On the wedding night, I beg Your Majesty to give me a soup

The Queen Mother thought Li Duanjin would be shocked, but Li Duanjin was very calm, as if he had already guessed it.

The Queen Mother asked curiously, "Do you know?"

Li Duanjin shook his head, "I guess."

Li Duanjin continued, "He Yameng painted a portrait of He Meiren for Er Chen, and Er Chen doesn't look like her."

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment and then laughed. She didn't expect Li Duanjin to be so smart.

But he was puzzled, "Then you still recognize Fan as your relative?"

"The people behind the scenes want me to do this, how can I disobey them?" Li Duanjin said jokingly.

The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction, "Your Majesty can stand alone, and the Ai family will feel relieved even if they die now."

"Mother." Li Duanjin interrupted the Queen Mother, approached the Queen Mother with a gentle expression, squatted down, leaned in front of the Queen Mother's knees, and said softly, "The grace of raising me is greater than the heaven, and my son will always be your biological son."

The Queen Mother looked at the child she had raised with her own hands and wiped away tears excitedly, feeling deeply moved in her heart.

"Mother, please don't do stupid things again. My son still needs your company to enjoy family happiness." Li Duanjin said with a look of fear.

The Queen Mother reached out and touched Li Duanjin's head, her eyes loving and gentle, "The emperor needs the Ai family, and the Ai family can't bear to leave the emperor."

After the Queen Mother calmed down, she slowly told the thrilling story of more than 20 years ago.

"Speaking of your life experience, we have to start with another story." The Queen Mother looked into the distance. "After your father ascended the throne, the Nanman deliberately provoked disputes. There were frequent frictions on the border between Datong and the Nanman. Your father was young. He was so energetic that he led his own troops to conquer the area and defeated the Southern Barbarians to the point where they asked for peace."

"Your mother is the peace-seeking princess sent by the Southern Barbarian King. Your mother is truly unparalleled in beauty and beauty." The Queen Mother was really shocked when she thought about meeting that woman for the first time that year.

As soon as she appeared in Xuanzheng Hall, she immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Many people have guessed that the Nanman King is a beauty trap, and your father also knows it, so after your mother entered the palace, the late emperor did not favor her for half a year."

"Your mother is a smart person. She doesn't cry, make trouble, or compete for favor. Within half a year, if you don't mention her deliberately, it seems like there is no such person in the harem."

"However, your father finally fell in love with your mother and doted on her to the sky. In those years, no heir was born in the harem. Because he doted on her too much, he aroused dissatisfaction in the court. In order to quell the controversy in the court and continue the royal family Bloodline, your father made the Ai family pregnant."

"This also led to the conflict between your father and your mother. Your father got drunk and made He Fanxing, the maid next to your mother, pregnant. In fact, your mother was also pregnant with you at the time."

Why did my father take the risk even though he knew it was a honey trap?
Why was she the only one favored but never able to conceive an heir?
What kind of mentality did his mother have around his father at that time?

Li Duanjin listened quietly to the Queen Mother's narration. Although he had doubts, he did not interrupt.

"The Ai family injured themselves while giving birth to the princess, so they had a miscarriage when they were nearly three months pregnant."

"Your father made people conceal the miscarriage and let the Ai family pretend to be pregnant until they gave birth."

"That day, your mother and He Fanxing had seizures at the same time. Because your mother had difficulty in giving birth, your emperor summoned all the imperial doctors to your mother's palace, causing He Fanxing's child to be stillborn."

"After you were born, your father sent you to the Ai family and told the public that you were a child of the Ai family."

"So, your mother is Zhang Mulan, the late emperor's concubine, and the biological sister of Nanman King Zhang Chuan."

Long after Li Duanjin walked out of Cining Palace, the Queen Mother's words still echoed in his ears.

Although he had some guesses, it was confirmed that Concubine Zhang, who was famous throughout the first emperor's period, was his biological mother. He still felt very complicated.

Here Lin Youyi couldn't believe it when he got almost the same truth from Princess Yichang.

"Are you saying that Concubine Zhang was drugged by her brother and became infertile, so she never had any children during those years when she was favored?"

Princess Yichang sighed, "The late emperor would dote on Concubine Zhang so much if she didn't fight over her, and secretly heal her body. However, she had been controlled by poisons all year round, and she almost died during childbirth." "The emperor tried his best to save Concubine Zhang, but Concubine Zhang couldn't be saved It still hurt the roots, and it didn’t take long for the fragrance to disappear.”

Lin Youyi was full of melancholy, "Why did Concubine Zhang's brother poison her?"

Princess Yichang had seen too much of the court's treachery and disagreed, "Concubine Zhang has a marriage mission. When Zhang Chuan sent her out of Nanman, Concubine Zhang became an abandoned son. This can be seen from the fact that he asked He Fanxing to use medicine to restrain Concubine Zhang. .”

"What kind of person is Concubine Zhang?" Lin Youyi murmured, allowing the late emperor to pamper her alone and give birth to a unique child like Li Duanjin.

"Then what does grandfather have to do with this?"

"Your grandfather assisted the late emperor in ascending the throne. He was the person the late emperor relied on most. If the late emperor had anything inconvenient to do, he would definitely order him to do it. Your grandfather didn't say much to me."

Lin Youyi thought to himself that the late emperor concealed the news that Concubine Zhang had given birth to a child, gave the child to the queen to raise, and then killed so many palace maids and attendants. Why?
After thinking about it for a long time, Lin Youyi said goodbye to her grandmother and returned to the palace, but met Lin Hanshuang halfway.

Forsythia, who was waiting for Lin Hanshuang, saluted and said, "Kowtow to the Queen."

Lin Hanshuang walked towards Lin Youyi and said, "Sister."

"Why aren't you sleeping yet?" Lin Youyi asked.

"Still... not sleepy yet." Lin Hanshuang said, "My sister's palace is really big, and my sister wants to walk around more."

"Let Forsythia accompany you for a longer walk."

Lin Youyi looked at the direction Lin Hanshuang was looking at the gate, as if waiting for someone to show up.

Lin Youyi frowned, did Lin Hanshuang really have that intention?
Lin Youyi planned to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Lin Hanshuang.

But now, she has more important things to do.

Lin Youyi had not seen Li Duanjin since they said goodbye at the banquet, and Lin Youyi was worried about his condition.

Lin Youyi turned around and walked towards the gate.

"Sister, are you going out so late?" Lin Hanshuang felt that Lin Youyi was looking for His Majesty, and was about to ask Lin Youyi to take her with him.

Lin Youyi replied, "I'm going to find your Majesty. It's not convenient for you to go out dressed like this."

Lin Hanshuang looked down at the tulle she wore before going to bed, and immediately stamped her feet angrily.

When he looked up again, Lin Youyi was gone.

Ping'er looked at the darkness outside. Lin Youyi didn't call Feng Chaan, and she felt a little scared, "Mother, where should we go to find His Majesty?"

Heshun said, "Manager An asked someone to send a message. His Majesty left Cining Palace and headed towards Xuanzheng Palace."

"Go to the Xuanzheng Hall." Lin Youyi said.

When they arrived at the Xuanzheng Hall, Zhang Jing said that His Majesty had not returned.

"Then where can Your Majesty go?" Ping'er muttered.

Lin Youyi thought of a place where he needed to go through the Xuanzheng Hall.

"This way." Lin Youyi pointed in the direction. It was pitch black over there, not even a palace lantern.

(End of this chapter)