After the replacement marriage, I was forced to fight at home

Seeing Zhou Yiheng say this, Mrs. Hu began to doubt the identity of this child. During the few days she lived in her yard, watching the child playing happily with Zhou Zheng, Mrs. Hu's doubts grew.

Until one day, when the old woman was bathing the child, she suddenly saw that the child had thick body hair on his back, and that hair was all white. She was surprised beyond words.

Because she heard Zhuang Jing's sister talk to Zhuang Jing about the child born to the emperor and the late empress dowager, saying that the child was different from other children. There was nothing special about his appearance, but his hair was actually white.

Hu couldn't believe it, but she knew it couldn't be false. At that time, she didn't know why Zhou Yiheng wanted to help the late queen, or the prince, but she knew that if this matter got out, the Prince Shen's Mansion would be in trouble.

During those days, she hoped that Zhou Yiheng would get rid of this hot potato. Fortunately, not long after, Zhou Yiheng really took the child away.

A few years later, she had become the princess of the Prince of Shen County, and she was about to forget about the child. One day, Zhou Yiheng came back and asked her if she still remembered such a child.

Hu thought about it and nodded. At that time, the late queen and the late empress dowager had both passed away. After the sudden death of the child of the maid who gave birth to his son in the palace of the late empress dowager, and the death of the late empress dowager, especially after the rumors about him and the late empress dowager, the emperor went on a killing spree and his temperament changed drastically. She guessed that the child was hers, and she dared not think about it anymore.

Zhou Yiheng said with a frustrated look on his face that the family who fostered the child didn't know what happened, but they suddenly encountered thieves, who didn't steal anything but only went for the child.

I heard that the loyal servant of that family protected the child all the way but still met with a murderous attack. Mrs. Hu asked nervously, is the child dead?

Zhou Yiheng shook his head and said, "No, I was rescued on the road and then I don't know where he went."

The reason why Hu knew all this was because of Zhuang Jing's sister, the palace maid who was taken in by the Emperor and given the title of beauty but was busy giving birth to a child.

She did not die because of a difficult delivery. She was secretly executed by the late Empress Dowager because she accidentally revealed the inside story of the child to Zhuang Jing. When the two sisters talked about this, they were overheard by Mrs. Hu. It was also because Mrs. Hu helped Zhuang Jing escape from the capital that they had a deeper intersection later.

Zhou Yu poured boiled water for Meng Wan, who was dry-mouthed from talking. "So, father started working for the prince at that time. He even dared to do such a life-threatening thing for the prince. Ha, I really want to see what kind of Concubine Hui is like. She actually made him disregard the lives of hundreds of people in the Shenjun Palace and the Zhou family."

Meng Wan breathed a sigh of relief. That wasn't the case. If they were really discovered, how could the emperor spare Prince Shen's Mansion?

"There's just one thing I don't quite understand."

"What?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Why didn't the Crown Prince or the late Queen just kill the child? Why did they let the Prince take the child out and instruct him to find a good family to adopt the child and raise him safely?"

Zhou Yu was also stunned. Yes, the late queen was traumatized by the affairs between the emperor and the late empress dowager, and she lost her mind because of this child. Perhaps her death was also related to this incident. Then why didn't she just kill the child directly?

"Maybe it was the prince's intention? At that time, the prince might have noticed that the emperor was not very satisfied with him, so he might want to keep the child so that he could use him when competing for that position in the future." Zhou Yu analyzed.

Meng Wan nodded. This made sense. He sighed and said, "I don't know where this child is now. If he is still alive, he is related to you by blood."

Zhou Yu smiled. It was true. If this child were alive, he would call him uncle.

"I don't know who was chasing him. The prince told Mrs. Hu at the time that the child was lucky. The killers chased him to Changsongling, but met a group of people who were heading to the capital. They were all highly skilled in martial arts, otherwise they would not have been able to save the child from them."

Zhou Yu was about to nod, but suddenly he seemed to think of something, turned around and asked Meng Wan in shock, "What did you say? Changsongling?"

"Yes, that's what Hu said. Do you know this place?"

Zhou Yu stood up suddenly. Meng Wan looked at his suddenly red face and asked, "What's wrong? Did you think of something?"

"Qing'er, I don't know if what I think is right, but this is too coincidental. Um, um, did Mrs. Hu say how many years ago that happened?"

