Chapter 455: Looks like Shu Fei?
Lord Qin looked through the list and found that only the Zong family had closer ties with his family. But how could the Zong family make a fuss in the Ministry of Rites over Qin Ye's grades?
This... this shouldn't happen.
The emperor asked word by word, "Have you found out?"
Qin Yian didn't dare to tell the Zong family, for fear of causing trouble to other families: "Your Majesty... there are a few friends of mine here, but they definitely won't make a scene at the Ministry of Rites because of my son. We don't know anything about this. Please understand, someone must have framed us..."
"Zong Jincheng, it's him, right?" The emperor interrupted him and blurted out the name.
Zong Zhao's eldest son and Luo Jingfeng's adopted son.
In the city of Manjing, apart from the children of the Luo family, this child is the only one who is related to Luo Jingfeng.
It just so happened that he was on the list, just below Qin Ye.
Lord Qin wanted to say something when he saw the emperor close his eyes and waved his hand outside, signaling him to leave.
Qin Yian knew that this was none of his business, so he quickly excused himself and retreated, preparing to ask Qin Ye when he got home whether the child knew anything...
The door of the study was closed.
The emperor dozed off on the dragon chair with his eyes closed, the pressure around him growing heavier.
Eunuch Huang held the list of candidates for the imperial examination and carefully comforted him, "Your Majesty, perhaps Young Master Zong is good friends with the child of Lord Qin, so he went to the Ministry of Rites to speak up for Qin Ye. The child also has good intentions and wants to seek fairness. You don't have to be too angry. Since Zong Jincheng is the son of General Zong, he must be of the same mind as you..."
The emperor interrupted him: "No, he is not of the same mind as me."
Eunuch Huang thought he was talking about Zong Jincheng, and quickly advised: "How could that be? The children who write good essays for the imperial examinations are all loyal to the court. Moreover, the child is still young. If he is well trained, he will surely be loyal to the emperor."
The emperor opened his eyes, which were filled with bloodshot.
He said harshly, "I am talking about Zong Zhao."
Eunuch Huang: “!!”
Eunuch Huang knelt down in fear and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. We only have General Zong to rely on now. Don't doubt him for this reason."
The emperor's suspicion was not groundless.
But I finally figured out the key.
"In the beginning, Luo Jingfeng adopted Zong Jincheng as his adopted son. I thought this was just a way for him to win over Zong Zhao, but his behavior was too obvious." The emperor clenched his fingers and said harshly, "Luo Jingfeng is a cold-hearted person. He didn't even take care of his own son. Why would he care about other people's children?"
Unless this child is born to someone he cares about very much.
Who is the person that Luo Jingfeng cares about so much?
Who gave birth to this child eleven years ago?
Eunuch Huang already had a name in mind, but he didn't dare to think about it any further. He was trembling with fear.
The emperor's gloomy voice rang out: "During the previous dance studio case, everyone in the capital suspected that Zong Jincheng was the prince's illegitimate son. I also asked you to borrow the purple brush to take a look at the child. You said that he didn't look like the prince, but he looked familiar."
"Is this familiarity because this child looks like Shu Fei?"
The long-lost name came from above, and Eunuch Huang fell to his knees with a thud: "Your Majesty... Your servant, I can't remember... Besides, Shu Fei's child died a long time ago. It died on the night Shu Fei gave birth. It was personally disposed of by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Eleven years ago, Concubine Shu pretended to be sick and secretly got pregnant, hiding it from everyone in the palace for half a year.
But the emperor is too suspicious.
He secretly investigated and found out that this beautiful woman was secretly pregnant with a dragon.
The Luo family is powerful, and Luo Shu wants to have a baby secretly. The emperor knows very well what the brother and sister are planning, so when Shu Fei is about to give birth, he reveals the news to Huaishui and lets the prince handle the matter personally.
The fifteen-year-old Chu Heng was both talented in civil and military affairs, and had great prestige both in the court and among the people. Everyone believed that the future crown prince would be this crown prince.
But the emperor was only in his thirties at that time, in the prime of his life.
On the one hand, he was proud of having such an outstanding child, but on the other hand, he was worried that Chu Heng would push him off the throne. He was uncertain and hesitant, so he decided to use Shu Fei's secret pregnancy to test Chu Heng.
Try to see if his eldest son is cruel enough.
The result came out quickly. Chu Heng was cruel enough. Not only did he deal with the evil child, he also killed Shu Fei.
Remove the mother and the child, cut the weeds and uproot them.
At the age of fifteen, he can be so cruel...
The emperor made up his mind at that time.
He couldn't let Chu Heng continue to grow like this, otherwise it would only be a matter of time before such a cruel son killed the king and his father!
So he let Huaishui secretly poison Chu Heng, while secretly making Chu Heng the crown prince.
They both hate him and need him.
The emperor did this for nearly ten years until the dance house case broke out. He discovered that the prince was not weakened by his frail health, and that the prince was even more popular among the people - he could be overthrown by this ruthless and powerful son at any time.
So he took action.
He asked the Huai River to increase the dosage of the poison so that the prince would sleep forever in that spring.
But--
But now he found out: it was wrong, all wrong.
It was all wrong.
The only one who died was the useless Shu Fei, while the real bastard was still alive and well, being raised under the noses of the Crown Prince and Zong Zhao.
Because of the prince's "cruelness", he took action against the most outstanding crown prince, but in the end he found out that the prince was not cruel, he was just stupid!
And I, who made the wrong move, was extremely stupid.
Not only did he lose the support of the Crown Prince, he also lost Zong Zhao's support. He lost all the power to compete with the Luo family!
The emperor laughed crazily, cursing as he laughed: "Good, good, good, my good son, my good prince, get rid of the mother and keep the son, get rid of the mother and keep the son! You have done the stupidest thing in the world!"
He overturned all the memorials on the desk, kicked over the entire desk, and finally picked up the dragon chair and smashed it to the ground, falling into a state of madness.
Eunuch Huang knew about this, but it was precisely because he knew it that he understood how devastated the emperor was right now.
The death of Concubine Shu that year caused the Emperor to start taking action against the Crown Prince, but the child who would really stir up the situation was still alive and was involved with Luo Jingfeng.
After Luo Shu died, Eunuch Huang still feels frightened when he thinks of Luo Jingfeng's murderous eyes.
The emperor's eyes turned bloodshot and he banged his head for a while. Finally, he sat on the steps, holding his head with his hands, shaking uncontrollably all over.
It's anger and fear.
He had to stay calm and prepare for the worst.
If Zong Zhao and Luo Jingfeng teamed up, what chances would he have of winning?
After much calculation, he found that he had no chance of winning!
The key lies in that evil seed.
The emperor raised his head, revealing a scarlet look. He ordered in a cold voice: "Send the commander of the secret guards here."