Mu Rufeng pushed the door open, and a scent of sandalwood came out.
Xiao Chengyi looked up and saw an offering table in a large secret room, with a spiritual tablet placed on the table. Through the dim candlelight in the room, the words on the spiritual tablet could be clearly seen.
The spiritual position of the Yide Prince Yuan Chen and the Crown Princess Yuan Ye.
Seeing this golden spiritual tablet, Xiao Chengyi's heart was shocked. His eyes were fixed on the name on the spiritual tablet. Prince Yide, Yuan Chen, was the one who was executed for treason eighteen years ago.
Wasted prince.
He is also his biological father!
Afterwards, the deposed prince was demoted to a commoner. He was not allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum, had no ancestral temple, and no one was allowed to worship. However, he did not expect that Mu Rufeng secretly worshiped in the secret room of his own home.
An undercurrent surged in Xiao Chengyi's heart. His hands hidden in his sleeves were trembling slightly. He saw Mu Rufeng pick up three sticks of incense, light them and insert them into the incense burner under the spiritual tablet. He said to the golden spiritual tablet: "Zi Heng,
Ah Lan, I brought Yi'er to see you, it's been eighteen years, and I've kept you waiting for a long time."
Xiao Chengyi looked at Mu Rufeng quietly, listening to the name he called, Ziheng. It should be his biological father's cousin, and only people close to him would call him.
And Alan is exactly the name of his biological mother.
He was filled with doubts and asked in a trembling voice, "What is your relationship with them?"
Mu Rufeng sighed and said: "Your father and I are close friends, and your mother is like my sister. When your mother was pregnant with you, she was engaged to my Mu family. Speaking of you,
I’m still going to marry Yan Yan on my fingertips.”
Xiao Chengyi was shocked. He looked at the lacquered gold spiritual tablet and asked, "Did he really collude with Nanyue to rebel?"
Mu Rufeng frowned: "You don't believe your father?"
Xiao Chengyi lowered his eyes and laughed at himself: "I have never even seen his face, so how can I know his character? I have been inquiring about him over the years, but unfortunately the word "Prince Chen" is taboo in Beichen.
No one dares to mention it.”
Mu Rufeng looked at him with a heavy heart: "But I believe in your father. He is an upright and noble man, and he is also the best prince in the hearts of the people and courtiers."
Xiao Chengyi asked in confusion: "What's the explanation for the rebellion?"
Mu Rufeng's eyes darkened and her expression was solemn: "That's because of your mother. Has Xiao Ce ever told you who your mother is?"
Xiao Chengyi shook his head: "He only left me a letter, saying that my biological father was the deposed prince who was executed for treason eighteen years ago, and asked me to avenge my father."
As he spoke, he took out a jade pendant from his arms: "He also left this jade pendant to me."
Mu Rufeng saw the jade pendant in Xiao Chengyi's hand and said excitedly: "This is your father's dragon-patterned black jade. It was carved by Emperor Taizu himself and given to your father.
In addition to this mysterious jade, there is also a phoenix white jade, which your mother gave to me as a token of my wedding."
As he spoke, he opened a brocade box placed on the altar table, and there was a white jade pendant carved with a phoenix pattern lying inside. The lifelike pair was exactly the same as the dragon-patterned black jade in Xiao Chengyi's hand.
Xiao Chengyi looked at the white jade with tears in his eyes. Did he and Yan Yan have a marriage contract for a long time? And the fate between them was destined.
He moved his eyes away from Phoenix White Jade and asked curiously: "Who is my mother? Why do you say that what happened back then is related to her?"
When this matter was mentioned, Mu Rufeng's face looked a little heavy, but he knew that Xiao Chengyi would find out sooner or later, and there were some things he had to bear.
What's more, what happened back then was full of doubts, and he still needed to find the truth!