Chapter 362 Confirming Identity
"Father."
Xiao Zhian said without hesitation, "Wanshi Zhian, I hope I can be healthy and safe forever, and I also hope Feng Zhao can be safe and stable forever, this is the second meaning.
Those who care about the country's peace must accumulate virtue and righteousness. This is the third meaning.
My father said that he named me Zhi'an to warn him that as a king, one must have profound virtues, be vigilant in times of peace, and avoid arrogance and extravagance."
He looked quite proud.
Shi Yu smiled, "It actually has so many meanings. Thank you for taking the trouble. I can see that you have a very good relationship with the Emperor."
"Of course. My mother is always busy, and my father is in poor health. I spend most of my time with him. He is an exceptionally good father..."
He suddenly remembered that Shi Yu was stolen away when he was young, and when he came back, his mother was not kind to him. He wanted to comfort Shi Yu, so his father Huang Ding also gave him a good name.
But he couldn't remember for a moment what name his father gave to his elder brother, the crown prince, or maybe his father had never told him?
After a moment of hesitation, he couldn't think of anything, so his words of comfort turned into, "Actually, these are all what the Queen Mother forced Father to think of.
I heard from the old nanny that my father named me Zhi'an, and my mother was very unhappy. She complained that my father was too perfunctory. Then my father thought of three layers of meaning.
This was indeed learned from the old nanny. His original intention was that the name his father gave him did not have so many meanings. The three meanings were all thought up by his father afterwards to appease his mother.
In this way, it won't seem like the parents are too neglectful of the Crown Prince.
But these words made Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan change their expressions.
Why doesn’t the Queen like the name Zhi’an? Is it because she knows that Lin Qianning’s child is also named Zhi’an?
What about Emperor Feng Zhao? Did he know something and use Lin Qianning's son's name on his own youngest son as a warning to the Empress? Or did he have other motives?
Xiao Zhian couldn't tell them the answers.
He was still trying his best to comfort his brother and sister-in-law, and trying to ease the relationship between him and his sister-in-law and the queen mother. Shi Yu suddenly raised his hand and touched his head, feeling a little pity for this simple child in his heart.
Because of this bit of pity, he promised Xiao Zhian that he would not leave Feng Zhao for the time being.
"Brother Crown Prince, you are so kind." Xiao Zhian was moved and suddenly hugged Shi Yu. "You don't know how sad I am. I almost thought I had to break my promise to my father. I promised him that I would protect you, but I didn't do it."
Because he never thought that the one who really hurt the prince was his mother.
After Shi Yu comforted him kindly, Xiao Zhian left. He was going to go into the palace. He had seen the changes in his brother and sister-in-law's expressions. They must be upset about how their mother treated them. He must convince his mother to be nicer to his brother and sister-in-law.
But he never expected that he would be punished with twenty lashes of the cane.
Xiao Zhian's eyes were filled with shock. From childhood to adulthood, whenever he scratched his skin while playing, his mother would feel uncomfortable for a long time, not to mention that she had never touched a finger of his.
But now, just because he advised his mother to be nicer to his brother and sister-in-law, his mother said that he only had his brother and sister-in-law in his mind. She was so angry that she ordered people to beat him with a stick, and after that, she wanted to throw him to the prince's mansion.
When being pressed on the bench, Xiao Zhian was in a daze.
Until the heavy board really landed on his buttocks, Xiao Zhian felt that his heart was more painful than his buttocks. Therefore, after the beating, he held on to his last breath, let the palace servants carry him back to his palace, and then fainted.
He didn't want to go to the Prince's Mansion like this, as it would make his brother and sister-in-law feel guilty, and he didn't want the world to know why he was beaten.
But when will it be his turn to make decisions in the palace?
"Your Majesty, the Second Prince has been carried out of the palace. His injuries are quite serious. The Second Prince has really suffered this time." The chief eunuch said with concern.
The queen closed her eyes and waved her hand to signal the eunuch to leave.
The pain of beating her son is the mother's heart, and she couldn't bear it, but she wanted Shi Yu to feel guilty, to let Shi Yu remember forever how Zhi'an protected him, and to let the world know that Zhi'an was willing to disobey her as a mother for the sake of his brother Shi Yu.
She picked up the clothes that Xiao Zhian had worn as a child and put them on her face. With tears in her eyes, she whispered, "Xiao An, don't be afraid. Mother will definitely protect you this time. Mother will definitely be able to protect you.
