Bai's words left everyone speechless.
The illegitimate child of a palace maid?
What does this mean?
Didn't Consort Su just say that this is the grandson of the Third Prince's concubine? How did he become a bastard?
Xuanyuan Peng also frowned in confusion.
He already had a terrible headache, and now that they were saying one thing about them not being his biological children and the other about them being illegitimate, it made his headache even worse.
Upon hearing Bai's words, Su Huiyan was startled and immediately glared at Bai with tension and anger: "Bai Fuya, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Seeing that Su Huiyan still dared to talk back, Madam Bai snorted disdainfully again: "You dare to say that this child was born to Su Feiling?"
Bai's words immediately made Su Huiyan blush.
She was flustered and somewhat afraid to meet Bai's gaze.
What exactly happened?
Did Bai Fuya know that the child was Zi Shusheng's? But how did she know?
Regardless of whether Bai Fuya knows the truth or not, she absolutely cannot admit it now, because this child is very likely to be related to Yu'er's life or death.
Su Huiyan retorted defiantly, "Nonsense! If the child wasn't born to Su Feiling, then who was it?!"
Bai Shi was too lazy to argue with her, and only looked at Xuan Yuanpeng and said: "Your Majesty, this child was not born to Su Feiling. Please summon Su Feiling to the palace and ask her."
Xuanyuan Peng had a headache from their noise.
Previously it was said that Xuanyuan Yu was not his biological son, and now this child is not Su Feiling's biological son either, so where did they come from?
Before Xuan Yuanpeng could speak, Su Huiyan said urgently, "Your Majesty, Ling'er has just given birth and is still weak. Please be considerate. Bai Shi is simply jealous that Ling'er gave birth to Yu'er's grandson. She is just talking nonsense. Please don't believe her."
Bai was amused by Su Huiyan's words: "I'm jealous of that bastard child of unknown origin in your hands. My grandson looks exactly like Zhan'er and is incredibly cute. Why would I be jealous of you!"
As Bai spoke, she turned to Xuan Yuanpeng and said, "I urge Your Majesty to summon Su Feiling. Once she enters the palace, all the mysteries will be solved."
Xuanyuan Peng naturally listened to Bai Shi and looked at Zong Jiu.
Zong Jiu immediately announced: "Consort Su is here to see you!"
Su Feiling, who was lying weakly in bed, originally planned to give birth to her child while Xuan Yuanzhan was attacking the city. After Xuan Yuanyu successfully captured Xuan Yuanzhan, she could use her child to gain status and have Xuan Yuanyu make her his empress.
Although she is now a concubine, she gave birth to a prince before Zhao Zhenzhen, and with her aunt's help, she believes that Xuanyuan Yu will not disrespect her aunt.
But who knew that idiot Xuanyuan Yu would lose to Xuanyuan Zhan?
Even with the Su family army borrowed, Xuanyuan Yu still lost to Xuanyuan Zhan in the end.
When Su Feiling heard that the Su family army, Cao Qi, and the three army commanders had all turned against her, she was so angry that her heart ached.
Xuanyuan Yu is truly incredibly foolish. Everyone around him has turned against him, yet he remains completely unaware. He even led them to guard the city gate, only to have them enter the capital city effortlessly and capture him!
If she had known that Xuanyuan Yu was so useless, she shouldn't have put her heart into him in the first place.
Now that I think about it, why didn't she choose Xuan Yuanzhan back then? He was a hundred times more handsome than Xuan Yuanyu, and he was also very devoted to Su Xuening, never wavering in his affections.
The most crucial point is that the current king is Xuanyuan Zhan. If she had chosen Xuanyuan Zhan back then, she would have been his empress, and he would have been his only and most favored concubine.
How could she have been so blind as to choose Xuan Yuan Yu!
Su Feiling is now completely ruined. She originally wanted to use this child to climb the social ladder, but now that Xuan Yuan Yu is about to die, what use is "his child" to her?
Just as Su Feiling was filled with regret, a palace eunuch came to deliver an imperial decree, saying that the Emperor wanted to see her.
Su Feiling was startled, worried that she would be implicated because of Xuan Yuan Yu's matter. She quickly instructed the maid beside her to slip some silver to the eunuch: "Do you know why the Emperor wants to see me?"
The eunuch, having received the reward, immediately smiled and said, "Just now, Consort Su took the little grandson to see the Emperor. Now that the Emperor wants to see you, he will definitely reward you. You have rendered meritorious service in giving birth to the little grandson, who is the Emperor's eldest grandson! How could the Emperor not be happy?"
These eunuchs who relay messages from outside have no right to enter the main hall; they have no idea what's happening there.
However, Consort Su did indeed carry the little prince into the main hall just now. The Emperor must want to see Consort Su now because of the little prince.
Su Feiling breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and immediately instructed the palace maids to help her change her clothes and wash up.
To make herself look like she had just given birth, Su Feiling applied a lot of white powder to her face, and indeed she looked sickly.
After getting dressed, Su Feiling led two palace maids to the main hall.
When entering the main hall, Su Feiling had two palace maids support her on either side to make it seem as if she had just given birth and was very weak.
The courtiers were even more baffled by this situation.
"This Consort Su does indeed look like she has just given birth. The Dowager Consort must be mistaken."
"Yes, this Dowager Consort keeps saying that the Third Prince isn't the Emperor's biological son, and then she says that the little grandson isn't Consort Su's son. What exactly is she trying to do?"
"I think this concubine is getting too cocky. With her son about to be made crown prince, she's become a bit too eager for quick success!"
"I think so too. She's trying to take advantage of the Emperor's serious illness to seize power!"
The ministers' words reached Bai Shi's ears, but Bai Shi's expression remained unchanged, as if they hadn't paid any attention to them.
Once the truth comes out, these people will naturally realize how wrong they were.
Su Feiling sensed something was wrong as soon as she entered the main hall. In fact, she had already sensed something was wrong when she saw Long Jiaojiao's skeletal remains outside the main hall.
The Emperor's desire to see her was not simply to reward her for giving birth to a grandson.
But since the emperor wanted to see her, she couldn't back down and had no choice but to bite the bullet and come in for an audience.
Upon entering the hall, she saw Xuan Yuan Yu kneeling in the center of the main hall and Su Hui Yan standing in the center holding a child, and she felt that something was very wrong.
That damned Xuanyuan Yu is utterly foolish. If she had known he would end up like this, why would she have bothered to scheme like this?
If it weren't for this child, she might have been able to develop feelings for him. After all, she was just a concubine, and even if someone had to be buried with him, there would be Zhao Zhenzhen, so it wouldn't be her turn as a concubine.
Su Feiling was now filled with deep regret.
Su Feiling dared not be negligent. She walked down the jade steps and bowed to Xuan Yuanpeng, saying, "Greetings, Your Majesty."
Seeing her so frail she could barely stand, Xuanyuan Peng assumed she had just given birth. He frowned but didn't intend to make things difficult for her: "Is this child yours?"
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