Chapter 126.2: Li Hong Yuan, Child of a Ghost

Luo Pei Shan inhaled a breath of cold air. He thought, at least in this wife cursing area, it should be true, and even thought, if his precious granddaughter were to get involved with him, what if she also gets cursed by him? Yet in the end, this was also something hed calculated ahead of time. At the time, he hadnt even met third girl yet, but was already able to go this far. One has to know, those young ladies, each and every one were all of high and n.o.ble status. If their families were to discover that everything was all Jin Qinw.a.n.gs schemes, no matter how much his Majesty dotes on him, he would still shed a layer of skin. w.a.n.gye, by doing all this, what position are you putting this old subjects granddaughter in?

The position of Jin w.a.n.gfei can only be Wan Wans, do you understand Sir Luo? Li Hong Yuans gaze carried a bit of chill, Any hinderance, this prince will certainly all eliminate. Even if one creates a path of sin, that all falls on this princes head.

Luo Pei Shan didnt know what exactly Jin Qinw.a.n.g saw in his dreams for third girls influence towards him be this big, but there was one thing he can confirm, his dear granddaughter, afraid, in the end, can only marry him. Why didnt w.a.n.gye say so earlier, that way Wan Wans marriage arrangements wont need to be this messy, getting engaged, and then have you painstakingly ruin it, where is the need?

This princes reputation isnt good, but her reputation is good, will she be able to marry this prince?

Your bad reputation is all of your own design, whose fault is that?

There is a great disparity between this prince and Wan Wans status, if this princes reputation is good, will she be able to marry this prince?

You already explained it very clearly in front, you dont need to repeatedly state the conclusion. Luo Pei Shan was thoroughly left speechless. He also knew Le Cheng Emperor cared very much about status. Even if Scribe Sun cancels the engagement right now, there are still many people that want to marry her. How many more times does w.a.n.gye plan on letting her to get engaged? No, thats not right, if w.a.n.gye really intends this, then you wont be here right now. Coming to rope in him to work for him was probably just done in pa.s.sing!

Too many people peeping at her.

So this is getting jealous? Or worrying about the issue growing out of hand? w.a.n.gye, before it reaches the point where there are no alternatives, how are you going to let his Majesty agree to letting you take this old subjects granddaughter as your wife?

Once this prince sits on the throne, then naturally wont need to care whether or not he agrees.

Heavens, for the sake of marrying his granddaughter, Jin Qinw.a.n.g wont even hesitate to rebel? Wan Wan is actually a country-ruining demoness? w.a.n.gye, by doing this, arent you worried about breaking his Majestys heart? This old subject thought that your movements in private, his Majesty is aware of, or perhaps, hes even helping you in secret, you are the heir to the throne hes selected behind close doors, right?

Just like hed heard the funniest joke in the world, Li Hong Yuan laughed for a long time, his voice deep and low, but one couldnt sense the slightest joy in this voice, instead feeling terrifyingly chilly, If he knew, he probably wont hesitate to eliminate this prince at all cost.

Impossible Luo Pei Shan subconsciously retorted. His Majestys pampering towards Jin Qinw.a.n.g wasnt fake.

Indeed this temperament was indefinite, in a blink of an eye, he began smiling particularly enticingly again. Sir Luo, this prince will tell you a secret. This secret, aside from this prince, only imperial father and n.o.ble Consort Su knows about, do you want to hear?

Luo Pei Shan just felt his back growing cold. This level of secret information, once learned about, was a hundred harm and no good. Presumably this is w.a.n.gyes domestic affair, thus it isnt necessary for this old subject know. Hed already learned too much tonight, so much to the point that he was already grasped in the palm of this future grandson-in-law completely. However, regardless of which angle, he was all wholeheartedly willing.

Just, the one he was facing was Li Hong Yuan, whether Li Hong Yuan said or not all depended on himself, regardless of whether he wanted to hear or not. This prince, well, is in name and in realitya ghost child

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Luo Pei Shan violently lifted his head and looked towards Li Hong Yuan, how is that possible?

The so called ghost child referred to people born on the fifteenth of the seventh lunar month

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. But Jin Qinw.a.n.gs birthday, he although didnt know which day it was, definitely wasnt on the seventh lunar month. As for that other circ.u.mstance, that is.a child born from a dead person. Hed heard that Jin Qinw.a.n.gs birth mother seemingly died from postnatal hemorrhaging, so where did this saying of ghost child come from?

