The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

The Emperor of Chu didn't know, and neither did Concubine Ning.

Both of them went back with gloomy faces. This concubine selection banquet undoubtedly ended in failure.

The Queen summoned the Sixth Prince the next day, and the two talked privately for a long time before the Sixth Prince came out of the Queen's Palace and turned to pay his respects to his mother.

"Don't worry, mother. Marriage is all about fate. When fate arrives, it will come naturally."

After Chu Qinling stopped hanging out with Kang Ge'er, he became more calm and indifferent. He looked like a water lily isolated in a cold river, quiet and elegant.

"How can mother not be anxious? You are already sixteen years old, and the fifth prince is already married at this age."

Concubine Ning leaned on the beauty couch, rubbing her eyebrows, looking like she had a headache.

"He is him, and I am me. The imperial physician said that I need to rest for another four to five years before my body recovers."

Chu Qinling sat there. He knew his body better than anyone else.

If he wants to win, the children are the key.

The fifth brother's children died one after another when they were born. He even asked his imperial physician privately, and the doctor said that it was probably because of insufficient vital energy and early leakage.

It seems that the fifth brother had a personal maid to serve him when he was fourteen, and he was sixteen percent married. Now he is almost twenty. In the past four years, his wives and concubines in the palace have become pregnant one after another, but he can't even keep a healthy child.

Up to now, there are only two grown-up boys and one daughter among the five children.

Defei also said all day long that the concubines around the fifth brother were not blessed and could not give birth to a child as blessed as the fifth brother.

This is Sima Zhao's intention, and everyone knows it.

Because of this, the emperor's attitude towards my fifth brother and Concubine De became increasingly bad, and he often showed a bad face in the court.

Chu Qinling did not deliberately inquire about these things, but the whole imperial city knew about them.

If Kang Ge'er was still in Beijing, he would have rushed to the first stop of the Bagua route long ago. There would be nothing he didn't know.

Chu Qinling missed Kang Ge'er a little. He had grown up now and wondered what Kang Ge'er looked like now.

"That's fine."

When Concubine Ning heard that it was the imperial physician who said that, she stopped worrying.

Four or five years is fine. It’s not appropriate for Ling’er to have servants around him, lest they harm his health.

But she knew that the Lord Duan was still alive and only had one wife by his side.

Concubine Ning had already made up her mind that it would be best to find a prince's consort for Ling'er who was compatible with him. Otherwise, life would be too long without someone who understood him, and his life would be very miserable.

"Even if it's still a few years away, you still have to find one yourself. If there's a girl you like, tell your mother and she'll ask your father to arrange a marriage for you."

This time Chu Qinling did not refuse, as it would be good to find something for his mother to do.

"If there is, your son will be the first to tell you."

Chu Qinling said a few nice words, which made Concubine Ning very happy.

So much so that when she left, Concubine Ning was in a happy mood.

"I heard that before the Sixth Prince passed away, the Imperial Concubine was gloomy and worried. But when the Sixth Prince left, the Imperial Concubine was still smiling."

As the palace maid beside her spoke, the queen paused while flipping through the Buddhist scriptures.

The Sixth Prince is really what people think he is, he is the son of Concubine Ning, so His Majesty dotes on him especially.

If you think so, then you underestimate him.

"Sixth Prince is a filial son. Didn't I just get a piece of smoked pine ink in my warehouse? I'll send it over along with the rare items that just came in."

"Your Majesty truly loves the Sixth Prince."

Queen Zhu put down the scriptures in her hand, was helped to stand up slowly, paused for a moment, and then walked out.

"The prince is filial, and as his mother, I am naturally happy."

……

A new letter was received in a government office in the capital.

"Suspected insider exposure, immediate liquidation."

"Waste, waste, all waste, what are these people doing with their meals?"

We were clearly following the plan, but why did we always make a mistake? We were clearly in a winning situation, but in the end we ended up in a stalemate.

If he wasn't in the capital, he would have wanted to rip off their heads one by one and kick them in the head.

"Pass the order down, deal with the informant at hand, and hide."

As soon as the King of Chu received the news, he sent people to attack quickly, hoping to follow the clues and get to the bottom of it.

But the other party was very vigilant. Not only did they quickly deal with the informant, they also cleaned up the mess.

The Chu Emperor's men only touched the butts and tails of those people, and were so angry that there were several more sets of smashed tea cups in the imperial study.

The King of Chu already had a suspicion in his mind, but it could not be confirmed yet, so everything was just speculation.

There was a traitor in the imperial court, and the thought of it made the King of Chu feel like he had something stuck in his throat and couldn't swallow his food.

The good news brought from the border made the King of Chu's mood turn from gloomy to cheerful.

"Well, well, well done. This Duan family member has truly inherited his grandfather's style."

Kang Ge'er has made another contribution.

This is a long story, so let’s make it short.

After Kang Ge'er returned, he wanted to take that route a few more times, but because he had no household registration, he had to stop there.

Later, he found Li Zhi and got him a fake household registration, so he basically became a frequent visitor there.

Whenever someone asked, he would say that he was a businessman who came here to do business.

In Mo Sheng, people with the blood of the Great Chu have the lowest status. In some cities, mixed-race people with the characteristics of the Great Chu are prohibited from entering.

Because of the high priest, these people with the blood of the Great Chu still have dignity.

At least someone like "Kang Ge'er" can survive by his own efforts.

The high priest's power and authority in Mo Sheng now surpasses that of the King of Mo Sheng. The king is now like a hollow commander who only knows how to issue orders.

Mo Sheng was divided into two factions regarding this war.

One faction is composed of loyal subordinates centered on the king, who advocate seeking peace with the Great Chu in order to cultivate their character and rest.

But the high priest's faction is very radical and is bound to fight to the death with the Great Chu.

Everyone said that the high priest must have a grudge against the Great Chu, otherwise why would he treat his former "country" in this way.

Kang Ge'er mingled with that group of people and found out a lot about Mo Sheng.

That day he heard the high priest summon all merchants to assemble and issue a unified merchant decree to provide support and accumulate strength for the Mo Sheng war.

Mo Sheng has no food left.

To be precise, Mo Sheng is now facing very serious external and internal troubles.

Mo Sheng has a poor geographical location, with few crops and mostly animal husbandry.

While fighting on the front lines, they had to go to other places in the surrounding area to buy and sell food, and some of them were more forward-thinking and resold it.

The people's access to food became increasingly limited, while the merchants' pockets grew fatter. With the people's lives miserable, some of them secretly opposed the High Priest's rule and urged him to return power to King Mo Sheng.

The food supply was insufficient and the soldiers on the front line were beginning to show signs of fatigue, so the high priest set his sights on this group of merchants, hoping they could "borrow" some silver.

Kang Ge'er also collected a lot of information and concluded that there was no food on the Mo Sheng front line.

This was good news. Kang Ge'er asked people to monitor the food supply on each route. After about a week, there was still no food.

Kang Ge'er knew the time was almost right, so he sent someone to deliver the message.

But within two days, Da Chu made the decision to launch an attack after midnight.

The enemy was caught off guard, and perhaps because they had not had enough food and had been hungry for a long time, the soldiers had no power to resist.