Rebirth of the Imperial Examination: The Empress of the Impoverished Family

Chapter 100
A dark room.

Quietly.

There was a "squeak".

The moonlight leaked into the house like a gate, and rushed in with Qingshan.

After Qingshan got used to it, he saw Jiang Jin sitting on the edge of the bed dully, holding a straw doll in his hand.

His heart throbbed violently, and the hand that fell under him curled up and opened again, "Why don't you turn on the lamp?"

After Qingshan finished speaking, he quietly lit the candlestick, then walked slowly to Jiang Jin's side, and knelt down on one knee, "What's wrong?"

When his eyes touched the straw man, he felt like he was being pricked, and even the corners of his eyes were throbbing, "Something happened while I was away."

He used an affirmative sentence.

"Ah."

A voice as soft as a cloud echoed Aoyama's words.

Jiang Jin moved his stiff neck, told Qingshan what happened after he left, and then asked him, "Is there a problem with the Zhu family?"

Qing Shan was taken aback by the question.

Finally he answered resignedly.

That was the way she was, he knew it.

"Zhu Kuang was surrounded when he got home. Zhu's family wanted to see you very much, but Zhu Kuang stopped him, saying that he was afraid of scaring you."

"Nothing unusual, you can trust Zhu Jia more."

Jiang Jin nodded, "I see."

She lowered her head, glanced at the straw figure she was pinching in her hand, and slowly spread her other clenched hand.

Inside was a crumpled note riddled with pinholes.

Qingshan couldn't help but the muscles under his eyes twitched slightly.

"You know whose horoscope this is."

Jiang Jin said with certainty.

"The details of the prince's witchcraft case, Qingshan, can you tell me?"

She was still young at that time, and even her memory was shocked by her brother's death.

Qing Shan lowered his head, as if hesitating.

"Qingshan, I have grown up."

Jiang Jin understood that everyone wanted to protect her. In the last life, everyone did protect her successfully, so in this life, she has to do the opposite to protect everyone.

"I understand that my father, including you and mother, wants me to look forward and move forward, but if this matter is not resolved, it will always be an existence that hinders my footsteps."

"Don't worry, I won't rot in the past and be blinded by hatred."

"I want to know this, in order to avoid the danger as much as possible. I can't be confused when all the enemies are at the front door, right?"

"Qingshan, I want to know."

She lowered her head, and looked at Qingshan with sincere eyes, she wanted to find some looseness on his face.

"Then you have to promise me that you won't hurt yourself like before."

Aoyama met her eyes.

"That incident was not because of your naughtiness. This incident has nothing to do with you."

Jiang Jin's shoulders were relieved, and he agreed in a low voice, "Of course I know, you have told me these words countless times, and I know you have never blamed me."

"Well, let me tell you what happened back then."

"Back then, the young master fell into the water after sitting alone in the courtyard. Both the master and I speculated whether the young master had seen something we shouldn't have seen."

"After that incident, the master already had a premonition during the funeral, and he has been busy protecting Jiang's and Bo's houses."

"Not long after, something happened to the prince. Witch Gu was found in the mansion. You must know that the emperor is concerned about this matter. He immediately abolished the prince and locked people up."

"At that moment, the master realized that the young master might have seen the person who cast the witchcraft, and also understood that the prince was wronged."

"The prince is generous, benevolent and virtuous. Although he is still young, the talent he has shown has already satisfied all the officials, so there are not a few people who intercede."

"But I didn't expect the emperor to be so serious. Immediately after the princelings in the court, many of them were dismissed and relegated. Everyone in the court was in danger. Just when everyone thought the matter was about to end, a war broke out between the border and the Tatars. .”

"The local garrison Lu Yan colluded with the enemy and treasoned the country, causing [-] soldiers to die at the bottom of the valley. The Tatars attacked more fiercely and hit the hinterland. Later, the third prince's uncle led troops to drive them away, and the war ended."

"After a thorough investigation in the later stage, it was found that the Lu family had a correspondence with the deposed prince. The whole case became that the prince colluded with the border army in order to rebel, and then ordered him to die. Nine tribes."

"It is also because of this that we can no longer do anything to those courtiers who have been demoted. Although this is the case on the surface, who would know secretly?"

Jiang Jin was taken aback when he heard that.

The witchcraft case of the abolished prince...

The Lu family's conspiracy...

It seems that when I was a child, I was protected too well.

"but……"

Qingshan changed the topic, "After the war ended, three years of famine and epidemics broke out. The sons were replaced by food, and the corpses floated for thousands of miles. The imperial court also couldn't part their hands to deal with those princes and old officials, so they survived."

"But the prince's old ministers are all virtuous ministers. Seeing Dayan like this, there are not a few who died on the way."

"Without you, the master wouldn't have lasted that long."

Jiang Jin couldn't express how he felt after hearing this.

For the first time, she understood how difficult what her father was pursuing, so difficult that several generations of hard work might not be able to achieve it.

She looked down at the straw man in her hand again.

Because of this, my brother lost his life.

Because of this, the people suffered.

Ridiculous.

Jiang Jin threw the straw man into the charcoal brazier with his backhand, staring at the flames that gradually engulfed the straw man.

Her sanity gradually came back.

"These things have been going on for so long, let's not pursue them first, what we should think about now is, who is it? Why did you give me this?"

Jiang Jin asked and answered by himself.

"First get rid of the hostile forces." She said affirmatively, "If they want to hurt me, I can't wait for you to come back."

She raised her head suddenly, "Could it be someone from the Zhu family? Are they reminding me not to forget those things back then?"

Qingshan shook his head regretfully, "Although there are many children in Zhu's family who are in politics, they are all located in Zhongli. Originally, the master is also the same, but the master is the one left by the emperor to the prince. The master can't help it, but you are different, young master. The Zhu family is left by the master. Your people, you have to trust them."

"Who would that be..."

Jiang Jin bit his thumb and analyzed the current situation.

Giving her this is definitely a reminder.

Reminder of what?
Don't forget the hate?

"Master."

Qingshan called her to stop, "Don't think about it, the enemy is in the dark, we are in the light, no matter today's incident or not, we will always move forward."

He smiled softly.

A pair of callused hands tore off the fingers she was biting.

"I will always be with you. From now on, I won't go anywhere. I will just stay with you. Don't think about it, huh?"

Of course Jiang Jin believed in Qingshan.

She hesitated for a while, then reluctantly agreed.

Qingshan was right, but he couldn't think of any results.

Going to do it!
When she grows strong enough, she will no longer care about these unnecessary threats.

Even though there are scourges ahead.

She wants to take a look too!
(End of this chapter)