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Chapter 199 Terrible
He wanted to hear how these unpresentable beasts plotted against his aunt.
But no one could have imagined that their plan had already begun before the eldest princess was born.
Although the Ji family has the title of Earl of Su'an, they are actually neither good at literature nor martial arts, so they have always been marginalized both in the court and among the aristocratic families in the capital.
Until Ji Hongwen was born, his talent was only slightly higher than that of ordinary people, but this also gave the old uncle hope.
In addition, Ji Hongwen's appearance is the most outstanding among the children of the Ji family, which makes the old uncle pay more attention to this son and put all his energy and attention on cultivating this son.
However, in the year when Ji Hongwen was three years old and started to learn, the eldest son of the Fang family in the capital, who was of the same age as him, had already shown his talent as a general. The one from the Qin family had already read all the military books and became a military prodigy praised by everyone in the army.
The old man discovered in despair that some children are born geniuses, and the key is that the geniuses are also extremely hardworking, which makes it impossible for people with mediocre talents to even look up to them.
Just like his own son, he was already the most outstanding one among the two generations of their Ji family, but compared with the genius, he was terribly mediocre.
He realized that he could not rely on this son to revive the Ji family, and he might even be stripped of his title in the future because of the Ji family's lack of achievements.
Just when they were feeling desperate, good news came from the palace. The late queen, who had never been pregnant, was pregnant, and the imperial physician confirmed that she was three months pregnant.
The late emperor and the late empress were a young couple, and their love for each other was incomparable to that of other concubines. The late emperor was the happiest person because the late empress finally became pregnant.
The old uncle saw an opportunity. He bribed one of the judges of the Imperial Hospital who was examining the pulse of the late queen at that time, and learned that the first child the late queen was pregnant with was most likely a princess. He then set his sights on the princess who was still in her mother's womb.
Since then, the old uncle decisively changed the direction of his son's training, and trained him in music, chess, calligraphy and painting like a girl. He also gave up practicing martial arts and cultivated his gentle temperament.
In short, he would raise his son to be the kind of man that the ladies liked.
The late queen accidentally fell into a trap set by the concubines in the harem and gave birth to a premature baby, but fortunately, she was safe and sound and gave birth to a princess just as the judge had said.
This is not only the first legitimate child of the late emperor, but also the first daughter of the late emperor. Especially, she is the child of him and the late queen. It is conceivable that the eldest princess has been the apple of everyone's eye since she was born.
The late emperor didn't even bother to put on a show. He went to the late queen's palace every day to accompany the mother and daughter, and never set foot in the places of other concubines.
As expected, Ji Hongwen, at such a young age, was quite popular among the little girls in the capital. The old uncle had been looking for an opportunity for him to meet the eldest princess, but he did not expect that this search would take almost four years.
At that time, the late empress died of complications during childbirth when she gave birth to Emperor Qinglong, the seventh prince of the late emperor.
The late emperor was therefore unable to face the fact that the seventh prince, who had caused the late queen to lose her life and was his only legitimate son, had to be sent to Shengyun Mountain before he was even three years old.
That day, someone from the palace passed the message to the old uncle, saying that the eldest princess had also secretly followed the seventh prince out of the palace.
Although the old man was skeptical, he did not want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he secretly sent assassins to hunt down the princess, and at the critical moment let Ji Hongwen appear and risk his life to save her.
He also carefully arranged many hardships for them so that the eldest princess would rely on and trust Ji Hongwen during the hardships.
It was five days later when the late emperor sent people to find the eldest princess. During these five days, the eldest princess had indeed established a deep friendship with Ji Hongwen, just as the old uncle had expected.
After returning to the palace, the eldest princess, who had lost her mother and had no younger brother, often asked Ji Hongwen to enter the palace to accompany her. The late emperor could not bear to refuse his daughter's pleading, and after investigating the Ji family and finding nothing wrong except that several generations of the family had been mediocre and uninspiring, he agreed, just thinking of finding a playmate for his daughter.
But no one would have imagined what old Earl Su'an was thinking. Ji Hongwen's preferences, character, and even his manner of conversation and demeanor were all tailor-made for the eldest princess. As the princess grew up without ever coming into contact with other men, she eventually lost his heart.
The eldest princess insisted on marrying, but the late emperor naturally did not allow it. The father and daughter had been deadlocked over this issue, and the late emperor had made up his mind that he would rather trap his beloved daughter in the palace for the rest of her life than marry her to a mediocre person like Ji Hongwen.
His beloved daughter had the talent to govern a country. If she had not been unwilling, the late emperor would have been prepared to make her the emperor's daughter and pass the throne to her.
With such a brilliant daughter, even the most outstanding man in the world is not worthy of her, let alone a useless mediocrity?
At that time, the candidate for the husband chosen by the late emperor for the eldest princess was the young general of the Qin family, who was unmatched in both military and literary skills, admired and trusted by the soldiers in the army, and frightened by the enemy. He was also famous throughout the world for his amazing talent.
This made the late emperor even more unable to accept Ji Hongwen.
The eldest princess was determined not to marry anyone and was waiting for the late emperor to change his mind.
There are rumors that the former head of Shengyun Mountain had secretly met with the late emperor before he passed away. No one knows what the two talked about, but after that meeting, the late emperor agreed to let the eldest princess marry.
The eldest princess was naturally happy and was looking forward to her marriage, but she didn't know that in Su'an Earl's mansion, Ji Hongwen had already fallen in love with his cousin Wan Biying who had come to seek refuge with him, and they were secretly having an affair.
When the old uncle found out, he was furious and wanted to execute Wan Biying. However, Ji Hongwen, who was deeply in love with her, threatened that if he killed her, he would die and would never marry the princess. So the old uncle had to compromise and fulfill his wish and temporarily place Wan Biying outside the mansion.
Ji Hongwen was not without feelings for the eldest princess, but her noble status and her outstanding appearance, talent and ability, which were praised by others, made him feel suffocated.
That's why he loves Wan Biying more. Only when he is with this cousin can he be his true self without having to worry about being compared or ridiculed.
The most important thing is that Wan Biying does not have the so-called dignity and elegance. She will laugh when she is happy and cry and throw a tantrum when she is sad. She always acts on her own impulse, which makes him feel real.
So when Wan Biying expressed her deep feelings for him by dying, he gave up the idea of consummating his marriage with the princess, and also gave up his plan to let Wan Biying enter the mansion as a concubine.
He couldn't let the woman who loved him with her life suffer the slightest injustice, even if she was a princess!
What's more, they already have a son. He can't let the son of himself and his beloved woman become a bastard, nor can he let anyone take away his status.
Therefore, every time before having sex with the eldest princess, he would take the special pill that Wan Biying had found. Even if the imperial physician diagnosed his pulse, he would only get an inhumane result.