When they heard the report from the servants, Han Xiangxu and Han Haiyang frowned, obviously feeling that the matter was too strange.
Han Haiyang paced back and forth in the room. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that something was strange. Perhaps it was because too many things had happened in the past few days, which made him feel uneasy.
Soon, Han Haiyang gathered the whole family to discuss the matter.
"Dad, I thought we were going to the study to discuss important matters."
Han Zhimao said this, and when he mentioned the study, he got goose bumps when he thought of what happened at noon today.
The study was dirty, so they didn't want to stay there any longer.
Han Haiyang's mouth twitched, obviously not wanting to mention the incident in the study today. Then he coughed lightly, signaling Han Zhimao to shut up quickly.
"I have asked someone to burn down the study, and it will take some time to rebuild. From now on, we will all go to this secret room to discuss important matters."
Han Xinyu rolled his eyes and looked around the entire secret room.
[Wow, is this the ancient family secret room? It’s decorated so stylishly.
Well, it seems that my father and brothers have long had the intention of rebellion, but this is a good thing, after all, the old emperor is not normal.
Originally, the old emperor disliked his second son the most, but when he was dying, he actually said that he would pass the throne to the second prince.
This is simply unbelievable.
Emmmm, let me think about it again. I remember it mentioned that the second prince's temperament changed drastically after he finally came to power. That's really strange.]
Han Xinyu bit her fingers, not understanding why the author had highlighted in the book the plot where the Second Prince's personality changed drastically.
In the original novel, the second prince always loved his biological mother, Concubine Shu, the most. However, after he succeeded to the throne, he imprisoned Concubine Shu in the cold palace because of a small mistake made by her.
Another time, Zheng En, a military general who was on good terms with the second prince, was whipped for knocking over a kettle at a banquet when the second prince had just ascended the throne.
The second prince has always been sweet-mouthed but vicious, but he still has some feelings for his biological mother, Concubine Shu, and Zheng En. After all, Zheng En is his biological father, and he is not so vicious as to kill even his own father.
[What a confusing plot! It's making my head spin. Anyway, I hope my father and brothers don't believe what the old emperor says.]
After hearing Han Xinyu's thoughts, everyone had a bad feeling.
"A Luo, today we brought Ruan Zhixiao before the emperor. He has not come out since entering the palace.
Just now, we spotted a carriage heading back to Prince Fan’s mansion, but today our people reported that the person sitting in that carriage was not the Princess of Nanyang at all.”
It is easy to imitate someone's clothing or even find someone with a similar body shape.
But the people who came back reported that they saw the returned Princess Nanyang eating in the mansion with her right hand.
Not to mention that others are not familiar with the Princess of Nanyang, but the secret guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion are also good at observation. As early as today's banquet, they had already ambushed in every corner of the Prime Minister's Mansion to protect the Han family and avoid any accidents on the day of Yu'er's full moon banquet.
Therefore, the secret guards all noticed that Princess Nanyang was left-handed, and she was very smooth in holding chopsticks with her left hand, without any shaking at all. That's why the people who followed Princess Nanyang today just reported that they found that Princess Nanyang used her right hand even more smoothly.
Even though it was only two seconds before she immediately switched to eating with her left hand, anyone who observed carefully would have noticed that her hand was shaking slightly when she used the chopsticks.
When they heard Han Haiyang's words, their eyelids twitched. Fortunately, they had sent out not only one wave of secret guards as spies, so within a quarter of an hour after they moved their position, the second wave of people found the key.
"Dad, my son is an expert at skinning people, disguising oneself, and making poisons. My master is Master Wujiang. Besides me and Sissi, my master also has two other disciples."
When Wan Qianqian heard Han Xiangxu calling her Xixi directly, her face turned red with embarrassment. Obviously, Han Xiangxu's face also turned red, but he continued to tell the story without any shame.
"Ahem, the four disciples of the ancestor, Xixi, are good at poison, and can attract snakes, insects, rats, ants, and summon all intelligent animals.
Our eldest brother Zeng Ziyan is a Taoist who can observe the celestial phenomena at night and tell fortunes through psychic powers. Our third brother Sutian is a martial artist with extraordinary martial arts skills. Even our sixth brother, who is the most virtuous among us, is a disciple of Sutian.
After hearing Han Xiangxu's words, everyone was still stunned. Su Liluo asked first, "Then what important connection does this have with the Nanyang Princess being swapped?"
"Mother, think about it, our Han family's secret guards, after rigorous training, almost failed to recognize that the Nanyang Princess had been replaced.
If it weren't for the small details during the meal, we wouldn't have noticed anything unusual, which proved that this person's disguise skills were comparable to mine.
Moreover, only those who have learned the disguise secrets engraved on the stone wall by their master can have such skills."
Han Xiang continued, "Although the four of us have our own strengths, we are not the only ones in this field. We have heard of other things, but we are not proficient in them.
So I suspect that the eldest brother Zeng Ziyan violated the sect rules. In addition to the Taoist methods taught by the master, he also secretly learned the disguise technique that the master taught specifically to me.
And I conclude that Zeng Ziyan is right beside the emperor at this moment, and is plotting something evil."
Han Xiangxu recalled that his eldest senior brother was a handsome man. Others said that he looked evil, but only Han Xiangxu knew that although Zeng Ziyan looked harmless, he was truly evil at heart.
[Eh? Second brother mentioned Zeng Ziyan. I remember that after the Second Prince ascended the throne, Zeng Ziyan became the Imperial Preceptor, second only to the Emperor.]
However, it is a pity that Zeng Ziyan died suddenly within a year. It was said that he was punished by heaven.
Punished by God?
Died suddenly?
Obviously, Han Xiangxu didn't believe this. His eldest senior brother was extremely capable and loved money and power like his life. How could he be willing to be the national teacher who was second only to the emperor and above everyone else?
No way!
With a bang, Han Xiangxu slapped the table hard, finally connecting all the clues.
"Oh no, Daddy!"
The whole family frowned and looked at Han Xiangxu with a serious expression, feeling that Han Xiangxu was about to say something horrible in the next second.
Sure enough, Han Xiangxu's next words made everyone's hearts, which were already hanging in their throats, hang even more in the air.
"I suspect that Zeng Ziyan intends to use the emperor to eliminate all the troubles in the court, including our Han family, the second prince, and the eldest prince, and then replace Ruan Changtian while the court is stable"!
Han Xiangxu's words were like a bolt of thunder, blowing everyone's mind apart.
At this time, Han Xinyu finally figured out that something was wrong.
[The Second Prince's temperament changed drastically after he came to power. Perhaps at that time, the soul living in the Second Prince's body was that of Emperor Ruan Changtian.
Moreover, I only vaguely remember the term soul-changing technique being mentioned in the book. At that time, I thought that since Ruan Changtian was already dead, maybe the evil technique had failed. But now it seems that not only has the evil technique succeeded, but it has also been quite successful.
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