Meng Wan thought for a moment, "She didn't say it explicitly, but judging by the whole thing, it must have happened ten years ago, right?"

Zhou Yu slapped the table, startling Meng Wan. "What's wrong? What did you think of? You're so anxious, tell me now."

"Qing'er, Uncle Qi was the one who went to Beijing ten years ago. Changsongling is a valley outside of Beijing, and it was the only way to get to Beijing at that time."

Meng Wan looked at Zhou Yu, whose eyes were bloodshot and a little excited, and nervously pulled his hand, "I remember you said that Uncle Qi once saved Qingning, and at that time, Qingning was dressed like a rich young man."

"Yes, that's right. Uncle Qi saved Qingning there. And Uncle Qi later said that Qingning's hair turning white was a disease he had from birth. It wasn't like that when he was young. It was only a part of his body that was affected. It would spread to the whole body as he got older. When Uncle Qi saved Qingning, his hair had already started to turn white."

Meng Wan exhaled heavily, "Later, Qingning was taken away by Yunling Mountain Man... I know, if that child is really Qingning, then the one who chased him must be Zhuang Jing. And Yunling Mountain Man also knew about Zhuang Jing's actions, so he followed this junior sister and met Uncle Qi who saved Qingning."

"Yes, it must be like this. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that Yunling Mountain Man would accept Qingning as his disciple and take him away? It must be so, Qing'er, it must be so."

Zhou Yu walked around the room while talking, clapping his hands excitedly, "I never thought Qingning was actually a prince, the son of the emperor and the late empress dowager. Poor Qingning, he must not know his own life experience, he..."

"uncertain."

Zhou Yu heard Meng Wan say this and turned around with a puzzled look on his face, "What do you mean by not certain?"

"I said, Qingning may not be unaware of his background."

"Oh?"

"You see, Yunling Mountain Man would not try to stop Zhuang Jing for no reason. If he failed to stop her, he could just let Uncle Qi rescue Qingning. Why did he take him away? That's because he knew that Uncle Qi couldn't protect Qingning at that time, and Qingning would even bring trouble to Uncle Qi. Because he knew Qingning's identity, he brought Qingning with him, and he knew Qingning's illness, so he could protect Qingning's safety and cure him. Uncle Qi also said that if Qingning hadn't taken Yunling Mountain Man as his master, he would never have lived to this day."

"Yes, your analysis is correct. Yunlingshan must have learned Qingning's identity from Zhuang Jing, and he might have told Qingning. After he was sure that Qingning had enough ability to protect himself, he let him go alone."

"So, what do we do now? Want to ask?"

Zhou Yu waved his hand, "No, you can't ask Qingning. If Qingning knew my identity, but never showed it, even when he went to the Rui Palace to treat the Rui Prince's back injury, he didn't show anything unusual. What does this mean? It means that he doesn't care at all and doesn't want anyone to know."

Meng Wan nodded, "If the emperor knew about this, then the undercurrent between Prince Rui and the Crown Prince would not be so dangerous. But if Qingning's identity was known at this time, he would become dangerous."

Zhou Yu hummed, "So, this matter cannot be told to anyone else. It's fine as long as we know it. We can't tell Uncle Qi either."

"I didn't expect that the prince looks weak but has such a vicious and deep mind. There is no way of retreat in this battle between Prince Rui and him." Meng Wan said softly.

Zhou Yu sighed, "Before, we were fantasizing that if King Rui supported the Crown Prince to take that position, even if the Crown Prince was still unhappy about what happened to the previous Queen, he would not rashly do anything to me. I was too naive. He even laid out the chess pieces so early, how could he be a soft-hearted person."

"Ayu, I am really worried about the prince now. If the prince and Prince Rui are in front of each other, and he forces the prince to do something, what should I do?"

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, should we tell the prince about Concubine Hui right now? Let the prince know that he has been used by the crown prince and Concubine Hui. Even if the prince doesn't believe what we say, even if he is still infatuated with Concubine Hui, at least he can be alerted."

Seeing Zhou Yu walk to the window, Meng Wan also walked over. "And the prince is not a pedantic person, maybe he will understand the reason behind this. Knowing the seriousness of the matter, even if he can't help us, at least when that day comes, you and your son won't be in a life-and-death situation."