Chapter 451 It turns out that he has been living a lie all these years
His face was full of sadness and sorrow, like an old man who was dying.
Zhou Ling couldn't bear to look closely, so he looked away and said, "Did he ask you to come?"
That him?
It does not refer to the prince, but to Emperor Shunyuan.
Now that things have happened, Zhou Ling believes that Emperor Shunyuan will give him the truth.
Li Defu nodded slowly. He did not come closer, but leaned against the threshold and slowly slid down until he sat on the ground.
He sighed deeply and wiped away his tears, looking very guilty and guilty.
Just listen to him say: "The first person who saw the eldest prince back then was me."
"When the midwife brought you to me, she whispered that you were born with a disease and your breathing was weak, and she was worried that you would not live long. Because I am a close confidant of the emperor, it is best for me to relay this matter."
"So I carefully opened the quilt and took a look. I saw that your face was blue in pain and your feet were purple. You really looked like you had died at an early age. I was so frightened that I quickly covered you and carried you to the emperor. Concubine Guo
Still testing the emperor."
"She said that she gave birth to the eldest son, and she said that she was not made queen back then, and now she and the child should be compensated. The emperor was impatient to hear this, turned around and wanted to leave, but I stopped him."
"I wanted him to take a look at the child, but I was afraid that if he wanted to take a look in the future, he would not have the chance. As a result... Guo Guifei saw that the test failed, so she made it clear. She said that the eldest prince was born with a disease. What she just said was just that she wanted to take a look.
Let’s see if the emperor takes her to heart, now she has given up and asks the emperor to leave as soon as possible.”
"I guess she doesn't want the emperor to see the child. Then she will say that the child has died, because if the child dies, it will look a little different from the child."
"Although the emperor didn't like Concubine Guo's repeated calculations, he still wanted to take a look at the child. But I was afraid that the emperor would be too sad when he saw it, so I hesitated for a while."
"The midwife finally carried the child, but her feet were exposed first. The emperor was startled, and then he couldn't believe it. He took the child over, cautiously for fear of hurting him, but he still
When I saw that black and blue face, my mood also dropped."
"That was his first child, but he didn't expect that it would become the last thing he wanted to mention in his life."
"Later, we met the eldest princess first at the queen's place. She had fair skin, pink and tender skin, and was much prettier than the average newborn child. On the other hand, the prince was thin, with yellow skin and not very good hair. We initially
I thought they were twins and one of them was deficient in the womb, so I didn’t care.”
"It wasn't until after the queen passed away that I carried the eldest princess and the prince back to the Qinzheng Hall to take care of them. At that time, we didn't have any suspicion."
When Li Defu said this, he let out a long sigh, as if he didn't want to talk any more.
Zhou Ling said: "So, those feet of mine were really done by my mother and concubine herself?"
Li Defu shook his head.
At this moment, a glimmer of hope ignited in Zhou Ling's eyes.
But soon, Li Defu said: "The Empress Dowager had someone do it. Later in the interrogation, Dr. Gao, who participated in the interrogation, confessed. After the birth of the two children, the Empress Dowager asked him to diagnose who was in better health."
"He diagnosed the one with better health and sent it to the queen to be his son. The other one could not be an obstacle. Therefore, breaking both feet was just their initial plan to let the emperor lower his guard."
"If the two children look too similar in the future, the eldest prince will not be able to keep them. This is the exact words of Imperial Physician Gao. The Queen Mother even asked him to prepare a pair of poisons in advance for the wet nurses, in an attempt to keep them silent.
Xi killed..."
"That's enough, you don't need to say any more." Zhou Ling closed his eyes, feeling that his heart ached so much that he couldn't breathe.
It turns out that he has been living a lie all these years and has become a tool of revenge for others without knowing it.
The hateful thing is, why does he want to live to know all this?
Zhou Ling raised his eyes, his red eyes filled with tears, and asked Li Defu: "Why didn't you kill me according to the order back then? Why did you let me live? And you sent me to the Guo family?"
"Are you considered a remnant of the Guo family?"
Li Defu broke down and sobbed, and said sadly: "The emperor is busy dealing with those gangsters of the Guo family, while I am taking care of the eldest princess and the prince."
"But on the third day, Concubine Guo died. The palace people did not dare to deal with you at will, so they brought you over."
"The moment I saw you, I knew something was wrong."
"Three days later, the newborn baby has gradually grown, its skin is not as ugly as it was at the beginning, and its facial features have begun to change significantly. I can tell at a glance that you... you and the prince, you look exactly the same.
of."
"Later, I tried my best to find different places on your bodies. There was a birthmark on the prince's left shoulder, which was blue and about the size of a fingernail. There was no birthmark on your body, just a red mark on the wrist of your left hand."
"Just when I thought that you just looked alike and were not twin brothers, over there in the prison, the truth was already revealed. The emperor came back devastated in the heavy rain with the secret confession."
"He said that the reason why the ministers made concerted efforts to eradicate the Guo family was because they were also worried that the Guo family would usurp power. The queen is such a woman with both ability and political integrity. Her motherly deeds are universal and she has won the hearts of the people. Most importantly, the queen is for him.
The prince was born, and they were twins. If it were not for the Guo family, the queen would not have died tragically. The courtiers were filled with righteous indignation. If it were revealed that the prince was born to Concubine Guo, the consequences would be disastrous.
"
"After the emperor said this, he couldn't hold on any longer. He held on for too long and was in a coma for a day and a night."
"And during these times, I didn't dare to let anyone see your face, and I even wanted to secretly execute all the people who had served you according to the remnants of the Guo family."
"I've already thought about it. If you can't survive in the palace, I will take you out of the palace and find a place where no one is around to take care of you and grow up. This can be regarded as my loyalty to the emperor."
"But after the emperor woke up, the first thing he said to me was, you can't live."
"Any secret, as long as it is a secret, will have the risk of being exposed. What's more, this secret is related to the country and the country? The emperor said that he was tired and did not want to plant the seeds of disaster for Dayan's country. Since the queen believed that the prince was her birthright,
Yes, then let the prince become the heir of Dayan. But before that, he will never be kind to a woman, so he asked me to send you to the imperial mausoleum."
"On the road, you were very quiet. I touched your little feet, and you frowned in pain but did not cry. You just kept licking your mouth, as if you were hungry. At that time, I was thinking, since we are all going to die,
Why not put you next to Concubine Guo, maybe...that will be the destination you want."