The title of Anping Earl was conferred during the reign of Taizu and was not passed down until three generations later.
In other words, if the prince of Anping wanted to inherit the Anping Marquisate, he had to downgrade his title.
There are five ranks of nobility among the princes of Dayong: duke, marquis, earl, viscount and baron.
The title of Anping Marquis was demoted to Viscount.
As soon as the Earl of Anping died, the son of the Earl of Anping became Viscount Anping.
The old Earl of Anping and the current Earl of Anping are both old playboys.
The Anping Marquis' Mansion may look splendid on the outside, but it is actually unable to make ends meet on the inside, and has to rely on the two generations of aunts and nephews from the Li Guogong Mansion to fill the gap.
Duke Li was conferred the title by the retired emperor. Duke Li's generation, including the generation of Crown Prince Li, and Crown Prince Li's sons were all Dukes. The fourth generation inherited the title by lowering the rank, but was also a marquis.
No matter how you look at it, it is much better than the Anping Marquis Mansion which is on the decline.
But Duke Li's sister married into the Anping Marquis's Mansion, and Duke Li married his eldest daughter there as well, and sent his second daughter there as a concubine.
This is simply poverty alleviation.
So what does Duke Li want?
An idea flashed through Bei Lingyao's mind, and she looked at the time of Concubine Li's death and the birth time of the Anping Earl's son.
"Concubine Li was banished to the cold palace for three months and died in a fire there. Your Majesty, do you think it's possible that Concubine Li was pregnant at the time and didn't die, but was rescued by the Li family?"
"This possibility cannot be ruled out."
The Li family has been running the palace for two generations and three people, Li Zhaoyi, Li Chenghui, and Li Fei, so it is not surprising that they have this ability.
Emperor Kangde naturally understood what Bei Lingyao said, "But the age of the Anping Earl's son doesn't match. He was already born before Concubine Li's accident."
"If Concubine Li was already pregnant when she was banished to the cold palace, and she gave birth a few months later, the child would be less than a year younger than the Anping Earl's son."
Bei Lingyao thought about it and realized that based on the palace life she had experienced in several worlds, there must be something fishy about the background of this Prince of Anping.
"This is just our speculation. The Prince of Anping may not be the son of Concubine Li."
As soon as Emperor Kangde finished speaking, Bei Lingyao continued, "Or maybe I guessed wrong. Could it be Earl Anping, or Earl Anping's father, Earl Anping?"
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Emperor Kant was stunned for a moment.
"Is it possible that the old and current Earl of Anping are the children of Li Zhaoyi or Li Chenghui?"
As soon as Bei Lingyao came up with her idea, Emperor Kant looked at her with admiration. What was wrong with her brain? How could she let her imagination run wild so easily?
"Impossible, if he was the prince born to Concubine Li, he wouldn't be living outside.
Li Chenghui's son is even more impossible. Emperor Taizu died young, and if Emperor Taizu knew that Emperor Taizu had a successor, there would be no place for Emperor Taizong.
Bei Lingyao agreed. If Li Chenghui had Emperor Taizu's child, Emperor Taizu and Empress Taizu wouldn't have to try for a second child.
After all, Empress Taizu damaged her health because of her efforts to have a second child, and she died in her forties.
"Your Majesty, please investigate. I have a feeling that the Li family or the Anping Marquis' Mansion has royal blood. Otherwise, I cannot understand why the Li Guogong Mansion sacrificed a legitimate daughter and a concubine's daughter to the Anping Marquis's son as wives and concubines."
"Cha, I will also discuss this matter with my father."
The next day, Emperor Kangde took the three memorials and went to see the retired emperor.
After hearing his son's words, the retired emperor's eyes became fierce and murderous.
It better not be what he thought.
The retired emperor always felt that after he ascended the throne, there was an invisible hand controlling the palace.
So many of his children died young, and even Cheng'er was suffering from chronic poisoning and his diet was incompatible with other foods.
The retired emperor couldn't figure out who it was, and he was more thinking about the remnants of the Taizong period.
