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Lu JinNian listened to the sound of the wall from the woods not far from the fake mountain with a stiff expression.

Twice in a day, she accidentally overheard someone talking to her in the same place. So these people all liked to whisper to each other in this place? If she knew earlier, she would have gone around the fake mountain far.

Seeing Lu JinNian's vexed expression, Xiao Su said, ”That should be your sister, right?”

Lu JinNian rolled his eyes at him but did not reply.

She had clearly heard the conversation between Lu Qingwan and Xiao Jing. Putting aside the entanglement, the words that sounded sour to the ear were basically telling Lu Qingwan to find Lu Mo Ting, to say some good things in front of the Emperor, and to give Xiao Du the right to intervene in political matters.

Not to mention whether Lu Mo Ting would agree to speak up for Xiao Jin, no matter how close his relationship with the Emperor, he would still be an Emperor.

What if the Emperor suspected Lu Mo Ting of deliberately supporting Xiao Jing and then centrifuging the emperor and his subjects?

Lu Qingwan actually thought that this was an easy matter and agreed to it.

Xiao Jing told the emperor that the most effective way to enter the imperial court would be to use such a roundabout way. He must have failed his request to obtain permission in order to use Lu Mo Ting's relationship to help him.

Lu JinNian was starting to suspect whether Xiao Jing was sincere towards Lu Qingwan, or if it was simply to be cannon fodder on the line of Lu Mo Ting.

The current emperor had seven sons and a daughter, but before he ascended the throne, he did not have many sons. The court officials urged him to become the crown prince.

Since the empress had no direct son, she could only temporarily adopt Prime Minister Pei's sister as her wife, while the eldest prince Xiao Yi acted as the crown prince to keep the public from speaking any further.

Before the seventh prince, the empress had raised the second prince under her own name without a chance of success.

After the crown prince and the second prince had reached adulthood, they had entered the imperial court at almost the same time. They were the only two of the seven princes who could handle political affairs.

The fifth, sixth, and seventh princes were still young. When the third prince reached adulthood, he had no interest in government affairs nor did the emperor care about him.

The fourth prince seemed to only like hanging out with Liang Jing's many noble young ladies, but he was actually a very ambitious person? But the emperor did not seem to have any intention of letting Xiao Jing into the court.

His Majesty is in his prime, and the crown prince is already standing right next to him. Although his political records are average, he is still in the right and has not made any big mistakes. As the crown prince's consort is pregnant, the imperial physicians say that he is a boy.

Lu Jinnian looked at Xiao Su, who said all this in a flat tone, ”Why is he in such a hurry? ”Could it be …”

As a retiree who only wants to earn his share of the living, Lu Jinjian rarely pays attention to court matters, but he is not completely ignorant.

The crown prince's political achievements were not as good as the second prince's. In the imperial court, there were cries for 'The crown prince can't take on the heavy responsibility of being the crown prince, and the crippled crown prince will take on the second prince as the crown prince'.

However, there was also a saying that although the Second Prince had been appointed by the Empress in name, his mother was actually a concubine who came from a minor background. Her status was not revered enough, and she could not be considered the best candidate to be the Crown Prince.

However, the other princes and emperors were not allowed to enter the imperial court. Thus, those who wanted to cripple the crown prince all placed their gazes on the unborn children of the second prince and the crown prince.

Lu JinNian suspected that a large part of the reason why the Emperor only allowed his two princes to enter the imperial court was to balance the two of them. The crown prince had an imperial concubine and Prime Minister Pei behind him.