There are two meals a day in the palace, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and snacks are available at other times.
At noon, the kitchen delivered the princess's portion of snacks, and in the afternoon, the kitchen delivered the Lanyue Palace's portion of dinner on time. The eunuchs who delivered the meals were extremely respectful, completely different from the indifference of the previous two days.
The fifth princess thought of the meal she had in the morning, and it was not difficult for her to guess who was behind this. She silently took note of the fourth princess's kindness.
She didn't expect that the first person to come and care for her was the Fourth Princess.
Why?
She is just a fake princess.
Even though she thought so, the fifth princess couldn't help but tear up.
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Yan Guangyi has been very tired in the past half month, both mentally and physically.
After the poetry meeting, Yan Guangyi had been waiting to be summoned by Emperor Jingxi. After all, he was Yan Cheng's adoptive father. If Emperor Jingxi wanted to recognize Yan Cheng, he would definitely ask him about Yan Cheng's past.
Unfortunately, Emperor Jingxi did not summon him for half a month, which made him extremely nervous. He was afraid that if things got out of hand, Emperor Jingxi would be unwilling to recognize Yan Cheng.
If Emperor Jingxi did not make his attitude clear to the public, and his attitude was ambiguous, then based on Yan Cheng's face that was exactly the same as the Seventh Prince's, who would dare to employ him, and who would dare to marry their daughter to him?
In this case, Yan Cheng has no future at all.
This is just from Yan Cheng's personal perspective. From the perspective of the Yan family, as long as Emperor Jingxi does not make his attitude clear, the situation of the Yan family will remain unclear.
In recent days, many families who used to have contact with the Yan family have become cold towards them, and everyone is watching Emperor Jingxi's attitude towards the Yan family.
The rise and fall of the Yan family depends on a single word from Emperor Jingxi.
During the day in the Ministry of Works, Yan Guangyi found that his colleagues had become much colder towards him. If it weren't for the fact that he was the Vice Minister of Works, some people would probably have taken advantage of his misfortune.
He could guess what his colleagues were thinking.
I guess it's because Emperor Jingxi didn't mention the matter of twins for a long time, so I thought Emperor Jingxi didn't care about and didn't like Yan Cheng, so I planned to deal with it coldly.
The Yan family has Yan Cheng, one of the twins. Emperor Jingxi thinks of him whenever he sees members of the Yan family, and it is inevitable that he will transfer his affection to the Yan family. It seems that the Yan family has no future at all.
Yan Guangyi looked forward to Emperor Jingxi summoning him every day to give him a definite answer. He thought too much and couldn't sleep well at night, which naturally made him feel uncomfortable physically.
Even though everyone from Yan Cheng to the other members of the Yan family advised him not to think too much and just let things take their course, Yan Guangyi could only smile bitterly.
He didn't want to keep so many things in his mind, but he just couldn't control the urge to imagine.
In fact, more than half a month later, Emperor Jingxi was able to confirm that Yan Cheng and the seventh prince were twins.
The people who delivered Concubine Yun Shu were all her confidants. Many of those who knew about the baby swapping have died over the years, and only three are still alive.
First-class palace maid Su Xin.
First-class palace maid Suyun.
The nanny Gao.
When Suxin and Suyun reached the age to get married, they left the palace. Suxin became the second wife of a low-ranking military officer and lived in a county town.
Suyun married a merchant as his legal wife. A few years ago, the merchant died of illness, leaving behind a son. After that, Suyun and the child disappeared.
The governess Gao has been with Concubine Yun Shu for many years.
Among the three people, Emperor Jingxi's secret guards only found Suxin. After interrogation, they confirmed that Concubine Yun Shu had indeed given birth to twins.
When Concubine Yun Shu found out that she was pregnant with twins, she immediately had a pregnant woman one or two months younger than her kept outside the palace for several months, vowing to give birth to twins, a boy and a girl.
If Concubine Yun Shu gave birth to two boys, one of them would be replaced with a girl;
If two girls are born, one of them will be replaced with a boy;
If the baby is a boy and a girl, everyone is happy.
On the day Concubine Yun Shu gave birth, two babies quietly came into the palace, one boy and one girl, to prepare for any emergency.
Concubine Yun Shu was not lucky as she gave birth to twins. Su Xin followed the plan and replaced the weaker boy with a girl who had been prepared long ago.
Afterwards, Suyun quietly mixed the boy who was replaced into the pile of dead bodies. When the time came, the guards would naturally transport the body to the mass grave.
There has always been a lot of gossip in the palace, so the sudden appearance of a baby's corpse is nothing surprising. The guards have long known that it is better to have less trouble than more.
When the time comes, the babies will be sent outside and no one will discover the secret of the twins.
The only unexpected thing was that the boy was not dead.
As Emperor Jingxi listened to the secret guard's rhythmic report, the veins on his forehead throbbed and his anger was visibly evident.
Concubine Yun Shu had a very nice idea and made all the necessary arrangements for his bloodline and offspring.
Should he be glad that Concubine Yun Shu gave birth to two boys instead of two girls, otherwise his Qu family's clan would be messed up by a person of unknown bloodline.
While investigating what happened that year, Emperor Jingxi also ordered people to investigate how Yan Cheng came to the Yan family. In the end, they found out that it was a complete coincidence.
Not long after the baby was sent to the mass grave, Yan Guangyi's eldest son Yan Zhuo had to walk along the road next to the mass grave due to an accident.
When passing by a mass grave, Yan Zhuo heard a baby crying. Worried, he asked someone to check and found a small, weak baby.
Later, the Yan family could not find the baby's biological parents, so they adopted him and named him Yan Cheng.
The only thing that is unclear is how Yan Cheng survived.
At the request of Concubine Yun Shu, Suyun fed the baby a poison that kills instantly upon contact with blood.
But Yan Cheng is still alive and well today.
Emperor Jingxi thought that perhaps the palace maid named Suyun was reluctant and did not feed the baby with poison.
The truth can only be determined by finding Suyun, but Suyun cannot be found.
The investigation has concluded here. Yan Cheng is indeed a royal heir and was indeed killed by Concubine Yun Shu.
However, due to the pressure of the military power of the Marquis of Zhenbei, Emperor Jingxi had to pretend that he didn't know, and had to hold his nose and put an end to the evil deeds done by Concubine Yun Shu.
For example, falsifying the truth about the twins incident.
Emperor Jingxi wrote a plot himself.
A certain concubine in the harem was jealous of Concubine Yun Shu's favor and deliberately replaced her child, wanting to see her suffer.
It just so happened that a few years ago, an old man in the Qiandi Palace who had murdered many concubines and caused them to have miscarriages died of illness, and Emperor Jingxi blamed the incident on her.
Looking at the drama he had written, Emperor Jingxi really wanted to tear up the paper.
Emperor Jingxi had no choice but to think of the despair and anger on the faces of Concubine Yun Shu and Marquis Zhenbei when they learned that the Yun family bloodline had no hope of the throne, and tried hard to suppress his desire to overturn the table and kill Concubine Yun Shu.
At this time, he began to curse the Marquis of Zhenbei as an old immortal.
Over the years, not only has she maintained her body better than him, but she has also surrounded herself with people who are very friendly.
Poisoning, assassination, stabbing, seduction... all failed.
Live longer than that turtle bastard.
hateful!
After several days of low pressure, Emperor Jingxi changed into casual clothes and secretly left the palace with his people.
He planned to meet his son, whom he had never met but who was said to be extremely intelligent and courageous.
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