"My servant said that the Queen Mother and the Third Princess have brought you a big happy event, which is related to the Pure Concubine."
Eunuch An repeated his words again. When the emperor heard that it was related to Concubine Chun, he immediately became excited.
"Have you found Concubine Chun's relatives? Come on, the Queen Mother and the three princesses are coming in together. I want to hear what happy event is related to Concubine Chun?"
The expression on the emperor's face was very expectant and excited, and he was a little unsteady on his feet.
He has been waiting for news about Chun Fei for too many years, and now the wait is finally here.
"Your Majesty, please be patient." Seeing that the Emperor was about to come down in a hurry, Eunuch An personally went to invite the Queen Mother and the three princesses to enter the palace together, and hurriedly went to help him.
When the queen mother and the third princess entered the palace, the emperor couldn't wait to ask.
"Mother, please tell me what kind of happy event the concubine Chun is going to be. Please tell me quickly. I have been waiting for news about her for more than ten years."
When the emperor mentioned this, tears welled up in his eyes.
The Queen Mother and the Third Princess both saw the expression on his face.
"Your Majesty, don't be anxious or excited. This is a good thing. It's really a great thing. Your eldest prince should not die. You must thoroughly investigate the matter of the pure concubine back then."
The Queen Mother's words were somewhat harsh, which made people feel deafening in their ears.
He was both excited and serious, and his whole body exuded a strong aura.
When the emperor heard this, he was so excited that he almost fainted.
"Mother, you, what did you say? First prince, my first prince is still alive? Is he really alive? Is this true?"
Every time the emperor asked a question, there was more anticipation in his eyes, and of course, more disbelief.
I am also afraid that my expectations will be dashed.
After all, the original concubine Chun died in a fire with the eldest prince when she was giving birth.
The body was burned to char, but she still held the child tightly in her arms.
Now that the child who was supposed to be burned to death in the fire was found, he couldn't believe it no matter what.
I'm afraid that someone is deliberately making an issue out of the news that the eldest prince is alive.
"It's true, it's true. I've been sending people to check for a long time and ordered many people to visit everywhere. Do you know who I found?"
The Queen Mother also looked very excited. When her mother-in-law told her that the son of General Zhongyong was born like the emperor when he was a child, she didn't believe it at first.
Until she saw Naituanzi, instead of disbelieving her, she was convinced.
I believe this child must have a blood relationship with the royal family.
So she spared no effort to let people go and investigate, and she was really asked to find out something.
It turns out that Concubine Chun's death was not an accident, but someone was secretly planning everything to kill Concubine Chun and the child in her belly.
She had anticipated everything in advance, so after the child was born, she asked her subordinates to spend money to buy a dead baby.
She exchanged her child with her own, and after the child was exchanged, she announced to the public that her belly had started and she was about to give birth.
I thought that the man just wanted to kill the child, but I never thought that he also wanted Concubine Chun's life.
So Chun Fei really died in the fire, taking the dead baby with her.
And the real eldest prince, that is, the child born by the pure concubine, has long been replaced by a civet cat for the prince.
After Chun Fei's palace caught fire, she was quietly sent out of the palace and taken to a small border town far away from the capital, where she was sold to a kind family who wanted a child.
This family regards the eldest prince as their own and has never said that the eldest prince is not their child.
This investigation went through several twists and turns, but there happened to be enough people sent out, most of whom were the deadliest guards around the Queen Mother.
That is to say, one of them met the palace maid who had served Chun Concubine before. That is, within half a month after Chun Concubine's death, she used Chun Concubine's personal token as a favor and left the palace, saying that she was going back to her hometown to get married.
In fact, the eldest prince was secretly sent to the countryside in a remote town.
It is said that Concubine Chun had anticipated this incident and made arrangements early.
Concubine Xu Shichun had long expected that her temperament would not last long in the palace, and there were too many people who wanted the life of the child in her belly.
In order to save the child, he would rather sacrifice himself, so he made such a plan.
When the emperor heard what the Queen Mother said, he summoned Concubine Chun's former personal maid for questioning.
The Queen Mother has investigated the matter clearly and found out that what the personal palace maid said was true. In the hand of the eldest prince, there is a piece of black jade that the emperor ordered to forge for the prince, with the word "Yan" engraved on it.
The emperor only needs to use this object to recognize his relatives.
The emperor was extremely excited at this moment, and it was difficult to calm down. After knowing all the truth, he felt extremely depressed.
It was because he failed to protect his beloved woman that she had to sacrifice her life to save her child.
It's his incompetence as an emperor...
After the Queen Mother and the Third Princess saw that the Emperor knew all the truth, they fell into pain and self-reproach, and swallowed the words that came to their lips.
Now we have learned that the eldest prince is still alive.
But people still need to be sent out to find where the eldest prince is.
The Queen Mother and the Third Princess wanted to tell the Emperor that they suspected that General Zhongyong was the eldest prince, but the Emperor's current mood should not be able to bear the joy and sorrow.
So the two did not tell the emperor the news in time.
Instead, he chose to wait until the emperor calmed down a bit before talking.
Now that General Zhongyong is right in front of us, should we send someone to investigate again to see if Cheng Hanyan has such a jade pendant in his hand?
It's a coincidence that this child's name actually has a derivative word in it.
Even without any investigation, the Queen Mother almost concluded that Cheng Hanyan might be her eldest grandson based on Naituanzi's face.
The eldest grandson who was born into the royal family but never enjoyed the royal grace for a day.
"Royal grandmother, if General Zhongyong is really my eldest royal brother, then General Zhongyong's wife will be my eldest royal sister-in-law! But will I be able to live in General Zhongyong's mansion afterwards?"
The third princess was very excited. She hadn't eaten the food cooked by General Zhongyong's wife for a long time. She really missed it three times a day.
Nowadays, although the dishes made by Yu Chef taste good, she always feels that something is missing.
I really got used to it, and finally the dishes cooked by the general's wife were a bit hard to eat compared to those cooked by others.
The third princess wasn't such a picky person at first, but now she's been spoiled and wants to come back, but it's not that easy.
"That Mrs. Zhongyong is a commoner. No matter how good her cooking skills are, she is still a country woman with no class. If General Zhongyong is really my grandson, then such a woman is definitely not worthy of his status."
The Queen Mother frowned, feeling suddenly unhappy.