Chapter 437: Not seeing each other for one day is like three autumns apart
Su Yizhao really couldn't believe it. She could actually guess some of the previous ones, but what about the latter ones?
The emperor is not the legitimate heir to the throne? What does that mean?
Su Yizhao was really confused, so he asked.
Zong Zeming's eyes were a little hurt. It took a lot of courage to confess his predicament to Su Yizhao.
In these years, he has never trusted anyone except Su Yizhao.
However, Su Yizhao didn't take him to heart at all and simply ignored them.
He took a deep breath, feeling a little frustrated.
Glancing at Su Yizhao's beautiful features, he smiled bitterly.
Is he really helping her so much just to form an alliance with her? In all these years, he has never asked Su Yizhao to repay him.
There has never been any use or suspicion.
The twinkling eyes in front of him were staring at him. Su Yizhao's eyes were passionate, which would make him think that she only had eyes for him.
He couldn't help but stretched out his hands to touch those eyes. When his fingertips touched her delicate skin, he immediately came to his senses and put down his hands.
It starts with emotion and ends with etiquette!
He now understands his intentions, but what about Su Yizhao?
As soon as Su Yizhao raised his head, he saw those eyes full of affection.
She immediately blushed and took a big step back. This was a bit ambiguous! Why was there something wrong with the atmosphere?
She had never been in love in her previous life, so Su Yizhao was just a naive rookie. But by doing this, Zong Zeming had already made her misunderstand that he was interested in her.
"Ahem!" Zong Zeming looked at Su Yizhao's cheeks stained with rouge, and suddenly felt very good.
Maybe Su Yizhao hasn't figured it out yet? In any case, she shouldn't have anyone else in mind now, right?
But then he thought of Jiang Yongnian. He heard that this boy had been traveling abroad in order to avoid proposing marriage at home.
Did he know that Su Yizhao was disguised as a man? Zong Zeming was a little worried again.
She traced Su Yizhao's eyebrows deeply with her eyes, and the deliberately drawn sword eyebrows added a bit of heroism to her.
But those soft eyes and pink lips could not hide her beauty.
She has grown up, and one day someone will discover the woman's identity.
What would she look like if she were wearing women's clothes? He really wanted to see it.
"You haven't told me why the emperor is not the heir to the country."
Su Yizhao saw Zong Zeming staring at her in a daze. The atmosphere was so strange now that she felt very uncomfortable.
Turning around and pouring herself a bowl of tea, she suddenly felt a little hot.
Zong Zeming coughed lightly, "This matter is confidential, because before the emperor passed away, he left a posthumous edict. The successor he designated was not the emperor."
When it came to business, Su Yizhao immediately put aside his previous reverie and his face became solemn.
"Why? Who is the heir in the edict?"
"It's the second prince Qin Zhou back then."
"Second prince Qin Zhou?" Su Yizhao was very surprised. Back then, the second prince Qin Zhou planned to rebel, and he was the first to be eliminated.
Later, the former emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne, granted a general amnesty to the world, and released the second prince from the clan mansion.
It's a pity that he still refused to give up in the end and led his old gang of rebels to rebel. In the end, he was shot to death by random arrows and died outside the palace gate.
"The current emperor is the prince, the son of the middle palace. Then Qin Zhou was just a palace maid, and she was also a rebellious and rebellious minister. Why did the previous emperor pass his throne to him?"
Zong Zeming shook his head when he heard this, "It's unknown. Although Qin Zhou's biological mother was unknown, she was very favored. From the time she gave birth to Qin Zhou until the two years after she was sentenced to death, she had been
They are all taken by the emperor to serve them."
Su Yizhao immediately understood that it meant that the late emperor was protecting her. Regardless of her previous status, after giving birth to a prince, her status would rise.
If the late emperor did not give her a title, those concubines would not take her seriously.
And this also indirectly protects the second prince, because with a biological mother who has no status, those princes will not regard the second prince as a thorn in their side, but it is a pity that the second prince may not understand.
