GBP Chapter 148 is just too melodramatic.
Chapter 148 is just too melodramatic.
Situ Yuan noticed Xie Ying's gaze and couldn't help but look at the burn on his arm. He explained calmly, "This happened when my mother took me to a palace banquet. Concubine Jiang's servant accidentally knocked over a candle, and it fell on me."
Xie Ying frowned: Wouldn’t the princess go crazy when she saw her precious son being burned?
As expected, Situ Yuan continued, “The worker said he was just careless and was not ordered by Concubine Jiang.
However, her mother was very angry, thinking that Concubine Jiang wanted to kill her son after her son died, and insisted that her uncle punish Concubine Jiang.
My uncle had the palace servant beaten to death, and confined Concubine Jiang to her house for three months. He gave me many rewards, and only then did he manage to appease my mother's anger."
At this point, he suddenly laughed sarcastically, "However, I don't think that palace maid was ordered by Concubine Jiang.
She is smart and not crazy. There is no reason for her to attack me.
If you really want to kill me, just use some poison. Why do you have to do something so foolish that hurts the enemy a hundred times and yourself a thousand times?"
Xie Ying thought so too.
But Emperor Taihe was really miserable. He was over thirty years old and had only one sickly prince.
In the original book, Concubine Jiang tried hard all her life and tried every possible way, but she still couldn't get pregnant again. She could only watch her only sickly prince grow up day by day, and finally died in despair.
After her death, Emperor Taihe appointed his only son as the crown prince, but he passed away soon after.
The new emperor was unusually benevolent and even valued Xie Xiu.
Unfortunately, his kingdom was eventually taken away by Chu Jiangtian, and the queen and concubines in the harem were all accepted by Chu Jiangtian.
And that favorite concubine was none other than her current elder sister Chu Rou.
Xie Ying looked at Situ Yuan with a complicated expression: "I don't know if this kid has ever seen the little prince in the palace. Forget it, I'll just ask him."
She raised her little hand and was about to write on Situ Yuan's palm when she suddenly heard Situ Yuan whisper, "There is only one little prince in the palace now, did you know?"
Xie Ying's eyes lit up: "You're quite savvy! You actually said it yourself, saving me the trouble. Come on, tell me!"
She urged with her eyes.
Situ Yuan continued, "The biological mother of the little prince was an insignificant palace maid. She and Concubine Jiang were born on the same day, but unfortunately they had different fates.
As soon as Concubine Jiang found out she was pregnant, she was given the title of Concubine. After she gave birth to the prince, she was directly promoted to Imperial Concubine. The palace maid was only given the title of Talented Lady after she found out she was pregnant. Later, when she gave birth to the prince, she was only given the title of Concubine Jieyu.
Although he was inconspicuous, the prince she gave birth to is still alive and well, but he is a little sickly.
When Concubine Jiang gave birth to a prince, she was named a noble concubine and enjoyed a period of fame, but her fame was short-lived. The little prince died before he was one year old, and she was also unable to bear children again due to injuries sustained during childbirth.
Now, that Concubine Li and the Second Prince are still invisible in the palace, very inconspicuous."
Xie Ying blinked her eyes, feeling as if she had just heard some big news: [Princes born on the same day, eh—it can’t be that ridiculous, right?
If the two princes were actually switched, that would be too ridiculous! 】
That shouldn't be the case, right? The original book doesn't say that the prince of Emperor Taihe was switched, it only says that his health has always been poor.
Moreover, because of the death of her son, Concubine Jiang always regarded the only remaining prince as a thorn in her side. However, since he was the only son of Emperor Taihe after all, she did not dare to kill him, and at most she was a little mean to him.
If that man was actually her own son...
Tsk tsk tsk, what a tragedy!
She must be overthinking it.
Concubine Jiang was the most beloved woman of Emperor Taihe. Who could switch her son in the palace?
But Situ Yuan said, "When Concubine Jiang gave birth, Empress Chen was in charge of the harem.
However, Concubine Jiang did not trust outsiders. The midwives who delivered her baby were either arranged by the palace or specially selected from outside the palace by the Jiang family.
However, Concubine Jiang was injured during childbirth, and everyone in the delivery room was interrogated, and the two midwives also died.
There have been rumors that Concubine Jiang was unable to bear children due to her injuries, so she took her anger out on the servants in the delivery room and beat them to death with sticks.
Later, these people's souls were still lingering, filled with resentment, and dragged her son to be buried with her."
Xie Ying raised her lips in a mocking tone. "A lingering ghost? A raging resentment? She had never seen anything like this before in the apocalypse."
Rather than believing that it was the work of a wronged ghost, she would rather believe that there was someone behind the scenes!
It’s a pity that I can’t enter the palace, otherwise I could take a look and see whose son that little prince is.
As he spoke, Situ Yuan quickly cleaned up all traces, and then deliberately scattered the used herbs everywhere, making a mess.
The herbs were originally stored in boxes, categorized and unrelated. Now he had deliberately messed them up, and many of them were thrown on the ground, so they were naturally unusable.
In fact, these herbs had already been drained by Xie Ying and had lost their medicinal properties, so they could only be used as firewood.
If a doctor were to examine them, it would be easy to see the problems with these herbs.
However, after Situ Yuan's actions, given the princess's love for her son, she would definitely not let the doctor re-arrange these medicinal herbs. Otherwise, Situ Yuan's bad reputation of being naughty and wasting medicinal herbs would inevitably spread.
She would just have someone secretly destroy and dispose of these medicinal herbs.
This saves you the trouble later.
Xie Ying couldn't help but give Situ Yuan a deep look: [This kid is really cunning! An honest person like me can't outsmart him. I have to be more careful from now on.]
Situ Yuan stumbled and saw her with her big black eyes open, looking honest and well-behaved. He couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart.
You, the Green Goblin who loves to launch sneak attacks, actually have the nerve to say that you are honest?
Although Xie Ying couldn't see what he was thinking, she always felt that there was something wrong with his eyes.
She thought about it and realized that she couldn't speak yet and would definitely not win the argument, so she pretended not to see it and just made a note in her little notebook.
Well, wait until she grows up and can speak fluently, then she will settle the score with this guy!
Having made up her mind, Xie Ying continued to lie on the ground pretending to be dead. While watching Situ Yuan continue to clean up, she quietly drained all the unused herbs.
Situ Yuan noticed her little action, but did not stop her.
This time it was extremely dangerous. If Xie Ying had any ill intentions and deliberately delayed the rescue, he would be dead.
Situ Yuan silently mixed up all the herbs that Xie Ying had drained out again, then carefully checked them again, took off his blood-stained shorts, rolled them up into a ball, and hid them in a secret place.
When the eldest princess entered the palace to inquire about the news, she returned to the princess's mansion in a carriage.
What I saw was Situ Yuan sitting in a pile of medicinal herbs and playing with them.
The eldest princess couldn't believe her eyes: "Situ Yuan, what are you doing!!!"
Xie Ying silently raised her hands to cover her face, hiding the gloating expression on her face.
[Situ Yuan, you're such a jerk! Look how scared your mother is.]