Chapter 176 The real Cousin Qin is someone else
Sure enough, Han Shaoxi was fooled.
His expression gradually became more panicked, and he began to look around, trying to see if there was anyone else around besides them.
Deng Youning smiled and stepped forward, comforting her:
"Don't worry, we checked when we came here, there's no one else except us!"
"So now, should I call you uncle... or cousin?"
She looked at Han Shaoxi with secretive eyes and a harmless smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Han Shaoxi seemed to have just realized that he had been fooled, and was pulled back to reality in a trance.
"Ning Ning...you guys, I..."
He sighed and admitted his identity helplessly.
This was not the place to talk, so the three of them found a teahouse owned by the Han family, and Han Shaoxi slowly told them the truth of that year.
Twenty-eight years ago, the emperor arbitrarily charged the Qin family with a crime, resulting in the beheading of all the male members of the family and the exile of the women to the northern border.
Han Shaoyi, the eldest daughter of the Han family, who had been married to Qin Sanlang for five years, happened to be pregnant with a posthumous child at this time.
But she was thin back then and didn't look pregnant.
When she married into the palace, she had just given birth to Han Shaoxi. In order to conceal the truth, she told the public that Han Shaoxi was the late son of General Han and his wife.
The old lady of the Han family rarely goes out, so it is not surprising that the news of her ten-month pregnancy has not been leaked.
Because of the Qin family's affairs, Han Shaoyi could never forgive the emperor.
For five consecutive years, he was never treated kindly.
Nor had she ever slept with him.
Over time, the emperor learned the news of the posthumous child from somewhere. In order to dispel the emperor's doubts and to protect his own child, Han Shaoyi became the real Concubine Han.
Not long after, she became pregnant with Jun Chenyi.
"Not long after Yi'er was born, someone mentioned the Qin family's child to the emperor again."
"In order to protect me, my mother chose to die to show her loyalty. She drank the poison herself!"
At this point, Han Shaoxi had already burst into tears.
The infinite anger towards the emperor in his heart made him pound his fists on the table, but he still had no way to vent it.
"So, on Lantern Festival twenty-three years ago, you went to see Concubine Han for the last time, and she drank poison and committed suicide?"
As soon as Li Tianzhuo asked this question, Han Shaoxi gave him a confused look.
"What is the Lantern Festival twenty-three years ago?"
"I spent the holiday at Han's house that day and never went to the palace!"
Han Shaoxi's tone was extremely affirmative.
Deng Youning remembered the rattle she had found in the Liang family shop before, and she surprisingly believed that Han Shaoxi was not lying!
The Han family would never buy something so shoddy.
That rattle can only be something belonging to ordinary people.
Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo explained to Han Shaoxi all the clues they had found during this period.
He knew very well that he had never entered the palace, nor had he met Miss Qi, nor had he seen the arsonist, Shopkeeper Jin.
The mystery that we thought was finally solved is once again at a stalemate.
Han Shaoxi looked at the two of them in confusion.
The two of them were also staring at each other.
After a long while, Deng Youning drank a sip of tea and made a bold guess: "I suspect that the real cousin Qin is someone else. The Han family swapped the identities of the two children. In this way, even if the emperor found out, it would be Han Shaoxi who would be executed."
In order to preserve the only bloodline of the Qin family, the Han family is very likely to use this method of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
But if this is true, whose child is Han Shaoxi?
Deng Youning knew that her grandmother must be well aware of the matter.
"I also want to start with my grandmother!"
"Uncle, let's go to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. You can ask grandma in person. This time, she will definitely tell the truth."
"Because of the Han family's selfishness, you have been away from your biological parents for 28 years. You have the right to know the truth and find your real family."
Just as they were about to go downstairs and leave, a group of Jinwu Guards broke into the teahouse, kicked down the door, and injured several waiters.
He even drove away all the customers in the store.
"Isn't this General Qiu from the Jinwu Guard? Is he coming to our shop to drink tea today?"
The shopkeeper hurriedly came forward and asked with a smile.
Deng Youning and the other two were in a position where they could see clearly what was happening downstairs without exposing themselves.
"Stop talking nonsense. Hand over the heir of the Qin family, and we will leave."
The leading general's words made the three people upstairs break out in cold sweats.
They had just learned of Han Shaoxi's identity, and before they could even verify its authenticity, the emperor had already targeted them?
Could it be possible that someone has been following them in secret?
Deng Youning was very confused. If there was someone in the dark, it would be impossible for her to not notice it at all with her martial arts skills!
"These people are really going too far. I'm going to go down and see what they are going to do!"
Han Shaoxi was so impulsive that he wanted to go downstairs directly and face those Jinwu Guards head-on.
Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo held him back together.
"Master Han, don't be impulsive. I'll go down and meet them first."
Li Tianzhuo gave Deng Youning a look and flew down the stairs using his lightness skills.
He was dressed in white, descending from the building, and landed on the ground like a banished immortal.
The Jinwu Guard official immediately bowed and saluted, "I didn't know Lord Li was here too. I'm here on the emperor's orders to arrest someone. Please help me, Lord."
"It's not that I can't help you, it's just that the person you are looking for is really not here!"
"Your Majesty has first entrusted the matter of the Qin family's orphan to our Silver Dragon Guards, so General Qiu doesn't need to worry about it."
He engaged in a tug-of-war with the Jinwu Guards to buy time, while Deng Youning took Han Shaoxi and escaped through the second-floor window.
In order to prevent Han Shaoxi from being recognized, she also asked her to wear her own women's coat.
He put on his round-necked robe and attracted the attention of the Jinwu Guards.
“Don’t run!”
"Stop, I see you!"
A sharp-eyed Jinwu Guard soldier happened to see Deng Youning climbing back through the window on the second floor. He instinctively thought that she was trying to climb out of the window and shot a hidden arrow towards her.
Li Tianzhuo wanted to reach out and grab the arrow to help Deng Youning block it, but the arrow was too fast and his martial arts skills were not good enough to keep up.
Just as the arrow was about to hit Deng Youning, she tilted her neck slightly and dodged it easily.
"How dare you! Who wants to murder this monarch?"
Deng Youning took the opportunity to take off Han Shaoxi's clothes and flew downstairs.
When they saw that the person who came out was Deng Youning, all the Jinwu Guards looked unwilling.
Anyone could guess that Han Shaoxi would be let go by them.
"Let's go!"
Before leaving, he did not forget to glare at Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo.
They came here to arrest people without any oral order from the emperor, and were only instructed by the Wu family.
Moreover, even the fact that Han Shaoxi was the orphan of the Qin family was guessed by the Wu family and Prime Minister Jian.
When Deng Youning found out about the Jin family in Cangnan County before, they had guessed about the existence of the Qin family's orphan, but they were not sure who it was.
Until today, the people who were ambushing near the imperial mausoleum saw Han Shaoxi going to offer sacrifices to Concubine Han, and then left mysteriously with Deng Youning and the others. The two felt that the answer might be in Han Shaoxi.
Only then was he bold enough to ask the Jinwu Guards to arrest the person.
In the dark alley outside the teahouse, Imperial Tutor Wu and Prime Minister Jian stood side by side.
"As long as Li Tianzhuo and Deng Youning are alive, it will be very difficult for us to deal with the Deng family and the Ninth Prince." Prime Minister Jian complained.
"It's okay. My people have already informed the palace that Han Shaoxi is the orphan of the Qin family. We can't touch him, but can we not touch the one in the palace?" Taifu Wu smiled cunningly and stroked his thick beard with an evil look.
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