books44 Chapter 290 Royal Secrets
Chapter 290 Royal Secrets
To make amends, Yao Jia personally brewed tea and served it to him.
"Master Qi must have come to see me today."
Qi Huan took the tea, took a sip, and placed it next to his hand.
"The Pavilion Master is as good as a god. I came here today to cooperate with the Pavilion Master to overthrow King Ping."
Yao Jia paused while brewing tea and looked up at him, "Master Qi, I only care about the selection of the crown prince, and I will not participate in the party dispute."
Qi Huan looked at her for a moment and said, "Master, can you listen to my story and then decide whether to cooperate with me?"
He slowly stood up, walked to the window, and gazed at the boxwood tree in the yard like the bright moon.
"The girl and the boy were childhood sweethearts. When they reached marriageable age, her best friend suddenly told her that the boy was not a good match for her and asked her to find another husband. However, the girl loved him so much that she insisted on marrying him, regardless of the objections of her family and friends, and was willing to be his concubine."
"concubine?"
Yao Jia sighed, no wonder all the family and friends were against it, it seemed like married life would definitely not be satisfactory.
"and after?"
"As my friend expected, after the woman married the man, although she was favored by the man, she was not liked by her mother-in-law, who set rules for her all day long, not to mention the obstacles caused by the man's other concubines. Fortunately, she was pregnant the year after the marriage. The man promised that as long as she gave birth to the child, he would overcome all difficulties and let her be his principal wife.
Her good friend had warned her that she had no offspring in her life, and that if she insisted on giving birth to a child, she would be retaliated, but she did not believe it. After the child was born, he was weak and had to rely on precious medicinal herbs to keep him alive every day.
She was hoping for a lucky break, thinking the child would be fine when he grew up a little bit. But when the child was two years old, he caught a cold and was in critical condition. The woman begged her friend like crazy to save her child.
Her best friend told her to give the child to someone else for adoption and not to care about him anymore, so that the child would have a smooth life. The woman was reluctant to give the child to someone else, and her brother felt sorry for her and took the initiative to help raise the child.
Qi Huan said this with a smile on his face, "Strangely enough, since the child was adopted by his younger brother, he has become stronger day by day, and at the age of four he was no different from a normal child.
The younger brother treated the child as his own, and fearing that he would have health problems again, he did not allow him to play in the sun in summer or touch the snow in winter. He also feared that he would be bored, so he ordered people to spread pebbles under the boxwood tree for him to play with.
Yao Jia felt uneasy in her heart. She unconsciously clenched the cup in her hand and looked at him, "What exactly does Master Qi want to tell me?"
"Master, please be patient and listen to me finish my story."
Qi Huan walked to the low table and sat down, then picked up the new cup of tea and placed it in his hand.
"As fate would have it, when the child was six years old, the woman missed him and was bewitched by a villain. She took advantage of her brother's carelessness and secretly took the child away through the back door. Unexpectedly, she encountered thieves on the way and the child was kidnapped. The woman and her husband were at a loss and tried their best but couldn't find the child.
She had no choice but to ask her friend to help her calculate the child's location. However, her friend's own child was poisoned by a villain and was in danger of death. She had no time to care about others. A few days later, her husband and his brother found the child's body in a lotus pond in the suburbs. The body had been swollen by the pond water and the original appearance could not be seen. They could only identify it as him by the clothes he wore that day.
The woman was so grief-stricken that she thought she had killed the child, and she passed away a few days later. The brother and her husband buried the child together with her, thinking that the matter was over. But one winter night more than ten years later, when the brother and her husband were visiting a friend's house, the friend's nominal disciple came with his husband to give New Year's gifts.
They were surprised to find that the young man actually smiled very similarly to the woman. The younger brother saw the young man again the next day and found that his taste was exactly the same as his sister's: he liked sweet and spicy food and didn't like the smell of mutton. "
At this point, Qi Huan raised his eyes and looked at Yao Jia, his eyes were indescribably complicated, "The Pavilion Master is very intelligent, I believe he has guessed who these people are."
"How is this possible? How is this possible?" Yao Jia held onto the cushion tightly.
If Langyue is that child, then she is involved with the Xiao family, and the Nangong clan will be put in a short-lived shackles again.
I was covered in cold sweat and my breathing became difficult.
"Impossible... This is impossible... If he really is... Why wouldn't Xiu Lan notice it?"
Why was it Langyue? Why should she know such a secret? Wouldn't it be nice to just be confused and die happily?
Qi Huan quickly stepped forward to help her calm down, "Pavilion Master, don't panic, don't panic, his fate has been changed, and he is no longer a member of the royal family. He can't endanger your fate."
Yao Jia raised her eyes, full of doubt, "How do you know..."
"It was your mother who changed his fate for him. My sister's best friend is your mother. Your mother tried to persuade your sister more than once, but she insisted on having her own way. For the so-called love, she sacrificed herself and hurt the child.
After giving the child to me, I announced that the child died young. But I don't know who leaked the news to several nobles in the palace. "Qi Huan saw that she was fine and returned to his position.
Yao Jia took a sip of tea, looked at him again, and said with lingering fear: "You mean, it was someone in the palace who harmed Lang Yue. In this case, he is still in danger."
Qi Huan nodded, "At first, your majesty and I both thought it was Queen Jiang's fault. Duke Jiang and my Qihou Mansion are equally matched, so although your majesty gave Queen Jiang the position of the Queen, she did not have the power of the Queen, and even ignored Prince Rui and An He."
Yao Jia looked at the empty cup in front of her and rubbed the rim of the cup carefully. "So, you have found the real murderer who murdered him?"
Qi Huan took a deep breath and nodded, "It's Concubine De."
Yao Jia paused and looked up at him, "De Fei?"
"You never expected that." Qi Huan laughed at himself, "I really underestimated her. Without the influence of her mother's family, she actually rose from a concubine to the most favored concubine in the harem step by step."
Qi Huan suddenly asked Yao Jia, "You don't find it strange that King Ping always has bad health news, but he always manages to turn danger into safety."
After he reminded her of this, Yao Jia really felt strange. It was because King Ping was weak that he lived longer than anyone else in his previous life.
Whenever news of his serious illness came out, he would appear in front of everyone full of energy and vitality not long after.
"Is his frail body just an act?"
Qi Huan shook his head, "It's not that he's pretending to be strong, but Concubine De has a way to make sure that even though he's weak, he won't die."
"what way?"
"Feeding people with poison." Qi Huan drank the tea in the teacup beside him and put the teacup down heavily.
"I didn't know about this at first, but a few months ago, shortly after Chen Ying died, his family took the risk of sending me a box. It contained the secrets that Chen Ying had discovered while following King Ping in recent years."
Qi Huan said as he took out a tiny piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Yao Jia.
"These are the ones I put together separately."
Yao Jia slowly unfolded it and took a quick look.
“Why not the original?”
Qi Huan said: "I have already presented the original version to Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty knows a lot about this, so why hasn't he dealt with Prince Ping yet? Could it be that he still can't bear to do it?"
Qi Huan sighed deeply, then sneered, "You must know that His Majesty only has half a year to live."
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