Chapter 511 Xiao Hongye
Xiao Yanxu's face turned grim. "He's a fake. How would I know whose child he is?"
Xiao Yanxu didn't want to say it. If the court officials knew that he raised his sister-in-law's son without knowing it, wouldn't they laugh to death?
"...All you need to know is that Ming'en is my only son. Oh, by the way, did anyone see a giant golden phoenix flying towards the palace last night?"
Mu Jingbei: "I saw it."
Prince Rui: "My nephew saw it too."
"I saw it."
"I saw it too."
“…”
More than a dozen court officials witnessed the miracle of last night one after another.
The last person to speak was a white-haired, ruddy-faced elder from the royal family. "Ah Xu, a few of us elders saw it too. We rushed here early this morning to ask the emperor what's going on. Could it be that the giant golden phoenix is related to Ming En?"
"That's right." Xiao Yanxu took out the jade token and handed it to him, "Great Uncle, this is the jade token I personally designed and polished before Ming En was born."
The old prince took a closer look and found a little blood in the groove of the swastika. He touched it and wiped it off.
His eyes quickly noticed a special blurry mass inside, and the old prince instantly understood that it was the phoenix totem.
This is the symbol of the Xiao family's bloodline inheritance.
If the son is the eldest son born to the emperor, a golden dragon totem will be engraved on the jade pendant with dragon pattern.
"I remember Xiao Hongyi had a piece exactly like this one on his hand during his first birthday party."
Xiao Yanxu took out another jade token and said, "It's very similar, with a blurry look to it, but the imitator only copied it, not understanding the inner workings."
The old prince looked at the two jade tokens carefully again, then raised his eyes to study Song Mingen's face, "To be on the safe side, we need Mingen to do another blood test."
Wang Gui hurried over with a dagger.
"Wait a minute." The old prince stopped him, "Your Majesty, bring Xiao Hongyi here for the examination. He and Ming En have identical ears. What if Ah Xu and his wife had two sons? After all, the situation was turbulent back then."
"No need to bring him up here. How many sons do I have?"
The old prince looked at him. Ah Xu was such a playful person that he didn't even know he had a fake son for so many years. It was really possible that he didn't know how many sons he had. "...Did you keep an eye on your wife when she was giving birth?"
"I've been watching..." Xiao Yanxu suddenly remembered that he was dizzy for half a minute, and when he woke up, the child was born. Ningning was still unconscious at the time. "Okay, bring him up and make you convinced."
"God."
Mu Jingxing hurriedly took people to pick up Xiao Hongyi.
Xiao Hongyi came into the hall with an untidy beard on his face. He had lost his former composure and looked extremely embarrassed.
All the ministers sighed upon seeing this.
When Xiao Hongyi raised his eyes, he saw Song Mingen, who was dressed in gorgeous brocade clothes.
He actually looks so much like my mother!
When the little prince saw him looking at him, he pressed his little face tightly against Song Mingen's face.
Xiao Hongyi felt complicated when he saw this. The little prince was so close to Song Mingen!
When he held the little prince in his arms, he would complain that he was uncomfortable.
At that time, the little prince had no idea that he was not his biological cousin and thought that he just didn't like being held.
Now it seems that this is due to blood relationship.
Xiao Yanxu didn't want to waste time talking to him, so he took a dagger and cut his finger to drip blood on the jade token. When the blood filled the entire swastika jade token, there was no reaction.
I waited for a moment, but there was no response.
Xiao Yanxu quickly cleaned up Xiao Hongyi's blood and added Song Mingen's blood.
The moment Song Mingen's blood filled the swastika, the jade plate emitted a dazzling golden light.
Then the jade plate flew up, and a huge golden phoenix shadow flew out from the jade plate. It flew around Song Mingen several times and then flew out of the hall and flew towards the royal ancestral hall.
The court officials rushed out of the hall. A golden light shone brightly from the direction of the ancestral hall, followed by the sounds of phoenixes and dragons.
