In fact, everyone present except for the Gaomi royal couple and Sheng Sleeping Crane wanted to know.

Hearing this, Zheng Guogong, who was originally stroking the long beard under his chin and was about to speak, swallowed back what he was about to say, and looked at the faces of the Gaomi royal couple, revealing an inquiring look.

"It's a long story. King Gaomi and his wife laughed miserably, Princess Gaomi was about to speak, but King Gaomi suddenly preemptively said, "The old marquis and the old lady have always been in Sangzi for a long time, and they have no impression of the court more than ten years ago. But Zheng Guogong, you should remember that this king once asked for a thorough investigation of the human traffickers in Chang'an and Zuojin, right?"

Zheng Guogong frowned, and then said, "There is such a thing." At that time, Jingzhao Mansion also arrested many people and recovered many abducted children and women...... Could it be that the reason why the prince was on this list at that time was because Ling Lang actually fell into the hands of such people?! But why didn't he make a noise, but instead reported the death of a good child?!"

He had a look of dismayness on his face, "Could it be that the prince is worried that my Meng clan will fall into the well?" Although our family and the prince have always had different political opinions, they are all different opinions on official affairs. In private, everyone is a courtier, and they naturally have a sense of colleaguery, let alone such a thing as a child being abducted, who knows if they can take a hand? The old man can pat his chest here and say a word of conscience: If he knew that Ling Lang had fallen into the hands of human traffickers that day, even if the prince proposed to send a sea fishing document to track down, the old man would never have a word! He would also send a message to his henchmen from all over the world to help him!

"Grandpa Guo's personality, our husband and wife are naturally trustworthy. King Gaomi listened and sighed, but looked around and muttered.

Old Marquis Xu saw it, raised his eyebrows, and ordered Nan's family: "You told the idlers to disperse." ”

glanced at Sheng Weiqiao and Xu Baomo again, "You two should go down too!"

Nan and Xu Baomo agreed, but Sheng Weiqiao was reluctant to go, first, she had long known that Sheng Sleeping Crane was the concubine of Gaomi Wangfu, but the reason for this person's exile has not been known, and at this time, she finally had the opportunity to listen to King Gaomi himself, where would she miss it? Second, she was also worried about her grandfather and wanted to stay and take care of it.

At this moment, he didn't move immediately, but quietly pulled Old Lady Sheng's sleeve.

Old lady Sheng understood, and said in a dumb voice: "He'er, this child, entered my Sheng family genealogy three years ago, and gets along with Qiao'er, the child, day and night, the two brothers and sisters are commensurate, and they have always been friendly and harmonious...... At this time, he suddenly became the concubine of the palace, not only was this old man unbelievable, but Qiao Er must also want to get out of it, so let her stay and listen to it! The child is also sixteen, not a child who can't keep secrets. ”

The old lady really thought so, even he didn't know that Sheng Sleeping Crane was not the son of the Sheng family, not to mention Sheng Weiqiao, who was still a childish group in the minds of everyone in the Sheng family?

So she was hit by this news, and Sheng Weiqiao's granddaughter was afraid that she would feel even more uncomfortable.

In this case, Mrs. Sheng was infinitely pitying her granddaughter, and naturally would not refuse her request to audit.

However, Sheng Weiqiao knew about her family's affairs, and when she saw her grandfather's sympathetic and pampered appearance, she secretly felt weak, and after getting the permission to stay, she lowered her head and looked at her and made a deferential gesture, for fear that she would be seen that she already knew a lot of inside information.

And this appearance fell in the eyes of the elders such as Mrs. Sheng, Mrs. Xu, and the Nan family, that is, the girl was at a loss by the sudden change, and she sighed secretly and couldn't bear it.

It's just that the first priority at the moment is to ask the reason why Sheng Sleeping Crane is out of the house, so the old lady and the others are not good at this moment to appease Sheng Weiqiao alone, seeing that the scene has been cleared, they all look at King Gaomi, waiting for him to explain the ins and outs.

