Song Heng stood still, raised his eyebrows and glanced at his grandfather.
Emperor Yuanfeng had kept him by his side for several years, so how could he not know what he was thinking? He knew at a glance that he meant that he would not sit either if Song Che did not sit.
At this moment, the suspicion in his heart suddenly dissipated a little.
Song Heng would never fake his closeness to Song Che.
Also, if, as these people said, Song Heng knew about my background, if he really knew it, then how could Song Heng hide it so well during all these years he stayed by my side
He raised his eyebrows and said, "Uncle, sit down too."
Song Che put his hands on his knees and looked at Song Heng, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Then he looked at Emperor Yuanfeng and said, "Your Majesty, I have never heard of such a ridiculous thing. How could Ah Heng not be my grandson?! It is obvious that these two people are making up stories and deliberately framing him! They fabricated Ah Heng's life story... Isn't this going to bring our Song family down?!"
The two men hurriedly and pitifully cried out their innocence.
Song Heng frowned in surprise: "Grandfather, what are you talking about? Why am I not your grandson?"
Song Che was stunned, looked at Emperor Yuanfeng for help, shook his head and didn't look at Song Heng.
Emperor Yuanfeng asked Song Heng: "Do you have a birthmark on your body?"
Song Heng nodded without hesitation: "Yes, there is a birthmark on my right arm. I have had it since I was a child. What? So what if I have a birthmark?"
Emperor Yuanfeng's eyes darkened.
If there is indeed a birthmark, then what these two people said is not entirely false.
But looking at Song Heng's expression, he was clearly justified and didn't feel guilty at all. Song Che had also been arguing for his point before.
He was inspired and asked, "Do you have a talisman that you have been carrying with you since you were a child?"
Song Heng was obviously quite suspicious, but he still said frankly: "It is said that it is something my deceased mother left me. It is a jade pendant. You have seen it."
Emperor Yuanfeng pondered in silence.
Then he reached out to Song Heng and asked Song Heng to take out the jade pendant.
Song Heng was quite straightforward. He nodded and took off the jade pendant from his waist. Just as he was about to hand it to Emperor Yuanfeng, he suddenly exclaimed, somewhat surprised.
Emperor Yuanfeng immediately asked: "What's the matter?"
Song Heng's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Song Che beside him: "Grandfather, this is not my jade pendant! The shape is the same, it is also a Pisces jade pendant, but mine does not have such a dragon pattern on it!"
He spread the jade pendant in his hand for them to see, and then thought of something. He stared at the two people kneeling on the ground with a cold gaze, and said directly: "Your Majesty, do you have any doubts about my background?"
His question was very direct, but Gao Ping was sweating inwardly.
However, even for an experienced and worldly-wise official like him, he could not see any sign that Song Che and Song Heng were not grandparents and grandchildren.
The two of them had a perfect understanding and were extremely close, which obviously had nothing to do with what Tie Xuan said in his confession, such as he was the orphan of the crown prince and the Song family was following him to seize the throne.
He thought so, but Emperor Yuanfeng didn't know what to feel.
Emperor Yuanfeng looked at Song Heng for a while, and seeing that Song Heng's eyes were open and frank, he suddenly laughed and said, "There are some doubts. These two people said that you are the orphan of the former crown prince."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire imperial study fell into deathly silence. Even Eunuch Xia, who always thought he was very good at guessing Emperor Yuanfeng's thoughts, couldn't help but gasp.
He really couldn't figure out Emperor Yuanfeng's thoughts at all.
Everyone looked at Song Heng's reaction.
Song Heng stood still, then suddenly turned around, stretched out his long legs, and kicked the man accurately, knocking him over.
"Who asked you to frame my family?!"
The two men were shocked. They didn't expect Song Heng to dare to take action in front of Emperor Yuanfeng. They were dumbfounded for a moment.
The woman reacted faster, she burst into tears and knelt down towards Song Heng: "Your Highness! Good Your Highness! You have been deceived by the Song family, you are the legitimate grandson of the Crown Prince! Your father is the former Crown Prince, your mother is from the Song family of Guangping Marquis Mansion, before she died, she entrusted you to the Guangping Marquis's son, who knew that the Guangping Marquis's son disobeyed the Crown Princess's wishes and refused to return you to His Majesty. Instead, he asked my mother to place you in Baihe Temple and pretend that you were his concubine's son..."
She cried for a while, and when she saw Song Heng's ferocious look, she shouted, "My poor prince!" At the same time, she fiercely rushed towards the triangular bronze cauldron with auspicious purple gold beast in the imperial study.
Gao Ping immediately reached out to grab her, but it was too late. His heart was tensing, but Song Heng had already grabbed the woman's shoulders and pulled her back, throwing her heavily to the ground. He looked into her eyes coldly and sneered, "Don't rush to commit suicide. First, tell me, how do you say that I am the prince's son? Tsk, you are right about the birthmark, but the jade pendant that has been with me since childhood is not this one. What do you say?"
The woman immediately covered her face and said, "How can you say that, Your Highness? This jade pendant was given to you by my mother herself. It was given by the former Crown Princess, and the name of the Crown Prince is engraved inside. Have you been deceived by the Song family? Your Highness, you are a legitimate grandson of the Emperor. You must not listen to the Song family and hate His Majesty and do such a foolish thing!"
"Ha!" Song Heng laughed sarcastically and turned to look at Emperor Yuanfeng: "Your Majesty, listen to these vicious words. They want to pin the matter of Prince Zhuang's mansion on our Song family. They even changed my life experience. You have seen the jade pendant I carry with me. Take a look for yourself. Is it this one?"
He directly told these people the direction they had been hiding, without any fear at all.
Emperor Yuanfeng took it in his hand and knew at a glance: "It is indeed different."
He looked at the two men again.
The woman said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, I am telling the truth! My mother told us before she died that the one who followed the prince and helped him conceal the truth was his sworn brother Chen Haohui. If you don't believe me, you can just ask Mr. Chen and everything will be clear."
It's finally here.
Song Heng raised the corners of his mouth without showing any panic.
Even Gao Ping sighed in his heart, so that's how it is.
Song Xiangyu's sworn brother, it is well known to everyone how close Chen Haohui is to the Guangping Marquisate. In this case, it is natural for him to know the birthmark on Song Heng's body and to replace the amulet jade pendant on Song Heng's body.
He raised an eyebrow.
Emperor Yuanfeng naturally said, "Announce Chen Haohui."
Song Che was so anxious that he was almost mad. He gritted his teeth and said, "How can this be! How can this be! How can someone call a deer a horse? This is simply too absurd!"
The woman couldn't break free from Song Heng, but still gritted her teeth and said, "There is a god above us. The Crown Princess only wants Your Highness to live a safe life, but you pushed Your Highness to do such a thing. How can you have the face to see the Crown Princess?!"