Consort Jin listened with trepidation.
The family genealogy is on a single page?
Should we start writing from Ye Qianqian's page?
There has never been such a rule before.
Unless, Ye Qianqian is an empress.
Ye Ling didn't seem too surprised.
"If one day, Qianqian grows up."
"You can protect your country and achieve even greater results than your royal brothers!"
"Then Father will create a separate page in the family genealogy, with you as the first name."
Ye Qianqian's eyes lit up after hearing this.
Wow! This is the irresistible allure of family trees!
I am determined to become a heroine someday!
Consort Jin seemed to remember something.
"Your Majesty, what about the Dali Kingdom and the Dali Kingdom—"
"Xu Qingshan has already set out to fight against the Dali Kingdom. The weapons he has are gunpowder and cannons that the Dali Kingdom gave to our country."
Wow! Did the boomerang I threw end up hitting me instead?!
One can only imagine how visibly distraught Duan Buzheng must have been when he saw his own cannons on the battlefield!
[What it means to have your own gun pointed at yourself—Duan Buzheng, you'll soon find out!]
Consort Jin: "Your Majesty, I have another matter to discuss."
"Um?"
"Wen Bai said that the Emperor once had an affair by the West Lake, and that woman named Hehua gave birth to a daughter for the Emperor."
"I have already sent people to investigate this matter."
Ye Qianqian instantly became unhappy.
[Father is really amorous! He even managed to get someone pregnant during a trip to Jiangnan.]
[If he goes to Jiangnan a few more times, he might bring back an entire harem!]
Alas, what's done is done, what can I say? Now that I have an older sister out of nowhere, my status as the only daughter is gone!
[I wonder if Father has met other women by other lakes and gotten one of them pregnant!]
Ye Ling immediately blushed.
Ye Qianqian is right.
He definitely didn't control his lower body.
That's why such an absurd thing happened.
Ye Ling looked somewhat embarrassed.
Consort Jin comforted her.
"Your Majesty need not worry. Similar things have happened in previous dynasties as well."
"When the emperor of the previous dynasty was traveling to the south of the Yangtze River, he met a woman who left behind a daughter among the common people."
"In the end, she was recognized by the emperor and given the title of Princess Zhuzhu."
"If Qianqian could have an older sister who would love her, that would be wonderful."
If she truly is a good older sister, then that would be wonderful!
[My biggest fear is that she's a second version of He Jing; if that happens, how am I supposed to have a good life?]
Ye Ling said to Consort Jin.
"Consort Jin, the matter has not been investigated clearly yet. We will make plans after I have confirmed it."
"Yes!" Consort Jin nodded.
...
Wen Bai explained the whole story clearly.
The time and place both match up.
Ye Ling also sent someone to bring back Hehua's daughter, Heye.
The first thing I saw was the lotus leaf.
Ye Ling was stunned.
She and Hehua don't just look alike, they look exactly alike!
Of course, just to be on the safe side.
Ye Ling decided to get a paternity test done.
The Empress Dowager, Xu Qingzhi, and Consort Jin were all present to witness the event.
So-called paternity testing is simply blood testing to determine kinship.
Drip blood from Ye Ling and He Hua's fingertips into a bowl of water.
If blood can be mixed together, then they are biological children.
This was the only method available for paternity testing at the time.
Ye Qianqian scoffed at this.
The "Medicine God" explained to her the utterly ridiculous methods of folk family reunification!
Oh dear! This blood test for kinship is the most unreliable thing ever!
[Any person's blood, when dropped into water, will mix together!]
[Because blood cells will absorb water and burst when dropped into water, let alone the Emperor, even the blood of any eunuch randomly grabbed from the harem could mix with the lotus leaf.]
Of course, if the two drops of blood do not mix, this is a complex issue of antigen-antibody rejection, and cannot explain blood relations at all!
Ye Ling was speechless.
It's absurd to use blood for kinship testing.
So how will he prove that He Ye is his biological daughter?
In Ye Qianqian's memories of her past life.
There is no such person as He Ye.
She didn't know how to help her father.
There has been no dangerous warning illusion from the lotus leaf that will appear in an hour.
The Empress Dowager said something.
"I believe that the blood test method is inappropriate."
"Since you claim to be born of the Emperor, do you have any other proof?"
Lotus Leaf took out a jade pendant.
There's another piece of paper.
Her birth date and time were written on the paper.
“Mother said this is a keepsake left to her by the Emperor.”
"The Emperor and my mother spent one night together, and that's how I came to be."
"These are my birth dates and times. Your Majesty, please consider whether the dates match!"
Ye Ling looked at He Ye's birth date and time.
It does indeed match the time spent with the lotus flower that night.
The Empress Dowager thought for a moment.
"You can stay in the palace for now, but since you were born outside the palace, the Emperor cannot recognize you or bestow the title of princess until your identity is fully confirmed."
"You shall serve as my maid for now."
"yes."
The lotus leaf is calm and unhurried.
He obediently accepted the Empress Dowager's arrangements.
After Ruoqiu took the lotus leaf away.
The Empress Dowager said to Ye Ling.
"In the future, when you go to Jiangnan, remember to bring Consort Xu and Consort Jin with you."
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