In the middle of the night, everything was quiet. The two maids keeping watch in the outer palace were sleeping soundly. Shen Yue didn't wake them up and walked straight out of the palace.
The moonlight is extremely dim tonight, and the road is vaguely visible.
And the crying sound seemed to be absent, intermittent, and seemed to be telling endless sadness.
After living in Yingxue Palace for so long, Shen Yuyu had heard of some rumors. The palace maids talked privately, saying that for some reason, Yingxue Palace suddenly became haunted during this period.
She would like to see tonight whether the "ghosts" in Da Qi are as angry as those in Shenjia Village, whether they are angry or not.
Shen Yugu quietly followed the cry.
The Daqi Palace is larger than the Dazhou Palace, and there are two lakes in the Yingxue Palace. Shen Yue walked through the corridor and the moon gate, bypassed a lake and came to the northeast corner of the palace.
As the distance got closer, the crying sound gradually became clearer, coming from an abandoned dilapidated house in front.
Shen Yuhu practiced kung fu and walked as lightly as a cat without making any sound.
It wasn't until she pushed the broken door open that the crying inside suddenly stopped. Then a flexible white figure tried to rush out of the door, but was caught by Shen Yue.
"Who are you? Why are you crying here?" Shen Yue clasped the woman's hands behind her back and asked sternly.
"Girl, spare your life." The woman begged for mercy in a low voice.
There was no light in the room, and the woman's face could not be seen, but her voice sounded like she was not very old, in her twenties.
Shen Yuyu clasped her hands and felt that she was extremely thin, but she was sure that this was not a ghost and that she was a real person.
"You want me to let you go? Then explain clearly why you are pretending to be a ghost here." Shen Yue used force and dragged the woman outside the broken house. Through the dim moonlight, Shen Yue saw her wearing a tattered white shirt and disheveled hair. , his face was also covered with dirt and his appearance could not be seen clearly.
At this time, the woman also raised her head and looked at Shen Yuyu with wide eyes.
"You, who are you?'
"Who do you care about me? First tell me clearly who you are."
The woman didn't seem to understand Shen Yue's words at all, and her eyes shone with excitement.
"You speak with a Dazhou accent. Are you the daughter of the Imperial Concubine? Your Highness the Second Princess?"
Shen Yue:
She couldn't help but let go of her hand and looked at her again curiously. "Who are you? How can you recognize my mother?"
"Your Highness the Second Princess, I beg the Second Princess to redress my grievances on my behalf." The woman knelt in front of Shen Yu and kowtowed.
"What's wrong with you? Get up and say it," Shen Yu said.
The woman refused to get up and insisted on kneeling on the ground, speaking sadly.
"My name is Bi Qiao. I was originally the personal maid of Concubine Jiang. After Concubine Jiang disappeared, the emperor often came to Yingxue Palace to miss her. One time he favored me when he was drunk."
"I got pregnant just this time. The emperor made me a nobleman for the sake of the child. After ten months of pregnancy, I gave birth to a prince, but the child was snatched away by the queen as soon as he was born."
"The Queen not only took away my child, but also gave me a stillborn baby with two heads, saying that I had given birth to a monster, and she would kill me.
"Fortunately, I know how to detoxify. I escaped when they poured poison into me and threw me into a dry well. I have been hiding in Yingxue Palace ever since."
At this point, the woman brushed aside her messy hair and looked at Shen Yuyu pitifully with a pair of pleading eyes.
"I am the prince's biological mother, and I gave birth to the prince Xia Hanfeng. I beg your highness, the princess, to redress my grievances on my behalf."
After hearing Biqiao's words, Shen Yue was a little confused.
Perhaps it was precisely because Ah Feng was not Xia Luoluo's brother that Xia Luoluo was so cruel to Ah Feng and brought Ah Feng to the Great Zhou Kingdom and tried every possible means to put Ah Feng to death.
It seems that what Biqiao said is true.
However, Shen Yuyu decided to investigate out of caution.
"Well, let me investigate this matter first, and I will come here to give you an answer at this time tomorrow night."
"Thank you, Your Highness, Princess." Biqiao kowtowed to Shen Yuyu a few more times and watched Shen Yuyu leave with great expectations.
She hid in Yingxue Palace for many years, lingering with no hope, until she heard that the second princess had returned to the palace, and was kind and upright and knew how to investigate cases. She thought about it and decided to cry at night to attract Shen Yuyu. .
She hoped that her grievances could be cleared. Even if she couldn't, she still hoped to see her own flesh and blood, so that she would have no regrets even if she died.
When Shen Yuyu left the shabby house and walked back under the moonlight, she felt very complicated.
If A Feng's identity is true, wouldn't he not be his legitimate son? In this way, Xia Yan, the eldest son of the emperor, would have enough reasons to inherit the throne, and wouldn't the Qi court fall into chaos?
Shen Yue was also hesitant and decided to clarify the matter first.
Early the next morning, she carried a few delicate breakfast items and went to Xingde Palace where Emperor Jingyuan lived.
"I asked why it smells so good. It turns out it's this girl who came with breakfast." Emperor Jingyuan adjusted his robes and greeted him, "Since you girl returned to the palace, your old father has gained several pounds." As he talked, he sat down at the table happily.
Shen Yue also laughed and said, "I asked Ah Feng how he is a snack food. It turns out that he has inherited the fine tradition of his father, hahaha~~" The father and daughter took out the breakfast box while laughing.
Place on the table and enjoy together.
"Is it delicious, Father?" Shen Yuyu put a shrimp dumpling into Emperor Jingyuan's bowl and asked with a smile.
"It's delicious. My daughter's craftsmanship is the best in the world. The god of cooking comes down to earth." Emperor Jingyuan praised people in exactly the same way as Li Ye. Haha, this father and son~~
"Father, eat more and see how thin you become." Shen Yuyu kept putting food into Emperor Jingyuan's bowl. Emperor Jingyuan would not refuse anyone who came, but his daughter had to eat it even if she died.
"By the way, father, was there a nobleman named Biqiao in Yingxueju before?" Shen Yuyu asked when he saw that Emperor Jingyuan had almost eaten.
"Yes, yes." Emperor Jingyuan nodded quickly. He could count the women he favored in his harem on five fingers, so he naturally remembered them very clearly.
"Biqiao is Yingxue's personal maid, and she is very fond of Yingxue. Once Yingxue was bitten by a poisonous snake, it was Biqiao who saved Yingxue's life.'
As he spoke, Emperor Jingyuan put down his chopsticks and opened the conversation.
"There was another time when Yingxue fell into the lake and was saved by Biqiao. Because of this, Biqiao became pregnant with my child and was made a noble person."
"Oh, it's a pity that she was so unlucky that she gave birth to a monster with two heads!"
Emperor Jingyuan shook his head helplessly as he spoke.
However, his words also confirmed that what Bi Qiao said was true, and Shen Yuyu was really a little confused.
Biqiao had saved her mother many times. Now that she was asking for help from him, how could he just stand by and watch?
But, again, once this matter is revealed, it will bring countless troubles to Ah Feng, and Ah Feng may become the second Night King, which is something she does not want to see in any case.
While he was struggling, Eunuch Lin came in and held a letter in front of Emperor Jingyuan: "Your Majesty, we have intercepted a secret letter written by the eldest princess to the queen.'
Emperor Jingyuan opened the letter, his face became uglier the more he read it, and finally he patted the table and stood up.
