AWB Chapter 432 Revenge on King Dongli
Chapter 432 Revenge on King Dongli
Eunuch Huang looked at the Queen cautiously and asked carefully, "Does your Majesty want me to investigate Hongying's identity?"
Eunuch Huang was a smart man and he immediately realized that the Queen suspected that there was something wrong with Hongying.
If he was not smart, how could he have climbed to the position of the most lucrative and powerful Chief Internal Affairs Officer in just a few years?
Although he cannot be compared with the eunuchs like Cheng Song who serve the emperor, all the palace maids are under his control.
Before Gu Jianchu could respond, a mechanical voice suddenly rang in her mind.
[No need to check, Hongying is from Dongli country, and her name is also fake.]
Upon hearing this, Gu Jianchu and Xie Ci'an had different expressions.
What they all had in common was that they were all shocked by the result given by the system.
They thought Hongying wanted to seduce King Dongli to ascend the throne, but they never expected that Hongying was from Dongli Country and the names she used were all fake. There must be other problems, otherwise why would she use fake names.
Judging from Hongying's attitude towards King Dongli, it is obvious that she wants to get something from King Dongli.
When he thought about what Eunuch Huang said about Hongying knowing kung fu and that her family background didn't seem to be bad, a bad premonition flashed through Gu Jianchu's mind.
She asked quickly.
[Tongzi, what is Hongying's true identity? ]
[You're quite quick to react. Hongying's true identity is Zhou Xiang, the second daughter of the Prime Minister of Dongli Kingdom.]
How come I've never heard of a legitimate daughter in the Prime Minister's Mansion in Dongli Kingdom? I've only heard of a legitimate daughter being married to the Second Prince. If Hongying is the second daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, then the Prince of Dongli, as her brother-in-law, should know this second daughter. However, the Prince of Dongli's reaction just now clearly shows that he doesn't recognize Hongying.
[The Prime Minister of Dongli Kingdom is second only to the emperor, so it's impossible that no one knows that he has such a legitimate daughter.]
[The people of Dongli do know that there is such a legitimate daughter, but they only know her name and not her identity.]
[Tongzi, please tell me what happened in detail.]
Zhou Xiang was born weak and sickly, and nearly died young. Later, the Prime Minister encountered a Taoist priest outside who read his fortune for his daughter and said she needed a life-saving treatment. Zhou Xiang was so seriously ill at the time, so the Prime Minister gave it his all. After all, medicine ultimately ends in metaphysics. The Taoist priest was indeed quite skilled, and Zhou Xiang's condition improved steadily under his treatment. Seeing this, the Prime Minister treated the Taoist priest as a distinguished guest. Later, the Taoist priest said he would take Zhou Xiang back to the Taoist temple and adopt her as his adopted daughter, raising her there to practice cultivation and prolong her life.
[The Prime Minister loved his daughter, and in order to keep her alive, he immediately agreed to the Taoist's request. Furthermore, it was the Taoist who had saved his daughter's life in the first place.]
When Zhou Xiang was three years old in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she was sent to a Taoist temple to be raised by Taoist priests. She could only go down the mountain to reunite with her family during the annual New Year. As a result, no one in Dongli Country had ever seen Zhou Xiang. After such a long absence, the people of Dongli Country had long forgotten the existence of such a second legitimate daughter, and only knew of the existence of the eldest legitimate daughter.
Zhou Xiang lived a carefree life in the mountains with the Taoist priest. Every day, besides meditating, he practiced martial arts to strengthen his body. His frail body gradually recovered.
[Thankfully, she was adopted by this Taoist priest, which saved her from being implicated by her father, the traitorous Prime Minister. She was forgotten by everyone during the house raid and was able to survive.]
[Since she has been spared, she should live cautiously to avoid having her true identity known.]
[Yet she concealed her identity and traveled to the State of Jin, even trying every possible means to sneak into the palace and find an opportunity to contact Prince Dongli. It's impossible that she did this to seduce Prince Dongli and stay by his side.]
[It's true that she seduced the King of Dongli, and it's also true that she wanted to stay by his side. However, she didn't do it out of a desire to win his favor. Instead, she wanted to stay by his side and then find an opportunity to take revenge on him. After all, he had ordered the execution of her entire family, and even implicated her entire clan, not even sparing the children. Some were killed, some were exiled.]
She had the power to kill King Dongli directly, but she felt that killing him directly was not enough to vent her anger. She wanted to stay by King Dongli's side and slowly avenge him, letting him feel what it felt like to have his loved ones die around him one by one.
The Prime Minister's rebellion was his fault. Any emperor would not have let a rebel off easily, but would have wanted to root them out. Her sister's actions were inhumane, and she had no nerve to seek revenge. Since she was still alive, she should have continued to live, and even left a bloodline for the family. Wasn't her master quite insightful? Why didn't he persuade her?
[I tried to persuade her, but she didn't listen. I simply gave up. Her master also said that everyone has their own destiny. Since I've chosen this path, I have to consider the price of it. I can stop her from dying once, but I can't stop her a second time, let alone someone who wants to die. So I just let her go.]
How did she sneak into the palace?
[It's pretty much the same as what Zhou Xiang said herself, but she sold herself to a human trafficker, then used that person to get to the capital, and then through inquiries, she finally found a way to enter the palace. She was smart and bold, and she liked to bribe people, so she quickly made it to the Imperial Household Department.]
Zhou Xiang knew that King Dongli would definitely come to Jin State, but she didn't expect him to come so soon. She thought he would wait until Xie Ci'an's birthday before coming.
She knew clearly that this was her only chance to seize. Prince Dongli might not come to the capital again. After all, he had just ascended the throne, and many things were uncertain. He needed to seek cooperation with the Emperor of Jin. Once he had firmly established his throne, why would he come to Jin in person?
She had to use this opportunity to stay by the side of Prince Dongli. She gave Xia Zhi a laxative, and when the imperial physician came to examine her, she deliberately said that Xia Zhi had eaten something incompatible with her diet, causing the diarrhea. This prevented Xia Zhi from serving Prince Dongli, and the incompatible food also prevented anyone from suspecting her.
Zhou Xiang was afraid that Xia Zhi would be cured, so she even spiked the medicine Xia Zhi drank, causing it to be ineffective even after Xia Zhi drank it. Then, she took this opportunity to replace Xia Zhi and serve King Dongli, so she could take advantage of this opportunity to attack King Dongli.
Zhou Xiang wanted to use this fake identity to stay by the side of the King of Dongli. She didn't mind being just a concubine. Her goal was to follow the King of Dongli back to the Kingdom of Dongli, and then, using her identity, she would gradually avenge the King. She believed that no revenge was more cruel than being betrayed by someone close to her.