Chapter 24

From the very beginning, Cheng Yujin felt that the mode of getting along with Cheng Yuanjing was very strange. Today, when Cheng sent people out, his eyes were obviously looking for someone. Of all the Cheng family members present, Cheng Yuanjing was the only one who went to see the doctor away.

Needless to say, Mr. Cheng is looking for Cheng Yuanjing.

Old Marquis Cheng is very ill and in danger. The property arrangement and the succession of his title are all important events. At this time, he is not in a hurry to explain his future affairs, instead, he asks people to talk to Cheng Yuanjing. The deep meaning of this can't be ignored.

Cheng Jin secretly runs around the house to avoid problems. She would like to hear what happened to Mr. Cheng. She must avoid the public and tell Cheng Yuanjing alone.

Who would have thought that she should have heard such a terrible news!

Cheng Yujin caught off guard and nearly screamed out on the spot. She covers her mouth, because too much force, fingers are bitten out of small teeth. Cheng Yujin regretted her actions for the first time. She wanted to cover her ears and not listen at all.

However, contrary to our wishes, the sound from the outside was attenuated by a layer of wood and intermittently transmitted into the compartment.

Marquis Cheng is dying of illness. He wants to support himself, but he just raises his head with all his strength. Mr. Cheng can't see clearly. He can only see a vague figure.

Even if he fell down from the clouds, even after so many setbacks, he was still Tsinghua as before, with the imperial Prince's dignity all over him.

Cheng Yuanjing sighed softly, sat down beside the bed of old Marquis Cheng and said, "Marquis, I'm here. You can tell me what you don't want. "

In the long and narrow cabinet surrounded by heavy wooden doors, Cheng Yujin's fingers are even tighter. He didn't deny it. He acquiesced in the name of marquis Cheng.

He is not the Cheng family, but the prince who has been missing for 15 years?

Many of the past events suddenly exploded in Cheng Yujin's mind. It's no wonder that she thought it strange for Mr. Cheng to get along with Cheng Yuanjing. When Mr. Cheng made a decision, he would look at Cheng Yuanjing with the smell of asking. After Mr. Cheng nodded, he gave orders like a relief. No wonder Mr. Cheng asked Mr. Cheng to write to wish the emperor's birthday. No wonder he was very protective of Mr. Cheng, and he was very open-minded. No wonder Mrs. Cheng told Mr. Cheng Yuanjing With a suspicious attitude, Xiao Xue and Mr. Cheng have been separated for 20 years. When they come back, they suddenly bring a six-year-old son. Mrs. Cheng always thinks that Cheng Yuanjing is not the blood of the Cheng family, but Xiao Xue deliberately counts the Cheng family.

It turns out it's not.

However, the real origin of this child is too big for people to think about.

The more confused she was, the less disturbed she was. She knew that she was in a big trouble today. She had been searching for the crown prince for 15 years. However, the crown prince was kept in the capital. Cheng Yujin did not dare to think whether the emperor knew about it, but it was certain that the queen and Yang Shoufu did not know.

Mr. Cheng has kept it a secret for more than ten years. He can't even trust his son and wife. Now he is run down by Cheng Yujin. Will Mr. Cheng spare her? Even if Lord Cheng is willing, I'm afraid his royal highness will not.

Cheng Yujin covered her mouth and nose more and more. She breathed the lightest and almost closed her breath. At this time, the room was filled with aloes, and the sunlight came in slowly and heavily from the window pane.

Lord Cheng's voice was also hoarse: "Your Highness, I know that time is running out. In this life, I don't have to devote myself to farming and living. When I was young, I was frivolous. When I was old, I had many children and grandchildren. Although I didn't contribute to my family and country, I had a successful life and no regrets. I'm afraid she's tired of waiting underground for such a long time. I don't care any more. There are only two things I can't let go. One is the incompetence of the Cheng family and the other is your highness. "

"Your Highness has been in exile for 15 years. I'm lucky to meet your highness, but it's a pity that I couldn't see your highness take charge of the East Palace and visit Dabao. "

He had to stop to have a rest before he could finish. Cheng Yuanjing waited patiently all the time. He listened to Marquis Cheng, and his eyes swept past the Golden Dragon censer.

