Dethroned the Crown Princess? Then she became your mother

Zhao's waiting time in Weiyuan Marquis's mansion seemed to be stretched out.

A moment later, the spies returned with puzzling news.

The Marquis frowned, showing obvious displeasure.

Certain words about the emperor still echoed in his ears, but Zhao concealed their uneasiness with a calm tone: "My Lord, why didn't mother tell us the truth?"

"You have heard what your mother said. Was it the emperor's order or the decision of Marquis Weiyuan?" The Marquis did not seem to be too disturbed by this.

However, his heart was in turmoil, and he longed to communicate with his mother in private to find out the truth.

Zhao called the Marquis's name softly, with anticipation in her eyes.

Marquis Weiyuan confided his thoughts to her - he wanted to ask his mother privately.

"When will we take action?" Zhao asked anxiously.

"At this moment." Weiyuan Hou answered decisively.

However, just as they were about to take action, a guest came to see them.

Zhao was confused and didn't know the identity of this uninvited guest.

She exchanged glances with Marquis Weiyuan, her eyes filled with suspicion.

"Who's here?" Weiyuan Hou asked softly.

Zhao gestured to let the person in, while thinking in her heart.

After the visitor entered, he told a story that happened not long ago.

Weiyuan Hou calmed down and said "Oh?" softly.

Zhao thought for a moment, then gently held the handkerchief in her hand and asked someone to listen to the guest's detailed account.

It turned out that the visitor seemed to see the figure of a young girl at the second gate.

She thought it was an illusion at first, but when she looked again, it seemed that it was really a grown-up girl.

Moreover, the young lady got on a carriage and was accompanied by guards, but the situation inside the carriage was unclear. Only a strange man was vaguely seen.

Zhao was even more confused, "Did you really see the young lady?" she asked in disbelief.

Weiyuan Hou was also stunned. "This... what's going on? Who asked Ai'er to come? And who is that man?" He was full of questions and confusion.

Zhao looked at Marquis Weiyuan, and the tenderness on her face disappeared. "My Lord, this matter is strange. We seem to know nothing about it." Her tone revealed a hint of nervousness and uneasiness.

Weiyuan Hou and Zhao asked the visitor again, and the visitor answered firmly: "It should be the eldest daughter."

But Weiyuan Hou questioned, "You didn't even see it clearly yourself!" His doubts grew even more intense. This matter seemed full of unknowns and variables...

"If you make a mistake, the consequences could be disastrous."

"I'm here, but I don't know what to do." The visitor seemed a little at a loss.

"My Lord, do you think this is possible? How could my beloved return home alone, and be involved with the Emperor? Could it be that the Emperor himself ordered this, and who is that gentleman accompanying him?"

The inquiring voice was full of doubt and confusion.

Zhao found this unbelievable. She couldn't imagine that the emperor would travel with a reckless woman like Zhang Tianai.

"Could it be the emperor himself?" she wondered in her heart, but quickly rejected the idea.

In her opinion, the emperor is the supreme being, and Zhang Tianai is just a deposed princess. She is not qualified to be accompanied by the emperor.

What's more, she had been deposed long ago and was now only the Crown Princess. How could the Emperor possibly bring her back home and let her come to visit my mother?

Marquis Weiyuan also fell into deep thought, his brow furrowed, as if troubled by this question. "Even I find it difficult to fathom the reason," he muttered to himself.

A trace of confusion and worry flashed across Zhao's delicate face.

"However, if you think about it this way, it does seem to make sense. However, we really don't understand why the Emperor would travel with Ai'er. What is the connection between them? What is the connection between Ai'er and the Emperor, and between Ci'er and the Crown Prince?"

Although Weiyuan Hou was somewhat shaken by what he said, he later rejected the idea.

He mentioned Ci'er and the prince, and Zhao also felt the seriousness of the matter.

"If it continues like this, something unusual must have happened."

