"Did the Ninth Prince tell Dad all this?" Chang'an thought. Since the Emperor had secretly carried out all this, then the only people present at the time were naturally the Emperor and Bei Mingxuan. "The two blood tests are different. Who could have done this?"
"Yes, he told me that, but my father and the Queen Mother were present during the second blood test." Gu Qingfeng said,
"In the same year, after I sent him back, my father returned to the border again. It was the Battle of Junhai, where our army was completely annihilated, and my father was imprisoned for three years.
Three years later, when my father returned home, he would come to see me from time to time. No matter whether my father paid attention to him or not, he would chat with me.
From coming occasionally, slowly to coming frequently, sometimes even staying for several days in a row.
After a long time of contact, I accidentally discovered that the emperor released my father. Perhaps he played a role in it. He was only eight years old at that time. I asked him in various ways, but he never admitted it. And I found out that every year on your mother's death anniversary, he would burn incense at her grave.
"It's actually him?" Chang'an was surprised, "Every year on my mother's death anniversary, Aunt Wanxin takes me there, and I always see signs that someone has been there.
At first I thought it was my dad, but my aunt told me it couldn’t be my dad.
Aunt Wanxin said that for two years, on the anniversary of her mother's death, she would stay vigil all day, but every time, she would fall asleep without realizing it, and when she woke up, she would find that someone had already offered incense to her mother. Later, Aunt Wanxin simply stopped looking for that person.
"Yeah. I just happened to bump into him." Gu Qingfeng said with a smile, "The Ninth Prince is a man who values friendship and repays kindness.
After so many years together, the relationship between him and me is like that of friends and father and son."
Chang'an could understand, but when she thought about it carefully, she felt resentment and jealousy in her heart during the years she had been in the mansion. "My father's feelings for him are deeper than his daughter's, right?"
"It's Dad's fault." Gu Qingfeng's eyes were filled with guilt. "I won't do it again. Dad will make it up to you."
"My daughter was just joking." Chang'an said immediately, "Dad, don't take it to heart. In fact, think about it from another perspective. In all these years, when has your daughter ever been with you? That's why they say karma goes round and round, there are gains and losses. Your daughter doesn't blame you."
Gu Qingfeng smiled, but his eyes were still filled with deep worry. "Dad has always owed you. If you have any problems in the future, tell me. I will take care of it for you and won't let anyone bully you again."
"Okay." Chang'an nodded vigorously with tears in her eyes. She thought to herself that her father had always been helping her and persuading her, but she had been willful and didn't listen in her previous life. "My daughter will definitely listen to you."
"Then tell me, Dad, why you fabricated the blank imperial edict?" Gu Qingfeng's face turned serious. "You're putting yourself in danger by doing this. It would be even worse if your grandfather found out."
Chang'an was thinking about how to tell Gu Qingfeng.
After a long pause, Gu Changan spoke, "To attract the attention of Bei Mingye and the Crown Prince, to let the Emperor know clearly that the Fourth Prince intends to compete with the Crown Prince for the throne, and to prevent the Emperor from marrying me to the Crown Prince."
"Even so, there are other ways." Gu Qingfeng didn't understand. "Even if it's to help the Ninth Prince, Dad doesn't want you to use me as bait. Besides, the Emperor already favors the Dowager. If just in case..."
"There's no such thing as a one-time event." Chang'an interrupted Gu Qingfeng and said affirmatively, "The Emperor's ability to control his subordinates is very clever, and he plays with balance one move after another.
Although he favors the crown prince, he will not let the crown prince's family dominate. There are three forces in the court now.
Led by the eldest prince, the crown prince, and the fourth prince, a three-way balance of power was formed.
The Emperor used these three forces to check and balance each other. If there was no imperial edict, the Emperor might have married me to the Crown Prince in a fit of rage one day. After all, I was considered an ugly thing in the eyes of the people.
But now I am a typical beautiful lady, especially since the Crown Prince is a pervert. So, my daughter did this not only to let the Ninth Prince take advantage of her, but also for herself."
"You know how to think for yourself, and I, your father, am relieved." Gu Qingfeng finally smiled. "Now that the fake imperial edict has been burned in front of the emperor, but the emperor doesn't intend to let anyone know. Do you understand what the emperor means?"
"I understand." Chang'an said, "The emperor wants to use his daughter as a pathfinder."
"Yes." Gu Qingfeng frowned involuntarily, "Changan, Dad has always had a feeling during this period, but I don't know if it is correct.
Dad always feels that you are targeting the Fourth Prince and your cousin, but after thinking about it, I feel that something is missing. Can you explain this to Dad?"
Chang'an was stunned. She didn't expect that her father could see it so clearly.
She was nervous and didn't know what to say. Should she really tell her father that she had come back to life?
Chang An hesitated and struggled, but the person before him was the only one in the world to whom he had been completely open and honest. "I wonder if my daughter's words will be acceptable to me, Dad?"
Gu Qingfeng understood his daughter, especially at this moment, there was expectation and hesitation in Chang'an's eyes.
He knew that Chang'an needed to make a decision for her, whether she wanted to listen or not, "I'm all ears."
"Dad, how much do you know about metaphysics?" Chang'an asked tentatively. She didn't dare to tell her father directly that she had died and come back to life. She was afraid that her father would not be able to accept it.
"Mysterious and profound." Gu Qingfeng looked directly into Chang'an's eyes. "Mysterious means profound. Mysterious means formless and invisible, the root of nature. It was created at the beginning of time, and no one can surpass it."
"That means Dad agrees with metaphysics. I also know that Dad would rather believe in the cycle of yin and yang and reincarnation. I wonder if Dad ever looks forward to reuniting with Mom in the next life."
Chang'an smiled. What she said was the truth, but it was also a test, to test whether Gu Qingfeng could really accept the idea of resurrection from the dead and endless reincarnation.
"Yes." Gu Qingfeng confirmed, "My father's master is a believer in metaphysics. He and Master Fuyou are fellow disciples. A Taoist priest and a monk. Master Fuyou predicted that my fate with your mother can continue."
Chang An took a deep breath, a faint smile spreading across his lips, "So... my daughter Zeng died on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the twenty-third year of Yuan Qi. She was reborn at the beginning of last month this year."
After a while, just when Chang'an thought that Gu Qingfeng was frightened.
He then asked, "The cause of death!"
Gu Qingfeng said it so nonchalantly, and on the surface it seemed like a trivial matter, but inside his sleeves, where no one could see, was a tightly clenched fist.
"According to the royal records, Gu Chang'an, the grandson of General Gu Xiong and the legal wife of the fourth prince Bei Mingye, was unfortunately burned to death in an accidental fire on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the twenty-third year of the Yuanqi reign." Chang'an sneered, his eyes filled with hatred.
"Is it Bei Ming Ye?" Gu Qingfeng asked tentatively, "Because your grandfather is unwilling to send troops?"
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