The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 1027 - 1022: No One Has It Easy

Prince Five laughed and said, "If I have the chance to visit Beijing, I must come and sit in your residence. I have always wanted to, but never had the opportunity."

He was referring to that residence when it was still Jin Moning’s Crown Prince Residence. At that time, they looked down upon Jin Moning, who was born a Crown Prince, believing that the emperor would sooner or later depose him in favor of one of the children borne by his own mother. Therefore, he had never visited.

But who could have expected that the emperor would suddenly perish in the prime of his life, his death coming with absolutely no warning.

They suspected that it was Jin Moning who had a hand in it, it was just that they never had the evidence.

"If so, I am relieved," Jin Zijin said with a smile.

"However..." Prince Five’s tone changed, expressing difficulty, "Recently, the Northwestern Desert has not been peaceful, and I’m afraid I cannot leave. How about this—why don’t you go back first and report to our elder brother the emperor, and once I have pacified the Tatars of the Northwestern Desert, I will certainly head to Beijing at the first opportunity."

With a warm smile on his face, Jin Zijin said, "Zijin himself is quite idle and has nothing to do. Since the Tatars are rampant, why don’t I stay to help you deal with them? In the future, I can accompany you to Beijing, making the journey a bit livelier."

The two maintained a seemingly harmonious facade, both smiling, yet their eyes told a different story.

"Hahaha..." Moments later, Prince Five suddenly burst into laughter and said, "So Zijin is also brave and skilled in battle! I thought you, having grown up by the Heavenly Master’s side, knew only how to draw talismans."

"You flatter me too highly, Uncle. To my shame, despite many years beside my master, I have not mastered the arts of the Dao Family. However, during those years in Lingnan, I learned how to strategize and deploy troops under the tutelage of the Marquess of Lingnan and gained some insights."

Prince Five’s eyes slowly darkened, and his smile became increasingly rigid.

He mocked him for not knowing how to fight but only how to draw talismans, and then he immediately told him that he had specifically learned how to arrange troops? And even had some insights?

The eldest among the disciples of Tianzong, favored by the Heavenly Master, was indeed not easy to deal with.

"Since that’s the case, why don’t you stay for now? You must be tired after several days of travel," he said.

Jin Zijin replied, "Thank you very much!"

Upon hearing that someone from Beijing had come to issue an imperial decree summoning Prince Five to the capital, Madam Fang had already become restless.

Not waiting for Prince Five to return to the backyard, she had already lifted her skirt and chased out to the front hall.

"Mocong, how did it go?" Madam Fang’s face was somewhat pale as she asked anxiously. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

"Let’s talk when we get back," Prince Five said with a heavy expression.

In the backyard, Madam Fang’s face grew paler and paler as she looked at the yellow imperial edict, saying, "So it has come after all? I knew he would not let us go; does he have to push us to extinction?"

"This day was inevitable. He is not foolish. In the past, we all underestimated him. Such a person is the most terrifying," Prince Five sighed. "Cousin, if it really comes to the worst, you should leave. Leave Zhuzhao Country and live an ordinary life!"

"Where else can I go?" Madam Fang’s face was streaked with clear tears as she said, "My third brother is gone, and Ziyuan hates me to the bone. If I can’t obtain justice for my third brother, if I can’t personally take Jin Moning’s life, even as a ghost, I would have no face to meet my third brother. I’ll go nowhere. If I run away again, Ziyuan will only despise me more."

"Cousin, but when third brother did what he did, it was all to ensure our survival. If you can’t live well, that would be the true disservice to third brother," Prince Five looked at Madam Fang, his eyes filled with a pity that was hard to tell whether it stemmed more from kinship or from admiration.