Xiao Hongyi didn't expect that the jade token would have this function!
After his biological mother came to him when he was ten years old, he tested the piece of his body with blood and it didn't react at all.
The reason he wasn't discovered for thirty-six years was that his father never suspected that he was not his biological son.
"Father." Xiao Hongyi knelt before Xiao Yanxu, crying and begging for mercy, "I am innocent too. I knew nothing about this, Father."
"You didn't know? That's right, you didn't know at first, but why didn't you confess to me later when you did? If you had confessed at the beginning, your mother and I would have thought you were a good child, but you chose to conceal it and even poison Ming En, and to avoid being exposed, you dared to poison the little prince and rush to rebel!"
"No, Father, I didn't!" Xiao Hongyi hugged Xiao Yanxu's thigh and cried and argued, "If I'm not your biological son, then I'm your adopted son. I've been filial to you all these years. Father, you can't disown your son."
"Get lost!" Xiao Yanxu kicked him away in anger. "I don't have a heartless adopted son like you. Your mother loves you the most, so how have you repaid her? You actually arranged for her to be imprisoned. If Ming En hadn't arrived in time to save her, she would have died. Is this what you call filial piety? Your filial piety is killing us!"
"Father, I really didn't do it..."
"Someone come! Take him away to me!" Xiao Yanxu didn't want to listen to him, nor did he want to see him!
Mu Jingxing called two imperial guards to cover Xiao Hongyi's mouth and drag him out.
Xiao Yanxu glanced at the court officials with an angry look on his face. The court officials quickly lowered their heads and dared not breathe.
Who are Xiao Hongyi’s biological parents?
They didn't dare to ask.
They can't talk about what happened today when they go back, this is a royal secret.
The Minister of Justice stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, confusing the royal bloodline is a grave crime. Xiao Hongyi and his son must not be forgiven! The person behind all this is a capital crime. Your Majesty, please order a search of the Gu family immediately!"
The ministers in the court are all shrewd people. Xiao Hongyi looks like Princess Gu, but he is not Princess Gu’s biological son.
There is no need to guess that the Gu family is also involved.
"I have arranged for Prince Mu to be fully responsible for this matter. Ah Gui, announce the decree!"
Song Mingen was renamed Xiao Hongye and conferred the title of Prince Xiaorong, and was appointed as the Censor of the Inspectorate.
Jiang Yunwan was conferred the title of Princess Consort of Prince Xiaorong of the first rank.
Because of her contribution in saving the little prince and because she was the adopted daughter of Song Mingen, Song Yu was conferred the title of second-rank princess.
Afterwards, all civil and military officials witnessed the grand scene of Song Mingen offering sacrifices to the ancestral tablets on the jade tablet in the royal ancestral temple.
The little prince couldn't bear it and returned to Weiyang Palace early.
"Yu'er, is your eldest cousin at the Royal Ancestral Hall right now?"
Xiao Hongyu nodded, "Father said we should go to the imperial mausoleum to offer sacrifices to our ancestors and pray for blessings in three days."
Concubine Qing asked, "Besides conferring the title of Prince upon him, has the Emperor granted him any official title?"
"The Censor of the Metropolitan Censorate."
Imperial Concubine Qing frowned slightly, "No one from the civil or military officials objects?"
"My eldest cousin is capable of doing a good job as an inspector. He has given excellent advice on all the matters raised by the ministers today. If I give him a small official position, within three years my eldest cousin might be able to lead the six ministries."
Concubine Qing couldn't help but feel a little worried. Song Ning'en seemed to be stronger than Xiao Chengqian, so wouldn't he be the regent in the future?
Xiao Hongyu knew what she was thinking as soon as he saw her expression. "Don't overthink it, mother. My eldest cousin is not Xiao Hongyi. Even if I inherited the throne, I wouldn't have the energy to handle state affairs. If it's not my eldest cousin who's the regent, then someone else will have to. Mother, I just want to rest and grow up peacefully."
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