mousepad-d2 Chapter 166 The Truth
Chapter 166 The Truth
Wu Qingyao watched Zhao Xiyan's doting on the four daughters. There were countless court ladies and eunuchs who passed by Cuiwei Palace to Ganquan Palace every day, and the emperor's Long Lun often passed by.Wu Qingyao just smiled bitterly, and she still sent lunch to Feishuang Palace every day as usual, sometimes the emperor went to eat in other palaces and forgot to tell her, so she could only wait in Feishuang Palace until the food was cold .Wu Qingyao didn't dare to complain or cry, she was a person not worth cherishing.That day, Zhao Xiyan was going to the study room to review the memorial, when Xiangyun hurried back.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The governor of Jingzhao Mansion is begging to see you!"
"Just ask to see, what are you in such a hurry for?"
"Something has happened! The governor of Jingzhao said that a woman in her twenties brought a girl who was about nine or ten years old and said that the child was the orphan of the late Prince Xian, and she brought the child to Beijing to recognize her relatives."
"What? My thirteenth brother has been dead for nearly ten years, how is that possible?"
"The slave also said the same thing, but the woman has a token of the virtuous prince on her body. The governor of the Jingzhao government dared not neglect, so he had to come to see the emperor."
"Call me in quickly!"
Zhao Xiyan was stunned, Qi Chen was Shisan's posthumous son, that's right, when will there be a daughter?It's been more than ten years, and I haven't come to Beijing to look for it for a long ten years, but now it suddenly pops up.what on earth is it?
"The humble minister kowtows to the emperor!"
"Get up and answer, what's going on?"
"Reporting to the emperor, I also feel strange. Prince Xian has been dead for ten years. How could an orphan come out suddenly? This woman is twenty-five years old this year. She looks very handsome. She was originally from the capital. She suddenly went to Yizhou to avoid disaster. The woman and the minister said that she met Prince Xian in July 19th of Shaoyuan, and Prince Xian favored her and placed her in the house in the south of the city. Yue was pregnant, and in the same year, Prince Xian was imprisoned by King Lixin for treason and regicide, and died. The woman said that when the house of the prince of Xian County was ransacked, she went away by herself in order to keep Prince Xian's flesh and blood. After many twists and turns, she died in Yi The state is stable, and in February of the 20st year of Shaoyuan, the orphan of Prince Xian was born."
"Anymore?"
"Reporting to the emperor, the girl said that she had been hiding for many years, lest King Lixin would find out. A few years ago, she learned that the emperor ascended the throne and became the emperor of Daqi, and she cleared up the grievances for Prince Xian. She was not the former King Lixin. She firmly believed in the emperor. He has a deep brotherhood with Prince Xian and will treat Prince Xian’s only orphan kindly, so he dares to come alone.”
"I heard there is a token? Present it!"
"Your Majesty, the woman said that the token is too precious, and she will only hand it over when she sees the Emperor."
"He's a wise man."
"It's hard for a humble official to tell the truth, and the matter is of great importance, so I'm here to report, Your Majesty, look..."
Zhao Xiyan didn't know whether he should see the mother and daughter, let alone whether it was true or not.Among the thirteen women, one Qiu Ruyu was pregnant, but there were other women?Zhao Xiyan thought carefully about what Thirteen said more than ten years ago and the situation.When the prince was 14 years old, he would have a housemate to teach him how to have sex. He still remembered that when he was thirteen, he got a housemate at the age of 14. He hadn't been short of a woman for a long time.He also advised Shisan not to indulge in excessive sex, after all, he was still young.But Shisan said that women are like clothes, and it is better to change them from time to time.Thirteen looks very much like his father, who also treats women like this.He did know a lot of Thirteen's affairs, but this woman seemed to have never heard of it.After all, Shisan was the prince, no matter how many women he was lucky enough to have, no one would blame him, but because Shisan was the emperor's favorite prince at that time, Baba sent his daughter here.Zhao Xiyan has always known that Shisan is a good brother, but he is also a fickle lover, and most of the women who had sex with him were abandoned.
