ex husband always trying to get me pregnant

In the side hall of Yuxiao Palace, the doors and windows are closed, and the sandalwood is low.

Although the queen is over the ages, she is well maintained, with a calm face and a masculine demeanor, and the low-key and noble palace attire gives him a bit of alienation from high-ranking people.

He smiled slightly at Xia Yan, who was sitting beside him with a cautious look, and changed his alienation into kindness, and said in a gentle voice: "The Fourth Highness has returned to the palace for more than two years, and this is the first time he has returned to my palace."

Xia Yan lowered her eyes and remained silent.

The Empress didn't mind his rudeness, so she took a sip of tea and withdrew the gentleness in her tone, "But since you're here this time, it can be seen that His Royal Highness is a smart person, so I won't let you down." Glancing at Xia Yan, his expression was solemn.

"When you returned to the palace, the emperor announced to the world that there was an orphan girl I met by chance on the road to the west. After wandering around for nearly 20 years, I found out that you were living among the people. To be honest, at that time, including me, everyone All the harem Junxiu are beating drums in their hearts: The emperor is diligent in government and loves the people. He has never lingered on beauty. How could he suddenly encounter an orphan girl by chance? But the imperial decree is so, I can't wait to believe it. Until not long ago, you and Su Lan'er had a dispute , I heard her describe the soiled towel, and then I remembered some old things." He lowered his eyebrows and sighed, "There was a time when the towels used by the maids in the palace were white silk and red plums."

Xia Yan's eyes shrank suddenly, and the hand resting on his lap shook uncontrollably.

"More than 20 years ago, in Concubine Li's Yuhua Palace, there was a maid named Yueyao. Concubine Li has always only let her do chores. In the sixth year of Jianping, the emperor came back from the Western Expedition. Because of some private affairs, he was a little depressed and did not enter the harem for a long time. Unexpectedly, one day, the emperor began to visit Yuhua Palace frequently. Then came the news that the escort was not Concubine Li, but the court lady Yueyao." The queen was slightly disdainful, "It is very common in the harem to push out the subordinates to the emperor to try out his early adopters in order to consolidate his position. "

Xia Yan looked at the queen, endured the rapid breathing and the rolling in his throat, and said, "Father and the maid..."

The empress shook her head, "I have no record of how the emperor and Yueyao got along, so I dare not talk nonsense. The strange thing is that after another period of time, the emperor suddenly stopped going to Yuhua Palace, and Yueyao disappeared. My lord Ask Concubine Li as usual, Concubine Li said that Yueyao's parents were sick and wanted to go back to fulfill her filial piety, she felt that Yueyao was pitiful, so she let her go home." Sneered, "I'm not afraid that the Fourth Highness will laugh, Concubine Li fought with me After so many years, I know her temperament too well, how could she do such a good deed? What's more, she dodged her eyes at that time, and she was clearly lying and guilty." Her expression froze, she fixed her eyes on Xia Yan, and a thunderstorm exploded——

"Your Highness, have you ever thought about it? According to the birthday the emperor said, you are obviously older than the third prince, but why are you the fourth prince? Is it true that such a big matter will not be changed out of fear of trouble?"

Xia Yan was startled.

"The only explanation is that you are indeed younger than the third prince, and it is absolutely impossible to have it on the road to the west." The queen said firmly.

Xia Yanru was struck by lightning, and looked at the Queen in disbelief, but the Queen returned to her indifference, and tapped on the porcelain teacup with one finger, "You are smaller than the third prince, but not too much smaller. Calculated like this, you can just Match up with the time when Yueyao disappeared. And if you observe carefully, some of your demeanor and demeanor are actually quite similar to Yueyao."

Xia Yan was so unbelievable, tried to calm down for a moment, doubted: "Really?"

The Empress smiled, "If that wasn't the case, why does Concubine Li Gui always trouble you? It would be too stupid to openly oppose the prince just because of her niece's affair." Opening the cover bowl, stirring the floating leaves on the tea surface, she said leisurely, " The matter of sending someone to steal your homework for her niece to recite is really laughable. The property of ordinary people fighting for tens of taels is deeper than this city, so I feel that it is just a desperate move for nothing. Her real intention should be I want to find more evidence in your palace that you are the son of Yue Yao."

