Looking at my reluctant smile, the old man hesitated for a while before whispering: "Ms. Yan really thinks that I'm just because I'm confused?"

“…!”

My heart trembled violently.

Although she called me this way when she first met her, because everyone in the Song family told me that she was old and later I knew that she was pretending to be confused, so I took it naturally to accept this title and didn't think much about it. But now, her words made me understand it all at once.

Daughter-in-law...

She is Pei Yuanhao's wet nurse. Although she is suspected of being a transgressive, she has indeed raised this noble person and is a mother. Perhaps in her heart, she has some emotions that cannot be expressed in her words. She cannot call that person a son, but instead calls me "daughter-in-law".

Seeing my face darkened slightly, Old Lady Zhang was silent for a while and said softly: "Old son knows that something happened between you and the Emperor - you. A lot of news about you have also been heard from the capital, and Old son has heard of it."

"..." I looked at her silently.

"I saw too much about the harem."

“…”

"Now, I can't say much, but this time, you are willing to take action, and I am very grateful to you."

“…”

"I will also thank you for Your Majesty the Emperor."

After saying that, she stood up and bowed deeply to me.

At this time, I took a step forward and hurriedly supported her, and said softly: "If the old man does this, it will cost me my life."

Old Mrs. Zhang smiled so hard that the wrinkles on the corners of her eyes became deeper: "You can afford it."

“…”

Seeing that my face became more dim, the old man was a very kind and caring person, so he said, "Okay, we won't talk about this." After that, she gently grabbed my wrist with her backhand and pulled me to the side of her couch to sit down. I calmed down and said to her, "Thank you, the old lady these days."

She knew that I was talking about her pretending to be crazy and stupid, and smiled bitterly and shook her head gently: "It's hard, it's not hard."

I looked into her eyes: "I'm afraid it's hard to bear it."

She looked up at me.

I whispered: "The Second Master Song is also a person who is very wise, but I am afraid that he will suffer a lot in his heart when doing this. But Old Lady, I am still a little surprised, why did Old Lady give up his son and decide to help His Majesty the Emperor?"

She sighed and said softly: "Xuan'er told Lao Shi a lot about his experiences. Of course, he had his own reasons for doing this. However, Lao Shi didn't understand his principles, Lao Shi didn't understand them either. Lao Shi just couldn't watch his big-breasted child being conspired to overthrow by his own son."

She was silent for a moment and continued, "Any mother would do this."

I looked at her for a while, but didn't say anything, just nodded gently.

Before, I thought she was an old man who was very wise and righteous. Because she could understand the emperor's painstaking efforts and was the same as her grandson's thoughts, she did these things. Now it seems that she was just standing on the standpoint of a mother and protecting her children - just like one day, if Pei Yuanhao wanted to punish Song Huaiyi, from her mother's standpoint, she would definitely plead for mercy to save her life.

I smiled and said, "It's hard for you."

She shook her head: "I am old and do everything according to what I think in my heart. But you-" She said, her eyes slowly downwards and looked at my stomach: "It's hard for you."

“…”

This time, my throat choked.

Of course, everything about this child cannot be hidden from this old man.

Old Mrs. Zhang sighed softly, and then said, "Do you still remember that when I was on the viewing building, Lao Shi told you that their brothers have liked to grab and compete since they were young?"

I nodded.

She said: "Actually, the two brothers were not like this at the beginning. They were kind and friendly, very friendly."

“…”

"Although you also snatch each other's things, it's often the ones you like, I like what you have. It's okay to take them away, but there has never been any conflict."

“…”

"But once, what they fought for was the same thing."

“…”

"After that time, it gradually changed."

"Fight for the same thing?" I looked at her: "What is it?"

Old Mrs. Zhang's eyes were a little dazed, and she thought for a long time before saying, "I still remember that it seemed like a treasure sent from Xichuan, a crystal clear water essence bottle. I had never seen such a thing in the palace before. As soon as the emperor, the emperor, passed it to everyone, and as a result, both of his nobles fell in love with him and went to ask the emperor for a question."

When she said this, her eyes flashed slightly: "I remember that it was the first time that His Highness spoke and asked his father for something."

“…”

"It seems that this is the first time that the Crown Prince spoke."

I said, "Then, who did the Emperor give that bottle?"

