There is also spring for passers-by

Wen Wan: Do you understand first love and white moonlight literature? Later, the emperor was plotted against and poisoned upon returning to the capital, losing his memories of that time. Technically speaking, the original owner's father was the emperor's eldest son.

A female college student is a treasure. For the young prince who lacks love, it is even more rare for him to meet the gentle and warm-hearted Li Zhenniang. What's more, the other party does not know that he is a prince and has the purest admiration and love for him, which is more precious than anything else.

Xiaohua: Master, I have filled in all the plot holes, it is absolutely flawless.

Because the emperor was poisoned many times in his youth, he gave birth to the eldest prince when he was nearly 30 years old. After the eldest prince was born, the subsequent princes and princesses were born one after another.

Wen Wan mentioned the low-grade dream-making talisman, which had the least effect, and she was also interested in finding out the truth. Ling Jiaye was most likely the emperor's son, otherwise he wouldn't have the imperial purple aura that only royal blood could possess.

As the carriage swayed forward, it was almost noon and the team stopped to rest in front of a post station in a small town.

The housekeeper and the maid went to the nearest guest house to order food.

The original owner is thirteen years old this year. His eldest brother Ling You is now sixteen years old, his second brother Ling Zuo is fifteen years old, and his youngest sister Ling E is eleven years old.

Ling'e couldn't stay any longer after the meal and said she wanted to take a walk around the town. Bai Shi was worried and followed her.

Wen Wan used the excuse that she was tired and didn't want to move, so she sat in the guest room.

Ling Chengjia asked the eldest maid to brew a pot of good tea and set it aside. The father and his two sons started talking, and Wen Wan handed a stack of papers to Ling Chengjia.

Ling Chengjia looked at the words above, his eyes almost popping out, "Dad, give me 20,000 taels of silver. Buying information also costs money. Do you think this information is worth the money?"

Brothers Ling Zuo and Ling You looked at the content above and thought it was too detailed. It stripped the Third Prince down to his underwear. The only thing missing was writing about how many times he peed the bed and burped when he was young.

The father and his two sons read page after page of content. Last time, the third prince said that he helped Ling Chengjia get promoted and return to Beijing, but that was not the case at all. Instead, it was Ling Chengjia who was promoted to the position of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue based on his own political achievements.

Wen Wan said to her attendants, "All of you step outside and wait!"

She took out another page of text and said, "Dad, now that you've finished reading, take a look at this page again."

After reading this page, Ling Jiaye was so scared that he dropped the page in his hand.

The pupils of the brothers Ling Zuo and Ling You trembled. The news on this page was even more shocking, because it said that Ling Jiaye was actually the child of the emperor and Li Zhenniang, and he was the emperor's true eldest prince. Later, the emperor returned to the capital, was assassinated and poisoned, and after waking up, he had forgotten that part of his memory, and only recently recovered some of it.

Ling Jiaye was the quickest to accept it. If his achievements were a reward for his promotion back to the capital, he'd been promoted directly from the fifth-rank Ningzhou prefect to the position of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. One fifth-rank, the other third-rank—a promotion that was far too large. But the contents of this single page explained everything. He was the emperor's son, and the emperor, in his old age, remembered this son, now living among the common people.

Ling Jiaye smiled, tears welling up in his eyes. "No wonder, ever since I can remember, my father has never paid attention to me. Even my fourth and fifth brothers have received his guidance and been tested on their knowledge. So that's how it is, so that's how it is..."

He is not his father's biological son at all, and he doesn't know whether his adoptive father knows his true identity.

Wen Wan said softly, "Grandfather has remembered everything, but right now, no one outside knows about it. Father, why did they sell me this information and ask me to spend 30,000 taels of silver? What is their intention?"

Ling Zuo felt that no matter what the other party meant, the money was worth spending, otherwise their whole family would be kept in the dark.

"Dad, we can't tell Mom and my younger sister about this right now. My younger sister is young and inexperienced. If she lets it slip, I'm afraid it will disrupt the Emperor's plans. After we return to the capital, we have to pretend we don't know about this. Let's quietly wait for the Emperor to summon us. If he doesn't ask to be recognized with us, I will continue to pretend I don't know."

Ling Zuo had never imagined that one day he would be hit by such news: they were actually the descendants of a great family. "Did the person who sold you this information say this?"

"The other party said, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't say what you shouldn't say, don't do what you shouldn't do, just wait quietly, safety is more important than anything else."

Ling Jiaye and his two sons questioned what he meant by "not asking, not saying, not doing". Did the emperor want to test his sons and grandsons and only recognize them if they passed the test?

Wen Wan said, "Dad, Mom only listens to you. I still need 20,000 taels of silver."

"Okay, okay. I'll ask your mother to give you the banknotes later. How about giving you 35,000 taels? No wonder you've been away so much for the past six months. It turns out it's because of this."

Ling Jiaye looked at his two sons reproachfully and said that his daughter was on good terms with the third prince and might have fallen in love with him. He was her uncle and although they were of the same age, their seniority was much greater.

After Wen Wan told the truth, she thought time would fast forward again, but she felt something different. It was Tianmo Wanhua's shock. She thought of the tragic death of her entire family in her first life. It was very likely that the current emperor knew this secret, and the third prince killed their family, probably in large part because of this secret.

Could it be that the old emperor wants to support Ling Jiaye?

After all, this is the old emperor's eldest son, and the son born to his white moonlight and first love.

When the six members of the Ling family entered the capital, and were still a hundred miles away from the city gate, the messenger from the capital arrived. Not only did he directly grant Ling Jiaye the title of Minister of Revenue, he also rewarded him with the luxurious five-story mansion of the Prince of Jin.

The Ling family was escorted back to the capital by imperial officials and three hundred imperial guards.

Wen Wan received 35,000 taels of silver from Bai.

The family lived in a large house with five courtyards, and there were also maids and butlers from the Imperial Household Department sent by the emperor.

Mrs. Bai felt uneasy and said to Ling Jiaye, "Master, isn't the emperor's reward too generous? He gave us such a large royal palace, but also sent us 120 slaves from the palace as servants. I always feel that it is not right."

Ling Jiaye couldn't tell his wife the truth. "Thunder and rain are all the emperor's grace. If the emperor wants to reward us, we will follow suit."

Bai still felt uneasy. The reward was too generous. Wasn't he supposed to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue? Why did he become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?

On the third day after returning to Beijing, Ling Jiaye and his family of six went to the palace to pay homage to Concubine Xian.

This time it was even more strange, because the virtuous concubine was an old woman who was by the emperor's side when he was a prince. She only had two princesses, one of whom was married to the Liang Kingdom, and the other was already married.

Xianfei asked Bai in a friendly and enthusiastic manner, "Madam Ling, is the road easy to travel?"

"Fortunately, we received the transfer document before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Our family set off right after the Mid-Autumn Festival. It took us more than a month to get from Ningzhou to the capital." Bai replied.

The virtuous concubine asked, "Did you encounter anything strange on the way?"

Wen Wan thought for a moment, "There are indeed some. For example, there are always some sneaky people following me around, wearing black boots, standing straight, but carrying a peddler's basket to sell fruits and vegetables; the old lady carrying a basket of needles and thread has a pair of feet bigger than a man's; and in some small towns, there are more peddlers than passing merchants..."