The step-brother is charming and soft, and the Marquis can't help but flirt with her

Emperor Hui'an stared at him for a while, winked at Cheng Jin, and waved his hand. Cheng Jin immediately led the palace people out and closed the door of the bedroom.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Emperor Hui'an just sat by the bed and looked at him.

Lu Xingyue didn't sleep a wink all night, and he didn't change his clothes. His clothes were covered in blood, which had dried up. The patches were of different shades and were horrifyingly mottled.

He did not answer immediately, but took out a jade plaque from his arms and said to Emperor Hui'an: "I would like to ask your Majesty to see if this thing belongs to the royal family."

Emperor Hui'an frowned and said, "Bring it over."

Lu Xingyue stood up and stepped forward, holding out the jade plaque with both hands.

Emperor Hui'an took it and looked at it for a while, then his expression changed slightly, "Where did you get this?"

Lu Xingyue pursed his lips and remained silent for a moment.

Emperor Hui'an didn't hear the answer and narrowed his eyes, "Huh?"

Lu Xingyue knelt down again, "This is a relic left by Chen's mother."

"What?!" Emperor Hui'an was startled.

Lu Xingyue raised his eyes, looked deeply at Emperor Hui'an, and repeated firmly, "This thing is a relic left by my mother. I just got it a few days ago."

Emperor Hui'an rubbed the jade plaque in his hand, suddenly remembered something, stood up suddenly and shouted: "Cheng Jin, come in!"

Cheng Jin hurried in, "I'm here—"

"Look at this thing."

Emperor Hui'an threw the jade tablet to him, and Cheng Jin quickly caught it and looked at it carefully.

Lu Xingyue was not in a hurry, so he knelt there and waited.

Cheng Jin was puzzled, "Isn't this the jade medal on His Majesty's belt? Why did it fall off?"

Emperor Hui'an sneered, "Look again, is there a jade medal missing from my belt?"

Cheng Jin raised his eyes and saw that Emperor Hui'an was still wearing the clothes he saw. How could there be a piece missing? He looked puzzled, "Then where did this thing come from?"

Although he asked this question, his eyes were already locked on Lu Xingyue who was kneeling on the ground.

Lu Xingyue said in a deep voice, "I wonder if your Majesty still remembers what happened in the palace twenty-three years ago?"

With a thought in his mind, Emperor Hui'an slowly walked to Lu Xingyue and stood in front of him, looking down at him, "What do you want to say?"

"Twenty-three years ago, the minister's mother was invited by the empress to enter the palace to pay her respects. The two drank and talked and laughed. The minister's mother left the palace and returned to the Duke's Mansion. She was then quietly sent back to the palace outside Yangdu. Biezhuang, live in Biezhuang for a year, and finally die of illness in Biezhuang, and the fragrance disappears and the jade dies."

Lu Xingyue lowered his head as he spoke. Lu Yanning died of suicide. He deliberately said that he died of illness. However, Emperor Hui'an would not care about this trivial difference, but it meant something completely different, so he made a small joke. lie.

As expected, Emperor Hui'an didn't care about "dying from illness" at all. He took a step back, looked at Lu Xingyue and then at the jade plaque in Cheng Jin's hand, and finally realized something.

His eyes suddenly widened, "You mean, the person I favored that day was not the palace maid at all, but your mother?"

Cheng Jinxin suddenly asked, can he listen to this?

If this is true, the former harem may cause a new round of turmoil. "I am just a royal guard, so I have no way of knowing where my mother went after she left the Queen's Palace. However, this jade plaque is real. I dare not make false claims, nor do I want my mother to be wronged. I just want to ask your majesty, what is this thing? Is it true or false?”

Emperor Hui'an looked at Cheng Jin. Cheng Jin had an idea in his mind and immediately knelt down, "I dare not hide it from Your Majesty. When I found Your Majesty, His Majesty's clothes were scattered aside, and there was indeed a jade medal missing from his belt. At that time, the servant sent someone to search for it, but when he couldn't find it, His Majesty said the matter was over and the belt was destroyed."

After his reminder, Emperor Hui'an had a vague impression.

Memory is like a locked box, sealed in the depths of the mind. As long as you find the corresponding key, you can open a memory.

Emperor Hui'an quickly remembered the scattered fragments. At that time, he felt embarrassed because he favored a palace maid, and even the clothes he wore were distasteful. Cheng Jin said that a jade plaque was missing, which gave him an excuse, and he took advantage of the situation. Got everything taken care of.

But he didn't expect that the missing jade plaque was actually in Lu Yanning's hands.

Could it be that he met Lu Yanning that night?

Is Lu Xingyue actually their child?

Emperor Hui'an felt excited and said in a deep voice, "Raise your head."

It was self-evident to whom he was speaking. Cheng Jin quietly glanced at Lu Xingyue. Lu Xingyue raised his head and lowered his eyes, allowing Emperor Hui'an to look at him.

Before, Emperor Hui'an only thought that this child was very good-looking, and he might have followed his mother, but he didn't think deeply about it. Now his mood was different. Somehow, he could see his own shadow in his outline.

Lu Yanning's voice and smile suddenly appeared in his mind, gradually overlapping with the Lu Xingyue in front of him.

Back then, Lu Yanning was also a famous noblewoman in Yangdu. She had outstanding talent and first-rate appearance. The children she gave birth to would not be any worse off if they followed her.

Emperor Hui'an was in a trance for a moment, speechless.

Lu Xingyue slowly raised his head, and those green eyes made his heart suddenly feel cold.

No, if this child is his, why are the eyes green?

Lu Xingyue looked at the changing color of Emperor Hui'an's brows and knew that he was still suspicious, so he did not say anything rashly.

On the other hand, Cheng Jin suddenly shouted: "Your Majesty——"

This sound was both surprising and joyful, and it also contained some complicated emotions. It made Emperor Hui'an's heart skip a beat, "What's the matter?"

Cheng Jin stepped forward on his knees, Emperor Hui'an leaned over, and Cheng Jin whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, the late emperor once left a testament, do you still remember it? I thought that maybe there would be an answer in that testament. "

Emperor Hui'an was startled. The late emperor did leave a testament before his death, saying that if the new emperor encountered problems with heirs, he could take it out and have a look. Otherwise, the testament would not be seen.

However, Emperor Hui'an had a lot of heirs. He thought that there was some secret recipe in the imperial edict, so he never opened it and kept it in the dark room of the royal study for decades. Thinking of this, he immediately said: "Go Fetched."

"Yes." Cheng Jin got up and hurried away.

Lu Xingyue's eyebrows moved slightly.

After a long silence, Emperor Hui'an waved his hands and said, "You get up first. How do you know about this? Did Duke Rong Guo tell you? He is so brave. He has kept it secret from me for so many years!"

Lu Xingyue shook his head, "No, my uncle didn't know the inside story. My mother didn't reveal anything to him. She shouldered everything by herself."

Emperor Hui'an frowned, "If it was really her that night, why didn't she tell me?"

Lu Xingyue looked gloomy, "I don't know, but I guess my mother doesn't want to enter the palace. She and the Queen have been friends for many years and have a close relationship. If something like this happens, how will the two of them get along in the future? And how could my mother meet His Majesty if she is so good?" ? How could His Majesty have no impression of her at all? All of this is complicated and confusing. My mother deliberately concealed the matter because she didn’t want to follow the wishes of the people behind the scenes. It may also be that after I was born, my mother discovered my eyes. It was green, and I also doubted the identity of the minister, and I didn’t dare to say it rashly, but I didn’t expect that she would fall ill and pass away after giving birth.”