The Princess Consort could risk herself and the Liu Family, but she couldn’t bring herself to put her own children and grandchildren’s lives at stake!
Although she was currently with the Princess Consort in the Royal Residence, her son and grandson were all in the Liu Residence.
If this matter were exposed, no one knew what the Princess Consort would do, but as the Princess Consort’s personal nanny and wet nurse, the Prince would definitely target her first. The Liu Family would not escape calamity either, and even less needed to be said about her children and grandchildren.
This was not just any ordinary child switching; the crime she would bear was tampering with the Royal Family’s bloodline, a capital offense.
Regardless of whether Nanny Liu’s words were mere speculation, they had reignited hope for the Princess Consort of Jing.
Immediately, she excitedly grabbed Nanny Liu’s hand, "Nanny, please, quickly have someone investigate that Miss Ye’s background, see who is in her family, when she was born, might she... could she possibly be my poor lost child?"
"Do not be agitated, Your Highness, I will have someone look into it immediately," Nanny Liu said.
As they spoke, Nanny Liu suddenly noticed the red string on the wrist of the Princess Consort of Jing and casually asked, "Your Highness, what is this on your wrist...?"
"This red string..." the Princess Consort of Jing recalled, seeming as if when she had just awoken, the girl she had accidentally pushed over had been sitting right beside her, very close to her wrist. Could it be her...
Yes, that girl’s face...
Although it was just a brief glance, now as the Princess Consort of Jing recollected, that girl’s face seemed more similar to the Ms. Ye she had once seen with the Prince than she had realized.
Speaking of which, the Princess Consort of Jing hastily asked Nanny Liu again, "Nanny, the girl who was sitting beside me when I woke up is..."
"To answer Your Highness, that indeed was Miss Ye..." Nanny Liu revealed without any reservation what Master Ling Yuan had said about the fortune bearing on Ye Jiu.
The Princess Consort of Jing was instantly excited again, "Yes, back in the day, the Prince also told Zhouzhou that Master Ling Yuan said this child was one with great fortune, but at that time I was distracted, so I did not inquire further. Now that Master Ling Yuan has said that Miss Ye possesses great fortune, it all makes sense now; she must be my lost daughter... Nanny."
If this were true, it could explain why Zhouzhou was so extraordinarily declared the Princely Heir as soon as he was born.
It must be that Master Ling Yuan had calculated for her own child long ago, but the fortunate one was not Qin Zhou, but the child she had given birth to.
This could also explain why the father so favored Zhouzhou, frequently summoning him to the palace, even more so than the offspring of the Crown Prince.
The more she thought about it, the more sorrowful the Princess Consort of Jing felt.
All her calculations had come to nothing; she had thought that having a son would secure her position, but in the end, it turned out the daughter she had given birth to was the most precious in the Emperor’s eyes.
And she had discarded the pearl and instead picked up a fish eye.
"Suge, you keep an eye on things here for a bit, I’ll be right back," Ye Wenzheng said as he ran out the door.
Tomorrow, his younger aunt and fourth uncle were leaving, and although he could not go back with them, he still was concerned about his mother and sister back home.
Just now, his fourth uncle mentioned that his aunt seemed to have bought a lot of things, including some beautiful jewelry for the two nieces at home.
His younger sister was even two years older than Ye Qinghua; she would most likely be spoken for within two more years. He had heard that in wealthy families, a girl’s dowry was accumulated from an early age.