Li Hong Yuans smile was overflowing, This prince, was personally cut out by imperial father from my consort mothers stomach, whod already stopped breathing by then.

Luo Pei Shan just felt this smile of his was practically even more terrifying than his most ruthless temper on normal days.

Ghost children are viewed as ominous. If this really is true, for Le Cheng Emperor to be able keep him alive was already not bad. As for the throne, even if Le Cheng Emperor only has Li Hong Yuan this one son, afraid he would rather adopt another in the clan than to pa.s.s Li Hong Yuan the throne.

Secretly helping him cultivate power, as expected, was an enormous joke!

Because he felt guilty towards the woman he loved the most dearly, and because that woman was shouting for her child before dying, he thus had the child that was a ghost child cut out. And because he wanted to compensate, thats why, as long as this ghost child son didnt cross his bottom line, he can ask for anything and everything. Sir Luo, do you know, how his most beloved woman died?

Facing Li Hong Yuans calmness in the midst of chaos, Luo Pei Shan just wanted to block his ears, or find a place to completely hide away, so that he cant hear anything.

Li Hong Yuan smiled both eerily and violently, She was single-handedly strangled to death by him, ruthlessly gripping that slender and frail neck, just like facing his deeply hated nemesis, even letting someone hear the sound of bone snapping.

The corner of Luo Pei Shans mouth somewhat rigidly twitched. Truthfully speaking, he didnt really believe Le Cheng Emperor was someone that would do something this ruthless, but Jin Qinw.a.n.g seemingly didnt have the need to lie about this kind of thing either. Thus the question came, how did he know these things? Hed said just then, aside from himself, only Le Cheng Emperor and n.o.ble Consort Su knew. It cant be Le Cheng Emperor that told him, thus it can only be n.o.ble Consort Su. But under what circ.u.mstances, would n.o.ble Consort Su tell him? Reasonably speaking, as the only person aside from Le Cheng Emperor to know about this matter, she ought to have this secret forever kept in her stomach, because once it becomes known to outsiders, Le Cheng Emperor will want to kill her first thing, even if shes the most pampered in the harem n.o.ble Consort Su!

However, Luo Pei Shan wont stupidly try to get to the bottom of this.

The shocks tonight were already too many. This old heart of his was already about to give in.

However, Li Hong Yuan probably also thought it was enough, standing up from his seat, Those brothers of this princes, Sir Luo no longer need to painstakingly deal with, just focus on gaining control of the Ministry of Appointments as quickly as possible. When facing Li Hong Yi, if you dont voluntarily go look for him, he probably wont put down his status to come curry favor with you. As for Li Hong Ming, just strictly handle everything in a businesslike manner. And the others, further dont need to bother with.

And Gong Qinw.a.n.g?

Him? Li Hong Yuan coldly laughed, The Left Commander-in-Chief is this princes person.

Gong Qinw.a.n.gs greatest a.s.set was precisely his father-in-law, the Left Commander-in-Chief, Qin Tian Ming. Yet in the end, heh, afraid he was even inferior to the other princes that had a maternal clan. The imperial court was indeed a three-way standoff, just this third person wasnt the slightly weaker in power Gong Qinw.a.n.g, but rather Jin Qinw.a.n.g, who perhaps was even the strongest one in power.

[1] This word has a double meaning, and here, its sorta used as a pun. It means both child of a ghost and devil/demon in chinese, so when he says hes in reality and in name a ghost child, hes referring to how people view him like a demon, but hes also in reality born as a child of a ghost in the literal sense. Because both these words are the same word in chinese its a bit hard to get across when translating.

[2] One of the 28 constellations in the chinese system is the constellation of the ghost [] and children born under this constellation are refer to as ghost child. And you can just imagine how children like that are discriminated against in a highly superst.i.tious society.

T/N: Poor Gong Qinw.a.n.g, hes like someone who lost the race before it even started. I really love how this novel presents more mystery as it answers one mystery, its what keeps the intrigue going and the plot interesting. Im actually a huge fan of the mystery genre. Theres a reason why this novel never feels draggy despite its 600+ chapters length, because theres so many layers to it. As Ive said before many times, every question in this novel all have a logical reasoning and answer for.