Something to do with you

Su Shixia heard that Mr. Mo's tone was a little wrong, and looked at him in confusion and curiosity and asked, "Do you know what's going on?"

"It happened nearly twenty years ago, and almost everyone in the capital is known to you. You should be..."

Mr. Mo suddenly stopped halfway, as if he had thought of something, nodded slightly and said, "I almost forgot. You arrived in Shangjing when you were ten years old and were kept in the inner house. I am afraid you don't know much about Shangjing."

Feeling that Su Shixia's eyes slanted towards him, Mr. Mo did not take any turns and explained to her directly: "The current emperor has three sons and one daughter. The eldest son was born to the Imperial Concubine. Now he has been named King Su, the third son, King An and Princess Jiale, who ranked fourth, are all born to the Imperial Concubine."

"Where is the second prince?"

Su Shixia immediately grasped the key, "Is he the one who Princess Yu said... the nephew who Prince Yu once liked the most?"

"Um."

Mr. Mo responded lowly, lowered his eyes slightly, and his eyes also fell on the nine jade chains in Su Shixia's hand.

"The second prince was born to Concubine Shu. Concubine Shu and the emperor were childhood sweethearts. After entering the palace, they were also very favored by the emperor. And the second prince was also talented and had a good knowledge of both civil and military at a young age. He was praised by the Grand Tutor many times as a celestial figure and unparalleled intelligence."

"At that time, the imperial concubine had not been demoted and had been named the queen. Logically speaking, the eldest prince was the queen's legitimate birth and the eldest son, so he should have been named the crown prince. However, the emperor has never issued an order to entrust the imperial edict, and the position of the crown prince is indecisive."

"In addition, the rumors that the second prince is extremely intelligent and is Qilin's son have spread throughout the court, and the officials in the court gradually showed signs of being divided into two factions for the establishment of the crown prince."

When Mr. Mo said this, Su Shixia could almost guess what happened later.

"People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong..."

Su Shixia's overly down-to-earth description made Mr. Mo choke when he got to his mouth. He slowly raised his eyes and then his eyes fell on her.

Su Shixia raised her eyebrows and looked at him, "What? Is there something wrong with what I said?"

"Princess Yu has said that these nine series are something that Prince Yu wanted to give but couldn't give out. When you said the emperor's son just now, you deliberately skipped the second prince first. As expected, the second prince is probably no longer alive, right?"

Su Shixia's fingers brushed over the jade nine-ring chain in the brocade box, "Although this thing is expensive, it looks like it is for children to play with. When the second prince died, wasn't he still young?"

"Well, it's not that big, maybe it's about the same age as Zhan'er now."

Although there was already a prediction, Su Shixia couldn't help frowning when she got the confirmation from Mr. Mo's mouth.

Mr. Mo sighed lightly and said, "That year was the birthday of the emperor, and the palace was very lively. It was also that day that water flowed from Shufei's bedroom, and a fire destroyed the lives of Shufei and the second prince and his son."

"Is it the imperial concubine... the queen who was at that time?"

Su Shixia couldn't help asking, "You said before that the queen was demoted to a concubine, is it because of this?"

"She was demoted because of this, but this can only be regarded as the priest's anger."

Prince Mo said: "The Imperial Concubine was originally the princess of Xiqi Kingdom. When Dongling and Xiqi Kingdom formed an alliance, she came to marry Dongling and became the queen."

"After the end of the investigation of the fire in Shufei's palace, it was found that Xiqi sent a killer to secretly attack, trying to get rid of the second prince and push the eldest prince to the position of prince as soon as possible."

"After learning the truth, the emperor was furious, and directly deposed the queen and imprisoned her and the eldest prince in the cold palace. The emperor led the army to fight for the Western Qi Kingdom in person to avenge the murder of his son."

Su Shixia listened to what Mr. Mo said, the more she listened, the tighter her brows became.

All of this sounded logical and reasonable at first glance, but... she always felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell the reason for a while. Finally, she asked, "What happened later? Did the Emperor win that battle?"

"Originally, the emperor made up his mind to directly conquer Xiqi Kingdom. Xiqi Kingdom was also the prince who seized the throne at that time, and it was a time when internal affairs were unstable, so the Dongling Kingdom's expedition to Xiqi was smooth at the beginning."

"But later, the civil strife in Xiqi was quickly quelled, and the prince who was promoted to power also happened to be a military general, and the brother of the deposed queen. After he ascended the throne, he also led the army in person. The morale of the Xiqi Kingdom was greatly improved, and the war was in a stalemate. The battle lasted for a whole year but could not decide the outcome. The two countries had to negotiate peace in the end."

Su Shixia raised his eyebrows, "So the deposed queen who was deposed for the so-called "peace" of the two countries came out of the cold palace again? Although he could no longer be the queen, he still had the position of imperial concubine for the sake of the face of Xiqi Kingdom?"

"You are clearly and thorough in this balance technique."

Mr. Mo chuckled and nodded, "It's basically the case."

"The royal family is indeed complicated."

Su Shixia curled her lips, "According to this, Concubine Shu and the second prince died in vain, they were the most miserable. Not only were they murdered, they were also regarded as an excuse for starting a war. But in the end, the people who really harmed them seemed to have not paid any real price."

Mr. Mo looked at Su Shixia, pursed his lips, and did not continue to talk about this issue after all, and only changed the topic: "To put it bluntly, Empress Shu and you also have some connections."

"ah?"

Su Shixia was really confused this time, "What can she have to do with me?"

"She is your husband's dear aunt."

When Su Shixia heard Mr. Mo say the title "Your Father and Lord", he was stunned for a moment before reacting, and then shouted in disbelief: "Qin Yi's dear aunt?"

"Um."

Mr. Mo said: "Qin Yi's biological mother was once the personal maid of Concubine Shu. In fact, on the day when Concubine Shu and the second prince died, Qin Yi's biological mother also brought him into the palace."

"When the fire broke out in the bedroom, Qin Yi and Aunt Liu were also in the fire scene, but they lived in the side hall and escaped by chance to save their lives."

Su Shixia nodded suddenly, and then suddenly remembered something, raised her voice and asked in a slight voice: "I heard that the scar on Qin Yi's face was left by a fire when he was a child. Could it be that time?"

"No," Mr. Mo nodded and gave her a positive answer.

"I've said it a long time ago. Everyone in the capital knows this. As his wife, you don't even know where the scar on his face comes from. You are the princess... but you are really too incompetent."

Mr. Mo seemed to not want the atmosphere to be too dull and depressing, and these words were obviously a bit ridiculous.

Su Shixia didn't respond for a long time, and just lowered her eyes and stared at the nine jade rings in her hand. She couldn't help but think in her heart that Qin Yi should be about the same age as Xiao Qin Zhan at that time.

How did he survive such a thing?
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