My old husband who can read minds

Chapter 238 Amazing Secret

As the sky was getting brighter, Qin He and his party got ready and set off again to the border.

This journey will be a long one, with uncertainties and unpredictable fortunes.

But in the Northern Palace that he had just left behind, an unexpected young man came.

If Qin He were here, he would definitely recognize that this young man is Song Jisheng, the second young master of the Song family, Ning Bi's cousin, and Song Yunshu's biological brother.

As early as the beginning of the year, Song Jisheng left Shengjing in the name of a study trip. No one would have thought that he would have traveled across the sea to the "Najin" city thousands of miles away.

Judging from how happily he talked with Mohan Khan, it seemed that there was a close relationship between the two.

"I wonder what the Great Khan's instructions are for summoning Wansheng into the palace today?"

After sitting around for a while and drinking half a cup of tea, Song Jisheng carefully opened his mouth to test the superior Northern Territory monarch.

"Nephew Song Xian, you don't have to be so outgoing. If you are ranked according to your generation in Dayong, you have to call Ben Khan uncle. Today, Ben Khan has nothing to do, so I just called you into the palace to talk about family affairs."

Mohan Khan smiled kindly, like a kind elder.

As for why he calls himself Song Jisheng's "cousin uncle", this involves the biggest secret of the Song family, and it is also an unknown romantic past of Song Songxun's father, Lao An Guogong, the Song family's great master, when he was young.

When Duke Lao An was young, he was ordered to go to northern Xinjiang and briefly served as the governor of Zhenbei. There, he had an affair with a woman from the northern region.

Later, Lao An Guogong was sent back to Beijing by the late emperor, and he broke off all contact with the woman. Later, the woman stayed at the border and gave birth to a daughter for him, who was the aunt Song Jisheng had never met.

This concubine of the Song family later married a viscount, a branch of the Jin family of the northern royal family, and gave birth to a son and a daughter. She and Mohan Khan were considered cousins.

Since the couple from the Jin clan's side branch are Song Jisheng's blood cousins, it makes sense for him to call Mohan Khan his "cousin."

The bloodline of Duke Lao An was in exile and was involved with the royal family of the Northern Territory. This was a taboo in the Tian family. If the late emperor and Emperor Qianyuan had known about it, they would never have chosen a daughter from the Song family as their queen.

Therefore, Duke Lao An used all means to bury this secret deep underground, and only told his eldest son Song Xun before he died.

In order to safeguard the future of Anguo Palace, Song Xun also kept the secret secret and never revealed a word to the Song family.It wasn't until the Anguo Duke's mansion collapsed and the Song family declined that Song Xun received a letter from his family far away in the Northern Territory.

Since then, the Song family has secretly established contact with the couple of children left behind by their concubine's aunt and grandmother, the Jin cousins.The two sides used a caravan from the Song family as a cover to frequently travel between Dayong and the Northern Territory to communicate with each other.

The hidden power of the Song family that Qin He had never known came from the Jin brothers and sisters.

Including the secret medicine of the previous dynasty that Ning Bin used to frame Shen Yuan's mother Wang, also came from the Northern Territory Royal Court.

As for whether there was Mohan Khan's instruction and support behind the contacts between the Jin brothers and sisters and the Song family, we can get a full picture from Mohan Khan's attitude towards Song Jisheng.The Song family's position on this matter is ambiguous, and it can even be said that they are on the fence, falling on both sides.

Song Jisheng, on the order of Old Master Song, secretly sneaked into Jincheng to meet with the Jin brothers and sisters. It was at the invitation of the other party that he came to discuss secret matters.

He arrived at Jincheng more than half a month earlier than Qin He. On the day he arrived, he was led into the palace by the cousins ​​and aunts of the Jin family and paid homage to Mohan Khan.

From that moment on, Song Jisheng understood that there was no turning back for the Song family.

A few days ago, he heard that Dayong's envoys had entered the royal capital. Song Jisheng was afraid that his whereabouts would be exposed, so he deliberately avoided Qin He and his party and hid in the Jin brothers and sisters' mansion for several days without showing up.

But now, as soon as Qin He left, Mohan Khan summoned him into the palace. Song Jisheng couldn't help but guess that this trip must have something to do with Qin He.

Sure enough, after exchanging pleasantries with him, Mohan Khan took the initiative to bring the topic to Qin He.

"I heard that the Song family used to have a close relationship with the Marquis Wenxin's mansion. I think my nephew also knows something about Qin He. Why don't you tell me what kind of person this Prince Qin is?"

Song Jisheng pondered for a moment and responded by quoting a comment his grandfather Song Xun once made about Qin He.

"My ancestor once said that Qin Shizi was a man of literary and military skills, deep in scheming, and eclectic in his actions. He was a difficult opponent. In addition, his ancestor also said that he was a loyal and upright person. For an emperor, he was actually a wise man. A good general."

After a pause, Song Jisheng added carefully, "At first, the Qin and Song families had a rift because they were instigated by outsiders. My grandfather wanted to marry his sister-in-law to Qin He to resolve the conflict between the two families. Unfortunately, the Qin Crown Prince did not appreciate it. After that, the Qin and Song families continued to argue, gradually drifted apart, and eventually turned against each other."

After hearing this, Mohan Khan knitted his long eyebrows and couldn't hide the regret in his expression.

What a pity, what a pity!
If the Song family had not fallen out with the Qin family, relying on the friendship between the two families, he would have achieved twice the result with half the effort if he wanted to win over Qin He.

The other party's words also made Mohan Khan more determined: Qin He and the Qin family cannot be enemies for the time being.

He didn't want to be an enemy of the Qin family until he got the "Thunderbolt".

The prerequisite for taking advantage of others is that the other party has no ability to fight back.Otherwise, it is not a wise choice to provoke a powerful enemy for nothing.

After much thought, Mohan Khan still believed that making Qin He one of his own through marriage and marriage was more straightforward and the least laborious and most effective method.

Therefore, Qin He's first wife and children became the biggest obstacle for Princess Yumin to marry into Wenxinhou Mansion.

This is also the real purpose of Mohan Khan summoning Song Jisheng today.

He wanted to use the help of the Song family to remove Shen Yuan's stumbling block.

(End of this chapter)