"This...isn't my mother?"

Yin Feier stared at the person in the painting and asked uncertainly.

Because the face of the person in the painting is exactly the same as her mother's.

Even the charm of their smiles is exactly the same.

But the person in the painting is dressed as a maid.

Her mother was trained as the future queen since she was born, so it is impossible for her to dress like that.

Then she heard Li Shu ask, "Is this the emperor's sweetheart?"

That is the current queen!

But Li Shu didn't say this out loud.

Lin Yuan nodded to her and said, "This person is called Ying Wan. When the current emperor was still the master of the Eastern Palace, she was the current emperor's personal maid and bed warmer.

It is said that she was once pregnant with the current emperor's child, but the current emperor had not yet married at that time. She was very sensible and took abortion medicine on her own. For this, the current emperor promised to make her a concubine in the future and doted on her in every way.

But one day she suddenly disappeared. Strangely, after she disappeared, the current emperor was depressed for only a few days and never mentioned her again. He also strictly ordered no one in the East Palace to mention her.

As time went by, no one remembered her anymore. The people I sent out went through a lot of trouble and finally found the old lady who had left the East Palace before the current emperor ascended the throne. Only then did they find out about her."

Suddenly disappeared...

Was he killed by the Empress Dowager or the late Emperor?

After all, the empress was assigned to the emperor by the late emperor when she was young.

Neither the late emperor nor the empress dowager would allow a woman who looked exactly like the empress and was deeply loved by the emperor to become a concubine in the Eastern Palace...

Thinking of this, Li Shu suddenly thought, even if there are many people with similar looks in this world, it is not a bit too coincidental that a person who looks exactly like the future Crown Princess appeared in the East Palace and happened to be in love with the Crown Prince.

For this reason, after looking at Yin Feier, she said to Lin Yuan, "Look into what happened before Ying Wan entered the Eastern Palace."

"I have already arranged for someone to investigate, but so far nothing has been found."

"..."

Li Shu glanced at Yin Feier again, then casually asked, "This painting looks very new. Did someone in your building paint it according to the old man's description?"

Lin Yuan shook his head and was about to answer when Yin Feier suddenly said, "This painting was created by my father."

After saying that, Yin Feier stood up, walked to Lin Yuan, took the painting and looked at it carefully again and again.

Then he repeated with even greater conviction, "It was indeed from the hand of the Emperor!"

Only then did Lin Yuan say, "This painting was stolen by my subordinates from the secret room in the imperial study."

"The secret room in the imperial study?" Li Shu's heart skipped a beat. "You can sneak into a place like that?"

"It's definitely not possible to rely on one subordinate alone. Lin'an and the others have already done a lot of homework for the subordinates."

"..."

Li Shu frowned and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she looked at Yin Feier worriedly.

But Lin Yuan added, "The secret room is full of portraits like this."

In an instant, Yin Feier's hands holding the painting were so tight that veins appeared.

Li Shu knew that she must be feeling bad at the moment, so she waved at Lin Yuan, signaling him to leave first.

Then, as soon as Lin Yuan left, Yin Feier lost her soul and whispered softly, "Since I was old enough to understand, my father has been very kind to my mother. I have always envied and longed for her. I dreamed of meeting a man like my father.

So when I discovered that the person my father really loved might not be my mother, but that filthy thing that had taken over her body, I was so scared that I didn't dare to think about it too deeply.

Because if the kindness of the emperor to the queen mother is not true, then how can the kindness of the emperor to me and the prince be true? And if the queen mother never comes back, what will be waiting for me and the prince?"

Li Shu didn't speak immediately.

After Yin Fei'er calmed down a bit, he rolled up the painting, walked back to her side and sat down. She then said, "Don't scare yourself yet. The situation may not be that bad. After all, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Regardless of whether the Emperor's kindness to the Empress is genuine or not, you and the Crown Prince are undoubtedly his flesh and blood!"

Even though Xie Yu in her dream said that the East Palace had changed its owner, it meant that the emperor's kindness to Fei'er and her siblings was fake!

Maybe it's time for her to meet the prince!

Since the prince made all those arrangements because of her letter, I guess he trusts her to some extent, right?

She was a little hesitant.

Yin Feier looked down at the scroll in her hand and fell silent.

At this time, Ning Jin followed Lin Yuan into the hunting ground.

However, he just looked around to confirm whether there was anyone around, and when he looked forward again, there was no one in sight.

This made him quite annoyed.

But his vigilance towards the other party was greatly reduced.

Because he had already guessed that it was Li Shu's man.

About half an hour later, Lin Yuan changed his face and went back to Li Shu's tent to take away the painting.

It is rumored that the current emperor has an extraordinary memory, so he has to let it go back to avoid being exposed.

When he took the painting away, Li Shu took advantage of Yin Feier's inattention and stuffed a folded piece of paper into his hand.

And she mouthed to him, "Send to the East Palace."

After Lin Yuan left the hunting ground, Yu Ru sent someone to tell Li Shu and Yin Feier that a bonfire party would be held at night, and then they would end the hunting and return to Beijing tomorrow.

For this reason, after dark, Li Shu finally left the tent with Yin Feier.

Perhaps the coldness dispelled the gloom in Yin Feier's heart. After taking a few deep breaths, she started chatting with Li Shu.

"Sister Ali, you've been sleeping most of the day, so you probably didn't know that Xie Yu is swollen all over!"

"Swollen?"

"Well, it's said that she was frightened by a snake yesterday and had nightmares all night, which caused her whole body to swell up. When she walked out today, she was no longer wearing a veil, but a hat that covered most of her body."

"..."

Li Shu thought to herself that she had nightmares every day, but she didn't see any edema. She was afraid that Xie Yu might have some problem with something else besides her nose and mouth.

The next moment, she saw Xie Yu coming out from behind a tent accompanied by Li Shen and Li Xing.

In the past, if they bumped into each other like this, Xie Yu would definitely greet her to annoy her.

But when Xie Yu saw her today, he was like seeing a ghost. He immediately pulled Li Shen and Li Xing and turned around and walked away in a different direction.

Yin Feier frowned and said, "Xie Yu's reaction... doesn't it mean she thinks those snakes that entered her tent yesterday were sent by Sister Ali to scare her?"

Li Shu smiled and called out to Xie Yu, "Miss Xie, please stay!"

Her intuition told her that Xie Yu's reaction today was that he didn't dare to provoke her anymore.

Because if Xie Yu continued to provoke her, sooner or later he would not dare to go out even wearing that kind of hat.

Then she must create opportunities for Xie Yu to provoke her!

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