Madre, who had been uneasy since Ximei began to confess her crimes, flew into a rage when he heard Gong Changxi push him out, and attacked her directly: "Bitch, I treated you well, but you actually framed me like this."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I was only bewitched and seduced by this bitch. How dare I, who have received Your Majesty's grace, collude with others? I beg Your Majesty to understand."

"What a wise judge! I have heard so many wise judges this morning. Do you really need my wise judgement?"

"Then I will grant your wish. Your wife is outside the palace gate. I will summon them in right away."

For a moment, Madre didn't understand what this matter had to do with his wife, until the next sentence made him feel like he was struck by lightning.

"I forgot to tell you that the child you hid is also waiting outside."

Madre looked at the emperor who was high above him, stunned for a moment. His Majesty knew everything!

It has to be said that Madre hid the child very well. Most people could not imagine that a guard commander would be the father of a child picked up at the door of a brothel. If Dianmu had not just told Xu Zhoujiao, he would never have thought that Madre would send his only son to the door of a brothel and be raised by the pimp in the brothel. He was already four years old.

Yes, just now Dianmu contacted Xuzhou Jiao alone and said: Madre has an illegitimate child outside, who was born to him by Mei Zhen, the former chief maid of Fengqi Palace. The child is four years old and is hidden in a brothel.

Erlang Zhenjun has already sent divine messengers to bring them to the gate of Fang Palace.

Madre's wife was the only daughter of a three-dynastic veteran. She was attracted by Madre, who was still a first-class guard, and married him. Unfortunately, they had no children after marriage, and Madre did not take a concubine. Many people speculated that it was because the only daughter of the Zheng family was domineering, and Madre did not dare to take a concubine because of the power of his wife's family.

Mei Zhen is Mei Yan's biological sister. They entered the palace together with Hu Changqing and became senior maids. Later, it was heard that she was suffering from a serious illness that could not be cured.

So, she was not dead at all, and she secretly gave birth to a child outside the palace.

Zheng Yuandai, the only daughter of Duke Zheng, was a beautiful woman with bright eyes and white teeth. In terms of beauty and family background, Mei Zhen couldn't catch up with her even if she drove a carriage. But she also had her advantages, and she was intellectual and gentle.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant Zheng Yuandai pays homage to His Majesty. Long live the emperor." Zheng Yuandai bowed gracefully.

The children next to her looked at her obediently and followed her example.

"Madam, please stand up."

The ministers looked at Zheng Yuandai who suddenly came to the palace, holding a three or four-year-old child in her hand.

Everyone was whispering about the child's origins.

Madre sat on the ground dejectedly, as if all his strength had been drained away.

"Madre, do you know this child?"

"This child is mine. It is the child of me and the late maid Mei Zhen of Fengqi Palace."

"When I married my wife, I rose rapidly to become the commander of the imperial guards. Everyone said that I relied on the influence of my Yue family, but I earned it with my sweat and blood. My family advised me not to care, but I was depressed for a long time until I met Mei Zhen who had just entered the palace. Mei Zhen was gentle and considerate. We always had endless things to talk about when we were together, and she always knew what I was thinking. Later, I fell in love with her!"

"I wanted to marry her, but she said that the Empress had just entered the palace and her foundation was unstable. She couldn't just care about her own happiness and ignore the Empress' feelings. We maintained a relationship until four years ago when she said she was three months pregnant with my child. I originally wanted to ask Your Majesty to grant me a marriage, but she was afraid that people would gossip about her and implicate the Empress. So I pretended to be ill, took her out of the palace, and settled her in the suburbs."

"But on the day of delivery, Mei Zhen had a difficult delivery and only this baby was left!"

"I couldn't take the child home directly, so I could only place him in the outskirts of the city and have him taken care of by a woman. But the woman actually left the child at the door of the brothel and ran away with the money. By the time I found out, the child had already been taken into the brothel and couldn't be taken out. I found out that the man had a brother, so I threatened him to take good care of the child."

Zheng Yuandai looked at him with a mocking expression: "What do you mean by gentle, considerate, and caring? I'm afraid you believe what you said. Do you dare to tell His Majesty the truth?"

Seeing that Madre was hiding something, Ordinary decided to help him and placed his hand on his head.

Madre's eyes kept showing struggle, but he finally blurted out: "Mei Zhen, I liked her the first time I saw her and wanted to take her as my concubine, but she didn't want to, and she refused to meet me. At this time, her sister Mei Yan took the initiative to find me and said that she could help me. As long as I was willing to submit to the Queen, it would be no problem to get Mei Zhen."

