Chapter 107
Mu Tianxiao sensed the Emperor’s indifference and resentfully excused himself, pulling the Sixth Imperial Concubine out of the hall.
The Sixth Imperial Concubine, Liang Suyun, still wanted to see more of King Jing’s children. The elderly had a saying that if she saw more boys after being pregnant, then it was very likely that she would be pregnant with a boy. Liang shi knew that her husband was a prince and must be very eager for her to have a boy in one fell swoop.
Liang shi wasn’t very willing to leave, but Mu Tianxiao pulled her with great strength, and Liang shi was almost dragged out. In the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Liang shi couldn’t directly refute the Sixth Imperial Concubine. After leaving the hall, she forcefully rubbed her wrists and softly complained. Before Liang shi was married, she was very doted on by her parents and had never suffered such grievances. After marrying the Sixth Imperial Concubine, Mu Tianxiao treated her in every possible way. Usually, he didn’t even give her any face. Why was he so rough with her when she was pregnant?
Mu Tianxiao’s expression was heavy, and it was unknown what he was thinking. After Liang shi complained, he came to his senses and returned to his usual gentle and considerate appearance. He apologized, “I’m sorry, I was too happy and forgot that your body wasn’t well.”
Mu Tianxiao was very good at concealing his emotions and lying. For a moment, Liang shi thought that she had seen wrongly.
Liang shi still wanted to live a good life with him, so she smiled and said, “I’m fine, you don’t have to be so nervous. Just now, I was thinking that if I could give birth to a child like King Jing’s heir, it wouldn’t be bad. ”
Mu Tianxiao also thought of the boy in the Emperor’s arms, and the corners of his lips curled into a strange smile, “It’s very good.”
After learning that Liang shi was pregnant, Mu Tianxiao was very happy. This meant that he would soon have King Jing’s child. This child was like a timely rain. He was originally worried about how to win back the Emperor’s attention without leaving a trace. He heard that King Jing’s family had just returned to the imperial city, and the Emperor had rewarded the child of King Jing’s family with many things. Mu Tianxiao thought that the Emperor was old and would naturally favor his grandchildren more. If he informed the Emperor of Liang shi’s pregnancy as soon as possible, the Emperor would certainly not only have eyes for the child of King Jing’s family.
He was looking forward to it, but the Emperor was very cold to him and his future children. What made him even more unbearable was that the Emperor was overly enthusiastic toward King Jing’s eldest son. He was just a little thing, but the Emperor actually carried him on his lap. Mu Tianxiao secretly hated it. He always knew that the Emperor didn’t like him because his mother, Lady Zhang, was Empress Xiaohui’s maidservant. For as long as he could remember, the Emperor hadn’t summoned his mother for a long time. His mother had always been of the lowest rank. It wasn’t until he reached adulthood that his mother was promoted to the position of concubine. It was only then that the Emperor would occasionally visit Yongfu Palace to give him some face.
Previously, he thought that although the Emperor didn’t like him, he would at least like his children. Even Marquis Ping and Marquis An’s children were brought into the palace to take a look at during festivals. King Jing’s eldest son was carried on the Emperor’s lap as soon as he arrived, so why was the Emperor so cold to his children?
This meant that in the Emperor’s heart, he was still inferior to King Jing, and even inferior to the former Second Prince and Third Prince!
Even if he brought the Imperial Concubine and personally came to report the good news, it was useless. The Emperor didn’t mention anything about giving him a new assignment. He couldn’t really be accompanying Madam Liang to raise the fetus, right?
Mu Tianxiao hated the Emperor once again.
Having said that, although this trip was different from what he expected, it wasn’t completely fruitless.
The reason why he was anxious to bring Madam Liang into the palace was because he heard that King Jing’s family was going to enter the palace today. Mu Tianxiao also wanted to take the opportunity to see King Jing’s children with his own eyes.
The trusted aide he sent to the western border didn’t reply for a long time, so Mu Tianxiao gave up waiting. He felt that this trusted aide was definitely gone — — it was very likely that the other party had found out something and had been silenced by King Jing.
However, Mu Tianxiao was unable to find out the specific reason. He didn’t have any helpers left, so he could only try his best to seize every opportunity to see and verify with his own eyes.
Fortunately, he entered the palace. Although his children weren’t favored, he discovered a secret of King Jing’s.
King Jing’s sons didn’t look like King Jing.
The Emperor and Luo Ruisheng both said that they looked very similar to King Jing. Could it be that Mu Tianxiao’s eyes were blind? These were simply polite words!
