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After Xu Shiqiu led Yan Ye here and met the Empress Hu, he was prepared to bring Dong Shu and leave. After all, it was not good for them to listen to what the ancestor and grandson had to say.

Although Dong Shu was not as smart as her husband, she still understood the rules that they had to follow. She knew that what she should do the most now was to quickly leave with her husband.

Even if he didn't go straight home, he should have found a distant courtyard to stay away from.

Only, the two of them did not expect that although Empress Hu was staring at her grandson, she was also paying attention to them from the corner of her eyes.

Seeing that the couple wanted to leave the yard, he hurriedly said, "There's a stove and snacks in the side room. The two of you go heat up some water to make tea and wait for a while, you don't have to go far."

With Empress Hu saying this, Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu felt too embarrassed to immediately leave the courtyard, let alone return home.

But they were all in the same courtyard, afraid that the Empress Hu and Yan Ye would hear something if they were to speak too loudly.

When Xu Shiqiu led Dong Shu into the side room, they saw not only a stove with fine charcoal on it, but also a few expensive tea leaves and jade spring water. There were also a lot of different pastries and dried fruits. One glance was enough to tell that they were well-prepared.

Looking at all of these things, Dong Shu asked Xu Shiqiu helplessly: "Empress, have you calculated what happened today?"

"The Empress just did not guess it all, so I'm afraid she guessed quite a bit." After all, Yanzhu was indeed not in the capital, and other people might not be able to find him, but if the Empress wanted to know, she only needed to ask the Mama Yan. And the Empress knows very well of Yan Ye's feelings. " There were very few girls that could make Xu Shiqiu admire them, but the Empress Hu was one.

Back then, if the Wu Gu wasn't so serious, and Ye Jingche and her son and the Liu Family weren't so ruthless and anxious, the Empress Hu might really be able to protect the crown prince's family.

That was why in the end, she was able to make Consort De willingly continue to lower her head and act as if she was small. However, Consort De and his brother-in-law was extremely grateful to Empress Hu, and did not even hesitate to marry Ye Xuan to reassure him.

Dong Shu didn't understand so much, but after hearing what Xu Shiqiu said, the respect in his heart for the Empress Hu grew even deeper.

The two of them did not know how long Empress Hu and Yan Ye would talk, so they could only start boiling water to make tea. However, it was rare for the two of them to calm down and do such a thing, and it was rather fun.

As for the main house, after Empress Hu and Yan Ye's grandfather entered, Yan Ye immediately knelt in front of Empress Hu with a 'putong' sound.

Seeing Yan Ye kneeling down, the Empress Hu did not immediately wake him up, but stared at him, and said: "Yan'er, you are truly unfilial!"

Upon hearing Empress Hu's words, Yan Ye's eyes turned sour, and she forced herself to cry as she replied: "Yes, this grandson is unfilial."

Hearing her eldest grandson admitting that she was unfilial, Empress Hu's expression became much better. She stared at Yan Ye for a while, then said: "Stand up, of course you know you're unfilial. I already heard about Yanzhu's matter, the two of you were too careless, luckily not many people knew about it, when we return today, Grandmother will definitely help you guys clean up. "

Ever since Yan Ye was young, he knew that his grandmother's schemes did not surpass the emperor's only because of her daughter's family identity.

Later on, when she entered the palace, because of her feelings for that person, she had to put up with all the other girls in the harem. Later on, when something happened to her family, her heart was probably dead.

With that thought, Yan Ye also slowly got up. Following Empress Hu's instructions, he walked to the side and sat down on a chair, then said: "Back then, it was indeed because of grandson and Yanzhu's carelessness. Fortunately, Jiang Han was advised by the Xu Family in time." Yan Ye didn't mind adding more glory to Xu Family at this time, but he knew his grandmother's capabilities and didn't dare to exaggerate too much.

Now that Empress Hu found out that his eldest grandson was still alive, and that his beloved girl was already satisfied with her pregnancy, thinking about how her great-grandson would carry her in a few more months, she looked at Yan Ye with an even more joyous expression.

"Tell Grandmother how you escaped and what happened next."

When Yan Ye heard his grandmother's words, he was shocked. He raised his head and looked at his grandmother, and seeing that her expression was normal, he knew that his grandmother had truly let go.

