"Since so many years have passed, why did your background suddenly come to light three months ago?"
Zhenmo lowered his eyes, remained silent for a few moments, and then answered softly.
"It wasn't sudden; it was premeditated."
"Premeditated? What do you mean by that?"
"This is a long story, involving the rebels of the previous dynasty."
According to Grand Tutor Meng, when I was born in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, I was attacked by remnants of the previous dynasty.
To protect me, they sent me out during the crisis.
They took another newborn baby, still in swaddling clothes, and brought him back to the palace in my place.
The original intention was to exchange it back, but the remnants of the previous dynasty kept trying to harm the royal offspring.
The royal family had few heirs, and I was the only prince born at the time. So they didn't dare bring me back from outside the palace and let that child live in the perilous palace in my place.
This matter was carried out discreetly in the Imperial Ancestral Temple; only my father, mother, and the current Grand Tutor Meng knew about it. Even my adoptive parents were unaware of it.
Anle raised an eyebrow, asking curiously as if listening to a story.
"Then, how did the new emperor find out?"
Zhenmo pursed her lips.
"Grand Tutor Meng said that it was at the Emperor's sickbed that the conversation between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor was overheard by the new Emperor, who was still the eldest prince at the time, which led to a complete upheaval."
The new emperor learned of my true parentage and sent assassins to kill me, but my father and mother secretly sent people to protect me, preventing him from succeeding.
It was because of that first assassination attempt three months ago that I learned the truth about my origins.
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