Glory all the way

Chapter 324 Guess
When a woman is pregnant, even if she only has one child, her belly will be huge by five or six months, let alone twins or triplets.

What's more, the former Queen of Loulan was looking forward to giving birth to a son to inherit the kingdom of Loulan, and she was surrounded by imperial doctors and stable women, so how could she not even know how many children she was pregnant with?
Therefore, she said that she has no impression of what happened back then, and this sentence itself has a huge flaw.

Du Xuan looked at Du Yuan, and then at Suyerna who was also unconvinced, and the three of them fell into a brief silence.

Sardor on the side looked thoughtful. After a long time, he looked at Suyrna hesitantly, "Your Majesty, I have heard a rumor, please forgive me for my innocence."

Suerna was stunned for a moment, "Say it, no matter how amazing what you said today, no one will mention it when you go out."

At the moment, there are only four of them in the house, not even a person who pours tea and water, and outside there are powerful guards around Suyerna guarding in the dark, let alone the possibility that the walls have ears, Suyer Accepting the words was secretly reminding Du Xuan and Du Yuan not to reveal today's words.

Sadoer glanced at Du Xuan and Du Yuan, and Fang Chen said in a deep voice: "I have heard some rumors in the market that before the Empress Dowager entered the East Palace, she had a childhood sweetheart male companion. That man is the Empress Dowager." The mother family is also the cousin of the real family. It is said that the two families had a marriage contract back then, but it was the old man in the family when the two were very young. , and it is true that the patriarch felt that it was a pity to marry her like that, so the marriage contract between the two families counted, and it was only then that the empress dowager was selected as the prince concubine."

Seeing that Suirna listened seriously, and didn't seem to think that it was treasonous for him to talk about her mother in this way, Sador continued: "The marriage contract was counted back then, and the two families were quite secretive, so those who know There are not many people. But it is said that the empress dowager has a very good relationship with that man. And that man, who has never married, was still alone when the empress dowager gave birth. After he died, he was sad and angry for a moment, and he just followed him. People in the Zhen clan felt that it was too unbelievable to spread the news, and it would damage the empress dowager's reputation, so they kept a secret from that person, and died of illness afterwards. Because of this, he was buried in the ancestral grave of the Yezhen clan."

Although Suerna had heard about what Sador said, she only knew the first half of it.

At that time, she only regarded it as a romantic and somewhat poignant story. After all, who has never been young?And those beautiful childhood memories, after years of precipitation, will only become more beautiful and pure, and cannot be tarnished at all.

Therefore, after that, a large number of palace people who gossiped in the palace were expelled, and no one dared to talk about the empress dowager behind her back.

However, the empress dowager and Suyrna, who lived in the deep palace, would never know how unbearable the rumors in the market were, or whether they were true.

"So, there is something strange about that person, isn't there?"

Knowing that Sador would not make such a big call for no reason, Suirna asked.

Sadoer nodded, "Since it was reported in the palace that His Majesty was seriously ill, the ruler of the Loulan Kingdom wanted to choose another candidate, and the Empress Dowager went against all opinions and agreed to the candidate proposed by the Prime Minister, I feel that there is something wrong with it, so, The minister spent some effort and checked the old things, and sure enough, there is something unusual."

"The man from the Yezhen clan, named Shahu, was five years older than the empress dowager. When he was 20 years old, he traveled far away in the west, and since then he disappeared. He returned to Loulan three years later. Then I heard that the Empress Dowager gave birth to a child, and then he passed away in grief and indignation. After investigating secretly, and using some shady means, I learned that there was no body in Shahu's coffin, not even a piece of clothing, but it was empty. The truth of the Zhenyi family is the same, and even the family tree shows that this person died young on New Year's Eve that year."

"The following year, when His Royal Highness was one year old, the witch doctor Longgaimode entered the palace and became the national teacher of Loulan. At that time, Longgaimode was already 60 years old, and beside him was a disciple of Newusha, who was 25 years old. Fifteen years later, Longgaimu passed away, and Newusha, who got his true biography, became Loulan's new national teacher. No one in the court raised any objections to this matter."

"As far as I know, Newusha has won the trust of the empress dowager and often goes to the empress dowager's bedroom. The candidate for the throne proposed by the prime minister this time, the five-year-old You Zheluo, is often brought into the palace by Prince Accra. The empress dowager The empress likes him very much, and even the national teacher Ne Wusha said that Youzhe Luo is extremely talented, intelligent, and has a long life."

As Sudol said each sentence, Suerna's complexion was already a little pale, and even Du Xuan and Du Yuan beside him felt a little unbelievable for their own guesses.

"Is there any evidence?"

Holding the armrest of the seat tightly, Suyrna asked Sadoer in a deep voice.

