The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1389 - 1389 674 Overlord Jiaojiao_3

Chapter 1389: 674 Overlord Jiaojiao_3 Chapter 1389: 674 Overlord Jiaojiao_3 The guard took the doctor away.

The warrior monks looked at Gu Jiao with despair. Gu Jiao tilted her head and smiled.

…

Gu Jiao came out of the side room, scratching her little back with a cue stick: “Huff~”

Mu Qingchen had lately been distracted by her various small movements, inexplicably finding her adorable.

There was something off about this thought.

Mu Qingchen decisively banished such stray thoughts from his mind, and said seriously, “Are you done questioning?”

“Mhm.” Gu Jiao nodded, “They’re not real Shaolin warrior monks, just a group of experts lurking in Shaolin. They’ve stolen Shaolin’s martial arts and secretly serve the gentry families.”

Mu Qingchen was somewhat surprised by this outcome, “Which family?”

Gu Jiao said, “The Han Family.”

Mu Qingchen’s brows furrowed: “It’s actually the Han Family… It seems that they are targeting the Mu Family this time. No wonder they injured Mu Chuan so badly right from the start.”

Gu Jiao blinked; if you want to say that, I’m powerless to argue.

Mu Qingchen said, “The Han Family has had grievances with the Mu Family for a long time, but frankly, I never expected they would dare to make a move against me and Mu Chuan during the cuju match.”

Gu Jiao touched her little nose.

In such circumstances, it seems appropriate to ask what the grudge between you is?

Alright, considering you’re taking the blame, I’ll ask.

“What exactly is the grudge between the Han and Mu families?”

“It started with military merit.” Concerned with the Xuanyuan Family, Mu Qingchen was cautious. But after some hesitation, he decided to tell Gu Jiao, “Back when the Xuanyuan Family rebelled and their army was defeated, the military authority was divided into four parts. Both the Han and Mu families had their eyes on the Xuanyuan Family’s Hei Fengqi. In the end, the Hei Fengqi fell into the hands of the Han Family. To win the Mu Family over, the Crown Prince’s manor brokered a marriage between the Han Family and the Mu Family in the name of Consort Han Qi Fei. However, just one day before the wedding, the son of the Han Family eloped with his cousin, causing the Mu Family to break off the engagement in anger.”

There actually was such a dramatic incident.

“However, it is said… there was another reason.”

“What is it?”

“The heir of the Han Family’s father… and my uncle… both once aspired to become the husband to the Princess.”

“Husband to the Princess?” Gu Jiao heard this term for the first time. “A consort in the Princess’s Imperial Harem?”

Mu Qingchen was stunned for a moment: “Ah, you could say that.”

A crown prince has his crown princess; naturally, the princess would also have a consort.

Before the Xuanyuan Family’s incident, the princess was a prestigious heir to the throne and also born with great beauty; who wouldn’t want to be her consort?

Of course, these were all hearsay; his uncle never admitted to it openly.

Gu Jiao inquired, “So who became the husband to the Princess in the end?”

Mu Qingchen shook his head: “The Princess never took a consort.”

Gu Jiao asked without thinking, “Then does she have any children?”

Mu Qingchen said, “She does have a child. The Princess once disappeared for a few years, and when she returned, she had a son with her. That child is a month older than Prince Ming . No one knows who the father of the child is, but as long as he was born from the Princess, he has the royal bloodline.”

“How old is Prince Ming?” Gu Jiao asked herself; why was she concerned about Prince Ming’s age.

“He’s a few months younger than me, also nineteen,” Mu Qingchen replied.

Nineteen… Xiao Hen was also nineteen.

“What happened thereafter?” Gu Jiao asked.

Mu Qingchen looked towards the potted landscape in the courtyard and said slowly: “Afterwards, when the Xuanyuan Family was implicated, the Princess seemed to have been involved too. She was demoted to a commoner, sent to guard the Imperial Mausoleum at Guanshan. The imperial grandson went with her. The health of Imperial Grandson Changsun was always poor. It is said that he had been poisoned in the womb, and the National Master Hall expended great effort to save his life. However, his foundation was damaged, and there were reports just a few years ago that Imperial Grandson Changsun wouldn’t live long.”

“Have you ever seen Imperial Grandson Changsun?” Gu Jiao asked.

Mu Qingchen shook his head again: “Imperial Grandson Changsun was very young when he went with the Princess to guard the Imperial Mausoleum. Other than returning to the National Master Hall every two years for treatment, he hardly stays in Shengdu; I never had the chance to see him.”

Gu Jiao appeared thoughtful.

Something occurred to Mu Qingchen. After hesitating for a moment, he said, “About Imperial Grandson Changsun, there was a rumor several years ago.”

Gu Jiao asked, “What rumor?”

Mu Qingchen furrowed his brow and said, “It was said that Imperial Grandson Changsun was not the biological child of the Princess.”

“Fourth brother! Sixth Young Master! What are you still doing here? The game is about to start!”

Mu Chuan, with his arm in a sling, walked over.

Whether it was about the Xuanyuan Family or the Princess, both were taboo in Shengdu and not to be mentioned casually. Mu Qingchen obviously didn’t intend to let Mu Chuan join the conversation. He glanced at Gu Jiao and said, “Let’s go, let’s watch the match.”

Gu Jiao: “Okay.”

What followed was a match between Lingbo Academy and Jianan Academy; the cuju players from both academies were extremely skilled. Compared to Gu Jiao’s various fancy moves, the second cuju match was decidedly more normal.