263, Perverted Factory Owner 14

"You said you are Yan Zhaonan's son?"

Zong Zheng Qingqi hurried back to the Qianqing Palace and changed into the dragon robe under the service of the palace servants. When he rushed to the front hall, the ministers who heard the news had basically arrived.

The man who claimed to be Yan Chu made a simple bandage and changed into clean clothes. He was kneeling in the middle of the Jinluan Hall. Only his pale face could show what kind of torture he had experienced before.

In the court, the little emperor Zong Zheng Qingqi was always a mascot, and he was still young. After the ministers finished their ceremony, they couldn't help their curiosity and asked their questions to the man kneeling in the center.

When the Yan family was slaughtered, the Dali Temple had seen the corpses, from the master to the servants, no more, no less.

The bodies of Yan Zhaonan's wife and three children were in the main hall. Could the other party be Yan Zhaonan's illegitimate son raised outside?

It had been so long, Yan Chu was not very old at that time, and because he grew up in Dingfeng Pass, many ministers did not associate Yan Chu with the eldest son of the Yan family for a while when they heard the name Yan Chu.

"Yes, you said you are Yan Zhaonan's son, but do you have any evidence?"

It is impossible for someone to come out and say that he is Yan Zhaonan's son. If a large clan can easily recognize a child, it will be a mess.

"This jade pendant is a jade pendant passed down by the Yan family. Each of the descendants of the Yan family will have one. I am the eldest son of the Yan family. At the beginning, our Yan family suffered a disaster of extermination for no reason. My mother replaced me with my wet nurse's son, and I was hidden in the secret room by my mother."

Yan Chu left the capital for Dingfeng Pass at the age of four. His wet nurse's family was in the capital, so she did not go with him, but chose to stay in the old house of the Yan family and be a housekeeper. The other party's husband was the head of a villa in the suburbs of the Yan family. That day, because Yan Xiaoshi wanted to select a servant for her son, the wet nurse asked Yan Xiaoshi for help because she had nursed Yan Chu when she was a child. Therefore, Yan Xiaoshi specially asked her to go back to the villa to bring her son to the mansion to see him. The killers did not expect this episode and thought that the mission was completed as long as the number of people was matched, so Yan Chu escaped.

All the masters and servants who stayed in the Yan Mansion were slaughtered, and the other servants who escaped by chance did not escape the treason and conspiracy that the Yan family was framed for. All the servants were sent to the army and sold.

As official slaves, their current location can be checked through the transaction records at that time. As long as the head of the villa he mentioned is found, the truth of what he said can be naturally distinguished.

The other party's words are firm and he has passed the most stringent "mountain of swords" and "sea of ​​fire". Let's put aside the identity for the time being.

"Commander Xiao, what do you think?"

What can I ask and how can I ask?

The other party sued the emperor. Although he was incompetent and now a toothless tiger, he was still the emperor after all. After thinking about it, it was up to them, Xiao Jiuqian, to deal with such an offensive matter.

"You sued the current emperor, saying that he sent people to massacre hundreds of people in the Yan family and framed the general of the state for treason and rebellion. Do you have evidence?"

Yan Chu looked at the man kneeling below. The jade pendant in his hand was originally in Wanqi Lan's place. When the original body left Dingfeng Pass, the elders of both sides agreed that when they returned from the capital, they would formally sign a marriage contract for them. This jade pendant, which symbolized the direct lineage of the Yan family, was given to Wanqi Lan by the original body as a token.

And now this man who claimed to be "Yan Chu" and came to vindicate the Yan family also held this jade pendant in his hand. It was easy to imagine who sent him.

"Yes." Under Zong Zheng Qingqi's complicated gaze, the man took out a stack of papers from his arms.

Yan Chu signaled the eunuch standing behind him to take the stack of papers and hand it to him. After reading through them one by one, he asked the eunuch to hand the stack of papers to the little emperor.

The court officials were eager to see what was written on the papers.

"Everyone, sir, please circulate them too."

Zong Zheng Qingqi's face was pale and it was difficult for him to speak. He sat on the dragon throne weakly. When he met Yan Chu's eyes, his heart trembled and he made a decision.

