Zhe Jinchun

Chapter 942

Qin Su couldn't help but blinked a few times, thinking for a while that she was wrong.

This little servant girl who was said to be born as an orphan, now dressed in gold hairpins, swept away her previous cautiousness, and looked like a lady.

How is this going?

Qin Su couldn't keep calm any longer, only felt a burst of confusion in his head.

At this time, Huan Shisanniang—or A Pu—also glanced at Qin Su.

When he saw her, A Pu also seemed surprised, his eyes opened wide, and he opened his mouth to call out "Sixth Lady", and immediately covered his mouth with his hands, bowing his head in panic: "Your Highness, forgive me."

Qin Su's complexion changed slightly, as if his heart had been hit hard.

The eyes of the two met for a moment, and she was sure that she was right.

The thirteenth mother of the Huan family is Apu!

How the hell did this happen?In her previous life, why had she never heard of this matter?Even Yintang never mentioned this secret of the Huan family.

Could it be that in the previous life, A Pu did not return to Huan's family?

Thinking of this, Qin Su's heart skipped a beat again.

She suddenly remembered that in her several meetings with Huan Zicheng, he had never mentioned the Huan family's recognition of their daughter.

What happened to the Huan family in the previous life?
Qin Su frowned in thought, unable to keep her composure any longer.

Seeing this situation in the eyes of everyone, it has another meaning.

"Sister Huang, do you know this Thirteenth Lady Huan?" The third prince's voice came over, with a bit of inquiry and interest.

Qin Su's eyes still stayed on A Pu, but her expression faded, she nodded and admitted: "I do know her. Her original name is A Pu, and she is a servant girl next to Mrs. Qin in Qingzhou." After a pause, he smiled again: "I didn't expect her to be the thirteenth mother of the Huan Mansion. It's really disrespectful."

"So that's how it is." The third prince nodded his head as if he knew it, and suddenly his expression changed, his sharp eyes fixed on Qin Su: "Then, does Your Highness know the origin of Thirteen Niang Huan?"

When Qin Su heard this, her expression didn't move, but her heart flickered slightly.

"Of course I know." She said in a low voice, she looked back at A Pu, and turned her eyes to look at Yu Shi who was kneeling down: "This is what Mrs. Qin said back then. She said that she During the retreat at the White Horse Temple, an abandoned baby was picked up on the futon, it is A Pu, and she is also Huan Shisanniang at this moment."

There was a silence in the hall at first, and then there were low voices, but it was the few remaining princes who were talking quietly.

It's no wonder that the few of them wanted to talk in private, it was indeed the news that the Third Prince released today, which was not only shocking, but also very weird, and one couldn't help but think about it.

"The two of them are the witnesses?" Emperor Zhongyuan pointed his fingers at the case, his eyes darkened.

The third prince hurriedly bowed and said: "Return to father, the two of them are indeed witnesses, especially this Yu family, which is an extremely important witness."

Emperor Zhongyuan nodded and stopped talking.

The third prince then turned to Yu Shi, and said with a pleasant face: "Yu Shi, please repeat what you said before. Don't be afraid, His Majesty will not blame you."

Yu's head was slightly lowered, and from Qin Su's perspective, only her lower jaw could be seen.

Her throat visibly rolled, as if she swallowed her saliva, she said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Your Highnesses, the time when the women were meditating at the White Horse Temple was the first year of Zhongyuan. That day In [-], maybe the weather was bad, and many refugees came begging outside the White Horse Temple, and the women sometimes gave them some food. The women remembered that the women got up very early that day, and went to the Buddhist hall to chant sutras as usual. But on a futon outside the main hall, an abandoned baby girl was found, and the women adopted her..."

The third prince nodded while listening, and then asked: "When you found this baby girl, did you have anything special on her body?"

"Yes." Mrs. Yu said, her voice was gentle, but her attitude was very calm: "Although the baby girl's swaddle is worn out, she is holding something tightly in her little hand. I saw her holding it very tightly. , opened her little hand, and saw that what she was holding was a very delicate seal, about the size of a person's little finger, and the material seemed to be sandalwood or black lacquer, but I couldn't tell the difference. It seems that there are still words engraved on the seal. However, it was still dark at that time, and I didn't have time to see clearly, so I took the baby girl back to the house."

The hall was extremely quiet, and although her voice was low, it was still clear enough for everyone to hear.

Emperor Zhongyuan had a gloomy face, his eyes were not on anyone, but directly on the palace gate in front of him.

Through the slightly open door, one can vaguely see the fine snow falling under the lantern, and a layer of hoarfrost seems to have accumulated on the stone steps.

The third prince's voice came over at this time, and the question was still about the seal: "Did you not keep the seal?"

Mrs. Yu raised her head slowly, as if recalling something, frowned and thought for a while, then Fang said slowly: "I remember, I put away this seal at that time. Three years later, I returned to After the Qin Mansion, I saw this seal in a makeup box. At that time, I thought, when Apu... no, it's the thirteenth lady... when she grows up, I will give this seal to her to keep. Thinking about it, it should be something left by her family, and it was a thought for her to keep it. But later on, the seal disappeared somehow, and since it wasn't a big deal, I didn't take it to heart."

The third prince nodded, turned to Emperor Zhongyuan and bowed down, speaking in a low voice, "I asked Mrs. Yu to draw the seal and put it in the stack of confessions. Father might as well take a closer look."

Emperor Zhongyuan didn't speak, just lowered his eyes and turned the pages a few times, then picked out one, looked at it with a sullen face for a while, and then turned his gaze to Qin Su again.

Qin Su was still sitting peacefully, her expression of surprise had long since changed into a calm expression.

At this time, the third prince's voice sounded again, and asked: "Since you know that this seal is probably left by the baby girl's family, why can't you remember what words were engraved on that seal?"

When Mrs. Yu heard this, she felt a little embarrassing: "The woman is stupid. At that time, she only thought of raising this baby girl in the Qin family as a maid, and it was considered to be a mouthful of food for her, so that she would not freeze and starve to death. , but didn't think about it that much. After all, that...is just a maid, and the housewife...is really ashamed."

She seemed to be extremely ashamed, and slowly lowered her head, clutching and kneading her skirt awkwardly, with a hint of regret in her words: "I never thought that A Pu... the thirteenth lady was lost by Mrs. Huan." The youngest daughter of her. If she had known this earlier, how would the women dare to treat her as a servant, she must be..."

She stopped talking abruptly, she seemed a little scared, and shrank her body.

(End of this chapter)