As Lan Linxue spoke, she smiled and looked at Xu Jinlan, her eyes becoming sharp as knives, not missing a single expression on her face.
Lan Linxue's suspicions about this matter were purely based on doubt. He had no evidence whatsoever. He simply felt that Lan Shanyang's attitude towards the two children was too strange, so he decided to test the waters.
In such a short time, it's simply impossible for him to go out and find evidence. So, right now, he can only work with Xu Jinlan to slowly gather clues bit by bit.
If Xu Jinlan were a little smarter, she would have immediately discerned many problems from Lan Linxue's words.
However, Xu Jinlan was extremely nervous. Not only was she scared half to death by the female ghost, but more importantly, she was terrified by Ling Jiuhong's methods.
Women are direct creatures. Judging from the force Ling Jiuhong used just now, she knew that this unbelievably beautiful person in front of her could really skin her alive anytime, anywhere.
So when Xu Jinlan heard Lan Linxue's question, she replied without hesitation, "That old hag was sent away by me a long time ago. Besides, she doesn't even have a tongue anymore, how could you have any information! You're lying to me? You're lying to me!"
Lan Linxue's eyes narrowed instantly, then her smile became even more composed. "You can't speak just because you've lost your tongue? Let me tell you, under my watch, as long as you have a breath left, you can tell me everything. As long as your body is still here, I can make you talk! That old woman told me that your child wasn't the Emperor's at all, but that of a palace guard from back then. That's why you went so far as to not only kill the guard but also leave her half-dead. She said she'll haunt you even as a ghost!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Jinlan's eyes widened even more, glaring at Lan Linxue with a look of rage, and she roared with heart-wrenching fury, "No! He's not some guard! Jia Yuan is the Emperor's child! He's the Emperor's own son! Don't think you can stop Jia Yuan from becoming the Crown Prince with such nonsense! You're just jealous, you're framing him!"
In the end, Xu Jinlan went mad, baring her teeth and claws as she tried to grab Lan Linxue, but was stopped halfway by Ling Jiuhong, who knocked her to the ground.
However, even when Xu Jinlan was lying on the ground, her gaze towards Lan Linxue was murderous, showing no mercy to him whatsoever.
Lan Linxue was indeed talking nonsense, and it was utter rambling.
He said this simply because in his memory, Xu Jinlan did indeed have a very capable nanny by her side. He had also heard people in the palace talk about her when he grew up, but he didn't know when this person disappeared into thin air. Nobody knew!
So, Lan Linxue guessed and revealed the person's name. She didn't expect Xu Jinlan to react so strongly to her, so Lan Linxue felt that her guess was probably correct.
As for the choice of the adulterer, no one in this palace had ever been allowed to do so. Eunuchs were definitely out of the question, so it could only be a guard. Which guard it was wasn't important; what mattered was that Lan Jiayuan's bloodline was impure, and that Lan Shanyang had been cuckolded.
However, Xu Jinlan's excessive reaction made Lan Linxue increasingly convinced that his guesses were all true.
So, he squatted down with interest, squinting at Xu Jinlan as if she were his prey, and said in an even more seductive voice, "Do you really think the Emperor doesn't know whose child Lan Jiayuan is? If Lan Jiayuan is the Emperor's son, why does the Emperor treat me and him so differently? Look, the Emperor is naturally extraordinary, and as his son, my face is a carbon copy of the Emperor's. But why does Lan Jiayuan's face not resemble the Emperor at all? Why do you say that? On the contrary, the princes of the royal family are all handsome and extraordinary, which shows that our Lan family's bloodline has always been good. But look at your son, he doesn't resemble a member of the Lan family at all! You still say he's the Emperor's son? Do you really not want your son to live a good life?"
Xu Jinlan had bitten her lips until they bled. She looked at Lan Linxue as if she were looking at a demon. She really wanted to die. If she died, no one would bother her anymore.
"Jia Yuan naturally resembles his mother, what's so strange about that? Lan Linxue, just give up on that idea. Jia Yuan is the Emperor's son, and no one can change that!"
"Really? If Lan Jiayuan and the Emperor were to undergo a blood test to prove their kinship, would you still dare to make such a definitive statement?"
Lan Linxue looked at Xu Jinlan with a half-smile, as if she were watching her prey being injured and struggling, full of hunting interest.
Xu Jinlan's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, her lips trembling slightly. She wanted to kill Lan Linxue! She wanted to kill Lan Linxue right now!
"The Emperor would never agree to you doing this! The Emperor would never doubt his own child!"
Lan Linxue chuckled, slowly stood up, and said very easily, "Your idea is a little different from mine. I think for the royal family, nothing is more important than bloodline. As long as I spread a rumor and make Father Emperor suspicious, do you think the Emperor will still be so determined not to perform the blood test? That seems unlikely!"
"Lan Linxue! What exactly do you want? What do you want? I've already fallen to this state, why can't you let my son go? After all, he's been your brother for so many years!"
Xu Jinlan looked at Lan Linxue with eyes that seemed to be bleeding, as if she were begging Lan Linxue to spare her son, and she would kneel down and beg for mercy without hesitation.
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