Chapter 413

Jian Li Miao was right, Emperor Duanhua did know some secrets that could not be proclaimed.

The secret was so unpleasant that Emperor Duanhua didn’t even have the courage to discuss it with his married wife, Empress Wei, let alone tell anyone else!

“Father has been at the end of his strength since April of the twenty-second year of Xianjia, let alone allowing concubines to attend to their beds!” Thinking back to the secret report from the court judge of the Imperial Hospital not too long ago, Emperor Duanhua only felt anger rising from his heart, “Then how did the King of Qing, born to the Nuan Tai Fei, come to be?!”

King Qing was born on the eleventh day of the third month of the first year of Duanhua, counting the days, he should have been conceived in the month when Emperor Xianjia was dying.

At that time, Nuan Tai Fei, who was still a Nuan Beauty, had been serving Emperor Xianjia, while Empress Su, saddened by the failure of her own son to take over the crown, had already disregarded the affairs of the palace.

So the palace exams during that time could not be said to be in chaos, but there was slack in many places.

In this case, after Nuan Tai Fei was pregnant, she said that she served Emperor Xianjia on such and such a day of such and such a month, and after checking that the Tong Shi had not recorded it, everyone thought that the palace staff in charge had neglected their duties, and after punishing that palace staff, they made up for it – because this kind of omission of records had happened before.

Not to mention the fact that Emperor Xianjia was recognized as a wise and powerful man except for the one thing that he was criticized for, the slaughtering of his hands and feet, so who would have thought that he would be cuckolded?

If it is not responsible for the Emperor Xianjia diagnosis and treatment of the Imperial Hospital Hospital judge is old, not a few days of life, and no children, thinking in the end to serve the late emperor a, can not bear to take this secret into the coffin, quietly reported to the end of the emperor of the words, the end of the emperor is afraid to think that the King of the Qing dynasty is now his own brother!

Of course with Emperor Duanhua’s trust in Jian Xu Bai, he had not thought of his own cousin when he had only begun to suspect King Qing’s lineage.

However, the results of the investigations that he had sent down pointed to Jane Void White without fail!

One of the things that made him most suspicious was that during the time when Emperor Xianjia was in a coma and the seizure of the Crown Prince was at its most intense, Jian Xubai went to Xuanming Palace to serve his illness at the request of Empress Wei, who was still the Crown Princess.

According to the rules, this situation in and out of the palace exams, the things brought with them should be recorded and checked.

When Jian Xubai entered the palace, there was a white jade hairpin in her belongings, but when she left the palace, it was nowhere to be found – at that time, Ji Su’s explanation to the guards was that it had been accidentally broken, and she had thrown it away.

The guards are aware of the status of Jian Xubai noble, since they will not pursue such a small matter, sniffed and recorded a sum of money also did not follow up on the question.

But now …

Duanhua Emperor looked at his desk – flawless sheep’s fat jade carved into bamboo, the whole hairpin exquisite and ancient, traces of age at a glance, definitely not everywhere objects. If you lightly touch the head of the hairpin, the hollow mechanism will be revealed. Emperor Duanhua has already asked a trusted doctor to examine the hairpin, and the antidote pills have been put in this hairpin.

It was the kind of antidote pills that were set aside in the bowl of medicine that Consort Nuan had served to Emperor Xianjia back then!

This hairpin was secretly searched by Emperor Duanhua’s men from the dark compartment of the Nuan Tai Consort’s bedchamber.

According to the guards who led the order, the hairpin was wrapped inside and outside three layers in a glazed box, which shows how much the Nuan Tai Fei cherished it!

How could Emperor Duanhua not be suspicious of Jian Xu Bai?

That’s right, when Emperor Xianjia died in Cuihua Mountain, Jian Xubai went to the palace to console the Empress Dowager and Empress Su, and met the Nuan Tai Fei in the middle of the journey. Now I think it may be that after having a private meeting with Mrs. Nuan, Jian Xu Bai was afraid of being seen in the dark, so he went to his place to report it first.

