Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2485 Reconciliation 27.0

"No, that's not right!" Shen Cha shook her head gently and looked at Mr. Jiang. "This sounds reasonable, but it's not that easy, especially for someone who became famous at a young age."

"I understand what Cha'er means. Mr. Ke was already famous at that time. Even if he was offered more gold, silver and jewelry, he would not agree to such a thing that would damage his reputation." Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha, "That's what you mean, right?"

"Brother, what you said is right. This is what I want to say." Shen Cha took a sip of tea and thought for a while. "Unless the Empress Dowager has some evidence against him, why would he listen to her?"

"You can say such things, which shows that you have a deep understanding of the Grand Empress Dowager. He didn't fall into the Grand Empress Dowager's hands, but he had to obey the Grand Empress Dowager's orders." Mr. Jiang sneered, "You all know the Grand Empress Dowager's background. You also know how she became the emperor's concubine, right?"

"Yes!" Shen Cha nodded. "When Grandpa Huang was still the crown prince, he went to Jiangnan in disguise and encountered an assassin. Her father and brother risked their lives to save him. This was a life-saving grace, so she was able to enter the palace as a concubine later."

"Yes!" Master Jiang sighed, "That's exactly what happened. But what everyone doesn't know is that in addition to this brother who took the knife for the emperor, she also has a younger brother, a younger brother who is unknown to the public and never appears in front of people."

"Brother?" Shen Cha suddenly had an idea and looked at Mr. Jiang Er and asked tentatively, "Is it Mr. Ke?"

"Of course not. The age doesn't make sense, does it?"

"That is."

"Ke Dajia was her brother's only son, but he was kidnapped when he was very young. Her brother and sister-in-law fell ill because of the loss of the child and died very early. The Empress Dowager spent a lot of energy to help her brother find the child, but the child was only a few months old when he was lost. In such a big country like Daxia, finding a child of this age is like looking for a needle in a haystack. How could it be found?"

"Is she on good, close terms with her brother?"

"Very good." Master Jiang sighed, "This is something everyone knows. In addition to worrying about the affairs of the Qinglian Sect, she mostly uses various connections to help her find her brother. Back then, before we had a quarrel, she also asked me for help."

"That is to say, they recognized each other through this palace banquet, right?"

"Hmm!" Seeing Shen Cha's puzzled expression, Mr. Jiang raised his eyebrows, "You want to ask me how I know, right?"

"Yes, at that time, Second Grandfather should have been at the border, and he had a very bad relationship with the Empress Dowager. Even if she found my brother's child, she would not tell you, right?"

"If you want to know, you can find out. After all, she asked more than one person to help her find the person. As long as someone knows that she has found the person, someone will tell me." Seeing the helpless expressions on Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian's faces, Mr. Jiang sighed softly and said, "Okay, okay, you two don't have that expression. I will talk to you nicely and I won't make trouble anymore."

"What do you mean?" Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin, Xue Ruitian, and then at Mr. Jiang curiously, "Was that nonsense?"

"It's not nonsense, it's pretty much the same idea. But I was also present at the palace banquet back then."

"Ah?" Shen Cha blinked, "Second Grandpa was there too? I have no impression of that at all." "Your condition was not very stable at that time, sometimes good and sometimes bad, how could you have the energy to notice me?" Second Grandpa Jiang smiled, "I secretly mixed in with Xiao Shen's personal guards and followed them back. Basically no one noticed me, so I entered the palace smoothly and met my late emperor." He stretched, stood up and began to stroll in the flower hall, "I went to see the late emperor. It was the late emperor who told me about this."

"Uncle?" Shen Cha was stunned. "Did the Empress Dowager tell my uncle?"

"There is nothing to hide about this, because one of the purposes of that palace banquet was to use Mr. Ke's behavior to spread the news and prevent the tragedy from happening again. So, the Empress Dowager told your uncle that Mr. Ke was her nephew who had been lost for many years, and he promised her that he would help them."

"How did you recognize each other?"

"Didn't Mr. Ke perform in her palace once? When they were changing clothes, they accidentally revealed the jade pendant they had been wearing. It was seen by the eunuch in the Empress Dowager's palace, who reported it to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager summoned him alone and verified his jade pendant. She knew that he had been wearing it since he was a child, which more or less confirmed that he might be the lost child. Because the child had a birthmark on his body, they arranged for someone to examine him. After confirming that it was correct, the aunt and nephew recognized each other."

"This isn't something that shouldn't be told to anyone, why didn't Mr. Ke tell us?"

"Xiao Cha, what you said, look at us, we all have a deep hatred for the Grand Empress Dowager, would he dare to say it?" Bai Meng said cheerfully, "If we knew he was the Grand Empress Dowager's nephew, we would probably tear him apart, right?"

"It won't be that excessive. After all, they are not familiar with each other. What the Empress Dowager did has nothing to do with him. We are not the kind of people who would implicate innocent people." Shen Cha touched his chin. "But from his perspective, he does have such concerns."

"That's for sure!" Master Jiang walked around for a few times and sat back down. "I heard from the late emperor that he thought they would cry and hug each other, but that didn't happen. The Empress Dowager was really excited and lost her composure, but Mrs. Ke seemed very calm and didn't seem to care that much about having a family."

"Yeah!" Shen Cha could understand Mr. Ke's reaction. "He would think that his family didn't care about him and had never contacted him, so he definitely didn't believe it. But the Empress Dowager should have explained it. It would be fine if she explained it clearly."

"The late emperor said the same thing, and he burst into tears after he had spoken." Mr. Jiang sighed and said, "After the aunt and nephew recognized each other, the Empress Dowager told him that there is such a situation in Xijing City now. Because the opera troupes are mixed, there are many bad guys and many girls have been harmed." When he said this, he paused, "Later we found out that not only the daughters of officials, but also some daughters of merchants, have encountered the same scam. Some are lucky and can escape alive, while others are unlucky and even..."

"what?"

"No intact body will be left." Mr. Jiang looked at the children whose faces had changed. "After hearing this, Mr. Ke resolutely abandoned his reputation. He wanted to remind these girls to just watch the show and never become obsessed with one person. Once obsessed, there will be endless troubles."

"Is this trick effective?"

"It worked!" Master Jiang nodded. "As the rumor spread, the number of girls who went to the opera and music decreased significantly. After all, they knew about the previous tragedies, but they just wanted to pretend to be ignorant. Now that such a signal has been sent out in the palace, there is no need to pretend to be ignorant anymore."

"Yeah!" Shen Cha nodded, "This is a good thing. It has saved many families. Otherwise, there are still many families facing the possibility of being broken up."

(End of this chapter)