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Chapter 491: Princess in the Deep Palace 5

After a long journey, they finally arrived in the territory of Jing State. The scenery was completely different from that of the South State. If the South State was graceful and beautiful, then Jing State was magnificent and powerful. Both the mountains and the water were extremely vast.

Along the way, Su Tong also took the opportunity to recruit a lot of people, and also learned the Jingguo dialect. Not only that, he also inquired about a lot of news about the Jingguo.

The Crown Prince of Jing State, whom she was going to marry, was named Situ Jin, and he was just coming of age this year. He was very smart when he was young, and his biological mother was the Empress whom the Emperor respected very much. Therefore, he was made the Crown Prince when he was young, which was truly a glorious life.

But there is a saying that goes, "When things are too good, they tend to break." Sometimes things that are too good start to go downhill. Situ Jin's mother died of childbirth complications when he was 12 years old.

The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the harem cannot be without a master for a day. Even if the current emperor respects his queen, he has to consider the harem, so three years later, the imperial concubine was made queen.

There is an old saying that goes, "If you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather." The emperor was indeed a good father before, and the imperial concubine became the empress, but he also had two princes in his heart who were real favorites and were capable of competing for him.

The other concubines also had princes, and in order to compete for that position for their own sons, they naturally scrambled to dethrone the crown prince. Over time, the emperor's feelings towards his son changed, and as the crown prince grew up day by day, the emperor began to fear him.

It was not until the prince was poisoned and Taiyi concluded that he would not live past the age of 25 that the relationship between father and son began to slowly improve. As the prince grew up day by day, the selection of a princess became a difficult problem.

If the Crown Prince shows his father-in-law that he is too powerful, it will not be a good thing for either the current Emperor or the concubines in the harem. However, as long as the Crown Prince is alive, the selection of the Crown Princess is a matter of state, so they must not be careless.

After much deliberation, they thought of the neighboring Southern Kingdom, and wanted to take a legitimate princess back from there. Even if the other party was a princess from a foreign country, the country was far away and the other party could not do anything, and she would be destined to be a widow in the future.

The book boy felt that the fate of this little prince was too miserable. He was obviously a true child of destiny, who could have won by sitting back and waiting, but because his mother died, he became a poor little thing that no one loved, and he was even poisoned later. The key point was that after the poisoning, the emperor did not send anyone to investigate, but only punished a few palace maids and eunuchs who did not take good care of him, as if the emperor was the one who did it.

There was a trace of worry on Su Tong's face again, but after all, people have to walk through it, so he sent someone to inquire about the prince's backyard.

"What? This prince had a fiancée, and it was chosen by the late queen. Why didn't they get married in the end?"

"Alas, it's because that girl was unlucky. She passed away at such a young age."

Su Tong patted his forehead lightly. He thought that the girl disliked the prince, so she deliberately broke off the engagement. However, even if the prince was disliked by the emperor, she was still the prince of a country after all. It was impossible for the girl to violate the royal order and break off the engagement with the prince by force.

"When the prince was 15, he had two concubines to serve him. Unfortunately, the two concubines were unlucky and died of colds at a young age. As a result, the prince was given the reputation of being unlucky with his wife."

Su Tong nodded slowly, wondering if this was an accident. But there aren't that many accidents in the world, so it could be man-made.

However, all this was just her imagination. The closer she got to the capital of Jing State, the more serious Su Tong's expression became. Her current identity as a princess married into a foreign kingdom naturally put her in opposition to Jing State. It would be fine if there were peaceful exchanges between the two countries, but if a war really broke out, she would definitely be the first to be sacrificed.

When they finally arrived outside the capital of Jing State, they thought they could go into the city to rest their legs, but a general came and told them to wait outside. He said that the prince was seriously ill and might not be able to come to marry the princess, and the court was discussing countermeasures.

"Princess, what do they mean by this?" The escorting guards panicked. "Are they going to leave us alone like this? It's okay for everything else, but Princess, you are a princess, and now a large group of people in our team are seriously ill, and they are just waiting to enter the city to rest."

Su Tong naturally understood that this was a show of power from Jing State, but it was really funny that all the civil and military officials in the court were making things difficult for a little girl like her. How shameless they were.

"If the mountain doesn't belong to me, then I belong to the mountain." Su Tong smiled meaningfully at the guard next to him, "The people we brought before were not sick, right?"

The guard looked bewildered and said, "Of course not, but what does this have to do with Jingguo?"

Su Tong blinked his eyes, "Of course we have to give them a big show."

Su Tong also prepared a drama troupe this time, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to set up the stage. He first attracted the crowd passing by the city gate to watch, and when everyone was almost gathered, Su Tong gave a look to the person next to him, and the other person immediately rushed onto the stage.

"My fellow countrymen, I am a fourth-rank envoy of the Southern Kingdom. I have come to the Northern Kingdom to escort our princess to marry the prince of the Jing Kingdom. This is a great event for both countries, so our emperor specifically instructed us to treat the people of the Jing Kingdom well before he left.

I have heard that the winter in Jing Country is extremely cold, and even water turns into ice. Many people freeze to death every cold winter, so we specially took out a magic weapon as a gift to the people of Jing Country. "

What Su Tong took out was none other than the legendary kang. She thought this kind of thing could be found everywhere, but on the way to Jing Kingdom, there were fire walls for heating in the palace, but ordinary people could only huddle together for warmth. Even in the extremely cold Jing Kingdom, the slightly richer people could only rely on furs for warmth, and the lives of ordinary people were miserable.

Several guards took off the heavy cloths, revealing the kang that they had prepared long ago. Then they lit the fire and randomly picked someone to try it out. Oh my goodness, it was so warm that it was unbearable.

"As you have just seen, we only need one or two pieces of wood to light this kang, and the whole family can sleep on it without any problem." The guard even took out the floor plan of the kang and told everyone how to build it, and even reminded everyone to make sure it is ventilated.

"No matter what, there must be a small gap in the room. If the door is closed, the exhaust gas from the fire will be discharged into the house, and people will be killed after breathing in the exhaust gas."

Where had the common people seen these things? Not to mention, in order to attract them, Su Tong hired people to perform and gave out candies, which led to an endless stream of people coming to watch the fun, with the queue stretching for four or five miles.

Someone outside the city gate had already informed the emperor of this phenomenon by express horse. They really wanted to give the princess of the southern country a warning, but they didn't expect that she was here to win over the hearts of the people.