Su Jingyan recalled her cousin Ling in the carriage. Cousin Ling had been a prince since childhood and had always been the most satisfactory prince in the hearts of the courtiers.

Xiao Ling was only sixteen years old when she died. In the blink of an eye, it was already ten years.

Su Jingyan always remembered that cousin Ling was very gentle when he spoke.

Cousin Ling never seemed to lose his temper. No matter how troublesome he was when he was young, he would never blame himself.

If cousin Ling was still alive, why would Xiao Ting be so arrogant now?

After Su Jingyan returned to the palace, she went to Ningshou Palace.

In Ningshou Palace, the Queen Mother saw Su Jingyan coming back and said, "Ayan."

With red eyes, Su Jingyan stepped forward and leaned into the Queen Mother's arms, saying, "Auntie."

Seeing Su Jingyan crying, the Queen Mother hurriedly asked: "But Your Majesty bullied you?"

Su Jingyan said with a sigh of relief: "Aunt, why have you never told me the cause of cousin Ling's death?

If I knew that cousin Ling died because of Xiao Yi, I would never bring him to you and let you accept him as your son, let alone marry him!"

The Queen Mother asked: "Who is talking nonsense in front of you? Although Ling'er's death is related to Yi'er, Yi'er cannot be blamed."

Su Jing said: "The little emperor admitted it himself, and cousin Ling died because of him!"

The Queen Mother said slowly: "Yier is a real kid. What happened ten years ago, why are you telling you what to do?"

Su Jingyan raised her eyes and looked at the Queen Mother and said: "Aunt, I don't understand. The late emperor took the life of cousin Ling to protect his youngest son, but you don't hate the late emperor at all? You even educated Xiao Yi for the late emperor. This

Why?"

Su Jingyan really didn't understand, "Auntie, our Su family is not without the ability to rebel..."

The Queen Mother said: "Ayan, don't talk nonsense! What happened back then is a long story, and Yi'er only knows one but not the other.

Although Ling'er's death is related to Yi'er, Yi'er is innocent. This matter cannot be blamed on Yi'er, nor on the late emperor."

Su Jingyan looked at the Queen Mother curiously.

The Queen Mother turned the jade Buddha beads in her hand and said slowly: "Back then, Master Shangshan calculated that Yi'er's life was cloudy and would affect the destiny of Datang. The Queen Mother He and the royal family members forced the late emperor to execute Yi'er.

The late emperor came up with a way to fake death, and planned to let Yi'er take a fake death drug, escape outside the palace, and hand Yi'er over to his uncle to raise."

Su Jingyan stood up and said, "Your Majesty's uncle is still alive?"

The Queen Mother nodded and continued: "When the entire Wen family was being executed, the late emperor found someone to replace Wen Zhou, and Wen Zhou was able to survive.

That day, Wen Zhou was originally asked to wait at the gate of Luoyang City. After Yi'er faked his death and Queen Mother He checked it, he brought Yi'er to Wenzhou and flew away."

The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and continued: "Later, somehow, the news that Wenzhou was still alive was leaked.

The late emperor came to beg me to let your father lead troops to "capture" Wenzhou, but in fact he let Wenzhou live.

But that day it happened to rain heavily, spring thunder was rolling, and we were on the mountain. Wenzhou didn't know that your father would let him live, so he thought he was going to take his life, so he ran away.

While escaping, he accidentally stepped on the air and fell down the mountain. There was a river at the bottom. Wenzhou fell into the river and his body was not found.

In the palace, the fake death drug that Yi'er took was also discovered by Queen Mother He. Queen Mother He replaced the fake death drug with real poison, Ling'er, Ling'er..."

The Queen Mother's voice was even louder: "After Ling'er learned that it was real poison, he voluntarily drank the bowl of poison for Yi'er."

Su Jingyan was extremely surprised and said: "Brother Ling drank the poison voluntarily?"

The Queen Mother said with heartache: "Ling'er fell into the water when he was a child, and it was Concubine Wen who braved the bitter cold winter to rescue Ling'er, so Ling'er was willing to die in order to protect her younger brother's life out of kindness.

"

The Queen Mother sighed, "Yier has always been sensible. At that time, he mistakenly thought that the late emperor had given poison to Linger, so he told me and your father about it from the beginning.

I wanted to explain to him so that Yi'er wouldn't have to feel so guilty, but the late emperor stopped me and refused to explain..."

Su Jingyan asked: "Why did the late emperor stop him and not explain? Why would he rather be misunderstood by Xiao Yi?"

The Queen Mother said: "The late emperor probably still felt that he owed Ling'er at that time, and let Yi'er misunderstand, so that Yi'er would treat the Su family well because of the death of your cousin Ling, so as to make up for our Su family."

Su Jing said: "But didn't the late queen also ask Xiao Ting to be the regent? It shows that the late queen does not trust our Su family at all."

The Queen Mother said: "By appointing Xiao Ting as regent, we can stop the people who want to prevent Yi'er from ascending the throne.

What's more, the late emperor was really worried about Yi'er, and he was also afraid that our Su family would be too powerful and make Yi'er a puppet.

But obviously the late Emperor was overly worried, our Su family has always been loyal to His Majesty."

"Ayan, Yi'er is willing to tell you everything, which shows that he really loves you. After all, he is also a poor child, he was only six years old at the time.

Yi'er's life was bought by Ling'er's death, so I have always treated him as my biological son. You don't have to blame him for this matter."

Su Jingyan felt very relaxed when she heard the Queen Mother's explanation.

Su Jingyan asked the Queen Mother: "Auntie, has Wenzhou's body never been found? Is it possible that he is still alive?"

The Queen Mother said: "I searched along the river bank for almost half a month, but finally I gave up because I couldn't find the body."

Su Jingyan thought of Yu Wenzhou she saw on the bridge on the Mid-Autumn Festival that day, and wondered, could Yu Wenzhou be Wenzhou?

If it was really Wenzhou, wouldn't he be afraid of arousing suspicion from others by using this name so openly?

Also, why is he really the little emperor's biological uncle going to Xiao Ting?

…

In Longmen County, Xiao Yi rewarded the two opposing armies.

Xiao Yi stood on the city wall and said: "This exercise, whether it was the Western Expedition Army or the Yan Family Army, showed the heroic fighting style of our Datang soldiers!

But there are some people among them who do not abide by the military regulations and almost harm the brothers in the army, so they must be severely punished. Today is just a drill, but tomorrow when we go to the battlefield, what we want is the lives of our fellow soldiers, Xiao Han!"

Xiao Han cupped his hands and said, "I'm here."

Xiao Yi said: "You investigate carefully and punish those soldiers and lieutenants who deliberately violated military orders and shied away on the battlefield! Give the soldiers an explanation."

Xiao Han responded: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Xiao Ting was very angry underneath. What did Yan Jiajun do for food? Xiao Han actually won!

Xiao Ting looked at the young man wearing armor next to Xiao Han, and the more he looked at him, the more familiar he became.

Xiao Ting then came out and said: "Your Majesty, when will women be allowed to mix in this military camp? How can a woman of Concubine Yan De's generation be able to wear the military uniform of the Western Conquest?"

Everyone looked at Yan Junwan.

Apparently many soldiers of the Western Expedition Army had not discovered before that the boy who had fought with them for five days and the soldier who had just taken the "life" of the enemy general Zhao Ling was actually a woman!

Xiao Ting thought to himself, depending on how Xiao Yi behaved this time, if Concubine Yan De was dealt with, the Yan family army might be able to be used by him.
Chapter completed!