

Princess Jingyu was rare in her performance and did not put on airs. She reached out and held the hand warmer, then went straight to the point and stated her purpose.

This person came here today fully prepared, and tears started falling before he even opened his mouth.

"Your Highness, that poor child Xuefu is, after all, your biological cousin! Now, she's innocently implicated by those evil people and is about to be exiled to the frontier. Can you not just sit back and do nothing about this?"