"This princess has a bad temper..."
Shen Tang complained to Gu Chi.
Not long ago, these two were "politely" kicked out of the tent by the female historian beside Wang Ji. The latter's face was so grim as if Shen Tang owed her a million or eight hundred thousand gold and hadn't repaid her. Her eyes were full of murderous intent, and she could even cosplay as Rong Mama by twisting a silver needle in her hand.
Gu Chi was too lazy to complain about his master's "exquisite" answer! He basically understood Wang Ji's intention through the way of the literati. But as soon as his master opened his mouth, Wang Ji was so angry that she didn't care about her self-restraint and shouted at him -
It's also an extraordinary skill.
He asked casually, "Who is Aunt Rong?"
Shen Tang answered seriously, "Madame Rong is a lady with chicken skin and white hair, who is proficient in acupuncture. It is said that all the women in the inner court are afraid of her name."
Gu Chi didn't want to know how his master knew this gossip. He suppressed the relaxed and joking expression on his face, made sure that there was no one following him, and said with a smile: "My lord, this princess will not give up trying to win you over easily."
"To win over?"
Shen Tang frowned and recalled the scene of meeting Wang Ji.
The sneer at the corner of the latter's rich lips left a deep impression.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like they are trying to win me over.
But it turns out that this is really the case.
Shen Tang skipped this part: "What's going on with the fetus in Princess Wang's belly? Look at the size of her belly. If she didn't deliberately bind her belly, she should have been in Qianzhou at that time."
That is to say, it was there before the marriage team set out.
Who is so bold as to hang out with the princess who is about to marry? Or was the princess forced to have the child
Gu Chi's answer solved the mystery.
It also left Shen Tang dumbfounded.
Gu Chi said: "It belongs to her and her lover."
This information was easy to obtain, analyzing the thoughts of Wang Ji, the female historian, and the maids who came with Wang Ji's dowry.
"Wang Ji's lover? Who?"
Gu Chi said, "He should be the beloved illegitimate son of some high-ranking official. The two of them met during the Huachao Outing."
Because this princess was born to a maid, she was in a low position in her family and was not loved by her father. Her mistress only treated her with respect. In order to find a better future for her marriage instead of marrying an old man who had lost his wife, she secretly found a bastard son of an official with some reputation. Although he was a bastard son, he was the only son of an official, with a rich family and a simple population.
As long as you can control this person's heart and propose marriage when the time is right, you can become his/her wife.
As for how to live in the future, it depends on your own ability.
Wang Ji’s plan was pretty good.
But man proposes, God disposes.
Before her, there was actually a princess who was also a concubine of a minister, but she was only 26 years old. The Ten Crows sent a hostage with 100,000 elite soldiers as a "bride price" to pick up the bride. Because the wedding preparations took a long time, Zheng Qiao first accepted the 100,000 elite soldiers as a "bride price", and then dispersed these elite soldiers to fight the front line with the Zhu King's troops, while keeping the "hostage" and the Ten Crows hanging.
The marriage was delayed for more than half a year, and Wang Ji died of a sudden illness on the third day after the wedding.
When the news got back to Shiwu, how could they be willing to do it
People were willing to "foolishly" offer 100,000 elite soldiers as a "bride price", with the intention of uniting the 100,000 elite soldiers and attacking Zheng Qiao at any time. But who knew that Zheng Qiao, a LYB, would rather sacrifice the combat tacit understanding of the 100,000 elite soldiers, secretly disperse them all without telling the Ten Wus, distribute them everywhere, and infiltrate Zheng Qiao's main force.
These elite troops can fight, but they cannot communicate with each other and are useless. Isn't this like throwing meat buns at a dog, which will never come back
There is no trouble in Zheng Qiao's territory.
Therefore, the Ten Crows secretly allowed the horse bandits to repeatedly invade Longwu County, which also brought great pressure to the defense of Yonggu Pass, in order to put pressure on Zheng Qiao on the border issue. This time, their horse bandits were able to massacre the Longwu County government, behead the Longwu County governor and hang his head on the city gate. Next time, they can gather more troops and fight further. Let's see how Zheng Qiao defends!
Zheng Qiao really did not dare to further anger the Ten Crows, and turned a blind eye to the issue of Longwu County.
Upon seeing this, Shiwu proposed marriage again, but this time he proposed to the son of the Queen who already had a wife.
King Ji of Geng State could only be a "concubine" when she went to Shiwu.
This was a rather humiliating request.
But Zheng Qiao still agreed.
It was the same old routine, randomly picking a concubine's daughter from a minister's family as the princess. But considering the bumpy road, weak health and high risk of death, they specially found an older one. Finally, they chose the current princess.
When Wang Ji received the imperial decree, she was already pregnant.
She has made an appointment with her lover to propose marriage.
Who knew that the man who knew the woman heard the news, and he claimed to be sick at home, and they hurriedly got married within half a month. Wang Ji had no one to turn to for help, and she was being watched, so she had no chance to abort the child.
He was filled with sorrow until the Ten Crow Messengers discovered something.
Shen Tang was curious: "The Ten Crow Messengers didn't get angry?"
The Ten Crows sent a number of heavyweights this time, led by the elder brother of the Queen, who was also the uncle of the groom. How could the princess be so indifferent when she was blatantly trying to cuckold her nephew
Gu Chi's expression was strange for a moment.
"Angry, but—"
But this princess is capable.
What ability
Gu Chi leaned in and whispered, "Wang Ji said that her lover is Zheng Qiao, and the child in her belly is Zheng Qiao's only blood. She said it with such confidence that the Ten Crows Messengers probably believed it."
Shen Tang: “…”
Sister Wang Ji is really amazing.
Zheng Qiao does not deserve to be cuckolded.
"It's just empty talk. The Shiwu Envoy is not stupid. How could he believe it?" Shen Tang's gossip nerves were stirring, and his almond-shaped eyes were shining. "Even if the Shiwu wanted to use the child in Princess Wang's belly to make a fuss, if there is no absolute evidence, people will not believe it, right?"
Frame-up also requires evidence.
You can't register a child just by kissing each other.
Gu Chi frowned: "I didn't find out about this."
After all, if you don't deliberately guide them, most people's thoughts are messy. Gu Chi was able to know this information because of the maids who accompanied him and complained in their hearts. The information was messy, but relatively complete.
If you want to know the inside story, you have to collect more.
Shen Tang asked again: "Then Wang Ji tried to win me over... Could it be that she wanted to use me to endorse the identity of her unborn child?"
Even the commander of Yonggu Pass mistakenly believed that Shen Tang was Zheng Qiao's lackey, and even the task of escorting the prince to marry was specially assigned to her. To outsiders, isn't she a confidant
In the eyes of the Ten Crow Messengers, there was a reasonable explanation for Shen Tang's close contacts with Wang Ji or the fact that he showed importance to her.
Gu Chi nodded: "This is just one of the levels."
Shen Tang: "... What is the second level?"
Gu Chi's expression turned into teasing, his eyes were cunning, and he said, "My lord, you are a young man with talent and looks like Pan An. The only shortcoming is that you are a little young, but as a scholar, you have almost adult stature at the age of fourteen... Princess, I am pleased. If I can accept you as my subordinate, your life will be safe on the way."
Shen Tang: “…”