Chapter 929: Chapter 929: Siblings Conspiring_1

Jiang Ning said, “I hope there’s a karmic retribution for good and evil.”

Is it that simple?

Without involving any personal interests or grudges?

Taken aback, Li Hongyuan realized that he knew very little about her.

When Jiang Ning asked him why he took the initiative to provide her with information about Master Jieming, Li Hongyuan didn’t answer at the time.

Watching her light, brisk figure leaving, Li Hongyuan thought, probably because he could never live with the same honesty and unwavering dedication to his principles as she did.

She was brightly lit, sincere and untainted under the sun.

And he was full of gloom.

She was what he longed for, yet couldn’t attain.

Therefore, he was willing to see her doing everything she wanted and provided assistance for her.

Having studied the information about Master Jieming for an hour, Jiang Ning fell sound asleep. The next day after having breakfast with her three children and sending them off to school, she quietly left the palace and returned to the Jiang Family.

This season was a busy time for everyone.

Farmers were busy harvesting wheat and tilling the fields, merchants were racking up miles to transport goods and secure profits before the rainy season came.

Similarly, the Imperial Court was preoccupied with the affairs of the Rouran war.

The logistics needed continuous transportation of grains and supplies to the war-front. Selecting personnel to escort the shipments, deciding on the mode of transport and waterways, and anticipating potential encounter with bandits en-route were all pressing matters.

When Jiang Ning returned, it happened that Jiang Ruobai, sitting in his palanquin, was rushing to the Imperial Court.

As the Senior Grand Secretary, the Imperial Court could not do without him for a day.

Father and daughter exchanged a few words at the door, before bidding each other farewell and going their separate ways.

Jiang Yi, working as an editor at the Imperial Academy, had a graceful job in a sense.

It was leisurely, and exalted.

What position could be more suited for a man of a noble family than working at the Imperial Academy?

It’s a pity that most of the sons of noble families were incompetent and couldn’t qualify for the Imperial Academy on their own merit.

Jiang Yi being a rich son was an exception.

It is well known that the Imperial Academy serves as the reserve force of the Cabinet. Ever since Jiang Yi entered the Imperial Academy, everyone naturally treated him as Jiang Ruobai’s successor, the future Senior Grand Secretary.

Of course, not for the current emperor, but for the next emperor, or perhaps the one after him.

In a nutshell, while Jiang Ruobai was very busy, his son Jiang Yi had a lot of leisure time.

Leaving him free to wait for his sister at home.

The siblings met in Lin Zizi’s courtyard. While snacking on the tidbits their mother had prepared, they unfolded the paper about Master Jieming and started discussing.

“This old man is already seventy,” exclaimed Jiang Yi as he was cracking sunflower seeds, “At this age, instead of chanting Buddhist sutras, he still mixes in the affairs of the Court, truly fearless of death.”

Jiang Ning replied, “The point is, since he is a stand-in for the Emperor, why does he speak for the Empress? A mandate from the phoenix? It’s about the country’s fate? Damn, this is not flattery, he’s downright a seasoned sycophant!”

Jiang Yi chuckled, “My sister’s choice of words is always precise and amusing.”

“What’s so amusing? She’s being vulgar.” Lin Zizi, who was embroidering flowers not far away, commented nonchalantly, “As the older brother, don’t indulge your sister too much. Correct her from time to time.”

When the brother and sister were scheming to act against the old monk, they had all the servants leave, but they didn’t avoid Lin Zizi at all.

Lin Zizi just casually listened, as if she was hearing their idle talk, never offering her opinion or intervening.

Whenever the siblings coyly asked her to go get food and drinks, she would prepare it with a beaming smile.