After I traveled through the book, I was spoiled by five little villains

Thinking of this, Xie Shu felt a little creepy.

Although he had never let down his guard against Prince Ruyang, if what Yan Changqing said was true, then Prince Ruyang's scheming was even more unfathomable than he thought.

Out of consideration for their alliance, he did not kill King Ruyang, but showed leniency and allowed him to return to his fiefdom.

Regret.

However, even if he went back to the past, he would probably still make the same choice.

Prince Ruyang seems radical, but he is actually cautious.

While conspiring with Xie Shu, he did not leave any obvious evidence for him, nor did he reveal his ambitions in the court.

Everything is done in secret.

However, it was also because of this that Xie Shu turned ruthless after achieving his goal.

In the eyes of most people, Prince Ruyang is a prince who knows the big picture and knows when to advance and retreat.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was even more obedient in his fiefdom, and no one could find fault with him. One had to praise him for being so wise as not to stay in the capital and cause trouble for the new emperor.

After all, his surname is Qin, he is a member of the royal family, and he is also the brother of the late emperor from the same mother.

In the Dajing Dynasty, as long as he did not rebel, his status was unquestionable.

Even Xie Shu did not dare to underestimate the power under his control, and he did not have the confidence that he could take it down in one fell swoop.

At that time, if Xie Shu wanted to eliminate the trouble forever, he could only choose to fight him to the death.

There is absolutely no need for this.

It would be better to let him go back to his fiefdom first, boil the frog in warm water, and then take it slow.

But is King Ruyang easy to deal with?

When he returned to his fiefdom, he was like a tiger returning to the mountains and completely broke free from Xie Shu's control.

Over the years, Xie Shu never relaxed his vigilance against King Ruyang, but he never imagined that the game between the two started earlier.

Otherwise, if Prince Ruyang did it on purpose, how could his eldest grandson be born at the same time as Empress Xie gave birth to her son?

Everything else can be controlled, but a woman’s delivery time can only be decided by God.

Thinking of this, Xie Shu's back was covered with a layer of white sweat.

In order to successfully exchange Queen Xie's biological son, Prince Ruyang, the eldest grandson, how many women's blood and tears must have been behind it?

Xie Shu shuddered and couldn't help looking towards Yan Changqing.

Compared with Prince Ruyang, who was plotting in his fiefdom and no one knew how far he had gone, Yan Changqing in front of him suddenly became handsome.

Military generals are better, he loves dealing with them.

No matter how powerful one's martial arts skills are, if one has a simple mind, all his thoughts will be written on his face.

Since Yan Changqing dared to bring up this matter in front of him, he must be sure of it.

This letter of allegiance was beyond his expectations.

Xie Shu exhaled slowly: "Brother Yan, I would like to hear the details."

Yan Changqing smiled and told Xie Shu every detail that Qin Yaoguang had told him, which made Xie Shu more and more frightened.

If the other party did not have solid evidence, it would be impossible for them to know even the details of such a secret.

When the current emperor was still the crown prince, the late emperor did not directly choose a crown princess for him, but instead married two girls from aristocratic families: one with the surname Lu and the other with the surname Xie.

Speaking of which, the daughter of the Xie family was the first of the prince's women to become pregnant.

If she had not given birth to the eldest daughter instead of the eldest son, there would have been no chance for anyone else and the position of Crown Princess would have been hers long ago.

This gave the Lu family girl an opportunity.

Taking advantage of the fact that the girl from the Xie family had just given birth and needed to recuperate, and the fact that the prince was fair to everyone, the girl from the Lu family and other concubines seized the opportunity and became pregnant one after another.

Before the girl from the Lu family, some others had given birth to children for the prince, but because their mothers were not of prominent status, they could not pose a threat to the two of them.

The competition is still going on between these two girls from aristocratic families.

Just when the Lu family was secretly happy and hoping that she would give birth to a son so that she could legitimately become the Crown Princess, good news and bad news came from the East Palace.

The good news was that she gave birth to a boy, but the bad news was that Lu Liangdi suffered hemorrhage after giving birth. She only had time to see her son for a moment before she died the next day. The child was born without a mother.

Fortunately, the prince was still kind-hearted and, for the sake of the Lu family, posthumously conferred the title of Liangdi on the daughter of the Lu family, a status second only to that of the crown princess.

However, if the person is dead, what is the use of having the position of a concubine?

This gave the Xie family girl an opportunity.

In the second year after the birth of her eldest daughter, she successfully gave birth to the prince's fourth child, who is now the fourth prince, becoming the final winner.

Only if she has offspring can she be canonized as queen after the new emperor ascends the throne.

Otherwise, even if Xie Shu reached a deal with the late emperor and had the merit of following the emperor, even if Empress Xie took the throne, there would be people who would gossip about her and make her sit on the throne uneasy.

The flashing of swords and the bloodshed that was surging in the dark in the Qiandi residence over the heir were no less fierce than the tit-for-tat in the court.

As Empress Xie's father, Xie Shu experienced all of this personally.

But today he was told that right under his nose, the son his daughter had given birth to with great difficulty was successfully switched by Prince Ruyang from the moment he was born.

How could it not make him feel uneasy?

A quarter of an hour later, Yan Changqing stopped talking, walked to the tea table, and made the third brew of the spring white tea himself.

After talking for so long, my mouth feels a little dry.

The huge amount of information was left for Xie Shu to digest slowly.

To be honest, he did not provide any reliable evidence for what he said.

But this is not a court case, so there is no need for witnesses or evidence. It just depends on whether Xie Shu believes it or not.

However, Xie Shu had no choice but to believe it.

Everything that happened back then matched up, especially the maid named "Shuang Ye".

Xie Shu sat upright, his hands on his knees, his demeanor normal, but with mixed emotions in his eyes, who were used to seeing the ever-changing world.

It took him a while before he came back to his senses.

"Brother Yan, I want to thank you."

He bowed to Yan Changqing and said, "If it weren't for you, I would still be in the dark."

He helped someone make a wedding dress without even realizing it.

Yan Changqing smiled faintly, poured out a cup of tea he had just brewed, and pushed it in front of Xie Shu: "Since we are allies, there is no need to mention the word 'thank you'."

ally.

When Xie Shu heard this word again, his heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but ask, "I have one more question. How did you know such a secret?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he regretted them.

Everyone has their own secrets. Even if he is an ally, Yan Changqing might not be willing to tell him his methods.

This question is undoubtedly unnecessary.

Unexpectedly, Yan Changqing looked at him and actually answered.

"It's a coincidence."

Yan Changqing spoke slowly, "Shuang Ye still had some good intentions back then. He faked his death and fled far away, saving your grandson. He lived in seclusion in a small town not far from the border town. He originally wanted to raise the child as an ordinary person and let him live in peace for the rest of his life."

Xie Shu's throat tightened.

It sounds like something unexpected must have happened.

Otherwise, Yan Changqing wouldn't be sitting here and telling him about the past.

"Do you want to know if the child is still alive?"

Yan Changqing asked.