When you know everything in the future, you will definitely understand the Queen Mother's painstaking efforts and will definitely understand everything the Queen Mother has done. The Queen Mother is not wrong."
Soon, hatred and madness burst out of her eyes again, "The one who is wrong is Shi Yu, Shi Yu, the suffering my son has endured today, I will ask you to pay it back a thousand times in the future. I will ask for everything back."
Shi Yu naturally didn't know all this. At this moment, he and Wei Qingyan were sitting opposite Qing Wu. "Aunt, I'm not the Queen's son, am I?"
Qing Wu almost spit out the tea she had just taken a sip of. "Ahem, why do you ask that?"
She quickly reflected on herself, wondering if she had made any mistake that the child had noticed.
Wei Qingyan added, "My husband is Miss Lin San's child, and Cao Yizhao is the Queen's son, right?"
"Cough cough cough..." Qing Wu was really choking this time, but she still said, "Don't... talk... nonsense..."
Wei Qingyan saw that her face had flushed red, so he stroked her back a few times. After she felt better, he said to Shi Yu, "Since my aunt doesn't know, my husband, let's go ask the Queen."
"Okay." Shi Yu responded and stretched out his hand to take Wei Qingyan out.
Qing Wu was anxious and said hurriedly, "Come back."
Letting them ask the Queen would be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth, seeking their own death.
The two of them still walked on. Qing Wu stood up anxiously and said, "Come back. I will tell you something."
When she saw the two men turn around without hesitation and get back to doing it in front of her, she knew she had been fooled.
How could these two children be so reckless? Even if they had doubts, they would not ask the queen directly.
It was just a trick on her.
Rongyu outside the door smiled and shook his head. He knew that Awu was no match for the couple.
This is good. With them, Awu doesn’t have to work so hard.
Inside the house, Qing Wu fixed her beautiful eyes on Shi Yu's face, "I do think so, but I have no proof. But if you look closely, you and Lin Qianning are somewhat similar, your lips and eyes are similar, especially when she smiles, she also has a fang.
When she was nine months pregnant, I brought someone to check her pulse and found that the baby in her belly was fine and had no congenital deficiencies.
You ask this today, but do you have other evidence?"
Shi Yu then told the Queen about the clues and scar she had hidden from him.
"Zhi'an?" Qing Wu stood up suddenly. "You said Qian Ning's child is also named Zhi'an?"
Seeing the two heads opposite nodding at the same time, Qing Wu kept muttering, "It's really like this, no wonder, no wonder..."
The two of them didn't disturb her, letting her walk around the room a few times before sitting down again. Qing Wu said, "Before he died, my brother the emperor told me privately that Qian Ning's child was his, and the prince was not dead. He asked me to help him protect his two children.
I felt strange at the time. If the prince was still alive, plus Qian Ning's child and Xiao Zhian, there should be three children.
But the emperor brother didn't allow me to ask more questions, let alone look for you. He just asked me to stay with Fengzhao and wait for you to come back, and to protect you two.
Over the years, I have often suspected that Xiao Zhian is not the emperor brother's child, because since the fire, the emperor brother has been in poor health and I have seen him coughing up blood several times.
But I also felt that it was impossible, because Zhian was somewhat similar to my royal grandfather, and my royal brother was really good to him.
Now that you tell me that Qian Ning's child is also called Zhi'an, I am certain that Xiao Zhi'an is really not the emperor's brother's child, but his biological father must also be a member of the Fengzhao royal family, so his eyebrows and eyes are similar to my royal grandfather.
Otherwise, the emperor brother would not have given Zhi'an this name so coincidentally. Lin Wanzhi betrayed the emperor brother, and the emperor brother knew it all.
But by then, he might have been unable to deal with Lin Wanzhi, or perhaps for other reasons, he could only use the name Zhi'an to warn the Queen and make her fear him.
But perhaps because of this, Lin Wanzhi wanted to kill her brother the emperor. However, Qingwu did not plan to tell Shi Yu that her brother the emperor died at the hands of Lin Wanzhi.
Some grudges were just for her to avenge. Fearing that the two would ask further questions, she changed the subject and said, "The day before the palace coup, I met Lin Qianning outside the city.
It was probably around that time when she sent the child back to the city that she said something to me. It was those words that made me never suspect her of involvement in the rebellion.
"What?"
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