The heavy bronze gilt censer was placed next to a window, and the smoke was shaking. There is no wind in the room. Why does the smoke shake?

Cheng Yuanjing's eyes gently fell on the closet, and then inadvertently swept. Old Marquis Cheng didn't feel anything about this. He seemed to be in the memory of the disappearance of the crown prince, who shocked the government and the public in the eighth year of Jianwu.

"Your Highness is the legitimate son of Zhonggong, but he was born with many troubles and was framed by a traitor. The Yang family has been reluctant to let his majesty set the original princess as the queen. The emperor delayed his birth for half a year, until he made a gesture to resign from the throne and return to the vassal land. The Yang family finally gave in and respected Princess Zhong as the queen. I didn't expect that the Yang family was so bold. When their mother was pregnant, they would not give up. They almost let the queen have a miscarriage. They also caused her highness to give birth prematurely and became weak since she was a child. The empress dowager, on the ground that her royal highness was born in May and was doomed to be unable to support her, proposed several times to establish another crown prince. The emperor did not agree. After the death of Queen Zhong, he took care of you personally for three years. Seeing his Highness's health getting better and better, he suddenly fell ill when he was five years old. The imperial doctors are helpless. The emperor can't help but take you to the Taoist temple. ""The emperor originally wanted to send the hall down to the mountain to recuperate and avoid Yang Jiafeng mang by the way. Unexpectedly, it was not long before the news of Qingxuan temple being destroyed by mountain torrents came out of the city. Your majesty made a mistake on the spot and sent the guards to search the mountain. However, after three months of searching, nothing was found

"No one is immune from Taoism. The court was shocked by this case, and the emperor was even more determined to find the news of his highness. Seeing the emperor's attitude, no one inside or outside the capital dares to say that his highness is more or less in danger. In the name of missing, he finds it slowly. " Mr. Cheng recalled that he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, "when I heard the news, I was very shocked and sent my servants to support the imperial court. It was a pity for my highness. Unexpectedly, the fate of the world is so ingenious. Your highness was picked up by Shirley by accident. "

Cheng Yuanjing's face softened when he mentioned his adoptive mother. He was let down all his life, but Xiao Xue gave him a place of peace, taught him to read and write, and taught him to start over. The significance of Cheng Yuanjing to Cheng Yuanye is far less than that of Xiao Xue. Nowadays, a large part of Cheng Yuanjing's respect for Cheng Yuanye lies in Xiao Xue's face.

Xiao Xue's family was exiled for more than ten years because of family injustice. Although she is not in the family, she still abides by the family's instructions and has never been on a blind date with a foreigner. But as she got older and older, she knew that she had no hope of having a son, so she was eager to have a child. She accidentally picked up the injured Cheng Yuanjing, moved compassion, will take him home, take care of him wake up.

When she asked the child what his name was, the five-year-old boy was silent for a long time. He said that his parents were both dead and that he had no idea where he came from when he came to the mountain torrent. Xiao Xue asked his name again. He only said his name was Jing.

Jing, jade light, gentleman's virtue, Kunshan's color.

Excellent name.

Xiao Xue didn't ask much. He took good care of him and raised him as his own son. The Xue family is a scholarly family, and the Xiao Xue family is also proficient in the collection of classics and history. Seeing that the child was intelligent, she tried to teach him to read and write. Unexpectedly, Cheng Yuanjing's talent was stronger than she thought. Xiao Xue is a guilty person. He doesn't have much contact with the outside world in ordinary days, but he doesn't attract outsiders' attention when he has a child around him.

