Princess Hua An looked at the swaddling baby and muttered.
"His eyebrows really look like his mother."
Speaking of the child's mother, Princess Hua An couldn't help but feel nervous.
After Xia Yuran was taken away by the people of Tianmen, she never saw Xia Yuran again. After the imperial court smothered the rebels, they never mentioned Xia Yuran, which made Princess Hua'an very uneasy. .
She looked up cautiously at the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, is she okay?"
Luo Qinghan said in a low voice: "According to the account of the sect master of Tianmen, Xia Yuran's birth is very unstable, and it is already the limit to be able to give birth to the child safely. As for Xia Yuran himself, he died shortly after giving birth to the child. already."
Princess Hua'an opened her eyes a little bit, and tears flowed out of her eyes uncontrollably.
No matter how arrogant and domineering Xia Yuran was, she was the daughter of Princess Hua'an who was conceived in October, and she was a piece of flesh on Princess Hua'an's body.
How can she accept it now that she has the white-haired person to send the black-haired person to her? !
Her figure swayed, almost fainting.
The little eunuch next to her hurriedly reached out to support her.
After Princess Hua An stood firm, she pushed the little eunuch's hand away.
She wiped away the tears with her sleeve, tried to suppress the grief in her heart, and choked.
"Your Majesty, I know that my affairs have embarrassed you. I am willing to take responsibility for my actions. I just ask you to raise your hand and save this child's life. He is just a child and doesn't understand anything. He is innocent." Luo Qinghan said expressionlessly: "If I wanted to kill him, I already did it when I was in Youmen County, so why should I bring him back to the palace? Or, in my aunt's heart, I am just a newborn baby. The villain who won't let go?"
Princess Hua'an choked.
She lowered her head in shame: "Your Majesty is kind and generous, but I am too narrow-minded."
In her opinion, those who can ascend to the throne must have blood on their hands, and Luo Qinghan is no exception.
People like them will definitely not take the life of a mere baby in their eyes. Rather than keep this child, it is better to kill him once and for all.
But he didn't expect Luo Qinghan to have no intention of poisoning this child.
Luo Qinghan didn't intend to talk to her too much, and said coldly: "This child will stay in the palace and ask someone to raise him, you can go back."
Princess Hua An pleaded: "This child has no parents, and he may not be able to live well if he stays in the palace. It's better to hand him over to me, and I can adopt him under the name of Yi Fei and let him Recognizing Yifei as his father, he will be Yifei's eldest son, and he will never interfere with His Majesty again."
Luo Qing smiled coldly: "In the end, you still don't believe me."
Princess Hua'an was speechless.
She was indeed afraid that Luo Qinghan would not take care of the child wholeheartedly.
People in the palace are used to holding high and stepping down. In the future, everyone will know that this child is not favored by the emperor, and will definitely bully this child secretly. Such a small child may die if he is not careful. Whether he can grow up in such a harsh environment is unknown.
If this child can be adopted into Xia Yifei's name, he will be a member of the princess' mansion in the future. With the princess' mansion protecting him, his life will definitely be much more comfortable than in the palace.
Luo Qinghan: "You can adopt this child to Xia Yifei, but there is a condition that Xia Yifei cannot be named Wang Chengjue in the future."
Xia Yifei is the only direct son of Princess Hua'an. According to the rules, he can get grace through his mother's relationship in the future.
Once Princess Hua'an agrees to this condition, it means that the county king and title she has received will fly away.
Princess Hua An naturally did not want to let her son suffer this grievance.
But looking at the emperor's attitude, he would not give her room for bargaining.
She has only two choices now, either to keep her grandson in the palace, or to give up her son's title of county king.
In fact, even without the title, Xia Yifei could still pass the imperial examination.
But she knew very well how much knowledge her son had.
With Xia Yifei's level alone, he could barely get a jinshi, but he would definitely not rank high.
According to the rules, ordinary jinshi are generally transferred out, and they will definitely not come back in three or five years.
For Princess Hua'an, who grew up with gold and honor, all places except Shengjing were remote areas, and she could not allow her precious son to be sent to the remote areas to be a petty official.
She pursed her lips, and finally gave in, letting the child be carried away.
Luo Qinghan was not surprised by this result.
No matter how much this woman values her grandson, it is not as important as his own children.
This is the nature she cannot escape as a mother.
Princess Hua'an returned to the Princess Mansion.
Facing the worried eyes of the concubine and her son, Princess Hua An twitched the corners of her mouth and forced a smile.
"Don't look at me like that, I'm fine."
The concubine and Xia Yifei still don't know about Princess Hua'an's secret collusion with Tianmen. They just feel that Princess Hua'an's mental state is very bad recently. When asked what happened to her, she refused to say. Both father and son were very worried about her.
She didn't know what to think, and said to her son in a tired tone.
"If you really like Lu Xinyao, then marry her."
In the past, she was thinking of finding a good marriage for her son, but after the Tianmen rebellion, the emperor was afraid that she would not have a good impression of her family.
Now her family and the Lu family should have almost the same weight in the emperor's heart.
In this way, Xia Yifei and Lu Xinyao could be considered a match in another sense.
Xia Yifei didn't understand why his mother suddenly mentioned this.
He wanted to ask the reason, but Princess Hua'an didn't want to say more, she waved her hand: "You guys are busy, I'm tired, I want to take a break."
Princess Hua'an went to the small Buddhist hall alone.
This stay is a whole night.
By the time she walked out of the small Buddhist hall the next day, all of her blue hair had been seen, and in its place was a blue-grey monk hat.
She wore a Futian coat with a round neck and wide sleeves, folded her hands together, and bowed to the extremely shocked concubine.
She can neither expose her collusion with the traitorous party, cause the royal family to lose face, nor allow the emperor to forcibly deal with her, then the best solution is for her to take the initiative to ordination and become a monk.
In this way, it can not only save the face of the royal family, but also make her pay for her actions.
Best of both worlds.
The news that Princess Hua'an shaved her hair to become a nun quickly spread throughout Shengjing.
After Luo Qinghan learned about this, he didn't have much reaction. He had someone send a string of red sandalwood beads to Princess Hua'an, and by the way, someone told her a word.
"Your Majesty said that the child's name will be Ye Lei in the future."
Ye Lei, meaning bright and upright.
The emperor hopes that when the child grows up, he can become an upright person.
Don't become like his father and do anything to achieve his goals.
Princess Hua'an held the beads in both hands and muttered, "Ye Lei, Ye Lei, it's a good name."
She wrapped the bead around her right wrist, facing the direction of the palace, and bowed deeply.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your name."