The people all said that Xiao Chu was good and that Jinyiwei was good. Although they were afraid of Jinyiwei's cruelty, they were more afraid of Jinyiwei's disappearance. In the eyes of the people, his father was an incompetent and foolish emperor.

Now, with irrefutable evidence, he still chose to cover up for his father. How would Xiao Chu look at him? How would the people of Dashang look at him when they knew the truth in the future?

Didn't he want to take over the power from Xiao Chu openly and honestly one day and make him convinced? If he couldn't even do such a thing, how could he make the other party feel that he could manage such a huge country and that he was qualified to be the emperor of the people of Dashang?

Anyway, his father's reputation was already enough, and this one wouldn't hurt.

The little eunuch distributed the papers to the curious ministers. As they flipped through them, the ministers' faces flashed with surprise, and then they sighed.

If this confession was not forged, then the Yan family would die too unjustly.

"I remember that Li Yushi was imprisoned by the emperor three months ago. This confession..."

A minister who had always remained neutral stood up. He couldn't help but look in the direction of Xiao Chu. He saw that the other party was sitting on the only chair in the court, sipping the hot tea on the coffee table beside him, as if everything that happened in the court had nothing to do with him.

But Li Jinzhong was already under Yan Chu's custody. How did that man get this confession? Judging from the traces of pen and ink and the condition of the paper, this confession should have been written recently. Could it be Did Li Jinzhong know that he would be tortured and killed by the Emperor, so he wrote this before being thrown into the sky prison?

But how did he know that there were still descendants of the Yan family, and how did he find the other party and give him this confession?

I can't figure it out no matter how hard I think about it.

"Long before His Majesty suffered a stroke, Li Jinzhong's affairs had been handed over to the hands of the first-class guard Zhang Fan. Thirteen days ago, Li Jinzhong contracted cold in the prison and died suddenly."

This was the first time the courtiers heard about this matter. Previously, because of Emperor Chengqing's stroke and the succession of the new emperor, everything was busy inside and outside. Who would care about a criminal who was thrown into the sky prison.

But Li Jinzhong died suddenly. Isn't there no proof of all this?

"Your Majesty, there are still doubts in this matter. We cannot make a hasty judgment. It is better to let people find out the identity of the man who claims to be Yan Zhaonan's son." The loyal royalists stood up.

Since ancient times, it is natural for me to beat my son, but if my son rebels against me, it will be a treason.

This statement is not only applicable to ordinary people, but also to the royal family.

Especially the sensitive status of the emperor and the supreme emperor. If there is any slight disturbance, the people will amplify the judgment. At best, if they help the Yan family to rehabilitate, people will praise the new emperor for his righteousness in annihilating relatives. At worst, it will be disobedient and unfilial. Damn Tsunadune.

When the time comes for this to be recorded in the history books, it is still unknown how future generations will comment on the new emperor.

Now that the new emperor is young and has not yet taken office, there is no need to ruin his reputation and foundation over an old case and make it more difficult to take power when the time comes.

Therefore, in the opinion of the minister, it was better to whitewash the peace, blame Li Jinzhong for everything when he was dead, and then reward the son of the Yan family with a title without real power to show the kindness of the royal family, or simply make a mistake to the end.

All in all, the Tai Huang could make mistakes, but this mistake could never be identified by the new Emperor during his reign.

Those who argued about conspiracy began to wonder if this incident was caused by Xiao Chu, because this incident was only good for him. The emperor was charged with murdering Zhongliang, and the new emperor was charged with disobedience and unfilial piety. Only he, the governor of Dongchang, was clean.

The royal family has lost its prestige. Wouldn't it be easy for him to seize the opportunity to gain another wave of power?

Before today, Zongzheng Qingqi probably thought the same way, but after today's experience and the previous warnings given to him by his mother, he can see it more clearly.

He, the emperor, was just a puppet. If Xiao Chu really couldn't tolerate him, he could have used hundreds of ways to remove him and replace him with a more obedient and sensible clan member. There was no need to cause trouble and involve another incident. Old things come back.

"I have other evidence."

The man obviously came prepared. After hearing the courtier's doubts about the confession he handed over, he spoke slowly.

