"Yes, regarding the throne, he favors the Crown Prince. The Emperor has also discovered that the Xu family intends to rebel, so he wants to eliminate the Xu family before he leaves. In addition, my people have learned that the Emperor intends to marry Xu Yingying to the Crown Prince. He has already conveyed this intention to the Empress. Now we are just waiting for the Empress to take action and deal with Ren Nuanyun."
Shen Shuyan explained the matter to Qu Qingxi in detail.
"Therefore, I plan to do something with Ren Nuanyun. The Crown Prince still likes Ren Nuanyun, and from what I've observed, Ren Nuanyun seems to only want to be the Crown Prince's principal wife and wouldn't be content to be a concubine. It would be interesting if the Crown Prince and Ren Nuanyun had a falling out with the Emperor and Empress over this matter."
"Wait a minute, you can do something with the Crown Prince, but don't worry about Ren Nuanyun. Just have someone leak this information to her. Ren Nuanyun is a bit strange, so it's best not to have too much contact with her."
Ren Nuanyun has a system on her, and if either Ren Nuanyun or the system senses something, it will definitely take action in advance. Let them fight like dogs.
"That's true, you should be careful too." Shen Shuyan nodded. It would be the same to reveal the news to the Crown Prince; there wasn't much difference between the two.
"I have one more question." Qu Qingxi hesitated for a moment, but still told her about her background, which Zhou Wenli had previously told her.
Others may not know, but Shen Shuyan certainly knows the truth.
"What's wrong? Tell me."
"Is my father really Qu Lianhai?" Qu Qingxi asked cautiously.
"Of course, although Qu Lianhai doesn't love you, you are indeed Qu Lianhai's biological daughter. However, that old bastard Qu Lianhai dared to treat you like that before, and now he's getting his comeuppance." Shen Shuyan sneered.
Because of the Shen family's affairs, Qu Lianhai treated his wife harshly. After his wife gave birth to their child, he abused his own daughter. Now his daughter has entered the palace and married a middle-aged man who is about to die. How can this not be considered retribution?
"Why did you suddenly ask that? Is it because you feel that Qu Lianhai hasn't taken good care of you, so you feel like you're not Qu Lianhai's biological daughter?" Shen Shuyan looked at Qu Qingxi with heartache.
"No." Qu Qingxi shook her head. "Zhou Wenli made a deal with me before, about my background. He said that I am not actually Qu Lianhai's daughter, but a man under my grandfather's command. That man had a relationship with my mother. Moreover, when I was born, although I was premature, I looked like a full-term baby."
Therefore, Qu Lianhai thought I wasn't his daughter, which led to everything that followed.
"Zhou Wenli is talking nonsense!" Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Shen Shuyan flew into a rage, slamming his right hand on the table, shaking the entire room. His brows furrowed and his hair stood on end in anger.
It was rare to see Shen Shuyan so out of control and angry. Qu Qingxi also knew that this matter was probably just Zhou Wenli making things up. Look how angry Shen Shuyan has become.
Qu Qingxi moved her lips and blinked, but didn't say anything.
"Hmph, Zhou Wenli really knows how to talk nonsense. This is not the case at all."
"So that means I really am Qu Lianhai's daughter?" After Shen Shuyan calmed down a bit, Qu Qingxi continued to speak.
“Yes, although Qu Lianhai is a bastard, he is indeed your father. As for Zhou Wenli, he is talking complete nonsense.” Shen Shuyan nodded angrily.
"But why would he say that? Was it just to deceive me?"
"Qingxi, I know a little about this matter. At that time, there was a man under my grandfather who really liked my aunt, who is your mother. At first, my grandfather thought he was honest and fearless of power, and was a good prospect, so he planned to cultivate him well. However, who knew that as soon as he was promoted and had some power, he began to slack off."
Not only did he not strive for improvement, but he also abused his power to bully others. Later, when my aunt brought people to deliver food to my grandfather, the man, seeing that my aunt was beautiful, became incredibly lustful and took a liking to her. He even went to my grandfather's side and said that if my grandfather would marry my aunt to him, he would fight desperately to kill enemies in the future.
Grandfather, being discerning, naturally saw through his character and rejected him outright. To save face for him, he didn't mention the foolish things he had done in front of others.
However, he instead spread rumors outside, saying that he and his aunt were in love and so on, intending to ruin his aunt's reputation. Later, his grandfather found out in time, beat him up, and then assigned him to be kept in charge of something.
Later, he was also instructed by someone to say that his grandfather and the Shen family were traitors. His father was furious and used his last bit of connections to have him killed.
"It must be because he's been spreading such nonsense outside that Zhou Wenli made such a statement. My aunt is an innocent person; she would never do such a thing."
Qu Qingxi had suspected Zhou Wenli was lying to her before, but what he said at the time was reasonable and didn't seem fake. Now it seems that even Zhou Wenli was deceived by that person's words, which is why he thought he had grasped her most important secret and wanted to use it to control her.
Fortunately, it was just a hoax. She said that a young lady raised in a prestigious family could never do something so absurd and disrespectful of etiquette.
“I never believed Zhou Wenli’s words either, but I always had doubts in my heart. Now that I have asked him and know the truth, I feel much more at ease.”
“Yes, Xiaoxi, your mother was a very gentle person. I had memories of her back then. She was a very well-mannered, gentle, and beautiful woman. It’s just a pity that she married Qu Lianhai.” As Shen Shuyan spoke, his anger rose again.
"Yes, I know. Although I don't have much of an impression of my mother, I've heard that she was a very good woman when I was investigating some things." Qu Qingxi nodded.
Seeing that Qu Qingxi's expression was very sincere, Shen Shuyan was relieved. He was really worried that Qu Qingxi would not believe him. How could such a beautiful woman as his aunt be burdened with such a stigma?
"By the way, Xiaoxi, I know that you and He Liufeng saved Xu Yanyan's child, but his identity is not suitable for him to stay here. The Emperor is very suspicious. If he finds out about this, it will definitely cause you and He Liufeng a lot of trouble. You need to find a way to send him away as soon as possible."
When Shen Shuyan found out about this, he quickly sent people to suppress the news. If someone with ulterior motives knew about this, the emperor would definitely think that He Liufeng had ulterior motives. After all, why would a prince of the Ling Dynasty suddenly take in the young prince of the Zhou Kingdom? Although they meant well and had their reasons, others would not think that way.
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