C49 Part1

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Concubine An was kneeling on the ground, and after hearing these words, her vacant eyes blinked.

Murong Ci stood in front of her, staring at her with cold eyes,

"Xiao Yin committed suicide, disrupting your layout and making your plan messy."

Concubine An raised her eyes to look at her, and her lonely face gathered hatred little by little.

Shen Zhiyan frowned deeply.

'It turned out that His Highness found out so much.'

"What's the relationship between Xiao Yin and Concubine An?"

Murong Yu's eyes flowed leisurely, and he said indifferently:

"This King also wants to know why Concubine An assassinated His Majesty."

"This Prince guessed that Xiao Yin stabbed me to prevent Concubine An from being exposed."

Murong Ci smiled lightly and raised her eyebrows.

"The reason why I concluded that Xiao Yin is related to Concubine An is because of Xiao Yin.

A third silver-gray hair was also found on his body."

"Concubine An has served His Majesty for many years and has no heirs.

Could it be that Xiao Yin is a distant relative of Concubine An?"

Master Gu Huai speculated.

"Next, this Prince wants to talk about a secret story that I have discovered have about the Palace, but I guess it is bold to speculate based on what we found.

You will find it incredible."

She smiled slowly,

"As you know, in the past King Rui and King Jing failed their attempts, and were defeated.

There were only a few insignificant subordinates who survived.

King Rui and his wife were very affectionate, but only a few people knew that King Rui's favorite was his Concubine Cui Nong.

He arranged beforehand for Cui Nong to pretend to be his mere maidservant in the Royal Palace, and that allowed her to escape with her life, after King Rui was defeated.

However, she never left the capital to be free, and entered the Palace full of hatred instead, looking for opportunities to avenge the Prince who loved her so much.

Maybe she disguised herself and entered the Palace, but Karma worked for her, and she was sent to the Spring Wuyuan Courtyard instead, and never had a chance to see Your Majesty afterwards.

Her heart was ashamed, but she survived because she found out that she was pregnant with the heir of King Rui."

At this point, everyone was shocked.

Unexpectedly, King Rui left a heir in this world.

Concubine An's face was as silent as a pool of stagnant water, but in the depths of the stagnant water, there was no one to see the slight waves that had started leaping.

Shen Zhiyan raised the question:

"Although the Spring Wuyuan Courtyard is isolated from the world and is a corner forgotten by the world, how is it possible for the Palace officials not to know about such a big childbirth, or to report it to the Internal Service Bureau?"

Murong Ci nodded, and then said:

"Cui Nong was worried that King Rui's blood and flesh would be lost.

She tried every means to prevent everyone from seeing that she was pregnant until she gave birth.

She knew there were eyes and ears secretly inserted by King Rui in the Palace.

Cui Non handed over her newborn child to that person that secretly sent the child out of the Spring Wuyuan Courtyard.

That person was a servant in the Internal Service Bureau, and as such bringing a baby in the Palace could be easily discovered, so he sent the baby out of the Palace to a family to raise, and then brought it back five years later.

The Prince was raised as a servant."

Hearing this, Shen Zhiyan understood that the baby was Xiao Yin, and that servant was Chang Qing.

"That servant was Chang Qing!

He lied that the five-year-old child had been purified and brought him up."

He said with joy,

"The baby was Xiao Yin!"

"Xiao Yin? Isn't that the name of the assassin who assassinated Your Royal Highness?"

Master Gu Huai asked in surprise.

"It's really interesting."

Murong Yu blinked deeply.

"Xiao Yin always thought that he had no father or mother, only Chang Qing to depend on for life.

Later on, he finally learned about his origins, and sorrow and joy intertwined."

Murong Ci stared at Concubine An.

Her eyes were like a thousand-year-old well, with the cold water slightly overflowing from it.

"Soon, Xiao Yin discovered that his mother was in danger.

In order to save her life, he sacrificed his own life to assassinate this Prince and took all the charges of the murder cases.

He hid the poison in his teeth in advance and killed himself at the appropriate time.

He must have thought that once he was dead, this Prince would no longer investigate the cases, and all this would be settled."

"Wait, if you're saying Xiao Yin's mother is Cui Nong... does that mean Concubine An is actually Cui Nong?"

Shen Zhiyan was shocked!

'But how can Concubine An be Cui Nong?'

Concubine An's lifeless and cold eyebrows finally fluctuated, and her face turned pale.

Master Gu Huai asked in confusion:

"Isn't Your Highness' speculation too unbelievable?

How did Cui Nong become Concubine An?"

Murong Yu said unhurriedly:

"Manager Liu, you must have known Concubine An for so many years in the Palace.

From your perspective, is the prisoner kneeling in front of you the real Concubine An?"

When finally asked, Manager Liu An calmly said:

"This subordinate has been in the Palace for many years, and I naturally remember Concubine An's appearance.

The prisoner in front of us is definitely NOT Concubine An.

Furthermore, Concubine An was beaten to broken legs when she was thrown into the Spring Wuyuan Courtyard more than ten years ago.

On the other hand, the prisoner's legs are intact.

So this is a major flaw."

Everyone nodded.

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END of CHAPTER 49 PART 1

.....................to be continued