Chapter 454 Family Tree
Chen Wan was too heavy to walk fast, and she refused to let Xie Jingyu carry her. When she and Xie Jingyu arrived at the ancestral hall, the prince and the others were already there.
Shen Wan was thin-skinned and felt quite embarrassed, "Father, Queen Mother, we are late."
"No problem."
In previous years, the prince and the second master would bring the younger generations in the mansion to worship their ancestors. This year, after the family split up, the worship seemed a little too lonely, so the prince simply asked the female family members to join in the worship.
The prince hadn't seen Chen Wan for several days. He didn't expect that Chen Wan was so heavy that he needed help to walk. He immediately felt that his arrangement was a little inappropriate, so he exempted Chen Wan from kneeling and kowtowing, "Kneel next year."
Shen Wan, “…???”
If she doesn't kowtow to her ancestors, what's the point of asking her to do it?
Show your face so that the ancestors of the Jingbei Palace will not bless the wrong person?
Everyone is kneeling, it's not appropriate for her to stand here.
Now that she is here, what if she doesn’t kneel? What if her ancestors think she is unfilial and refuse to bless her?
Furthermore, people come to ask their ancestors to protect the safety of mother and child. If it is inconvenient to kowtow, kneeling is still acceptable.
Shen Wan doesn't like to kneel, but since such a bizarre thing as rebirth can happen to her, she still respects ghosts and gods in her heart.
With the support of Xie Jingyu, Chen Wan slowly knelt on the futon. While others kowtowed, she did not. She knelt on the futon and looked around, and then she saw a brocade box on the bottom row of tablets.
The brocade box was exquisite, but what made Shen Wanqi curious was that it was locked.
After Xie Jingyu finished his worship, he helped Shen up.
After the worship, they went back. Normally, the prince and princess would have asked Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu to have dinner in Liuli Courtyard. However, Chen Wan was in poor health and it was inconvenient for her to do anything, so they didn't bother her. Besides, Dongliang was invading and they might have to go to the border one day. The prince preferred to have dinner with the princess alone, so they went back to their respective courtyards.
After leaving the ancestral hall, Chen Wan said, "I saw a brocade box on the altar. What's in it?"
"Family tree."
Shen Wan, “…”
This answer stunned Shen Wan.
How could it be a family tree?
She thought it was something extremely precious and rare in the world.
Of course, for our ancestors, descendants are the most precious, but there is no need to lock it, right?
Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyu, "You didn't lie to me?"
Xie Jingyu laughed, "Why would I lie to you about this?"
...It seems that there really isn't.
But the genealogy of Duke Dingguo's Mansion was casually placed in the ancestral hall. It was neither placed in a brocade box nor locked. It was just... gathering dust.
Chen Wan felt that her family was the normal one. She turned around and looked around twice, then asked in a low voice, "Is there a secret in the family tree of your Jingbei Palace?"
Xie Jingyu's forehead was covered with black lines, and he raised his hand to knock on Shen Wan's head. "What do you mean by your Jingbei Palace? You are also from my Jingbei Palace."
Why is she so picky? She just wants to distinguish between the Jingbei Palace and the Dingguo Palace.
Shen Wan asked, “Don’t you find it strange?”
Xie Jingyu didn’t think it was strange at first, but after Shen Wan said that, it was indeed a bit strange.
Chen Wan said, "There's nothing in the family tree that can't be seen. It's hidden in a box, so it's inconvenient to read it."
Xie Jingyu asked, "Do you want to see the family tree?"
Shen Wan shook his head, “No, I was just saying it casually.”
Xie Jingyu said, "No one in the mansion knows how to read the family tree."
He said it so decisively that Shen Wan was puzzled and asked, "Why is no one watching?"
Xie Jingyu said, "After I was born, my grandfather asked my second uncle, third uncle, and fourth uncle to copy the family tree. They already had the family tree in their hands, so there was no need to go to the ancestral hall to look it up."
Chen Wan was even more puzzled. "Don't we usually copy the family tree when the family is divided? Why copy it so early?"
Xie Jingyu looked into Shen Wan's eyes and couldn't answer.
It was indeed a bit strange that my grandfather did this.