But the emperor has dealt with everything that is known to the public.
It is not easy to find the rats in the dark sewers.
Now the son mentioned the Li family and the Anping Marquis' Mansion.
The emperor immediately took it seriously.
In the past, the retired emperor had doubts about Duke Li.
After all, the Li family has been operating in the palace for two generations.
However, the retired emperor also investigated the Li family and tested Duke Li, and wanted to let the Li family's daughter enter the palace, but the Li family politely declined.
It was also said that Li Zhaoyi died of illness due to her longing for her daughter, and Li Chenghui became depressed and ill due to the untimely death of Emperor Taizu, and died within a few years.
Because of Concubine Li's crime of murdering the royal heir, the entire Li family was almost in danger.
Therefore, the Li family was deeply grateful to the retired emperor and was unwilling to send their daughter into the palace again.
The emperor also agreed with the Li family's wishes.
When he thought about it, he realized that the Li family had not been as loyal as they seemed to be in the past few decades, but had been playing tricks on him.
The Emperor said in a deep voice:
"Investigate not only the Li family, but also the Anping Marquis' Xiao family. All their in-laws must be thoroughly investigated."
On this side, Bei Lingyao finally knew the names of the people on Master Bei's note through An Qi's investigation.
One is Li Guogong's younger brother, Li Siye
One is Wu Zhong, the son of Li Guogong's wet nurse
One is the current Minister of Works, who used to be a subordinate of the original owner's uncle. He also has a daughter who is a concubine in the palace, but another daughter is the wife of the younger brother of the Earl of Anping.
One was the prime minister who had retired to his hometown a few years ago after being questioned by the retired emperor. He was formerly a provincial governor. His son married the daughter of the Earl of Anping.
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Bei Lingyao read through them one by one. Wow, this huge network of relationships covered both the Li family and the Anping Marquis' Mansion.
Especially the Anping Marquis' Mansion, a marquis' mansion that was on the decline and about to be demoted, married into many families just by marrying its daughters. Even the second wife of the Rongguo Duke's Mansion was the daughter of the Anping Marquis.
The Earl of Anping is a real playboy, but the Earl of Anping's son is definitely a fake playboy. He is now serving as the deputy commander of the seventh rank in the Nancheng Military Department.
In any case, Bei Lingyao was certain that there was something wrong with the Mansion of Duke Li and the Mansion of the Earl of Anping.
But the Imperial Hospital and the Imperial Kitchen have been keeping an eye on them for days, and their spiritual sense has been imprinted on every person, but they haven't found any problems yet.
A few days later, detailed information about the Li family and the Anping Marquis' Mansion was sent over.
Bei Lingyao stared at Anping Earl's son Xiao Sa again. This man married Li's eldest sister, took Li's second sister as his wife, and had one noble concubine, four good concubines, and four lowly concubines.
Wow, one wife and ten concubines, not even counting the concubines.
Thirty-six-year-old Xiao Feng already has ten sons and six daughters and is a grandfather.
Duke Li's eldest daughter had no son, but she adopted the son of her second daughter and recorded him as the eldest son.
However, Duke Li's second daughter gave birth to three sons and three daughters. Now she has two sons and three daughters by her side, and she is also a figure.
Compared with Duke Li's eldest daughter, Prince Anping favors Duke Li's second daughter.
But the Prince of Anping is a master of keeping things in balance and is well versed in the art of balance.
Every wife and concubine is the apple of his eye, just in different sizes.
Except for the wife who cannot give birth, every concubine has children.
There is also a daily record in the backyard, and the other concubines go to the main courtyard on the first and fifteenth days of the month.
The noble concubine has four days every month, the good concubine has three days every month, and the lowly concubine has two days every month.
Exactly thirty days.
If there are thirty-one days in a month, the extra day will be used randomly.
Bei Lingyao was convinced. Even the emperor's harem was not so clear.
He was almost certain that the Prince of Anping had royal blood.
It is very likely that it belongs to Concubine Li.
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