Coffin!

Back then, I gave birth to a wonderful word on the carriage that fled from Jixiang Village. In that small and closed space, on the road to escape with a life hanging by a thread, the birth of a life was originally very joyful.

However, I clearly remember that at that time, Empress Yin looked at me with a very horrified look, and then she said these three words-

Coffin!

At that time, I didn't understand the meaning of her words, thinking that she was just talking nonsense because of madness and being too frightened. But at this moment, when I heard Pei Ji say the past decades ago, the burning ruins, the lonely coffin, and the life of the dead in the coffin, I suddenly understood the meaning of the three words.

Coffin, a coffin appeared in the palace decades ago!

That was the deepest fear that remained in Queen Yin's heart, so even after she was crazy, she still did not forget it, so she would say it at that time.

I held my breath and said tremblingly: "That is the child that Queen Zhaolie gave birth to after her death?"

"Yes," Pei Ji's voice felt a strange hoarseness, and he said slowly: "That's lonely, the eldest son of the emperor."

I took a deep breath.

The coffin, the eldest son of the emperor - God knows what that was. Empress Zhao Lie, in the words of Madam Qian, was trapped in the Gui Palace where the fire was ignited, and was suffocated to death by smoke. Even her mother died like this. Anyone can tell that the child in her womb must be dead and there is no possibility of survival.

But, the miracle happened at the most unlikely time. After the mother died, the child survived and was born in the coffin!

At this moment, no matter how many turbulent conspiracies have been experienced or how many earth-shaking changes have been seen, I still can’t help but praise the most beautiful thing in the world - the power of life!

I sighed softly, "No one would have thought that the eldest son Pei Yuanchen was born like this."

Pei Ji nodded gently: "Yes, no one would have thought."

"What about him now?" I looked into his eyes and continued to ask, "What does this have to do with the Queen Mother? Why has the Queen Mother been practicing in the Shui Pagoda for so many years? What does her escape from the world have to do with this child?"

Pei Ji slowly raised his head and looked at me.

He said, "Actually, you already knew what's going on."

“…”

"Someone must have told you that you would ask about what happened to you back then."

“…”

"You want to get justice for her."

I looked at his eyes tightly: "Will the Supreme Emperor give this justice?"

The Supreme Emperor was silent for a long time and slowly said, "I cannot tell the world, I cannot. But I can indeed tell you that I am the Lone, and I have to bear her."

“…”

"That child is lonely, and he has been moved to her."

“…!”

He finally admitted it.

He changed to the Queen Mother's child.

Although I did know about this a long time ago, when I really heard him admit it, it seemed like there was a fact in front of me and the dust was settled.

He replaced the child that Queen Zhao Lie gave birth to after her death, the coffin, which the empress dowager originally gave birth to.

As a result, the evil cause that has been entangled for decades has been planted.

I originally wanted to ask him why he did this. He was all his own children. If he replaced him like this, there was no difference except hurting a woman and a mother's heart. But when he looked back and thought about what he had said before, he suddenly understood.

He wanted to prevent the further spread of the power of Shengjing in the court.

If that day really comes, when Shengjing's forces elect this child to the position of prince or even emperor, he will have a move to chess.

Hearing me say this, there was no hint of joy on his face, and he obviously was not happy for his arrangements, so he just nodded lightly.

"You are indeed Huaiyin's daughter. You can see things more thoroughly than others."

I asked, "Then, why didn't you confer him the crown prince?"

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"I even remember that he did not become king."

“…”

"Before he seized the throne, he was just a prince."

He nodded gently: "Yes, I really did not confer him the crown prince and did not give him any title."

“…”

"It's because--the coffin..."

I frowned slightly: "Because of his birth?"

He nodded: "Yes."

“…”

"The hostility on him is too heavy, so he needs to be suppressed!"

“…”

This time, I didn't say anything.

Indeed, even from the perspective of ordinary people like us, the children who crawled out of the coffin have a very strong life. Such children are commonly called "hard punishment" and have little relatives. Pei Ji is obviously influenced by this view.

And at this moment, I finally understood.

Pei Yuanhao, he is not the third brother or a powerless prince. He has been given special high hopes since he was born. He even said that he is the real eldest son of the emperor who has carried the mission. Otherwise, as an ordinary prince, how could he have such a strong force in the court that he could finally force the then crown prince Pei Yuanxiu to leave the capital!

No wonder Pei Ji would say that to me when he was poisoned and unconscious.

Once the sky falls under the frost.

It was this sentence that guided me to find the imperial edict and jade seal he hid, because in his impression, I was the "palace maid around the third brother"; the imperial edict did not mention any other prince's names, but clearly stated that the eldest son Pei Yuanchen was the one written.

This was probably the last effort he could make before he was poisoned and fell into a coma.

However, he did not expect that Pei Yuanhao was more ruthless than he thought. Before he could even wait for the identity of "Pei Yuanchen" to spread the world, he directly surrounded the imperial city, burned Pei Yuanchen to death, forced Pei Yuanxiu away, and seized the throne.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But no matter what, things are still developing in the direction that Pei Ji hopes.

However, when I think about it this way, I feel chills all over my body.

I looked at him and said softly in a difficult voice: "The Supreme Emperor did this because he was considerate of the overall situation and many people would appreciate you. But aren't you sad and regretful? Or, have you never considered the Queen Mother?"

Pei Ji Cang looked at me with a slight look, and this glance made him look much haggard. He said softly: "I am lonely, how could I never regret it?"

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"After changing these two children, or since the two children, I have been regretting it."

“…”

"Every moment, Gu's heart regrets even more."

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"I regretted doing this, regretted letting her down, regret letting these two children bear the fate they shouldn't have to bear, and even more regret - born in the royal family."

“…”

When I heard him say this, I didn't know what I should say.

Rebuke him? Complaint?

No one has the qualifications. After all, everything he does is for the overall situation. I even believe that his pain is no less than the pain of the Queen Mother over the years.

However, the Empress Dowager could hide in the Linshui Pagoda and avoid the world's cultivation, but he could not hide.

Poisoning and sleeping for more than ten years was probably a gift from God. Unfortunately, after opening his eyes, he had to face the battles that were already common in the imperial city - from him, to his son, and then to his grandson.

I took a deep breath and said, "In other words, the child next to the Queen Mother, the current Emperor, is the child who was born in the coffin, your eldest son."

He nodded: "It's him."

As he said that, he looked at me again, with a throbbing surging in his eyes: "I didn't expect that things in the world are like chess, and he would actually be with you, Huaiyin's daughter..."

I lowered my eyes lightly and didn't answer this. At this moment, I was really not in the mood to say this.

I said, "The Supreme Emperor, where is that other child?"

He was suddenly stunned.

I looked at his eyes and continued to ask without any concealment: "You used him to replace the Empress Dowager's child, and now he has already sat in the position of the Supreme Lord of Nine Five; but where is the child you replaced? Where did he go?"

He seemed to have been stabbed without warning, and his face turned pale in an instant.

After a moment of silence, he took a breath: "You—"

I said calmly and firmly: "I ask this, of course there are reasons why I want to ask."

He suddenly looked at me and opened his eyes slightly: "You know, do you know his whereabouts?"

"I want to know more about what happened at the beginning."

“…”
To be continued...