strokinit Chapter 703 The road to the son-in-law is far away
Chapter 703 The road to the son-in-law is far away
Chapter 703 The road to the son-in-law is far away
The news of her grandfather's sudden death was like a heavy hammer. Yumiko, who was looking forward to a sweet wedding, was caught off guard.
That night, Yumiko took the noble plane and rushed back to Xuan Palace in Luojing City.
As the son-in-law appointed by the nobles, Li Jiangnan has not yet married Yumiko, but he also rushed back to Xuangong to attend the funeral with Yumiko.
Arriving at Xuangong Xiaotang, before Li Jiangnan walked up the steps, he saw Maoxiong Qianwang wearing a black gauze and white flowers, rubbing his hands, and walking anxiously at the entrance of the hall.
Seeing Li Jiangnan came back, Qianwang Maoxiong hurried down the steps and pulled Li Jiangnan aside.
"What's going on, what happened?" Li Jiangnan asked Maoxiong Qianwang with a strange and nervous expression.
"Jiangnan, this king suspects that there is a ghost in this matter..."
"Old Xuanwang's death, I'm afraid it's not easy..."
King Maoxiong specially arranged for the death of King Xuan, and conducted a secret investigation.
Although Yumiko's grandfather is old and occasionally appears old and dull, there are many imperial doctors in the Xuan Palace after all. Under their care, the old man should not have passed away so soon.
But the crux of the problem is that the old man choked to death on a small piece of rice cake while eating.
Things started three days ago.
King Maoxiongqian's nemesis, Prince Jiqian's Mansion, gave the Supreme Emperor several boxes of rice cakes three days ago, as a little tribute from the younger generation to the elders.
There is no problem with giving rice cakes. The emperor is about to celebrate his birthday. It is reasonable and reasonable for the younger generation to give some rice cakes and other food, and it is also in line with the tradition of the nobles of Beihai Kingdom.
The rice cakes presented by King Jigan not only have a unique taste and excellent flavor, but also can relax the muscles and the whole body, just like being slightly drunk, and the spirit is happy.
Old King Xuan was full of praise for the rice cakes sent by King Jigan. For three days in a row, the old man would use this kind of rice cakes instead of other after-dinner snacks, and eat rice cakes while watching TV.
It happened by coincidence, and I don’t know if it’s really such a coincidence, or someone is deliberately conspiring. The three TV channels that the elderly usually like to watch, and the five TV channels, have started broadcasting TV programs that cater to the appetite of the elderly a week ago. The clown show, also known as hilarious comedy.
As a result, several seemingly coincidental things were put together, and an unfortunate thing happened.
At seven o'clock in the afternoon, the old man was still sitting on the sofa, eating snacks and watching TV Channel 2. He was amused by the clown on TV, and then the rice cake in his mouth slipped into the trachea. The old man fell under the sofa and choked to death in less than [-] minutes.
Li Jiangnan thought for a moment after hearing this, and asked, "Have you checked carefully the rice cakes that King Jigan sent?"
King Maoxiong shook his head and said, "There is no problem with rice cakes."
"The remaining rice cakes and the samples of rice cakes taken from Old Xuanwang's trachea have been checked. Except for some health-care medicinal ingredients that can relax the body and mind, there is no poisonous effect."
Li Jiangnan asked again, "How about the TV station?"
"Channel [-] and Channel [-], why did they change their previous broadcasting styles for a while, and broadcast this kind of clown show only for the elderly during the prime time after dinner?"
Maoxiong Qianwang said: "The TV station can't criticize either."
"Whether it's TV[-] or TV[-], they're saying the same thing."
"They knew that Old Xuan King was about to celebrate his birthday, so they specially chose a clown show that the elderly like to watch, firstly, to express their celebration of Old Xuan King's birthday, and secondly, to hope that all the old people will celebrate together and laugh often."
Li Jiangnan felt resentment in his heart, and he punched the tree trunk, "King Jigan is quite cunning!"
"This is his conspiracy. Even if you see through it, you won't be able to catch it."
"King Jigan's fundamental purpose is to take advantage of the death of Old Xuanwang to spoil my marriage with Yumiko, so that I can't get married and become a son-in-law."