There was a slight tremor in the voice.

Du Xuan was also a little excited, to be precise, angry.

If what Sadoer said is true, then it can be guessed that Shahu had another adventure in Xifan. A few years later, he entered the Loulan Palace as Newusha and became the Empress Dowager's sidekick. , and that You Zheluo, who was nominated by many civil and military courtiers to be the heir in line, may be the adulterous son of Newusha and the Queen Mother.

Of course, whether the witch doctor Longgaimude or the prince Akela, they are all a cover-up. The former is an excuse for Shahu to enter the palace and successfully reach the Queen Mother, while the latter is to give their children a reasonable identity.

Of course, without evidence, everything is speculation and assumption, which cannot be established at all.

Once it is brought up, it will arouse criticism from everyone and put oneself in a situation of eternal doom.

Sadore shook his head with a wry smile, "That's all I can find out. As for obtaining evidence, it's really difficult, I'm sorry I'm incompetent."

Suerna waved his hand feebly.

When it comes to her mother, the most honorable woman in Loulan Kingdom other than her, who dares to question the queen mother of a country?

It is really rare for Sardor to get so much news.

With so much news coming one after another, not to mention Suerna, even Du Xuan and Du Yuan were a little shocked and didn't recover for a long time.They dare not imagine that such an incredible thing will happen in this world.

"I have a question……"

Looking at Suyrna, and then at Sador, Du Xuan spoke.

Seeing that several people were looking at him, Du Xuan said: "In the Song Dynasty, if the king had no heirs and heirs would inherit the great line, he would choose from among the other sons of the late emperor those who have the ability to govern the world. As far as I know You know, apart from His Majesty, the late Emperor had four other sons, all of whom were talented in both civil and military skills. Therefore, even if His Majesty is unwell and unable to take on the heavy responsibility of governing Loulan, why is the candidate for the next king not chosen from among them? Pick from the royal family?"

Suirna glanced at Sadore, and Sadore explained: "The rule of Loulan is to establish a heir but not a concubine, so among the princes and daughters of the same generation, once the current king is established, the others lose their right to inherit. Of course, there is an exception, that is, if the queen gives birth to children successively, if the eldest son or eldest daughter cannot take on this important task, then the successor will be another child. However, if the queen only After giving birth to a child, even if the late emperor had other princes and daughters, because they have lost their right to inherit, then the heir to the throne can only be chosen from the next generation's clan children."

At this moment, Du Xuan seemed to understand why someone would chase and kill him.

Those people mistakenly thought that they were the little prince who was the twin of Suyrna. If they were found back in Loulan, once they were recognized by the queen mother and the royal family, they would become the new Lord of Loulan to succeed Suyrna.

And those people obviously don't want to keep themselves alive, otherwise, that five-year-old You Zheluo would have no function.

Never thought that Loulan would have such a tradition, Du Xuan and Du Yuan looked at each other, seeing deep surprise and bewilderment in each other's eyes.

I would rather pass the throne to other people in the clan than pass it on to my other children. This tradition is really hard to understand.

Suerna seemed to have guessed what Du Xuan was thinking, and continued: "There are more cruel ones. If there are more than one child, then the one born first will be established as the crown prince or crown daughter. And the one born later will be drowned on the spot, so as not to kill each other for the throne when they become adults, and the brothers will fight against each other."

In this way, it can be explained why Du Xuan and Du Yuan are living outside.

Tiger poison does not eat children, the queen mother probably thought of a countermeasure when she knew she was pregnant with twins, so after Suyerna was born, the other two children were taken out of the palace, but it was a coincidence lost and wandered.

"It's just a few hours, or maybe a few moments, between births. One is high in the clouds, and the other is low in the dust. It seems that the Loulan royal family is more cruel and cold than ordinary people."

Du Yuan sighed coldly.

Knowing that Du Yuan was lamenting how wandering he was when he was young, Du Xuan raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him: "Poor parents in the world, this has been passed down from them since ancient times, and we have nothing to say. However, we are still safe and healthy here. Now, isn't it? Being grateful is always much happier than being resentful, so don't worry about what happened in the past, pity the parents of the world..."

Du Xuan's last words were lamenting what the Empress Dowager did back then. After all, she did everything she could to preserve the sons who were born later, and some of the things after leaving the palace were no longer hers. controllable within the scope of ability.

"Back then, it might have been a loving mother's heart, but in the end, who did the loving mother's heart fall on? I'm afraid God knows that she knows it. What's more..."

With resentment in his eyes, Du Yuan raised his eyes to look at Suerna, and said quietly, "What's more, she is terminally ill now, so it's unknown if there is any shocking inside story."

With Du Yuan's words, the expressions of the other three people in the room suddenly changed.

(End of this chapter)