Chapter 1312 Secret 12
Everyone in the study was smart. Seeing Fang Po like this, they could tell that she was hiding something.
"Po Fang, do you know why Princess Changyang's children have been murdered so many times?" Old Chen asked.
Grandma Fang looked at Old Chen and said, "My young lady and Miss Ruyue have a very good relationship. The next generation of children only visit during the New Year and rarely interact with each other. Many things we know are only heard from the outside world."
"Because I suspect Princess Changyang is a descendant of a noble lady, this story has to start from decades ago when the noble lady returned to her hometown to worship her ancestors..." Old Chen told Fang Po the story of Concubine Chun's return to her hometown with a slight modification.
The noble lady was killed while pregnant and her life or death was unknown. Later, those who were hunting her traced the cause back to the eldest daughter-in-law and grandson of the Xiao family in Huaiyang, and suspected that the eldest grandson of the Xiao family was born to the noble lady.
It was many years later when they found out. At that time, the eldest grandson of the Xiao family had married and had children, and his descendant was Princess Changyang.
Afterwards, the eldest grandson of the Xiao family died tragically while away from home, the two children of Princess Changyang died one after another, and even the current Princess Nanxiang was brutally murdered.
The more Fang Po listened, the more frightened she became. By the end, she couldn't help but tremble all over and held the wheelchair tightly with her hands.
Finally, she looked at Qian Fanji with red eyes, her mind full of thoughts.
Zhan Yi was an impatient man, and after half an hour he still hadn't figured out the reason. The old woman knew the truth but refused to say. If it weren't for her age, he would have really wanted to curse her.
Zhan Chi reached out and held his father down, so that he wouldn't mess things up at the critical moment.
Ye Qianning was silently thinking about some key points. Qian Fanji's grandmother and Princess Changyang's mother gave birth at the same time. Grandma Fang hesitated and said that according to the palace fighting drama, the two children might have been swapped, or the pregnancy might have been fake and a child was found as a substitute.
"We have sent people to Huaiyang to investigate what happened to Fang Po back then. There are assassins secretly obstructing us. It will take at least several months to find out the truth. Time is urgent now. If you know anything, please let me know." Qian Fanji bowed to Fang Po.
Fang Po's final ideological struggle collapsed with this bow. Fang Po took care of three generations of people, her young lady, the little lady, and the little lady married Qian Fu and had children, and she took care of two young masters who came one after another.
In her heart, she treated the young lady as a sister, the little lady as a daughter, and the two young masters of the Qian family as her own grandsons.
So she would never allow anything to happen to them.
Miss...I'm sorry.
"Miss Ruyue's child is indeed her biological child, there is absolutely no doubt about that." Fang Po said as she looked at Qian Fanji: "Your mother is not Miss Ruyue's biological child."
Qian Fan was stunned.
Qian Fu stood up suddenly.
Old Chen, Zhan Yi, Zhan Chi, Xiang Minghou, and Ye Qianning, who was still wondering about the outcome, all showed expressions of shock.
"How could Fang Po... Madam is not born by my mother-in-law, then... who is that?" Qian Fu's voice was trembling.
Qian Fanji almost didn't dare to think about it: "Fang Po..."
"When Miss Ruyue married into the Xiao family, it was the time when the Xiao family branches were fighting fiercely. There were too many dirty tricks in the deep courtyard, both openly and secretly. It was not easy for a woman to give birth to a child in the backyard of the house. Miss Ruyue sent a message to seek help from the young lady. At that time, the young lady was also pregnant. After much deliberation, he took Miss Ruyue to Jing'an Temple under the pretext of going up the mountain to pray for blessings. She stayed there for two months. After that, the Xiao family sent people to pick her up, but they were turned away by the abbess of Jing'an Temple. Later, one day, the novice monks of Jing'an Temple saved a pregnant woman. The pregnant woman was still alive, and the baby in her belly was premature. The abbess of Jing'an Temple also borrowed a few maids from Miss Ruyue. The woman gave birth to the child with one breath and passed away.
Both Miss Ruyue and Miss were about to give birth. They couldn't bear to see the crying babies, so they asked the nanny to carry them to their yard.
That night, Miss Ruyue and Miss gave birth to a baby girl, while Miss gave birth to a stillborn baby... "Grandma Fang recalled the scene at that time.
She will never forget the young lady's heart-wrenching voice in her life.
When everyone heard this, most of them already had some guesses in their minds.
"Huaiyang was in chaos back then. It wasn't just the Xiao family that was fighting. Several major families in Huaiyang were fighting like crazy, both internally and externally. The fact that the young lady gave birth to a stillborn baby was not announced. Instead, the young lady took the woman's child and announced to the public that she had given birth to a baby girl. In order to find out the murderer who poisoned her in the Xiao family, Miss Ruyue announced to the public that she had given birth to a stillborn baby. Her child was secretly sent to a mansion in the city that day. No one knew about this except the midwife and several maids who served her... Not even the son-in-law knew that the young lady had given birth to a stillborn baby." If Grandma Fang hadn't heard that someone was chasing her, she would have kept this matter to herself: "The young lady returned home after the child was one month old. The young lady wanted to tell the truth to the son-in-law several times, but it was obvious that the son-in-law loved the child very much. The words were on the tip of her tongue but she couldn't say them, and she never mentioned it again.
As for the Xiao family, Miss Ruyue was brought back to the Xiao family when the child was almost three years old. At that time, many people in the city also spread rumors that the child was not Miss Ruyue's, and several branches of the Xiao family also raised doubts. The old man was particularly fond of this granddaughter, so no one dared to say anything, and no one mentioned Miss Ruyue's affairs in Jing'an Temple again.
Grandma Fang was old and her mind was very clear. After she finished speaking, her sunken eyes turned red. She clutched her sleeves tightly and looked at Qian Fanji with worry and heartache: "Although your mother is not the young lady's biological child, the young lady has treated her as her own child since she decided to adopt her. The love she has shown for her over the years has not diminished because of her background, and the same goes for the young masters."
When Qianfu heard this, he felt a chill from the soles of his feet to the tip of his heart, making him tremble uncontrollably.
Cracks and disbelief also appeared on Qianfanji's indifferent face.
The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. After hearing this, no one could fail to understand the seriousness of the situation.
Ye Qianning had never expected such a deviation in the results. According to her previous speculation, Princess Changyang might be the descendant of the late emperor. According to Fang Po's description... the descendants of the Qian family might very well have the blood of the late emperor...
Emperor Beili had apparently found out that Concubine Xi had given birth to a child. As for why he targeted the Xiao family, it was probably because Chen Ruyue had spread rumors that she had given birth to a stillbirth and had sent a child away from Jing'an Temple that night, which misled them.
Even Emperor Beili always believed that Princess Changyang was of royal blood, so he wanted to cut off the lineage of the Changyang Palace.
If Nan Xiang were a man, he would definitely not live to this day.
Zhan Yi opened his mouth but couldn't say a word. It was too shocking. If everything was true, the child of the Qian family was the only child with the blood of the late emperor.
The Qian family was falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy and all the members were imprisoned. Mrs. Qian also passed away at that time.
Now the Qian family doesn't even have Beili nationality—
The bloodline of the late emperor doesn't even have its own nationality—
Zhan Yi couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, thinking about the late emperor who must have felt bad.
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