Quick wear: a good pregnancy, the treasure in the palm of an emperor's hand

Seeing that the emperor's mood had stabilized, Xie Yanci continued, "The second matter is about Prince Rong's life experience and the Second Prince.

I have found out that Prince Rong is not a royal heir at all, but a bastard of the Zhao family.

The real Second Prince was secretly swapped by the Empress Dowager and the Prime Minister at birth."

The emperor's expression instantly turned extremely gloomy. He stared at Xie Yanci intently, veins popping out on his forehead, but he still suppressed the turbulent waves in his heart and said in a cold and majestic voice:

"Why on earth would they want to swap the princes? A prince's status is far more important than a bastard's, and it's also more profitable."

"Your Majesty, please calm down. The reason for this is that the Second Prince was born with a facial disfigurement, with a black spot on his left cheek.

In order to consolidate the Empress's position and the Zhao family's honor and foundation, they were forced to swap the two children."

The emperor frowned, took a deep breath, and tried to calm himself down before continuing to ask, "Is there any solid evidence to prove this?"

Xie Yanci lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. It not only involves the Zhao family and Prince Rong, but also the Queen Mother. I dare not act rashly.

Moreover, they acted extremely cautiously. Apart from themselves, everyone who knew the inside story had been silenced, so it was difficult for me to find evidence at the moment."

The emperor was silent for a moment. "From your tone, could it be that you have already confirmed the identities of the eldest and second princes?"

He knew something about Xie Yanci and knew that he was a steady person and would never report to him so rashly without being absolutely sure.

Xie Yanci nodded, "Yesterday, the secret guards heard that the Prime Minister secretly ordered the Minister of Personnel to send people to Xiaohe Village with the intention of silencing someone.

Out of curiosity, I decided to go and find out for myself.

Arriving at Xiaohe Village, I saw that the people from the Zhao Mansion were trying every possible means to trick a disfigured villager out of the village.

At that time, I couldn't understand why the Zhao family wanted to kill him to silence him. He was just a villager and had no grudges against the Zhao family, so he couldn't get in the way of their affairs.

It was not until noon today that the secret guard in Prince Rong's mansion came back and reported the content of the conversation between the Prime Minister and Prince Rong in the study. Only then did I know why the Zhao family was determined to kill people to silence them.

It turns out that the villager with the disfigured face is actually the real Second Prince."

Xie Yanci turned to look at Xiao Min, "Your Majesty, this is the villager that the Zhao family tried so hard to silence."

The emperor's gaze fell on the man wearing half a mask, and his eyes became deep and complicated.

He stared at the other person, as if trying to see his true face through the mask.

After a moment of silence, Xie Yanci said, "Xiao Min, take off your mask!"

Xiao Min looked at the emperor, as if asking for his opinion.

The emperor also stared at him, meeting his gaze. His lips moved secretly. After seeing the color of his eyes change, the emperor smiled and nodded.

After getting permission, Xiao Min reached out and took off half of the mask on his face.

A black spot appeared under the mask.

Looking at the dark spots on his face, the emperor felt sad.

It turned out that the child had been switched without her knowledge.

Looking at his face, you can tell without thinking that he must have suffered a lot.

He believed in Xie Yanci's ability, but it was not something he was 100% sure of, so he would not bring the person directly to him.

And he just confirmed that this is his child.

Over the years, he disliked Prince Rong and deliberately praised him and pretended to pamper him, not because he was half Zhao family blood, but because he had long known that Prince Rong was not a royal heir.

But because the Zhao family was very powerful at that time, he had just ascended the throne and his foundation was unstable. Prince Ling also rebelled, so he had to pretend to be friendly with them and suffer this loss.

When he first saw the child, he immediately recited a spell. The child's eyes did not change color, so he knew that Prince Rong was a fake prince.

However, he did not think much about it and just thought that it was because the queen became pregnant and the imperial concubine faked the pregnancy in order to win favor.

The eldest prince was abducted and the queen passed away. In order to consolidate her position and quickly climb to the throne of queen, the imperial concubine found a child to replace her.

The person in front of me has clean and clear eyes, without any calculation, which makes people feel comfortable just looking at him.

Some people, no matter how well they hide it, will always exude an unpleasant aura when facing them.

The emperor waved to Xiao Min, motioning him to come forward.

Xiao Min walked forward without hesitation. At this point, he could only move forward and not retreat.

"Your name is Xiao Min?" The emperor restrained his aura and asked Xiao Min with a gentle gaze.

Xiao Min nodded. Seeing that there was no disgust in the emperor's eyes, he breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart was also filled with complicated emotions.

It took him twenty-one years to realize that his father was the most noble man in the world.

Seeing that Xiao Min just nodded, he had no intention of climbing up because of his own status.

The emperor then asked, "What are your plans now that you know your true identity?"

Xiao Min answered boldly, "Your Majesty, I have no ulterior motives. The reason I followed the Governor into the palace to see His Majesty today was simply to help him get rid of the Zhao family.

As long as the Zhao family is not eliminated and Prince Rong's identity is not exposed, I and my wife will have to hide.

I don't want to live a life of hiding, nor do I want to live in fear, fearing that I might be silenced one day.

If it were just me, I would have died. But I have a wife, and I don’t want to implicate her. I don’t want her to live in fear every day, treading on thin ice.”

After hearing his words, the emperor turned his gaze to Chu Ling'er.

She was very calm and composed, not at all shy or restrained about meeting him. She didn't look petty at all and was also very pretty.

After thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice, "I heard that the Shangshu Mansion lost a young lady, who seemed to be named Chu Ling'er. Are you her?"

Chu Ling'er didn't expect that the emperor would pay attention to the affairs of the Shangshu Mansion.

She nodded and said, "Yes, it is you, my lady."

"Since you are the daughter of the Shangshu Mansion, why did you choose to marry Xiao Min? Not only does he have no status or background, but he also has a disfigured face. Aren't you afraid that if you stand next to him, you will be criticized along with him?

I seem to remember that you have an engagement with Jiang Wenjie from the Taifu Mansion. If you slap the Taifu Mansion in the face, aren't you afraid of implicating the Shangshu Mansion?"

Chu Linger knelt down, "Your Majesty, do you know why I'm stranded out there? It's because of that marriage contract.

The legitimate sister was jealous of the servant girl, so she conspired with her stepmother and abducted her when she was not paying attention, hoping to ruin her reputation and put the marriage contract on the legitimate sister.

While being abducted, the maid escaped and was not captured, and as a result she rolled down a cliff.

Although she rolled down the cliff, she was lucky enough not to die on the spot.

I relied on myself and walked out of the forest little by little.

Later, due to exhaustion, she fainted on the side of the road and was rescued by a passing husband.

After I recovered, I didn't want to go back to the Shangshu Mansion. I also heard the news that I had died from the Shangshu Mansion, so I married my husband.

Although my husband has a disfigured face, he is a very good and upright person. He will not complain about himself or become vicious and distorted because of discrimination. He still lives a positive life.

I admit that he does have some little tricks, but those are just his means of saving his life. People who are too kind will not live long.

If others don't provoke us, we naturally won't take the initiative to provoke others.

But if someone wants to kill us, don't blame us for being cruel and ruthless. After all, if you don't work for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth.

No one wants to die, everyone wants to live."

Hearing Chu Ling'er's words, Xiao Min was moved and loved her even more.

If he wasn't still in the imperial study, he really wanted to hug her tightly in his arms.