Chapter 610 Thank God... Fortunately...
The eldest princess looked at Shen Xia and felt that she had something to say, but since there were outsiders around, she didn't ask and just played with the three children with Shen Xia.
After dinner, Shen Xia asked Chunhua and the others to take the child to rest.
The princess looked at Shen Xia and said, "You haven't burnt incense for your father for a long time. Go and burn two sticks of incense!"
Shen Xia nodded: "Okay."
The eldest princess took Shen Xia back to her courtyard.
It’s just that the tablet of the prince consort is on the left side of the main hall.
The eldest princess brought Shen Xia into the room.
Generally, no outsiders would follow into this room.
Even Nanny Gui and Nanny Xu would just wait at the door.
Shen Xia obediently followed the eldest princess in.
Shen Xia imitated the eldest princess and first burned incense for her husband.
"Dad, Yuan'er hasn't come to see you for a long time. Please don't blame me." Shen Xia said.
The eldest princess smiled and said, "Don't worry! Your father loves you so much, how could he blame you!"
Then he watched Shen Xia finish burning the incense.
Shen Xia was about to speak.
As a result, the eldest princess made a feint.
Shen Xia swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
The eldest princess, with her graceful figure and elegant manners, walked slowly to the side of the solemn tablet.
She reached out and gently twisted a seemingly ordinary candlestick.
An amazing scene happened. As the candlestick turned, the table where the tablet was originally placed slowly turned away as if it was cast by magic.
After the memorial tablet was moved away, a small door that was only wide enough for one person to pass through suddenly appeared.
Shen Xia stared at the secret door that suddenly appeared with wide eyes, looking at it in surprise, thinking to herself: What is this? Is it the legendary mechanism?
I have only seen such plots in TV dramas before, but I didn’t expect to see it with my own eyes today!
Just as she was in shock, the eldest princess had already lowered her body without hesitation and walked into the mysterious doorway. Seeing this, Shen Xia hurriedly followed her.
As soon as Shen Xia entered the doorway, before he could react, the door behind him was closed tightly.
The sudden sound of the door closing made Shen Xia's heart tighten, and a trace of worry arose in her heart.
The eldest princess who was walking in front seemed to sense her uneasiness, turned around and whispered to her in a soothing voice: "Don't be afraid."
Having said that, she continued walking forward.
Shen Xia calmed himself down, looked up, and saw a faint light flickering not far in front of him.
Looking more closely, I found that there was a candlestick in the eldest princess's hand.
The candlelight flickered, like a spirit dancing in the darkness, illuminating the path ahead for the two.
In this way, Shen Xia followed the eldest princess closely.
As she walked, the eldest princess stopped, stretched out the candlestick in her hand to the surroundings, and lit the other candlesticks placed in the room one by one.
As the candlelight grew brighter, the entire room gradually appeared before Shen Xia's eyes.
It turned out that this was a hidden dark room with four walls made of bookcases.
Apart from a desk in the middle, there are grids all around, with many files on the grids, but I don't know what they are?
This decoration looks like a study room.
There is not even any dust in here. Could it be that someone has cleaned it specially?
The princess looked at Shen Xia and said, "Yuan'er, sit down."
Shen Xia sat down.
The eldest princess looked at her and asked, "What happened when you entered the palace today?"
Shen Xia came back to her senses and looked at the princess with a serious look in her eyes: "Mother, when I entered the palace today, His Majesty did ask me some methods for verifying the parent-child relationship. When I left, he gave me three pieces of hair for me to test."
The princess said calmly: "It's nothing, just do it as an experiment, it doesn't matter."
Shen Xia took a deep breath and continued, "Just when I was about to step out of the palace, the Queen Mother suddenly sent someone to summon me back into the palace."
Hearing this, the princess, who had been looking relaxed, could not help but frown slightly, with a puzzled look on her face, and asked, "Why did she summon you?"
After all, in the eldest princess's impression, the queen mother was quite similar to her and rarely appeared at various banquets.
I heard that the Empress Dowager was a devout Buddhist and had a special liking for worshiping Buddha, so much so that there was a Buddha statue enshrined in the Cining Palace.
He eats vegetarian food and chants Buddhist scriptures all day long, praying devoutly for all people in the world.
Shen Xia paused for a moment, sorted out her thoughts, and slowly answered: "At first, the Queen Mother just chatted with me casually for a while, and then said that since I had returned and had not been rewarded yet, she gave me some items."
"But then, she was also curious about the paternity verification and mentioned the details of it." The eldest princess listened quietly to what Shen Xia said, her brows furrowed deeper and deeper, as if she was lost in deep thought.
After a moment of silence, the princess raised her head, fixed her eyes on Shen Xia, and asked in a serious tone, "So what specific questions did the Queen Mother ask you?"
Shen Xia met the eldest princess's solemn and sharp gaze and responded softly: "The Queen Mother first asked me if I, who had passed away, could still conduct a parent-child relationship test, and then asked if such a test could be conducted between an aunt and a nephew."
As soon as the words fell, the eldest princess's eyes became more solemn.
Shen Xia had already understood what the princess was thinking from her expression at the moment. The Queen Mother's question was really full of deep meaning!
I'm afraid he thought that Shen Xia, who grew up in the countryside, didn't have that many thoughts, so he showed his true colors here.
The princess asked, "What did you say?"
Shen Xia said without hesitation: "In fact, the parent-child relationship between the dead and the aunt and nephew can also be proved."
Hearing this, the princess stared at Shen Xia with horror, her lips trembling slightly. Just as she was about to ask something,
But Shen Xia immediately added: "But, I lied to the Queen Mother! Telling the Queen Mother that this won't work at all. Only a living person can prove the parent-child relationship."
Upon hearing this, the princess breathed a sigh of relief as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her shoulders, and was secretly glad in her heart.
She patted her chest gently and murmured to herself, "Thank God...it's okay..." Her eyes fell on Shen Xia's hand that was holding her tightly.
The princess smiled and said softly, "Yuan'er, you are so smart and clever!"
At this moment, the eldest princess couldn't help but feel a surge of fear in her heart.
It turns out that the guess in my heart is very likely to be true.
If Yuan'er had told the truth just now, the consequences would have been disastrous. I'm afraid they would have been in an extremely dangerous situation.
Thinking of this, the eldest princess couldn't help but begin to re-examine Gu Yichen's identity.
After all, the Crown Prince had only one Crown Princess at that time, and it was a blessing for the royal family that the Crown Princess was pregnant.