The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1174 Each of them speaks

"Empress, do you remember who was Yongping's second consort?" Concubine Cen, who was pulled away, stroked her hair and asked in a deep voice.

Sheng Ran had a good memory. After thinking for a while, he said slowly, "I seem to remember that his last name was Wen? He was a handsome and talented man?"

After saying that, he looked at Princess Hongan who was sitting in her seat.

"Yes, it is Wen Shiyan, the son of the Wen family who is famous in Qizhou."

"Oh, Princess Hong'an, you have such a good memory! You can remember all of Yongping's dozen husbands!" Concubine Cen laughed sarcastically.

Hearing this, Princess Hong'an became even more furious. She suppressed the urge to hit someone and spit at him, "You old woman, you are not a human being! Aren't you eyeing my Princess's Mansion? You should know that I have a pair of grandchildren around me, and their biological father is Wen Shiyan! What's wrong with me remembering him?"

Seeing that she was confident and righteous, Concubine Cen immediately looked over meaningfully and said, "Haha, I hope the Grand Princess won't forget what she said later!"

When Princess Hong'an saw her like this, her scalp suddenly went numb and she felt something was wrong.

But before she could think about it, she saw Concubine Cen take out a booklet, look around at the officials, and introduce it loudly: "Everyone, this is the evidence that this old woman got about the former Prince Consort Wen Shiyan!"

As she said this, she opened the book and read aloud a passage: "...Wen Shiyan, whose original name was He Yanshi, was a relative of the Qi clan and the ninth-generation grandson of Qi Xuanzong. He was granted the title of a prince when he was one year old..."

"Ah?! Former Qi clan member?!"

"The ninth generation grandson of Emperor Xuan of Qi?!"

"If I remember correctly, Emperor Huan of Qi had no son, so the adopted son was the eighth-generation grandson of Emperor Xuan of Qi? In this way, Emperor Wen of Qi should be his uncle?!"

When someone remembered this relationship spectrum, the buzzing discussions suddenly disappeared.

The entire Lanzheng Hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"No, impossible! This is impossible!" Princess Hong'an, who was standing there in a daze for an unknown amount of time, murmured.

"Oh? Grand Princess, do you really think it's impossible?" Concubine Cen looked at her sarcastically and asked back, "The Grand Princess in my impression is not such a confused person!"

Princess Hong'an curled her hands slightly in her sleeves, and her mind unconsciously replayed the scene when she first met Wen Shiyan.

The other party's extraordinary demeanor, speech and behavior that seemed familiar to her were completely different from the style of the children of a prominent family.

  But even if she had some doubts, she could not have imagined that this boy was a former relative of the Qi clan!

Who could have thought that Yongping would marry such a man!

In the past, she had no idea what Yongping was thinking, and could not understand her behavior; but now, she had figured it all out, but could not convince others that Yongping was innocent.

The only option now is to turn from defense to offense.

She didn't care whether Concubine Cen's evidence was true or false, she was determined to make it difficult to tell whether the other party's evidence was true or false!

"What a trick Concubine Cen has!" Princess Hong'an, who had quickly sorted out her thoughts from the chaos, accused the other party in a hoarse voice, word by word, "If I were not worthy of the Great Chu, I would have been fooled by you!"

  She pressed the armrests with both hands and slowly stood up from her seat, step by step towards Concubine Cen: "You took this evidence of unknown origin and authenticity and accused me and Yongping with certainty, but you just ignored Lang and her two sons! You said that Lang's two sons were not descendants of Prince Jing, but you took them away from the palace early and let them live freely outside... Concubine Cen, ask yourself, do you have the virtue of forgiveness?

"You push my Yongning to the brink of doom with every word you say, but give your two grandsons room to attack or defend! With this kind of behavior, are you imagining that your two sons can have the good fortune of Emperor Wen of Han?"

When Princess Hong'an finished speaking, every official present gasped.

Everyone's first reaction was to look at the queen on the throne.

Unfortunately, Sheng Ran's expression was calm, and he looked no different from before.

No one could see any clues from the Queen's face, so they could only look at Concubine Dowager Cen.

As a result, this person was able to hold on well and did not make any unusual changes.

  All of a sudden, all the officials were convinced: the woman coming out of this palace was indeed extraordinary!

Well, if I can’t find any clues from the faces of these two noble men, then let’s look at others!

So, she looked towards the Sheng Garden of Prime Minister Yan Yuan and found that many people were looking at her!

Suddenly, Minister Sheng became unhappy.

  We are all watching the show together, you don’t know the inside story, but she knows it?!

It's just that he thinks she can't hide anything and is not cunning and easy to bully!

Sheng Yuan, feeling that he was being looked down upon, opened his eyes wide and looked at him carefully.

"..." Suddenly, all the officials were shocked.

Although they knew that Sheng Yuan would not attack without reason, they felt that they would be beaten unilaterally by her when she stared at them with her eyes wide open.

After all, when it comes to unreasonableness, every one of those present has their own unique advantages; but when it comes to fighting power... none of those present together can beat Minister Sheng, who never abides by the ethics of martial arts.

Forget it, a good man doesn’t fight with a woman, so let them just focus on Princess Hongan!

……

While the ministers were changing their thoughts, Princess Hong'an successfully sorted out all their ideas.

He immediately put away all his panic, put on a stern face, and denounced Concubine Cen: "Everyone thinks that Concubine Cen of Prince Jing's Mansion is indifferent to fame and fortune, but who would have thought that you have a good plan! You retreat to advance, take the two grandchildren out of the chess game, and leave the only child of Prince Zhao, who is only six years old, to lead your two recognized grandchildren to face the storm! You also call yourself an elder?!"

Faced with accusations in public, Concubine Cen remained indifferent.

  She ignored the accusations of Grand Princess Hong'an and spoke to herself slowly and leisurely: "Wen Shiyan is not only a former member of the Qi royal family, but also Lang's cousin; after he divorced Yongping and returned to Qizhou, he had a period of time when he had close contact with Lang and her two sons!

Although it seems that this has nothing to do with Yongping, as far as the old woman knows, Yongping and Wen Shiyan separated peacefully, and they have never stopped communicating because of their two children.

Haha, with Yongping's strong personality, how could she not know about the Lang family? But since the Lang family returned to Beijing with their son, she seemed to have never heard of it! From then until now, such a long time, she and the Lang family have never had any contact, even attending the same party as if they didn't know each other.

Grand Princess Hong'an, look at it yourself, isn't it strange that you are trying so hard to distance yourself from the other party?"

  Princess Hong'an had no idea how to answer her question, so she could only imitate her and say to herself, "You wish that Prince Zhao's son and my grandchildren would fight each other to a loss, but unexpectedly, the emperor favors Princess Zhaode. There is no need for the son and my grandchildren to fight, they can be free as long as the emperor appoints a crown prince!

If this is the case, you will be useless to your two grandchildren. Based on the cruel methods that Prince Jing used to treat them, how can you live comfortably after they inherit Prince Jing's mansion? So if one plan fails, try another one! If you succeed, you will not only avenge us for blocking your plan, but also eliminate the hidden dangers of your future retirement! It's like killing two birds with one stone!

But, even animals pity the young and care for the old, but you are so calculating towards your own grandson. I want to ask you, are you still a human being?!"