Mei Mei sat down and pulled Jingzhe down with her. "Not completely. He used my family's connections to become wealthy. All of the Mo's benefited from us in one way or another. Had my parents not seen through him, he would have climbed so much higher than he did."
Jingzhe unwrapped a candy while she was talking and placed it at her lips.
She accepted it and still continued to talk. "Let me tell you some of schemes that I have escaped thanks to the chess games my grand father made sure I learned because I learned to observe.
Prince Long Bo wanted me to marry his son Long Qiu. He knew that if he got me, he would have the support of the Jun and Chi family and it would ease his goal to be the next emperor after his brother.
So, when I was fifteen he sent Long Qiu, under a false name to attend the elite class on technology which I was taking. Because Long Qiu has always been sickly, he is not usually seen in public so his face was unfamiliar to everyone.
