Li Zhaocai, who has the direct blood of the Nanlai royal family, becomes another hope for Nanlai to restore its country.

Chen Xinrong deliberately approached Queen Ruan Qingyao, trying to turn Li Zhaocai into a legitimate son.

Unfortunately, Li Zhaocai has been afraid of hard work since he was a child. He is neither good at literature nor at martial arts, and Emperor Huiren dislikes him very much.

Ruan Qingyao and Chen Xinrong were reprimanded by Emperor Huiren one after another.

When the three princes were five years old, Chen Xinrong met with a spy from Nanlai and was discovered by Concubine Xue.

Chen Xinrong immediately poisoned Concubine Xue, leaving her speechless, and then pushed Concubine Xue into the water.

After Concubine Xue died, Chen Xinrong was banished to the cold palace.

The Nanlai royal family sent fifteen-year-old Nan Tuohai, also known as Kong Haibo, to protect Chen Xinrong.

Chen Xinrong knew that as long as Li Zhaoying was there, Li Zhaocai would have no chance of ascending the throne, so he asked Kong Haibo to pass the message to Nanlai Kingdom - to assassinate Li Zhaoying.

Unfortunately, in addition to the secret guards given by Emperor Huiren, Li Zhaoying also had guards sent by the Qi family, so the assassin could not get close to Li Zhaoying at all.

Fortunately, at that time, Nanlai produced a rare general in a century - Nan Batian.

Nan Batian's strength and military capabilities are astonishingly high.

Fifteen years after Li Hetai's disappearance, the royal family of Nanlai finally believed that Li Hetai would never appear again.

Emperor Huiren was a man of considerable talent and learning, but his martial arts skills were not high, and he had little experience on the battlefield.

The Nanlai Kingdom has been gathering strength for more than 30 years.

Nanlai also has a navy, and several small-scale tests have proved that the southern border army of Dayu is absolutely unable to resist the Nanlai army.

Dayu has veteran generals such as Li Hongliang, Shangguan Yunhui, and Dou Chengyi in the northern, western, and eastern borders, and can maintain a balance with the enemy.

Only in the southern border, Nan Batian can be said to be almost invincible.

At that time, everyone in Nanlai State believed that the battle was a sure victory.

As long as the Nanlai army attacks Dayu, they can first cooperate with Xiqi and Fengyuan to take over the western border of Dayu, and then go to the northern border to unite with Beirong and other countries, and finally completely swallow up Dayu.

That year, the Nanlai navy wreaked havoc in the southern border, and the southern army was defeated. The commander-in-chief, General Chang, was seriously injured, and the deputy general, Tian Zhonghe, wrote a letter requesting support from people who were good at naval warfare.

Dayu has no navy, so how can it have people who are good at naval warfare?

The thirteen-year-old prince Li Zhaoying went to the southern border and was ignored by the southern border army.

The letter written by Chen Xinrong also fell into Nan Batian's hands - in the battle of the southern border, Li Zhaoying must be killed.

Neither the Nanlai royal family nor the Southern Tyrant would take seriously a man who was less than thirteen years old and had just entered the battlefield.

But soon, they lost to Li Zhaoying.

Nan Batian originally wanted to kill Li Zhaoying, but was killed by him instead.

In this battle, Nanlai was determined to win, and it was almost a battle with the whole country at stake, but it lost miserably.

Over the next twenty years, Nanlai only sent a small number of troops to harass the coast, tying down the southern border army to support border troops in other places.

The plan to infiltrate Dayu by force failed again, and Li Zhaocai's identity became particularly important.

Chen Xinrong took advantage of Ruan Qingyao's jealousy towards Qi Miaowan. Ruan Qingyao also wanted to use Li Zhaocai to resolve the future disaster of the Ruan family.

The two of them hit it off almost immediately, and Ruan Xinyu, who was deliberately built as the "Phoenix Girl of Destiny" in the early years, became the target of their calculations.

Ruan Xinyu was raped by Li Zhaocai and gave birth to Ji Siyuan.

Ji Siyuan's birthmark was covered up by Kong Haibo using Nanlai's secret medicine.

To the extent that even after Ruan Xinyu married Li Zhaocai, she still thought that Ji Siyuan was Li Zhaoying's child.

The Ruan family and Chen Xinrong's people attacked Li Zhaoying one after another, but they were never successful.

Ruan Xinyu and Li Zhaocai's child Ji Siyuan was sent to Jiyang.

When Kong Haibo sent Ji Siyuan to Jiyang, he also destroyed the high-yield crops that should have appeared in Dayu more than 20 years ago.

