ebookland Chapter 309 The secret of life experience
Chapter 309 The secret of life experience
Bai Zhaozhao raised his eyebrows: "I guessed that you would find out about this, but Senior Brother, can you just pretend that you don't know?"
He Anyu: "It's not that it's impossible, but Xiao Ce will find out! Tang Lei is the late emperor's youngest son. I don't know why he was executed by the late emperor. The emperor is also very taboo about this matter. No one dares to mention it. Once Xiao Ce finds out..."
Bai Zhaozhao:!!!
Once Xiao Ce finds out, it will be equivalent to the emperor knowing it!
This was indeed unexpected. She knew that Tang Lei should be a member of the royal family and guessed that he was dead, but it turned out that he was executed by the late emperor!
"Could it be... that he was plotting a rebellion?"
"I don't know. No one dared to mention what happened back then, and many traces were destroyed. Zhao Zhao, do you really want to check?"
"This..." Bai Zhaozhao hesitated. If it really involved some royal secrets, it would inevitably implicate the Bai family, so it was better to keep a low profile.
"Well, tell Senior Brother not to investigate. I'll think of another way."
"It has been found out." Zhao Lingxiao's voice suddenly came.
Bai Zhaozhao and the other person turned around and saw that in addition to Zhao Lingxiao, there was also Wang Jinnian.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Hanyan from the dark also jumped out to join in the fun.
Zhao Lingxiao continued, "Tang Lei and the late crown prince were both legitimate sons of the late emperor. They never married and were once sent to Goryeo as hostages by the late emperor. Later, with the efforts of the late crown prince, he returned to his country. I don't know why the late emperor disliked him. Later... he really rebelled."
Bai Zhaozhao: ...My bad mouth!
"and then?"
"Then I didn't know, but the third brother knew, so I brought him here."
At this time, Wang Jinnian took over the conversation: "They say he didn't marry, but in fact the royal family didn't recognize his wife. He married a wife when he was a hostage in Goryeo."
Bai Zhaozhao suddenly had an idea: "Is his wife's surname Ye?"
"how do you know?"
Bai Zhaozhao seemed to be thinking about something. "Prince An once told me that the concubine of the King of Rui, Su Ling's mother, was from the Ye family, a noble family that was once feared by the late emperor."
Wang Jinnian had a complicated expression: "So you have long suspected that the concubine of King Rui is related to you?"
Bai Zhaozhao had another flash of inspiration: "Third Senior Brother, you didn't know this earlier, did you? And you told me not to have too much contact with the royal family?"
Wang Jin said in a young voice: "I don't really know, but I have a little suspicion. When I was investigating the prince of Rui, I secretly saw the portrait, and it looks a bit like you!"
He Anyu: "What does that mean? Is it what I thought it meant? Tang Lei's wife Ye became the concubine of King Rui?"
Zhao Lingxiao glanced at him and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild for now."
Wang Jinnian took a deep breath and asked seriously, "Zhao Zhao, I know you don't want Lao Wu and I to intervene because you're afraid it will affect our official positions.
But this matter is not ordinary. Tell me, do you have any information that confirms that you may be related to Ye's?"
Bai Zhaozhao simply shook his head: "I'm not sure, it's just a hunch."
Then Bai Zhaozhao calmly recounted the incident of being captured by Gao Lin and meeting Gao Zhen. From Gao Zhen, he learned that he had similar features and personality to the woman in the painting, and also had the name Tang Lei.
In addition, when returning to Linyang County, Bai Shiwen let it slip that Prince Rui was hostile to her biological father.
He Anyu was puzzled and said, "This is not right! If you are the child of Ye's daughter, then who is Su Ling? And she is older than you. If she is your sister, then it is not right. Ye's daughter died of complications after giving birth to Su Ling. It is impossible for her to give birth to you!"
Zhao Lingxiao retorted, "Zhao Zhao just looks a bit like Ye's daughter. She may not be her daughter. She could be her sister's daughter. Maybe the convicted official mentioned by Bai Shiwen also married Ye's daughter and gave birth to Zhao Zhao."