Duanhua emperor is truly Jian Xubai as a younger brother to see, he because very young when he was established as a prince, by the emperor of Xianjia personally brought by the side of the teaching, and biological mother Cui Guifei do not get along with not much, and with the younger brother of the same mother Liang Wang did not have too many chances to see each other.

After Jian Xu Bai was raised by the Empress Dowager, because Emperor Xianjia served his mother with great filial piety, even though he was busy with political affairs, he would often visit the Empress Dowager in person – when he went, he would bring along Emperor Duanhua, so Emperor Duanhua could be said to have watched Jian Xu Bai grow up.

So if Jian Xu Bai made any other mistakes, what with his corruption and straw man, he could pull the plug.

Even if Duanhua Emperor’s own second prince indirectly due to this cousin uncle died prematurely, the crown prince not long ago was also involved in the broken leg, Duanhua Emperor sad to be sad, but always did not hold a grudge against this cousin.

There was only one thing that wouldn’t work: offending Emperor Xianjia.

After all, the late emperor is not only the emperor’s biological father, but also the emperor’s ascension to the throne of the emperor’s dedication to a lifetime – since the ascension to the throne, every time you meet the tricky things, recalling the emperor’s care and support of the Emperor Xianjia when he was still alive to the emperor’s throne, the emperor could not help but shed tears in private.

–If King Qing really had anything to do with Jian Xu Bai, Emperor Duanhua felt that there was no way he could forgive this cousin!

But he simply couldn’t say such a thing, let alone summon Jane Void White back to the Imperial Capital to confront him.

This is why this time, Princess Mao self. After the end of the Duanhua Emperor took the opportunity to euphemistically express his anger towards Jian Xubai, hoping to use the impeachment of the imperial historian to force Jian Xubai to return to the court as soon as possible to defend himself.

He just had a chance to figure out who, exactly, had trampled on Emperor Xianjia’s dignity?

“Counting the time, A Xu should almost have received the news, but I don’t know when he’ll be back?” Emperor Duanhua looked out of the window of the palace where the grass was growing and the warblers were flying, feeling endlessly troubled, “After he comes back, how am I supposed to find out the truth without him noticing?”

There is a silver incense burner on the imperial case, which is lit with refreshing spices, specifically to allow the emperor to loosen up when he is reviewing the zhangzhi.

Polished smooth incense burner mirror is also like, very clear out of the moment of the nine to five – than before the throne of a lot of calm, the emotions between the eyebrows also gradually learned to hide, there is a trend towards the development of joy and anger.

However, when Emperor Duanhua looked down, the first thing he noticed was a few inconspicuous silver threads at his temples.

A great sense of frustration suddenly came over him.

He’s only twenty-eight years old!

Not yet a man, but already a man with gray hair – and what has he worried about?

The road to the throne was paved for him by Emperor Xianjia, and even the auxiliary ministers of the new dynasty had been arranged.

Since the reformation of the Yuan, neither has there been any major natural or man-made disasters, nor met with turmoil and rebellion, so far the most troublesome thing in the Duanhua dynasty, about the smallpox of Cuihua Mountain, the death of a second prince.

Under these circumstances, the new ruler, who had been practicing his throne for less than two years, was emaciated to such an extent that it was hard for Emperor Duanhua not to think: it was because he was too mediocre.

Therefore, in the view of Emperor Xianjia can be decided casually, he also needs to think carefully, carefully considered, before he dares to speak out to show down, lest it be underestimated by the ministers.

“Father!” The young emperor stared blankly at his reflection on the silver incense burner and muttered, “Has the child … disappointed you in the Nine Springs?”

Less than three months after succeeding the throne, the once ambitious Duanhua Emperor had already clearly realized how far his qualifications as a ruler differed from those of Emperor Xianjia. He was no longer naïve enough to think that he could surpass his predecessor – keeping the ancestral property and cultivating the crown prince into a bright ruler was the only goal he could hope to achieve.

But now, even to seek justice for his own father, he found it tricky, which really can’t help but make the emperor feel sad.

