Emperor Mingde had an extremely complicated expression. He waved his hand, and there was a wave in the air. A shadow guard appeared silently, holding a rotten and tattered basket in his hands.
Although so many years have passed and the basket has mostly rotted away, the workmanship and material are still top-notch, and you can still vaguely see some of its original appearance.
What made Jiang Qianruo tremble uncontrollably was that among the many delicate patterns on the basket, there was a horizontal gap that disrupted the overall beauty and was out of tune with the other carvings.
That was because she didn't hold the basket firmly for the first time and cut a long line with the knife, ruining the workmanship of the entire basket. She had someone take it down and replace it with a new one.
Because of this, Zhong Li Che touched her already bulging belly and teased the child inside, "Look! Your mother destroyed your little basket. She must have deliberately not given it to our Yue'er. When you get out, I will definitely give her a good scolding!"
Because the two of them had a few words in argument about this sentence, she remembered it very clearly.
She had long forgotten these memories, but she didn't expect that the moment she saw the basket, she would suddenly remember them.
"It...why? Why is it here?!"
It was just a small basket. Neither she nor Zhong Li Che paid much attention to it back then. After having it taken away, they ignored it. They never expected that it would appear in front of them in this way many years later.
"It was buried with that family." The moment Zhong Li Che saw the basket, he also remembered the past.
He was basically certain in his heart that Zhou Yue was most likely their child, but he didn't know what had happened to them and how they ended up wandering around.
Jiang Qianruo took out Zhou Yue's jade pendant from his bosom with shaking hands and handed it to Emperor Mingde: "I asked someone to go to Zhou Yue's home and get it. Mrs. Zhou Liu said that when she found her, this jade pendant was on her body."
"When the Zhou family found Yue'er's swaddling clothes, they didn't know the situation and were worried that her enemies would come looking for her, so they burned them and only left this jade pendant for Yue'er to carry."
"She is definitely my child!"
Emperor Mingde took the jade pendant in his hand and rubbed it carefully.
After all, it is his first child.
He personally selected the material for this jade pendant and designed its shape. Even the word "Yue" on it was personally decided by him and made by the craftsmen. It can be said that he is very familiar with this jade pendant.
But now, there are actually two pieces of this jade pendant.
"Zhongli Che, I want to recognize my daughter." Jiang Qianruo calmed down his complicated and excited mood and looked at Emperor Mingde calmly.
It had been a long time since he heard Jiang Qianruo call him like this, and Emperor Mingde's mind was suddenly drawn back.
He was somewhat conflicted and helpless. "I also want to recognize my daughter. I haven't even seen her yet. I don't know what the child looks like now, nor do I know what her personality and temper are like. I also don't know if the husband she finds is good to her. I also want to hear her call me 'Father'."
"But now is not the time."
Things are already showing signs of happening, and the big fish is about to be hooked, so he can't alert the snake.
"Are you going to say it's for the overall situation again?" Jiang Qianruo sneered.
"I fought for this world with you. I believe you haven't forgotten how many injuries I suffered and how many times I risked my life for you. For your sake, you broke our oath. For the sake of the greater good, I haven't taken any action for so many years and handed over all the power I held. For the sake of the greater good, I have lived in seclusion and not participated in the harem struggles."
"As a result, my son died, and my daughter was replaced and is no longer my biological daughter. Now that I have finally found her, you still want me to do it for the greater good?"
"Do you think I have a good temper?"
Jiang Qianruo was so angry that he kicked the table that Emperor Mingde had just slammed into pieces, and looked at Emperor Mingde with serious eyes.
As long as this old man dares to say "for the overall situation" again, she, Jiang Qianruo, will dare to overturn the Yangxin Palace.
The eunuch outside felt his scalp tingle and his whole body tensed up when he heard the noise inside.
Eunuch Liu, however, was calm and composed, with his hands placed in front of him.
"Eunuch, you said the emperor wouldn't get angry later and take it out on us..."
"What's the rush? Any movement is a good thing! If you remain silent like before, then you'll have to be careful!"
The young eunuch behind him looked at Eunuch Liu with a confused look, not understanding what this was all about.
Eunuch Liu, however, relaxed his gaze into the distance.
There is no such thing as a couple without quarrels!
If it's still like before, and Her Majesty treats the Emperor as if he doesn't exist, then that would be a big disaster!
As the emperor's trusted chief steward, he knew the emperor's thoughts too well.
No matter what people say outside, the Emperor treats the Empress differently from the bottom of his heart.
Emperor Mingde looked at Jiang Qianruo's angry expression and took two steps back as if his body was conditioned reflex.
Huang Lao looked at him mockingly: "Why are you getting worse and worse?"
"Back then, when I was wearing patched clothes and had no money to spend, you dared to rush forward with a knife and fight someone because they teased my junior sister on the street."
"Now that you're the emperor, you're so timid that you can't even take action when your wife and children are wronged. I think your life as an emperor is really meaningless!"
"Junior sister, I think it's better for you to bring the child back with me to Medicine King Valley. Then you can do whatever you want. Even if you want to turn our Medicine King Valley upside down, I'll let you. If you don't want to stay in one place, then we can take the child and travel around. It's better than being confined to these four walls."
Emperor Mingde was so anxious that his eyes almost popped out of his head. "You are already this old and still refuse to give up! You dare to incite my wife to go with you in front of me? I will punish you!"
"Come on! Who's afraid of who?! When we get to the underworld, I'm not only going to have a good talk with Master about what you've done, I'm also going to have a good talk with your ancestors, Zhong Li Che, about you, this ungrateful, unfaithful, and unfilial descendant!"
Old Huang held his waist with his hands, fearless and ready to give it his all.
"Shut up!" Jiang Qianruo pushed away the two people who were fighting like cocks.
"I'll ask you again! Do you admit it or not?!"
Jiang Qianruo moved his wrist and looked straight at Emperor Mingde.
"Look at this jade pendant! It has two pieces! Before Xingyue left, she gave hers to Xiaoheng, and now another one has appeared here at Zhouyue's place. Don't you want to know why there are two identical jade pendants?"
"Also, this basket was in the palace back then. Why is it here now? Perhaps there wasn't just one maid involved with you back then! You're so eager to acknowledge the child before the investigation is complete. If these people find out, will it be harmful to the child?"
"Back then, Senior Brother personally tested the blood and found that the two drops of blood were mixed. How do you explain this?"
"Besides, the person is in the capital now and can't escape. What difference does it make if you admit it a day earlier or a day later? Don't you want to quickly arrest those people from the previous dynasty so that the child can live a peaceful life?"
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