Meng Chong was reluctant to say it, but Qin Tai understood very clearly, if Meng Chong didn't tell the truth, Qin Tai wouldn't care. Anyway, for Qin Tai and other ordinary people, it is the same for anyone to be the emperor, even if it is a change of dynasty, it is not a big deal. But whether it's Meng Chong, Empress Dowager Li, or even Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng and others are finished. Meng Chong had no choice but to grit his teeth and tell Qin Tai everything he knew.

Qin Tai was also dumbfounded this time, no wonder Zhang Juzheng, a person who has never been surprised, would be like this, no wonder Zhang Juzheng begged Qin Tai for help in a pleading tone, no wonder Empress Dowager Li and others would be so gaffe. It turned out that this matter involved too many people, and even really threatened the future of the imperial court and the Ming Dynasty.

Qin Tai is a non-smoker, and his uncle Qiu Min has become more fond of smoking in recent years. The enemy often smoked a cigarette in his hand, and from time to time he smoked a few puffs with his dry tobacco stick. Qin Tai was a little uncomfortable at first, but then he didn't say anything more when he got used to it. After coming to the capital, the enemy forgot the dry tobacco stick here with Qin Tai, and Qin Tai always took it out to look at the dry tobacco stick and thought about his uncle. As there were more and more troubles, Qin Tai sometimes played with a dry tobacco stick like his uncle and the enemy. Once Qiu Xiaoqiu didn't know what Qin Tai's cousin meant, and thought that Qin Tai's cousin was going to smoke, so he lit the dry tobacco stick. Qin Tai smoked for the first time, and felt that his troubles would be forgotten for a while when he smoked, and the smell of smoke could also make his mind clearer. Qin Tai learned to smoke, but because the child was safe, Qin Tai usually did not have a smoking addiction. But this time, Qin Tai wanted to smoke, so he couldn't help but take out the dry tobacco stick and light the cigarette and smoke. Meng Chong also felt that Qin Tai was a little out of shape, and he also understood that Qin Tai needed time to digest what he said, so he went out lightly and closed the door.

Qin Tai was alone in his room, smoking a cigarette and thinking about the problem. Because the vassal king has the same root as the emperor, and because some of the emperor's relatives intentionally or unintentionally tell some secrets, the vassal king is actually very concerned about the emperor's affairs even though he is in other places. Especially after the death of Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde, the imperial court welcomed Emperor Jiajing back as emperor, which made all the vassal kings have an idea that they should not have. Originally, they had begun to forget or lay down the throne, because the emperor and the emperor's descendants would not have the opportunity to give them the opportunity to approach the highest status. However, Emperor Jiajing settled in the palace as the son of a vassal king and served as a generation of commanders, which made these people who were also vassal kings or descendants of vassal kings move their minds. Some unwilling vassal kings or sons of vassal kings began to deliberately approach the emperor's relatives or eunuchs in Beijing, in an attempt to know or master the royal secrets. Not every single one of these vassal kings is a waste, they have noble bloodlines and some cleverness. They learned a lot of secrets about the emperor and the people around the emperor through various channels, and tried to use these secrets to blackmail or control the emperor. Emperor Jiajing is relatively strong, and he will never let anyone threaten him. For example, King Jing, a prince, in order to give birth to a grandson to his father, actually shared a room with a concubine during his mother's funeral. Emperor Jiajing didn't have time to be happy that he had a grandson, and a vassal king used this secret to try to threaten Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing secretly disposed of this vassal king who dared to see his jokes, and at the same time began to exert means on King Jing's son. After he learned that Yan Song's father and son had fully surrendered to King Jing, he was completely disappointed in King Jing and Yan Song's father and son. For the sake of his reputation, in order to stabilize his position, he decided not to let King Jing inherit the throne, which led to the result of King Yu. After King Yu became Emperor Longqing, the vassal king once again secretly contacted Emperor Longqing. said several royal secrets that were not known to outsiders, including the absurd things of Emperor Jiajing when he was young, and the cheating things that Emperor Longqing did in order to have a child.

Back then, in order to get the throne and have a son, King Yu really did a lot of things that were not in line with the rules and did not conform to the identity of the prince. Emperor Longqing did not have the ruthlessness and strength of his father, Emperor Jiajing, and Emperor Longqing began to accommodate and prevaricate. In secrecy and convenient contact, this matter was handed over to Meng Chong by Emperor Longqing, so Meng Chong knew some secrets.

The vassal king didn't know where to find out some secrets, saying that the current little emperor, the eldest son of Emperor Longqing, the crown prince, was not the biological son of Emperor Longqing. The reason is that an old nanny who has taken care of Emperor Longqing since he was a child said that the crown prince is not at all like what Emperor Longqing looked like when he was a child. The vassal king also copied a physical examination report from the Tai Hospital when Emperor Longqing was still King Yu, and the imperial doctor determined that King Yu was infertile and could not have children. This not only shows that the crown prince is not the son of Emperor Longqing, but also implies that Emperor Longqing has no heirs. By doing so, the vassal king was simply forcing Emperor Longqing to depose this biological son and choose a descendant from among their several vassal kings to inherit the throne. Fortunately, Emperor Longqing was very confident in the crown prince, not only knowing that the crown prince was definitely his son, but also knowing that this matter must not be shaken. Emperor Longqing specially took out some of the recipes he had taken at the beginning, as well as the birth records of the crown prince, and showed them to the imperial relatives in Beijing, the purpose was to let everyone feel at ease about the birth of the crown prince. However, it backfired, and the report made people in the royal family even more suspicious of the crown prince's bloodline. First, how could Yuwang go from an infertile man to a normal man who could impregnate a woman in just a few months? Second, the crown prince's birth month is insufficient, unless it is a premature baby, otherwise the palace maid Li, who is already the Empress Dowager Li, will of course have something to hide. Third, this crown prince is really less and less like Emperor Longqing, which makes people a little suspicious.

