The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1446

Chapter 1446: 706 The Truth of That Year (Two Updates)_4

She was there to find the Horse King, but encountering the Hei Fengqi King was an unexpected event. Who could have imagined that the Hei Fengqi King, already gone with the Crown Prince of Han, would appear in that place?

"So that was the Hei Fengqi King, truly..." Jing Erye muttered with a complex expression.

"Truly what?" Gu Jiao asked.

Jing Erye sighed, "How should I put this? You’ve seen the Hei Fengqi of the Han Family, but do you know they originally didn’t belong to the Han Family and were trained exclusively by the Xuanyuan Family?" _{fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm}

"I’ve heard about it," Gu Jiao said. "After the Xuanyuan Family’s downfall, the military power was split into four, and the cavalry went to the Han Family, which included a large number of Hei Fengqi."

"You seem to be quite familiar with the affairs of Yan Country."

Gu Jiao didn’t argue.

Jing Erye was just teasing Gu Jiao and didn’t suspect her of any ulterior motives. He continued to say, "Among thirty thousand Hei Fengqi, only one can be the Hei Fengqi King. All previous Hei Fengqi Kings were stallions, only this Hei Fengqi King is a mare. She was born from a difficult labor, stayed in the womb for too long, and nearly had no breath when she came out. By the way, it was my brother’s father-in-law and General Xuanyuan who delivered her. After the birth, General Xuanyuan took her back with him. So, that horse was actually personally raised by General Xuanyuan himself."

Gu Jiao asked, "Your brother’s father-in-law is..."

Jing Erye sheepishly said, "Ahem, my brother’s father-in-law is also my father-in-law! Xuanyuan Hao!"

Gu Jiao uttered a sound of realization, "Isn’t he now called Xuanyuan Sheng?"

Jing Erye was startled, "You even know about that?"

Gu Jiao said, "I have heard."

What kind of people are you surrounded by? How can you discuss the Xuanyuan Family’s affairs so freely? Aren’t you afraid of getting your head chopped off?

Jing Erye rolled his eyes and upon thinking of something, he added, "By the way, the Hei Fengqi King and Yinyin are the same age."

"Yinyin?" Gu Jiao murmured. The name sounded oddly familiar, as if she had also heard it in her dreams.

Unaware of what she was thinking, Jing Erye simply took it as a question and explained, "Yinyin is my brother and sister-in-law’s daughter, born in the same year as the Hei Fengqi King. When they were two, the Xuanyuan Family faced a crisis. The Han Family achieved meritorious deeds in a great battle, and the king rewarded the Hei Fengqi to the Han Family, which naturally included the still-young Hei Fengqi King. Ah, in the blink of an eye, fifteen years have gone by."

So, did the Hei Fengqi King return today to seek out its master?

After all these years, was it still waiting for its master to come back?

Gu Jiao fell silent for a moment, then said, "Did the Xuanyuan Family really commit treason?"

The room suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

Jing Erye tensed up and didn’t dare to answer.

Duke An’s fingertips touched the water on the tea, using just the bit of strength he had recovered to shakily write a single character.

Looking at the character "Yes" that Duke An had almost exhausted all his strength to write, strangely, Gu Jiao didn’t feel too surprised in her heart.

Duke An wanted to continue writing, but he had no strength left.

Seeing his brother’s trembling hand, Jing Erye spoke with heartache, "Big brother, don’t write anymore, let me do the talking!"

They had only met this youth a few times; logically, they shouldn’t be discussing such sensitive matters. He didn’t understand—why was his brother being so unguarded with this lad?

Jing Erye steadied himself and said solemnly, "It’s true, the Xuanyuan Family did commit treason, but they were forced into it, and the National Master Hall was the instigator behind all this!"

"What did the National Master Hall do?" Gu Jiao asked.

With a cold huff, Jing Erye responded, "That damn National Master divined a prophecy for the Xuanyuan Family, saying someone from the Xuanyuan Family had the fortune of the Purple Star, which is also known as the Emperor Star, a destiny that only a sovereign of a nation could possess. This was essentially claiming the Xuanyuan Family had imperial aspirations. Which king could take such news with calm? To prove their loyalty, the Xuanyuan Family resolutely proposed to relinquish their military authority."