Xie Jingyu couldn't answer, and Chen Wan didn't have to find out, so the two of them took a leisurely stroll back to Zhaolanxuan.
Chen Wan went straight back to the house. After she became heavier, her calves couldn't bear walking for a while, so she had to go back to rest.
Xie Jingyu went to the study. As soon as he sat down, Chen Ping jumped in through the window.
The brocade box placed under the altar was placed in front of him.
Xie Jingyu opened the drawer and took out a dagger.
A pry.
The lock opened.
Simple and crude.
Chen Ping wanted to stop it, but he held back. The Crown Prince and the Emperor impeached the Prince, but the Prince did not hit the Crown Prince, let alone just picking a lock.
When he opened the brocade box, he saw four large characters:
Xie family genealogy.
Xie Jingyu, “…”
It's no wonder Wan'er didn't believe him when he said that the brocade box contained the family tree. To prevent it from getting dusty and moth-eaten, it would be enough to put it in a box, and there was no need to lock it.
Is there really some secret in the family tree?
Xie Jingyu couldn't think of what other secrets could be hidden in the family tree, but now that he had it, he would just take a look and find out.
Xie Jingyu flipped through the family tree casually. There was really nothing interesting to read in it, so he flipped through it quickly, and soon turned halfway through. He came to the page of his great-grandfather, then his grandfather, and then his father...
The legal wife is Jiang's adopted daughter, she has lost her memory and her true identity is unknown.
Concubine Wen.
The eldest son, Xie Jingyu, was the legitimate son of Jiang.
It contains his birth date and time, nothing special about it.
But when he saw Xie Jingze written behind him, Xie Jingyu frowned.
Because it says:
Xie Jingze, the second son, succeeded his clan member as heir.
Xie Zhihuan, the eldest daughter, succeeded the clan member as heir.
Xie Jingyu's eyes lingered on the word "heir" for a long time. Chen Ping couldn't help but glance at it and was also shocked by these two words, "Aren't the second young master and the eldest daughter the prince's biological children?"
But most people would only adopt a son when they have no children, but the prince has a prince.
Moreover, the Second Young Master and the Crown Prince were born on the same day, just a few hours apart, otherwise Concubine Wen would not have been able to replace him.
The family tree was written by the old prince himself. After the old prince died, the family tree was written by the prince himself.
"No wonder the family tree is locked."
Xie Jingyu didn't like to speculate, so he just closed the family tree and went to find the prince.
The prince was in the study in the front yard, and Xie Jingyu went to the front yard.
In the study, the prince was arranging things for Steward Zhou to do. When Xie Jingyu went in, Steward Zhou had just left after the prince had finished giving his instructions.
The prince asked, "Why are you here at father's place at this hour?"
Originally, the prince and princess were going to have dinner, but General Yun Hui came to see the prince just now. General Shen will go to the border with Shen Ji early tomorrow morning. It is not an important matter, so he will not come to the Jingbei Palace at this time. The prince will meet General Shen first.
Xie Jingyu took out the family tree and asked, "Isn't my second brother our father's biological son?"
With just one word, the prince's brows were knotted.
"Why are you looking through the family tree?"
Xie Jingyu said, "I turned it over too late. I will write this family tree sooner or later. Father should know that this matter can be hidden from others, but not from me."
The prince said, "That was after your father died."
"That's why I came here first. After my father died, I couldn't dig you out and ask you."
The prince's forehead throbbed when he heard this.
Is his son trying to piss him off to death by inheriting the family tree now?!
Xie Jingyu said, "You didn't tell me about my mother's affairs. Can't you tell me about this as well?"
The prince said, "Back then, General Wen saved your grandfather and asked your father to marry his daughter. Your father didn't want to disappoint your mother and refused. But Madam Wen and the Wen family insisted that your grandfather fulfill his promise, even if it meant giving up his throne. Your father had no choice but to marry Concubine Wen, but he also made it clear that even if he married her as a concubine, he would not even enter her room."
"If the daughter of the Wen family marries me, she will only have the position of concubine in this life, nothing else. The Wen family has agreed."
