However, Han Weiyi suddenly committed suicide to prove his innocence and demonstrate that he and the Crown Prince were completely innocent.
The civil officials who had always been neutral in the court, seeing the empress's strong will and remembering her virtue, felt sorry for the deposed empress and submitted memorials one after another, asking the emperor to give up his idea of deposing the crown prince. Among them was Su Shaoyuan.
So the emperor could not refuse and, with a wave of his hand, sent the five-year-old crown prince to a temple for spiritual practice. More than ten years have passed, and he has never seen him again.
After the Crown Prince came of age, he went directly to the Western Rong battlefield, and He Jingyan was one of his generals.
Song Xizhi frowned, thinking back on his future and the past, his mind racing.
So she continued to ask the Prince, "Did my mother used to frequently enter the palace to deliver incense to that deposed empress?"
"She had a close relationship with the deposed empress?"
Song Xizhi felt that his mother was not the kind of person who liked to be vain, associate with the powerful and wealthy, or get into trouble. She was even unwilling to have much contact with the noble ladies in the capital.
The maternal grandfather's defense of the crown prince might have stemmed from loyalty to the emperor, but the mother's frequent visits to the palace certainly couldn't be that simple.
Perhaps my mother knew partly about the Empress's deposition, which is the real cause of her death.
Upon hearing Song Xizhi's question, Prince Xiu remained silent for a moment: "I do not know. When the Empress was deposed, I was not even born yet. My mother probably knows about this."
Song Xizhi's eyes lit up, and she looked at him intently: "Your Highness Prince Xiu, could you please act as a matchmaker for me? I have some rare incense that I wish to present to Consort Zhen."
Prince Xiu rolled his eyes and stretched out his empty hand again: "I've already talked myself hoarse for the sake of incense, and I've even been assassinated twice."
"Your request comes at a different price."
Song Xizhi nodded hastily, then personally took out the Penglai Wonderland and handed it to Prince Xiu. She said with utmost seriousness, "No one in the world except you has obtained the Penglai Wonderland!"
The king hurriedly took the incense, held it to his nose and smelled it. Upon smelling the wonderful fragrance, he finally smiled with delight.
He tucked the incense into his robes and spoke softly to Song Xizhi, “My mother will be leaving the palace soon to accompany my father to the Fengshan ceremony, along with many other concubines from the palace.”
"I remember this idea was proposed by your maternal uncle. Your husband is in a coma, and there's probably nothing that can be done. If you wish to see her, ask your uncle to take you to the Fengshan ceremony!"
Upon hearing Prince Xiu mention this matter, Song Xizhi suddenly came to his senses and stood up abruptly from his chair.
“He Jingyan…”
She hurriedly apologized to the King, "Your Highness, I'm sorry, I must go home first."
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