She thought to herself, "Could it be that Zhang Tianai, that reckless woman, was able to seduce the emperor?"

She immediately rejected the idea, "How could she possibly have that kind of charm!"

Zhao carefully examined the visitor a few more times. "For the sake of Ci'er and the Crown Prince, we can't let our beloved son offend the Emperor. This is definitely a misunderstanding!"

Weiyuan Hou finally made up his mind and said in a very firm tone.

Zhao nodded in agreement. "We must get to the bottom of this matter and not let things develop in a direction we don't want. We must also notify Ci'er immediately."

She immediately sent someone to inform Ci'er.

In the palace, Zhang Tianci received a letter from his mother. When he opened it, he couldn't help but feel that it was as incredible as a fairy tale.

Her eldest sister, Zhang Tianai, actually returned home to visit her grandmother? How could this be possible? And she came alone, while her mother and the others were stopped outside. It was said that it was the emperor's order, and there was also a strange man...

She thought all this together and decided that her mother's concerns were justified.

This must be a misunderstanding, right? Or is it the same as before? Upon seeing the returning prince, she opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

She decided to find out the truth on her own.

She wondered if the woman named Zhang Tianai was in the same place as her father. Why did she need her father's help to return home to meet her grandmother? Was there something wrong with her mother's story? Her grandmother hadn't explicitly stated that the woman was her eldest sister.

Murong Shen walked to her side, looked around, and asked the palace servants to leave.

He walked up to her, gently pulled her over, and looked at her innocent face. Only when he saw her would his mood improve.

At this time, news came from Aunt Liu that the situation in the temple was unclear, they were imprisoned, and the woman Zhang Tianai disappeared without a trace, and it was unknown whether she had disappeared.

In another corner of the palace, the emperor had returned to the palace.

Crown Princess Zhang Tianci gently called the Crown Prince's name, with an innocent look on her face, and relaxed her brows for him.

After pressing the crown prince's brow, she softly said, "Brother Crown Prince, father should still be safe in the palace. I'm worried about my eldest sister. I don't know if she's okay after the earth dragon turned over."

Murong Shenxing looked at her and listened to her continue, "Afterwards, I'm worried that my father will go to the temple again. If he really wants to go, should someone accompany him? Should the Imperial Concubine go with him?"

"If it were you, Crown Prince, you would have someone to accompany you. You always leave our father alone. Should we be worried about him?"

Murong Shenxing paused for a moment before answering, "What are you worried about? Father is the decision-maker of all major world affairs. He only cares about national affairs. Women are not important to him at all."

The prince emphasized again: "Many women have passed away in the past by my father's side."

Zhang Tianci was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then he said softly: "Oh, then if my elder sister has any involvement with the emperor, it will be in vain."

At this time, news also came from the Queen's palace. The Queen heard rumors that there was a woman outside the palace who had a close relationship with the Emperor.

All these disputes and mysteries seem to be continuing...

"Oh, I see..."

She finally understood why the emperor frequently left the palace.

It turned out that he did it for a woman.

Although she had tried to inquire about the news many times, she still got nothing until she asked her parents' family to help her find out.

However, all her family knew was that the emperor had taken a fancy to a woman, but her identity and specific circumstances remained a mystery.

She was eager to know the identity of this mysterious woman.

"Mother, thank you for the information. But I want to know more about this woman. Who is she? What is her background?"

She asked people around her, but she knew that this had to remain confidential, and even her family was unable to learn more.

"Don't worry, let's talk about it when the time is right." The person next to him replied.

Things that the emperor does not want to make public will naturally not be brought into the palace.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The people around him responded respectfully.

The Queen pondered in her heart: "Now in the entire palace, she may be the only one who knows the Emperor's secret."

So, what did this woman look like? Was she even more beautiful than the imperial concubine? Was she, like the imperial concubine, a seductive "vixen"?

Or, would she become another woman as famous as the imperial concubine? These questions lingered in the queen's mind.