Old Lady Wen did not understand the prince's temperament. She felt that there was no man who did not like to have three wives and four concubines. Although Concubine Wen was not as beautiful as the princess, few people could compare to her. Old Lady Wen firmly believed that as long as the prince married Concubine Wen and lived under the same roof, he would sooner or later get tired of the princess and fall at the feet of her daughter.
Only two months after marrying Concubine Wen, the prince had not even set foot in Concubine Wen's room, but Madam Wen could no longer sit still. She wanted her daughter to give birth to the prince's eldest son. With General Wen's life-saving grace to the old prince, perhaps her grandson could be made the crown prince. After all, the princess was not a real daughter of the Jiang family and had no support from her natal family.
Madam Wen teamed up with the old lady to drug the prince and Concubine Wen. At that time, the prince and the princess were still quarreling over divorce. Although the prince carried the princess back to the mansion, they had not yet consummated the marriage. The prince did not like being plotted against, so after taking the Chinese medicine, he forced himself to go find the princess. It was at that time that Xie Jingyu was born.
Concubine Wen was also drugged. The prince was angry that the old prince knew that he would not marry someone he didn't like and would divorce her if he did, but still arranged a marriage for him without his permission. So he asked the old prince to clean up the mess.
The prince asked the secret guard to tell the old prince about this. The old prince knew that the prince was a man of his words. If he continued to force his son, the father and son would really be alienated. However, he could not sit idly by and watch Concubine Wen do nothing. When he didn't know what to do, the prince's cousin, the son of the old prince's younger brother, came to the mansion to find the prince.
The old prince had no choice but to take advantage of his nephew to cause trouble.
It was at that time that Xie Jingze came into being.
Although the prince was ruthless to Concubine Wen, he had promised his concubine position to her after all. The children born by the prince's concubine could only be the prince's children. The old prince couldn't bear to abort the child, so he decided to let the prince adopt the child.
Concubine Wen was also poisoned by Yuanyang Powder that year, so she didn't know that the person who helped her detoxify was not the prince.
Later, the same trick was used again. This time, the prince was not poisoned, but Concubine Wen was poisoned by Chinese medicine. The old prince had to send secret guards to bring his nephew, who had not dared to visit him for several years, to detoxify her.
The old prince was afraid that there would be a third time after the old lady had drugged his wife again and again, so he was furious and confined the old lady and Concubine Wen to the Buddhist temple for two months. He only released Concubine Wen after she vomited and was found to be pregnant.
...No wonder my father never thought of arranging a marriage for him. My father himself is a lesson learned from the past, so how could he dare to force a marriage like this?
Xie Jingyu couldn't stop twitching when he heard this, "Father, this green hat is so refreshing and refined."
Green hat...
The veins on the prince's forehead popped up when he heard these three words. "Could you please speak a little more politely?"
"Isn't what my son said true?"
The prince took a deep breath and said, "Since he is adopted, he is your second brother."
Xie Jingyu asked, "Does Mother know about this?"
The prince said, "Don't think your mother is too stupid. Just because I didn't tell her and she didn't ask doesn't mean she doesn't know."
He and Concubine Wen took Chinese medicine together. He was with the princess, but Concubine Wen was pregnant. This clearly showed that there was something wrong.
The princess is a smart person. It will not be good for her if this matter is exposed. The old prince still remembers General Wen's life-saving grace.
Xie Jingyu said, "Father will not let Mother down, I will treat my second brother well."
Xie Jingyu put down the family tree and left. Looking at the family tree, the prince had a headache.
His son had offered sacrifices to his ancestors many times, but he had never thought of looking at the family tree. Today, he suddenly had the urge to ask the Crown Princess to come along, and the family tree was opened. The prince could not guess that this matter was related to Shen Wan.
Well, he will know it eventually, but if he can choose, His Majesty still hopes it will be after his death.
Xie Jingyu left the study and was about to return to the inner courtyard when Steward Zhou came over with a letter in his hand, "My Lord, someone has sent you a letter."
How could someone send him a letter?
Xie Jingyu reached out and took it.
Open.
Then I saw a few words on the letter:
The person you are looking for is in Meiyuan, south of the city.
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