Pregnant Before the Royal Marriage

Chapter 764: Chapter 764: Far Aroma Close Stench

The Prince of Zhao, was indeed the best candidate.

After all, when Prime Minister Jiang sent him to the Silla Kingdom for intelligence work two years ago, he may have had some ulterior motives.

For the Emperor, it was a great opportunity to groom his illegitimate son, but it carried its own dangers.

Sure enough, Li You lived up to the Emperor’s expectations and managed to endure.

The Emperor’s attitude towards this illegitimate son was probably one of pity, guilt, and a hint of expectation.

As the saying goes, distance makes the heart grow fonder.

The same could be said for the royal father and son.

The Crown Prince constantly dangled in front of him, conducting official business in his own Crystal Frost Hall, scrutinizing his own proposals, and reprimanding his own ministers.

It seemed as if he was ready to usurp his position.

This feeling, as an Emperor, might be a little delicate.

And the poor illegitimate son who always obeyed, was so touching no matter how he looked at him.

The illegitimate son who was made Prince of Zhao now posed a serious threat to the Crown Prince’s position.

Just at this moment, the Crown Prince of the Silla Kingdom made his move on the Princess Consort, incurring the wrath of the Jiang Family’s two big shots. They promptly seized the opportunity to wage war against Silla, and conveniently pushed the Prince of Zhao forward. It was a perfect case of killing two birds with one stone.

The brothers smiled knowingly at each other.

However, Jiang Mubai couldn’t resist mocking his brother, “No matter what, the Prince of Zhao is soon to be your son-in-law. Can you bear to send him to his death, leaving your daughter a widow? You’re being too partial.”

Jiang Ruobai raised his eyebrows, “Are you saying that you think the Prince of Zhao isn’t capable of handling war and sending him there is equivalent to sending him to his death?”

“Ah, well, war can always be dangerous.”

“He’s been in Silla for two years, he’s familiar with all aspects of it. He survived a year of severe torture by Silla. Do you think he can’t survive leading hundreds of thousands of troops?”

“Even if that’s the case, there’s always the chance of something going wrong.”

“The way you talk, one might choke on food, should we stop eating then? The Crown Prince can easily be assassinated, the battles of the harem are even more terrifying, yet I still had my legitimate daughter married off.”

Jiang Mubai slapped the back of Prime Minister Jiang’s head, “Who are you calling ‘old man’? Remember the saying ‘An elder brother is like a father’!”

Jiang Ruobai: “…”

It appeared as though the brothers were about to start fighting.

Until Guying from outside informed, “Second Master, the Second Madam has sent a maid to call you back. She wants to have a good talk with you.”

Prime Minister Jiang’s face instantly stiffened.

Jiang Mubai taunted mercilessly, “If you’re this scared of your wife, why live at all? If I were you, I’d just dash my head against a wall and die.”

“Get lost.”

Called by his beloved wife, Prime Minister Jiang had no mood to fight with him, and got up to leave in a hurry.

Jiang Mubai walked to the door and saw Guying gazing at herself in the mirror again.

Guying asked, “General, you’re only punishing Gufeng, right? You’re not going to punish us, are you?”

“Since you’ve asked, then… all of you, have your salaries deducted for a year.”

“No——”

Jiang Mubai walked far, but he could still hear her pig-like shriek.

…

Jiang Ning lay in his bed in the Crystal Clear Manor, looking at the gloomy-faced Li Hongyuan and feeling like he didn’t want to wake up.

“Idiot!” he suppressed his anger, “Before you make any decisions in the future, can you please discuss it with me first? Am I, Li Hongyuan, really so untrustworthy and unimportant to you?”

“Don’t get so worked up, if I had told you in advance, how could things have progressed?”

“Ha!” Li Hongyuan scoffed, “You just wanted to provoke me so that I’d kill Prince Xinhai. Are you satisfied now?”