Quick Travel: Dream Hunt

After finishing all these, she finally had time to look through the letters stolen from Concubine Ning. The more she read, the more frightened she became. Although she didn't know why she kept those letters, could it be to use them as evidence? She didn't quite understand, but it didn't stop her from exploring the secret.

She flipped through dozens of letters. There were not only family letters from Concubine Ning, but also love letters suspected to be written by the emperor, and letters exchanged between her and her son. Occasionally, there were a few ambiguous love letters without a signature. Because there was no signature, Ting He did not dare to confirm who wrote them. But this did not prevent her from putting the love letters into the emperor's study late at night. Hehe, let them fight each other.

Looking through the love letters with the emperor, Ting He really figured out something. This poem and letter must be at least 20 years old, and the signature is still the third prince from decades ago. Doesn't that mean it was written before the emperor ascended the throne? It's really a long-lasting love.

The more he read, the more frightened he became. Concubine Ning was only the daughter of a third-rank official at the time, while the empress was the daughter of a first-rank official. In order to successfully inherit the throne, the third prince actually snatched away his half-brother's engagement and successfully snatched away the second prince's fiancée, the empress, who was in love with him at the time.

Relying on her father's status as prime minister, she won the support of the Prime Minister's Office in one fell swoop. Finally, in the fight with the second prince, she successfully killed the second prince and took the throne.

Just as the Third Prince ascended the throne, news came that the Prime Minister's daughter was pregnant. Under pressure from the Successor Palace and the Prime Minister's party, the Third Prince had to immediately enthrone the Prime Minister's daughter as Queen. Less than a year later, the Queen gave birth to Yu Linyuan for His Majesty.

The following year, His Majesty promoted the third-rank minor official, canonized his daughter as Concubine Ning and brought her into the palace. Then, after Concubine Ning gave birth to Yu Linzuo, she was promoted to Imperial Concubine Ning, just one step away from becoming the empress.

Ting He pieced together the contents of the letters, piecing together what she thought was the most reasonable one, and finally came to a horrible conclusion.

That is, Yu Linyuan is the child of the second prince and the former prince, not the biological son of the current emperor. So although he is the crown prince, he is not loved by the current emperor. It turns out that he is not his biological son, wow.

At that time, the prime minister and the third prince must have reached some agreement, which led to the separation of the couple who were discussing marriage and even pregnant. After the second prince was killed, the third prince succeeded to the throne. The prime minister and his faction forced the new emperor to crown a queen. It is estimated that the court was not stable at that time, so the new emperor had no choice but to crown Yu Linyuan's mother as queen. Later, in order to appease the prime minister and his faction, he had to acknowledge Yu Linyuan as his child.

Logically speaking, if His Majesty knew that Yu Linyuan was not his child, wouldn't he not only not let him occupy the position of Crown Prince, but also let him die quietly to make way for the son of his beloved woman?

Eh? Who wrote these unsigned letters to her? The handwriting doesn't look like it was written by the old emperor. Could it be that Concubine Ning has another lover? No, this is big news. It makes people curious. No, we have to send someone to check it out.

Thinking of this, Ting He immediately summoned the deputy general. The two met and whispered for a while. The deputy general sneaked out from the back door with confidence.

Ting He looked at the darkening sky outside the window, feeling mixed emotions. She didn't know whether she should tell him Yu Linyuan's identity or not. She also didn't know whether what she had pieced together was the truth. However, judging from the name alone, doesn't Zuo in Guozuo have more potential to inherit the throne than Yuan in Shenyuan?

After thinking for a long time and still not figuring it out, Tinghe just ate a bite of food and went to bed.

The next day, I learned from the maid that a lot of things had happened in this month. For example, the Turks sent envoys with gold and jewelry to Chang'an City to ask for peace with Your Majesty in exchange for the Turkic prince and several generals. The remaining minor characters left without even a mention.

Less than half a month after leaving, news came from the front line about a late-night Turkic surprise attack. It was said that this time, under the leadership of their second prince and the joint plan of the old uncle, the Turks launched a sneak attack on the entire Central Plains Army with great courage. The Central Plains Army suffered heavy losses, and His Majesty Prince Ning was captured alive. They also sent someone to deliver a letter, demanding ten cities in exchange, otherwise they would kill Prince Ning and send people to raze the entire Chang'an City.

The old emperor now remembered Tinghe's bravery and the prince's increasingly improved condition, so he issued an imperial decree to send the prince with treasures and letters to the front line to seek peace with the Turks. He also sent Yun Tinghe, Marquis of Yong'an, to the front line immediately to take over Prince Ning's military power and catch the Turks off guard.

Ting He was so angry that she fell backwards while holding the imperial edict. She had taken care of the prince for a month before he was barely cured, and his legs and feet have not yet fully recovered.

He was sent by the old emperor to the front line to seek peace, and he had to bring money and a letter. The letter probably mentioned that ten cities would be ceded in exchange for Prince Ning's return.

Damn it, this is simply too much. By the way, since the old emperor wants the prince to ask for peace while he goes to fight the war, the old emperor is dreaming. If he doesn't let him try it himself, he can't suppress his inner anger.

Listen to the He summoning system Lao Liudao:

"Didn't I get a soul swap in the last life? Swap Prince Ning with the old emperor. I want the old emperor to also experience what it's like to be captured and tortured by the Turks."

After operating the system for a while, the sixth one said, "Host, the exchange has been completed. I restricted the old emperor from talking nonsense to prevent him from adding unnecessary details. I think they have already exchanged by now."

Ting He nodded, called to the deputy general and guards behind him and said:

"Leave immediately."

When the people heard that after Prince Ning took over General Yun's military power, he was captured alive by the Turks because he did not know how to deploy troops, and that Your Majesty had to send the Crown Prince and General Yun to the front line with ten cities and gold, silver and jewels in exchange for his return, their impression of Prince Ning became even worse.

If such a good-for-nothing son was not Prince Ning, he would have lost his inheritance rights long ago. Your Majesty is really a fool. It is bad enough that he condoned the mother and daughter to bully the prince, but when something happened, he even had the nerve to send the prince and his fiancée to the battlefield to save this useless son. It is simply appalling.

At this time, the palace was in chaos. The old emperor fell into a coma for no reason. After waking up, he behaved abnormally and begged for mercy. After a while, he calmed down and actually cried with a smile. In the end, he dismissed his attendants and said something to Concubine Ning who was crying heartbreakingly. Soon, he excluded all the royalists in the court and replaced them with Prince Ning's people.

This wave of operations made the royalists feel disheartened. They thought that the old emperor was trying to eliminate dissidents for Prince Ning and even had the idea of ​​deposing the crown prince and re-enthrone Prince Ning as the crown prince. But now Prince Ning was captured alive by the Turks, the crown prince went to rescue him, and General Yun also rushed to the front line. No one knew why the old emperor made such a decision.

The court was in chaos all day long. Some officials were sad and some were happy, but no one dared to offend the emperor. They could only settle for the second best and be neutral.

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