boyutpedia Chapter 370 I have a new father
Chapter 370 I have a new father
While looking at Li Defu, Yingyue loosened Feng Huaiji's sleeve and carefully straightened it for him.
When I arrive before the emperor, I would be impolite if I don't dress properly.
Feng Huaiji glanced at her sideways, with the corners of his eyes slightly raised.
The three people with different thoughts came before the emperor, and Feng Huaiji and Yingyue saluted the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
As soon as Yingyue bent down, the emperor helped her up. "No need to be polite. What's your name?"
The emperor stared at her closely. It looked like her. It really looked like her.
Being stared at like that by the emperor, Yingyue felt a little awkward, "Your name is Yingyue."
"Yingyue...what a nice name. How old are you this year?" The emperor tried his best to suppress his excitement, and his tone was gentler than it had been in more than ten years.
Last time in the court, he saw that this name was different from the names of the girls in the Anding Marquis Mansion, and he paused for a moment.
If he had been more curious, asked a few more questions, or summoned her to the palace, would he have been able to recognize her earlier?
"Your Majesty, sixteen." Yingyue replied, and added: "Sixteen years and four months."
The emperor's joy was somewhat extinguished by her words, but he still intuitively knew that she was his daughter, "Come with me."
Yingyue looked at Feng Huaiji.
The emperor glanced over and said in a much lighter tone, "You come too."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and strode forward, with the palace servants following him not far behind.
Yingyue walked next to Feng Huaiji and quietly followed the emperor all the way to the palace.
"Give Yingyue a seat and serve tea."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Yingyue sat down, she glanced at Feng Huaiji. Feng Huaiji stood beside her and patted her shoulder.
The emperor glared at him and Feng Huaiji silently put his hand down.
"Just arrived in Beijing from Bozhou?" The emperor remembered that Feng Jue was originally the prefect of Bozhou.
"Yes." Yingyue nodded.
Seeing her confused look, the emperor wanted to ask something, but he didn't know where to start.
Suddenly, a young eunuch came up to Li Defu and whispered something. Li Defu hurriedly told the emperor.
The emperor slapped the armrest of the chair and stood up suddenly, "Ask Feng Jue and his wife to come in!"
Yingyue paused holding the tea and couldn't help but secretly look at the emperor.
The emperor noticed her gaze, looked over, and said soothingly, "It's okay, I just asked a few questions."
After hearing the news from Bozhou, the emperor became more and more certain that Yingyue was his daughter, the little princess who he only discovered almost seventeen years ago might still be alive.
"Oh, okay." Yingyue nodded obediently.
Looking at the face that was extremely similar to his beloved, the emperor's heart softened, "Do you want some cakes?"
Yingyue had some guesses in her mind, "Can I eat it?"
"nature."
"Then I want to eat water chestnut cake."
"Li Defu, go get someone to do it."
"Yes, old slave, go now!"
Yu Wu and Feng Jue came in soon.
Yu Wu looked at the little girl who was being well served at the side, and felt a little relieved. He saluted with Feng Jue.
"I see you, Your Majesty."
"Your humble servant, Yu from Qiu County, Bozhou, pays respect to His Majesty."
The emperor paused for a moment at Yu Wu's face, then looked at Ying Yue, "Stand up."
No wonder no one doubted it, it’s not an exaggeration to say they are mother and daughter.
Feng Jue stood up, while Yu Wu was still kneeling, "I am guilty of not sending the phoenix back to its nest in time."
The emperor looked at the stunned Yingyue and asked Yu Wu, "Tell me, what is your relationship with the imperial concubine? Is Yingyue my princess?"
Feng Jue had originally stood up, but upon hearing this, he knelt down again.
Didn't Ah Wu say that Jiaojiao was her biological daughter? How did she get involved with the imperial concubine and the princess?
"My surname is Yu and my given name is Wu. Your Highness's real name is Yu Xin. She is my younger sister."
"About seventeen years ago, when I returned from my ex-husband's home, one year had passed. Your Majesty's personal maid Xibi brought the princess to Qiu County."
"Xibi brought the portrait of the queen and told the story of how the queen was kidnapped and went all the way to the capital, and then entered the palace. She told me everything, no matter how big or small, and I believed her."
"And then, the princess looked somewhat similar to me, so I believed it even more."
"Afterwards, my current husband fell in love with me. He is also the legitimate son of the Marquis of Anding and will definitely return to the capital in the future. So I remarried and wanted to use his identity to send the princess to you..."
Feng Jue couldn't help but look at her. He thought that Ah Wu changed her mind so quickly because she liked him, but he never thought that she wanted to use him.
"Xibi came out of the capital and traveled with the princess all the way. She contracted a disease and died when the princess was eight months old."
"Xibi said that Yingyue was the name the Queen gave the princess before she left with her, and Jiaojiao was also the nickname the Queen gave the princess."
After Yu Wu finished speaking, the hall fell silent for a moment.
The emperor walked to Yingyue's side, half squatted down and rubbed her head, "Jiaojiao."
Yingyue came back to her senses, "Hmm?"
The emperor took her into his arms and patted her back gently, "Would you please call me Father?"
Yingyue looked at Yu Wu, and she nodded at her.
"Father." Although she had guessed it, Yingyue still couldn't believe it when the truth was revealed.
Feng Jue felt jealous. The daughter he had raised for so many years now had a new father.
"Alas." The emperor's eyes were slightly red. "My dear daughter, come back to the palace with me, and I will definitely compensate you well."
Yingyue nodded and shook her head, "No more autumn hunting?"
She still wants to see some.
The emperor let her go and said, "If Jiaojiao wants to see it, then go ahead. Father told them to do it well and do it in a big way."
Li Defu was very tactful and brought a soft cushion and placed it behind the emperor.
"I announced at tonight's banquet that I found you. Have fun these few days. After the autumn hunt, your father will take you back to the palace to recognize your ancestors."
"Okay." Yingyue pointed at Yu Wu and Feng Jue, "Then can you let my parents get up first?"
The emperor waved his hand at the two men and said in a sour tone, "I am your father."
"Will you let my aunt and uncle get up first?"
The emperor was delighted, and with a wave of his hand, he declared, "Conferring the title of First-Rank Lady on Yu, and promoting the rank of Jueguan to the first rank."
"I, your humble servant, thank you, Your Majesty."
Seeing Feng Huaiji standing next to him, the emperor took the teacup from the table and threw it at him, saying unhappily, "Seeing you riding with Jiaojiao before, you must have a good relationship with Jiaojiao."
"You looked at me often before, and you said that I looked familiar to someone you had met. I asked you to look carefully, but after looking at me for so long, how come you can't remember who it was?"
"It's really useless!"
Feng Huaiji took the teacup steadily and said, "I am stupid, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Yingyue curled her lips quietly. He was so scheming and was always looking ahead. Maybe he did it on purpose.
"Please leave and don't disturb me and Jiaojiao from developing a relationship."
"Yes." He put the teacup away.
Feng Huaiji and the other two retreated.
Feng Jue walked out of the palace and couldn't help but ask Yu Wu beside him, "Ah Wu, when you married me, did you just want to use me? Didn't you like me at all?"
Yu Wu coughed, "The child is here, why can't we go back and talk about it later?"
Feng Huaiji said consciously: "Uncle and Aunt, I will take my leave first."
As soon as he returned to the courtyard of the Anding Marquis's Mansion, a little kid ran over and hugged his legs, "Second brother, where is my sister?"