Chapter 1701: He’s My Father’s Man

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Qu Xiao still didn’t say anything. He was feeling a little down.

“We can’t promise you anything for now. For now, we can go according to the plan you said. Until the day the deadline is up, you can show your face again.”

That was to let Xia Houzheng and Qu Chuo fight it out, one dying would count as a win. Those two were coveting Da Ling, leaving them alive would be a disaster sooner or later.

“Thank you.” Qu Xiao thanked him.

“As for the rest, we will only decide in the future.”

Qu Xiao nodded. He naturally understood.

“Did you ask to come to Da Ling?” Jiang Yue finally spoke.

Qu Xiao nodded and continued to tell the truth. “Ever since I learned that Beicheng would also collaborate with Da Ling, the officials of Dongxiao started to discuss whether Dongxiao should work with Da Ling. Then, I asked an official who was secretly loyal to me to pretend to harm me and take the initiative to start this plan. He wanted me, the Emperor, to send an envoy to Da Ling to express my sincerity. Xia Houzheng and my uncle both wanted me dead, so they went with the flow and agreed. They even warned me with their eyes in the hall that I could not object to this plan. I pretended to listen to them and did not object to it. After that, I secretly planned to personally go to Da Ling and settle the matter of the throne.”

Previously, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan had already guessed that it was Qu Xiao who wanted to go to Da Ling personally, but they didn’t expect that Qu Xiao would use a plan to make people not suspect him. Therefore, they didn’t know that he was manipulating things from behind. At this moment, when they heard these words, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan weren’t surprised.

Of course, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan could also feel Qu Xiao’s sincerity. After all, such a matter could not be decided rashly. As the saying goes, one may know a person’s face but not his heart. They still decided that they had to observe this child more.

“There’s one more thing. I hope you can answer us truthfully.” Jiang Yue asked again.

“I will try my best.”

Jiang Yue continued, “Do you know a person called Sun Ai? He’s a spy sent by Dongxiao Country to Beicheng Country. Then, this spy followed the Beicheng diplomatic mission to Da Ling. Not only did he want to steal the blueprint for the cannon and gunpowder, but he also wanted to kill my husband.”

“I know what that is. He’s my father’s man. I heard my father mention him on his sickbed. My father was still healthy at that time when he had Sun Ai. Before he lost his power, he sent some spies to other countries.

“After he lost his power, the spies he sent out were all eliminated by the other countries. This was the only one left. It just so happened that Xia Houzheng found out about it.

“Xia Houzheng used my father’s name to contact him. He always thought that he was loyal to my father and that my father had done him a great favor. Later on, my father died. He decided to be loyal to me. Little did he know that the person contacting him was Xia Houzheng.

“Xia Houzheng pretended to obey me, but he was secretly disobeying my orders. He never considered my opinions at all. I wanted to send someone to contact him more than once, but I failed every time. Xia Houzheng asked him to change locations. He thought he was loyal to me and was working for Xia Houzheng, so he never questioned it.

“Originally, I didn’t know what happened to him, but at the end of last year, Xia Houzheng was punished at the palace banquet and brought up this matter. He said that if Sun Ai succeeded, he would have gunpowder and cannons, so why should Dongxiao be afraid of Da Ling?

“Unfortunately, Sun Ai didn’t succeed. He even asked Xia Houzheng to send people to inquire about it. In the end, he only found out in Beicheng that Sun Ai’s place of residence and the people he knew had been investigated. When it came down to it, Sun Ai was already dead.”

Jiang Yue and Xue Yan both nodded, indicating that they understood.

Even before all of this, they already assumed that this wrongdoing was done by Xia Houzheng.

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