After I became a passerby, I saved the villain's family

Just after noon, the sky suddenly turned gloomy, foreshadowing the coming of a snowstorm.

The cold wind was blowing so hard that it hurt my face.

Kosaku drove the carriage and took Jiang Ruoli to the outskirts of Kyoto.

Jiang Ruoli sat in the carriage, looking a little nervous.

What do the address and birthday left by Xiao Yujing mean?

With a nervous and anxious mood, Jiang Ruoli arrived at the address on the letter.

Kosaku helped her out of the carriage and she looked around.

It was an ordinary farmhouse with the door closed and the surroundings very quiet. There was nothing special about it.

Jiang Ruoli walked forward and knocked on the door.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk."

No one answered.

Jiang Ruoli paused and knocked on the door harder.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

There was finally a response.

"Who is it?" a slightly old voice came.

"Excuse me, is this Grandma Jiang's house?" Jiang Ruoli asked loudly.

The letter said that the owner of this household was Grandma Jiang.

The sound of footsteps, one deep and one shallow, was heard.

"Squeak——" the door opened from the inside.

A wrinkled face appeared before them.

"Who are you?" Granny Jiang looked them up and down.

Jiang Ruoli looked at the old man in front of her and spoke hesitantly:

"Granny Jiang, do you know the date of April 23, the 51st year of Dacheng?"

Unexpectedly, when Granny Jiang heard the date, she froze in place.

"Grandma Jiang?" Jiang Ruoli called her.

Granny Jiang came back to her senses, looked at Jiang Ruoli and smiled bitterly.

"You're finally here...Come in."

Jiang Ruoli didn't understand what was going on, but she still went in with Jia Zuo.

Grandma Jiang, leaning on a cane, limped as she led them into the house.

While Grandma Jiang was pouring water, Jiang Ruoli looked at Jia Zuo. He didn't seem surprised at all to be here.

"Do you know who this is?" Jiang Ruoli asked quietly.

Jiazuo nodded slightly and said, "She was the midwife when Concubine Jia gave birth."

"Ah?" Jiang Ruoli was surprised.

What were they looking for the midwife for?

Seeing Grandma Jiang limping over with two bowls of water, Jiang Ruoli and Jia Zuo hurried over to take the bowls.

"I'm sorry, we don't have any tea to entertain you two distinguished guests." said Granny Jiang.

"No, no, you don't have to entertain us."

The three of them sat down, and Granny Jiang looked at the two people in front of her.

"Did His Highness ask you to come?"

Jiang Ruoli nodded. It seemed that Xiao Yujing had already made arrangements in advance.

Granny Jiang sighed and spoke slowly:

"Your Highness saved my life, and I have no way to repay you."

"I am a guilty person. I am sorry to the royal family and to His Majesty..."

Granny Jiang said this with a choked voice.

Jiang Ruoli didn't understand, but she still comforted her: "Granny Jiang, don't be sad, we can talk about it slowly."

Granny Jiang wiped the tears from her eyes and spoke in a deep voice:

"The story begins one month before Concubine Jia gave birth..."

March 15th of the 51st year of Dacheng, which was seventeen years ago.

This is a day that all the great successors will never forget.

On this day, the then crown prince and the second prince launched a coup. The two sides fought fiercely, countless secret guards were killed and wounded, and blood flowed like a river outside the palace gate.

Finally, the late emperor called in the Jiang family army to suppress the fighting.

The second prince was killed on the spot, the former crown prince was ordered to be stabbed to death, and all the twelve officials who participated in the coup had their property confiscated.

This house-raiding and massacre lasted for five days. For half a month afterwards, no one dared to go out on the streets of Kyoto.

For a moment, the whole Kyoto was filled with blood and gloom.

There was a panic in the court, and everyone was busy taking care of themselves, fearing that the emperor's anger would affect them.

Two of the previous emperor's three sons died, so the position of crown prince naturally fell to the third prince at the time, who is now Emperor Chengren.

After the coup, the emperor's health deteriorated and he passed away after struggling for a month.

After taking care of the previous emperor's funeral, Emperor Chengren prepared to ascend the throne with trepidation.

The night before he ascended the throne, He Tingjia, who was then the prince's concubine, gave birth.

At that time, Granny Jiang was an old lady in the Third Prince's Mansion, and the servants all respectfully called her "Granny Jiang".

As the midwife this time, she was naturally nervous and anxious.

If anything happened to He Tingjia and the child before His Majesty ascended the throne, her life would be over.

Fortunately, everything went well and He Tingjia gave birth to a baby boy.

With double happiness coming, the entire Third Prince’s Mansion is naturally extremely delighted.

Before the joy in Grandma Jiang's heart faded away, a basin of cold water was poured over her head.

He Zongsheng found her and asked her to change her child.

It turned out that when the soldiers were slaughtering the people around the prince, He Zongsheng took great pains to rescue his eldest daughter, He Zhiwan.

At that time, He Zhiwan was also pregnant and about to give birth. Her due date was the same as He Tingjia's. Both of them gave birth to baby boys, but He Zhiwan passed away shortly after giving birth.

The defeat of the late crown prince was a great blow to He Zongsheng. He was the late crown prince's teacher and his most powerful supporter.

In order to continue the bloodline of the late crown prince, He Zongsheng cruelly took his youngest daughter's child away and replaced his eldest daughter's child with that of the third prince.

He Zongsheng threatened the lives of the Jiang family and forced Grandma Jiang to swap the two children. Grandma Jiang had no choice but to secretly swap the two children in the middle of the night while the chaos was going on.

The orphan of the former crown prince became the emperor's youngest son without anyone noticing, and grew up under the care of He Tingjia.

But what Grandma Jiang didn't expect was that He Zongsheng had no intention of letting her and her family go.

He first sent people to kill her family, then abducted her out of the palace, broke her legs and threw her into the river.

But she was lucky and survived. After drifting in the river for a day and a night, she was rescued by a fisherman.

She wanted revenge with a heart full of hatred, but she knew that she was powerless and going against the He family was like hitting a rock with an egg.

Until last year, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found her...

After hearing what Grandma Jiang said, Jiang Ruoli was stunned.

Xiao Yuheng...is not His Majesty's biological son? !

For a moment she found it difficult to digest this fact.

After a long silence, Jiang Ruoli spoke with difficulty, "Does Concubine Jia...know about this?"

Granny Jiang nodded, "I know."

what?

Concubine Jia actually knew?

Not only did he know, but he was also willing to raise a sinner's child?

Is she crazy? Doesn't her own child care?

Seeing her doubt and confusion, Jia Zuo said in a deep voice:

"The Concubine Jia loved the late Crown Prince and was originally going to marry him, but He Zongsheng wanted to consolidate his position in the court. Seeing that His Majesty was interested in Concubine Jia, he promised her to His Majesty."

It turned out to be the case.

The only reason that could make Concubine Jia abandon her own child to this extent is because of love.

"Where did the emperor's real son go?" Jiang Ruoli asked.

Granny Jiang sighed helplessly.

"I don't know about this. I was afraid that someone would find out, so I took the child out and handed him over to the other party, then hurried back without asking what to do with the child."

"But He Zongsheng is ruthless, I guess the child has been..."

Thinking of this, Grandma Jiang couldn't help crying out loud.

She made a big mistake and hurt an innocent life.