Chapter 332 Yuanchun is shocked
"Your Majesty, I am narrow-minded and have little knowledge. How can I understand such things? You might as well let me draw my knife and chop people!" Jia Cong said, scratching his head.
"Humph! That's all you have. Well, since you took the initiative to return the money I owe you, I won't make things difficult for you. Get out of here!"
Jia Cong hurriedly got up, turned around and left the hall. Seeing that Steward Zhou was already waiting there, he followed him directly to Fengzao Palace.
Arriving at Fengzao Palace, the Queen happily put the new robe on Jia Cong and chatted with him for a while. When she heard Jia Cong complain about the Emperor asking about his Prince Beijing, the Queen immediately laughed and said, "Your Majesty is making things difficult for you. What do you know as a child? However, you can go talk to the Emperor Retired. Maybe he can give you a solution."
Jia Cong nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Then I will go to pay my respects to the Emperor later!"
After chatting for a while, Jia Cong saw a female official coming to report something to the Queen, so he stood up. The Queen said, "Let Yuanchun take you there!"
The last time Li Wei rebelled, in order to protect Yuanchun, he transferred her to the Daming Palace to be taken care of for a few days in advance, so Yuanchun was familiar with the place when she went there.
The brother and sister said goodbye and left, and Yuanchun did not return until she sent Jia Cong to the outside of the Daming Palace.
After arriving at the main hall, Yuanchun chatted with Lian'er outside the gate for a few words, and then headed towards the back hall! After entering the inner hall, Yuanchun heard the Queen in the hall saying to Zhou Gui, "Tomorrow you go get a few more pieces of satin. Look how handsome this child is wearing the robe I made. I, as his mother, could not be around to take care of him since he was a child. Now of course I should make up for it a little bit."
Zhou Gui said respectfully, "The young master looks very much like your Majesty when he was young, and even more like your Majesty. Not to mention in the army, even compared with those scholars, he is a first-class romantic figure in the world."
"That's..." The queen nodded proudly.
Yuanchun, who was about to enter the room, was horrified when she heard this. Even though she had always been calm and composed, the news implied in the words of the Queen and Zhou Gui made it difficult for her to control herself, and she could not help but let out a low cry.
"Who is it?" Zhou Gui in the hall looked cold and rushed out of the hall in two or three steps. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the stunned Yuanchun.
Of course not everyone can enter the back hall of Fengzao Palace, but Yuanchun is also the Queen's confidant, so the ladies-in-waiting around the Queen will naturally not stop her.
"Your Majesty, it's the court lady Yuanchun!"
After a moment , the Queen's voice came over, "Well, let her in, you go out and guard."
Zhou Gui left as ordered. Yuanchun hesitated for a moment, then gathered her strength and walked step by step into the hall. At this moment, she was not too scared, because the news represented by this incident was too shocking, and she was unable to recover for a while.
After a while, she came into the palace and saw the queen sitting upright with no expression on her face.
"Your servant greets the queen!"
The Queen slowly said, "Did you hear what I and Mr. Zhou said just now?"
Yuanchun lay on the ground, not daring to look up, and could only respond in a trembling voice, "Madam, I heard it."
At this moment, Yuanchun finally calmed down temporarily. At this time and in this situation, if she tried to be clever, she would die faster. Moreover, although she knew the unexpected news, she would not necessarily die.
The queen nodded slightly, then smiled and said, "Why? Are you surprised?"
"yes!"
"What you heard is correct. The current Champion Marquis Jia Cong, your third brother, is indeed my son, and my legitimate son. Not only do I know this, but His Majesty also knows his identity."
Even though she already knew it, Yuanchun still couldn't hide her surprise at this moment, and couldn't help but look up at the Queen.
However, the many doubts in her heart were finally clarified.
Why would the emperor and empress pay so much attention to a foreign minister? Even to the point of exceeding the etiquette and boundaries that should exist between the emperor and his subjects? It was not that the emperor and empress wanted to show favor, but that he was originally their son, and a legitimate son.
"Get up!" Looking at Yuanchun's frightened and uneasy look, the Queen couldn't help but laugh. If other people knew about this, she would naturally show no mercy. However, Yuanchun was not only her confidant, but also had a connection with Jia Cong. Even for the sake of her son's face, she could not punish Yuanchun.
Moreover, she also believed that Yuanchun knew her limits. If this matter were to be made public, not to mention whether anyone would believe it, Yuanchun and even the Jia family could not afford the consequences.
Yuanchun stood up and heard the Queen say, "Because it involves some royal affairs of the past, I can't tell you more, but you just need to know that this child is the only legitimate son of me and His Majesty. You are also someone I value, so it's okay for you to know, but I don't want you to spread this matter."
"Your Majesty, I will abide by my duties and will never reveal your Highness's identity!" Yuanchun said hurriedly as she knelt on the ground.
The Queen walked up to Yuanchun and helped her up. "You also understand that the future of you and the Jia family depends entirely on him! It is your good fortune that your Jia family can have some affinity with him. However, whether you can keep this good fortune depends on you."
"Moreover, now your Jia family, including this child, does not know their own identity. Do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand that this matter will rot in my heart, and I will never let my family know about it."
"There is no need to do so. My son will eventually return to the royal family one day, but the timing is not right now! When the truth comes out, his identity will be known to the world. Also, now you know the deep meaning of what I said to you before."
Yuanchun was stunned at first, and the next moment her face turned red.
The Queen had told her before that although her position would not be promoted, she would still have a future. Now that she thought about it, wasn't the Queen's meaning very clear?
"Your Highness, His Highness is..."
The Queen waved her hands. "His surname is Li, and he is not a son of your Jia family. What does it have to do with you? Besides, you have been by my side for many years and acted steadily. I naturally hope that there is a reliable person to take care of the child. Or do you think that my child is not worthy of you?"
"I dare not. Your Highness is now just a hidden dragon in the abyss. It is naturally a blessing for me to be able to take care of Your Highness."
The queen nodded in satisfaction, "Alright, let's leave it at that. You must not lose your manners when you interact with him on a daily basis. The child is smart, and if you change your attitude, he will probably think too much."
"I obey your orders!"
