The splendid life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 162 The Truth
Afterwards, Xie Yuanwu entered the palace several times, but he still hadn't seen Xie Zhimo and the two of them. He entered the palace again today. The whole Xie family didn't wait for the news of the two Zhimos, but they waited for another matter.

"What? The emperor wants to recognize the prince?" No wonder Mrs. Du was surprised. The current emperor is the one with the fewest concubines in the history of Dayuan, and he has never had an illegitimate child. The most important thing is that the current emperor has always reserved the position of queen The passing of Zhang Yan is enough to show the emperor's affection.

At that time, the emperor was still the crown prince, and Zhang Yan was still the crown princess. The two played harmoniously, and they were very affectionate. can keep.

At this point, the gentle prince's personality changed drastically. He started to be indifferent, but he also cultivated a majestic aura, making him more suitable for the throne. However, after ascending to the throne, no one can mention the matter of the empress.Later, due to helplessness, the emperor named Qin Youwei, the son of Concubine Jiang, the crown prince. All the old people in the palace knew that the reason why the emperor doted on Concubine Jiang so much was because Concubine Jiang had a good relationship with the deceased concubine. It was because Zhang Yan praised Qin Youwei for being cute.

"Yes." Xie Yuanwu said, he couldn't imagine how the emperor would do such a thing.

"Do you know who it is?" Mrs. Du asked suspiciously.

"I don't know." This time the palace's secrecy measures were done very well, and it was impossible to find out who it was, "But it is said that the emperor will hold this grand recognition ceremony, and almost all court officials in the capital must participate in the recognition ceremony." Recognize this new prince."

"When will the ceremony be held?" Yao Yu asked.

Xie Yuanwu didn't know what Yao Yu was asking this for, so he replied, "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

"Then will we be able to see Zhimo and Nuoer this day?" Yao Yu continued.

Everyone's eyes lit up, isn't it? Since it is said that all officials must participate, then Zhimo and Nuo'er must also inevitably participate.Now everyone has hope and waits patiently for the arrival of the fifteenth day.

After news of the prince's return to the clan came out, the capital city seemed to have changed overnight. The streets were full of joy, and it was even busier than the previous New Year's Eve.

"Why is it that recognizing the prince is like changing to a new emperor?"

"No, you see everyone is very happy. If you know it, you really think that the new emperor is going to ascend the throne."

"Shh, dare to say this, be careful to be decapitated."

However, the more you can't say it, the faster it spreads. Not long after, most of the people in the capital are spreading the word that they don't recognize the prince, and it's clear that a new emperor is about to be replaced.

Xie Yuanwu said, "I don't know who this prince is. He was influenced by such rumors before he took office."

"That's right, they said it was a new emperor. If the emperor found out, he would definitely be displeased with him." Mrs. Du said, how could the emperor's position be coveted by others.

Yao Yu shook his head, this person seems to have fallen into a dispute of multiple heirs before he ascended to the position of prince, needless to say, these messages must have been released by the princes in the palace.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, before dawn, many mansions in the capital were lit with oil lamps, and then one after another, carriages could be seen driving out of the houses. Xie Yuanwu was fully dressed, stepped out of the gate, and turned back before getting into the carriage, "You all go back."

Yao Yu supported Mrs. Du, "Let's go, grandma, let's go back and wait." It was freezing outside, and Mrs. Du had been worrying a lot recently, Yao Yu eased Mrs. Du's heart , "Today, we will definitely know the news about Zhimo and Nuoer."

"Well, I will definitely know." Mrs. Du held Yao Yu's hand and walked into the house.

In the palace, there are figures everywhere, not only the court ministers, but even the concubines of the Sixth Court of the Three Palaces have to participate in this ceremony. Although the courtiers know that the emperor attaches great importance to this ceremony, but the degree of importance is a bit too much , those who didn’t know thought he was going to be crowned prince.

Everyone was puzzled, but they didn't speak, and walked silently towards the Hall of Zhengqi where the ceremony was held.

Before the auspicious time came, the outside of the hall was full of people fighting, and it was dark, and now the sky was a little brighter.

"The emperor is here." A voice sounded.

Civil and military officials knelt down and saluted, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Everyone loves you." The emperor walked to his seat and sat down, only listening to the humane voice of Qin Tianjian, "Your majesty, the auspicious time has come, and the ceremony can begin."

The emperor nodded, and Eunuch De said in a sharp voice, "The ceremony begins, let's play music."

This ancestral recognition ceremony was much more solemn than Xie Zhimo's back then, but Xie Yuanwu who was standing in the front row couldn't concentrate because the one standing in the prince's place was their family's Nuo'er!

Until Xie Nuo stepped forward to accept the imperial decree, Xie Yuanwu hadn't come out of the shock. The rest of the officials were originally curious about how the well-behaved descendants of the Xie family became princes, but after seeing Xie Yuanwu's expression, they knew, Xie Yuanwu didn't know this at first.

Xie Yuanwu didn't know how he persisted until the end of the ceremony. Anyway, after he walked out of the palace tremblingly, he met Xie Zhimo who didn't say a word. Xie Zhimo silently supported Xie Yuanwu. The two got into the carriage and returned to Xie's mansion.

"What's going on here?" Mrs. Du stood up and asked, why did the well-behaved descendants of the Xie family become princes in the blink of an eye.

