20demayo Chapter 238 A Disappointing Background
Chapter 238 A Disappointing Background
Long Jiu was honest this time and shook his head: "No, she never wears any jewelry, and it seems that she didn't have any jewelry at all when she married Gu Chenglin."
She wasn't used to wearing those things either; well, apart from the wooden hairpin in her hair, she never wore anything.
The Empress and Princess Anhe have given her plenty of jewelry, but she's never been seen wearing any of it.
"But, Your Highness, is she really Princess Jin?"
I thought to myself, their personalities aren't that different.
But then I realized she had amnesia, and that made sense.
Cang Lingchen sighed: "If you hadn't shown up, and if she weren't related to my cousin, we could still recognize her because of her appearance."
But now, without any further proof of her identity, we cannot acknowledge each other.
No matter how much she resembles her mother, it's impossible.
As you all know, Father still has the power of the secret service, and this force will not show itself until the country is destroyed.
Back then, only a portion of those people from the Dark Guard helped my cousin get to that position, and among them were you Dragon Guards and Shadow Guards.
"Dongfang Jin's abilities are undeniable. What do you think my cousin will think if we acknowledge her as our wife?"
My cousin appears humble, but which emperor isn't suspicious?
Under the whole world, is it not the king's land, and the coast of leading the land is not the king's ministers.
Although they didn't have that intention, their power was undeniable, and for anyone, they would be a thorn in their side.
How can I allow others to snore under my bed?
Cangying sighed, "We've already taken all four members of the Fang family, who raised her, to a dark room for interrogation. No matter what methods we use, we've only managed to find out a little bit of information."
They said they picked her up because she was well-dressed, and they planned to take advantage of her when the person who was looking for her came. Little did they expect that they would wait for so many years.
Moreover, Princess Jin only had a pair of silver-inlaid jade bracelets and some headdresses; she had nothing else.
The Fang family had already pawned those items long ago, the last one being pawned five years ago, and its whereabouts are now unknown.
The clothes she was wearing when she got lost were also burned by the Fang family.
The only clue found was Hengfa Pawnshop, which was still Zheng Lu Nian's property, and all of Zheng's belongings had been put into the national treasury.
Our young master also searched inside, but found nothing.
Long Jiu fell silent. This was truly a difficult matter. Ten years had passed, and now they were facing the Fang family again…
As Prince Chen said, admitting it is not good, not admitting it is not good either, and pretending not to know is even worse, as it has the intention of covering up the truth.
This...this terrible background.
"Is this why you came here?" Long Jiu asked.
Cangying shook his head: "We received news that someone in Qi'an County was poisoned by eating salt from the mountains."
Lu Yunqing happened to be there at the time, and he told his master to come to Lingwu Village to find Dongfang Jin, saying she had a solution.
Long Jiu was surprised: "You mean Qi'an County, which borders Qingzhou and Jizhou?"
Cang Lingchen nodded: "That is the hometown of Father's wet nurse. After Yang Mama passed away, Father's people have been keeping an eye on that area."
Long Jiu clapped his hands: "You really came to the right people. This method really works. You've come to the right place."
I actually know about this. I just heard it from Sister Jin, it's fresh off the press.
He heard from a caravan on his way back that several villages in Qi'an County had been poisoned by salt, and that some people were vomiting, dizzy, nauseous, and some were even unconscious.
He asked out of curiosity, thinking it was a plague, but thankfully it wasn't; they said it was from eating local salt.
Salt is still not something that ordinary people can eat freely. Although it is now priced reasonably, the supply of salt from the salt wells is still insufficient.
The salt from Cangli Kingdom is not enough to supply the south...
He had just stepped out the door when he asked Jin-jie, and to his surprise, she immediately began to explain how to refine salt rocks.
Cangying said urgently, "Tell me quickly, the poison in those people has been cured, but the people in that place have a problem getting salt."
Long Jiu felt a little embarrassed because he had forgotten most of it in his excitement: "For this, I just remember crushing, dissolving, filtering, and finally waiting for crystallization. As for the process, I'll have to ask Sister Jin."
Cangying was somewhat annoyed: "You..."
Cang Lingchen raised his hand to stop him: "No rush, as long as there's a way." After saying that, he looked at the woodcutter on the mountain.
Dongfang Jin was chopping wood by the western hillside when she listened to Ruyi recount the conversation of these people.
Dongfang Jin put the dead wood with dried wood ear mushrooms aside and took a machete to chop down the dead trees.
Ruyi, tell me, am I really his sister?
Ruyi was lounging in the space, legs crossed, eating egg tarts, and watching cartoons—she couldn't be more content.
That's hard to say. Even if it is, as that prince said, it's really hard to recognize a blood relative.
Judging from what this prince said, his family's influence in controlling the royal secret service of the Eastern Lin Kingdom must be considerable.
He won't appear until the country is destroyed—what does that mean? It seems this Emperor Shengde truly fears his uncle.
Dongfang Jin piled the firewood in a heap. [So, when the Emperor and Empress said they wanted to adopt a child from their uncle's family to inherit the throne, they weren't joking; they were testing the waters.]
Who knows? Humans are such a hassle, making everything so complicated.
This is the law of power centers: constant struggle. So, I just want to find a quiet place to live, far away from all that fighting.
Gu Chenglin, the second young master of the Rongguo Duke's Mansion, has already been registered with the Emperor.
She didn't believe the Helian family wouldn't report the commotion he caused at the border. Military generals were more sensitive to those in power than civil officials, and thus more likely to be feared.
She believed that once Gu Chenglin's hand grenade was successfully developed, the Helian family would report it immediately.
If it's then revealed that she's Prince Dun's daughter, then...
May your dreams come true.
Dongfang Jin cleared his mind, raised his cleaver and swung it down. "That's a must, after Gu Jingye comes of age and gets married, and Gu Caiwei finds her Mr. Right."
I'll go back here, retire, grow vegetables every day, and soak in a hot spring. How wonderful!
Ruyi then exclaimed, "Jin-jie, there are two wild beasts fighting in the ravine behind this mountain. Do you want to go and pick them up?"
Dongfang Jin paused in his chopping motion. "A wild animal? What kind of animal?"
A white tiger and a black bear are fighting fiercely. Want to go? Both the tiger and the bear are full of treasures.
Dongfang Jin straightened up, turned her head to look at the few people who were still talking over there, and seeing that they hadn't noticed her, she flashed into her space and used the teleportation bead to arrive at the mountain valley behind the mountain.
Once outside the space, Dongfang Jin found a large tree, jumped up, and watched the battle.
The temperature here is higher than in the valley ahead, and all the plants here are lush and green.
The mountains are shrouded in mist, as if draping this magnificent mountain in a veil as thin as a cicada's wing.
Under the gentle breeze, the clouds and mist are like playful elves, darting and frolicking among the mountains. Sometimes they gather into thick white clumps like cotton wool, and sometimes they spread out like thin gauze, gently covering the verdant mountain peaks.
It's as if mountain spirits are dancing gracefully, making people feel the life and vitality of nature.
Even the grass on the ground looks like a green carpet.
Sunlight pierces through layers of clouds and mist, adding a touch of mystery and warmth to this secluded valley.
This area is as if nature has used the most delicate brushstrokes to outline a constantly changing landscape painting on this vast canvas, with towering mountains and flowing water, captivating people and making them feel refreshed and relaxed.
Standing on the branch of a large tree whose name she didn't know, Dongfang Jin admired the beautiful scenery before looking down at the two creatures fighting.
[Territory grabbing?]