At this moment, far away in Liaozhou Jian Xubai, also feel very sad, “I and his majesty since childhood acquaintance, since the palace is like a full brother. Back then, when we marched with the army to conquer Wuhuan, His Majesty had vigorously blocked our way, and when we were captured, His Majesty had also tried his best to plead for me in front of my royal uncle. Afterwards, I also tried my best to help His Majesty to seize the Crown Prince – such friendship, I thought that even if there is a gap, it will be at least ten or twenty years later.”

“But I didn’t want to realize that now that His Majesty has been on the throne for less than two years, he has already grown suspicious of me!”

“His Majesty is not a mean and unforgiving person.” Song YiXiao didn’t know how to comfort him, but after a brief moment of sadness, Jian Xubai had calmed down, “Nor is he by any means unable to tolerate sand in his eyes, not to mention that I really can’t think of anything I’ve done that he can’t tolerate – now that his majesty hasn’t sent anyone to summon me back to the imperial capital to defend myself, or sent an envoy to come to LiaoZhou to rebuke me, but is directly showing his suspicion and dislike of me. He has not sent anyone to summon me back to the imperial capital to defend myself, nor has he sent an envoy to Liaozhou to rebuke me, but he has directly shown his suspicion and dislike for me.”

He paused, “This means that either the person counting me behind the scenes has his hands on me, and has made the evidence watertight, so that even if I personally arrived at the imperial court, I wouldn’t be able to refute it!”

“But from what I know of His Majesty, even if ironclad evidence points to ten thousand people, he’ll at least give me a chance to present my face!”

Song Yi smiled and asked softly, “That?”

“So there’s only one possibility, it’s not good to speak up about this kind of thing.” Jian Xu Bai’s gaze was icy cold as he said in a deep voice, “Even with His Majesty’s relationship with me, it’s not good to open up! So His Majesty can only use the death of Consort Mao as an opportunity to condone the imperial historian’s impeachment of me, so that he can find the cracks and deduce the truth from it!”

Song Yixiao didn’t know that Nuan Tai Fei had asked Jane Xubai to give her a child at one point in order to not be sent to the palace to wait for her death after Emperor Xianjia’s death – but with Jane Xubai putting words in her mouth right now, she could guess what was going on, “Could it be that his majesty suspects that you’re with the harem? ”

What else is there that first cousins, who have traveled together through the years of seizing the crown, can’t talk about?

The husband and wife coincidentally thought of the Nuan Tai Fei – after all, in the harems of the two dynasties, the one who was most likely to pass on ambiguities with Jian Xu Bai was this former Fei Nuan Princess!

After a moment of silence, Song Yixiao slowly asked, “What should we do now?”

“I’ll write a letter first and send it to Xue Pei!” Jian Xu Bai pondered for a moment and said, “We’ve been away from the Imperial Capital for a few days, so we’re not as well-informed as he is – not to mention that it’s too late to respond to a situation so far away!”

He was afraid that his wife would be worried, and he also felt a bit unable to say anything, so he hadn’t said anything about the fact that he had once rejected the Nuan Tai Fei until now.

In fact, he was now just as suspicious of King Qing’s bloodline as Emperor Duanhua.

After all, after Lady Nuan begged him to no avail, yet she still had a child and left the palace by the child – it was too much of a coincidence!

Then the Duanhua Emperor suspected to his own cousin’s head, whether Nuan Tai Fei saw the matter exposed, both in order to protect King Qing’s biological father, but also in order to retaliate against himself, so confessed that King Qing is his own child?

If that was the case, I was afraid things were even more troublesome than he thought.

It’s amazing how crazy a woman in despair can be, and the previously missing Princess Mao is a ready example.

What to do?

While writing the letter, Jian Xu Bai’s mind was whirling, thinking of countermeasures.

Jane’s family feud has just ended, his wife is in her prime, his young daughter is still ignorant, and he has a young sister-in-law at his knee – he can’t fall for these people! Daughter is still ignorant, the knee also foster a young sister-in-law – for the sake of these people, he can not collapse!