Chapter 208 Huo Zheng's Background
Chengyang said, "My husband made this himself. He likes to carve these little things to pass the time. I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Your Majesty."
Xiao Jingheng suddenly remembered what Ye Xun'an had said just now. He said that the prince consort was picked up by a woman and was seriously injured at the time.
Suddenly, a bold idea came to his mind, and he asked excitedly, "I heard from the Crown Prince that the Prince Consort was picked up by you, I wonder where the Princess picked her up from?"
Chengyang said: "I picked it up from the battlefield, about sixteen years ago.
It was the time when your Huo family was defeated. I found him on the battlefield. At that time..."
Xiao Jingheng was shocked all over. He looked up at Huo Zheng's room abruptly, and rushed in without waiting for Huo Zheng to finish his words.
The door was pushed open, and Ye Xun'an was startled. When he saw Xiao Jingheng, he called out in surprise, "Regent?"
Xiao Jingheng held the puppet and looked at Huo Zheng who was still wearing a mask while sitting at the table.
He had so many questions in his mind, but he didn't know where to start.
Huo Zheng looked up at him and said with a hint of relief in his tone: "You have grown up."
This sentence shocked Jamel Xiao so much that his eyes widened. His hands trembled slightly. He stared at the man in front of him as if he couldn’t believe it and asked, “Are you my uncle?”
Huo Zheng smiled and said, "It's amazing that you still remember me. You were only three years old at that time."
Ye Xun'an looked at them in astonishment, then stood up suddenly: "Uncle?"
He stared at his uncle and said, "You are the uncle of the Regent? Isn't that the... Major General of the Huo family?"
His mind was a little confused. The person his aunt rescued that year turned out to be the major general of the Huo family?
The key point is that his identity was kept so well hidden that he didn't even have any doubts at all.
"He is Huo Zheng."
Chengyang *** came over and said, "I fought him many times on the battlefield, but I was not there for the last battle.
After hearing the news that all the Huo family soldiers were killed in the battle, I rushed to the battlefield, found him dying in a sea of corpses and blood, and then brought him back to Beiming.
I was afraid that his identity as the Major General of the Huo family would be known by the court officials of Bei Ming, which would cause unnecessary trouble, so I kept it a secret.
Apart from your father, no one else knows about this.”
Huo Zheng reached out and took off the mask on his face, revealing a face that was no longer young.
"uncle."
Xiao Jingheng hugged Huo Zheng and said, "You are still alive, you are really still alive, why didn't you come back to find me after all these years?"
Huo Zheng patted his shoulder: "I'm back, aren't I?"
Xiao Jingheng was very emotional. He thought that the Huo family had been extinct for a long time, but he didn't expect that his uncle was still alive and he still had relatives in this world.
He calmed down and asked, "Is uncle coming back for revenge this time?"
Huo Zheng asked him: "How much do you know about the Huo family?"
Xiao Jingheng's eyes darkened, and he asked, "Uncle, was it really my father who led the Huo family's tragedy back then?"
Huo Zheng was a little surprised to hear him ask this. He didn't expect that he could actually find it out.
As expected of his nephew, it is not easy for him to find out about his father.
"It's him."
These two short words seemed to send Xiao Jingheng into hell.
Although he had known this for a long time, he still found it hard to believe when his uncle confirmed it.
He asked: "Why?"
Huo Zheng said: "Because of me."
Xiao Jingheng was stunned and looked at him with confusion.
Huo Zheng took a deep breath and said, "Because of my background, I am not a member of the Huo family, but the orphan of Prince Li."
Speaking of Prince Li, Xiao Jingheng couldn't help but be surprised. Ye Xun'an might not know, but many people in Nanli should have heard of the name of Prince Li.
Ye Xun'an asked, "Who is this Prince Li?"
Xiao Jingheng glanced at Huo Zheng, then explained to him: "I should call him Uncle Royal Grandfather, he and my grandfather are brothers.
The throne fell on my grandfather's head because of Crown Prince Li's rebellion.
It is said that the entire family of Prince Li was executed, and he had no children. How could my uncle be the orphan of Prince Li?"
Huo Zheng sighed and said, "Back then, my mother was a concubine of Prince Li.
Because she offended the Crown Princess, she was driven out of the palace, and that was why I was able to save my life.
Later, my mother died of complications during childbirth. Because your grandfather had some friendship with my father, he brought me home and lied that I was his son.
Just like that, I became the son of the Huo family, Huo Zheng. My father never told me about my life experience.
But because I look so much like the late Prince Li, I was suspected of causing this disaster."
Xiao Jingheng asked: "Who leaked your identity?"
Huo Zheng laughed at himself and said, "It's my best friend, the current Duke of Zhenguo, Wen Zixu.
He got a picture of Crown Prince Li from somewhere and noticed that I looked like Crown Prince Li. He became suspicious and investigated secretly, and reported the news to your father. "
Ye Xun'an frowned and said, "But if it was the Huo family who was harboring the orphan of Crown Prince Li, Your Majesty could have just punished them openly. Why did you go to so much trouble to set up such a trap?"
Xiao Jingheng clenched his hands, a hint of cruelty flashed across his eyes as he said, “Because Crown Prince Li had been rehabilitated long before my father ascended the throne.
This means that my uncle is innocent, and once his identity as the orphan of Crown Prince Li is made public, my father's throne will be in jeopardy."
Ye Xun'an understood that the current emperor was afraid that Huo Zheng's identity would be exposed, thus endangering his throne.
In addition, Huo Zheng has the Huo family as his backer, so Your Majesty wants to get rid of the Huo family.
In the final analysis, it’s all for the supreme imperial power.
But on one side is his uncle, and on the other side is his father. I wonder how Xiao Jingheng will choose?
Chengyang *** said: "The regent already knows the truth of the matter.
Your uncle has been brooding over this matter for years, and it has become a knot in his heart that he cannot untie, causing his illness to recur.
This time he came to Nanli to settle old matters. My husband is not interested in your kingdom of Nanli. He just wants justice and wants Your Majesty to admit his crimes and announce them to the world.
Please, Prince Regent, express your opinion. If you choose your father, then the relationship between uncle and nephew will end here.
If you choose your uncle, we Bei Ming will spare no effort to help you."
"Ma'am, there's no need to embarrass him."
Huo Zheng didn't want Xiao Jingheng to be involved in the grudges from their previous life.
He said: "This is a grudge between me and your father, so let us resolve it ourselves.
Heng'er, no matter what the final result is, I hope you can stick to your heart and be a true wise ruler."
Xiao Jingheng was shocked and asked, “Uncle, what do you want to do?
You have already seen the methods of our father. If we want to deal with him, we need to plan carefully and must not act impulsively."