Hearing this, Song Xiang's face changed drastically. She suppressed her rapidly beating heart and said with a numbness all over her body, "Is what your majesty said true?"

Her Majesty the Empress sighed, and her thoughts went back to the time when Song Xiang was born. A forgotten past event came to her mind as she recalled it.

At that time, she was the empress and had a son and a daughter with the emperor and empress Wang Chuzhong.

It was midsummer, and she took Wang Chuzhong, who was pregnant in the late stages of pregnancy, to the Rehe Palace to escape the heat. At that time, her brother was also about to give birth, so to add to the joy, she asked General Chen Zi to bring her brother along.

Unexpectedly, on the day of delivery, a traitor appeared in the Rehe Palace. This traitor even colluded with the Liao Kingdom's assassins to kill her!

In order to cover the childbirth of the emperor, empress and her brother, she and General Chen Zi led the imperial guards to kill the assassins!

What they didn't expect was that while they were fighting with the assassins, a traitor secretly broke into the palace and not only killed all the servants of the emperor, but also hastily injured the emperor, empress and brother, and stole a newborn baby girl!

When she and General Chen Zi arrived, only the emperor and empress were left, who had just woken up and were crying heartbreakingly.

The stolen baby girl was the third princess born to the emperor and empress...

The empress immediately arranged for people to search for them, but after searching the entire city, no news was obtained. Those spies seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth, and no trace of them could be found at all.

In order to find the princess back, she deliberately recognized General Chen Zi's daughter as the princess, and asked General Chen Zi to disguise herself as a victim and spread the word that the lost child was General Chen Zi's child.

As expected, the spies were fooled and realized they had caught the wrong person. They were furious and sold the princess to the human trafficker. They also instructed the human trafficker to sell the princess to the seaside so that she could be played with by the pirates when she grew up.

Who knew that as soon as these human traffickers arrived at Linping Prefecture, they received an official warrant to search for children. They were afraid of being exposed, so they turned west and went to Xuanzhang Prefecture, and then fled from Xuanzhang to Xuanyang.

Unexpectedly, the princess fell seriously ill as soon as she arrived in Xuanyang. In order to get rid of the seriously ill princess as soon as possible and exchange some silver, they tried every possible means, asked around, and finally sold her to Song Hui, the head of the Song family.

From then on, the princess became Song Hui's adopted daughter, Song Xiang...

After hearing this story, Song Xiang couldn't calm down for a long time: I didn't expect the original owner's life story to be so tortuous and bizarre... and so tragic...

He died before he could recognize his relatives. He is also a pitiful person...

Seeing that Song Xiang did not respond, Her Majesty the Empress asked worriedly, "Do you blame me?"

Song Xiang shook his head and replied with a little embarrassment: "How dare I... Song Xiang blame His Majesty..."

Hearing Song Xiang say this, the Empress showed a look of relief: "As expected of my daughter, you have a broad mind..."

"From now on, you are no longer Song Xiang, the daughter of the Song family. You have a name. You are my third princess, Wei Xuanyi!"

"From now on, I will announce to the world that you will be named Princess Dongtao and will be granted the right to live in the Princess's Mansion!"

Wei Xuanyi?

Song Xiang was unwilling in his heart, and he made a request in a rather resisting manner: "Your Majesty, I am used to being called Song Xiang. How about I just change my last name and still be called Wei Xiang?"

Seeing Song Xiang's expectant eyes, Her Majesty the Empress could not bear to refuse, and finally said, "Okay, I'll do as you say!"

"But you can't call me Your Majesty anymore!"

The Empress raised her lips slightly and coaxed Song Xiang, "You have to call me the Queen Mother!"

"Queen Mother..."

After Song Xiang finished his hesitant shouting, he heard Eunuch Liu raise his voice to report: "Your Majesty, General Chen is here..."

"please come in…"

General Chen and His Royal Highness Prince Ling hurried to the inner room. When they saw Song Xiang, great surprise burst out in their eyes.

They first bowed to the Empress, then walked up to Her Majesty and looked at Song Xiang carefully.

Song Xiang allowed the two men to look at her openly.

The more His Royal Highness Ling Wang looked at her, the more he liked her. He was so excited that he almost cried: "Xuan Yi is finally back!"

"Linglong, Xuanyi is back, you should stop fasting and chanting Buddha's name." Her Majesty walked up to His Royal Highness Ling Wang with her hands behind her back and pretended to be dissatisfied, "I have heard about how you treated Ah Zi over the years, so don't lose your temper anymore!"

"Don't go to the Buddhist temple anymore!"

Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness Prince Ling blushed and nodded slowly.

Seeing that her brother had let go of his worries, she ordered again: "Go and bring Shuyi here. I will make her Princess Changping. Even if she returns to the Chen family, I will not treat her badly!"

"I have treated the Emperor and Empress like their own daughter over the years, and it will be the same in the future!"

His Royal Highness Prince Ling was very happy. After hurriedly expressing his gratitude, he went to find the third princess, Wei Shuyi.

Her Majesty the Empress turned her gaze to Chen Zi again and said guiltily, "Azi, I am sorry for you."

"For me, you risked your life and lost your arm. For me, you couldn't share the joy of family life with Shuyi. For me, you were misunderstood by Linglong, so that you didn't have any offspring these years..."

"Your Majesty!" Chen Zi bowed and said from the bottom of his heart, "I am your Majesty's subject, and I am also a general appointed by your Majesty. It is my duty to protect your Majesty and defend the Great Chu. Your Majesty is too kind..."

"Azi!" Her Majesty the Empress hurriedly helped Chen Zi up. "There's no outsider here. We are sisters, so we can't do these empty formalities!"

"I won't talk about the past..." She suddenly changed the subject and pointed at Song Xiang and said, "Look at Xuanyi. With her current qualifications, can she learn martial arts?"

Chen Zi laughed and joked: "Your Majesty is too impatient. Xuanyi has just been found, and the martial arts training needs to be considered in the long run..."

After saying that, she walked up to Song Xiang, patted Song Xiang on the shoulder, and just as she was about to say something, she heard a loud hissing sound from the person being patted.

That’s right, it was sent by Song Xiang!

Of course, she wasn't really in pain; she just pretended to be in pain for Her Majesty the Empress to see.

"Xuan Yi, what's wrong with you?" Chen Zi was stunned, and together with the Empress, they nervously surrounded Song Xiang.

Song Xiang covered his shoulder with his hand and said pitifully, "I was shot in the shoulder by an arrow, and it may not have healed yet..."

When Her Majesty heard this, her face suddenly darkened. She asked in a cold voice, "Who hurt you?"

Song Xiang made an embarrassed expression.

The empress became even angrier when she saw this, and said angrily, "Tell me the details of what happened!"

Song Xiang lowered his head, not daring to hide anything, and told the Empress everything about how Jiang Lan had plotted against him!

Her Majesty the Empress heard this and said angrily, "How dare you!"

"Somebody come!"

Eunuch Liu was waiting in front of the palace. When he heard the Empress's order, he immediately lowered his head and listened to the decree.

"I hereby declare that Jiang Lan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, has deceived the emperor and plotted to murder the heir to the throne. In order to gain the approval of the emperor, I hereby dismiss him from his post, spare him the death penalty, and throw him into prison to await his fate!"

"I obey your order!" Eunuch Liu received the order and immediately left the palace to convey the order.

Her Majesty calmed down for a moment before she said with fear: "Fortunately Xuanyi is fine..."

"The Emperor and Empress must not know about this! If..."


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