This incident spread like wildfire in Luocheng. Empress Ruan and Li Zhenyu wanted to hold Marquis Yongning accountable, but were stopped by Emperor Zhaowen.

Compared to other military families who openly spoke for Prince Lin, Marquis Yongning needed to draw a clear line between himself and Prince Lin because he had a close personal relationship with him and they almost became relatives.

Emperor Zhaowen originally did not want to offend the powerful Yongning Marquis and his son.

But the day for the prince to marry his concubine has been set, but Sheng Yinan goes to a nunnery.

How could the prince let himself lose face?

Therefore, Fang Ling, the younger sister of the deceased Crown Prince's concubine Fang, replaced Sheng Yinan as the Crown Prince's concubine.

When Li Jiren received the news, he sat alone for a long time.

Only then did Han Qingyun know what happened between Li Jiren and Sheng Yinnan. He tried to persuade them a few times, and Li Jiren suddenly felt a little emotional.

As a child, Li Zhenyu loved to go to the Baihua Theater to watch the daring performances of beautiful girls. When he grew up, he had more concubines in his palace than Emperor Zhaowen had empresses.

Unfortunately, Li Zhenyu is a very heartless man. Once the novelty wears off, those women will be completely forgotten and live a very miserable life in the Prince's Mansion.

The former prince's concubine Fang was killed because Li Zhenyu wanted to marry Sheng Yinan.

Just to make room for a concubine, Fang, who had already fallen out of favor and whose family was just a merchant family, had to sacrifice her life.

Li Jiren laughed at himself and said that if he had known that Li Zhenyu was kidnapped that year, he should not have cared about him. Perhaps many things would be different today.

Han Qingyun was a little curious and asked Li Jiren some details.

A sentence that Li Jiren once overlooked became the key to solving all the mysteries.

When he was six years old, Li Jiren went to Baihua Theater with Li Zhenyu, where they were taken away by human traffickers.

When Li Jiren woke up in the carriage, he heard someone ask, "Which of these two children is Delu?"

Li Jiren had no idea what De Lu meant. The pronunciation of the two words was also strange, and it didn't seem to be the Dayu language.

When Han Qingyun first heard it, he thought it was a person's name, but Dayu did not have the surname De.

But he always felt that these two words were somewhat familiar. After Li Jiren repeated them several times, he finally remembered that there was an ancient book from the previous dynasty in Lu Yanyan's dowry.

The two of them quickly found Liu Minghe. When Ri Han Huaijin and others came to become his disciples, Lu Yanyan gave those ancient books to Liu Minghe as a gift for the children.

They found the book "Chronicles of Friendly Neighbors" at Liu Minghe's place and quickly flipped to the chapter on Nanlai.

Whether it is the former Great Zhou Dynasty, the current Dayu Kingdom, or the Beirong, Yan, Dongling, Nanlai and other countries, the language is common, but the names of the royal family in some places are different.

Delu refers to the young master of the royal family in Nanlai language.

With this clue and Hong Yang's gradually loosening control, Chen Xinrong's identity was exposed.

Chen Xinrong's mother is a princess of the Nanlai royal family.

Chen Hao, the former magistrate of Yanshan County, killed Lu Ya, the former prefect of Yunzhou, and let Emperor Yongle pass when Emperor Yongle started his rebellion.

Later, Chen Hao suffered brutal revenge from the Lu family, and his original wife and children were killed.

For some unknown reason, he finally married Chen Xinrong's mother, Yang.

When Chen Xinrong was three years old, Chen Hao committed suicide on the grounds that he felt sorry for Emperor Xiaoxian, leaving behind his young daughter and posthumous son Chen Su.

Emperor Yongle felt somewhat guilty towards Chen Hao, so he brought the Chen family to Luocheng, and later appointed Chen Xinrong as the prince's concubine.

When Concubine Qi was first found to be pregnant, her father went to the palace to ask Emperor Huiren to treat everyone equally so that outsiders would not be too harsh on Concubine Qi, who came from the Qi family, one of the five great families.

Afterwards, Concubine Chen and Concubine Xue became pregnant one after another.

But for some reason, Concubine Xue and Concubine Chen had a dispute, which led to an unstable fetus. Empress Ruan Qingyao punished Concubine Xue, causing her to give birth prematurely, which almost resulted in two deaths.

When Prince Qing was five years old, Concubine Xue was pushed into a flower pond by Concubine Chen and died three days later.

Concubine Chen was banished to the cold palace.

