He had long felt that the Queen's gaze towards Murong Qingyu was even more fervent than towards him. At the banquet ten years ago, when he saw Murong Qingyun, who looked almost seven points like the Queen, the suspicion in his heart quickly expanded and finally spread to every cell in his body.
Now this suspicion had become a deadly cancer in him. He was even certain that Murong Qingyun was the child of the Queen and Murong Qingyu. He even suspected that the Crown Prince was born in the palace after the Queen and Murong Qingyu committed adultery.
Unfortunately, the queen has never left the palace since she entered it, nor has she been pregnant. Before that, she was the saint of the Divine Religion and was said to have always stayed in the Divine Religion, so there is no way to find out what happened before.
Over the past few years, he has been trying to verify Murong Qingyun's identity, but he has never been able to speak.
Because once he opened his mouth, it would not only mean that he did not trust the Queen and the Grand Marshal, but even more terrifying was that Murong Qingyun had a private army of 400,000 soldiers. If he found out something that pushed him to the brink...
Although the imperial court still had an army of 800,000, it was not as formidable as the 400,000 elite soldiers trained by Murong Qingyu. If they engaged in battle with Murong's army, mutual destruction would be inevitable. The fear was that even if they managed to win, they would still be facing the threat of neighboring countries lurking behind them. Only then would South Vietnam be in real danger.
This is also the reason why, although he wanted to kill Murong Qingyu for so many years, he never dared to do it.
But the Imperial Concubine's words reminded him. The Emperor glanced at the Crown Prince, then at Murong Qingyun, and said, "If Zhen'er hadn't said it, I wouldn't have realized it. Now that you mention it, I remember that when the Crown Prince and Qingyun were little, they were often held together to play. Could it be that they were really taken by mistake?"
"Your Majesty!" At this moment, the queen was already sweating profusely.
Now that Qingyun was in the palace, no one could help him. If it was discovered that he was her biological son, the emperor would definitely catch them off guard. Then all their efforts over the years would be in vain.
"The Crown Prince is your biological son. You witnessed his birth and loved holding him every day. How could you be wrong? How could Your Majesty say such a ridiculous thing?"
"Sister, what you said is wrong. The Emperor has so many sons, and most of the court officials around him also had children at that time. The Emperor is busy with all kinds of affairs, and these children often play in the palace. It is common for him not to see the Crown Prince for several days or even more than ten days.
Children grow up quickly, changing every day. If you suddenly see them after not seeing them for more than ten days, it's normal that you can't tell if the child was accidentally swapped. Furthermore, the Crown Prince and Young Master Qingyun are 70% similar, so there's a possibility of a mistake, right, Your Majesty?"
The Imperial Noble Consort saw through Emperor Dezheng's thoughts and spoke even more boldly.
Emperor Dezheng, with the leverage provided by the Imperial Noble Consort, took advantage of Murong Qingyu's absence to summon his son to the palace alone. If the truth turned out to be as he imagined, he would immediately use the illegitimate child between the Empress and the Grand Marshal as evidence and destroy the Marshal's Mansion in one fell swoop. If the truth turned out not to be true, he could also use Ling Yingzhen as an excuse.
Thinking of this, Emperor Dezheng said, "Indeed, I have indeed forgotten what the Crown Prince looked like. If what the Concubine Zhen just said to the Queen is not true, you must apologize to the Queen."
The implication was that this was a drama staged by the Imperial Noble Consort, and he was just a witness, and it had nothing to do with him.
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