"Mei Yan said that the Queen's foundation is unstable and she needs to have her own connections in the harem. I am the best candidate. To show her sincerity, Mei Zhen appeared in my room that night."

"After that, I often had secret meetings with Mei Zhen until she became pregnant and I took her out of the palace."

"Then tell me, was the child really thrown away by the old woman?"

Madre struggled longer this time: "I threw it myself!"

“Why throw the child away?”

"Because Mei Zhen betrayed me. She was in the same room with another man and was seen by the old woman who was taking care of her..."

"I couldn't bear to look at this child, so I just sent him to the door of the brothel and let the pimp adopt him."

The hall began to hear people gasping for air one after another. Was this child...

Zheng Yuandai hugged the child gently, blocking all the prying eyes on him.

"Gong Changxi said that you met with Mei Yan privately. What did you talk about?"

"After Mei Zhen died, I often thought of that time. One day, on my way to work, I met Gong Changxi who was being scolded. Her eyes looked a lot like Mei Zhen, so I helped her out. We fell in love with each other after a few interactions."

"One day, Mei Yan came to the guard station to look for me, saying that she needed a scapegoat. She said that she knew about my affair with Gong Changxi, and wanted me to tell her the time of my tryst with Gong Changxi!"

"Was the palace search arranged by Mei Yan in advance?"

"I was not aware of this matter. I was just following orders that day to search all the concubines' residences. I really had no knowledge of the Imperial Concubine's affairs."

Yinshandu began to ponder: Madley was different from what he had thought before. He originally thought that Madley's search of the palace was also part of Mei Yan's arrangement, but he didn't expect that he would be left alone...

Because he didn't know what happened, Yinshan Du was unable to ask effective questions, and the sincerity ball was unable to work.

The scene suddenly came to a standstill!

"Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

A plump little guy raised his hand.

"Oh, who are you?"

"I am Min Gao, a native of Huaizhou. I am currently working in the imperial kitchen, but I used to be a eunuch sweeping the Fengqi Palace."

"What do you want to say?"

"What I want to talk about is Mei Zhen's story. I have always been hungry since I was a child, and I often get up in the middle of the night to find something to eat. One time, when I was returning to my room in the middle of the night, I met Mei Zhen stumbling on the way. I was afraid that she would see me eating secretly, so I hid in the water tank in the corner."

"I saw Mei Yan stop Mei Zhen. Mei Zhen slapped her and asked Mei Yan why she drugged her. Mei Yan said that it was your blessing to serve the queen. Besides, isn't it better to follow the commander of the guards than a second-class guard?"

"Mei Yan warned Mei Zhen not to do anything weird, otherwise she would make her lover die without a burial place!"

So, in order to help the queen win over Madre, Mei Yan drugged her own sister and sent her to his bed?

"Then do you know who Mei Zhen's sweetheart is?"

"I don't know the specific name, but I only know that there is a "Chuan" in it, because Mei Zhen often carries a purse with a "Chuan" written on it."

Since Master Erlang was able to find this child, he must be related to this case. Currently, all the people in the entire palace who could be related to him are here, but there is no one who is related to the word "chuan"...

Unless this person is dead!

"Your Majesty, I know this person."

A guard with a long scar on his face stepped forward and bowed.

"Your servant, Hua Qiuchuan pays respect to His Majesty."

"Are you Hua Qiuchuan? I remember your guard badge says Hua Qiushan, right?"

Yinshan Du still had some impression of this man. He was originally a member of the imperial guards. Because of his bravery and fighting skills in the palace coup two years ago, although his face was damaged, he was promoted to the first-rank sword-bearing guard in front of the emperor!

"Your Majesty, Qiushan is my brother's name. Qiushan and I are twins."

"So where is the real Hua Qiushan?"

"He died three years ago."

"Tell me everything in detail, without leaving anything out."

Yinshan Du then understood the real purpose of Zhenjun sending the child. He used the child to lead out Mei Zhen, and Mei Zhen led out Hua Qiuchuan.

This Hua Qiuchuan must be the key to overthrowing the queen!

"I knew and fell in love with Mei Zhen before she entered the palace. Originally, it was Mei Yan and Wu Lan who were supposed to enter the palace, not Mei Zhen. But Wu Lan died suddenly, so Mei Zhen took her place."

"Not long after entering the palace, Mei Zhen said that the guard leader Madre often harassed her and she was very scared. I was only a second-class guard at the time. Mei Zhen was afraid that Madre would harm me and told me not to be impulsive. But not long after, Mei Zhen told me not to wait for her. She said she was already Madre's man and she looked down on me for being a second-class guard."

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