The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort

Chapter 514 Captivity (1)

"Pei'er, your name is not on the edict, but Ye Li doesn't know it, right?" Jiang Ruan asked lightly.

Ye Pei looked at Jiang Ruan's eyes. In his previous life, Jiang Ruan always looked at him tenderly, with unhesitating protection and love in his eyes. The woman in front of him now has been reborn in this life and will no longer be cowardly as before.She is warm and cold towards others, but only when facing him, she is as gentle as ever.Even though there is some sternness in this gentleness at the moment, Ye Pei knows that he can't lie to Jiang Ruan, no matter what kind of concealment he can do.

"That's right, it's just that the mother and concubine are only half right." Ye Pei whispered: "Father's imperial edict clearly stated that I should be the crown prince, but..." Ye Pei gritted his teeth: "He Two decrees were made."

Jiang Ruan was startled suddenly, and she asked: "Who is the name on the other imperial decree?" Having said that, she actually guessed who that person was with a surprise in her heart, as if at this time all the original doubts were all streamed out. Form a river and form a complete plan.And Ye Pei lived up to everyone's expectations and gave the answer: "King Jinying, Xiao Shao."

"So that's how it is..." Jiang Ruan murmured.So far, she finally understood all the plans of the emperor. The emperor was really not as incompetent as he appeared on the surface, or the incompetence on the surface was just pretending.Perhaps even Ye Li had already noticed that Ye Li had poisoned him earlier, but now he is just planning.

But why?Why, of course it was because of Xiao Shao.

There are two imperial decrees, one with Ye Pei's name and the other with Xiao Shao's name.If Xiao Shao really refuses to accept the order no matter what, he will let Ye Pei ascend the throne to ensure nothing goes wrong.But Ye Pei's imperial decree will definitely not appear unless it is absolutely necessary.

No wonder, no wonder Ye Li was also poisoned in the previous life. At that time, Ye Li had no one in the court to block his position, but the emperor still didn't show his intention to make him the prince. The reason was just that Because of Xiao Shao.But Ye Li sensed the intention and knew that the emperor had no intention of making him the crown prince, but he didn't know the reason, so he slaughtered his brother completely, and then killed him before the emperor had time to announce the imperial decree.As soon as the killing move is clean, the succession to the throne is a matter of course, and there is no bad rumor at all.

But what he didn't expect was that the emperor didn't intend to appoint any son as the future prince at all, and his eyes were always on Xiao Shao.So when Ye Li ascended the throne, Xiao Shao returned to the palace, and the prepared ministers took out the imperial decree, Xiao Shao eradicated the traitors, showed his identity, and the great cause of unification was justified.

Now the emperor wants to repeat the old trick again, but he didn't expect that everything will be different this time.Ye Pei has grown into someone who can compete with Ye Li, but Xiao Shao doesn't want to take over this position at all.

Ye Pei was silent for a while, and then said: "Concubine Mu, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you, it's just... I just don't know how to do it." He felt a little complicated.Xiao Shao is the emperor, Jiang Ruan must be the queen, which is naturally very good, but Ye Pei feels a little unwilling, and he can't explain why, but the things that have been working hard for so long finally have to be handed over to others?And he who vowed to protect Jiang Ruan could only watch Jiang Ruan being protected by others in the end?Besides, Ye Pei doesn't trust Xiao Shao at all, so what if Xiao Shao treats Jiang Ruan badly after he takes power?All kinds of things caused Ye Pei to have complicated emotions in his heart, which made Jiang Ruan see the clue.

"You don't have to worry," Jiang Ruan patted his head: "King Jinying doesn't mean to be the emperor, this position still belongs to you. I will help you, and Prince Jinying's mansion will stand behind you." It's a promise.

Although this possibility had already been expected in his heart, when Jiang Ruan said this, Ye Pei still couldn't help being excited.He suppressed the excitement in his heart, looked at Jiang Ruan suspiciously and asked, "But my concubine, why did my father make King Jinying the crown prince?" When he saw the imperial decree, the shock in his heart could not be expressed in words.But he checked and checked, and he couldn't find out the reason.It was as if everything had been wiped away by someone, and disappeared completely, leaving nothing behind.Ye Pei said: "Mother and concubine, could it be...he is also the son of the emperor?"

After much deliberation, it seems that this is the only guess that fits the best.The Ye family's land cannot be taken by outsiders, and the emperor established Xiao Shao, so it can only be said that Xiao Shao is also of royal blood.But how did Xiao Shao become the emperor's illegitimate son? Could it be that Princess Jinying and the emperor... Ye Pei thought a little too far.Unexpectedly, she was patted on the head by Jiang Ruan, and she probably guessed what Ye Pei was thinking, and said angrily and funny: "It's not what you think, stop thinking about it."

"Then..." Ye Pei still asked.

"It's a long story," Jiang Ruan interrupted him: "If you really want to know the reason, you can go to King Jinying by yourself. If he agrees, I'll talk to you again." Xiao Shao's life experience It's not an easy topic, even telling Pei'er Jiang Ruan feels a bit inappropriate, Xiao Shao can talk about it if he wants.

Ye Pei broke his face when he heard this, and said: "Ask him about everything, mother and concubine must obey the three obediences and four virtues, right? It's just a mere King Jinying, I don't want to know his secrets, I naturally have a way to know .” He said stiffly.

Jiang Ruan smiled: "Okay, now what I want to ask you is, where is the sacred decree, and who is the person you put next to the emperor?"

Ye Pei was able to get the news of the imperial decree so easily, it must be because of the tips from the people around the emperor.At first, Jiang Ruan thought that Ye Pei had drawn Eunuch Li over, but now Eunuch Li is dead. If it is really Eunuch Li, Ye Li's people might have discovered the secret.But Ye Li's people didn't make any moves. There is no doubt that Ye Pei's people are not Li Gonggong at all. Who is it?

"It's Mu Xirou." Ye Pei said, "The imperial decree is with her. Father trusts her, and hiding the imperial decree by her side will not arouse suspicion."

"Mu Xirou?" Jiang Ruan was a little surprised.The well-known cold beauty in the palace, Jiang Ruan once doubted Mu Xirou's identity, but a beautiful woman is too cold, there must be some means to get the emperor's favor, it's not that simple.But later seeing that Mu Xirou didn't do anything, and didn't take part in the muddy waters of the harem at all, she also felt relieved, thinking that it was a woman who didn't want to enter the palace but couldn't help but stick to her own. Just stick to it.

Now Ye Pei said, Mu Xirou belongs to him?

　 Before Jiang Ruan could open his mouth, Ye Pei had already started speaking on his own initiative: "Master Mu insisted on letting Mu Xirou enter the palace. Back then, I met her once and gave her a freedom. She will enter the palace anyway. , I promised her that one day, when the Dajin Dynasty changes, it will be the time for her freedom."

"She believed you so easily?" Jiang Ruan was a little surprised.Ye Pei's true strength has only gradually been revealed in recent years.For a long time in the past, in the eyes of everyone, he was just a useless prince who was not favored, and he was not even qualified to win the heir.How could such a person win Mu Xirou's trust, and even make Mu Xirou willingly become a pawn?
(End of this chapter)