"Nuo'er is not the biological child of Yu'er and me." Xie Zhimo said in a low voice, the reason why he didn't say this was because he was afraid of hurting Nuo'er's heart.

Mrs. Du had already guessed that Nuoer was not born to Yao Yu. After all, Yao Yu was only 12 years older than Xie Nuo, and Yao Yu was almost 15 years old when she married Xie Zhimo. .

"What exactly is going on?" Xie Yuanwu asked anxiously, his thoughts were the same as Mrs. Du's.

"Back when I was running darts, I met a person who was fleeing with Nuo'er. I accidentally saved them, and that person asked me to take care of Nuo'er. I saw that the child was still young, so I agreed." Xie Zhimo said, "And then I brought Nuo'er back to Shuangshui Village, and in order to avoid gossip, I said that Nuo'er is my own child." The villagers can go viral about anything.

Yao Yu also knew about this, but how could Nuoer become the prince.

"This time I originally went to the palace to report to the emperor about the delivery of the letter." Xie Zhimo said, "The prince saw that I was going to enter the palace, so he intercepted my request for an interview, and then rejected me on behalf of the emperor." The reason for being rejected once entering the palace.

"It didn't take long for the emperor to find out, and he was furious in the palace." I think it is true, the emperor is not dead yet, and the crown prince is so bold that he dares to make decisions for him, so it is no wonder he is not angry. "Then the emperor invited me into the palace. It's just that people kept coming over while I was reporting the mission. After more than an hour, I finally explained the situation and when I was about to leave, I met someone."

"The one who gave Nuo'er to you?" Although Yao Yu's tone was inquiring, she was sure.

"Yes, I didn't expect it to be Eunuch Wen in front of the current emperor." Xie Zhimo rarely saw the emperor, and only knew that there was an eunuch De in front of the emperor.But Xie Yuanwu knew that this Eunuch Wen was more liked by the emperor than Eunuch De, but this man rarely appeared in the palace after the emperor ascended the throne, so many new court officials might not know him.

Xie Zhimo went on to say, "He recognized me right away, and then asked me how my child was." After asking this question, Xie Zhimo still remembered the emperor's reaction, stood up excitedly, and even tripped over a cup on the table .

Xie Zhimo didn't understand why the emperor reacted like this, but just subconsciously being fair to Duke Wen, "I raised that child as a child, and it's doing well now, and it's still Sanyuan from Dayuan."

Eunuch Wen immediately burst into tears. He was not in the palace all these years, but he was looking for this child. The Crown Princess Duoyi was killed. In order to save the life of this child, Eunuch Wen had to take him away.Later, it was discovered that if it wasn't for entrusting the child to Xie Zhimo, the child might not have survived. Eunuch Wen said excitedly, "Your Majesty, the prince has finally been found!" Eunuch Wen was entrusted to the runner Xie Zhimo, so when he returned to the original place, he couldn't find anyone.

Xie Zhimo's mind went blank, "What do you mean by that?"

Only then did Eunuch Wen explain to Xie Zhimo one by one, and the emperor asked some questions about Nuo'er's childhood, and the more he asked, the more excited he became, and when he was about to arrive, the emperor said, "Xiao Dezi, go to Xie's mansion and tell them I would like to thank Aiqing for being a guest here."

Xie Zhimo wanted to refuse, but seeing the emperor's eyes, he couldn't bear it, so he told the emperor everything he remembered.

On the second day, as soon as Xie Nuo entered the palace, he was recruited to the Qianzheng Palace. Father and son recognized each other, but Nuoer resisted a little. After all, Xie Zhimo and Yao Yu were the ones who raised him.Although he could understand that the emperor had to do this at the time, he couldn't do it if he was asked to call the emperor his father right away.

"Why don't you take another look, maybe you've made a mistake?" Xie Nuo said, it's not as casual as admitting the prince.

"No!" The emperor said affirmatively, the first time he saw Xie Nuo was in the palace examination, he inexplicably liked this child at that time, only now did he know that that love was precisely because of blood relationship.

"If the prince is worried, you can look at your back to see if there is a cyan birthmark." The Qin family in all generations would have such a birthmark, so ordinary people cannot forge it.

Only then did Xie Nuo have to admit that according to age, Nuo'er was the second prince.Since recognizing the prince is a major matter, and the emperor wanted to hold the ceremony on the fifteenth day, Xie Nuo and Xie Zhimo had to be busy in the palace, so they had no time to send a message to Xie's mansion.

"Then Nuo'er won't come back?" Yao Yu sighed a little. One year ago, he was his own son, but after the next year, he became someone else's.

As soon as the words fell, the imperial decree from the palace came.

Because of Xie Zhimo and Yao Yu's meritorious service in saving the prince, Xie Zhimo was appointed as a general of the third rank, and Yao Yu was appointed wife of the second rank.It can be seen that the emperor is really grateful to Xie Zhimo's family, who was promoted from the sixth rank to the third rank, and one step beyond the third rank, which did not exist in the history of Dayuan.

"Maybe I won't be able to come back for the time being." Xie Zhimo said, "I'm leaving this afternoon to go to the imperial mausoleum to pay homage to our ancestors."

Yao Yu was a little sad, his Nuo'er.

(End of this chapter)