"This baby boy is the biological son of the fifth princess." When he said this, Liu Yuan's tone became more sarcastic, "Probably because she didn't want the position of the crown prince to fall to someone else, the fifth princess suddenly sent someone to investigate the eldest son's life experience. It was soon discovered that the midwife had replaced the civet cat with the prince.”
"The fifth princess repeatedly claimed that she did not know about this matter and asked the fifth prince to return the crown prince's position to his own son. This matter soon became a big deal. Because it involved the royal bloodline, the emperor could only take back the title. , and severely punished the fifth princess for this, but the fifth princess cried and complained that she had no knowledge and wanted to get back the little princess who was replaced back then. "
"That princess is Zhou Yun'er?!" When Qin Lian heard this, she immediately understood the whole story. But soon, she frowned again, "That's wrong! Why did the fifth princess know about it immediately after giving birth to her second son after the princess was replaced for so many years? If she really didn't know anything, why? Can you still..."
Qin Lian muttered, but didn't know what to say.
"Are you trying to say why, after the fifth princess gave birth to her second son, she knew so quickly that the crown prince was not her biological son, and why she still wanted to return the title of crown prince to her younger son?"
Liu Yuan laughed and said that he naturally didn't know that Qin Lian was not stupid, not to mention that the matter itself was very ridiculous. The fifth princess's words and deeds were inconsistent and made people laugh.
"Yes, could it be that..." She frowned harder, "Did the fifth princess know that she was giving birth to a daughter, but she deliberately changed it to a son, and then gave birth to a real son? She was thinking Did you return the crown prince to your biological son?"
"Yes, this is the most likely explanation." Liu Yuandao, "It's just that except for the fifth princess, no one else has any evidence to prove this matter. The midwife back then is long gone."
"..."
Qin Lian remained silent, her eyes complex and solemn.
She also saw the fifth princess at the dowager's last time. Although the other party's clothes were elegant and luxurious, because they were well maintained, it was not difficult to see how beautiful they were when they were young, but... the fifth princess always looked at them with contempt in her eyes. .
Such a princess does not look like a good person.
She grew up in a village where women were proud to give birth to boys. If they gave birth to a girl, they would not dare to raise their heads in the village.
But she never thought that the princess living in the capital was also such a person. She would even replace her own daughter and use a fake son to maintain her status. It was really ridiculous!
Thinking of this, Qin Lian no longer liked the fifth princess at all. No wonder she would consider a woman like Zhou Yun'er to be the princess. It turned out that she was the same person!
"You just said there is a way to stop the fifth princess from interfering in this matter. What is the way?"
"Come closer."
Liu Yuan waved to her.
Seeing his mischievous look, Qin Lian rolled her eyes and walked over to him while holding back her annoyance.
Liu Yuan leaned into her ear and said, "Did you see the maid sitting over there? That person is probably the fifth princess."
The man's warm breath touched her ears as he spoke, making her ears itch.
Qin Lian's heartbeat paused for a moment, and she wanted to turn aside, but when she heard Liu Yuan's words, she couldn't help but look over, and sure enough she saw a woman sitting there alone.
There was a bowl of noodle soup on the woman's table, but she ate it slowly without worrying that the noodle soup would get cold. This behavior was really weird.
"The fifth princess should have sent her here to inquire. She probably heard what I just said to you."
"What?"
Hearing this, Qin Lian looked at him in shock, "Why do you still say it if you always know what she is doing!"
Although Liu Yuan's voice just now was not loud, it was definitely not soft either!
She thought there weren't many people at the stall, so she didn't stop Liu Yuan from continuing. But now that she knew the people at that table were maids sent by the fifth princess, the situation was different!
"What are you worried about? I'm just afraid that the fifth princess doesn't know." Liu Yuan raised his lips and asked her to come closer and said something.
After hearing this, Qin Lian lowered her voice in surprise, "Are you trying to lure the Fifth Princess into action?"
"Of course. She is a princess after all. Although she made a big mistake before, the emperor did not touch her. It is useless for us to bring up the old issues now. What's more, the power of the fifth princess's mother's family is not weak, so there is no need to push her. Now. What you are worried about now is that the fifth princess will help Zhou Yun'er. If the fifth princess can't spare time, wouldn't it be fine? "
This seems to be the truth...
Qin Lian suddenly nodded, but also a little unsure, "Is your method feasible?"
"Of course you can."
Liu Yuan nodded calmly and pulled her away from the noodle stall. After returning to the house, Liu Yuan called Zhang Shan and quickly went out again.
Su Liuye watched them come back and then watched Liu Yuan go out. Not only did she wonder, "Lianlian, what did you and Master Liu talk about outside?"
Qin Lian did not hesitate and quickly pulled Su Liuye and told her what happened to the fifth princess back then.
Su Liuye was very surprised after hearing this, but she quickly reacted and finally understood why the fifth princess protected Qin Lian like this.
It turned out that he had angered the emperor before and finally found Zhou Yun'er, a chess piece that could please the Queen Mother. Naturally, she would not let him go.
After hearing about Liu Yuan's plan, she also showed a thoughtful look on her face, "This method is indeed feasible. It is almost the New Year now, and the fifth princess must not want to attract the emperor's attention at this time. But this method is also very risky, Master Liu." Do this..."
As she said that, she looked at Qin Lian with deep thought in her eyes.
"Why does the young master of Liu Mansion want to help us like this? If this matter is done secretly, nothing will be implicated. If the fifth princess discovers it, I'm afraid she will pursue it." Su Liuye said, "This matter has nothing to do with Master Liu. Why would she get involved in this matter anyway?"
"I, I don't know either."
Qin Lian looked flustered and kept dodging Su Liuye's eyes, "Maybe he has nothing to do, and didn't he say that? The Liu Mansion is also related to the Fifth Prince's Mansion, and only he can do this. Yes."
Su Liuye frowned a little. She really couldn't say anything to refute, but Liu Yuan's behavior was too weird. But Qin Lian refused to say anything, and she had no way to ask more questions.
Qin Lian knew that she was thoughtful and quickly told Su Liuye about the fifth princess sending people to guard outside.
Su Liuye was immediately surprised. She really didn't expect that she had not offended the fifth princess at all, but the fifth princess had already targeted them. Is it because of what Zhou Yun'er said?
At this time, they can really only rely on Liu Yuan. If Liu Yuan's plan works, I believe the fifth princess will not have extra time to keep an eye on them.
Seeing that it was getting late, Su Liuye asked Qin Lian to rest first and deal with the matter tomorrow.