It was at that time that Kong Haibo was sent to Luocheng to protect Concubine Chen and the third prince Li Zhaocai.

As for how Kong Haibo later came to be with Ruan Xinyu and became Ruan Xinyu's trusted guard, Hong Yang had no idea.

Kong Haibo also refused to say a word.

But Kong Haibo, who could no longer withstand the torture, revealed a key piece of information - he was of Nanlai royal blood and had a mark on his body, a red round birthmark on his left buttock.

When Li Zhenyu was a child, he loved to stay close to Li Jiren and even took off his clothes next to Li Jiren. He does have this round mole.

The red birthmark on Emperor Zhaowen's body was also confirmed by Prince Qing and the Empress Dowager.

The identities of Chen Xinrong, Emperor Zhaowen, and Li Zhenyu were finally revealed...

After the morning court session that day, the angry Emperor Zhaowen called Ge Wei, who had replaced Shen Meng as the new commander of the Imperial Guard.

After receiving the order from Emperor Zhaowen, a hint of hesitation flashed in Ge Wei's eyes, but he finally obeyed the order and left.

Ge Wei was going on a long journey, so the affairs of the Imperial Guard were handed over to Deputy Commander Shen Meng.

Shen Meng suddenly said, "Commander Ge, we are all from Dayu. You should know what you can and cannot do, right?"

A trace of panic flashed in Ge Wei's eyes, and then he said coldly, "Do your own thing," then mounted his horse and left.

Within a few days, the news that Emperor Zhaowen was of Nanlai descent spread among the people at the fastest speed.

Although the imperial court sent many people to stop the spread of rumors, how could such a shocking secret be controlled?

Emperor Zhaowen had not attended court for several days, but he issued more and more decrees.

He ordered the cabinet to denounce the Lin Palace for spreading rumors, ordered Prime Minister Mu to stop the rumors as soon as possible, ordered the Ministry of War to immediately recruit troops to rescue Lin Pingyuan, ordered the Dali Temple to deal with those who spread the rumors as soon as possible, etc.

On December 10th, Fang Ling, the Crown Prince's concubine who had just gotten married a few days ago, stood on the third floor of the former Qianbaiwei Food Court.

She announced loudly, Crown Prince Li Zhenyu, indeed has a red round birthmark the size of a fingernail on his left buttock.

She also said that her own sister was killed by the prince in order to marry the daughter of Marquis Yongning.

Fang Ling burst into tears when she talked about her sister's death.

“The Crown Prince could have divorced my sister and made her his concubine, but he faked her death in order to seize her dowry.

If it weren't for revenge, why would I give myself to my enemy? But after entering the Prince's Mansion, I realized that the Prince was a cold and indifferent person. Even his roommates were protected by guards. How could I possibly take revenge?

Fortunately, the heavens have mercy on us. When the Jiyang army enters Luocheng, my sister will be avenged..."

Fang Ling was shot to death by a sharp arrow before she could finish her words. She still had a smile on her face before she died.

The Prince's Mansion went to look for the Fang family, only to find out that the Fang family had already fled to Yucheng.

Fang Ling's words once again caused an uproar.

The porcelain and furniture in the palace were replaced batch after batch, and almost all the palace maids and eunuchs were injured, and many died.

The commander of the southern border, Tian Zhonghe, and the commander of the eastern border, Guan Shannian, treated the imperial edict with indifference.

Tian Zhonghe even stated clearly that the southern border had been harassed by Nanlai for many years, and he would never accept an emperor with Nanlai blood. He asked Emperor Zhaowen and the prince to take off their clothes to prove it.

Emperor Zhaowen was so angry when he received the news that he fell backwards.

Of course, self-proof is not possible. How could an emperor or a crown prince take off their clothes for outsiders to see? Especially those private parts.

However, it was not just Tian Zhonghe. More than half of the officials in the court, led by the Imperial Censor Fang Xuanren, demanded that Emperor Zhaowen prove himself.

In the harem, Empress Dowager Ruan and Empress Dowager Chen had quarreled countless times. Empress Ruan locked herself in Kunning Palace and refused to see anyone except Chunlan.

Emperor Zhaowen summoned several trusted ministers to discuss the matter, and the next day the court announced that the birthmarks of Emperor Zhaowen and others were actually exclusive to the Chen family bloodline.

Empress Dowager Chen's half-brother Chen Su also had this birthmark, so there is no doubt that Chen Su's aunt was from Dayu.

Prince Lin's Mansion used the Chen family's bloodline to spread rumors and their intentions are despicable.

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