After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 762 - 760 Coincidence
The guard was baffled by Xingxing’s words.
Tied him to a tree with a belt, took everything from his body, and he should be grateful to her?
Did she know how worried he was those days about the jade pendant?!
To more convincingly play the role of the young master, he always carried the jade pendant with him.
His biggest fear was that the jade pendant would be taken by an assassin.
He swore to catch the person who tied him and teach them a lesson.
But now he didn’t know what to do.
Although the jade pendant was taken by Xingxing, it was because of that pendant that the young master’s aunt was found.
Prince Zhenbei recognized the jade pendant and sent people to Nanliang.
If not for several Hidden Guards secretly helping them, they’d be dead by now.
Seeing Zhao Xu, the Princess Consort was overjoyed.
Ever since learning that her brother had a descendant in the world, the Princess Consort wanted to see him in person.
With the trouble Prime Minister Zhao faced, the Princess Consort was constantly on edge, not daring to let anyone know.
Now seeing Zhao Xu, with eyebrows slightly resembling her brother’s, the Princess Consort was sure.
Zhao Xu was also happy to have gained an aunt, though she was not his birth mother.
As they talked, it was inevitable to touch upon the matter the Prince dared not let the Princess Consort know—
The Nanliang Court had exhumed the ancestors’ tomb of the Donglin Prince Mansion.
"Aunt, rest assured, the remains of Donglin Prince Mansion’s ancestors were not desecrated," Zhao Xu said. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
His words came out of nowhere, leaving the Princess Consort bewildered.
She had no idea what had happened.
The Prince looked at Zhao Xu and asked, "What’s going on?"
Zhao Xu said, "My father secretly relocated the grave of the Donglin Prince Mansion over a decade ago."
Of course, it wasn’t that Prime Minister Zhao predicted the ruthless actions of the Nanliang Court.
He had no choice.
His sister was engaged to the heir of the Donglin Prince before marrying Prince Ling. Had it not been for the Donglin Prince Mansion’s incident, she already would have been the heir’s wife of the Donglin Prince Mansion.
The heir of the Donglin Prince was killed, and the Princess Consort Ling occasionally went to pay respects.
After all, she was now the Princess Consort Ling.
For the sake of Prince Ling’s reputation, she should not do this.
If word got out, the bragging would be detrimental to her.
To avoid drawing attention and to honor his sister’s feelings, or perhaps to allow Zhao Xu to openly pay respects to the ancestors of the Donglin Prince Mansion,
Prime Minister Zhao took it upon himself to move the tombs of Donglin Prince Mansion.
This was done in secrecy, with few people aware.
If the Nanliang Court hadn’t sent people to dig up the Donglin Prince Mansion’s ancestral tomb, Prime Minister Zhao wouldn’t have revealed it.
Only then did Zhao Xu learn whom he had been paying respects to all these years.
Although knowing nothing had happened, the Princess Consort was still quite upset.
If Prime Minister Zhao hadn’t moved the tombs for the Donglin Prince Mansion, her father, mother, brother, and the ancestors of the Donglin Prince Mansion would not have been at peace in the afterlife!
Her eyes reddened with anger, she looked at the Prince and said, "Why was I kept in the dark about such a big matter?"
The Prince said, "Keeping it from you saved you from needless worry."
"The Nanliang Court’s despicable actions will not end well."
Death extinguishes all, and the dead are sovereign.
The Donglin Prince Mansion had been exterminated fifteen years ago.
The reason Princess Hengyang survived was due to the Emperor of Nanliang’s self-interest.
An emperor with such a narrow mind surely breeds a chaotic court.
A rotten dynasty from the inside out is bound to be overthrown sooner or later.
Though unable to openly avenge the Donglin Prince Mansion, it doesn’t prevent them from secretly aiding.
Zhao Xu knew the Princess Consort was pregnant and urged her not to get angry.
The Donglin Prince Mansion has him.
The Donglin Prince Mansion’s vengeance, he will settle.
