At that time, she was raising Princess Yuening. One day, Princess Yuening suddenly fell seriously ill, and the imperial physicians were urgently summoned to treat her. They said that the princess had been poisoned, and it was found that it was Consort Lian who had poisoned her.
Consort Lian was immediately sentenced to death, and it was at that time that Consort Yun gave birth to the little prince. "Lu Junyuan explained.
Su Ruojin understood what he meant. "You suspect that Consort Lian gave Princess Yuening the Manluosan, and that the Empress transferred the Manluosan to the young prince?"
“Yes, that’s why Dapu was hit by the Manluo San,” Lu Junyuan said.
Su Ruojin shook her head. "No, it takes time for the poison to be transferred. You said that when the little prince was born, the empress sent people to kill him. At that time, the wet nurse had already run away with the child. The empress didn't have time to transfer Princess Yuening's poison to the little prince."
Besides, if the Empress is going to kill the young prince anyway, why go to all this trouble? There are so many children in the palace; she could just pick one at random. There's no need for such a complicated process.
"But if that's not the case, where did the poison in Dapu's body come from?" Lu Junyuan also realized this problem after Su Ruojin reminded him.
Su Ruojin shook her head. "I don't know, but there must be more to it than meets the eye. Besides heterochromia, do you have any other ways to prove the young prince's identity?"
Now that the late emperor is dead, a blood test for kinship is not possible. We can't just bring in any child with heterochromia and say he is Prince Xiaoyue.
"According to the wet nurse, in addition to having heterochromia, the little prince also has seven moles on his back. Furthermore, Consort Yun placed a red jade bead in the little prince's swaddling clothes and told him to take it with him."
This red jade bead was given to Consort Yun by the late emperor before he went to war. As long as one is of royal blood, if blood is dripped onto the bead, the bead will turn from red to golden yellow. With this bead, the identity of the young prince can be confirmed.
When Empress Wu discovered that the baby she had killed did not have heterochromia, she forced Consort Yun to reveal the child's whereabouts, but Consort Yun refused to speak.
When Empress Wu tried to use Princess Xiyue, the daughter of Consort Yun, to threaten Consort Yun, she discovered that Princess Xiyue had also disappeared.
In order to find the whereabouts of the young prince, Empress Wu imprisoned Consort Yun in the Cold Palace on the grounds that she had failed to protect the imperial heir.
Empress Wu then secretly sent people to search for Quan Xiaoyue. If any family found a male infant with heterochromia (different colored eyes), they were to kill him. Fortunately, apart from the young prince, no other male infants with heterochromia were born that year, thus preventing the wrongful deaths of innocent babies.
Having said that, Lu Junyuan didn't hide anything.
Seven moles?
Su Ruojin remembered that Yuan Hong also had it.
As for the Red Jade Bead, Su Ruojin seemed to have seen a red bead on Aya's hand. If this bead belonged to Dapu and Aya was his sister, it would be normal for the bead to be worn by Aya.
So Aya is Princess Xiyue?
Judging from Lu Junyuan's appearance, he probably doesn't know about Aya's existence, let alone what happened between Aya and Dapu back then.
Given Yuan Hong and Da Pu's wariness, they naturally wouldn't tell Lu Junyuan about Aya's situation.
There are still many doubts about the whole thing, and Su Ruojin doesn't plan to tell Lu Junyuan about Aya for the time being.
What is certain now is that Dapu is indeed safer here than outside, and the same goes for Yuan Hong.
If Empress Wu discovers that they both have heterochromia, she will surely eliminate them to put her mind at ease.
“Yuan Hong, you stay here and take care of Da Pu. After this matter is settled, you can come back to Da Chu with us,” Su Ruojin said.
Yuan Hong, who had overheard the whole thing, understood the seriousness of the matter and naturally had no objections. "Okay, Sister Jin, don't worry, I will take good care of Dapu."
"Young Master Lu, do you know what color the little prince's heterochromatic eyes are?" Xiao Yanchu asked.
Knowing the color would also help in confirming the young prince's identity.
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