Chapter 443 Reason
"It's far away in the sky, yet it's right in front of us." Xuan Shaoqing said with a smile.
Everyone was shocked: "You?"
It's no wonder that several people were surprised. In their impression, Xuan Shaoqing has always been indifferent to fame and fortune and never got involved in officialdom. His willingness to guard the border before had already surprised everyone. Unexpectedly, a greater shock was yet to come.
"Are you serious?" Huo Xifei asked with a slight frown.
Xuan Shaoqing nodded: "Yes."
"I want to know the reason." Huo Xifei looked at Xuan Shaoqing and said, "In my impression, you are not someone who likes to pursue fame and fortune."
Xuan Shaoqing looked at Huo Xifei without saying anything. The two of them just stared at each other as if they were competing with each other.
After a long while, Xuan Shaoqing smiled faintly: "Since I came to tell you about this matter today, you will know the reason sooner or later, so it doesn't hurt to tell you earlier."
After a pause, Xuan Shaoqing took a deep breath and said, "My father is not Prince Su, but Emperor Wen of Qi. Empress Xuan is not my sister, but my biological mother. In fact, Prince Su should be my maternal grandfather."
This news was explosive, and several people were shocked and felt dizzy.
"Prince Xuan, this... is this true?" Yuan Ziyu asked in disbelief.
Xuan Shaoqing smiled at Yuan Ziyu and said, "There is no need for me to deceive Second Miss Yuan."
"Have you always known this?" Yuan Ziyu asked again.
Xuan Shaoqing smiled faintly: "It's not that I have always known it, I just found out by chance, and..."
At this point, Xuan Shaoqing laughed self-deprecatingly: "The only person who was kept in the dark about this matter was my mother."
"Emperor Wen of Qi knows?" Yuan Ziyu took a breath of cold air. What was the reason that made a father not want to have his own son?
"Not only did he know, he was the one who started it all." Xuan Shaoqing sneered and said, "It can be said that my birth was not what he expected. If it weren't for my grandfather, I would not be in this world anymore."
It turned out that the year Empress Xuan became pregnant was the year Concubine Liu entered the palace.
Emperor Wen of Qi was extremely fond of Concubine Liu, to the point that she even slightly surpassed Empress Xuan. If it weren't for the Empress Dowager's protection, Emperor Wen of Qi might have deposed Empress Xuan and made Concubine Liu the empress instead.
Unable to make Concubine Liu the empress, Emperor Wen of Qi disliked Empress Xuan very much, and he also did not have much father-son affection for the unborn Shaoqing Xuan.
After Xuan Shaoqing was born, Emperor Wen of Qi heard slanderous rumors from somewhere that the time of Xuan Shaoqing's birth was unfavorable to Concubine Liu and was very unlucky.
In order to protect his favorite concubine from being affected, Emperor Wen of Qi wanted to kill Xuan Shaoqing.
Fortunately, Prince Su got the news and went to the palace in person to beg Emperor Wen of Qi to spare Xuan Shaoqing's life. Later, Emperor Wen of Qi gave Prince Su two choices: either drown Xuan Shaoqing directly or let Xuan Shaoqing leave the palace and never tell him his life experience.
Finally, after a round of negotiation, Prince Su brought Xuan Shaoqing back home, saying only that he was his son. It happened that the wife of Prince Su was ill and had been recuperating on the farm. Therefore, everyone spontaneously believed that the wife of Prince Su was recuperating on the farm, and Xuan Shaoqing became the eldest son of Prince Su's mansion from then on.
"The Queen Mother also knows about this?" Huo Xifei asked.
Xuan Shaoqing nodded and laughed at himself, "So what if she knew? He was the Empress Dowager's biological son after all. What else could she do? She could only warn and reprimand him. The Empress Dowager warned her that if anything happened to Empress Xuan's future children, she would hold Concubine Liu responsible. That's why Emperor Wen of Qi later restrained himself a lot."
Yuan Ziyu only now knew Xuan Shaoqing's true life experience, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. No wonder Xuan Shaoqing stayed away from the court until she committed suicide in her previous life. It turned out that there was such a lawsuit involved.
At the same time, Yuan Ziyu also had a new understanding of Emperor Wen of Qi's selfishness and cruelty. It is said that even a tiger will not eat its own cubs, and Emperor Wen of Qi is even worse than an animal.
Xuan Shaoqing smiled and said, "I'm telling you about my life story today just to tell you that although I have Xuanyuan family blood, I'm no different from a stranger to them. I've always wanted to regain my identity. It was fine if I didn't have the chance before, but now that I have the opportunity, I won't let it slip away."
Huo Lixiu and the others suddenly realized.
Come to think of it, no one would be willing to accept such a thing.
Only Yuan Ziyu always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what exactly was wrong. But she was sure that Xuan Shaoqing had no ill intentions.
So Huo Lixiu said, "Prince Xuan, please tell me your conditions."
"It's very simple." Xuan Shaoqing smiled faintly: "Help me take that position, and I will ensure the safety of both your Yuan and Huo clans. How about it?"
Huo Lixiu pondered for a while after hearing this, then looked at Yuan Qifeng and saw him nod slightly. Then he said to Xuan Shaoqing, "Okay, then it's a deal. However, if you don't keep your promise in the future, we can help you get to that position, but we can also naturally pull you down."
"Don't worry, I always keep my promises. I will definitely do what I promised." After saying that, Xuan Shaoqing's eyes lightly swept in the direction of Yuan Ziyu, but the action was too covert and no one noticed.
After the matter was settled, Xuan Shaoqing quietly returned to the city and secretly went back to Prince Su's Mansion.
This matter must be told to Prince Su no matter what.
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