Can't a princess ascend the throne?

Chapter 390 I have no filial piety
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Chunyu Shuang, finally understanding, and everyone around her gasped in shock. This... this was somewhat exhilarating, but it didn't make sense. His Majesty already had his own children, so why bestow the dragon robe upon Jiu Que?

Wait a minute! Could this be the legendary "praise to kill"? His Majesty has already bestowed upon Jiu Que the title of Prince Rui, and now he's gifted her a dragon robe. Isn't this indirectly praising his friend to death? First, he gives her all the good things in the world, then turns his back on her afterwards. Right now, he can say it's because of affection that he bestowed the dragon robe. But when the reckoning comes later, he can bring this up again, and it will become irrefutable evidence against Jiu Que, because the dragon robe has always been reserved for the emperor! Anyone else who dares to touch it is committing a crime punishable by the extermination of their entire family!
It seems he wasn't the only one thinking this way, as many officials' eyes flickered. Even those who had initially intended to befriend Prince Rui now hesitated. Did they really want to do this? If they befriended Prince Rui now, wouldn't they also be labeled as such when His Majesty purged them later?
Let's wait a while.

Therefore, a strange sight appeared in the main hall: Jiuque, who should have been the center of attention, was now completely deserted. Everyone seemed eager to approach her, but not a single person dared to walk up to her!

Chunyu Shuang steadied herself. After all, this was precisely the time when her friend needed help the most, so why should she be afraid? Besides, she already bore the label of Prince Rui. Now was the time for them, the group of female officials, to step forward eagerly.

After straightening her official robes, Chunyu Shuang led several female officials forward and bowed with a smile.

"This humble official greets Prince Rui."

"My colleagues, there's no need for such formalities."

Having endured so many different gazes along the way, Jiu Que felt immense pressure. Seeing her familiar friend now, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. His Majesty had bestowed this dragon robe upon her; those with poor eyesight would probably have mistaken it for a five-clawed golden dragon robe.

Especially now, Chunyu Shuang is looking at him with a half-smile.

"The prince's clothes look very familiar. Could they have been a gift from His Majesty?"

"It was indeed bestowed by His Majesty, but..."

"His Majesty truly trusts the Prince."

At this moment, Chunyu Shuang also noticed something was amiss. She had initially thought that Emperor Jingtai had given Jiu Que one of his everyday clothes, but now it was clearly a new dragon robe. Moreover, the pattern of the golden dragon on it seemed different. This was a four-toed golden dragon robe. Jiu Que's previous princely robe was already luxurious enough, but it was still fundamentally different from this one.

If you're not careful, you might actually mistake it for His Majesty's dragon robe.

According to the rules, shouldn't only the Crown Prince wear this attire? Does this mean even a prince can wear it? The Great Jing Dynasty has only been established for a little over a decade, and Emperor Jingtai was previously a commoner, so he didn't pay much attention to these rules, and many regulations were inherited from the previous dynasty. Take this dragon robe, for example; even the four previous princes weren't qualified to wear it, and could only wear a python robe when attending court. But Jiu Que…

Even so, many envious and jealous glances were still cast upon Jiu Que. If Emperor Jingtai's trust in Ying Jiu Que before was enough to make others envious, then now it truly turned into resentment. No, regardless of the reason, why was Ying Jiu Que allowed to wear this robe? She was just a woman; which of the civil and military officials present hadn't entered the officialdom with lofty ambitions? Why was Ying Jiu Que the only one to receive His Majesty's appreciation, trust, and important appointment?

The world is full of talented people, as numerous as carp crossing a river. If everyone could be given important responsibilities, there wouldn't be so many inspirational poems throughout history about people yearning to be discovered.

Jiu Que couldn't stand being stared at so much. After exchanging a few words with Chunyu Shuang, she found her seat, sat down quietly, and waited for His Majesty to arrive. She was still thinking about what His Majesty had mentioned earlier that was unexpected. She didn't expect that someone would actually dare to come to her side under so many eyes, and even speak in a rather unfriendly tone.

"Eldest sister is living a better and better life now, she's even wearing a dragon robe, won't she be ushering in a new dynasty?"

Eldest sister? Who is that? She didn't remember her mother having any other children.

Lifting her eyelids to glance at the clown before her, Jiu Que didn't need much confirmation to know who this person was. Had Lin Wei not suffered enough humiliation at her hands, and now he couldn't even properly discipline his own son? In front of so many civil and military officials, this Lin Moran actually dared to utter such disrespectful words; he clearly had something wrong with his head, even daring to talk about changing dynasties. Jiu Que felt that she didn't really need to deal with the Lin family; the Lin family would soon be destroyed by their own people.

However, given that so many eyes were watching them closely, both openly and secretly, Jiu Que lifted his eyelids and pretended not to see or hear anything.

However, Lin Moran felt energized after being completely ignored.

He stepped forward, bent down, and looked down at Jiuque from his elevated position.

“Elder sister, you’ve finally returned from the war. It’s really inexcusable not to come home and visit. Father has been worried sick about you. As his daughter, shouldn’t you fulfill your filial duty? Your stepmother has indeed passed away, but you still have your biological father. Why not try to let go of the past grievances and start anew? I know that some treacherous people may have whispered ill will in your ear before, but Father’s concern for you is genuine. I have always cared about you, elder sister, but unfortunately, I am of low rank and could not be by your side in the past. Now that you have returned, I can be your servant and serve you faithfully.”

"..."

Hearing this long string of nonsensical and utterly absurd words, Jiu Que's eyes twitched slightly. She simply couldn't believe she was hearing such low-level talk in the Golden Palace. Was this something a normal person would say?

She seemed to have never seen this person before, and she kept calling her "elder sister," which gave her goosebumps all over.

"you are?"

Lin Moran's face, which had initially looked slightly aggrieved, twitched a few times, a hint of terror flashing across it, before she relaxed as much as possible.

"Elder sister is joking. I am your younger brother, I am Moran."

"Oh... I've never heard of this name before?"

A wisp of black energy seemed to flash behind Lin Moran. He eagerly stepped forward and poured Jiu Que a cup of wine.

"Elder sister, please don't be angry with me. I know you have a kind heart. As children, we can't argue with our parents, can we? I know you are a very filial person, otherwise you wouldn't have gone so far in your career. Father is over there, why don't I take you over to say hello?"

They really can't understand human language.

Jiu Que became interested and stretched out two slender white fingers to swirl the glass of wine on the table. After swirling it a few times, she suddenly smiled as Lin Moran waited anxiously.

"No, you said it wrong."

"Ok?"

“I am not a filial person. Especially towards Lin Wei.”