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Chapter 494: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (244)

Chapter 494: The Imperial Concubine Is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Forty-Four)

Wu Ximeng watched as a group of people escorted her son into the imperial mausoleum. The door of the mausoleum slowly closed, and she could only lean on her confidant to avoid fainting.

Her confidant consoled her, "Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince's remains were buried handsomely and dignified, and he was accompanied by many beautiful women. I believe he will be living well in the underworld. He is the most filial to you. Your Majesty, you should stop crying. Otherwise, what will happen if the Fourth Prince can't bear to leave you and doesn't want to reincarnate?"

The confidant has followed her for decades and is one of the few people who can comfort Wu Ximeng.

After hearing this, Wu Ximeng wiped her tears with a handkerchief and tried to stay calm. She wanted to say goodbye to her son properly. After saying goodbye, there were more important things to do. As a mother, it was her responsibility to avenge her son.

Unfortunately, her son died young without leaving any offspring. Her new wife was not a good person either, and fled back to the Lounan tribe in disgrace. When she liked her son before, Li Dandan coaxed and pampered her, and seemed to love her son deeply. But now, after killing her husband, she refused to be buried with her son. This love was also a false bubble.

How could this woman be so cruel? I wonder if she dreams of her husband at night? Will she feel guilty?

Wu Ximeng felt resentful in her heart, and thinking of those buried with him, she sighed, "I am actually a cruel person. I love my son and I'm afraid he'll be lonely, so I can only send people to accompany him. Have you arranged for the families of these people? Be kind to them."

The confidant whispered, "Don't worry, Madam. You know what I do. These are all voluntary. Their families will live well."

Wu Ximeng smiled at this, but then suddenly remembered what Li Dandan had said when she refused to be buried with the king, and her laughter faltered. Alas, she could understand. Even if they were husband and wife, or even close relatives, if the king asked her to be buried with him before his death, she would definitely not want to. What virtue did the king have to ask her to accompany him after his death?

She looked at the tightly closed gate of the imperial mausoleum, and seemed to see her own afterlife. She subconsciously squeezed her confidant's hand and said, "Let's go, we should go back to the palace."

After this, the struggle within the Ji Kingdom's royal family intensified. The king had more than just two sons: the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince. He also had two other sons: the Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince. They were still minors, one fourteen and the other thirteen. Previously, they had been overshadowed by the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince, and had never caught the king's eye.

Now that the king has lost his beloved son, he is dissatisfied with the crown prince, a son who is so cruel as to kill his brother. He treats the crown prince coldly on weekdays and accuses him of incompetence in the court. He intends to promote his other two sons, and becomes concerned about their studies and often summons them.

The prince did not take his two younger brothers seriously. Their maternal clans were not prominent, and he had the support of the witch clan, so he was not afraid that his two younger brothers would take away his position as prince. However, he could not help but feel a little jealous of his father's actions.

For the crown prince, the throne was his by default. He had already reached adulthood and now had a legitimate son. His father should have abdicated, but instead, he refused to let go and suppressed him. Moshi suggested that the monarch might be trying to use other princes to hone him, the crown prince, so that he wouldn't have to worry.

Ji Mingjie felt that he didn't need to worry about anything. He just thought that his father's behavior was ridiculous. He was the crown prince by right and didn't need anyone to train him.

Perhaps the emperor dotes on the fourth younger brother and does not really want to pass the throne to him, but such an annoying behavior will only make him ruthlessly eliminate the person who is in his way.

Any courtier with a little bit of intelligence could see the smoke of war in the court of Ji State, but this was a fight between the king and the prince. Everyone involved was lucky not to be affected. As for resolving the conflict between father and son, no courtier dared to take action.

The relationship between the King of Ji and the Crown Prince deteriorated, and how could the Emperor of Qi ever like his sons?

Especially these sons, they are all good-for-nothings and cannot resist the rebels at all.