"Life-saving grace, and more than one life-saving grace, really needs to be repaid. But..." Ah Piao disagreed with His Highness's statement, "Isn't it a bit too much to obey his words just because of this?" Already?"
"Indeed!" Wu Shudan also agreed with A'Piao's statement, "His Highness is not the kind of person who will listen to someone wholeheartedly just because of the grace of saving his life. This is not his character, is it?"
"Lord A Dan is right." A Piao nodded, "Such an approach may not be a problem for others, but it would be inappropriate for His Highness Aoki. This is so unlike his style. For He could ignore his own ambitions even if he had to give birth to a child. A mere life-saving favor could not sway him at all. What's more, such a big move as a siege could not be decided by a few words of persuasion from a guard captain like Garut. "
"Yes, yes!" Wu Shudan glanced at Ah Piao, "This is what I just wanted to say. For something like a siege, it might be a disgraced person who will be infamy for thousands of years. With the pretentiousness of that Highness, , I will never allow my reputation to be so bad after my death."
"That's what happened." Ah Piao looked at her aunt, held her cheek and asked, "Is there any other relationship between Garut and His Highness Aoki? Or maybe Garut, in addition to the personal guard captain, Do you have another identity?"
"This..." Auntie thought about it carefully, "I'm not sure. My friendship with him hasn't reached that level yet. Besides, I can feel that Garut doesn't trust me very much. Every time we meet, He would look at me up and down with very suspicious eyes. During my conversation with Aoki, he would come in and interrupt me every once in a while, for fear that I might have some bad intentions towards His Highness. "
"Is he so cautious? Does he not trust anyone except himself?"
"I don't know. The relationship between the two of them is very good. This is obvious."
"Really?" His Highness touched his chin and showed a meaningful smile, "If you say so, maybe the rumor is not groundless and there is some truth to it."
"You mean..." Auntie frowned slightly, "No way? That shouldn't be true."
"I thought it was false before, but after hearing what my aunt said today, it is more likely that this rumor is true."
"Your Highness!" Ah Piao turned to look at His Highness, "What kind of rumors are they?"
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him because of Ah Piao's question, His Highness showed a slight smile.
"There is a rumor about the two of them that has been spread widely and for a long time. To put it simply, it is suspected that the two of them are half-brothers because Garut is three years older than the boy Aoki. Many People think that he is the child of Princess Wanyan before she married Yu Wen." She shrugged, her expression very helpless, "You all know what Princess Wanyan is like, it is inevitable that such rumors will spread. , and they didn’t explain it, so..."
“Even if it’s not true, it will be misinterpreted as true because of their attitude.”
"That's right, not to mention it's not just the attitude of the palace over there."
"Yes, there is also the family of the princess' late husband. This family has always been resentful about the princess marrying Wanyan and Wen. The main reason is that they did not take much advantage of the princess." The aunt sighed, "You are young , when the princess's husband's family made trouble in the palace, you were not even born yet!" She saw Wu Shudan staring at her and said with a smile, "Don't stare, the princess had been dead for several years when you were born."
"But I also heard from the elders in the family that the old prince Wanyan was so angry that he had a big quarrel with the family. After the quarrel, the old prince fell seriously ill and stayed in hospital for a long time. That's when he's recovered." Wu Shudan sighed, and when he saw Ah Piao looking at him expectantly, he made a gesture of invitation towards his aunt, "Forget it, let's ask aunt to tell me. I probably couldn’t explain what I said clearly in a day, there are many things in it that I was vague about.”
"Aunt?" Ah Piao raised an eyebrow, "Is the palace so chaotic?"
"It's not a mess, but it's very troublesome to deal with. As you all know, it's hard for an upright official to get rid of household affairs. This saying is very appropriate when applied to Wanyan and Wen, the princess and the princess's ex-law's family. One party doesn't want to cause too many troubles. , one party chased after him fiercely and refused to let him go, making the whole palace full of smoke and chaos. To be honest, Wanyan and Wen had a estrangement between Qingmu and it had something to do with this matter. "
"Why? Is it because of the princess that you are angry?"
"No!" The aunt shook her head gently, "Because the day the princess gave birth to him, the family planned the day to make trouble, so the princess had a difficult delivery. Wanyan and Wen believe that Qingmu and the family are responsible .”
"This..." Neither His Highness nor A'Piao could understand Wanyan and Wen's thoughts, "Forget it about angering that family, what does it have to do with that boy Aoki? If only the princess could have a child? The child is not his. of?"
"People, once you get into trouble, you won't listen to anything, and you will only believe that your own ideas are correct." Auntie sighed softly, looked at the children in front of her, and said, "Don't I feel that my rambling has nothing to do with the current siege and the collusion between Aoki and the Japanese. It is not like this. There must be a cause and a result. The decisions and things he has made now are closely related to the past. There is a very tight connection. So, even if you are impatient, try to control it, okay?"
"Auntie is worrying too much. We are not impatient. If we don't understand His Highness Aoki, we don't know how to deal with him, right?" A Piao coughed twice, "Auntie, please continue."
Auntie nodded and was about to say something when she saw Ah Rou walking in carrying a food box. She shut her mouth knowingly and watched Ah Piao finish the bowl of lotus seed soup in the food box. Then continue the previous topic.
"Wanyan and Wen fell in love with the princess at first sight, but when they met, the princess was already married and had a child. However, her late husband had died, and she had to raise the child alone. child."
"Alone?" Ah Piao frowned slightly, "Did her late husband's family kick her out? Not even the child?"
"Yes!" The aunt nodded, "The family believed that the princess was unknown, so her children also inherited this unknown."
"What a rotten family this is!" Wu Shudan rolled his eyes, "When you want to take advantage, why don't you think that the princess is unknown?" He looked at his aunt, "After the princess marries the prince, where is the child?"
"That child is missing."