in2ebook Chapter 158: Birth Mother Gao Meiren
Chapter 158: Birth Mother Gao Meiren
Seeing her distress, Ye Xuan Ke tentatively asked Ye Xuan Qi, "Fourth brother, what is the relationship between Shen Qiaoping and his son and the Wei family of the previous dynasty? The Wei family has been operating for hundreds of years with the goal of regaining the imperial power. They must have some military forces, right?"
"impossible."
Song Yunxi immediately denied it: "In the beginning, they relied on shady means such as making and poisoning to seize power. It is impossible for them to have a structure of raising and using troops in the past hundred years. Otherwise, they would not have risked their lives to have children and sent women and children to various mansions as spies to continue their shady calculations."
Ye Xuanqi agreed: "Indeed."
Song Yunxi's head hurt from thinking so much, and the fact that she had no clues made her even more angry.
Seeing her like this, Ye Xuanqi felt distressed: "Maintaining troops requires nothing more than a large amount of silver and iron, especially ironmaking requires a large number of craftsmen. If we investigate from these aspects, we may find some clues."
Song Yunxi suddenly understood, "Yes, why didn't I think of that?"
A look of pity flashed across Ye Xuanqi's eyes: "Leave this matter to me!"
Song Yunxi did not refuse. After all, compared with Ye Xuanqi, a native, she, as an outsider, had more advantages in investigating these things.
Less than half an hour later, Sizhu came back with a roast chicken and handed it to Song Yunxi happily: "Miss, eat it while it's hot, it smells so good!"
Song Yunxi smiled and opened the lotus leaf. Sure enough, the fragrance of the lotus leaf wrapped in the aroma of meat filled her nose, making her feel hungry instantly.
I tore off a chicken leg and took a bite, and exclaimed sincerely: "It smells so good!"
While eating, he praised Sizhu: "You have never failed when it comes to buying food."
Everything I bought was delicious.
Compared to the food in this kind of high-end banquet, she prefers the delicacies bought from Sizhu Store.
Seeing how she was eating, Ye Xuanke also had a strong appetite: "I say, don't just focus on eating by yourself!"
Song Yunxi was stunned for a moment while biting a piece of chicken in her mouth. After swallowing it, she emphasized: "I bought this from East Street."
She knew how much the officials and dignitaries in the capital city disliked East Street, not to mention that the two of them were princes.
Regardless of whether she agreed or not, Ye Xuan Ke immediately pulled off another chicken leg and a chicken wing and handed the chicken wing to Ye Xuan Qi: "Here, Fourth Brother, these are the chicken wings you like."
At the same time, he brought the chicken leg to his mouth and took a big bite, mumbling incoherently: "It's really delicious!"
Ye Xuanqi started eating without hesitation: "It's really delicious."
This made Song Yunxi dumbfounded: "Are you used to eating this?"
"That's what you said!"
Ye Xuan Ke rolled his eyes and complained: "You can get used to it, why can't we? Is it because your mouth is different?"
"I have been in the army since I was young. What have I not eaten? When food and grass were scarce, I ate wild vegetables and rice husks. When I was surrounded by the enemy and my life was uncertain, I skinned and ate whatever I caught, just to survive."
Song Yunxi had thought that he had a hard time in the army, but she didn't know it was so hard.
As a prince, he was the first to receive such treatment.
Ye Xuan Ke was not to be outdone: "When I was young, I lived with my biological mother. She was of low status and was ignored by my father. My mother and I even had to eat leftovers to survive."
Thinking of Ye Xuanke, the powerless and beautiful mother, Song Yunxi felt a surge of sympathy.
[It's a pity that such a smart and lovely girl like Gao Meiren, she would soon be old enough to leave the palace and reunite with her family, but she was tricked by Concubine Shen into becoming the emperor's woman, and from then on she was completely trapped in this deep palace. ]
Ye Xuan Ke never thought that his biological mother would become a beauty in this way, but he could not understand why Concubine Shen, who was already highly favored by the emperor at that time, would plot against his biological mother who was just a palace maid.
[Just because she looked a bit like the current Madam Fang San, her fate was completely changed. That bastard Shen Qiaoping had an almost perverted obsession with An Qingya, and when he couldn't get her, he desperately searched for women who looked like her.]
[The concubines brought into the palace by their brother and sister are somewhat similar to An Qingya. ]
[Because they knew that the old emperor only favored Concubine Shen and disdained those women, so it was safest to trap them in the deep palace to satisfy Shen Qiaoping's bestiality.]
[Those poor women who were left alone were forced to do so at first, but some of them actually fell in love with Shen Qiaoping because of the old emperor's constant indifference. If they didn't have a servant like Doctor Lu, who was easy to use, who knows how many children of Shen Qiaoping would have been born in the harem.]
[So, I am not exaggerating when I say that the old emperor is the leader of the grassland. He really deserves it! ]
The Ye Xuanqi brothers looked at each other and saw unbelievable shock in each other's eyes.
Who could have imagined that my father's harem was actually Shen Qiaoping's inner courtyard and backyard? It was so absurd and terrifying.
But what Ye Xuanke was more concerned about was his biological mother, Lady Gao. Could it be that she was also...
He didn't dare to think further, but he couldn't help but listen to Song Yunxi's voice.
[Mrs. Gao was indeed a smart woman. Even though she was alone and at a disadvantage, she faced the beast in human form, Shen Qiaoping, and the powerful Concubine Shen in the harem. Not only did she save herself, she also gave birth to the prince and raised him safely. With her intelligence and character, if she had a helper, she would not have been killed in the end.]
His biological mother, who was such a smart and beautiful woman, was not able to live a free life outside the palace, but was killed in this cruel palace. Ye Xuan Ke couldn't imagine how desperate she must have been when she had to deal with that devilish brother and sister alone for those years.
[If it weren't for Concubine Gao discovering their secret, with her intelligence, she might have been able to wait until her son grew up. But unfortunately, she was killed by Concubine Shen in the end. ]
Sensing the murderous aura emanating from Ye Xuan Ke, Ye Xuan Qi patted him lightly on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down.
Revenge must be taken, but now is not the time to get rid of the Shen family.
Just as Song Yunxi thought, the power behind the Shen family would probably leave them dumbfounded. And he had a hunch that the adulterer who had always left them clueless, Ye Xuanrong's biological father, was probably the mastermind behind the scenes.
Song Yunxi, who was thinking about something, did not notice the eye contact between the two brothers, but told Sizhu what to do next.
In the flower hall, the eldest princess who received the news secretly ordered people to remove all the mechanisms in the garden. Ren Zhihai and his family, who had been looking for Zhao Yunxuan everywhere, were finally led to the guest room.
When she saw that the daughter she had raised so carefully was doing something shameful and was watched by many people, Ren Qianlan's eyes turned black and she fell backwards.
Old Madam Ren ordered her daughters-in-law to protect her daughter, and told the maid to cover the body of her granddaughter Zhao Yunxuan, whose consciousness was a little confused.
He no longer cared about being in the Princess's residence, and asked Ye Xuanrong in a deep voice, "Should the Sixth Prince give me an explanation for the Ren family?"