After being picked up by the prince, Xiaojiaohua is wild and sassy

Xu Ci took a deep breath, "Okay, the second question, you..."

Zhong Liting glanced at him, "The third one."

"I clearly..." Xu Ci had just opened his mouth before he realized it.

After careful investigation, his sentence can indeed be regarded as two problems.

But... this is too unfair.

Wei Ling looked at the two silently, and for a moment felt sorry for the person in front of him.

Xu Ci felt a pain in his heart, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "The third one is the third one, so my third question is..."

His tone was heavy, obviously wanting to ask a question to find out.

"Wait." Zhong Liting straightened up suddenly, and glanced at the guard watching the show, "Go and dismiss the guards outside, and close the doors and windows tightly."

"Okay." Wei Ling walked away.

Zhong Liting added slowly, "Then you don't have to come back."

Just as Wei Ling opened the door, he paused, and said indifferently, "What private talk, you have to dismiss me?"

Zhong Liting didn't chase him away either, "If you don't want to leave, stay."

Wei Ling was indeed a bit curious in his heart. After hearing the words, he struggled for a while and finally did not leave. He sent guards at the door to guard the corridor, obediently closed the doors and windows, and quickly returned to his original position, ready to listen to the secret.

But there must be a reason for this kind of secret, Wei Ling struggled for a while, "Can I listen to half of it?"

A person's curiosity cannot be stopped, at worst, he will run away if the momentum is not right.

Zhong Liting was noncommittal.

"The third question, what is the connection between us?"

Wei Ling frowned.

What connection?Lookalike link?
I have to say, it was too similar, if he changed into the same clothes and kept silent, he might be deceived, let alone those who were not familiar with Zhong Liting.

Zhong Liting pondered for a while, "If you just want to satisfy your curiosity, I suggest changing the question."

"That's all I want to know."

Zhong Liting was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled, "Forget it."

"It's a long story, but it just so happens that there is nothing to do today, so I'll start from the beginning." Zhong Liting said, and suddenly looked at Wei Ling, "Ah Ling, you still remember that when I was young, I often told you about the heavy snow. .”

"..." Wei Ling, "Remember, what are you doing? Want to arrange me again?"

This guy used to lie to him when he was a child, saying that he was picked up from a mass grave when it was snowing heavily.

What does it have to do with this matter?
"I was born when Ziyue was snowing heavily."

Wei Ling raised his head, "You don't mean to say that you were picked up by the heavy snow that year..."

Zhong Liting, "Shut up."

Wei Ling, "Oh..."

Ziyue...

At this moment, Xu Ci's heart suddenly trembled.

Only then did Zhong Liting speak, "There was an unprecedented snowstorm in Ziyue that year. The blizzard lasted for half a month, and tens of thousands died of freezing and starvation."

Xu Ci's frown deepened.

Wei Ling was at a loss, "I know these things, back then the emperor... my aunt and you were both troubled by this...but it was a natural disaster..."

Although he was born in the middle of the next year, he still heard about such a big event and the death of so many people.

At the beginning, many people made a fuss about this incident, saying that the country’s disaster was caused by the crown prince’s crime against Tiansha and the queen’s moral failure. Back then, some people contributed to this incident, obviously targeting the Wei family. Being calculated by others, the government and the public were full of uproar.

Although the incident at that time did not cause trouble to the point of being abolished, the Wei family also lost a big price.

On the third day after his aunt Queen Wei gave birth, she invited herself to the National Temple to pray for the country and the people. Zhong Liting, who was still a baby, was sent to the East Palace to be raised by the palace people.

Half a year later, the turmoil subsided, and Queen Wei prayed for blessings and returned to the palace. The emperor also refused to allow Queen Wei to take the child back to him to raise him.

Zhong Liting has been under the care of the palace people since he was a child to the age he can remember. He and his biological mother basically never saw each other except for the big day of the celebration. The emperor seldom asked him about his affairs. Knowing how to steal, rape and play tricks, he gave birth to the eldest son well, the heir of the country, and the ones he raises are not as fine as those concubine princes in the palace.

Later, it was his father who personally asked for the decree and took his brother to the resident to raise and teach him himself.

Life in the camp was probably much easier than in the palace. After getting used to it, Zhong Liting didn't like to go back even if he had already held the power of the East Palace in his hands.

"After the incident, the woman Wen who delivered the baby and the doctor who took the pulse all disappeared shortly after. Do you know why?"

Wei Ling scratched his head, "...the incident back then was very involved and complicated, I just heard about it..."

Zhong Liting turned his eyes to look at Xu Ci, and said quietly: "Ah Ling doesn't understand what I'm going to say next, you should have already guessed a thing or two, are you sure you want me to explain it clearly?"

Without waiting for Xu Ci to answer, he added, "This is my place, and there is no fourth person's private room now. If you are smart, you should know that enough is enough."

Xu Ci pinched his palms with his fingertips, and his arms trembled slightly. It seemed that he had struggled a lot before he said, "I haven't been clear for half my life, but I want to die clearly."

Zhong Liting shook his head and smiled noncommittally.

"Okay, since that's the case, then follow my rules from now on."

After saying this, Zhong Liting looked at him and became ruthless, as if he had made a decision, and said after a while, "I should have a younger brother, probably because of flesh and blood. When I was young, I often dreamed, I dreamed that it was snowing heavily and a child was abandoned, and I didn’t realize until later that it was not a dream.”

"Brother?!" Wei Ling couldn't help but walked over, "What are you talking about?"

Two heirs coming at once is good news for ordinary people, but it is not good news for royal families, especially if they are heirs.

They are both legitimate sons, and they all have the right to aspire to the imperial power, and they are the easiest to fight with each other. This kind of thing has always been taboo.

"Back then, there was another child who was born after me. He was quietly sent away before he could open his eyes...Twins are Yin. Many people think this is an ominous omen, and it coincides with a catastrophe. , as if confirming the statement.”

"That person knew about this matter, and it would affect his status. He didn't even go to see him, so he ordered the doctor to... drown a child, lest he himself be criticized by others."

Their emperor was the most superstitious, fearing that too much yin would cause turmoil in the country, so he strangled a newborn baby with just one sentence.

Wei Ling could understand the person Zhong Liting was talking about, probably because he had resentment in his heart, even back then, he mostly called the emperor, as if he didn't regard him as his father.

but……

Wei Ling, "Drowning? Wait...you just...didn't you say you were sending them away?"

As Wei Ling spoke, he couldn't help but look at the pale Xu Ci again.

Hearing this, he basically understood, and some unbearable emotions arose in his heart.