Because he was a few years younger than King Jing, Mu Tianxiao didn’t know what King Jing looked like when he was a child. The more he thought about it, the more he thought about it, and the more he felt that his theory was very reasonable.
Regardless of whether the children were really born from the male princess consort or not, even the imperial physician said that King Jing’s children were very likely to have the same mute disease as King Jing. However, the truth he saw was that all four children were normal. None of them were mute, and they didn’t look like King Jing at all. This was very problematic.
Not to mention that the imperial physician sent by the Emperor would definitely verify the children’s identities. The western border was King Jing’s territory. Wouldn’t he be able to get whatever results he wanted?
That’s right, it must be so. King Jing also knew that his mute disease was a disadvantage for him. However, if he had healthy children, his mute disease wouldn’t be so important.
King Jing wanted to fight for the position of crown prince, so it was very likely that he would take the risk out of desperation and disguise his non-biological children as his biological children. As for the male princess consort’s children …
Mu Tianxiao was inclined to think that this was a strategy to attract attention. Or perhaps … he had a bold idea. Among the four children, there was indeed one who looked very much like the male princess consort. Could it be that the child was actually a healthy child born from the male princess consort and another woman, and King Jing forcibly put the child under his name?
If this was really the case, King Jing was really bold!
Mu Tianxiao deeply felt that he had discovered King Jing’s weakness. His next step should be to use this point to make a good plan and ruthlessly attack King Jing.
The Emperor was too biased. However, what would happen if he found out that this biased grandson wasn’t really King Jing’s child?
He couldn’t wait to see the Emperor’s reaction. If the royal bloodline was mixed up, even if he was Empress Xiaohui’s son, he would probably never be able to make a comeback.
However, what if he made a mistake? Would he get himself into trouble?
… No, as long as he promised to make them “not”, it would be fine.
Thinking of this, Mu Tianxiao felt that the humiliation he had suffered just now was nothing. He was really in a good mood. He smiled and said, “I also think that the Little Heir is very interesting. If there is a chance in the future, it will be good to see him again. ”
Liang Suyun didn’t understand, but she felt that the Sixth Prince liked children very much.
On Li Yu’s side, after meeting the Emperor and waiting for the Emperor to hug Dabao enough, he took the children to Changchun Palace.
When he was in his fish form, he had been to Changchun Palace once. However, when he was in his human form, it was his first time as a princess consort.
Li Yu was very cautious. He was afraid that he would reveal his familiarity with Changchun Palace and arouse suspicion. After all, this was the palace.
Don’t worry. King Jing gently patted the back of his hand, telling him not to be too nervous. Since entering the palace, he had been leading him and hadn’t left even half a step.
Li Yu followed King Jing with peace of mind.
Changchun Palace had already been informed that they were coming. Although the memorial cloth for the late Empress was still there, the main hall had been cleaned in advance and candles were lit.
King Jing still had three incense sticks burning. The family of six bowed and prayed in front of Empress Xiaohui’s memorial tablet.
This scene reminded Li Yu of the secret of Changchun Palace that he had seen in the system regarding King Jing’s infancy. He had never understood this secret. Later on, when he had the fish children, he was engrossed in raising them and didn’t think much about it. Why don’t they find an opportunity to walk around Changchun Palace? Who knows, they might be able to find that palace room and find some clues?
He felt that this was a good idea. Wang Xi found two chairs for him and King Jing. Li Yu and King Jing had just sat down when Si Bao suddenly opened his small eyes wide and pointed to a place. “Ah ah!” he cried out.
Li Yu looked in the direction of his chubby finger. It turned out that there was a small box placed on top of the eight treasures. There was something on top of the box that looked like a golden pouch.
Li Yu felt a little strange. Why didn’t he see it the last time he came? However, Changchun Palace had also been cleaned and tidied up. Perhaps it was originally placed somewhere else, but this time it was cleaned up by the palace servants.
King Jing signaled with his eyes. Wang Xi obeyed and went over to check it out. After a while, he came back with an old cloth tiger.
“Ah ah!” A tiger!
This cloth tiger attracted the attention of all the treasures. The treasures all cried out. They had many toys, and a cloth tiger was indispensable.
The treasures all wanted the cloth tiger, but Wang Xi didn’t dare to give it to them directly. He first tested it with a silver needle, then brushed off some dust on it. He wiped it with a cloth several times before handing it over to King Jing. Only after King Jing approved it could he give it to the young masters.