"When my family was imprisoned in the crown prince's mansion, father sensed that something was wrong. When he found out that it was General Xu guarding our family, he thought that it was a false alarm, but he still sent a message to Elder Sun, telling them to work together with General Xu to investigate what was going on." Speaking of what happened that year, Yan Ye was truly saddened, but if his grandmother wanted to hear it, he could only describe her in detail.

"I just did not expect them to move so fast. Before the Elder Sun even arrived, the crown prince's mansion had already caught fire, and most importantly, we felt that we did not have any strength left in our bodies, as if we had been drugged. That would mean that General Xu would be waiting outside for Elder Sun. When he saw the Main Yard catch fire, he immediately wanted to arrange for people to rescue our family, but father hesitated for a moment. Just at that moment, the great flames burned to Main Yard, so it will definitely be very difficult for us to escape. "

Thinking about General Xu who wanted to rush in and save her after seeing the fire, Yan Ye couldn't help but sigh, "Father said that it was our family's calamity and that he had let down our grandmother. However, the wet nurse ignored father's scolding and changed the clothes between me and my brother, and together with Father, she threw me out from the fire. Before I fainted, I only remember that General Xu risked nothing to save me, and the next time I woke up, it was in Elder Sun's family's convoy heading to their hometown. "

"Your father is confused!" The Empress Hu did not care that Yan Ye was still narrating, she angrily opened her mouth and planned for Yan Ye's words. After a moment of shock, she continued, "Continue."

Yan Ye looked at his grandmother and saw that she was only angry and did not feel that there was anything wrong with it. He then continued: "Although I was saved, because I was drugged and my skin was burnt afterwards, and because I was unwilling, I stayed at the Sun family to rest for half a year before I could recover. "When I recovered, I found out that General Xu was saved in order to hide it from me, and that he couldn't save Father and the rest due to guilt. He was executed without a word of explanation."

"Xu Zhenbei is a good person. He feels that he has let down the royal family, and is willing to die for the sake of bearing the wrath and sin of his master." The Empress Hu knew Xu Zhenbei's personality very well. Ever since he had been promoted by the Prince Duan, he had always felt that his life was the doing of the Ye Family.

That was why he chose not to defend himself and allowed Ye Jingche and the Liu Family to splash dirty water on him when he saw his own family being burned to death.

Because he knew that the Emperor Ruikang had lost his son, the crown prince. He was not willing to lose his other son.

This person could not be the emperor, nor could he be the biological son of an emperor that he was reluctant to part with. Thus, he could only accept the crime of not being well guarded, and bear the anger of the Emperor Ruikang.

It was just that Xu Zhenbei had perhaps forgotten that Emperor Ruikang was no longer the wise and wise emperor when he had just ascended to the throne. Because he had personally imprisoned his own son, after what had happened, although Xu Zhenbei had become his loyal servant and held him accountable, the Emperor Ruikang had no way of protecting his family.

Back then, if not for Prince Duan's help, his Xu Family might really be unable to protect his family's lives.

It was fortunate that the ministers in the imperial court had not been completely dumbfounded. They all knew who Xu Zhenbei had taken the blame for, which was why under the leadership of Prince Duan, they had spared no effort in protecting the entire Xu Family family from being implicated.

Yan Ye obviously knew of all this. It was because he knew of all this that he hated his grandfather, whom he had always respected, after knowing that old lady Xu Family had brought his entire family away from the capital.

He had always thought that this matter was because of Ye Jingche and the Liu Family, but it was because of the matter of Xu Zhenbei and Xu Family that he managed to see clearly, that this matter was actually the Emperor Ruikang, the overlord who should be blamed the most.

As for his father, the reason for his hesitation back then was either because he was unwilling or because he still harbored illusions about his Royal Father s. However, his father never would have thought that he was not the only one who had died in the sea of fire, but rather everyone else in the crown prince's household.

He was willing to use a fire to prove his innocence, but what about the others? But they were all innocent people who would die.

Yan Ye did not understand this logic previously, but after travelling the martial arts world for many years using Yan Ye's identity, he finally understood that those servants were people too. Although they were servants of his family, their family still owed them their lives.

It was for this reason that Yan Ye was unwilling to expose his identity and once again live a luxurious life.

He wanted to use his entire life to repay his father for making a wrong decision, but as for his grandchildren, he didn't care.

However, as long as he was alive, he would not recognize himself as the first son of the crown prince.