She took her children to settle down. Not long after, the imperial court searched the mountains, and the movement even radiated to her exile place. Xiao Xue's residence is becoming more and more unsafe, and she gradually realizes that this child is not a lost child of ordinary people.

This is mostly the prince.

She didn't dare to make it public. She came from a scholar's family and understood the situation of the imperial court. She knew that if the child was found by the Imperial Army, she and the child would not survive. At a time when Xiao Xue didn't know what to do, marquis Cheng secretly came to see Xiao Xue by helping to search for the prince. Mr. Cheng is Xiao Xue's former fiance, but it's only once. After so many years, Xiao Xue and Mr. Cheng have no contact with each other, and Mr. Cheng gave her money, which she refused. However, this time, Xiao Xue gritted his teeth to see Lord Cheng and asked him to take their mother and son back to Beijing.

The more dangerous the place is, the safer it will be. No matter the emperor or Yang Shoufu, they will not pay special attention to their feet. And went to the capital, also can give Cheng Yuanjing better growth environment.

Old Marquis Cheng didn't know that Cheng Yuanjing was not the son of Xiao Xue. He thought it was an outsider who bullied Xiao Xue, made her give birth to a son and abandoned their mother and son. Old Marquis Cheng couldn't bear to be humiliated. When he returned to Beijing, he said that this was his son who was hiding outside. Now he brought him to recognize his ancestors.

Before the emperor could react, Cheng Yuanjing went to other people's family tree. Cheng Yuanjing doesn't care about it. Up to now, he has to plan for himself. No matter how much affection he has for his father and son, it's not as important for him to survive.

Seeing that Cheng Yuanjing didn't object, Xiao Xue agreed with him nervously. What happened later was the version known to all of the Cheng family. Mrs. Cheng strongly opposed it. Mr. Cheng kept Xiao Xue and Cheng Yuanjing outside and went to visit them every month.

The emperor sent two people to search for the prince's whereabouts, one in the Ming Dynasty, wantonly searching the mountains, the other in the dark, following the clues to visit the people, but later found the capital. The emperor was shocked when he found that his son had changed his surname and became an outsider of the Cheng family.

OK, in the name of the Cheng family, it's better to do things.

When Cheng Yuanjing returned to Cheng's home, he saw the secret agent secretly sent by the emperor. After a year's observation, the emperor revealed that he was protecting the prince.

Old Marquis Cheng was struck by thunder like a sunny day, but Xiao Xue's conjecture was confirmed. She put down the big stone, or whatever she should do. The emperor and Marquis Cheng originally planned to keep Cheng Yuanjing out of the palace. When the time is ripe, they will let Cheng Yuanjing come back. Of course, Cheng Yuanjing believed that the emperor's heart was true when he said this, but he also knew that if he really lived a noble life, he would never recover his identity.

The emperor said that the time was ripe, at least until the death of Empress Dowager Yang and Yang Shoufu. At that time, Yang Miao's son also grew up. He is nameless and helpless. Why should he take the position of Prince?

Cheng Yuanjing simply cut off his own way and prepared for the imperial examination wholeheartedly. Of all the people, only Xiao Xue is the one who really supports him. The emperor and Marquis Cheng didn't think that Yuanjing could pass the imperial examination. He was one in a hundred in the local examination, and the Jinshi was even rare. In three years, there were only 100 Jinshi in the whole country. How could Cheng Yuanjing be better than a scholar who had been preparing for more than ten years or even a lifetime?It was impossible for the emperor to give Cheng Yuanjing the convenience that both the local examination and the joint examination were conducted by Tu Ming or by Yang Shoufu. At that time, the emperor thought not to dampen the young people's spirit. Li Chengjing would inherit the grand unification in the future. It would be OK for him to try the difficulty of the imperial examination and experience the hardships of people's livelihood.

When the Ministry of rites saw the name list of the emperor's son, they knew who it was. He reluctantly controlled his face. At the palace examination, he saw his eldest son's true face for the only time in many years.

