Henceforth, the Emperor smiled gently. “Well then, let’s do things according to Muhou’s wishes and have Ling’er help Mu Xiaojie. However, Zhen does not allow him to marry her. Mu Xiaojie’s marriage matters will be discussed after two years.”
When he said these words, Zi You’s face that was capable of causing the downfall of a country emerged in his mind. He couldn’t help but lustfully fantasize what kind of devastating beauty she would be in two years. No one deserves such a woman, other than Zhen, the son of heaven.
The Emperor and Empress Dowager’s conversation was known by Taizi less than two hours later.
Taizi thought of the words Darong Ka said the night he returned from the General’s Manor and unconsciously frowned.
He was originally insistent on not having Darong Ka reveal himself. If his Fuwang knew he had a Miao shaman in his fu, he didn’t need to think about being Taizi anymore. He might even be beheaded.
Therefore, he said to Darong Ka at that time, “You cannot let anyone know of your existence. Now is not the time you should make your move. This Taizi wants to know who else is moving secretly.”
“Yes.” Darong Ka agreed at the time, but he snuck into the General’s Manor. He was not only bitten by a poisonous snake, but he also said to Taizi, “This slave is certain that Mu Xiaojie has spiritual ability. You have to find a way to use her. Those with strong spiritual awareness have the destructive power of 10,000 soldiers. Even a city can be annihilated.”
Taizi could no longer remain calm. Old General Mu had 1/3 of Great Yan’s army in his hands. Almost everyone knew about Mu family’s troops.
Even some of the senior generals in his Fuwang’s 1/3 share of the army came from Old General Mu’s troops.
The last 1/3 of the army was in the hands of his uncle, An Wang.
Whether it was An Wang or Old General Mu, they were both loyal to his Fuwang. Because of the Empress Dowager’s love for An Wang, the Emperor was growing more distrustful of his own younger brother. As a result, the Emperor relied more and more heavily on Old General Mu.
Although he was Taizi, he had no military power in his hands and he was not Fuwang’s most favored wangzi. In addition, with the Empress Dowager’s blind love for An Wang Shizi Shangguan LingRan and An Wang’s heavy military power, it would not be strange if he was kicked off the Taizi position one day.
His in-laws, the She family, was a civil official family. They could not help him in a decisive role anyway.
Thinking of this, Taizi couldn’t help but be annoyed at his mother. She only knew how to think for her clan’s sake when she picked out his Taizifei from the She family. She didn’t think about whether they could help him or not.
Fortunately, he did the Empress Dowager’s work and begged to marry Liu Ruixue as ceifei. At least, he dragged Duke Anguo fu onto his ship.
Although Duke Anguo returned his military power back to his Fuwang, his prestige was still there. He was also the Empress Dowager’s maiden family. Taizi was very satisfied with this marriage.
He also had another cefei, who was the Minister of War’s daughter. Would Zi You, a great general’s Di granddaughter, be willing to marry him as shufei [imperial concubine of lower status than cefei]? The answer was clearly no.
Wouldn’t Old General Mu hate Taizi then? Not only would he not help him, but he might disrupt Taizi’s plans.
Taizi thought about Zi You’s figure that was capable of causing the downfall of a country and Old General Mu’s military power and went outside.
At the same time, Shangguan LingRan also found out the details of the conversation between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. [TL Note: No wonder Taizi was so “in love” with Liu Ruixue. He was after her powerful family]
Shangguan Lingkan put away the carefree smile on his face. His whole person was colder than an iceberg.
At this moment, his hatred for his biological imperial uncle, the Emperor, was clearer than anything else.
The things Old General Mu thought of, Zi You also thought of. She was finally certain that Shangguan Lingkan held no malice towards her. In fact, he had always been helping her.
Then, was the Emperor sending him to her side this time to test Shangguan LingRan or to test her?
Also, with four people constantly watching her, how was she to train the females according to her own training program?
The Emperor absolutely could not find out that she knew martial arts. The Emperor seemed to trust her grandfather very much, but that was because he was using her grandfather to suppress An Wang.