Emperor Mingxi narrowed his eyes. He was increasingly curious about why some people could hear these thoughts while others could not.
It seems that they have nothing in common except being human.
Today's events, though related to all three present, were only heard by Madam Feng. The same was true on previous occasions; not everyone mentioned in the heartfelt words could hear them.
Emperor Mingxi secretly hoped that the person he had sent to invite would arrive as soon as possible, otherwise if he still couldn't find the pattern by the time the Emperor's birthday was approaching, he was really afraid that those foreigners would also be able to hear it!
At this moment, Madam Feng, who had been keeping her head down, slowly calmed down and suddenly realized that she should have recognized the female voice long ago. It was the voice of the Junior Tutor that she had heard at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet!
As for the other, even more childlike voice, it was the first time she had ever heard it.
What's even stranger is that, apart from the Junior Tutor, there wasn't a single child in this hall.
Madam Feng trembled involuntarily again, clearly thinking about ghosts and gods. Moreover, judging from her terrified appearance, she thought about ghosts more than gods.
What's more, the mysterious voice mentioned that the King of Qi had rebelled and that her daughter was involved. Her heart sank even further, and a chilling cold swept through her entire body!
The Empress's actions just now, as well as the calm expressions of the imperial family members, indicate that the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, the Empress, and even the Crown Prince all heard that voice.
The fact that they weren't as surprised as he was meant that this wasn't the first time they'd heard it, and considering the sudden favor shown to the Junior Tutor, the reason was obvious!
"As a mother, does the Princess Consort of Qi understand her daughter less than the Prince of Qi, her father?"
Princess Qi is a second wife; the first princess died during her first childbirth. The current Princess Qi has been married to the King of Qi for many years and has only given birth to one daughter, Xie Zhiyao.
She naturally loved her daughter, but Xie Zhiyao was a born ambitious schemer and scheming woman, and the kind-hearted Princess Qi simply couldn't get along with her.
Because she had no son, Princess Qi's influence in the Qi Prince's residence was less than that of her daughter and the wife of the heir apparent.
How much did she know about the King of Qi's rebellion?
Yue Fuguang asked this question on purpose because he still wanted to help this poor woman.
She knew absolutely nothing about it; in fact, among the masters of the Qi Prince's mansion, besides the child, she was the only one completely unaware.
"Isn't Prince Qi's heir Xie Zhiting the son of Princess Qi? Or is he the son of the previous princess?"
No, although the current Prince Qi's heir is the legitimate son, he is not born to the principal wife. He was born two years after the current Princess Feng entered the family, and is the child of the Prince Qi's favored concubine.
At that time, Princess Qi had not given birth for two years. She only became pregnant with Xie Zhiyao after the birth of the Prince of Qi's heir. However, she suffered a difficult childbirth, which damaged her health. The imperial physician said that she had damaged her fundamental health and would have difficulty conceiving in the future.
King Qi used this as a pretext to register the one-year-old Xie Zhiting under her name.
"Princess Qi agreed so easily? Another difficult childbirth? Was Prince Qi involved in this?"
Madam Feng thought to herself that she did not want to agree at first, but her master liked this son who looked a lot like him very much. In order to register the child under her name and to put her at ease, she wanted to do this.
They actually proposed such a plan.
The decision to remove the mother and keep the child was made by King Qi so that his queen would register the child under her name. As for the difficult childbirth, King Qi's inspiration probably came from the birth of his first queen.
He did indeed order the midwife to tamper with the princess's delivery!
Upon hearing this, Princess Qi swayed slightly. It turned out that everything was Xie Qi's scheme!
He was harmed so that he could not have more children, all so that his son could have a good title.
If that's the case, why did he bring himself into the family? Wouldn't it have been better to marry the favored concubine, Lady Hu, directly after the death of the former princess?
If I remember correctly, she and Ms. Hu entered the door one after the other.
Madam Feng smiled bitterly to herself. She had always felt sorry for Madam Hu, so she didn't want to take away Madam Hu's son and cause the mother and son to be separated, nor did she want to cause the mother and son to die because of a title.
She wanted to raise the child, but the Prince's mansion had plenty of concubines in the backyard; she had many other options.
Unfortunately, although she was the princess consort of the Qi Prince's mansion, she had little say in the mansion from the moment she married in.
"Abandon the mother and keep the child? Didn't you say Xie Zhiting's birth mother was Prince Qi's favorite concubine? He's willing to kill even a favorite concubine?"
The reason for removing the mother and keeping the child was obviously to deceive Princess Qi. The favored concubine was said to have died of illness, but in reality, she went from open to covert.
He lived in a large, four-courtyard mansion, managed the Qi King's secret businesses, and contributed to the Qi King's rebellion.
Xie Zhiting was aware of the situation regarding leaving the mother and keeping the son, so he always treated this nominal mother with indifference.
In reality, he simply didn't want to fulfill his filial duties as a son. He used this to manipulate Princess Qi, bringing up the matter from time to time in an attempt to make her feel guilty and constantly send him benefits.
In fact, he already knew when he was five years old that his biological mother was not dead.
She was still being raised by her father outside the palace, living a more comfortable life than even the Princess Consort of Qi.
Xie Zhiyao actually knew about this when he was twelve years old.
She didn't tell her mother about this, but instead used it as leverage to join the Prince of Qi's rebellion.
"The Qi Prince's residence is a den of wolves! What do you suggest we find a way to get the Qi Prince's wife and son divorced?"
[Does the master pity Princess Qi?]
"There's one thing, this woman is quite pitiful. Her only daughter is also a heartless wretch. All the good fortune has been enjoyed by others, and in the end, she has to be buried with this bunch of scoundrels. It's a bit of a shame!"
Master, there's actually something even worse that I haven't told you yet.
"It's not too late for you to say it now!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Mingxi knew what he had to say to avoid making the hall too quiet.
So he said, "King Qi, whether it's true or not, I have already sent people to investigate. I believe we will have results soon. Please stand aside and wait."
At this moment, the head palace maid Yuqiu brought in several plates of snacks, and the Empress Dowager invited Yue Fuguang to eat.
For a moment, the four masters of the Tian family, along with Yue Fuguang, were eating snacks and drinking tea in the main hall, while three other people stood below watching.
The system's voice sounded again: "The reason why Princess Feng of Qi was able to marry the King of Qi as his second wife was because her father was a military officer who controlled tens of thousands of soldiers."
At that time, the old emperor was still alive. Although Prince Qi was his neglected son, he was also a descendant of the emperor and had ambitions to seize the throne.
Besides the support of civil officials, the most important thing was military power. He set his sights on families who held military power, and after much consideration, the Feng family was the best support he could find at the time.
Arranging a marriage alliance was the best way King Qi could think of to strengthen relations between the two sides at the time. Therefore, after his queen died in childbirth, he proposed marriage to Lady Feng, who was already engaged.
"The Feng family just agreed like that?"
[The agreement was made to the Feng family, not the Feng clan.]
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