C340 The past is hard to bear(2)

After this incident, the midwife and many midwives were silenced. Except for Lady Li, who was chosen by Empress Xu, and Lady Liu, who had been serving the left wheat, everyone else was silenced.

Mrs Liu was two years older than Zuo Lian, and was assigned to a Xu family servant at the prime minister's palace. After she got married, she still served Zuo Lian, and she was very clear about her relationship with Xu Jingzi. When Zuo Lian entered the palace, she was pregnant and ready to give birth.

Although they said that they had chosen to be the wet nurse of the prince, she was, firstly, one of the many pregnant women, and secondly, trying to hide it from others so that the wet nurse wouldn't be suspicious of them. After all, the wet nurse had to be brought back to the palace.

After listening to Mrs Liu's narration, Helian Yu discovered that the truth was even more outrageous than he had imagined. Not only were Helian Peng and Helian Meng not of royal descent, but they were not even twin siblings. No wonder their looks and dispositions were so different.

Helian Yu sneered. Then, he asked, "Do you know the real 'birthplace' of the two of them?"

"I know. These two children were fated. Although they weren't twins, they were really born on the same day and at the same time …"

Mrs Liu continued to blabber on about some nonsense, but Helian Yu was completely unaware of it. He was only preoccupied with the ecstasy in his heart — the Yang youth and the Yang girl! The Compass of Helian Divine Art was indeed not wrong. It was indeed directed at the Helian brothers and sisters. No, it was directed at these two Western Beetles.

He almost impulsively wanted to leave the palace to find Helian's Divine Powers, but he restrained himself in the end.

Mrs Liu's words made him feel suspicious towards Empress Xu. His original doubts began to grow. Why did she know that Helian Yuan Chen definitely liked Zuo Lian's Buckwheat? It definitely wasn't purely because of her beauty. Otherwise, why would she not have spent her energy reprimanding more beauties to Helian Yuan Chen?

Empress Xu had kept Zuo Lian in the Residence of General, not just because of his beauty, not just because she wanted to offer her up to the emperor, but because she wanted her to be pregnant with the Xu family's flesh and blood, to overthrow the crown prince Helian Yu in the future, and to let the sparrow occupy the Dove Nest and sit on the throne!

As long as Helian Meng sat on the throne, and in the future, if Zuo Lianji died in an accident, he would definitely believe the words that Empress Xu had written about the 'descendants of the Xu family', allowing the Xu family to forever become the uncrowned king of the Northern Chu.

Empress Xu had plotted so much, but the most helpless reason was naturally that she herself had not been able to give birth to a child. Perhaps she had wanted to firmly control Helian Yu at the beginning, but an unexpected encounter with Zuo Lian made her think of another series of plans.

All these years, Empress Xu did not eliminate Helian Yu. She was probably secretly observing which of the two princes was more responsible and which was more suitable to be her puppet.

All these years, Helian Yu's prestige was at its peak. He had obviously completely exceeded the control of Empress Xu. She was even deeply fearful of him and did not dare to act against him easily. However, if he didn't know the truth of these facts, Helian Yu, on the account that she raised him, would have a certain amount of respect even if he didn't get close to her and wouldn't make things difficult for her.

However, after finding out the truth, another question surfaced in her mind — Empress Xu was so deep in thought that it made him wonder if Imperial Concubine Yu's death was related to her as well.

Imperial Concubine Wu had given birth to a prince. If her mother were dead, she would have raised the prince under her in public as the empress … This could explain why in the illusion she mercilessly slapped Helian Yu in the face while ordering people to carry Helian Yu there and venting her anger and vexation because he had peed all over her body.

That slap was not only due to Empress Xu's impatience in taking care of her child, but also due to her resentment and jealousy towards his birth mother, Imperial Concubine Yu.

Mrs Liu finally stopped from her rambling. She looked with astonishment at Helian Haoyuan's appearance as if he had gone on a journey to the heavens. She thought, "Why is the crown prince so expressionless?" He heard that Helian Meng couldn't compete with him. Shouldn't he be overjoyed? Why were there so many worries and doubts in his eyes?

Helian Yu finally recovered his wits. Looking at Lady Liu, he coldly said, "Left Imperial Concubine still doesn't know that she was a chess piece designed from the start, right?"

"Huh?" Mrs Liu was stunned for a moment. Actually, she had also vaguely thought of something. Empress Xu could not possibly be doing charity for no reason. She naturally had a purpose in bringing Zuo Lianji back to the Prime Minister's Residence.

"Since Empress Xu entered the palace, she has never been pregnant, and ever since my concubine was born, there has been almost no news of her. Although no one in the imperial household dares to speak out, I do not believe that no one has ever doubted her father's body."

Mrs Liu's eyes widened.

"Not only does Empress Xu want Imperial Concubine Zuo to have a child, she also hopes to have the descendants of the Xu family." Empress Xu not only wants Imperial Concubine Zuo to have a child, she wishes to have the descendants of the Xu family.

Mrs Liu could not help but bite her lower lip as her face gradually turned pale.

"I'm afraid it wasn't even a coincidence that Imperial Concubine Zuo's family fell to the ground all of a sudden. It was all because she had a face that was extremely similar to my mother's." "None of you have ever seen my mufei, so you naturally wouldn't know about this. However, Empress Xu knows clearly that she used royal father's longing for my mufei to recommend Imperial Left Imperial Consort to enter the palace. Royal father naturally has his eyes set on countless beautiful women."

Mrs Liu was extremely shocked. Recalling the sudden fall of the Zuo family and the sudden destruction of the Old Master Zuo, this was indeed strange.

Helian Yu stood up and took out a scroll from the desk drawer. He unfurled it in front of her and impressively drew a woman staring at him with a sweet fan in his hand. He did indeed look very similar to Imperial Concubine Zuo.

"So it's like that …" Mrs Liu muttered.

Helian Yu kept the scroll and said faintly, "If I want to save you, you have to do something for me."

Mrs Liu was frightened and raised her head to look at him. From his cold eyes, she could tell that he was terrified.

When Empress Xu saw the gunny sack Helian Shuai had ordered his men to carry inside, she was momentarily stunned. When she saw the bloodstains on the bed beneath the gunny sack, her expression immediately turned ugly.

A eunuch from the Eastern Palace replied respectfully, "To reply esteemed empress, His Highness the crown prince said he's already helped you out, so you don't have to worry about such trifling matters."

She gave the eunuchs a puzzled look. Upon hearing them open the sack, she saw that they had untied the knot at the end of the sack, and had opened it a little to reveal a disheveled head. Her long black hair looked as if it had been glued to her head, her face, and if she looked carefully, the purplish-black paste had not dried yet and appeared to be tainted with blood.

Empress Xu only glanced at it once before covering her mouth with her handkerchief in disgust. She turned her face away and said, "What is this thing? How dare you bring it to sully my eyes!"

"Empress, you haven't seen him clearly yet!"

Empress Xu waved her hand, instructing her personal palace maid, "Go and take a good look at the report!"

The palace maid smelled the thick scent of blood and felt disgusted. However, she had no choice but to cover her nose as she walked over.