"Don't worry, Prince Xian has been dead for ten years, don't spread this matter, if I hear every single word, you can handle it yourself."
"The minister obeys the order!"
"You take the mother and daughter back to your mansion and wait for it. I will pass it on to you after I think about it."
"Your Majesty, but..."
"No, but, it's good to entertain this mother and daughter, don't be harsh!"
"The minister obeys the order!"
Yin of the Jingzhao Mansion did not dare to vent his anger, does the Emperor recognize it or not?The attitude was too ambiguous, and it was difficult for him to entertain the mother and daughter with courtesy.What if it's the real princess, and if you neglect him, what should you do if you find him troublesome?If it's fake, it will make the emperor angry, wouldn't it be a waste of time to walk around?Who doesn't know that when the emperor was still the prince, he grew up wearing the same pair of trousers as the prince Xian.When Prince Xian was wronged and imprisoned, the emperor begged the late emperor so hard that he did not hesitate to be thrown into prison.
The governor of Jingzhao left, but Zhao Xiyan fell into deep thought.The royal bloodline cannot be confused, even though he himself has taken the lead in confusing it, Qichen is a royal child after all, and no matter how bad Qi Rui is, he is also the heir of the princess.How true or false is this little princess who appeared out of nowhere?Zhao Xiyan knew that Zhao Xiyan was ruthless, but he never thought of being so ruthless. If Qichen and the child were siblings, the age difference was only two months.He still remembered what Qiu Ruyu said, Zhao Xiyan said he only loved her, so what happened to this woman?Zhao Xiyan suddenly felt a little guilty. It seemed that he had never told Qiu Ruyu that Shisan was actually very romantic, and she was not the only woman.Back then, Zhao Xiyan searched for all the thirteen women he knew that he had favored, and he only heard that Qiu Ruyu had a child, so Qiu Ruyu was lucky enough to be taken into Duanwang's residence.Otherwise, with such a humble status, why did Zhao Xiyan disobey his mother's order to marry such a poor woman.Zhao Xiyan wanted to let the mother and daughter hang out for a few days, and call Shisan's biological mother Han Niangniang back first, and then meet them.
When it was lunch time, Zhao Xiyan was hungry, but Wu Qingyao didn't show up abnormally today.
"Why hasn't Zhaoyi come today?"
"Back to the emperor, Lady Zhaoyi said that she is not feeling well these days, so she won't come to see her off."
"So that's the case, it's called the Imperial Dining Room Chuan Shan."
"Yes!"
Wu Qingyao didn't come that day, and Zhao Xiyan felt nothing. The cooks in the imperial dining room were all selected from a hundred, and their skills were actually much better than Wu Qingyao's.It's just that the imperial dining room will not cook meals according to the emperor's preferences every day, but will send some food according to the ancestral system.The meals Wu Qingyao sent were based on Zhao Xiyan's taste, and Zhao Xiyan naturally liked the lunch Wu Qingyao sent.In the evening, Zhao Xiyan went to Weiyang Palace and told Xia Shuning about this, Xia Shuning was also shocked.The princess popped out for no reason, and everyone would be surprised if it was changed.Zhao Xiyan has been dead for so many years, and it is impossible to recognize his relatives by dripping blood. Qi Chen is Zhao Xiyan's eldest son in name, and it is impossible to recognize his relatives by dripping blood.Both of them felt that Qiu Ruyu must be kept secret. Now she loves Zhao Xiyan, but as Zhao Xiyan's widow, she has deep guilt.Originally, Zhao Xiyan couldn't accept her, so she was going to leave her son and become a monk.If she knew, she was just one of the women that Zhao Xiyan played with, but she was lucky to have a child, Zhao Xiyan had never had a sincere heart.She had kept festivals for him for ten years, and had worked hard to raise the child. Knowing the truth would be such a shock.Zhao Xiyan still remembers Qiu Ruyu's resolute attitude of keeping the chastity for Zhao Xiyan back then, and it was even more to keep the child from death.Zhao Xiyan sighed, how lucky the royal family has been since ancient times.