King Gaomi didn't care about Sheng Weiqiao's extra stay, coughed dryly, and said: "Qing Hui's child is indeed abducted and sold by human traffickers, but that group of human traffickers is not an ordinary gangster. ”

"It's no longer an ordinary villain, is the identity of the prince still afraid?!" Zheng Guogong narrowed his eyes and said, "And the beloved son of his parents, there are often people who do not hesitate to die, how can they avoid it because of blessings and misfortunes?

said with a smile and looked at Sheng Sleeping Crane with a flat look, "It's not the old man who provokes, but in comparison, the Sheng family is more sincere to this child! Even if the prince and the princess came to the door in person, they didn't say that they were afraid of the two powerful positions, and immediately gave the child away, but wanted to leave the child at a glance!"

King Gaomi's face changed when he heard this, and before he could say anything, Princess Gaomi had already hurriedly defended: "It's because of ......"

"This is because Grandpa Guo doesn't know what's going on, that's why he said such a thing!" King Gaomi's eyes were cold, and he raised his voice to interrupt the princess's words, and said, "Guogong remembers the king's table back then, but I don't know if he remembers the little prince who was rumored to be killed by the nurse back then?"

Hearing the last sentence, everyone was shocked!

Zheng Guogong even subconsciously sat up straight, and said, "What does this mean, prince?!" Could it be that the little prince ......?"

"This matter is unknown to outsiders, but there were rumors in the imperial city at one time. King Gaomi ignored him, but bowed slightly to the old marquis Xu and the old lady Sheng, and explained, "It is the nurse of the little prince, in fact, it is not the little prince who is strangled, but his own son, the purpose is naturally for Li Dai Taozhuang, so that the little prince can escape." It's just that although the nurse sacrificed like this, I don't know why afterwards, she still leaked the news. ”

Only then did he glance at Zheng Guogong, "So the person behind the nurse, under the pretense of the so-called human traffickers, sent the little prince to the south to hide, so as to return when he became an adult!"

"I, the Meng Clan, have never heard of such a thing!" Zheng Guogong understood what he meant, his face was slightly gloomy, and he shook his head, "The Empress Dowager was also very heartbroken about the little prince at the beginning. It's a pity that when the Queen Mother arrived when she heard the news, the little prince was already ...... If this little prince was really still alive, I, the Meng family, would have known that I would have managed to return him to the court and enter the East Palace. Why do you have to persuade the Queen Mother to build a middle palace for the Son of Heaven to continue the bloodline?!"

Calculating the age, if the prince is still alive, although he is one or two years younger than Sheng Sleeping Crane, he should be eighteen or nineteen years old this year, and it is time to talk about marriage. Emperor Xuanjing, who is half a hundred years old and is still obsessed with the Shu sisters, is basically impossible for the young Empress Meng to give birth to an heir, but this prince of marriage age is not.

No matter how young the heirs are, when it comes to intimacy and reliability in the future, where can they compare with their own flesh and blood?

Seeing that everyone bowed their heads slightly, expressing their agreement with his statement, the solemnity on Zheng Guogong's face did not disappear, but became more and more gloomy, "Dare to ask the prince, is there any evidence for this? That little prince, but is he really alive? At this moment, where is it?"

Hearing this, he didn't even care about Sheng Sleeping Crane's life experience, and his attention completely shifted to the little prince who was rumored to be strangled in infancy!

King Gaomi was not surprised by this, in fact, this was also his intention to say this deliberately, and the Meng family tried every means to give Emperor Xuanjing Meng Biyun as a successor, and the picture was to produce another Empress Dowager Meng. Although King Gaomi has not yet speculated how the Meng clan intends to solve the problem that Emperor Xuanjing has no heirs under his knees, from the perspective of the Meng clan, the younger the new monarch is, the better.

A prince who is already eighteen or nineteen years old, the key is that he has not had contact with the Meng family before, let alone feelings, which is obviously not in line with the interests of the Meng family...... If this person is really alive, he will be older than Meng Biyun!

At that time, Meng Biyun will have the name of "Queen Mother", and she will have no grace to raise her, and she will not be able to point out anything to the other party, so how can Meng get a different view from the new monarch?