Bai Zhaozhao nodded: "I have thought of this possibility, but I suspect that the story of the daughter of a guilty minister was made up by my father... Ahem, Bai Shihong made it up to scare Bai Shiwen."
Zhu Hanyan interrupted: "Why don't you just ask your father directly?"
Bai Zhaozhao sighed: "He must have his reasons for not saying anything. My life experience... probably can't be exposed to the sun!"
"Is it worth it?" Wang Jinnian suddenly asked meaningfully, "Zhao Zhao, is it worth it to leave the Bai family?"
Bai Zhaozhao was slightly stunned: "I don't know. Before, I just wanted to leave the Bai family in name only. Now it seems that if I continue to investigate, it might implicate the Bai family."
Wang Jinnian paused and said, "Actually, I know a little about the Ye family. The previous emperor built a large number of palaces and spent money recklessly, which led to the treasury being empty. Someone suggested finding a noble family to start with, and the most prestigious family at that time was the Ye family."
Bai Zhaozhao: "So Tang Lei's wife is not recognized?"
"That's right, she didn't even have the chance to show her face in front of the royal family." Wang Jinnian said, "And the Ye family should have sent the Ye girl to Korea for refuge, but I didn't expect that she was brought back by Tang Lei.
The other one is the concubine of the King Rui. She is not Tang Lei’s wife because the time doesn’t match. When Su Ling was born, Tang Lei hadn’t had any accident yet.”
Bai Zhaozhao was in a daze for a moment. That's right, she had always thought that Su Ling's mother was equal to the woman in the painting, equal to Gao Zhen's white moonlight, and equal to Tang Lei's wife.
But, they are not necessarily the same person!
"The disfigured woman should be another daughter of the Ye family. She was not sent away for refuge in time, and then was rescued by King Rui and hid outside, right?"
Wang Jinnian nodded: "Yes, this possibility is very high."
Bai Zhaozhao's expression became indescribable: "The one in the portrait... is not Su Ling's mother! But Tang Lei's wife!"
Ah, this... substitute literature is everywhere!
In other words, King Rui liked the girl from the Ye family, but he didn't marry her. Later, the girl from the Ye family went to Goryeo, married Tang Lei, and then returned to Tianyuan.
But by then, the Ye family had already been killed, and Prince Rui only saved another woman, who gave birth to Su Ling.
Then why did Su Ling think the woman in the painting was her mother?
got the wrong person?
That’s right, Su Ling got the portrait secretly, and she only found out about her life experience later. When she saw her appearance, she naturally thought it was her biological mother.
He Anyu also guessed: "So, could Zhao Zhao be Tang Lei's daughter?"
Zhao Lingxiao agreed: "It is very likely, unless there are other Ye family girls who survived."
Zhu Hanyan suddenly said, "Could it be just a coincidence? They don't look exactly the same."
Bai Zhaozhao couldn't help but nodded. Wouldn't Gao Zhen be able to find a replica of Gao Lin?
Wang Jinnian was implying something: "It's not hard to find someone who looks like him, but it's hard to find someone who looks like him. Combined with Bai Shihong's words... How can there be so many coincidences?"
He Anyu suddenly asked: "Old Third, can you just tell me what other secrets you know?"
Wang Jinnian looked at Bai Zhaozhao with a subtle expression, "I also know that after Tang Lei was executed by the late emperor, he was removed from the royal family. Later, the late crown prince died of illness, and the emperor and Prince An... launched a palace coup. The late emperor was forced to abdicate and later died of illness."
Bai Zhaozhao:!!!
Launching a coup? She remembered the folk rumor that the previous emperor sought immortality and took the initiative to pass the throne to Emperor Yongkang before traveling.
"Third Brother, you know this secret. Has the Emperor never thought of killing you?"
Wang Jinnian's face was dark: "What? Are you going to tell the emperor that I know the secret of the royal family?"
Bai Zhaozhao quickly waved his hands: "No, no, why would I do that!"