Jiang Chao

Second prince Jiang Chao tried to revolt.

This afternoon eunuch tried to poison new emperor, but he failed.

Suddenly, Jiang Chao showed up with a group of eunuchs and surrounded Jiang Qingyuan.

Those eunuchs were his trusted aides and spies.

Even eunuch who tried to poison the emperor was in service of second prince.

Jiang Qingyuan escaped from his room, but actually he was luring second prince in a trap.

Those were skirmishes that we heard from outside.

Second prince was subdued easely.

Actually, second prince wasn't someone who would rashly revolt.

He would properly prepare.

So that he acted completely opposite of his usual predisposition was very suspicious.

He was used as a pawn by someone in order to test the waters.

He tried and failed.

And now others will know which route not to take when rebelling.

He wasn't killed, but he was again placed into confinement, just with much more guards paying attention to him.

His fate would be decided after the funeral.

He would probably be forced to commit suicide by poison.

Or he would be placed into house confinement with rest of his family.

After all, second prince was one of the oldest princes.

He was already thirty-three, had a wangfei and ten concubines.

Five sons and three daughters.

If he didn't try to revolt, he would probably live nice life even when Jiang Qingyuan was properly sitting on a throne.

He wasn't someone who general public or old emperor favored.

He was usually quiet and stayed away from the public eye.

He was epitome of idle prince.

His maternal family wasn't that powerful and his mother actually passed away more than ten years ago. She was titled as Consort Shu at the time of her death. She was also a cefei to old emperor while he was still a prince.

Also, Jiang Chao never showed any ambition.

But that can also be a lie. His cover.

You can never know where you stand with royal family.

After all even though he didn't show ambition, he was smart and taciturn.

"That's unusual" my aunt commented.

"Why exactly?" I pretend to be foolish.

"He doesn't have a reason to revolt. Unless he was really greedy for the throne. But this revolt seems so sloppy. Like he didn't put any thought into it"

"Ah, yes. That seems quite weird"

We also didn't have all of the information about revolt.

So we can only guess about what exactly happened.

They still need to interrogate second prince and his accomplices to find out the full story.

I guess will we know more tomorrow or in a few days.

Finally concluding my thoughts about it, I could at last concentrate on my dinner.

After dinner, it was quite late by ancient standards. So I was sent away to the side chamber and left to my devices.

You know what, after this horrible day, I would like to relax in a warm bath.

Which I got, but damn water wasn't properly mixed.

I got scalded.

Damn.

Ugh.

I hate my life.

One day, I shall have my revenge~