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Su Dongchen looked solemn, "I quietly brought them and the great emperor's grandson back to the southern mansion. It happened that my wife was in labor and gave birth to a son. I declared that my wife gave birth to twins, so I put the great emperor's grandson and my son together , bring them up."

Zheng Cheng's lips trembled slightly, and he asked after a while: "That's..."

"It's Zhong'er." Su Dongchen didn't give a shit, and said bluntly, "He was weak when he was young. Although he was born two months older than Menger, he looked smaller than Menger. Because my wife had a difficult labor at that time, the second son was born with a baby. Wan, the body is weaker than the eldest son, which makes sense. Besides, being the eldest son of An Guogong's mansion has too many responsibilities, and he will inevitably go to the battlefield when he becomes an adult. It is dangerous, so let him be the second son. If he can't rectify his name and recognize his ancestors, he will always be the grandson of the eldest son of my Anguo Gongfu. I will arrange a large amount of property for him in the future, and I will definitely not let him Suffer the slightest grievance."

"Okay, okay." Zheng Chengyu was out of tune and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Su Dongchen looked at him sincerely, "I am a soldier and don't understand politics, so I don't know whether I should tell the emperor Zhong'er's true identity. If I want to tell the emperor, how can I win the trust of the emperor. Zhong'er is the prince's son-in-law. The eldest son is an orthodox descendant, if his identity is exposed, it will definitely cause an uproar, which is very dangerous."

"Yes." Zheng Cheng finally calmed down, "This matter is no small matter, I have to meet Zhong'er first. Is his...is this the way he looks now?"

"No, I concealed it on purpose." Su Dongchen sighed, "Zhong'er was born exactly like the emperor, only with eyes like His Royal Highness the Crown Princess."

The prince looks very much like his own father, who is the current emperor.The Great Emperor's grandson looks like the emperor's grandfather, and he has a great advantage in appearance. It is hard for the emperor not to like him, and those people and forces who are determined to win the throne will definitely regard him as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh, and they must get rid of it quickly. .

Su Dongchen continued: "Zhong'er Xiwen is very different from our Su family, but he is very similar to the descendants of the Zheng family. He is very talented in reading. If I hadn't suppressed him, I'm afraid he would already have the reputation of a scholar." As he spoke, he showed a smile, very proud of his adopted son.

Zheng Cheng was very happy, "Really? That's great."

He couldn't be more excited.Back then, when he learned that his daughter, son-in-law and grandson had died so badly, he suffered a serious illness and almost died like that.His wife was not as lucky as him, she couldn't get sick since then, and died within half a year.Now he is very relieved to know that the blood left by his daughter is still alive and living a good life without suffering much. As for other things, he has no time to think about them.This is a big matter, and it cannot be decided in a short while.

The two met in secret and couldn't be delayed for too long, so Zheng Cheng only asked some important questions and stopped staying, "Zhong'er will continue to stay by your side. As for what to do in the future, I have to go back and think about it."

"Okay." Su Dongchen nodded, "Then I'll wait for your reply. If you have something to talk to me about, you can wear this sachet, and I'll know soon." He handed over a dark green sachet with the words embroidered on it Several stalks of green bamboo fit Zheng Cheng's identity.

Zheng Cheng didn't ask anything, took the sachet and put it in his arms, then got up and left.

Su Dongchen breathed a sigh of relief when the difficult problem was handed over to capable people, and suddenly felt a little exhausted, so he raised his head and leaned back, leaning on the back of the chair, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

After a while, Yan Fei walked in quietly.Looking at Su Dongchen's tired face, he was very distressed, and couldn't help raising his hand, and gently stroked his forehead.

Su Dongchen opened his eyes and looked at him tenderly, "I told him everything."

"Yeah." Yan Fei slid his hand slightly, stroking his cool face, "It's not difficult for Zheng Cheng to believe this, but it's more difficult for the emperor to believe it. After all, the royal blood cannot be confused, and there is no DNA testing, it is common for people to have similarities. Hostile forces may accuse you of finding a child who looks like the emperor to pretend to be the grandson of the emperor, with ulterior motives. If the emperor refuses to believe you, not only you and the child are in danger, but the whole Anguo Gongfu is in danger."

"Yes, so I will try my best to be foolproof." Su Dongchen straightened up, grabbed his hand and held it in his palm, and said gently, "I have already made sufficient preparations just for this day. In fact, Webster's husband is not But the prince's confidant guards are still the emperor's people. The prince knows his true identity, but he just pretends not to know it on the surface, so he was selected as one of the guards to escort the emperor's grandson back then. Over the years, I let him and the Sun family Her husband has been secretly guarding Zhong'er, and then sent people to watch him. In order to protect Zhong'er, these arrangements are necessary, and no one can tell what's wrong. He is very vigilant and isolated in the south, so he never passed on A secret letter to the emperor. After returning to Beijing, I stepped up my efforts to protect Zhong'er. I called the four bright guards and the eight dark guards. There are three people on duty in each shift. One is bright and the other is dark, and they supervise each other. He still has no chance to pass it on. News. If Zheng Cheng thinks it through and decides to disclose the news to the emperor, I will relax the monitoring and let him report the news. The emperor may not trust him completely, but this is a confidant he personally arranged, and his identity has never been revealed. If exposed, he will always believe something."