Empress Hu also knew her own son's personality. After the incident with the 'Magus Gu', he should have been extremely confident that his Royal Father was only angry for a moment, and would release his entire family after imprisoning them for a short period of time.

However, he had forgotten that in front of such a thing, Emperor Ruikang was first a monarch who watched his son mature while he himself aged. Only then, was it possible that a father who doubted the authenticity of this matter.

After thinking about all these things, Empress Hu realized that her eldest grandson's attitude towards Emperor Ruikang was off. After thinking about it for a bit, she understood what was going on.

She did not advise Yan Ye to stop hating the Emperor Ruikang, and only opened his mouth to look at him and ask: "Then what do you plan to do in the future, to not recognize your ancestors just like this, so that your parents will not be worshipped in the future?"

The Empress Hu didn't add him because she was the empress. As long as she was still the empress of one day, and the descendants of the Emperor Ruikang had to pay their respects to their ancestors, they had to offer sacrifices along with her.

Most importantly, she was still alive, and was able to personally witness the birth of her great-grandson. That was why she didn't bring him along.

Hearing the Empress Hu's words, Yan Ye was stunned: "I originally planned to see Grandmother after I ascended the throne as the new Emperor. As for changing to the matter of taking on father and mother's joss sticks, I have always had a memorial tablet for father and mother in the house I rented." As for his name, he was already used to using the name 'Yan Ye', so it would be alright if he did not change it.

Empress Hu was such a shrewd person, she understood what Yan Ye meant when she heard him.

After she thought for a bit, she then looked at Yan Ye and said, "Last year, the imperial physician checked his pulse and told him that if he didn't recuperate meticulously, he would at most live another year. Now, he only has half a year left. However, he was quite angered on New Year's Eve. Even without the Imperial Physician's pulse examination, Grandmother knew that even if he didn't sit in that seat, he wouldn't be able to hold on for half a year. "

These words, Empress Hu had only hinted at Dong Shu before, but now that she was facing her own grandson, Empress Hu directly told him an accurate time.

When he heard that that person could live for at most another half a year, Yan Ye's heart trembled. After that, he looked at Empress Hu and said: "I wonder if Grandmother will be able to leave the palace then.

Yan Ye's words made the Empress Hu feel comfortable listening to it. After all, Sun'er didn't say anything to ignore her.

Previously, when she did not know that her eldest grandson was still alive, Empress Hu was prepared to find a place to stay in another palace after Emperor Ruikang's death, and completely hand over the palace to Consort De's mother and son.

However, when she found out that her eldest grandson was still alive, and that she had to carry her little great-grandson, she naturally wanted to follow her grandson.

"Don't worry about this matter. Grandmother has already made some arrangements. Now that I know you are still alive, I just need to make some changes to the arrangements." After all, Ye Jingxing knows about your existence too. Since he knows, then when Granny will leave with you, he will only help to cover it up. "

Empress Hu only wanted Emperor Ruikang to die quickly so that she could arrange for him to leave the palace and take care of his grandson.

But Empress Hu knew that she could only watch as Emperor Ruikang died, but she couldn't make a move at this time.

Otherwise, Prince Duan would definitely not let her go.

No matter how bad the monarch was, he still doted on his little brother, Prince Duan, like his son.

Yan Ye also knew his grandmother's concerns, so after hearing her words, he nodded and promised: "Then this grandson will write to Yanzhu in two days, and have her arrange some servants to clean up the house, and also find some things for her to do. Third Aunt said that for pregnant women to have things to do, it will be easier during childbirth."

Empress Hu has also had children before, so after hearing Yan Ye's words she nodded her head: "That's right, now Grandmother will not send anyone to give it to you, but I believe that the Xu Family will not ignore Yanzhu as well. Originally, I had planned to leave half for your Third Aunt and half for your Hu Family. But now, it looks like I ought to leave a portion of it for my great-grandchildren. "

As they spoke of this, the grandfather and grandson duo began to laugh.

Although Empress Hu wanted to talk more with his grandson, she knew that Yan Ye's identity was not something that could be revealed for the time being. After all, there was one crime that Ye Jingche had that day that caused his entire crown prince's mansion to burn to death.

Right now, everything would wait until the end of the year and after Ye Jingche was dealt with, before proceeding.

However, to Empress Hu, it was already the happiest thing to know that her eldest grandson was still alive.

However, this happiness had turned into monstrous rage after another rumor had spread through the capital ten days later!