King Jing took the cloth tiger and glanced at it. There was a nostalgic look on his face.
Li Yu remembered seeing a cloth tiger sewn by a woman. He also saw a cloth tiger in Empress Xiaohui’s room in Duke Chengen’s Mansion. Now there was another one. Where did this cloth tiger come from?
“Tianchi, do you have any impression of this?” Li Yu asked.
King Jing nodded and led Li Yu to look at the stitches at the end of the cloth tiger. It turned out that it had been sewn back together after it had been torn.
“This is …” Li Yu couldn’t help laughing. “Could it be that you played with it when you were a child?”
Empress Xiaohui liked to make cloth tigers for her son. King Jing must have one too.
He guessed right. King Jing nodded again.
Li Yu thought of the secret again and asked tentatively, “Then … do you have any impression of a thirty-year-old wet nurse when you were a child?”
King Jing shook his head slowly.
It wasn’t the first time Li Yu had asked this question. He didn’t have much hope. In the secret scene, King Jing was still an infant. He looked even younger than Dabao and the others. How could he remember?
Similarly, Wang Xi didn’t know either. Li Yu had asked around and found out that Wang Xi came to King Jing’s side after Empress Xiaohui passed away. Eunuch Wang knew a wet nurse who had once nursed King Jing, but this wet nurse was very tall and strong. She didn’t look like what he remembered. However, considering that a prince could have more than one wet nurse, Li Yu deduced that the wet nurse he saw in his memory should be one of them. Unfortunately, neither Wang Xi nor the other wet nurse knew.
He couldn’t possibly ask Steward Luo, right?
Li Yu thought about it and decided that this was the only person he could ask. But would Steward Luo help him?
King Jing looked at the cloth tiger and pinched it. When he felt that there was nothing wrong with it, he put it into Si Bao’s hands.
Si Bao held the cloth tiger that King Jing’s father gave him and shouted happily. However, the other three babies soon looked at it.
Da Bao, Er Bao, and San Bao: “Ah ah ah ah!”
Si Bao refused. This was a toy given to Si Bao by King Jing’s father. It belonged to Si Bao’s fish!
Si Bao clamped the cloth tiger under his arm. He could roll and sit now, but he couldn’t walk yet. He immediately hugged the cloth tiger and rolled on the ground, intending to slip away.
Da Bao, Er Bao, and San Bao hurriedly used their round bodies to block Si Bao. When Si Bao stopped rolling, Er Bao grabbed the cloth tiger’s tail. Da Bao and San Bao each grabbed one of the tiger’s legs. Si Bao grabbed the tiger’s head and refused to let go.
After a short stalemate, a tearing sound was heard. The cloth tiger was quite old and had broken once. It was easily torn apart by the children.
Da Bao, Er Bao, and San Bao were dumbfounded. They hurriedly let go of the broken cloth tiger. Si Bao grabbed the broken tiger and pouted. He wanted to cry.
Li Yu was about to die from laughter. He hurriedly walked forward and hugged Si Bao. Si Bao buried his head in his father’s arms and sobbed sadly.
Li Yu gently stroked his back and comforted him softly. He then looked at the cloth tiger in Si Bao’s hands. The tiger was indeed in a terrible state.
Li Yu stole a glance at King Jing. King Jing was also smiling. He wasn’t angry.
Li Yu asked for the cloth tiger and pretended to look at it. He said softly, “Si Bao, don’t cry. It looks the same when you sew it.”
Si Bao blinked his teary eyes.
Li Yu showed him what a sew was and opened the cloth tiger.
Suddenly, he saw the words “Pu Liu” embroidered on the cloth tiger’s lining.
Li Yu’s heart skipped a beat. Why were there words embroidered on it?
This cloth tiger was King Jing’s toy when he was young. Therefore, it couldn’t be a love token. It looked more like a label on modern clothes!
Could it be that the label was the name of the person who made the cloth tiger?
As Li Yu was thinking about it, Si Bao became anxious. He couldn’t help but tug at his sleeve. Li Yu came back to his senses and continued to comfort Si Bao.
After 15 minutes, Si Bao lay in his father’s arms and fell asleep with tears on his eyelashes.
Li Yu had finally coaxed him. Next, he had to strike while the iron was hot and teach the troublemakers a lesson.
Da Bao knew that he was in the wrong. He sat up straight and cupped his hands in front of Li Yu like an adult. Er Bao and San Bao looked at each other and took off each other’s underwear to show their little butts so that their father could hit them.
