freenovelworld Chapter 606: Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. He is more vicious than a tiger.
Chapter 606: Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. He is more vicious than a tiger.
"Ma'am, let's go inside and talk in detail."
"Okay." Ji Chuhe nodded in agreement, turned around and said to Chunsheng: "Chunsheng, wait for me here first."
"Yes, ma'am." Chunsheng responded immediately.
Chao Sihai couldn't help but look at Chunsheng a few more times, then turned around and welcomed Ji Chuhe into the house.
There was a hint of doubt on Chunsheng's face. He could feel that the way his father-in-law looked at him was different from the way he looked at others. He had this feeling since the first time they met.
But what is the relationship between him and Eunuch Chao?
He must be overthinking it.
Ji Chuhe came into the house, Chao Sihai personally brewed a pot of tea and poured a cup for Ji Chuhe.
"Madam, I called you here this time because I made the decision after careful consideration. I hope you will not be too shocked when you hear what I am going to say next."
"Please speak to the eunuch."
"The Queen wants to deal with the Fourth Prince and has implicated his wife as well." Chao Sihai said this first.
Ji Chuhe looked at him, his thoughts racing.
The information conveyed by this sentence is really huge!
First of all, the Queen wanted to deal with the Fourth Prince and also implicate her. How did Chao Sihai know this? Moreover, Chao Sihai obviously knew more detailed inside information.
Is it that the person arranged by Chao Sihai has become the Queen's confidant, or is it that Chao Sihai is the Queen's man?
Ji Chuhe thought about it and was more inclined to the latter.
Because, when it came to Concubine Cao's death, the Empress Dowager did not find any evidence of the Queen's guilt.
No, the truth may not be that simple.
If the attack was against Sihai, there is no way the emperor would not have noticed it.
"Thank you, Eunuch Chao, for telling me about this matter, so that I can be prepared. I think, Eunuch Chao called me here today not just to tell me about this matter, right?" Ji Chuhe asked tentatively.
"Of course it's not just this matter. Madam, aren't you curious about how I knew that the Queen was going to deal with the Fourth Prince and would involve you?"
"I think my father-in-law will explain it to me." Ji Chuhe said slowly.
"I am actually the Queen's man, so I know the Queen's plan."
Ji Chuhe picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. "Eunuch, this tea is indeed good. I remember that before the Empress married the Emperor, she was the best at making tea. Moreover, her family had a tea mountain. All the tea produced from her house was supplied to the imperial capital, the palace and the houses of the rich and powerful. Today, the Empress's maternal family is still making tea. Eunuch, this tea must be a special tea that has never been seen outside."
He smiled and nodded at Sihai, "I didn't expect that Madam could taste the origin of this tea. It is indeed as Madam said."
"It seems that the relationship between the eunuch and the queen is indeed extraordinary."
Chao Sihai noticed that Ji Chuhe did not say that he was the Queen's man, but only pointed out that his relationship with the Queen was unusual.
It seemed that there was no need for him to make any more attempts on the Crown Prince's wife.
This woman was so smart that his little tricks were nothing in front of her.
"Back then, when the emperor ascended the throne, the wife he married in his fiefdom naturally became the empress. Unfortunately, the empress's family background was too humble. If the emperor had always been a king, it would have been fine, but the emperor ascended the throne."
"However, the Queen has never done anything wrong. After entering the palace, she has been very cautious. The Emperor can only let her be the Queen to avoid being criticized. The Queen secretly tried to win me over. I didn't dare to have any other thoughts towards the Emperor, so I reported the matter to the Emperor. Unexpectedly, the Emperor didn't get angry. Instead, he asked me to do things for the Queen secretly, so that the Queen would think that I had been bought off."
Ji Chuhe was thoughtful after hearing this.
In this case, the harem is actually under the emperor's control.
She did not interrupt Chao Sihai, waiting for him to continue.
"Later, Concubine Luo entered the palace and was favored by the emperor. Although the empress was the empress and the master of the six palaces, her power fell into someone else's hands. In fact, this was intentional by the emperor. Sometimes, Concubine Luo was too high-profile. When the empress wanted to deal with Concubine Luo, she found me. I went to ask the emperor for instructions. The emperor agreed, and I cooperated with the empress to crack down on Concubine Luo several times. The situation in the harem was balanced."
"Because I didn't refuse those times, the Queen gave me many benefits. At one point, the Queen thought that I had surrendered to her and was working for her."
Ji Chuhe understood, "In fact, in the final analysis, it was the Emperor who wanted Concubine Cao's life."
"Madam is right." He nodded to Sihai.
"Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Concubine Cao is pregnant with the emperor's own flesh and blood. How could he have the heart to kill her?"
"In the eyes of the emperor, that is not his own flesh and blood. It is a threat to the emperor, and it is an obvious threat! If Concubine Cao is really pregnant with a prince and gives birth safely, the queen mother will definitely let the emperor make this little prince the crown prince. Even the queen will do everything she can to help Concubine Cao and the little prince."
"Is the Emperor so afraid of the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager?"
"Madam, have you ever understood the four forces that followed the emperor and their current situation?"
"The Yancheng Jiang family, the Yongcheng Ji family, the Jincheng Nan family, and the emperor's original fiefdom, these four forces have a total of 600,000 soldiers." Ji Chuhe said accurately.
This is also why, when King Ping knew he couldn't handle it, he still wanted to drag his father down with him, and his father didn't fall for it.
At that time, there was no one in Daxia who could compete with the emperor.
Even though the army has not yet arrived at the imperial capital, the person sitting on the throne will not change.
"As for their current situation, the Yancheng Jiang family was originally the husband's family of ***. All the male members of the family died in the war. I heard that a former deputy general became the governor of Yancheng. Yancheng has a total of 100,000 generals."
"Ji Shi of Yongcheng was appointed as the general and commanded an army of 200,000 to garrison in Yongcheng and several surrounding counties." Ji Chuhe continued.
"The Nan family of Jincheng was also given the title of general, and they both commanded an army of 200,000. They were in the south and north respectively, and the people jokingly called them the Southern General and the Northern General."
"Daxia currently has 800,000 soldiers on record, and the remaining 300,000 are at the disposal of the emperor."
Chao Sihai didn't expect that Ji Chuhe understood all this so thoroughly!
"Madam, let's not talk about anything else today, let's just talk about the current governor of Yancheng. He has always admired me. In addition, most of his subordinates are former members of the Jiang family and they respect me very much. How can the emperor not be afraid of me?"
"So that's how it is." Ji Chuhe sighed.
"So, getting rid of Concubine Cao and the baby in her belly is the most convenient option. It's also because Concubine Cao is unlucky. If she was pregnant with a little princess, her life would not be in danger."