After a few days, Han Qiuyi hurried back after receiving Zhao Xiyan's letter.It was surprising enough to suddenly know that you have a grandson, but now you may have a granddaughter, how shocking is this?Zhao Xiyan told Han Qiuyi not to be too excited, Han Qiuyi could only suppress his excitement and return to live in the palace.In the afternoon of this day, Zhao Xiyan summoned Jingzhao Mansion Yin to bring the mother and daughter into the palace, and Zhao Xiyan received the mother and daughter in the side hall.I saw that the mother and daughter were both skinny, even though Jingzhao Fu Yin changed them into luxurious clothes, it could be seen that they had suffered a lot.The girl's eyes were full of timidity, but the woman was thin but could not hide her beauty.
"Women kowtow to the emperor."
When the woman saw Zhao Xiyan, she hurriedly knelt down. The girl knew that this was the emperor, but after all, she grew up in the countryside and didn't know how much power the emperor had, so she just looked at Zhao Xiyan timidly.When Zhao Xiyan saw the girl's appearance, he knew it well.The woman was afraid that the child would offend the emperor if she was ignorant, so she hurriedly pulled her over and knelt down.
"Get up, give me your seat!"
The woman was terrified and did not dare to sit down, and the girl was even more afraid.
"Don't be restrained, I will let you sit down."
The woman sat down carefully, and the girl sat down with her mother, still staring at Zhao Xiyan.
"I probably know the matter. You said you have a token, and I'll take a look at it."
After hearing Zhao Xiyan's words, the woman took out the baggage on her body, and Xiangyun went to pick it up, first checked the bundle, and then took out the things in the bundle.A few letters, a folding fan, and a jade flute were handed to Zhao Xiyan.Zhao Xiyan first looked at the jade flute, which had the totem of Xianjun Wangfu on it, and it was indeed Shisan's.Zhao Xiyan opened the folding fan again and took a look, the seal on it was indeed Thirteen.Zhao Xiyan opened another letter to see, the handwriting was indeed Zhao Xiyan's, and it was signed and stamped.When Zhao Xiyan read this letter, his heart became heavier. Every line in this letter was full of the boy's admiration for the girl.Zhao Xiyan opened several letters and looked at them. The more he read, the more heaviness became. The letter was full of love words that Shisan had said to please this girl, and even mentioned some other women.
"How did you meet Prince Xian?"
The woman was a little apprehensive and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. "The woman met the county king at the gate of the Town God's Temple in July of the 19th year of Shaoyuan. At that time, the horse of the county king trampled on the needlework stall of the woman. The king said that the woman was beautiful, so he placed it in a house in the south of the city. inside."
"Do you still have your parents and family? Does your family know about you and Prince Xian?"
"Yes, the folk woman was a woman surnamed Liang who sold rouge and powder for a living in the capital city. When my family knew that I was favored by the county king, they tried their best to make do with it, and the family became rich because of me. Later, the county king was wronged, and the family was afraid Don’t let me go home if you’re tired.”
"Did the king of the county mention to you that he is also on good terms with other women?"
"The king of the county never said it, but the women of the people know something about it. The king of the county once had a relationship with a lady from a small official family surnamed Cai, and placed other women elsewhere. I don't know about the others."
"Since the county king never said it, how did you know?"
"When the county king's book boy was discussing with the servant to buy a house, the woman overheard it."
"Why didn't you think of coming to me all these years?"
"Women dare not come to look for them, for fear of being discovered."
"This year is the fifth year since I ascended the throne. Yizhou is not five years away from the capital. It's nonsense! Do you know what a crime it is to confuse the emperor's heir? This is a serious crime to destroy the nine clans!"
The woman knelt down in fright, trembling all over.
"The women don't dare to confuse the royal family's blood. This child is indeed the daughter of the county king. The women have some difficulties, so they dare not come until today."
