Chapter 299: Deep Feud
"Although your mother married someone else, Mu Lingqing probably still can't rest assured......"
Qin Zeng nodded slowly, "My mother is full of aura, but she is too naΓ―ve, thinking that what has passed should be over." But Mu Lingqing didn't seem to think so. β
"Your Excellency suspects that the Zhenbei Wang's rebellion case is related to her?"
"Not only the Zhenbei Palace, but most of the bribery cases of my grandfather Xiao's family were also secretly carried out by her."
Li Qingyi's heart was shocked when she heard this, "Mu Lingqing wasted a lot of thought for the six princes, but in the end, the six princes stayed and flew with your mother, for her with strong self-esteem, it was tantamount to a great shame, from such an angle, she would definitely not let your mother become the sixth princess smoothly." β
Qin Zeng said: "My mother had an accident not long before she got married, and the candidate for the concubine of the six princes was finally vacant, and Mu Lingqing became his side concubine. β
"In order to marry the Sixth Prince, Mu Lingqing will inevitably take advantage of her friendship with your mother, which is probably not a good experience for her."
Mu Lingqing never felt that he was inferior to Xiao Lanhe, but he even had to borrow her face to become the side concubine of the Sixth Prince, which was undoubtedly an extremely angry thing for Mu Lingqing.
"But why did she still make a move on the Xiao family? Isn't your mother already ......?"
"Because she didn't find my mother's body. If you don't see people alive or dead, you can't feel at ease. And it didn't take long for the six princes to inherit the throne and reign over the world, in the harem, in addition to her, there were several old people in the palace, there were big girls who served since childhood, and there were also childhood sweethearts and cousins, and Mu Lingqing was nothing special for the emperor, she could become a side concubine, or rely on my mother, she was unwilling to be angry, but she was helpless, she fell into deep resentment every day, and even dreamed of insulting my mother. I'm afraid that she will come back one day and take everything from her. β
Li Qingyi thought so, "With the emperor's preference for your mother, if she comes back, I'm afraid the emperor will immediately welcome her into the palace, not only will she take away everything from Mu Lingqing, but she may also become the queen and override her forever." β
"You're right, so Mu Lingqing came up with an extremely damaging idea."
Li Qingyi understood, "The Xiao family was labeled as a bribe, even the emperor couldn't save them, even if it was the root of the Xiao family, even if your mother came back, she would have no backing, and in addition, the daughter of a criminal minister could not become the queen." β
"Hmph, this is Mu Guifei's means of preventing trouble, and it is also a vent of her hatred for my mother, but she may not have imagined that my mother will really come back. At that time, Mu Guifei had been in the palace for more than two years, except for failing to give birth to a son and a half daughter, everything else was going well. Suddenly, when I heard that my mother was still alive and was welcomed into the palace by the emperor, she fell into madness and mobilized all the power of the Mu family to prevent my mother from entering the palace. β
"Then does your mother want to enter the palace?"
Qin Zeng shook his head, "My mother was disheartened when she learned of the destruction of the Xiao family, and when she entered the palace to see the emperor, she actually just wanted to know what happened to the Xiao family. After the emperor wanted to welcome her into the palace, she was obstructed, and my mother did not fight, and then my father, that is, the general Zhenbei at that time, married her, of course, with my mother's situation at the time, the Zhenbei general's mansion did not agree to this family matter, but my father insisted, and finally married my mother. β
Li Qingyi felt that there should be another encounter between his parents, but now was not the time to ask this, she calculated the time in her heart and asked: "Your mother disappeared unexpectedly, and the Xiao family was later caught in a corruption case, and then your mother returned to the capital...... Didn't you ask where she went? β
Qin Zeng's gaze seemed to be frozen in the night outside the window, he shook his head, and said: "Mother knew that something had happened to the Xiao family, she was hit hard, she was depressed day and night, and her health became very poor, when she passed away, I was still young, how could I know how to ask such a question, not to mention that at that time, I didn't know about the entanglement between the three of them." Even before that, he had never entered the palace. β
"It seems that your mother deliberately kept you away from the people in the palace, whether it was the emperor who had a karmic entanglement with her, or Mu Lingqing, an old friend when she was young, ......"
"Something like this. Later, my mother died of a serious illness, my father was away from home, and my grandmother was not very fond of me because of my mother, and only the nurse arranged by my father to be by my side was by my side every day. When I was six years old, someone tried to assassinate me, and she desperately escaped with me, but she was seriously injured and died not long after. She had a daughter, two years older than me, and she was very bold, and she took me to hide in the little beggar for a while, until the emperor found me. β
"After that, you're in the palace? Why didn't the emperor send you to your father? β
"The emperor did contact my father for the first time, my father learned that someone had done something to me, and he was frightened, and entrusted the emperor to take care of me temporarily, and then he would take me back when he returned to Beijing.
It is the majority of his subordinates who have made meritorious contributions to the title of county king, and Gongsun Changfeng has been named the king of Zhenbei, Li Qingyi guessed that this may not be due to Qin Zeng's mother.