Qianwang Maoxiong nodded in agreement. The junior in front of him is indeed a talent.
When the Supreme Emperor passed away, the entire noble family had to observe filial piety, and Yumiko, as the granddaughter of the old Xuanwang, could not hold any wedding events until the end of the filial piety period.
The road of Li Jiangnan's son-in-law seems to be far away.
"Jiangnan, you can disclose these things to Yumiko. Of course, you can also consider not to mention them. After all, it is just a suspicion, and the king has no evidence."
"The important thing is that you have to remind Yumiko that in the future, no matter whether you are above the court or below the court, you must be vigilant enough to King Jigan's side, and you must also guard against those allies behind King Jigan. Especially Yumiko's sect, the Xuantu Sect's power."
King Maoxiong looked deeply at Li Jiangnan, and there seemed to be deep meaning in his words.
Li Jiangnan looked at him and understood in his heart that Qianwang Maoxiong wanted Yumiko, the Queen Regent, to draw a clear line from King Jigan's forces and always stand on the side of Qianwang Maoxiong.
Li Jiangnan nodded, said nothing more, and walked quickly to Xiaotang.
Dirty politics.
He hated in his heart and cursed secretly.
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For several days, Yumiko was in a state of grief and exhaustion. She kept mourning for her deceased grandfather, bowed to the guests who came to express condolences, and only knelt in front of her grandfather's coffin when everyone had a little spare time, silently shedding tears. Reminiscing about the years when she was with her grandfather.
Li Jiangnan loved Yumiko, and wanted to stay by Yumiko's side and watch the spirit with her, but King Jigan and other relatives in charge of the funeral stopped him indifferently.
"Jiangnan, you don't want to participate in something as hard as a wake."
"You are not married to Yumiko, so you are not considered a descendant of the old King Xuan, so please go to the guest table and have a good rest..."
These words sounded full of concern and politeness, but Li Jiangnan knew in his heart that he was showing an attitude: You are not Yumiko's husband, so you are not qualified to guard the spirit.
Of course Li Jiangnan would not beg to kneel there, but the hypocrisy of King Jigan made him feel deeply disgusted.
The monks chanted scriptures, saved the souls of the dead, the guests bowed, and the descendants thanked them. The funeral lasted for seven days and seven nights.
Yumiko has hardly eaten a grain of rice after seven days. If Hanako hadn't tried her best to persuade her to drink chicken soup a few times, she probably couldn't hold on long ago.
Li Jiangnan saw Yumiko's appearance of losing a lot of weight, and under his affection, he never told her what King Maoxiong had said.
After all, what could tell her?
Could it be possible to use this as a crime and kill King Jigan and the others?
"Husband, go back, don't stay in Luojing City."
"Yumiko has an intuition that grandpa left at the wrong time, maybe some enemies don't want to see you become Yumiko's son-in-law..."
Although Yumiko was already very weak, this strong woman was still keenly alert. She was very worried that if Li Jiangnan stayed in Luojing City, something unexpected might happen.
"But you are like this, I am very worried..." Li Jiangnan knew that Yumiko was the most tired and vulnerable for a while, and he really wanted to stay and guard this fiancée.
Yumiko shook her head and said, "Yumiko will be fine, don't worry about Yumiko."
"Because in the eyes of everyone, including King Jigan, King Maoxiong, and even Xuantuzong who wants to get involved in the royal power, they all want to use Yumiko instead of hoping that something will happen to Yumiko."
"But you, you're in a different situation."
"If the marriage is delayed, your situation will become very bad. Maybe someone will take the risk and want you to never be Yumiko's consort."
Li Jiangnan naturally understood the stakes here, he thought for a while and asked, "If I leave, what are you going to do?"
There was a cold determination in Yumiko's eyes, and she said slowly: "Yumiko must first find out whether there is anything strange about Grandpa's death."
"Yumiko has to cheer up, clean up the inner palace, and purge the court."
"Yumiko wants to let them all understand that Yumiko is not a puppet that can be manipulated at will. Yumiko is the mysterious princess of the eternal line, the iron-blooded and ruthless queen regent!"
Seeing Yumiko's ruthless and murderous side like before, Li Jiangnan finally felt relieved and nodded heavily:
"it is good!"
(End of this chapter)