Ye Zhiwei sat down behind the desk and said, "I want to know the whole thing." ”

Mr. Cai groaned slightly, and turned his head to look at Wenxiu scholar Mu Xiuyan.

Mu Xiuyan stood up expressionlessly, and said to Ye Zhiwei: "Princess, Xiaosheng still has some things to ......."

Ye Zhiwei waved her hand, "It's okay, Mr. Cai has something to say, even if you say it directly, it doesn't matter, you are all people who are trusted by the prince, I naturally trust you, and many people have come up with ideas in Xiuyanzai." ”

Mu Xiuyan looked slightly surprised, but quickly lowered his head and sat down, avoiding her smiling eyes.

Mr. Cai exclaimed: "The princess is really good-natured, but she is narrow-minded. ”

Ye Zhiwei smiled faintly, and did not comment on right and wrong, but just poured a cup of tea for Mr. Cai with her own hands.

Mr. Cai hurriedly took it with both hands and said: "Actually, this matter is not a secret, but it has been a long time, and it is inevitable that there will be a variety of rumors, twenty years ago, there was indeed a royal chef surnamed Xia in the palace of the Queen Mother, who was even trusted by the Queen Mother, and it seemed that the Queen Mother met him when she was still in the boudoir. ”

"Later, the Queen Mother entered the palace to marry the first emperor, but it happened that the only sister in the human race was forcibly admitted to the palace and became the palace maid next to the Queen Mother, who just wanted to take her sister out of the palace, so she entered the palace as a cook to find her sister, and met the Queen Mother again, so she stayed in her palace."

Ye Zhiwei listened carefully, frowning slightly.

As long as a woman enters the palace, she is considered the emperor's woman, and it is not easy to get out of the palace.

"And then?" She asked.

"Later, the emperor inadvertently blessed the palace maid, and she became pregnant with the emperor's heir."

Ye Zhiwei sighed, if you have a child, don't even think about going out of the palace.

Mr. Cai took a sip of tea and continued, "At that time, it happened that the queen was also pregnant with a second child, and at the peach blossom banquet twenty years ago, the queen and the palace maid gave birth at the same time, and the emperor was very happy, and the queen mother asked the two children to be brought to them at the same time, and the result was ......."

Ye Zhiwei's eyes widened, "What is the result?" ”

"As a result, the child born to the palace maid died as soon as he was brought over."

"Do you know why?" Ye Zhiwei asked.

Mr. Cai shook his head, "After such a long time, even the mother who delivered the baby was difficult to find." ”

"And then?" Ye Zhiwei knew that things were not so simple, if everything was normal, how could there be a matter of the queen losing her second prince.

"The queen's heir is very healthy, and the emperor was very fond of the palace maid at that time, so he ignored the queen, and disappeared mysteriously on the way back when the little prince was carried back."

"Missing?"

"All the queen saw was a skinned wild cat." Mr. Cai said mysteriously, "The palace maid also died of illness shortly after birth, and then the imperial chef surnamed Xia left the palace, and it is said that when he left, he still took the ashes of the palace maid with him. ”

Ye Zhiwei rested her elbow on the table and thought, "Do you know what the prince thinks of this?" ”

Mr. Cai was puzzled: "The prince's mind is difficult to guess, presumably the princess, you know better than below." ”

Ye Zhiwei smiled bitterly, he was right.

If he wants to get some news from Feng Duhan's heart, it is difficult to reach the sky, unless he is willing to say it, otherwise no one will know even if he holds it in his heart for several years.

Ye Zhiwei then told her about her acquaintance with Old Man Xia, even including the fact that the Queen Mother met with Old Man Xia in private, and now Gonggong Hu came to the Regent Mansion to hint that her Queen Mother wanted to see Xia Xiaomo, and picked something simple and said it again.

After listening to her words, Mr. Cai was speechless for a long time.

Mu Xiuyan on the side suddenly said: "Xiao Sheng once remembered that when the crown prince and the prince found the second prince, the prince said a word. ”

Mr. Cai looked at him with admiration in his eyes.

"What did the prince say?" Ye Zhiwei asked.

"The prince said that the fish is confused, which can make people sigh."

Ye Zhiwei was even more sure that Feng Duhan might have sorted out this matter a long time ago.

"According to the princess, Xia Xiaomo is Old Man Xia's apprentice?" Mr. Cai muttered, "I wonder if he knows his background?" ”

"I don't know." Ye Zhiwei said, "I inadvertently asked him before, and he only said that the master picked it up, and he called Old Man Xia Daddy. ”

Mr. Cai and Mu Xiuyan glanced at each other, "Although some of the original meanings have not yet been clarified, according to common sense, the Queen Mother will never ask to see a person who has nothing to do with it." ”

"That is to say......" Ye Zhiwei only felt like a rabbit in her heart, and the bold idea from before came out of her mind again.

"It is very likely that he is the second prince lost by the queen at the beginning." Mr. Cai lowered his voice and paused word by word.

This idea coincided with her speculation.

Mu Xiuyan got up suddenly, went straight to the window, and looked out.

"The Queen Mother suddenly wants to see Xia Xiaomo now, there are only two possibilities." Mr. Cai stretched out two fingers, "First, she thinks that there is no one in the court who can inherit the throne now, so it is better to push someone who is easy to control to take the throne, and at the same time, it can also prevent our prince from covering the sky with one hand and occupying the real power of the throne." ”

"What about the second possibility?" Ye Zhiwei had calmed down at this time, and she remembered the words that Feng Duhan reminded her before leaving Beijing.

She could have hid in the house, ignored him, and relied on him for everything, but if that did, she would have become a burden to him rather than a trusted partner and ally.

She is not just his wife, she will hold up the family when he is away, and when he returns, she will give him the brightest smile instead of crying and complaining.

"The second possibility ......" Mr. Cai stretched out his second finger, "The Queen Mother and the Empress have always been at odds, and she is likely to kill Xia Xiaomo after confirming his identity." ”

The corners of Ye Zhiwei's mouth twitched subconsciously.

The palace is indeed a place where no blood is seen in killing, and even the hands of the women are not clean.

"I think the first one is more likely." Ye Zhiwei said.

"Xiaosheng thinks so too." Mu Xiuyan suddenly burst out.

Mr. Cai pondered, "No matter what the possibility is, there should be no danger for the princess to go, and even if the queen mother really wants to kill people, she will not be in Anhe Palace." ”

Ye Zhiwei smiled bitterly, "Since that's the case, then I'll look for Xia Xiaomo first." ”

"Princess." Mr. Cai suddenly stopped her.

"What else?" Ye Zhiwei had already walked to the door, stopped and turned to look at him.

"According to the following meaning, you must not tell Xia Xiaomo about this matter."

Ye Zhiwei's eyes flashed, "I know." She nodded solemnly.

Ye Zhiwei left Tianshu Pavilion and sent someone to find Xia Xiaomo, Xia Xiaomo has been staying in the mansion since the New Year, when he heard that he was going to enter the palace, he did not show a frightened or excited expression on his face, but asked, "Can I see my father?" ”

"It should ...... Yes. In fact, even Ye Zhiwei herself is a little unsure.

Five days later, Ye Zhiwei took a carriage and took Xia Xiaomo into the palace together......