King Yan didn't answer for a long time.

He looked at Xiao Rui with a somewhat strange gaze, and remained silent.

Xiao Rui couldn't help but hesitate a little in his heart: "Your Highness? Why are you looking at me like that? ”

A smile slowly appeared on Yan Wang's face, and he reached out and patted Xiao Rui's shoulder gently: "I said it a long time ago, you don't have to be so polite in front of me." You already know who I am, is it so difficult to open your mouth and call 'Father'? ”

Xiao Rui paused, lowered his head a little embarrassedly, hesitated for a moment, and then whispered "Father".

The smile on King Yan's face suddenly became bright. He motioned for Xiao Rui to sit down on the chair next to him, and then asked in a kind tone: "Who came up with this idea of recognizing Mingzhu as his biological mother?" It's definitely not what Yao Zhi meant! So what comes to mind? Why do you think so? You've never seen a pearl before, right? ”

Xiao Rui hesitated: "Do you think my idea is too bold?" I know that too...... The eldest aunt and grandmother were originally the emperor's people, and they have been dead for many years...... My thoughts may have offended her a little. But I really didn't want to see my aunt looking for a short-sighted appearance, so I tried to boldly mention the idea. Although my aunt was also shocked, she finally nodded after I tried to persuade her. I think ...... At that time, the only pregnant women who lived in the courtyard on the mountain on the outskirts of Beijing were my aunt and my aunt. They were again frightened and miscarriage on the same day. If you talk about the substitutes who can confuse the world the most, except for the aunt and grandmother, there is no one else. This also explains why I grew up in the Pillar State General's Mansion! You know my background, but you haven't revealed it, and it seems that you can explain it. ”

"So...... Did you come up with this idea naturally? King Yan raised his eyebrows, "Hasn't anyone given you advice?" Xiao Mingde didn't, the male and female servants who used to serve Mingzhu with Yaozhi...... Nor no? You and I will be father and son, dear people, and we don't have to hide anything. I ask you this question to ensure that when the news leaks out in the future, the emperor will not be angry with anyone. So, you have to be honest with me! ”

Xiao Rui paused, shocked and vigilant in his heart, but also quickly thought of a way to deal with it: "I have an industry in Beijing, which is entrusted to my friend Dong Huiwu, which is a pharmacy. After my fiancée, Miss Xie Er, entered Beijing, she would occasionally send me a message through that pharmacy. Tonight, the shopkeeper of the pharmacy rushed to the general's mansion overnight and delivered a letter from her...... Previously, because my life experience was exposed, which was related to my future life, I didn't want to hide it from her, so I wrote to her to tell her the truth, and also said that my aunt wanted to find death...... She made an idea for me, saying that as long as my nominal biological mother was not my aunt, then my aunt was the hero who raised me, even if she was a concubine, it didn't matter.

"It's just that I didn't tell her too many details, and she couldn't give me any specific ideas, but I just thought that I would find a concubine from Yanwang's Mansion and admit it. But I thought that I had been in the Northern Army for several years, and there were not a few people in Beiping City who knew that I was a child of the Xiao family, even if I recognized my father's concubine as my mother, I couldn't fool me. That doesn't explain why I grew up in the Xiao family. Therefore...... I thought of a different candidate. Except for the eldest aunt and grandmother, there is no more suitable person. In my aunt's heart, she can only accept that her aunt and grandmother occupy her status as a biological mother. If it was someone else, she was afraid that the first one would not be able to agree. ”

King Yan suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Your connection with the little girl of the Xie family is closer than I imagined. Fathers shouldn't know, right? ”

Xiao Rui showed a somewhat shy expression on his face: "Is this...... I am guarding the border in the north, and she is living in her hometown, so far away, and the marriage has not yet been officially decided...... Wasn't I afraid that my favored daughter-in-law would run away? Anyway, in the industry under my name, there are also a few capable guys, who travel back and forth between the north and the south all the year round, and it is quite convenient to bring me a letter or a gift or something by the way. I took advantage of this convenience and tried to keep people in prison, so as not to make others cut off their ......."

King Yan smiled dumbly, and stretched out his finger to point at this son: "You kid...... Yes! You are better than your father! That's how chasing a daughter-in-law should be! Be thick-skinned and courteous, now that you have identified people, you can't let her go! Don't learn from your father and me,......" he suddenly paused, sighed, and a smile resurfaced on his face, "Don't worry, this daughter-in-law, my father will help you keep it well, and it will definitely make you satisfied!" ”

"Thank you, Father!" Xiao Rui happily got up and bowed deeply to King Yan. This is the most sincere and sincere time he called the other party "Father".

King Yan accepted his salute calmly, asked him to sit down again, and said softly: "The idea of the little girl of the Xie family is not surprising, but you can immediately think of Mingzhu's head, and you also have a special fate with her." Frankly, it's a really good idea. Although the emperor has some trouble, it is not impossible to convince. But there's one thing you need to think through. The old things between the emperor and Mingzhu back then were not only known to a few of us. The queen must know it, and Cheng Enhou and his wife must also be insiders. If you were just the son of me and Yaozhi, they might not think much about it, but if you became Mingzhu's son, they would immediately misunderstand that you were the emperor's son, and that you were the eldest son of the emperor who was older than the prince of the East Palace! Do you think they won't do anything? You're not afraid...... Will there be danger in the future? ”

How could Xiao Rui not think about this? He barely slept last night, and when he calmed down and thought about how to convince King Yan, he naturally thought of the danger. In this regard, he also replied calmly: "If Empress Cao and the Cao family can find out the truth, they will naturally know who my biological mother is, and there will be no misunderstanding." But even so, my return to the Yan Palace's Mansion has also sabotaged their plan to exclude dissidents for the Prince of the East Palace, and they can't have any good feelings for me. And if they can't find out the truth, they really regard me as the emperor's flesh and blood, so they hate me...... Then I don't feel scared.

"I'm already an adult, I've been taught in the palace, I've guarded the country before, and I'm not a weak person who doesn't know anything. If they are afraid that I may be the eldest son of the emperor, they will do it to me, just come. They can't even suppress the other princes, and if they still have the leisure to deal with me, the son of King Yan, then I don't mind giving them some color. I'm not going to play tricks with them, I'm really right, but I'm going to be ruthless! ”

King Yan laughed out loud when he heard this, and patted Xiao Rui's shoulder vigorously: "Good boy! This is the true nature of a man! Whether it is the emperor or Xiao Mingde, even Yaozhi is worried that you will be victimized by the Cao family all day long, and he does not dare to let anyone connect you with Mingzhu. Actually, they all think too much! If the Cao family in the past held a large army, and the Duke of Chengen was in power, it was indeed a difficult bone to gnaw. But how can today's Cao family be compared with the beginning? It's just to survive with the glory of the ancestors.

"Don't say that the emperor has made up his mind to eradicate them, even if he doesn't...... Could it be that Empress Cao still has the ability to shout and kill the princes born to other concubines?! If so, why don't you see which of the four princes in the palace is missing?! Therefore, toothless tiger, you don't have to pay attention to it, just follow me back to Beiping to be your son. The emperor will leave it to me, I am sure, it is impossible for him not to nod! ”