As for the crime of treason, there have been many cases throughout the ages, and many people have been wronged, but under the circumstances at the time, it may not be possible to find out clearly, and many of them have only been rehabilitated in the past ten years or even decades.
Li Qingyi knew that things were complicated, so he put aside the matter of the Zhenbei Palace, and asked, "That's why you entered the palace and hid beside the prince?" β
"Yes, the emperor asked me to replace the identity of a little eunuch, and the nurse's daughter went to the queen's palace, which is the big palace maid Xi Rong next to the queen."
Li Qingyi was surprised.
But Qin Zeng didn't say much about this matter, but continued to talk about Mu Guifei: "Before I was fifteen years old, no one found out my identity. But as I get older, my eyebrows and eyes look more and more like my mother, even if the emperor has done his best to bury the traces of the year, Mu Guifei will inevitably notice me. β
"She guessed your identity? That...... She's been quiet? β
"How is it possible, over the years, she has tried everything to get rid of me."
Li Qingyi's throat froze when he heard this.
"Your parents, as well as the Xiao family, if they were all done by her, such a deep hatred, of course she would not dare to keep you."
A child so young, without the protection of his biological mother, and his father is no longer around, he is hiding in Tibet in the Middle East, and then his father was unjustly rebelled, and he was forced to go to the palace to seek the emperor's protection.
Li Qingyi didn't need to think about it to know that his invulnerable heart should have been sharpened little by little from worry and fear at that time.
Li Qingyi almost felt the same way, in an environment that he was completely out of control, that kind of fear, that kind of helplessness, eager to quickly annihilate himself in the dark, let the nightmare wake up quickly.
"I'm walking on thin ice in the palace, careful. When I was able to reach out to the darkness, the truth was getting farther and farther away from me, and all the doubts disappeared in time, and it became more and more difficult to figure out. β
"So, what the adult said earlier, the second half of his life will also be controlled by people, and it is also Mu Guifei? What trick did she come up with to make it difficult for adults to do the same? β
Qin Zeng raised his eyes and swept towards Li Qingyi, "Do you know the right food?" β
Li Qingyi was stunned.
Eating together means eating face-to-face, that is, eating together, and the situation of the eunuch and the palace maid forming a nominal husband and wife is called a pair of food.
"Mu Guifei wants to find you a pair of food?"
"It's still Ming Media getting married."
Li Qingyi's heart suddenly burst into a small flame, "Is there something wrong with her?" β
Qin Zeng was pleased by her slightly fried appearance, and said: "She has already made it clear to the emperor that what she said is nothing more than that I have served the emperor for many years and worked hard, saying that I am still so young, I can't bear to be lonely for a lifetime, and even have to sacrifice a daughter of the Mu family to fulfill me." β
Li Qingyi didn't know what to say, this Mu Guifei's style was really disgusting!
But then she thought of something, "Wait! Mu Ying was so crazy at the beginning...... Infatuated with you, Mu Guifei, as her biological mother, why can't she fulfill her thoughts? β
Qin Zeng sneered, "She hates my mother so much, how could she let her daughter fall in love with her son?" Besides, sooner or later she will kill me, how can she sacrifice her daughter. β
Li Qingyi was speechless.
Therefore, sacrificing other people in the clan doesn't matter to Mu Guifei.
"She must have told the Mu family behind her back, you are not a real eunuch, otherwise, how could the daughter of the Mu family be driven down to marry a eunuch?"
No matter how powerful Qin Zeng is, if he is really a eunuch, marrying him is a widow.
"But they definitely don't know, who Mu Guifei chooses is equivalent to who she abandons, she will kill you one day, can your food be good?"
Qin Zeng was noncommittal, he had long been accustomed to many of Mu Guifei's methods over the years.
Li Qingyi was silent and asked: "If you want to rehabilitate the Xiao family and the Zhenbei Palace, you must first take Mu Guifei and even the Mu family, this matter is not easy, the Mu family has grown into a towering tree." Emperor...... Know all this? β
Qin Zeng lowered his eyes, "I naturally know, but many things are involuntarily, for an emperor, the people of the country should always be put first." β
Li Qingyi felt that Qin Zeng treated the emperor as a relative of his father, and couldn't bear to have a pimple in his heart, so he explained: "I don't think the emperor may be inactive, Mu Guifei, who wants to climb to the top, but will never get the back seat, is it not a kind of torture?" Moreover, when the Mu family collapses at its peak in the future, it will be the biggest blow and punishment to her. β
The emperor wants to use the Mu family to the extreme, and then tear them off from high birth like bone cramps, which is probably a way for the emperor to take revenge.
Qin Zeng's face gradually softened, looked at Li Qingyi and said: "Women dealing with women, presumably they can hit the nail on the head, you solved the candidate selected by the Mu family for me, and I helped you before, even if it is even." β
The corners of Li Qingyi's mouth twitched, and he said not to reciprocate......