Father and son have been separated for several years. If it wasn't for the special scene, I'm afraid they would not know each other. The Emperor didn't want him to be too high, so he pressed him. Later, when he was giving an official, the emperor secretly sent a eunuch to ask Cheng Yuanjing what he meant. After hearing the answer, the emperor sighed, and then arranged him to go to other places to see the real Dayan Dynasty with his own eyes.

In return, the case of the Xue family, which had been overstocked for many years, was cleared up. Xiao Xue learned about his adopted son's high school on his sickbed. His mother's family recovered and died with a smile.

In recent years, conflicts between the two sides of the court have become more and more frequent. In addition, marquis Cheng was seriously ill, so Cheng Yuanjing wrote a request to return to Beijing. The emperor saw it and of course agreed.

Cheng Yujin previously said that Huo Changyuan entrusted the prince's blessing. It's true. Cheng Yuanjing was grateful to Xiao Xue. The emperor saw that Xiao Xue saved Cheng Yuanjing's life and asked people to review the Xue family case. After the rehabilitation of the Xue family case, Huo Xue smelled the news and tried to get people to offer him a new title. The emperor thought that Huo Xue's surname was Xue, so he asked Huo Changyuan at the banquet to solve the problem of the title for them.

Marquis Cheng has enjoyed everything in his life. Before he was old, he was able to protect the crown prince. He really died without regret. There are two things he can't let go, one is the Cheng family, the other is the prince. With the prince in, he will always take care of the Cheng family. The Cheng family doesn't want to be famous. It's no problem for their children and grandchildren to be rich and healthy all their lives. Mr. Cheng doesn't doubt this. It's Cheng Yuanjing's business that he really can't be at ease.

Marquis Cheng said: "Shirley is dead, and it's not long before I know the truth. Now only your majesty and his highness are left. The Yang family is powerful. Yang Shoufu controls the government, while empress dowager Yang controls the inner court. The daughter of the Yang family also gives birth to a second prince. Your highness, you need to think for yourself. If all the insiders die, once your majesty wavers, no one will be able to prove your identity! "

The old Marquis Cheng said these words to remind Cheng Yuanjing of the danger of killing the nine nationalities. These words alone will be enough to rob the Cheng family. The Duke of Cheng stares at Cheng Yuanjing eagerly. He knows that there is a suspicion of estrangement, but he takes the risk to say it. The Duke of Cheng is really good for Cheng Yuanjing at this moment.

Cheng Yuanjing didn't answer. His eyes seemed to drift away, and he soon regained calm. After a long time, Cheng Yuanjing looked at old Marquis Cheng's eyes and said, "don't worry, marquis. I understand your concerns. I know in my heart that if I'm here one day, I won't let the Cheng family be involved. "

But that's all.

Marquis Cheng was relieved. He knew that his royal highness, the prince who had high hopes, was not blinded by his family's affection, and that the descendants of the Cheng family could enjoy their wealth. Mr. Cheng has done his best to get there. If the sun can't keep it like this, it means that the Cheng family has run out of steam. When they meet with their ancestors in the future, the Duke of Cheng can be calm.

Mr. Cheng closed his eyes with a smile. He was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes. Cheng Yuanjing looked at it for a while and saw that the Marquis had fallen asleep, so he stood up slowly.

Old Marquis Cheng's room was dark and heavy. He walked in the room without any footstep. Cheng Yujin was forced to hear a secret about the palace. Now she dare not breathe. She saw Cheng Yuanjing stand up from the crevice, holding her hand more tightly and holding her breath with all her strength.

Cheng Yuanjing seems to be going out. He walks through the mahogany closet and stops for a while. Cheng Yujin is so nervous that she almost thinks she has been found. However, Cheng Yuanjing walks over like nothing happened.

Cheng Yujin breathed a sigh of relief quietly. She moved her body in a small range. After being tight for so long, her legs were numb.

However, Cheng Yujin had just put her legs in place. She could not help but hear someone say, "don't you come out yet?"