Mu Rufeng took a deep breath and whispered in the secret room: "Your mother is a young lady from the Zhenguo Palace. Her name is Ye Jialan, but in fact, her real identity is the princess of Nanyue."
Xiao Chengyi was shocked and a little unbelievable: "What on earth is going on?"
Mu Rufeng said: "Your mother came from Nanyue's Prince Wei's Mansion. There was civil strife in Nanyue that year, and Prince Wei's Mansion was deeply involved. Your mother lived in Beichen. By chance, she rescued the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo who had been missing for many years, who was also the real
Ye Jialan.
It's just that Ye Jialan died of serious injuries. Before his death, he gave your mother a token proving his identity. In this way, your mother became the young lady of the Zhenguo Palace as Ye Jialan, and married your father Yuan Chen.
Later, the civil strife in Nanyue ended and the Prince of Wei became the new emperor of Nanyue. Beichen wanted to take the opportunity to attack Nanyue, but who expected that Nanyue had been prepared and Beichen suffered a disastrous defeat in this battle.
Not long after that, your mother’s identity was exposed, and a letter from your mother’s affair with Nanyue was found in the Prince’s Mansion, implicating your father.”
After hearing the whole story, Xiao Chengyi fell into silence. He slowly raised his head and looked at Mu Rufeng and asked: "Is it really my mother who did it?"
Mu Rufeng shook his head: "Although the evidence points to your mother, I believe in her character and that her feelings for your father are not fake.
Because of this matter back then, the Han family and the Yan family, who had supported your father, rebelled against Lian He, the second prince, who is now His Majesty, and had your father executed, but I was unable to rescue him in the end."
He closed his eyes and thought back to that scene, feeling very heavy in his heart.
Xiao Chengyi's eyes were heavy and he asked: "How did my mother die?"
Mu Rufeng replied: "After the incident, your father sent your mother out of the city, but for some reason the news was leaked, and the pursuers trapped your mother in Sanqing Temple.
According to Xiao Ce, when he found your mother, she had just given birth to you, and in order to protect you, she pretended that she had not yet given birth, set a fire and burned herself to death in a Taoist temple."
Xiao Chengyi felt a pain in his heart and his eyes were slightly hot. He looked at the spiritual tablet and seemed to be able to imagine the hardships back then. His mother fought to the death to give birth to him and exchanged her life for his!
He knelt on the ground with a plop, leaned over and knocked his head on the ground, a tear falling from his eyes.
After a long time, Xiao Chengyi slowly straightened up and asked, "What happened between you and Xiao Ce? Who is he and why did he betray you?"
Mu Rufeng sighed softly and replied: "He is the secret guard responsible for protecting your mother. Because he was separated from your mother, he has been looking for her.
Later, he finally found your mother, but it was too late. After rescuing you, he was seriously injured and fell off a cliff but was rescued by Ruyi.
He just lost his memory and forgot his identity. Later, he regained his memory and entered the military camp to avenge your mother and became my deputy general.
Xiao Ce and I used to be the best brothers, but I didn't expect that he would betray me secretly and collude with Nanyue to leak military information. When I had a private confrontation with him, Han Jun discovered it, and the three of us went through a fierce battle.
During the battle, Xiao Ce died at the hands of Han Jun to save me, and I took the opportunity to kill Han Jun to keep this secret, and then disguised their two deaths as battlefield deaths."
Xiao Chengyi was a little surprised: "So, you didn't actually kill Xiao Ce? Then why didn't you explain to my mother?"
Mu Rufeng's eyes were dark, with a bit of sadness in them: "It doesn't matter whether you explain it or not. Even if Han Jun doesn't interfere, I will kill Xiao Ce to avenge my dead Beichen soldiers. Besides, he
He did die because of me!"
Xiao Chengyi seemed to be able to understand Mu Rufeng's intentions. No matter whether Xiao Ce was killed by him or not, he died because of him after all, and he wanted to give Xin Ruyi a chance without explaining.