The most important thing is that once a prince at this age ascends the throne, he no longer needs anyone to be a regent, and he can personally control the imperial power!

And why did King Gaomi and the Meng family have today's powerful position, in the final analysis, it wasn't Emperor Xuanjing who lingered in the harem and gave them the opportunity to be in power?

If the new monarch wants to be in charge of the government, how can they not hand over the many powers in their hands?

For the ministers, this will shake their own foundation, so even if Zheng Guogong guessed that King Gaomi might be alarmist, he didn't dare to slack off!

"If this king knew so clearly, he would not have delayed reuniting with my son until today, let alone let the princess suffer for the past fifteen years!" It's just that in the face of Zheng Guogong's eagerness, King Gaomi said in a flat tone, even a little coldly, "The whereabouts of the little prince and whether he is alive, this king knows nothing!"

"But at the beginning, the so-called human traffickers took away the little prince, and this king has some credentials. ”

"Actually, it is precisely because of this awareness that this king did not dare to openly investigate, lest this move provoke them and be unfavorable to my son, so he has never made a noise!"

There was a look of remembrance between his eyebrows, "Later...... Someone came to the door with my son's belongings from the time of his disappearance and asked us to announce my son's death and stop the search, the only way to ensure that we and our children may see each other again...... This king thought, maybe they are thinking about the future of the little prince, so they deliberately took my son as a hostage, so that on the day of the little prince's return, someone will answer?"

"In any case, for the sake of my son's safety, we can only do it...... Originally, I thought that I would privately send a credible person who is good at this way to slowly track down and find the child back. ”

"Who knows, those people are very clever at hiding their tracks, and if they just let go a little, they will quickly lose their traces......"

"More than ten years have passed, and not only the princess has been tortured day and night, but the king is also ...... I blame myself all the time for not protecting my children!"

"Now...... God has mercy on us and my wife!"

Speaking of this, he raised his eyes to look at Sheng Sleeping Crane, his gaze was very soft, "It is also my son who is deeply blessed, not only escaped from the shipwreck, but also escaped from the control of the captors who took you, but also was adopted and carefully cultivated by the Sheng family, so that he could come to Chang'an to take the test in the year of the weak crown, the title of the gold list, and the family reunion!"

"There is no basis for what he said, the so-called credentials of the prince, according to the old man, it is better to take them out and let everyone judge the truth or falsehood!" Zheng Guogong was expressionless, and looked at the old lady Sheng with a sharp light, "The prince of Gaomi has already explained the reason why his son is in exile, but he doesn't know it...... Zunjia's family, but why would he recognize it as his own bloodline, and officially recorded it in the genealogy, not to mention, or the identity of the eldest grandson of the eldest family under the knees?!"

Without waiting for Old Lady Sheng to answer, Zheng Guogong continued, "Although Nanfeng County is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, because the two lovely granddaughters of Yuxue under the knee of Zunjia are deeply loved by the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, the old man has vaguely heard about the situation of your mansion these days: Zunjia has a total of three sons and two daughters, among which the younger daughter has been expelled from the house because of her unscrupulousness, not to mention it for the time being! Among the remaining three sons and one daughter, Zunjia has a bias for the long house. If it weren't for the eldest daughter-in-law who had a chance to be happy at the end of last year, this would be a sleeping crane...... Ten out of ten is going to become the future head of the entire Sheng family?!"

"In fact, even if the eldest daughter-in-law is now pregnant, she still doesn't know men and women, and she doesn't know how to be virtuous and foolish in the future!"

"If it weren't for the Gaomi royal couple who came to the door today to recognize their son and sleep with the crane, it would still be possible to take charge of the entire Sheng family!"

"Even if your family has always accumulated virtue and done good, compassion for the weak, and adopted a lonely and helpless son, it will not be able to give up the great family business to outsiders to this extent, right?!"

Sheng Weiqiao pinched a cold sweat when he heard this, knowing that Old Lady Sheng's answer was not good, and the Meng family's anger would inevitably burn to the Sheng family!

She subconsciously held her breath and secretly prayed that her grandfather's words could satisfy Zheng Guogong.