The emperor is not the son of the late emperor.

At that time, the two princes under the late emperor had a huge quarrel over the inheritance.

In the end, it ended in a lose-lose situation.

All the princes died, and the late emperor was left with only half his life.

The late emperor's death was near, and the empire needed a successor, so he had no choice but to adopt him.

Among the many vassal kings, the late emperor took a fancy to his nephew Prince An.

Prince An was naturally overjoyed when he received the imperial edict.

However, he also knew in his heart that this trip to the capital would not go smoothly.

Princess An took the initiative to suggest: "Your Majesty, let's go to the capital in two ways, one in the dark and the other in the dark!"

Prince An couldn't bear it after hearing his wife's words.

After some consideration and the princess's persistence, she finally agreed.

Therefore, the imperial concubine took her one-year-old son, led a large army, and rushed to the capital from the official road.

The prince, on the other hand, took his four-year-old eldest son and his closest personal bodyguards and took a small road to the capital secretly.

On the way, Princess Concubine's large army was indeed intercepted and killed.

The guards tried their best to protect her, but the princess was still seriously injured, and the second son was taken out by a guard risking his life.

Prince An was not found in the crowd. The assassins knew they had been fooled and quickly evacuated.

The local government learned of the situation and quickly sent officers and soldiers to rescue.

The Crown Princess survived. She ignored her injuries and repeatedly asked the officials to search for the guard.

According to the traces left by the guards when they escaped, the officers found the person, but only a pile of bones that had been chewed to pieces by wild beasts were left.

As for the second young master, although no remains were seen, no one had any hope at all.

What a joke, the five big and three thick guards were chewed up until only half of their bones were left. They were white and tender, and the tiny baby must have long been——

These people dare not tell the truth to the Crown Princess, but the Crown Princess is a smart person.

Just by looking at the evasive looks and hesitant tone of those people, she knew that something unexpected had happened to her second son.

"I was the one who harmed Erlang!"

The Crown Princess was devastated, and even more so, she felt guilty.

Because from the beginning, she knew there would be dangers on the road, but for the sake of the eldest son and the overall situation, she still sacrificed herself and her second son!

The crown prince, who successfully arrived in the capital, also felt very sad.

He felt even more sorry for the royal concubine's sacrifice.

If it weren't for the imperial concubine and her son using their bodies as bait to hold back the assassins, he would never have been able to reach the capital so smoothly.

Therefore, after being named a prince by the late emperor and ascending the throne as an emperor, no matter how many beauties or doting concubines there were around him, the prince always maintained respect for his wife.

And the second son who "died young" is the eternal pain in the heart of the emperor and empress.

The prince, the current emperor, is a man and does not have as delicate a mind as the queen.

As time passed, the shadow of the second son was gradually forgotten.

After the beloved concubine Shu Fei gave birth to the prince, she directly became his second son.

Of course, in ancient times, children who died young did not have teeth.

The emperor's actions are understandable.

However, this prince was only two years younger than his second son who died young, so the queen was still somewhat repelled by him.

Therefore, she disliked Concubine Shu so much. The mother and son of the second prince, in addition to the emperor's partial favor, also had the reason for this incident.

It was also because of the birth of the second prince that the queen clearly realized that the man sitting high on the dragon throne was no longer her husband, but an emperor with great dignity.

The queen's thoughts changed and she became more sober and calm.

Never use past feelings as bargaining chips, only use them when it is most critical.

For example, after the prince fell and was injured, the doctors were not optimistic.

The courtiers wrote memorials one after another demanding that the prince be deposed. The emperor seemed to disagree and was a little shaken in his heart.

The queen had a "nightmare" and woke up from her dream crying and calling "Erlang".

The emperor knew that the empress's "second son" was not the second prince, Prince Liang, but the second son who died innocently and tragically on the way to Beijing.

The emperor did not cry, but his heart was touched——

Alas, the queen has been married to him for more than 20 years and has only given birth to two sons.

One even died for him!

There is only one prince left. Although he is injured, he may not necessarily become disabled.

Even if he really wants to be deposed, it should be two or three years later, rather than in such a hurry!

The queen successfully took advantage of her second son who died young.

Although she was acting, she never forgot her little son in her heart.

Over the past twenty years, many times in the middle of the night, the Queen would dream of the day she was assassinated.

And the little son is white, fat and cute.

Perhaps, her son's appearance has long been forgotten, but she always misses him.

Unfortunately, no matter how much the queen missed him, she knew very clearly: her Erlang had died long ago. Although she did not see the body, there was no possibility of it being imagined.

However, the Queen never expected that Princess Liang He would suddenly one day hesitate to speak to her——

"Your Highness, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not!"

The queen raised her eyebrows, "What's the matter? Just say it!"

He Tiantian pretended to be hesitant, as if she was in a dilemma, but in the end she seemed to have made up her mind.

She raised her eyes and looked at the Queen, "Your Highness, thanks to the blessing of the Duke En's Mansion, I brought my relatives from my mother's family to the capital some time ago."

The queen nodded. Although this matter was "privately" in the Feng'en Palace, the queen had known about it for a long time.

In fact, this matter itself has the meaning of the queen.

Since she wants to win over Mr. He, she will do everything well.

It's just a matter of sending someone to fetch He's relatives. It doesn't take much effort, but it can make He feel grateful.

The queen did not ask He to protect her and the prince, but it was enough as long as she did not have any ill intentions towards them.

"The person I sent came back and reported that when she accompanied my grandmother to a relative's house to say goodbye, she saw a person——"

He Tiantian started to hesitate again.

The Queen smiled, knowing that this was He's acting, but she still cooperated and said softly, "It doesn't matter if you say so!"

"This person looks very much like the Queen."

As if gaining courage from the queen's smile, He Tiantian finished these words in one breath.

The queen's smile was a little weak.

What does He mean?

What does it mean to have someone who looks very much like her?!

Conspiracy theories began to form in the Queen's mind, and she did not even think about her second son who died young.

He Tiantian seemed to feel the change in the queen's mood. She pretended to be anxious and said, "I know that the world is full of wonders. There are also cases where two strangers have similar looks!"

"But this person..."

He Tiantian paused for a moment, as if reminiscing, "After listening to this servant's report, I suddenly remembered that I had met him when I was a child."

"He is my aunt's neighbor. He is twenty-two years old this year."

Valley bound

"Changsheng, oh, that person has not been loved by his parents since he was a child. People in the village say that he may not be his parents' biological child..."

He Tiantian seemed to be a little flustered, and she spoke in random sentences.

However, the queen keenly grasped the key point.

Twenty-two years old?

Also, is it still called longevity?

A thought suddenly flashed through her mind. Her usually calm personality was also a bit broken.

"What did you say? His name is Changsheng?"

Changsheng was the nickname of her second son. She also ordered someone to polish a small safety buckle with the word "Changsheng" engraved on it for her son to carry with him.
To be continued...