The Princess Consort smiled in comfort.
The Princess Consort wanted Zhao Xu to stay at the Prince Mansion, but Zhao Xu preferred to live at the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion.
The rigorous training at Dongxiang Marquis Mansion suited him well for residence and training.
The Princess Consort saw his ambition and felt relieved. With him staying at Dongxiang Marquis Mansion, she was utterly assured.
As for revenge, the Princess Consort wished more for him to live well.
Even the Donglin Prince Mansion, once holding military power, couldn’t escape the calamity of extermination.
Prime Minister Zhao, being a civil servant, had even resigned and returned home.
For Zhao Xu alone to overthrow the Nanliang Court seemed easy to say but hard to achieve.
It’s a perilous task.
He was the sole surviving descendant of the Donglin Prince Mansion, and the Princess Consort didn’t want him to undertake such dangerous matters.
The Prince supported her back, saying, "After all, he is from Nanliang. With his current status, he has no place to stand in Nanliang; it’s better to strive once."
Both the Princess Consort and Zhao Xu understood in their hearts.
Only in private were they aunt and nephew.
In public, they couldn’t even be remotely related.
Secrecy equates to protection.
The Princess Consort returned to the room to rest, and the Prince went to the study.
As he sat down, Xie Jingchen came in.
He walked in holding a brocade box.
Su Jin followed closely behind, then Xingxing.
The master and servant pair were very curious about the brocade box.
Xie Jingchen placed the brocade box in front of the Prince, who asked, "What is this?"
"Father will know at a glance," Xie Jingchen said.
The Prince opened the brocade box.
Inside the brocade box was a stone.
Xingxing looked puzzled, thinking, why did the son-in-law give the Prince a stone?
Wasn’t he afraid the Prince would get angry and throw the stone at him?
Su Jin thought the stone must be special; could there be a rare jade inside?
The Prince picked up the stone and, after a few looks, his eyes showed a hint of joy.
He opened a drawer and picked up a magnet.
The magnet attached to the stone, and the Prince couldn’t hide his excitement, "Where was this iron ore discovered?"
"Princess Duanhui’s domain," Xie Jingchen replied.
The excitement on the Prince’s face froze instantly.
The joy turned to heaviness.
He hadn’t heard of an iron mine in Princess Duanhui’s fief.
Usually, lands with mines would not be casually granted to princes or princesses by the court.
Iron ore can make iron, and iron can forge weapons.
The reason the Prince was so pleased to see iron ore was precisely that; as a general, his men needed strength and power to be invincible and win every battle.
The soldiers needed not only training but good weapons as well.
With a serious expression, the Prince listened as Xie Jingchen said, "I accidentally found this piece of iron ore and secretly investigated, discovering many people were mining the iron ore."
"Currently, it’s not clear whether Princess Duanhui is mining the ore to sell it or to forge weapons."
The discovery of the iron ore was quite by accident.
When they arrived at Princess Duanhui’s domain, they were placed in a yard.
He went out on the street wearing a mask to investigate.
Just then, a cart carrying large boxes passed by.
The boxes were somewhat dilapidated, and jolting along, a stone fell off the cart.
The cart driver hurried to retrieve the stone.
A small piece happened to be kicked by a little boy to Xie Jingchen’s feet.
Seeing the driver rushing away with his cart, Xie Jingchen found it suspicious and bent down to pick up the stone.
Upon closer examination, he realized it was an iron ore.
This matter was of great importance, so Xie Jingchen didn’t even tell the Hidden Guard and didn’t dare to alert the enemy.
After confirming there was an iron mine and it was being secretly excavated, he suppressed the matter.
His trip out of the capital was to escort Princess Jiuling back.
Even if Princess Duanhui and Prince Qi harbored ill intentions, it wouldn’t be urgent to deal with immediately.
If Princess Duanhui were to discover, not only would the escape plan change, but she might also go to lengths to kill them and cover up the evidence.
Now that he was back in the capital, it was natural to report this to the Prince.
