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

Xuan Pei looked at Jiang Ruan's gaze. Jiang Ruan in his previous life always looked at him gently, with protection and kindness in his eyes without hesitation. Now the woman in front of him has been reborn in this life and is no longer as cowardly as before. She treats people warmly and coldly, but only when facing him, she is still as gentle as ever. Even though there is a bit of severity in this gentleness at this moment, Xuan Pei knew that he could not lie to Jiang Ruan and could not hide it any way.

"That's right, but the mother is only half right." Xuan Pei whispered: "The emperor's imperial edict is indeed clearly written to make me the crown prince, but..." Xuan Pei gritted his teeth: "He issued two imperial edicts."

Jiang Ruan was suddenly shocked and asked, "Who is the name of another imperial edict?" At this point, she was actually surprised to guess who that person was, as if at this time all the original doubts were flowing into a river, forming a complete plan. Xuan Pei said the answer without disappointing everyone's expectations: "King Jinying, Xiao Shao."

"So that's it..." Jiang Ruan murmured. So far, she finally understood all the emperor's plans. The emperor was really not as incompetent as he seemed on his face, or his incompetence was just pretending. Perhaps even Xuan Li had already discovered that he had poisoned him earlier, and now he was just using a plan.

But why? Why, it is naturally because of Xiao Shao.

Two imperial edicts were established, one with Xuan Pei's name and the other with Xiao Shao's name. If Xiao Shao really refused to accept the imperial edict, he would let Xuan Pei ascend the throne to ensure that there was no accident. However, Xuan Pei's imperial edict would not appear unless it was absolutely necessary.

No wonder, no wonder Xuan Li had to poison him in his previous life. At that time, Xuan Li was obviously no one in the court to block his position, but the emperor still did not express his intention to make him the crown prince. The reason was because of Xiao Shao. Xuan Li realized the intention and knew that the emperor had no intention to make him the crown prince. But he didn't know the reason, so he slaughtered his brothers completely, and then he killed his brothers before the emperor could announce the imperial edict. Once he made a chess, it was natural to ascend the throne, and there was no bad rumors at all.

But what he didn't expect was that the emperor was not going to make any son the future crown prince at all, and his eyes were always on Xiao Shao. So when Xuan Li ascended the throne, Xiao Shao returned to the palace, and the prepared ministers took out the imperial edict, Xiao Shao removed the traitor, proved his identity, and unified the great cause of justice.

Now the emperor wants to use the same trick again, but he didn't expect that this time, everything will be different. Xuan Pei has grown into a person who can compete with Xuan Li, and Xiao Shao doesn't want to take on this position at all.

Xuan Pei was silent for a while before saying, "Mother, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you, but... I just don't know how to do it." He felt a little complicated. Xiao Shao was the emperor, and Jiang Ruan must be the queen, which is naturally very good. However, Xuan Pei felt a little unwilling to do so, and he couldn't say why, but after working hard for so long, he finally had to give up someone else's hand? He vowed to protect Jiang Ruan in the end, he could only watch Jiang Ruan being protected by others? Besides, Xuan Pei didn't believe Xiao Shao at all. If Xiao Shao held the power and was not good to Jiang Ruan after he was in charge? All kinds of things were mixed in Xuan Pei's heart, and this made Jiang Ruan see the clues.

"You don't have to worry," Jiang Ruan touched his head: "Xiao Shao has no intention of being an emperor. This position still belongs to you. I will help you, and the Jinying Mansion will also stand behind you." This is a promise.

Although he had already predicted this possibility in his heart, when this words came out of Jiang Ruan's mouth, Xuan Pei still felt a little excited. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and looked at Jiang Ruan in confusion and asked, "But Mother, why did the father make King Jinying the crown prince?" When he saw the imperial edict, the shock in his heart could not be expressed in words. But after searching, he could never find out the reason. It seemed that all the reasons were wiped out, disappeared completely, and there was no possibility left at all. Xuan Pei said, "Mother, is it... he also the son of the father?"

After thinking about it, it seemed that this was the only one that fits the guess. The Xuan family's country could not be taken away by outsiders, and the emperor established Xiao Shao, so it can only be said that Xiao Shao was also the royal bloodline. But why did Xiao Shao become the emperor's illegitimate son? Could it be that Princess Jinying and the emperor... Xuan Pei thought a little far away. Unexpectedly, Jiang Ruan slapped her head. She probably guessed what Xuan Pei was thinking, and said angry and funny: "It's not what you think, don't think about it."

"Then..." Xuan Pei had to ask.

"This matter is a long story," Jiang Ruan interrupted him: "If you really want to know the reason, go to Xiao Shao by yourself. If he agrees, I will tell you again." Xiao Shao's life experience is not a relaxed topic. Even if he tells Peier, Jiang Ruan feels something is wrong. Let's say what Xiao Shao wants.

Xuan Pei lost his face when he heard this, and said, "If you ask him, will your mother have to follow the three obediences and four virtues?" He just like a mere King Jinying. I don't want to know his secret, so I naturally have a way to know." He said stubbornly.

Jiang Ruan smiled and said, "Okay, what I want to ask you now is where that imperial decree is, and who is the person you are put by the emperor?"

Xuan Pei was able to get the imperial edict so easily, because there were suggestions from the people around the emperor. Originally, Jiang Ruan thought that Xuan Pei had won over Eunuch Li, but now Eunuch Li is dead. If it was Eunuch Li, it would be that the secret of it was discovered by Xuan Li's people. But Xuan Li's people did not do anything. There is no doubt that Xuan Pei's people were not Eunuch Li at all. Who was it?

"It's Mu Xirou." Xuan Pei said: "Where is the imperial edict? The father believed in her and hid the imperial edict by her side without any doubt."

"Mu Xirou?" Jiang Ruan was a little surprised. The famous cold beauty in the palace, Jiang Ruan had also suspected Mu Xirou's identity. A beautiful woman was too cold and she would have some tricks to be favored by the emperor. It was not that simple. But later, seeing that Mu Xirou did not do anything and did not participate in the muddy waters in the harem, she felt relieved and said that she was a woman who was unwilling to enter the palace but couldn't help but stick to her persistence.

Now Xuan Pei said that Mu Xirou is his person?

Before Jiang Ruan could speak, Xuan Pei had already started to speak on his own initiative: "Mr. Mu insisted on asking Mu Xirou to enter the palace. I had met her once and promised her freedom. She would enter the palace at all times, so I promised her that one day, when the Dajin Dynasty changed its dynasty, it would be her own."
Chapter completed!