Yan Fei's eyes became brighter, "Okay." Feeling the warmth of Su Dongchen's palm, he was extremely happy.

The two discussed the plan for the next meeting with Zheng Cheng, and then they left separately.

Su Dongchen went back upstairs and sat down, calling people to buy all kinds of snacks, watching his son and younger siblings gobble up happily, without mentioning a word of etiquette, on the contrary, he praised their liveliness.When he went to meet Zheng Cheng just now, he arranged guards to protect them to go down to watch the lights and guess riddles.Su Nanchen read poetry and books, guessed many lantern riddles, won lanterns for his younger siblings, nephew and his own daughter, and made the children cheer for a while.Those lanterns are all placed in the room, looking very cute.

Playing in the middle of the night, the children gradually couldn't bear it anymore, and their eyes were a little sleepy. Su Dongchen smiled and asked the guards to carry them one by one, put them in the carriage, and slowly go home.

After the new year, everyone cleared up their moods, those who should go to court, those who should go to school, Su Dongchen also returned to the Xishan Camp to prepare for the spring joint military exercise of the three major battalions in the capital.

This is a new thing he proposed first. According to the ancient language habits, he called it "military training and performance". As soon as he proposed it, he won the approval of Jiang Yuanwu and Shi Qing.The three played at the same time, and the emperor was very happy, fully affirming their military training strategy.If the effect of this military exercise is significant, it will become a routine. Four military exercises are held every year, one in spring, summer, autumn and winter, so that the officers and soldiers of the three battalions can fight in all seasons, all weathers, and all disasters. Can win.The emperor was also thinking about having the Royal Guards perform a military exercise to eliminate all the idiots and leave only the loyal and elite, so that the palace would be safer.

After the new year, the officials who came to Beijing to report on their duties returned one after another.According to the ratings of officials from various places last year, some were promoted, some were transferred, some were demoted, some were dismissed, some were convicted and sent to prison, and so on.

Throughout the spring, the capital was filled with unprecedented turmoil.

Uncharacteristically, the emperor no longer sought stability, but made drastic adjustments. Many high-ranking officials of the third rank and above and noble families were sacked, and even their homes were confiscated and exiled. The playboys of the domineering girls are gone.

The cabinet has different attitudes towards the emperor's thunderous methods, and there are disputes from time to time, but Zheng Cheng, the chief assistant, is not as gentle and humble as before, and he governs by doing nothing.He unequivocally supported the emperor, deposed ministers who committed crimes, severely punished corrupt officials, ordered subordinate officials, admonished the clan, and tried his best to eliminate officials.Several elders couldn't stop his determination, instead they were dragged onto the chariot by him, rolling forward, unable to stop.

At this time, Zheng Cheng had already met Su Yuzhong.

Su Dongchen gave his son a bowl of calming soup, then took him to a secret room, picked him up and put him on the bed, and carefully removed the disguise for him.

Zheng Cheng looked excitedly at the boy on the bed.His face was slightly pale, his sword eyebrows slanted, his long eyelashes were quiet, his nose was straight, and his lips were bowed.At first glance, he was very similar to the emperor when he was young, and the noble aura from his blood was looming, making it impossible to ignore.

Zheng Cheng sat on the side of the bed and gently held the boy's hand, feeling a kind of intimacy connected by flesh and blood.This is his grandson, who has a noble bloodline, but his parents died shortly after he was born, and he still doesn't know that he is a direct descendant of the noble emperor.

He sighed secretly, looking at the child in front of him, his emotions were very complicated, including pity, relief, worry, pride, mixed flavors, and it was difficult to distinguish for a while.

After a long time, he looked up at Su Dongchen and said sincerely, "Thank you."

Su Dongchen shook his head, a little sad, "His Royal Highness regards me as a friend... At the beginning, His Highness asked me to pretend to have a dispute with him, and then expelled me from the palace, but actually ordered me to manage his contacts outside to prevent powerful enemies from doing anything. Unexpectedly, before the great cause was accomplished, something happened to His Highness. I worked hard in the South, and all my calculations were in vain. Fortunately, His Highness still has blood, and His Highness entrusted me with it before he died, which shows that he has a lot of trust in me. Being able to raise His Highness's son, it's my honour."

Zheng Cheng sighed again, "Yeah, who would have expected that someone would go so mad as to..."

Su Dongchen had already received all kinds of information and analysis results from Yan Fei, so he revealed to him a little bit at this time, "The murderer behind the murder of the crown prince, princess concubine, and everyone in the Eastern Palace is probably the concubine Li. What she did It's all for King Kang."

Zheng Cheng's face changed drastically, "Really?"

"Yes." Su Dongchen said calmly, "I don't know much about the situation, but I can roughly speculate that some of the current power of the three princes are actually the nails planted by King Kang. He first murdered His Royal Highness the orthodox prince of the dynasty. , and then gradually infiltrated, cleverly arranged, so that the three princes can kill each other, and then he can take advantage of the chaos and seek to usurp the throne." He took out a stack of materials that Yan Fei had prepared in advance and handed it to him.

Zheng Cheng took it, looked through each one carefully, his face became more and more dignified, and finally said coldly, "Your Majesty is wise, how can you allow these petty people to covet the country. The influence in the capital has been uprooted."