binnovel Chapter 521: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (271)
Chapter 521: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (271)
Chapter 521: The Imperial Concubine Is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Seventy-one)
The Imperial Master knew that Emperor Liang might send someone to keep an eye on him, so he did not take any action and stayed in Qingshi Mountain to practice. He just secretly sent someone to bring a letter to Xuan Yunian. The content of the letter was obscure, but Xuan Yunian understood it at a glance.
After finally marrying the beauty and having a pair of children to take care of him, how could Xuan Yunian let Liang Sheng know Cui Li's true whereabouts?
With Xuan Yunian blocking him from behind, Liang Sheng couldn't find Cui Li at all.
Liang Sheng had also sent people to Western Xinjiang and the Ji Kingdom to search for her, but to no avail. Each time, the reports were false, leading to false excitement. Until one day, several fishermen recalled seeing a woman resembling Cui Li, accompanied by a child, board a boat from the dock and sail overseas, and she had not been seen since.
Liang Sheng personally went to Wuliu City and looked at the picture of boarding the ship at the dock, which was drawn based on the memories of several people who had seen the mother and child that year. The woman in the painting was so similar to Li'er, but as for the child in the painting, there was only a back view.
Later, the secret guards found out that the beautiful woman and her group were very low-key. No one knew where they came from or where they were going. The woman was wearing a veil, but when she boarded the boat, the wind was too strong and the veil flew up, revealing her face in front of a few fishermen.
The wife of a fisherman chatted with them for a few minutes and learned that the mother and son were going to live on a deserted island overseas. The fisherman's wife was quite surprised. Seeing that they did not look like ordinary people, she did not dare to say much. Soon they set off from the dock, and the fisherman's wife never saw this beautiful woman again.
Wuliu City is located on the coast, and fishermen who go out to sea don't know how far the sea stretches. The ocean is vast, and deserted islands are scattered everywhere. How can finding someone at sea be easy? This group of people who go out to sea are low-key. Although the boats are specially built, the boat workshops don't know the true identities of their customers. After all, as long as they make money and avoid trouble, they are fine.
Liang Sheng later sent people out to sea to search for them. Although he found several islands with rich resources, he didn't find Cui Li and her group. He didn't even dare to think about whether they had encountered an accident at sea.
A few years passed like this. During these years, the Ji State gradually declined, while the Liang State became increasingly powerful. At the beginning, Ji Mingjie sent people to make friends with the Liang State, hoping to mediate through Ji Wei and ease the conflict between the two countries.
After receiving a large number of treasures, Ji Wei did not speak well of Ji Mingjie in front of Liang Sheng. After all, in Ji Wei's view, Ji State would eventually be incorporated into Liang State, so why should she bother to offend and anger the Liang Emperor? Ji Wei only accepted gifts but did not do anything, and only perfunctorily dealt with Ji Mingjie. After a while, Ji Mingjie realized the uselessness and disobedience of this concubine sister and stopped giving Ji Wei treasures for free.
The Ji State was not only facing external troubles. There were also many tribes within the State itself. After the death of the old monarch, Concubine Wen and her son were worried that they would not survive either. They made up their minds to mobilize their last strength and died together with the Queen Mother of Ji State and the Imperial Concubine Dowager.
This action made Ji Mingjie hate Concubine Wen and her son, and even wiped out Concubine Wen's maternal family. How could the second princess, who was far away in the Lounan tribe, not hate Ji Mingjie? She encouraged her husband to rebel and avenge her mother and brother.
King Lounan led many tribes to resist Ji Mingjie's rule, and later joined forces with Liang Sheng to pull Ji Mingjie off the throne.
When Prince Lounan led his army to storm the palace, Ji Mingjie had already escaped through a secret passage, leaving behind his concubines and children. He took only the crown prince and a few close associates, and was not captured alive. Although Ji Mingjie was still alive, the situation was hopeless, and his followers were few and far between. With no hope of restoring his kingdom, he could only pin his hopes on his crown prince, hoping that he would one day restore the kingdom.