The Emperor's heart is won, she sits on the Phoenix Throne! The Divine Physician's Eldest

"Given Prime Minister Jiang's intelligence, he knew it was only a matter of time, and he'll probably be furious."

Song Siyao's lips curled slightly.

After Song Pingwei's incident, Mu Zhaozhao discovered that she was pregnant.

As the months progressed, she could no longer hide her pregnancy.

When her parents found out, they made her abort the child and remarry.

After all, Mu Zhaozhao was beautiful and talented, of excellent character, and had a great reputation in the capital. She was a model of a well-bred lady and the dream lover of many noblemen.

But Mu Zhaozhao firmly disagreed.

Not to mention that she loved Song Pingwei to the bone, and that the entire Zhenbei Marquis's family had sacrificed themselves for the country, the child in her womb was the only bloodline of the Zhenbei Marquis's family, and she was determined to keep the child.

One night, she overheard her parents talking about forcing her to take an abortion pill and even finding her a suitable match.

She packed her bags and fled the capital overnight, heading north until she finally found a place to stay in a small mountain village.

Later, after Song Siyao regained her memory, she heard about Mu Zhaozhao's situation and sent people to search for her.

By the time the people from Tianji Pavilion found Mu Zhaozhao, Song Nianze had already been born for several months.

The people from Tianji Pavilion brought Mu Zhaozhao and Song Nianze back to the capital. The moment Song Siyao saw Song Nianze, she knew that he was her elder brother's son.

However, she couldn't just accept Song Nianze like that; she had to present the evidence to everyone so that they would know that Song Nianze was her older brother's son.

Having been away from the capital for so long, Mu Zhaozhao's sudden return with a son inevitably drew criticism and gossip.

In this era, a woman's reputation was more important than her life.

She would not allow anyone to tarnish Mu Zhaozhao's reputation.

Moreover, she wanted everyone to know that Mu Zhaozhao was the benefactor of the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion.

Therefore, she kept Mu Zhaozhao and Song Nianze in a secret place, visited them often, kept them company, and took good care of them.

She is waiting for the right time to reveal their identities as mother and son.

Finally, she got Jiang Xiang as her pawn.

Ever since she escorted Princess Qingyan back to Yan and encountered the man in black on her way back to Da Zhou, she decided to reveal her identity.

Rather than letting others exploit her identity, she should use it herself.

So she discussed with Mu Zhaozhao and asked Mu Zhaozhao to expose her identity.

As for Mu Zhaozhao's claim that Song Pingwei told her about Song Siyao's background, that's completely false. Song Pingwei never told her about that.

It was all Song Siyao who told Mu Zhaozhao.

After the two made their arrangements, Mu Zhaozhao and Song Nianze began to appear, and at the right moment, they were spotted by Jiang Xiang's spies.

As for the rumors in the capital that Song Siyao was the daughter of the Duke of Huguo, these rumors were spread by Song Siyao herself.

As expected, everything went exactly as Song Siyao had predicted.

Jiang Xiang found Mu Zhaozhao and asked her to identify Song Siyao's identity, which Mu Zhaozhao readily agreed to.

This led to the scene in Qiwu Palace where Mu Zhaozhao identified Song Siyao.

Song Siyao would certainly not admit her identity; she wanted to verify it in public.

Thus, in full view of everyone, Song Siyao proved Song Nianze's identity.

She knelt down in public to thank Mu Zhaozhao for her kindness and acknowledged Song Nianze as her confidant.

From then on, Mu Zhaozhao and Song Nianze could live openly and honestly in the sunlight.

Song Siyao knew that Prime Minister Jiang would find out the truth sooner or later, but she did not expect him to react so quickly.

The next day, Song Siyao was ordered to enter the palace, where she encountered Prime Minister Jiang at the palace gate.

Jiang Xiang looked at Song Siyao and asked, "Lord Protector of the Nation, did you already know your true identity?"

"Why does Prime Minister Jiang say such a thing?" Song Siyao asked, puzzled.

“Miss Mu exposed your identity, yet you weren’t angry at all. Instead, you welcomed her back to the Marquis of Zhenbei’s residence. This is very unusual.”

Jiang Xiang stared at Song Siyao, his tone turning three degrees colder, "Unless you already knew your identity, and you conspired with Miss Mu to set up a scheme, using me as a pawn, so that Miss Mu's child could openly recognize her ancestors, thus proving Miss Mu's identity, and also successfully exposing your own identity, killing three birds with one stone, no, it should be killing four birds with one stone, and also making fun of me."

Song Siyao smiled lightly and raised an eyebrow, "No wonder no one else can be prime minister, but you can sit in this position. Prime Minister Jiang is indeed smart."

"So you're admitting it?" Prime Minister Jiang asked angrily.

Song Siyao sneered, "What do I have to hide? On the contrary, it's you, Prime Minister Jiang, why did you expose my identity? What exactly are you plotting?"

Jiang Xiang remained calm and composed. "What scheme could I possibly have? I simply want to please the Emperor. The Emperor and the Duke of Protectorate share a deep brotherly bond. If the Emperor knew that the Duke of Protectorate still has descendants alive, he would surely be overjoyed."

“If that’s the only reason, you could have just told the Emperor my identity directly. Why did you have to do it secretly and even go out of your way to find someone to testify against me?” Song Siyao stared at Prime Minister Jiang with her cold eyes, taking in his expression.

Jiang Xiang snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "Lord Protector of the Nation, what do you want to say?"

"I want to say that Prime Minister Jiang must have a master guiding him. Otherwise, with your intelligence, how could you react so quickly?" Song Siyao said sarcastically.

"You!" Prime Minister Jiang was furious, his face turning red. He quickly calmed down and said coldly, "Marquis Protector of the Nation, don't be too arrogant. Your father was so powerful back then, but his entire family was still wiped out. Be careful that disaster doesn't befall you!"

Song Siyao's face instantly turned cold, her eyes filled with ruthless killing intent. "Jiang Qixian, you can still live if you mess with me, but if you mess with my family, I'll make sure you die a horrible death!"

"What? The Marquis of Protectorate is so arrogant that he wants to kill me in public?" Prime Minister Jiang straightened his back, looked at Song Siyao with a provocative expression.

He knew Song Siyao wouldn't kill him here.

"If I wanted your life, you would have died a thousand times over. Don't worry, I won't take your dog's life for now. I'll spare you."

Fish for the big fish behind you.

The only people who knew Song Siyao's identity, besides her own family, were the man in black.

Therefore, Jiang Xiang was merely a pawn of the black-clad leader.

Now she's in the open, while the man in black is in the shadows. She needs to follow the trail of Minister Jiang to find the hidden culprit.

Therefore, she will not kill Prime Minister Jiang.

But this is only for now, not for the future.

Jiang Xiang became arrogant again, "Lord Protector of the Nation, don't think you're so great just because you've made some contributions. Be careful not to become too powerful and overshadow your lord!"