"Yan Zheng, a close associate who grew up with my father, the so-called letters about my father's collaboration with the enemy and treason that Emperor Cheng Qing found were actually forged by him based on my father's handwriting. He is the only one in the world who has That ability, as my father's personal servant, he should have died in the disaster that wiped out the family, but because of the few letters that Emperor Cheng Qing asked him to write after bribed him, he saw the clues and faked his death and left early. God had eyes and allowed me to find him."

The man's eyes flickered over the courtiers and the little emperor on the dragon throne. The wound that had just been bandaged was already bleeding. He was weak and haggard, but his back was still straight, and he did not fall into the Yan family at all. The name of bravery.

"There is also the dragon robe that appeared in our Yan family. For example, the fabrics used in the dragon robe are all tribute, and the consumption of every foot and inch is recorded in the Internal Affairs Department. Our Yan family has an extra dragon robe out of thin air. , either there is a problem with the tribute satin cloth mill, or there is a problem with the Internal Affairs Office. The consumption of this kind of precious fabrics, as long as we check the records of the Internal Affairs Office and the tribute satin cloth mill twenty-three years ago, and sort out the dragon robes. With the loss, the origin of the extra dragon robe will naturally become clear. "

The man cited evidence one by one, obviously prepared.

It's just that his injuries were really serious and he obviously couldn't hold on any longer.

"Here comes Dr. Xuan Liu."

Zongzheng Qingqi bypassed Xiao Chu and ordered that the other party could not die in the Jinluan Palace. If he wanted to overturn the case for the Yan family, he, the heir of the Yan family, must live.

It happened to take advantage of this time to send people to find out his origins and bring all the personal and material evidence he mentioned into the palace.

The extent of "Yan Chu's" injuries is unclear. After all these things are found out, his body will be able to recover 30 to 40%. Zongzheng Qingqi also wants to take this time to think carefully about what he should do.

But what's the point of speaking as a little emperor with no real power? After seeing Xiao Chu gently nodding, the chamberlain on the side helped "Yan Chu" down.

At this time in the past, the little emperor should have been angry again, but because of the stupid things the Supreme Emperor had done, he felt guilty and didn't care about it.

There are still more than ten years to go, Zongzheng Qingqi feels that he has to get used to this situation.

*****

In the dead of night, Wan Qilan went to bed to rest under the service of the palace maid. She didn't lie down for long when she felt a gaze on her.

"who?"

She opened her eyes vigilantly, and her tense limbs relaxed after seeing the person coming.

"You're here."

After arranging those things, she expected that the other party would come to her, but she didn't expect that the other party would be so bold as to talk about Yining Palace at night.

"I told you not to get involved in these things."

In the dim room, Yan Chu's figure became thinner, and Wanqi Lan's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but worry.

"I'm just doing what I should do, and I don't need your permission."

Wanqi Lan knows him better than anyone else. No matter how a person changes, his nature will not change. How could he, such a proud person, allow the world to know that the eldest son of the Yan family has become a eunuch.

So his identity will become a secret between the two of them and will be sealed forever. Wanqi Lan can't persuade him about this, because for Yan Chu, his identity will be made public, which will bring him greater pain and harm.

The man who replaced Yan Chu's identity this time was her secret guard. The so-called secret guard was someone who lived in the shadows, could not have his own name, could not have his own preferences, and existed like a shadow.

She asked the other party to pretend to be Yan Chu. As long as the Yan family was vindicated, she would give him a name and set him free. This was a temptation that no secret guard could resist. In addition, the secret guards had been trained strictly since childhood, and it was not difficult to endure the tempering of "knife mountain" and "sea of ​​fire".

At that time, "Yan Chu" would naturally disappear, and others would think that he was seeking justice for his relatives. His wish was fulfilled, and he took the initiative to stay away from the disputes in the court. This way of dealing with it was the best way she could think of.

What Yan Chu asked for was just to give justice to his relatives. Emperor Chengqing would lose his life for this, and those who participated in these things would pay the price they deserved, but others were innocent. Wanqi Lan did not want Yan Chu to get lost in hatred. The collapse of the dynasty would only hurt the people. Once Yan Chu woke up from hatred and saw the desolate country, he would be the first to regret it.

This is the man of the Yan family. They can't change their justice from the bottom of their hearts.

Wanqi Lan knew that she had no right to persuade him, because his relatives who died in the massacre were also innocent. Why should his innocent family members die, while the blood relatives of the Zongzheng royal family and Emperor Chengqing can live well.

