Chapter 188 Heavy
Ye Lanzhou was shocked. Thunder god vine can make men infertile.
When she entered the palace, she heard a few gossips say that the late emperor was impotent, and she thought she could escape the fate of sleeping with him. However, she did not expect that the late emperor actually drank three bowls of deer blood wine before entering the room.
Now Xie Chengyan actually told her that the late emperor was not only infertile, but also unable to have children.
But it seemed unreasonable for Xie Chengyan to have such a thing happen. She quickly accepted the news and then asked, "The previous emperor was infertile, so what about the current emperor?"
"Back then, my mother sent me to Nanjing. Holding a grudge against Xie Cheng'en, I added something to his medicine, and Xu Surong became pregnant the next day." He seemed to lower his head and recall a moment, then continued, "I wasn't sure at first, but then I took the opportunity to falsely testify for you and tricked Chen Chang'an, the Jinyiwei's pacification officer, into saying something."
He didn't say anything else and just glanced at Ye Lanzhou.
She immediately understood that the current emperor was not the previous emperor's offspring, and that this outcome was caused by Xie Chengyan, his younger brother. He had known the truth for a long time, but he did not expose her when she said she was pregnant with the previous emperor's child. If he had pointed it out then, it would have been tantamount to admitting the crime of poisoning his brother.
It turns out that the fate of the two has been intertwined from the very beginning. Ye Lanzhou is indeed lying, but isn't he the same?
It had to be said that Xie Chengyan's original actions were too risky. Poisoning medicine would leave behind residue, and if anyone investigated, Xie Chengyan would inevitably be accused of poisoning his brother. But on second thought, under the circumstances at the time, this wasn't something that would attract much attention. The entire Yin Kingdom was busy moving the capital, and the distance from Jinling to Shangjing wasn't short, and with such a large contingent, it was inevitable that this matter would be overlooked.
The current emperor is not the descendant of the previous emperor. If other people knew about this, there would inevitably be another disturbance in the court. However, Xie Chengyan now wanted to cooperate with Southern Xinjiang. Obviously, he did not want the court to be peaceful. He had such a big secret in his hands and had to take the risk of getting involved with Southern Xinjiang.
Ye Lanzhou didn't understand. Court affairs involved too many things and could not be understood overnight. She had only heard part of it and could not see the overall situation like Xie Chengyan, so naturally she didn't say anything and just listened from the side.
"My mother knows about this, but she won't care. Her last name is Xu, not Xie. She wants to support the Xu family, not the Xie family. It doesn't matter whose bloodline the new emperor is from, as long as he comes from Xu Surong's belly."
The gauze bandages around Xie Chengyan had come loose during his recent pleasure, forcing Ye Lanzhou to re-bandage him. Finally, he was at peace. As she applied the medicine, she listened as Xie Chengyan continued, "The Xu family is now displeased with me and wants to see me reveal my political flaws. Seeing that I'm in charge of the Shenji Camp, they deliberately tampered with the gunpowder shipped to Southern Xinjiang and bribed the official post stations along the way, cutting off communication between Southern Xinjiang and me. Fortunately, Lu Qianshan noticed something was amiss and had his deputy take a dirt road to deliver a letter to me, preventing a major disaster."
For some reason, Xie Chengyan's expression at this moment made her feel very heavy.
He had grown up surrounded by the palace's open and secret attacks, and was abandoned by the royal family in his youth. Such a person was bound to be not very bright. Xie Chengyan had always had a cold temperament, but now, this temperament suddenly changed. I don't know if it was because Ye Lanzhou had an illusion after listening to his experience, or if something happened in the court that made him feel threatened.
Otherwise, he would not have wanted to cooperate with Southern Xinjiang.
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