Xia Yan: "!!!"

He couldn't sit still anymore, his head started to hurt, and he asked with force: "Since father recognizes me, he must have found out my background. If so, why did father hide it?"

"Holy will is unpredictable, and the emperor has his own considerations in doing things. After all, if you are really the son of Yueyao, and if Concubine Li really harmed Yueyao and made you wander for a long time, this matter will be serious. Concubine Li is the second rank Junxiu, the birth mother of the prince, has a lot of involvement behind her, and it's not easy to move."

Xia Yan lowered his head, and asked after a while: "You had doubts back then, why didn't you tell your father? If Concubine Ruoli fell, you would also benefit, wouldn't you?"

"The Fourth Highness is very simple." The Queen took a sip of tea without haste, and said with a smile, "I didn't say anything at the time, and there were four reasons. First, others wanted to tell the truth, but I just speculated. The same Yes, I can't give you any evidence for what I said above, believe it or not. Second, in the deep palace, you can never say what you want to say, nor can you say what is right. You see This king rules the harem, one person is under one person and ten thousand people are above the others, and the scenery is infinite, but who knows the many sufferings? Third, if you want to bring someone down, you must do it thoroughly, otherwise you will harm yourself, there is no absolute certainty This gentleman will not do such a thing. Fourth, the timing is not right. At that time, the emperor intended to let the two in the harem compete."

"The wind direction has changed now?" Xia Yan immediately frowned, "You want to use my hand to get rid of Concubine Li?"

There was an unfathomable smile in the Queen's eyes, and she asked back: "If I said that I came here today to think of you wholeheartedly, would you believe me?" She looked at Xia Yan quietly for a while, stopped her smile, and revealed a little Sad, he got up and walked to the window, his tall and luxurious figure was reflected in the autumn light, half-bright and half-dark.

"Beside me, the crown prince, the third prince, and the eldest princess are all married and living their own lives. I don't have a single child. You are also alone. I can't understand this state of mind. If you I am willing to come to Yuxiao Palace often, and I am happy to treat you as my own child."

Xia Yan was silent, stood up after a while and said in a low voice, "I'm going to investigate."

The queen nodded, "Yes, the choice is always in your hands."

Xia Yan bowed and left, the tea and fruit were placed on the small table, exactly the same as when he came, without any movement.

Holding his breath, he left Yuxiao Palace, walked quickly on the palace road for a while, stopped, raised his head, the dazzling sunlight pierced his eyes, his head ached and sank, and his body lost strength and knelt on the ground.

It took a while before he finally got better, he thought for a moment, got up and turned on the road leading to the palace gate, and went out of the palace to the Prince's Mansion.

The crown prince Xia Zhao had to enter the palace to accompany him during the day, and he was not in the mansion at this time. Han Mengliu came to entertain him, seeing Xia Yan's expression was not right, and immediately dismissed his servants.

"The Fourth Highness came to visit unexpectedly, so feel free to speak up if you have anything to say." Han Mengliu made him a cup of calming tea.

Xia Yan was short of breath, looked at Han Mengliu as if grabbing a life-saving straw, and said, "Brother Meng, can you do me a favor?" He said what he heard from the Queen, and said distressedly, "I don't know Is what he said true, you have a lot of friends, I want you to check for me."

Han Mengliu looked a little difficult, was silent for a moment, and asked, "How is your body recently?"

"Very good." Xia Yan bowed, "Thank you Brother Meng, thanks to you for saving me earlier."

"Hey." Han Mengliu sighed deeply, "So I'm afraid that if something is found out, you won't be able to bear it, and it will be bad if it causes a relapse of the old disease."

"No." Xia Yan shook her head seriously, "I've already thought of the worst outcome, and I've figured out what to do. Now I just want evidence, the truth."

Han Mengliu's beautiful eyes froze, and she asked with a hint of bad premonition, "Once you sit down, what will you do?"

Without even thinking about it, Xia Yan uttered two words firmly——

"revenge."