Chapter 372 The Regent’s Life
Isn't it natural for the regent and the emperor to quarrel?
At least that's how Qin Lang felt until he gradually got to know Bai Qingqing.
Of course, his understanding was basically based on the story in the storybook.
Regarding Bai Qingqing and Su Yupan specifically, Qin Lang only knew that the current dispute between the [Regent Faction] and the [New Emperor Faction] could be traced back to the prince's affairs after the death of the previous emperor.
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The late Emperor Zhaotong originally left a decree to let his niece, Su Yupan, inherit the throne. No one knows the reason yet, including Su Yupan himself.
Anyway, the prince at that time couldn't accept it and began to try every means to seize power. It was at this time that Bai Qingqing began to support the former prince.
But soon, the former prince gradually fell into madness.
One of the six old sects [Gujiapu] that the late emperor pardoned in the Pingman Kingdom was settled by the former prince. This is how the six-year-old Gu Jin fled and was picked up by Su Yinping.
And as the former prince completely lost his mind, the regent also took advantage of the situation and became the new court force that "replaced" the former prince.
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These are the earliest things Qin Lang knew about the fight between the regent and the empress.
But based on these alone, it is obviously impossible to explain the questions raised by Qin Lang himself.
"Qingqing, can I ask, why are you arguing with Yupan?"
Bai Qingqing ate the roasted sparrow, thought for a while, and asked Qin Lang:
"My beloved, why do you think so?"
"I think..."
Between the regent and the emperor, Qin Lang really couldn't think of anything other than "fighting for power", but when the word came to his lips, he really couldn't say it.
Because Qin Lang really couldn't force himself to tell himself how interested the regent Bai Qingqing was in power.
So Qin Lang had no choice but to test:
"It can't be... just for fun, right?"
Bai Qingqing blinked:
"Why not?"
"???"
Seeing Qin Lang's complex expression, Bai Qingqing still took a bite of the grilled fish in his hand that she had previously disliked, and continued leisurely:
"I just questioned why it couldn't be done. I didn't say that I was doing it just for fun. What's your expression..."
"Then for what?"
After a long time, Bai Qingqing gave an answer that Qin Lang didn't expect and couldn't understand at all.
"To repay a favor."
"Repay...repay a favor?"
Qin Lang was very puzzled:
"Whose favor should I repay?"
"The late emperor."
"Huh?"
The regent fought against the empress to repay the kindness of the late emperor?
Qin Lang couldn't understand it at all, but he saw that Bai Qingqing had finished his share of the roasted sparrow, stretched out, and then found a comfortable position and fell into Qin Lang's arms.
"It's over, it's over. I originally ate to get rid of sleepiness and replenish my energy, but I'm sleepy after eating. What should I do, my beloved concubine?"
"That's what I said... But the so-called escape is still unstructured. Although we have currently speculated the possibility of a formation being set up in Ten Thousand Souls Forest, even so, let alone the clues to breaking the formation, even the formation itself I can't even get a glimpse of it..."
This is the most annoying and helpless thing.
Qin Lang is now very worried about Su Yupan's situation, but apart from using his internal energy to try to calm himself down, he has nothing to do about it. Facing the situation where the nearby scenery seems to be changing randomly all the time, what Qin Lang actually needs most is A few surprises to break the status quo.
To put it bluntly, it means taking orders.
At least that's all it can do until you think of something or find a breakthrough. Therefore, Qin Lang was more interested in the topic just now:
"Qingqing..."
"Huh?"
"Did you forget to say something..."
"What did you say?"
"Repay the favor..."
"Oh, that."
The concubine’s chest felt so comfortable, Bai Qingqing looked at the sky and pondered for a while:
"My beloved, do you know that what I am going to say next is something that I have not told anyone so far, but I want to tell you, not only because I love you, but also because I am somewhat worried. If I can’t get out this time, I may have to hide some things in my stomach for the rest of my life.”
"Don't think too much, you won't be able to get out, it won't happen."
"Really?"
"Really."
"Hmm~ Then I will continue to hide this matter in my belly?"
"..."
"But, seeing as my beloved concubine wants to hear it so much, I am not a heartless person. Come on, let me have a good time first~"
As Bai Qingqing spoke, she hugged Qin Lang's neck with both hands, and gave him a "chirp" on his handsome face, twice, three times...
Although Qin Lang felt helplessly like a "beloved concubine" who was being teased, he didn't dislike the regent's soft lips.
"Okay, Lord Bai."
Qin Lang deliberately changed his name to a serious one:
"What do you mean by repaying a favor?"
"Well..."
Bai Qingqing took a deep breath and said after a moment:
"Qin Lang, do you know how old Xiaopan was when he ascended the throne?"
"Thirteen."
"What about my king?"
"Huh?"
Qin Lang opened his mouth, and Bai Qingqing continued:
"That year, I was also thirteen years old. I and Xiaopan are the same year, but the difference is that she is the niece of the late emperor, and I am... the adopted daughter of the late emperor."
"The late emperor's adopted daughter?"
Qin Lang was shocked. This was the first time he knew about this.
Bai Qingqing said that it was normal not to know, and no one in the entire palace knew about it.
"Even Xiaopan still thinks that I am just the daughter of a certain minister. This is understandable, because the late emperor's nurturing of this king was actually only responsible for providing manpower and material resources. How can I put it... He is more like a real adopted daughter than a real adopted daughter. Treat me as a pool A fish in the pond, watching from a distance, throwing some food from time to time, but for me at that time, this was already a blessing of fate... even though I myself did not have any "adopted daughter" towards the late emperor. The feelings you should have..."
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Qin Lang listened to this sentence intermittently, and he probably understood it at this time.
What Bai Qingqing calls "the late emperor's adopted daughter" is actually like the feeling of a large sect taking in a very marginal disciple. The head of the sect and the marginal disciple rarely meet each other a few times, but at least the marginal disciple eats The food in the sect is the house in the sect.
As for why Bai Qingqing was "adopted" by the late emperor, and why basic food and lodging were God's blessing to Bai Qingqing, Bai Qingqing's next words made Qin Lang's eyes widen.
"Strictly speaking, I am not from the Great Zhou Dynasty, because the person who gave birth to me came from the Rakshasa Cult."
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Qin Lang never expected that the regent actually came from the most mysterious Rakshasa cult among the old six sects. The blood flowing in her body was the blood of an extremely mysterious and ancient Western Empire.
(End of chapter)