In fact, about the crown prince, you should ask Qin Tai this person. At the beginning, Qin Tai personally conditioned the body of King Yu, so Qin Tai knew best about the physique of King Yu, who is now the deceased Emperor Longqing. Before Qin Tai secretly treated King Yu, King Yu also invited the famous doctor Li Shizhen to see a doctor. It's a pity that Li Shizhen can't stay in the capital for a long time, so he only let King Yu consolidate his foundation and restore his body through abstinence. Li Shizhen means that only by consolidating the foundation can it be possible to restore fertility. It's a pity that Li Shizhen didn't explain it, King Yu is a person who has no ability to control, and every time he sees a beautiful palace maid, he can't help his lust. Qin Tai synthesized Dr. Li Shizhen's prescription and prescribed his own prescription, but Qin Tai did it to keep an eye on King Yu all the time. Under the supervision of this Fang Zi and Qin Tai, King Yu finally regained some of his true colors as a man, and this led to the later crown prince. Therefore, this crown prince is not only the biological son of Emperor Longqing, but also produced under the supervision of Qin Tai, and Qin Tai can be sure.

As for why the crown prince had a different date of birth from a normal child, Qin Tai also knew this question. Although Qin Tai left King Yu's Mansion, he still cared about King Yu and King Yu's descendants. King Yu regularly wrote to Qin Tai about the situation of Li Gongnu, and Qin Tai would write down some precautions for King Yu and Li Gongnu to pay attention to. When the crown prince was in the belly of the palace maid Li for eight months, Qin Tai accidentally discovered that the palace maid Li liked to eat almonds, and after eating a lot of them every time, he immediately wrote to King Yu to ask the palace maid Li not to eat almonds. Although almonds are not harmful to pregnant women, they can have an impact on the child, causing the child to be born late or the fetal position is not correct. King Yu was taken aback when he learned about it, and asked Gongnu Li not to eat almonds anymore, while asking the imperial doctor to prescribe medicine to alleviate it. The imperial doctor didn't know if it was because he didn't understand the spirit or because he was inexperienced, so he actually prescribed a drug to Li Gongnu to give birth. As a result, Li Gongnu was born prematurely, and this child was born nearly half a month earlier than ordinary children. Some people who know how to treat medicine know that being born early within 10 days is nothing, and being born 10 days early or even nearly 20 days is a big problem. Not only will it lead to congenital deficiencies in children, but it is also difficult to feed and grow up. The reason why the crown prince is so good is mainly due to Qin Tai, a doctor. After Qin Tai learned that Xiao Shizi was born prematurely, he knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked Zhan Xiaoxiao to rush back to the capital overnight to deliver a prescription. This prescription was not prescribed by Qin Tai, but the prescription of Qin Tai's grandfather who hated the old master when he became famous. This prescription is very effective for premature children, and it is Qin Tai's grandfather's last ability to press the box. Yuwang immediately asked the hospital to dispense medicine, but fortunately, the medicine from the hospital was the best, which saved the child's life.

As for the third point that everyone doubts, Qin Tai can also answer directly. It is normal for this crown prince's current little emperor to be not like Emperor Longqing, because the little emperor is more like his mother's relatives. Not all of the children are like his father, taking the appearance of Emperor Longqing as an example, the external outline of Emperor Longqing is not at all like Emperor Jiajing. The suspicious Emperor Jiajing had doubts about the birth of this son when Emperor Longqing was young, and King Yu's biological mother resolutely asked Emperor Jiajing to send someone to call Emperor Longqing's grandfather. When Emperor Jiajing met his son's grandfather, he let go of his suspicions about his son. It is also for this reason that after King Yu became emperor, he did not have any doubts about this son. Qin Tai once met Gongnu Li, who is now the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Li, and the uncle of this little emperor is almost exactly the same as the little emperor. In order to dispel everyone's doubts about the identity of the crown prince, Qin Tai once asked Empress Dowager Li's younger brother through Feng Bao to say that his nephew was exactly the same as himself. It is common sense that nephews are like uncles, and if you talk too much, people will not be associated, because my sister and brother will not have a personal relationship, so you can't say that this Uncle Li Guo is the father of the crown prince, right?

Meng Chong also told Qin Tai a secret, although the vassal king had no real power, he had a privilege. At the beginning, the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di was also the emperor because of the vassal king, he not only snatched the throne of his own nephew Emperor Jianwen, but also formulated a set of regulations to restrain the vassal king, thus fundamentally curbing the probability of other vassal kings snatching the throne of his descendants in the future. However, at that time, the vassal kings were not so easy to speak, and the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di had no choice but to give the vassal king a privilege. In other words, when more than half of the feudal lords unite and have doubts about the identity and lineage of the emperor or the emperor's successor, the crown prince, they can hold an internal investigation meeting. The meeting consisted of the elders of the imperial family and representatives of the feudal lords of the Konji clan to raise suspicions to the suspects. If the other party can't say a reason or the reason is not satisfactory to everyone, the emperor or crown prince must be re-elected. Meng Chong was worried that the vassal king would use this privilege to investigate the little emperor, and whether he succeeded or not, it would have an impact on the little emperor.