Minister of Rites Su Qingshan: Prime Minister Lin is so lucky!
His granddaughter married a poor scholar, and Lin Xiang's granddaughter married a poor teacher. As a result, the poor teacher transformed into the son of Prince An and became a member of the imperial family!
He stared intently at Shen Mingzhu, hoping that Qian Xiucai would suddenly transform into the long-lost son of some powerful figure in Shengjing.
Unfortunately, Minister Su could not have his wish fulfilled.
[Guagua, what should we do?]
[So what? At worst, Prince An can go to the palace and ask his brother, Emperor Jingyuan, for a marriage decree!]
Hehe~~~ With Brother emperor on his back, if he needs anything, just ask him. He'll step in and solve it easily.
Prince An's eyes immediately lit up again.
Prince An: One son is not too few, two sons are not too many, Prince An's mansion can afford to support them.
Emperor Jingyuan looked on helplessly, thinking, "He's truly my good brother!"
Having you is my blessing!
Crown Prince Yan Beichen covered his mouth and chuckled as he looked at Emperor Jingyuan. "Even my father has met his match."
[By the way, Guagua, how did Master Mo, who is teaching Miss Lin chess, become the son of Prince An?]
This is a long story, and it was purely an accident.
[Then just get to the point. Tell me quickly, what exactly happened?]
All the officials in the court listened intently to the story.
Shen Mingzhu took a sip of water, gave a piece of beef jerky to Crown Prince Yan Beichen, and ate one herself.
The officials standing nearby didn't dare to breathe.
With His Highness the Crown Prince here, they must make the best of a good impression.
Looking at the leisurely Shen Mingzhu beside them, I think that Master Shen is truly a role model for us all!
[Guagua, tell me quickly!]
Shen Mingzhu has been buying things like crazy lately, relying on her more than two million points. Guagua is quite famous in the system world. Even when she looks down on other systems, she has to go up and show off.
"Hey, isn't this Strategy System 007? What happened? Why are you all covered in dust?"
"What's wrong? Did the strategy guide fail and you're forced to eat dirt?"
"Hahaha..."
"Oh dear, why won't you even change your skin? I'm getting tired of changing skins every day!"
"Hey... what's wrong with your eyes?!"
"Don't be envious or jealous of me!"
Strategy System 007, seeing the smug look on the gossip-eating system's face, left indignantly.
He failed to win over the male lead this time and is feeling quite down!
I don't have time to deal with it!
[Host, I'm here!]
Hearing about Guagua makes me especially happy.
Tell me the story of Master Mo.
[Host, this matter is both simple and difficult! When Lord Zhou recognized his relatives, he had a jade pendant as a token, but this Master Mo has absolutely nothing.]
The entire court: Without a token, how can we recognize our relatives?
Prince An: Based solely on Lord Shen's words, I can acknowledge our kinship!
It's just about having one son!
No problem!
Emperor Jingyuan: ...It's not that simple.
Crown Prince Yan Beichen also frowned, biting hard into the beef jerky in his hand.
I must say, it's quite delicious.
Shen Mingzhu: That's right!
No high-tech or grueling work involved, just pure, natural beef, what do you think!
I don't give this to just anyone!
Crown Prince Yan Beichen: Thank you, Crown Princess, my future love, with whom I will grow old together.
[Guagua, tell me quickly!]
All the officials: Speak quickly, speak quickly, let us analyze it for you.
Prince An: I also want to know the specifics of what happened.
Shen Changyuan: My daughter is amazing, she knows everything.
[Host, actually, this is all the fault of everyone in the Prince's Mansion. When Princess An was giving birth, she had a difficult labor and it took her two days and one night to deliver the baby. Finally, at 9 PM, she managed to give birth, but the baby was born with a purplish-blue body and wasn't breathing. Princess An also suffered a severe hemorrhage, so everyone rushed to get the imperial physician to treat her.]
So, where is the child?
Shen Mingzhu asked curiously.
The entire court: Could Master Mo be that child covered in bruises?
Prince An: Didn't the child stop breathing as soon as he was born?
How did it come back to life?!
What exactly happened in between?
[Host, this child was actually alive, only breathing weakly because he stayed in the womb for too long. Everyone thought he was stillborn.]
Shen Mingzhu's brows furrowed even more.
[Guagua, even if it's a stillborn baby, the child born to Princess An is still Prince An's legitimate son. Although not the eldest son, he is still extremely precious. How could he have been left outside? Would the Prince An's mansion be so heartless as to abandon the child?]
Prince An's eyes widened. "Listen to what you're saying!"
Enraged, Prince An kicked Shen Changyuan hard.
It is the father's fault for not raising his child properly!
Shen Changyuan: In the end, I bore the brunt of everything.
Emperor Jingyuan watched Prince An's subtle actions but pretended not to notice.
[Host, what are you saying! He's a minor prince, how can you just throw him away! He must be properly buried!]
Prince An: They were all properly buried, so how come they're still alive?
The more Prince An listened, the more confused he became.
[Guagua, what exactly happened?]
[Uh... actually, it was just that a servant in the Prince An's residence suddenly had an emergency at home, so he used a wooden basin to put the newborn Prince An's youngest legitimate son into the moat and let him float away...]
Shen Mingzhu: This... how is she supposed to say it?
Logically speaking, he was so rebellious as to not properly bury the child, but even if we take a step back, it was precisely because of his "negligence" that the child survived.
The reason why Master Mo did not have any token to acknowledge Prince An was that the child died shortly after birth that very night, and the maids simply wrapped the child in a piece of cloth and sent him away.
So as not to upset the princess.
[Guagua, this Master Mo is really lucky to be alive!]
[Yes, host. It was because Master Mo's adoptive father went out fishing at night to supplement his family's nutrition that he heard a faint child crying and pulled the child ashore.]
Prince An: My son has suffered!
Waaaaah...
He never expected that his infant son, who had died at birth many years ago, would still be alive.
Princess Cui will surely weep with joy.
All the officials and civil and military officials: This is truly a somewhat fantastical story.
If any link in the chain goes wrong, the child will be gone.
For example, Mo zi's adoptive father did not go out fishing at night, and the newborn baby froze to death after floating in the water all night.
For example, if the servants of Prince An's mansion had properly buried the newborn prince according to the mansion's instructions, then none of the subsequent events would have occurred.
For example, if Mo zi's adoptive father had refused to help him in his time of need, then there would have been no future for him.
[Wait a minute, Guagua, the children of the Prince An's mansion are also members of the royal family. How can they be buried outside the palace? Shouldn't they be buried in the Imperial Mausoleum?]
[Host, a child who died before the age of three in the Great Yan Dynasty is considered to have not established a permanent residence and cannot be buried in the Huangling Mausoleum.]
Prince An: That is indeed the case.
How will he reunite with his child?
This is his own youngest son.
Never mind, he'll go to Prime Minister Lin's residence after court.
He cannot let the child suffer injustice at the Prime Minister's residence.
Prince An: Master Mo, your father is here to support you!