Qin Zhou's biological mother was sentenced to death by the current Queen Mother because she collided with the Queen Mother, causing the Queen Mother to have a miscarriage and lose her child.
There is no need to delve into the details, because harem battles have always been cruel.
When the late emperor rushed there, Qin Zhou's biological mother had already been killed by the Queen Mother.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Qin Zhou wants to rebel!
Su Yizhao sighed. In fact, this was completely a misunderstanding. As long as she was given a title and a noble status, the Queen Mother would still have to be afraid of stabbing her to death.
But Qin Zhou's biological mother was just a palace maid. Shouldn't she just kill her?
"What about the edict? How was it concealed at that time?"
Zong Zeming picked up the Xiangsi on the side and rolled it in his hand.
Xiangsi struggled at first, but after Zong Zeming stroked it, it suddenly became quiet.
He actually turned his stomach and started enjoying it.
"This is a bit complicated. Today is not a good time. Otherwise, out of the six princes, he was the only one to survive. Why?"
Su Yizhao nodded, how could he sit on the throne without some means?
In addition, the power of the Queen Mother was not small at that time, otherwise the late emperor would not be so afraid of her.
"What about this posthumous edict now? Has it been destroyed?"
Su Yizhao thought this was a secret, but he didn't expect Zong Zeming to know so much?
"Not yet!" Zong Zeming shook his head.
Huh? Su Yizhao was very surprised. How could the emperor tolerate the existence of the edict? Shouldn't it be destroyed immediately?
"At that time, the late emperor passed away, and before the new emperor could ascend the throne, he was forced into the palace by the fourth prince Qin Wei. In the chaos, this posthumous edict disappeared."
"In other words, the whereabouts of this posthumous edict are now unknown?" Su Yizhao thought, suddenly thinking of the queen.
She had learned before that the emperor also had people he was afraid of, so she thought of the queen. Could it be that the queen had the edict in her hands?
"Yes! I guessed it was in the hands of the queen before, but later I thought there were other possibilities. But there must be something in the hands of the queen, otherwise the emperor would not be so afraid of her."
Zong Zeming snorted, "The two of them have long been inseparable, and the emperor only has superficial respect for her. I'm afraid you don't know that the queen is wary of the emperor plotting against her every day."
"You know all this?" Su Yizhao understood that there were spies in the palace, and they were right next to the queen and emperor, so their status was not low.
"Otherwise, do you think that all my years in the capital have been in vain?" Zong Zeming snorted arrogantly.
"But it is also sad for a couple to end up like this. There is nothing more sad than being wary of the person next to you." Su Yizhao shook his head and sighed.
Before, she only thought that the emperor and the queen were not getting along, but she didn't expect that it had reached this point.
Then the emperor doesn't like the prince, and the queen is the reason for most of them, right?
Zong Zeming opened his mouth to speak, but in the end he did not speak.
Because it was an imperial family, there were only calculations. What's more, the emperor did not marry the queen voluntarily.
The two of them forgot the time unknowingly as they talked. It was not until Zong Zeming fell asleep with Xiangsi playing in his hand and the clapper outside the door rang twice that Su Yizhao was shocked to realize that it was already very late.
"Let's talk tomorrow if we have anything to do! It's getting late." Su Yizhao was also a little tired at the moment, but there were still so many files that he had not finished reading.
Zong Zeming stood up from the couch and carefully placed Xiangsi on the Arhat couch.
"I have never had a hand in the border court's purchase of horses and armaments. However, I have some evidence in my hand and will send it to you tomorrow!"
Zong Zeming walked to the window as he spoke. He turned to look at Su Yizhao, with reluctance flashing in his eyes.
In fact, he wished he could come every day. One day without seeing her was like three autumns, and he tasted the feeling of wanting to see her but not being able to see her.
He had always been afraid of being rude to Su Yizhao, but he suddenly realized that Su Yizhao was already sixteen and could not wait any longer.