Ji Siyuan grew up in Prince Lin's mansion and received the same upbringing as Li Jiren and Li Jixin. Even Emperor Huiren liked him very much.

Unfortunately, due to Aunt Ji's instigation, Ji Siyuan thought he was the child of Ruan Xinyu and Li Zhaoying.

He believed that he should have been the prince of Lin Wang, the child who would be held in the arms of Emperor Huiren to attend court, and the one who would inherit the foundation of Dayu Kingdom. However, because of Li Zhaoying's "abandonment", he became an illegitimate child and a person with the surname Ji.

But Li Zhaoying and his wife were very kind to him, and he didn't want to hurt them...

In the 28th year of Huiren, internal strife broke out among the royal family of Nanlai, and almost all members of the royal family were killed.

The "Nan Fengyun" who claimed to be over 400 years old survived under the protection of his guards.

However, the emperor and his successor were all dead, and the court was in turmoil. "Nan Fengyun" wanted to proclaim himself emperor, but was severely scolded by court officials.

The court officials only recognized men of royal descent who had a red mark on their left buttocks.

But there are only four people who meet the requirements.

The oldest was Rong Haonan, the son of Queen Meng Long of Beirong, who was 28 years old at the time.

But Rong Haonan is the eldest prince of Beirong and also the legitimate son. He is the one who will inherit the great cause of Beirong in the future, so naturally he cannot be brought to Nanlai.

Rong Haonan had two sons, both of whom died young.

The second person who met the requirements was Li Zhaocai, who was 25 years old at the time.

But Li Zhaocai is Nanlai's great hope for alternative national restoration, and this person cannot be brought to Nanlai.

The third one was Ji Siyuan, who was nine years old at the time.

Ji Siyuan is the key to the destruction of Prince Lin’s Mansion, so he naturally cannot go to Nanlai.

The last person who met the requirements was Li Zhaocai’s nominally only son, Li Zhenyu, who was six years old at the time.

That day happened to be Li Zhenyu's sixth birthday. Because he had a lot of schoolwork, Li Zhenyu dragged Li Jiren to Baihua Theater to watch a play to relax.

That day, the two children were abducted by the Nanlai people.

Those people were going to kill Li Jiren, but he hid in the water and escaped.

After Li Jiren returned to the palace, Emperor Huiren immediately sent people to chase the thief. Two months later, Li Zhenyu was caught.

This incident caused a big stir at the time, but unfortunately no one knew that those who kidnapped the little emperor's grandson were from Nanlai. They just thought they were ordinary human traffickers.

Baihua Theater was closed due to various illegal activities. The killers trained by Kong Haibo were either dead or fled, and Chen Xinrong suffered heavy losses.

Nanlai and the Duke of Ying's Mansion had made several assassination plans against Prince Lin's Mansion, but they failed repeatedly.

After Prince Lin's Mansion had two imperial grandchildren, Xie Ning became pregnant again. According to the imperial physician, it should be another boy.

The Duke of Ying's Mansion took control of one of Li Zhaoying's deputy generals, Zhao Qihua's mistress.

Zhao Qihua's mistress was also his cousin, whom he truly loved, but they missed each other in their early years, and when they met again, Zhao Qihua was already married.

Since my cousin didn't want to be a concubine, she was raised in Pingyao Prefecture, and they had two sons and one daughter.

The Duke of Ying's Mansion threatened Zhao Qihua with his cousin and his children. Zhao Qihua was unwilling to betray Li Zhaoying, but after watching his youngest son have three fingers cut off, he agreed to become an insider.

Before Xie Ning gave birth, a poison called "Huiqingsan" was sent to him from the capital.

This poison is used on pregnant women about to give birth. In severe cases, two lives will be lost, while in mild cases, the baby will be suffocated to death. In the best case, the baby will appear to be in a state of suspended animation.

If the baby can be given the antidote within twelve hours, he will wake up.

Zhao Qihua still had a conscience, so he kept most of the medicine powder and secretly prepared an antidote.

Ji Siyuan personally handed the Huiqingsan to Xie Ning to drink. When Li Jianan was born, his whole body was blue and purple, and he was lifeless.

Xie Ning was devastated both physically and mentally and fell seriously ill.

Before Li Jianan was buried, Zhao Qihua fed him the antidote.

Afterwards, Li Jianan was sent to Beiming Prefecture and adopted by an old student. At that time, Li Jianan was named Mu Chengkang.

There was still some poison in Li Jian'an's body, but fortunately he met his adoptive father Han Qingyun and his family. Thanks to some medicinal herbs in Han's braised food, he was able to suppress the poison in his body.

It wasn't until April this year that Li Jianan reunited with Li Zhaoying's family...

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