This is an unsolvable situation. Wanqi Lan just wants to stop everything at the most appropriate place.

"Are you doing all this because you love me?"

Yan Chu took a step forward, and the dim candle that was lit all day beside Wanqi Lan's bed just hit his side face.

Handsome and beautiful, in an instant, Wanqi Lan seemed to have returned to the past, the most carefree age.

"If I say this is not enough, when one day, Zongzheng Qingqi and I stand on the opposite side, who will you choose?" Yan Chu approached step by step, he squatted down, and gently stroked Wanqi Lan's face.

In the previous life, the original body was completely crazy, and it might be because of Wanqi Lan. She was his only obsession to live, but in the end, she still chose her son.

Wanqi Lan blinked, her eyes were a little wet. Before she became a mother, she could make a decision without hesitation, but some feelings can only be experienced after you become a mother.

That is a piece of flesh that really fell from your body. There is no one more important than him.

"Your choice is him after all." Yan Chu sighed lightly.

Even if he was hurt in the previous life, he could start over again. What the original body wanted was still just to be chosen by her.

"I'm sorry."

Wanqi Lan grabbed Yan Chu's hand that wanted to leave her cheek: "But Yan Chu, I can die with you."

Her love for him has long since changed from an obsession at the beginning to a habit. In the balance between her son and her lover, Wanqi Lan can only choose her son, but this does not mean that her feelings for him are false.

The original body defeated all the men in the world, but lost to a child. Perhaps what was missed at the beginning was missed in the end.

Yan Chu broke free from Wan Qi Lan's hand, slowly stood up, just looked at her deeply, and then left the bedroom.

"Yan Chu!"

Wan Qi Lan hurriedly got out of bed and chased him, not caring that she was walking barefoot on the stone bricks.

"Empress Dowager?"

The palace maid who was on night watch outside the house was awakened by the movement in the house, and hurriedly ran in with a palace lantern.

"I'm fine, I just had a dream."

The man had disappeared on the other side of the window long ago. Wan Qi Lan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. The empty bedroom was left with only her and two palace maids with worried faces. Everything that had just happened was really like a dream.

She could only smell the faint smell of medicine that had not yet dissipated, and feel the traces of the other party's visit.

Under the service of the palace servants, Wan Qi Lan wiped her feet again, then lay on the bed and closed her eyes.

Sleep, sleep, maybe when she wakes up, everything she has experienced these years is just a dream. They are still children, still living in the most carefree age.

The author has something to say: The dialogue at the end is the dialogue when Dorgon asked Dayuer who she would choose to save if he and Fulin were in trouble. When I read the Secret History of Xiaozhuang and saw Dorgon's death, I cried tears in my eyes. But in the end, Dayuer did not fulfill her original promise. This little story will end tomorrow.

Seeing that everyone's comments yesterday were quite intense, here are two explanations. First, why did Wanqi Lan choose to give birth to a prince instead of killing the old emperor when she entered the palace? Because the Yan family needed to be rehabilitated. The old emperor died and avenged the Yan family, but the Yan family still bore the infamy. The Yan family was still charged with treason and conspiracy in the history books, and the old emperor was in power and would definitely not overturn his original decision. Therefore, only the new emperor could do it, and the possibility was higher than the old emperor himself slapping himself in the face.

Second, Wanqi Lan had always hoped that her son would be the emperor. It was clearly written in Chapter 253. Or did I write it wrong in which chapter, saying that she didn't want her son to be the emperor? I just flipped through it several times and didn't find it. If you have any, please leave a message and I will change it immediately.

This is because she wants the new emperor to help the Yan family to be rehabilitated, and the new emperor must listen to her. Other princes will not have this opportunity when they ascend the throne, so she must ensure that her son becomes the emperor.

Wanqi Lan's actions in this story are definitely not perfect, but everything here has a premise, that is, when she did these things, she thought Yan Chu was dead. At that time, Yan Chu was just a little eunuch, and Wanqi Lan didn't even know he existed. If she knew that the other party was still alive, she would definitely not act like this. It was precisely because of this that the subsequent events were involved. It can only be said that it was a coincidence and they were not destined to be together.