Chu Jingxing was notorious for his viciousness and his eccentric temper. Moreover, he was raised by Princess Linjiang and his personality was very much like her.
From what he is like, we can get a glimpse into Princess Linjiang's personality.
Concubine Yu lowered her head after hearing what her son said. She thought for a long time before she sneered: "Now that you put it that way, I can't believe it. She has been under me for so many years. I fought her so hard that she had to shrink in her room. Step by step, she lost the favor of the prince and drifted further and further away from Shen Chen..."
"That's just what she wants to do." Chu Jingan hit the nail on the head. He looked at the embarrassed Concubine Yu, curled his lips, and emphasized his tone: "In the final analysis, that's just the princess's own wish. She was unhappy because her father valued Shen Chen, and because her father ignored her because of Shen Chen's punishment, so she was unwilling to win over her father and distanced herself from Shen Chen. Needless to say, that's what she has always been afraid of doing for her father to see. You had the upper hand before, not because you are more capable than the princess, nor because you are better than the princess, but because you just calculated the princess's mind."
"Later, the princess took her anger out on Shen Chen and father Wei An because of Chu Jingxing's death. Needless to say, she didn't even want to live anymore. She just wanted to avenge Chu Jingxing. You don't have to plot against her. She was determined to kill Shen Chen and the others. She didn't care whether my father was happy or not."
Chu Jingan let out a long breath, his eyes a little cold: "She hates Shen Chen so much, there is no reason for her to change after going to the temple. You know, it was Shen Chen who caused her to go to the temple."
Concubine Yu fully understood what her son meant. She couldn't help but gasp. She frowned at her son and asked, "You mean, she didn't change at all, but... kept a low profile?"
Chu Jingan nodded.
Concubine Yu did not speak again for a while, staring at the night watch in the room in a daze.
If this is true, then the return of Princess Linjiang is not a bad thing - after all, when two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. Princess Linjiang is indeed far-sighted, but Shen Chen and Wei An are not easy to deal with. You can see it from seeing them escape death so many times.
But the problem is that Princess Linjiang wanted to do more than that. She looked at her son, covered him with a quilt, and said slowly, "But she didn't let us go. She didn't bother Shen Chen, but she bothered us first."
"So in the end, she still wants revenge while thinking about her son." Chu Jingan hummed: "She is quite ambitious. I'm afraid the hard days in the temple have made her realize that there is no good end to a passive response."
That's what I said, but it's even more frightening if I say that.
Concubine Yu felt a little headache: "We can't deal with her now, but just guarding against her is hard to guard against."
"No." Chu Jingan propped himself up, looked at the girl bringing in the medicine, and shook his head: "This is a good thing. No matter what, knowing where the enemy is is much better than being blind."
Concubine Yu listened to this sentence silently, but still felt that she didn't understand: "But I know it, but it's hard to defend against it."
"No need to be on guard." Chu Jingan coughed, and the pain from the wound on his body became unbearable. He quickly held back his cough, and when the pain in the wound stopped, he calmed down and reminded Concubine Yu: "She can alienate us, so we can just give her some trouble. Anyway, let's just get through this period."
Concubine Yu was not a person who could not keep her temper, but today, she didn't know what happened. She kept feeling restless and irritable, and somehow she couldn't help the irritability in her heart.
A person who had never been her opponent and whom she had never taken seriously suddenly turned the tables, and fought a beautiful comeback, and gave her such a big blow. It was impossible to say that she was not nervous and anxious.
But what is more is the feeling of powerlessness brought about by loss and disappointment.
Chu Jingan saw that she was in a bad mood, so he endured it and said softly, "Mother, from now on, don't make decisions for me. No matter what, my son has grown up."
Concubine Yu suddenly raised her eyes and looked at him.
Chu Jingan then said expressionlessly, "When something happened, I first detained the people around me. Changfeng Changlu told you about my whereabouts and Cuiyu's matter, and Changting listened to what they said and urged me not to go to see you, thinking that you were pretending to be sick. This back and forth caused both sides to misunderstand each other, which is why the matter has become so serious. The princess is so good at dividing people's hearts, we can only be more cautious in the future, otherwise one wrong step may be doomed."
Concubine Yu nodded heavily, feeling somewhat guilty and annoyed, not knowing why she had lost to the opponent she had always looked down upon.
She tucked the quilt in for her son and then assured him, "I know everything. Don't worry, mother will never act on her own again and will not give them a chance to take advantage of it."
She gritted her teeth, paused, and continued with a sneer, "But, this vengeance must be avenged. Before, we had not torn our faces apart, but just wrestled with each other, but now the princess has declared war on us head-on. If we are suppressed this time and don't fight back at all, I'm afraid the princess will not sow discord next time, but kill people directly."
There were only the mother and son in the room, so they could say whatever they wanted to say, and Concubine Yu had no scruples.
Chu Jingan frowned, "I think it's not the right time yet. If we delay my father's return to the capital, no one can bear the blame. My father only has two sons, Chu Jingwu and me. The other sons are all obedient. At worst, if he really gets to that position, there will be many people giving birth to him. Don't you understand this?"
Concubine Yu knew this, but she still felt aggrieved and panicked: "According to what you said, this is not good, that is not good, so we can only swallow this bitter fruit?"
"You have to swallow it even if you can't!" Chu Jingan maintained absolute patience: "I've already told you that this handle can be used later to achieve twice the result with half the effort. Now we should not worry about how to retaliate, but how to make our father change his mind."
Concubine Yu pursed her lips, thought about it, and finally swallowed the reluctance in her heart, accepted her son's opinion, sighed reluctantly, frowned and said with clouds: "As you said, we still have a way to please your father." (To be continued)