Old Mrs. Zhang glanced at me and said, "I gave it to the Prince."

“…”

"But at that time, the crown prince had not been enthroned yet, so it should have been given to the Second Highness."

"oh……"

I nodded. Actually, this is not natural or unexpected. Both sons want the same thing, so they will definitely only give one but not one. There will be a result, that is, one of them can be obtained, and one of them can not be obtained. Anyone can get it, and no one can get it. I just thought it was just one thing, but when I looked at Old Mrs. Zhang's expression was a bit solemn, as if it shouldn't have been like this.

I whispered, "Is there anything wrong with this?"

Old Mrs. Zhang said softly: "Before this incident, although the two brothers had never fought for the same thing, the Supreme Emperor was never biased in terms of rewards, and had never seen him favor anyone, nor did he suppress anyone."

“…”

"At that time, everyone actually thought that he would still be the same as before, either not giving two or giving two things."

“…”

"But he rewarded the second prince with the water essence bottle."

“…”

"This was a very terrifying thing at that time."

Only then did I really feel sorry for this. If Pei Yuanxiu had not been crowned as the crown prince at that time, then a reward would be very likely to make people judge that Pei Ji was biased in his heart.

And his preference is - Pei Yuanxiu?

Although I already know Pei Yuanhao's bizarre life experience, I can understand that Pei Ji must have some emotions about this son that are different from other fathers and sons, when it comes to the nature of these two people, Pei Yuanxiu was indeed much better than him in the imperial city at that time. Even the students of Xishan Academy praised him for his outstanding character when he was giving lectures in the Suanxiang Academy.

It was indeed not surprising that Pei Ji leaned towards him at that time.

And I also thought of one thing - "Then, after this incident, was he enthroned as the crown prince?"

Old Mrs. Zhang looked up at me, as if she was a little surprised at my keenness. She nodded gently, but she said, "But before that, something happened."

"What?"

"After the water spirit bottle was given to the second prince, it was kept in his palace, but one day it suddenly broke."

"Broken?"

"Yes, it's broken."

"How did it break?"

"It's broken for no reason."

I looked at her in surprise, and the bright eyes of Mrs. Zhang were somewhat stained with a hint of confusion. She was silent for a while before slowly saying: "No one knows how it was broken. It's just that such a thing was reported in the palace. Not long after, the emperor issued an edict to enact the crown prince."

“…”

I was speechless for a moment.

This incident has been too long, and even Mrs. Zhang, who has experienced it personally, said that "no reason", which shows that the truth has long been submerged in the ashes of time.

However, the struggle between this pair of brothers began at that time.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

The nine-level three palaces of the imperial city look glorious and gorgeous on the surface, and are like palaces in the sky in the eyes of the world, but who knows how many conspiracies and tricks there are, and how many filthy thoughts are hidden?

At this moment, I suddenly remembered something-

"Old lady, Zhao Shuyuan... are you familiar with it?"

"Empress Shuyuan?"

It seemed a bit surprised that I would mention this person. Old Mrs. Zhang turned to look at me and said, "It's not familiar. She was the one who was around Concubine Xian at that time and also walked very far from us. I'm afraid that if I'm acquainted with her, I'm afraid there will be no more than ten sentences."

"But, I've always seen it, right?"

“That’s natural.”

"Well, when you were in the palace, did she have - given birth to a baby?"

This time, she was even more surprised.

He turned his head and looked at me for a long time before he slowly said, "You are talking about the Fourth Highness?"

"yes."

"She was granted a title when Empress Yin was pregnant, but she was very honest and decent. She usually didn't have much money for her master, and she had no intention of competing for favor, so the emperor didn't go to her place for half a year. I remember that she was pregnant with the dragon seed when several of his nobles were four or five years old."

My breathing tightened.

Although I had known for a long time that she was an old man in the palace and was the one who was with the princes, I must have discovered many things that others didn't know, but it was really a surprise to ask about this.

I lowered my voice, and the voice was slightly trembling because of the throbbing inside: "Well, was there anything strange happening when she was pregnant?"

"Strange thing? That's not," Old Lady Zhang shook her head, but immediately thought of something, and said, "However, Zhao Shuyuan was fine when she was pregnant, and she was not as ill as the other concubines in the palace. The queen protected her very much. But there was something wrong with her when she gave birth."
Chapter completed!