Prince Kang Le had never expected Anning to drop such a bombshell.
For so reason, the lineage of the sons of Prince Kang Le was thin. Previously, he only had Princess Shuxiu, his daughter, whom he adored like a treasure. After the death of Princess Shuxiu, he spent a long ti feeling that there was little joy left in living.
It was not until now that Prince Kang Le discovered that his wife had once given him a daughter. He recognized Zhao Sanya and found a purpose again.
However, Anning actually told him that Zhao Sanya was not his daughter; that year, his wife had given birth to a son.
Anning, regardless of how shocked Prince Kang Le was, still said what she had to say.
"Bai He gave birth to a daughter who was so frail that even her cries were barely audible. Nanny Zhang pitied Bai He and felt that if Bai He returned with a daughter, the lord might not be pleased, so she took advantage of the ti when Bai He and the noble lady were unconscious to switch the babies."
Anning glanced at Prince Kang Le: "Nanny Zhang didn’t recognize the noble lady and, fearing she would cause trouble upon waking, exchanged the babies and then imdiately found a way to take Bai He and the baby further away. As for what happened later, she wasn’t very clear. After returning to the Prince Mansion, Bai He passed away within a couple of years, and Nanny Zhang was let go to retire to her ho by my order. Until a little over two years ago, Nanny Zhang suddenly found and told about what had happened."
Anning finished speaking and took out a wallet from her sleeve.
Upon seeing the wallet, Prince Kang Le’s face changed: "This is... the Princess’s."
Anning nodded and handed the wallet to Prince Kang Le: "Please look at the items inside, Prince."
Prince Kang Le opened the old wallet and took out a jade pendant and a small golden seal.
Seeing these two items, his hands began to tremble.
The jade pendant was very similar to the one that Zhao Sanya carried, only the jade was of inferior quality and the pattern was not as finely crafted as the one on Zhao Sanya’s.
Anning explained: "When Nanny Zhang switched the children, she feared that there’d be no proof to recognize her daughter in the future, and since Bai He had no jewelry on her, she took the jade pendant from the noble lady and placed it with the daughter. For Bai He’s son, she took the lady’s wallet and the golden seal inside."
Prince Kang Le’s breathing quickened: "This jade pendant, it’s not..."
Anning nodded: "Nanny Zhang feared that with the passage of ti she would forget, so after the turmoil, she found a store to personally sketch the design and asked the master to make a similar jade pendant. She originally intended to give it to Bai He, but since Bai He was always in poor health, and she feared Bai He would feel devalued, she kept the secret to herself until two years ago when Nanny Zhang, feeling her days were numbered and recalling that little girl from years ago, sought out to tell the tale."
Anning sighed: "After Bai He passed away, I always treated Wenshao as my own child, sharing a deep connection. Additionally, I harbored my own selfishness, so I never revealed that Wenshao was not our lord’s biological child, nor did I search for that little girl. Who could have imagined... that after all the twists and turns..."
Anning lowered her head, covered her face, and began to cry: "Oh, the sin I’ve committed. Originally, I opposed Wenwei’s marriage to Mrs. Zhao, but he insisted on marrying her, and then he let Mrs. Zhao conceive. Helplessly, I agreed, only to discover, just to discover that they were blood siblings. If only I had known earlier, I should not have harbored that selfishness and should have ordered people to find Mrs. Zhao sooner..."
Anning’s crying was genuinely heart-wrenching.
anwhile, Prince Kang Le truly began to believe Anning’s words.
The golden seal was one Prince Kang Le had given to the Prince Mansion in the past, a token for accessing the treasury. After the Princess passed away, the seal had indeed gone missing.
Now in his hands, the golden seal, in both design and pattern, matched exactly the one that had disappeared.
Moreover, the jade pendant Prince Kang Le held clearly showed its age and wasn’t newly engraved.
If Anning were lying to him, she couldn’t have prepared the jade pendant so early, and she also should not have known what that pendant looked like; it would have to be newly carved, and Prince Kang Le would have recognized a newly carved jade.
With the golden seal in his grip, he asked Anning nervously, word by word: "You an... Qi Wenshao in your mansion is my son, and Mrs. Zhao is Qi Rui’s daughter?"
Anning cried harder, as she nodded: "That’s the case. What grave sin have I committed? Sibling incest, I..."
Having ntioned incest, Prince Kang Le believed her even more.
Anning couldn’t help but stoke the fire at this mont: "I dare not believe it either. All I ask for, all I ask for is for the Prince to take a blood test to see what is really going on. I’m afraid Nanny Zhang has deceived ."
Prince Kang Le actually also intended to perform the blood test.
After such an incident, he dared not be careless anymore, fearing that he might recognize the wrong child again.
"Very well, I shall send a letter to the Capital to ask His Majesty, my brother, to send soone to supervise the blood test. We shall discuss further once we have the results. I believe Lady will not be overly anxious either."
Anning nodded: "Naturally, it is wise to be cautious."
After Anning left the Prince Kangle Mansion, An Xin imdiately popped out.
As soon as Anning sat in the carriage, An Xin began to dance in her sea of consciousness: "Ningning, Ningning, you... you’re really sothing, so this was what you had in mind."
Anning smiled: "How about it? Is the gift I prepared for Zhao Sanya good enough? Is her retribution satisfactory?"
"Yes, yes," An Xin was ecstatic, jumping up and down: "Ningning, did you start planning as soon as you arrived?"
Hmm.
An Xin beca even happier: "No matter what, Zhao Sanya won’t end up well. If she is the legitimate daughter of Prince Kang Le, then she’s Qi Wenwei’s enemy. If she’s not the daughter of Prince Kang Le, then she’s Qi Wenwei’s sister, ha ha, and there’s Wenshao—if he’s the legitimate son of the Prince Mansion, then he could be the Prince in the future."
"How could just being a Prince suffice?"
Anning raised her eyebrows: "I’ve said before, I want to give Wenshao the very best of everything."
Suddenly, An Xin rembered that the current His Majesty has no sons, and Prince Kang Le is His Majesty’s cousin, the closest relative from the Royal Family.
"Ah, ah!"
An Xin scread: "You, you thought of it all from the beginning, one link leading to the next. Ningning, you’re really amazing."
Afterward, An Xin began to worry again: "But what about the blood test? Is that accurate?"
Anning then picked up a fruit and started nibbling on it: "It’s accurate. The royal family of this dynasty has a secret blood test thod, which has always been quite reliable. Otherwise, Prince Kang Le wouldn’t have such confidence."
"What exactly is Wenshao’s origin?"
An Xin suddenly asked.
"Of course he’s the son of Bai He and Qi Rui, right."
Anning laughed heartily: "However, with here, he is whoever I say he is."
"But what about during the blood test?"
An Xin was really, really worried.
On the contrary, Anning was full of confidence: "Don’t worry, I’ve arranged everything."
After sending off Anning, Prince Kang Le imdiately wrote a letter and dispatched his most trusted Zhang Yan with the letter to the Capital.
Zhang Yan, with his n, rode swiftly and tirelessly, reaching the Capital after three days.
Then, he found a way to deliver the letter into the palace and secretly contacted soone.
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