Chapter 162 Tu Huai Lai Report
Of course, it didn't matter to the emperor whether he had one more concubine or one less concubine, but if Jia Cong was really his son, wouldn't that mean he was of a lower generation? Moreover, if Jia Cong married a girl from the Jia family in the future... wouldn't it be a huge joke if the father and son married a sister?
Although she was a little surprised by the emperor's reaction, since the emperor had refused, the queen naturally would not say anything more.
Time flies, and four or five days have passed! During these days, Emperor Longxing stayed at the Dragon Head Palace and stayed with Jia Cong. Even Wang Ziteng's return and rebellion were temporarily put aside.
Obviously, whether Jia Cong is his legitimate son or not is more important to him than anything else.
Finally, at midnight on the sixth day, Xia Shouzhong came to report that Tu Huai wanted to see him!
"Announce!" Emperor Longxing was shocked and immediately went to the front hall!
When he arrived at the front hall, Emperor Longxing looked at Tu Huai and felt so uneasy for the first time. He had never felt this way even when he ascended the throne.
He walked to , sat down, calmed down for a moment, and then asked in a serious tone, "Have you found out?"
Tu Huai bowed his head and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, I can now confirm that Jia Cong is very likely not of the Jia family's bloodline!"
Swish! Emperor Longxing stood up suddenly and said, "Tell me, tell me in detail!"
"The Jia family's statement now is that Jia Cong was born to a boat prostitute that Jia She had taken a fancy to back then! However, I activated the secret guards and found some different information."
"First of all, Jia She did buy a boat prostitute that year, and she did get pregnant! However, about a month before the boat prostitute gave birth, she was taken out of the Jia Mansion by Jia Daishan!"
"But according to some of the neighbors who were still alive at that time, after the boat prostitute found a house in the south city, no one from the Jia Mansion came to visit her, and no midwife was seen going to give birth! But one day, it was said that she had given birth, and the boat prostitute couldn't wait and passed away."
"On the same day, Jia Daishan brought a young child back to the Jia residence and claimed that he was the son of the boat prostitute, that is, Jia She's illegitimate son!"
"However, our spies in Rongguo Mansion reported that a maid in Jia She's courtyard said that the baby didn't look like a newborn, but rather looked like it was one or two months old! However, not long after, some of the maids and servants in Jia She's courtyard were directly executed by Jia Daishan for the crime of embezzlement."
"Afterwards, Jia Cong was raised by Jia Daishan until Jia Daishan died. He was then taken back to Jia She's courtyard and raised by a woman named Zhang who was left behind by Jia Daishan. After five or six years, the woman named Zhang also died..."
"According to the Rong Mansion's spies, the reason why Jia She doesn't care about this son at all is that he suspects that this son is not his own, but because of Daishan's words, he dares not say more."
"And according to what the Jia family says now, Jia Cong's birthday was on the third day of the eleventh month sixteen years ago!"
While listening to Tu Huai's story, Emperor Longxing walked step by step to Tu Huai, and only by grabbing Tu Huai's shoulders with his hands could he calm himself as much as possible.
Although Tu Huai's narration was somewhat discontinuous and the clues were not complete, from these clues, Emperor Longxing almost guessed the truth of the matter, including many things that he had not been able to figure out before, but now he understood them.
This also involves the matter of the former crown prince!
After the death of the late crown prince, everyone in the mansion was interrogated and one thing that could not be verified was that a concubine in the mansion gave birth to a son about a month before the death of the late crown prince. However, all traces of this incident were erased and in the end it was left unresolved.
Emperor Longxing also heard this rumor by chance, but he didn't take it too seriously. After all, even the former crown prince was dead, so what if there was a young son left? Could he still return to the palace and seize the throne?
He even suspected that this was a rumor deliberately spread by someone!
But now think about it, this thing may be true!
Before the former crown prince plotted rebellion, he might have left a trace of his bloodline to prevent it from being cut off after the plot failed. The youngest son should have been taken away by the former crown prince's assassins after he was born, but what about the child in Jia Daishan's hands?
Along with the eldest son, a maidservant also disappeared that day. Although this maidservant has not been found, the servants in the former prince's mansion have interrogated her before. In this way, this maidservant is likely to be the former prince's spy in his mansion.
Then, it is not surprising that he let this spy steal his son and asked Jia Daishan to help take the young son away to raise him. After all, at that time, both Jia's mansions were supporters of the former prince, and Jia She was even the prince's companion, which is why Jia She, the eldest son who inherited the title, could only live in the East Road Courtyard.
The late crown prince had obviously concealed the truth from everyone. Even Jia Daishan was probably kept in the dark. He must have thought that the youngest son was the late crown prince's son.
It is not surprising that the retired emperor likes Jia Cong. First of all, there were many doubts about the incident of the former crown prince. It was still unclear whether it was a rebellion or a conspiracy. The retired emperor obviously knew about the incident of the former crown prince's youngest son, and he even knew that Jia Daishan had taken the child away.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Emperor, this is his grandson, and his attitude is naturally different. But it's not bad, isn't his own son also the Emperor's grandson?
In addition to the birthmark in a special position, Emperor Longxing no longer needed to verify that Jia Cong, the illegitimate son of the Jia family, was the legitimate son Xiao Heer whom he had lost.
“Hoo, hoo, hoo!”
Emperor Longxing took several deep breaths to clear his dizzy head.
"Regarding this matter, according to your speculation, does anyone else in the Jia family know about it? Especially the old lady of the Jia family!"
Tu Huai thought for a moment and said, "Based on current speculation, Jia Daishan should have kept it a secret from everyone in the mansion. The old Lord of the Jia Mansion may suspect Jia Cong's identity, but I'm afraid he won't be able to find any clues or evidence."
"After all, it was a chaotic thing back then. Too many people died, and there were many things that even we couldn't verify. What I reported was just some fragmentary clues that I got after activating the secret agents."
"Are there any other clues?"
"There is another clue, which has not yet been confirmed. It is said that Jia Daishan left a jade pendant to Jia Cong before his death, but the jade pendant has always been in Jia She's hands!"
"Almost no one has ever seen this jade pendant. Our spy only heard the old nanny in Jia She's courtyard mention it once, saying that it was very exquisite. But we are not sure whether this jade pendant exists."
