The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

Chapter 128 Brothers break up

The court argued about disaster relief for a long time but no real decision was made.

On this day, the fifth prince, Prince An, hosted a banquet for Prince Jing at Duanjiang Tower.

In the pavilions, beauties sang and danced, the music of the piano was soft and the aroma was lingering.

The wind, rain and cold weather outside cannot blow away the warm and red feeling in the house.

Prince An had been drinking alone, his round cheeks had already turned red, and he looked a little angry and dissatisfied.

King Jing looked at him calmly, and after a long while he asked, "My Royal Brother, you look like you're trying to drown your sorrows in alcohol."

Prince An drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, put the glass down heavily, and suddenly sighed.

Seeing that King Jing had stopped talking, King An said, "It's not just sadness, it's even more painful for me."

King Jing chuckled, "Who could make my brother so uncomfortable?"

Prince An raised his eyes and said with a wry smile, "Sixth brother, do you know where the emperor plans to send you to provide disaster relief this time?"

As soon as he finished asking, he chuckled again, "I asked in vain."

"You and my eldest brother are born of the same mother, so you must have known the news earlier than me."

Prince Jing frowned slightly. "The disaster relief is entirely arranged by the emperor, how can we make arbitrary comments?"

Prince An chuckled, "That's what I said, but I'm feeling aggrieved. You can't just forbid me from saying a word?"

King Jing picked up the wine glass in his hand and took a sip.

Prince An came closer and said, "It's Jiangnan."

The wine glass in King Jing's hand trembled, "Jiangnan?!"

Suddenly, King Jing chuckled: "Father really dotes on my eldest brother."

"Isn't it?" Prince An grumbled softly, "Jiangnan has always been prosperous, and the disaster this time wasn't serious. Sending my eldest brother to Jiangnan wasn't meant to provide disaster relief, it was clearly to let him..."

Take the opportunity to make money and build up connections.

But Prince An didn't dare to say this.

The two of them stopped talking and drank in silence.

Prince An's mother was of humble origin, and even though Prince An himself was versatile and capable, he was despised by the emperor.

Although Prince Jing has a royal concubine as his biological mother, he has an even more dazzling elder brother, Prince Su.

Now he has no legitimate son, and the princess he married is a princess from a neighboring country.

Whether they were princes or lords, they were both marginal figures, which gave rise to a sense of mutual respect.

Prince Su was born when Concubine Rou was at the peak of her favor, and was favored by both the Emperor and Concubine Rou.

Concubine Rou had already fallen out of favor when she was pregnant with Prince Jing, but she still hoped to regain his favor with Prince Jing.

Unfortunately, the emperor’s grace is like flowing water, which will never come back.

Naturally, he also felt some anger and dissatisfaction towards King Jing.

Especially when the emperor gave the princess to marry Prince Jing, it almost cut off Prince Jing's idea of competing for the throne, and Concubine Rou also completely lost hope in Prince Jing.

From then on, Concubine Rou only wanted to rely on her eldest son, hoping that one day she would be able to live in Shoukang Palace in luxury.

Prince An looked at Prince Jing and thought that since they had similar backgrounds, Prince Su could go to the prosperous Jiangnan to "provide disaster relief", but Prince Jing had to go to the remote and desolate Yunzhou.

Suddenly I felt that I wasn't so miserable.

He raised his hand and patted King Jing's shoulder, "Hah!

King Jing drank the wine in the cup silently.

When King Jing, half drunk, was helped away by others, King An raised his hand and waved.

The singing and dancing ended and the musicians left the stage.

Prince An's advisor stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, tell Prince Jing the news. How will he react?"

Prince An chuckled and said, "You say you don't care, but you've been drinking a lot of wine on the table."

Prince An leaned lazily in his chair, "It seems he is also dissatisfied with Prince Su."

"Just dissatisfaction?"

Prince An glanced at his advisor, "Isn't dissatisfaction enough? Do you want him to kill his brother?!"

Although this was said as a joke, it contained a warning.

Prince An can discuss royal affairs with his advisers, but he is not allowed to have any inappropriate thoughts.

The counselor lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, I have stumbled upon something that may turn Prince Jing and Prince Su against each other."

"If the two brothers had a scene before Prince Su went to Jiangnan, perhaps the emperor would have changed his mind."

Prince An's eyes darkened, "Speak!"

Counselor: "Your Highness, do you know that recently a concubine in Prince Jing's mansion was plotting against her during childbirth, nearly resulting in two deaths?!"

Prince An said expressionlessly, "I don't know."

As a prince, how free must he be to pay attention to the birth of a concubine in his younger brother's mansion?

Counselor: "King Jing recently had three new sons. One was born prematurely, less than eight months old. Another was also born with a deficiency in the womb. Some time ago, he inhaled charcoal and damaged his lungs..."

Prince An raised his eyebrows: "You mean, someone doesn't want the Sixth Brother to have a normal son?"

But I was thinking in my heart, how cruel.

King Jing didn't have a legitimate son. If he didn't even have a healthy son, why would he compete with these people?

This is not to prevent King Jing from competing for that position, it is clearly to make King Jing have no descendants!

Prince An thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "You mean, this matter is related to Prince Su's Mansion?!"

The counselor nodded and whispered in Prince An's ear in a low voice for a long time.

After a moment, he said, "If the prince manages to pass this information to Prince Jing's desk, I'm afraid the two brothers will become enemies forever."

Prince An clapped his hands and laughed: "Good, good, good!"

"You are so attentive that you can spot clues even in the smallest details!"

King Jing had no idea of King An's joy.

He sat half drunk in the carriage, his eyes slightly drooping, neither drunk nor awake.

"Brother, are you going to Jiangnan to provide disaster relief?"

Prince An thought that the emperor favored Prince Su and gave him such a good job.

But they cannot see the danger hidden behind this good job.

The current emperor is suspicious and cruel, and the disaster relief in Jiangnan is just a test.

If Prince Su really takes the opportunity to form a clique for personal gain, what awaits him when he returns to the capital will probably be the emperor's ruthless butcher knife.

Because Prince Su knew the situation clearly, he kept declining, trying to find a glimmer of hope.

King Jing knew clearly that the collapse of the Purple Palace was caused by his eldest brother.

After some time, I'm afraid that Lao Ba will also suffer.

The emperor is not blind. As long as he finds any clues, there will be a bloody storm in the capital!

King Jing is caught in the middle and will definitely be implicated!

He thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Turn around and go to Prince Su's Mansion."

Shi An was surprised and said, "Your Highness, we've already reached our doorstep..."

King Jing suddenly opened his eyes and said calmly, "Didn't you hear what I said?"

Those extremely dark eyes fell on Shi'an, frightening him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Originally, Shi'an was worried that his prince was drunk and confused.

Now I know that the prince is not only not drunk, but also very sober!

On the second day, Prince Jing visited Prince Su's mansion at night, had a big quarrel with Prince Su, and left in a huff. The news spread throughout the capital in an instant.

When people heard the news on the first day of the new year, they just listened to it for fun.

Later, someone spread the rumor that the reason why Prince Jing and Prince Su had a big quarrel was that Prince Su's wife intended to murder Prince Jing's pregnant concubine.

The eldest sister-in-law murdered her pregnant sister-in-law, and it’s a royal affair!

This is really more interesting the more you taste it!