"Say!"
"The woman fled to Yizhou. A weak woman with a big belly couldn't survive. The woman gave herself up to a butcher and gave birth to three sons and a daughter. The woman had no face to take the child back to Beijing..."
"Why do you dare to do it again today?"
"The husband of the folk woman killed a pig and accidentally cut off a hand, and the folk woman doesn't know anything. The family is struggling."
"Are you trading your child for glory and wealth?"
"My majesty, spare me! The women don't dare, the women don't dare, it's just that this child is a nobleman, so she shouldn't suffer."
The ten-year-old girl has grown very tall and is very sensible. It seems that this is the first time she hears these words, and tears are streaming down her eyes.
"Mom, do you want me now?"
The girl was in disbelief, staring at her mother with tears in her eyes.Zhao Xiyan felt a little uncomfortable. This woman had lived in the countryside for nearly ten years and had committed herself to the butcher again. She was afraid she would not dare to talk nonsense.The little girl looks like her father, so she can't fake it.A woman with a big belly is living in exile. I'm afraid life will be difficult.Zhao Xiyan feels a little guilty, if he knew it earlier, he wouldn't scare her.He was just not sure about the child's life experience, trying to pretend to be angry, to see if the woman told the truth.The mother and daughter hugged each other tightly, their eyes were full of tears, but they dared not cry out, the one in front of them was the emperor of Daqi.Looking at the girl's thin face, Zhao Xiyan felt a little distressed.It would break his heart if his two daughters cried like this, and were so small, and suffered like this.Even if he stayed on the throne for several years, he still couldn't bear such a heart.
"Little girl, what's your name?"
"Yu... Yu Bi."
"Come to Uncle."
Zhao Xiyan looked at her with a smile, and beckoned lovingly to her. The girl didn't dare to approach that luxuriously dressed and fierce uncle, but just looked at her mother.The woman hurriedly pushed the child over, but the child was unwilling, but was urged by the mother to hurry over.The child reluctantly and cautiously came to Zhao Xiyan's side. Zhao Xiyan smiled at her lovingly and held her hand.
"Scared, aren't you? Can I apologize to you?"
The child was frightened and shook his head quickly.Zhao Xiyan brought a pastry and put it in her hand, took out a handkerchief and wiped away her tears.The girl hardly dared to move or cry, but she was no longer as afraid as before.
"Do you know who I am?"
"emperor."
"Are you afraid of me?"
The girl nodded slightly with tears in her eyes, Zhao Xiyan was heartbroken seeing this pitiful appearance.Royal child or not, this skinny and teary-eyed was enough to break his heart.
"Don't be afraid, I was just joking with you and your mother, I'm giving you this pastry, don't you cry, okay?"
The girl nodded, tried her best to hold back her tears, and folded her hands to carefully hold the delicate pastry.Seeing that she was so cute, Zhao Xiyan couldn't help stroking her head lovingly.Only at his age did he get a pair of pearls, holding them in his hands, no one in the whole palace would dare to neglect and offend the two little princesses.With such an appearance, such a keepsake, and such an age, there is a high probability that she is the orphan of Thirteen. Zhao Xiyan felt that her heart was too painful for her to grow up like this. She suffered so much.Zhao Xiyan stroked her head, feeling sorry for her, she was too thin, and Qichen was so big and strong that she was out of shape.
"Go and invite the imperial concubine!"
As soon as Han Qiuyi entered the door and saw Yu Bi's appearance, he knew that he was close to each other.Han Qiuyi didn't even look at the token, and didn't question the woman, he hugged Yu Biji and wept bitterly.Yu Bi was very puzzled, but she didn't dare to break free from this luxuriously dressed mother-in-law, but kept looking in the direction of her mother.
The author has something to say:
You thought it was history
maybe someday
because of something
Rehash
then overthrow
In the end things changed
How can you believe that the relationship between the rich and the poor
Will you really be single-minded?
You're just a part of a dewy marriage
Ruyu's life is also very sad
being played without knowing it