"When I delivered the letter, I saw their convoy just entering the city."
Dongfang Yinzhang opened the window, and the waiter Zhuiying quickly handed him the bronze telescope.
The Eastern Seal overlooked half of the capital and quickly locked onto the location of the uncle and nephew.
It happened that Crown Prince Shangguan Yu and the Dragon Shadow Guard stopped the uncle and nephew.
"Prince Daddy."
"Brother Prince."
When the uncle and nephew saw Shangguan Yu, they were like angry tigers turning into obedient cats in an instant.
Shangguan Yu saw the uncle and nephew sitting together in each other's arms, and frowned in disdain, "Didn't you say you wouldn't come back unless you brought the Su family to Dongjun? How dare you come back?"
"Prince Father, we didn't come back empty-handed. We also brought back a birthday cake made by Madam Su."
"Yes, yes, our trip wasn't in vain." Shangguan Jinnian quickly agreed, "Not only did Madam Su do it, but Master Su, my eldest brother and the others, and even us uncle and nephew also helped out. Father will definitely love this birthday cake."
Shangguan Yu glanced at the truck behind him and said, "Send them all to the East Palace."
After entering the palace, Shangguan Jinnian went to see the old emperor first.
Shangguan Yu returned to the East Palace and dismissed the palace servants. "I have heard that Beiyi and Xirong are at war. Did you two, uncle and nephew, encounter any danger on your trip?"
"There was nothing dangerous, but I did encounter something terrifying."
"Scary?" Shangguan Yu frowned subconsciously.
"Oh, it's not a terrible thing, it's just that Madam Su is the Princess of Beiyi!"
"Are you sure? Didn't you say when you came back last time that Madam Su was just the wife of an ordinary wealthy businessman who had some medical skills and loved to cook?" Shangguan Yu was incredulous.
"That's right. We went to Xishui County this time but came up empty-handed. It was the local rich man, Xu, who took us to the Huayang Commandery, where we found out that Madam Su was a daughter of the Xiao family. After the Xiao family was rehabilitated, she regained her status as the Commandery..."
Afterwards, Shangguan Yunxiao married Xiao Lingyu off, and Su Xingyi told Shangguan Yu all the details in detail.
"Do you suspect that Su Xingyi's identity is not simple?"
"That's right. I suspect Su Xingyi is the child abandoned by the Beiyi Emperor among the common people, and Princess Xiao is probably the daughter-in-law sent to him by the Beiyi Emperor."
Snap!
The Buddhist beads that Shangguan Yu was playing with suddenly fell to the ground and rolled everywhere.
"Tell Daddy in detail what he looks like!"
"Hold on."
Shangguan Yunxiao turned and left the room, returning a moment later with a long box. "...The reason I made this guess is because I saw my aunt's portrait in my royal grandfather's room. I became more cautious and deliberately found an excuse to have the eldest son of the Su family paint Su Xingyi."
As he spoke, Su Xingyi's portrait slowly appeared in front of Shangguan Yu.
Shangguan Yu moved closer, wishing he could stick close to the portrait to look closely at Su Xingyi's face.
Feeling that it was not clear enough, he asked someone to bring a gold-inlaid jade magnifying glass to carefully examine Su Xingyi's portrait.
"This...this...is it really a portrait of Su Xingyi?"
"It's him. Young Master Su painted it very realistically."
More than 20 years have passed, and he no longer remembers some details of his elder sister, Princess Fu'an's face.
Su Xingyi's portrait looks somewhat similar, but I'm not sure.
If he saw the real person, he would be 100% sure.
When they received the news from Beiyi, Princess Fu'an, who was then the Crown Princess of Beiyi, had passed away for more than half a month.
Because the fetus was too large, it caused difficult labor and heavy bleeding, resulting in two deaths.
At that time, the Queen Mother did not believe that the eldest sister died of childbirth complications. It was impossible for the eldest sister to raise the baby in her belly too big and cause a difficult delivery.
Because the eldest sister was married far away, the queen mother sent many people over but was still worried. She even personally told her about her experience in pregnancy!
He was ordered by his mother to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy. When he arrived in Beiyi, his eldest sister and eldest nephew had already been buried in the imperial mausoleum. Therefore, he requested the Beiyi royal family to move Fu'an's coffin back to Dongjun for burial, but was strongly opposed by the Beiyi royal family!
The two countries were on the verge of a fight.
The Queen Mother ended the conflict because she was worried that the fight would cause Fu'an no peace.
Shangguan Yunxiao saw that his father was too focused on watching, so he didn't have the heart to interrupt. He waited for a quarter of an hour before saying, "Dad, have you noticed? Doesn't he look like Auntie?"
Shangguan Yu put down the magnifying glass in his hand and said, "You, stop imagining it. How could the Beiyi royal family allow the royal bloodline to flow into the common people?"
Shangguan Yu was very cautious. He couldn't confuse his elder sister's bloodline based on appearance alone!
What's more, he hasn't seen the real person yet and doesn't have more evidence, so he can't jump to conclusions.
"How could the Emperor of Beiyi humiliate the Princess Protector of the Nation whom he personally appointed, and make her marry a blind and disabled commoner?"
Shangguan Yu said, "Not letting her become a courtesan is already a good thing. I can only say that Su Xingyi is very lucky."
"Uncle Nine said Su Xingyi has a lotus birthmark on his chest."
Shangguan Yu's eyes lit up, "What does it look like exactly?"
He had never seen a lotus birthmark before. As a child, he had accidentally heard his mother say to his eldest sister, "With a lotus in your heart, you are everywhere. It's a good thing that you have a lotus birthmark on your chest. However, there are still many dirty things in this world that cannot be seen in public. Your mother also hopes that you will grow a pair of wise eyes to distinguish between evil spirits and protect yourself."
"Mother, don't worry, Fu'an will protect himself well..."
"This is what the lotus birthmark looks like." Shangguan Yunxiao spread the portrait in front of Shangguan Yu, pulling his wandering thoughts into the painting.
Shangguan Yu looked at the lotus birthmark in front of him without any expression. "Take it to the harem to show your royal grandmother. No, we can't disturb your royal grandmother. Let's go and find your royal grandfather with the portrait."
"Your Majesty, I have to go see Mother. I'll come back to accompany you in the evening." Shangguan Jinnian was sitting in the old emperor's arms at this time, eating the oranges fed by the old emperor bite by bite.
"Your mother has been feeling tired lately and is easily sleepy. Let's go over to accompany her for dinner. Where did you go with your nephew Yunxiao this time?"
"Going to Beiyi!"
"What? You sneaked over again without telling the emperor. This time, the emperor is really angry and can't be appeased!" The old emperor turned his head away angrily and hugged Shangguan Jinnian even tighter.
"Oh, Father, please don't be angry. Your hair is already gray, and anger will give you wrinkles."
The old emperor burst into laughter, "Don't you get wrinkles when you laugh too much? Why do you get wrinkles when you sulk?!"
Shangguan Jinnian reached out and touched the old emperor's face. "Does my elder sister look more like you? Or more like mother?"
"More like Father. Why are you suddenly asking about your eldest sister?"
"I want to know what my eldest sister looks like."
"Come with Father."
The old emperor took Shangguan Jinnian to a bookshelf and pushed the round inkstone on the shelf.
Soon, the bookshelves moved to both sides, revealing a one-meter-long wall.
The old emperor reached out and knocked on the wall. The wall flipped clockwise, and soon a portrait covered with a white cloth turned over.
"This is the portrait of your eldest sister before she got married." The old emperor gently lifted the portrait, and the portrait of Princess Fu'an was exposed in front of Shangguan Jinnian.
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