Palace of Heavenly Purity.
"Oh? Last night, an assassin went to the Yan Mansion, but was stopped outside by another group of people?"
Emperor Jingxi listened to the spy's report with great interest, supporting his cheek with one hand and casually fiddling with the memorial of some lucky person.
The spy answered yes and said nothing more. His mission was to find out the secrets of each family, and he didn't need to say much in front of Emperor Jingxi.
"Li Guangde, don't you think I'm lucky? Who else can have a teenage son out of nowhere like me?"
There was a portrait on the table, which was the one painted by the Sixth Prince yesterday. Emperor Jingxi was tracing the jawline of the boy in the painting with his fingertips.
Li Guangde broke out in a cold sweat on his back. Even he, an old man who had accompanied Emperor Jingxi for decades, could not tell his joy or anger. Otherwise, how could they say that the emperor's heart is unpredictable?
He stole a glance at the portrait and answered carefully, "Your Majesty is the true Son of Heaven. Naturally, there is no one in the world more beloved by Heaven than Your Majesty."
He has been a eunuch for decades. Even though he is unsure of Emperor Jingxi's attitude and feels uneasy, there is still no sign of abnormality in his tone.
"Yeah?"
Emperor Jingxi smiled with an ambiguous tone, "Speaking of which, Prime Minister Xie's eldest grandson is getting married, right? Remember to remind me to send him a gift when the time comes."
"Now that I think about it, Prime Minister Xie and I have a good connection. Earlier this year, he got a teenage grandson for free. I heard he has a talent for studying. Now, I've also got a son who is incredibly intelligent."
Apparently, Emperor Jingxi still remembered what Yan Cheng had done in Luyang a few years ago.
Li Guangde felt relieved now.
Comparing it with the real young master in Prime Minister Xie's family, it seems that the emperor intends to recognize the prince who has been living away from home for many years.
It’s just a pity for the fifth princess.
A trace of pity flashed across those cloudy eyes, but disappeared in an instant.
Having seen so many dirty things in the palace, even though the old eunuch still had some kindness in his heart, it was only a little bit.
A faint female voice was heard outside the hall, and a young eunuch came in to report: "Your Majesty, Concubine Yun Shu is here to deliver the soup."
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After the young eunuch went out to deal with Concubine Yun Shu, Li Guangde secretly glanced at Emperor Jingxi's expression. He was instantly frightened by the cold and violent aura on it and hurriedly lowered his head.
This time the cold sweat really soaked the clothes on my back.
——Is the emperor suspicious of Concubine Shangyun Shu?
Li Guangde lowered his eyes.
Yes, Concubine Yun Shu has always managed the Xian'ya Palace very tightly, so how could she not know whether she gave birth to two boys or one boy and one girl.
Unless she did it on purpose.
Concubine Yun Shu is so bold as to confuse the royal bloodline.
But Li Guangde also knew that even if Emperor Jingxi made some inferences, or even confirmed that what happened that year was done intentionally by Concubine Yun Shu, Emperor Jingxi would not punish Concubine Yun Shu.
Because behind Concubine Yun Shu was Marquis Zhenbei, and at this time Emperor Jingxi was unable to do anything to Marquis Zhenbei.
It is difficult to comment on this matter. The emperor who is high above everyone else cannot do anything to the Marquis of Zhenbei.
The main reason was that Emperor Jingxi was afraid that the Marquis of Zhenbei would rebel if he was unhappy, so he changed the royal surname from Qu to Yun.
There is no other reason. The Marquis of Zhenbei holds the military power of the Northwest Army, and the Northwest Army is the strongest and largest army in Daxia. It guards the northwest border to resist the Hu people who are as covetous as the Nanyou Kingdom.
It was with the support of Marquis Zhenbei that Emperor Jingxi was able to ascend the throne.
After ascending the throne, Emperor Jingxi had thought about taking back the military power. However, under the power of Marquis Zhenbei, few generals in the court stood up, and Emperor Jingxi could not find a general suitable to take over the Northwest Army.
The only one who could go against the Marquis of Zhenbei and not be defeated was the King of Chu who controlled the Southwestern Army, but Emperor Jingxi was unwilling to ask for help from the King of Chu.
Emperor Jingxi wanted capable military generals, so he turned the court upside down. Marquis Zhenbei wanted to control the military power in the northwest and the right to speak in the court, so he exploited the military generals as much as possible.
More than ten years passed like this, and there was not a single military general in the court who could compare with the Marquis of Zhenbei.
There were quite a few capable generals in the Southwestern Army, but Emperor Jingxi believed that they were the King of Chu's men and stubbornly refused to use them.
Emperor Jingxi thought that the Marquis of Zhenbei was already old and had been fighting for many years, so he would die sooner or later. However, the Marquis of Zhenbei had not died for so many years.
Li Guangde often heard Emperor Jingxi scolding the Marquis of Zhenbei as an old immortal in the Qianqing Palace. Every time, he would listen carefully and pretend to be a wooden man.
Emperor Jingxi would get furious whenever he saw Concubine Yun Shu, who looked like Marquis Zhenbei, but because of her, he had to pretend to favor Concubine Yun Shu.
As long as the Marquis of Zhenbei is alive, Emperor Jingxi will not do anything to Concubine Yun Shu.
Concubine Yun Shu is the only bloodline left by the person that Marquis Zhenbei loves. It can be said that the person that Marquis Zhenbei cares about most in the entire Marquis Zhenbei Mansion is Concubine Yun Shu.
Marquis Zhenbei may not necessarily do what Emperor Jingxi does to his other children, but if he takes action against Concubine Yun Shu, the possibility of Marquis Zhenbei rebelling is as high as 90%.
So even though he knew that Concubine Yun Shu had confused the royal bloodline and sent people to assassinate the child who had been living away from home for many years, Emperor Jingxi was angry but he could only pretend that he knew nothing.
However, Emperor Jingxi did not want the child to die. He even hoped that he would live well, and he also hoped that the Seventh Prince would live well.
This way, it would be much easier for him to give the crown prince position to the child he wanted. Even if the Marquis of Zhenbei wanted to support the prince born to Concubine Yun Shu, he had no way to do so.
After all, twins have no right to inherit the throne.
That's why Emperor Jingxi ordered people to guard the Yan Mansion yesterday to prevent anyone from sneaking in to harm Yan Cheng. However, it was of no use because another group took action first.
Now Emperor Jingxi is urging his subordinates to find evidence as soon as possible to prove that Yan Cheng and the Seventh Prince are twins. He wants to quickly bring his poor son, who has been living away from home for many years, back to the royal family.
He will definitely compensate his poor son and let everyone in the world know that he is a good father.
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