"It's a pity that the child was extremely weak when he was born. When he was one year old, he was not as big as a normal child of three or four months. The doctor saw it several times and said that the child would not live to be seven years old."

Hearing what Uncle Diao said, Xu Shihuan had more doubts in his heart. She resisted the urge to interrupt and motioned for him to continue. Because she just read what was written in the letter and felt confused.

It seemed that she might not be able to understand the content of the letter until she heard what happened that year.

"Another three years later, Yingxue became pregnant again. This time she stopped taking medicine and was even more careful about what she ate. Finally, she gave birth to a healthy Yi'an."

"You mean, Wen Yi'an does have a brother?"

Xu Shihuan's heart was pounding. She only needed a positive reply to understand what was written in the letter.

"Yes, the child's name is Wen Yidi. When I secretly brought the eldest princess's child back, he was already five years old, but he still looked more than two years old."

After listening to Uncle Diao's words, Xu Shihuan finally pieced together the truth of that year. She finally understood why Diao Yingxue said that the eldest princess owed it to the Wen family.

Back then, the second prince was taken to the princess mansion by the eldest princess. At that time, the prince had not yet been poisoned and was extremely wary of his second and third brothers. The third prince was protected by his mother and concubine, so it was inconvenient for the prince to take action, but this second prince was different.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the second prince to go out, the prince's people finally took action. They thought they would succeed smoothly, but they didn't expect that the eldest princess's consort Pei Yi suddenly came out and killed him.

After all, Li Yunfeng's biological mother was from the Wen family. Although the Wen family did not dare to help him blatantly, they sent people to protect him secretly at this critical moment of life and death. Uncle Diao was worried that his brother-in-law was injured, so he volunteered to follow him.

He quietly followed the second prince, ready to help at any time. But as he followed, he realized something was wrong. I saw the second prince holding a child in his arms, crying so hard that he was out of breath.

The second prince was afraid that his cries would attract assassins, so he first covered his mouth with his hands, but found that it had no effect. After struggling for a while, he finally made up his mind and stuffed the child into a tree hole.

At that moment, a bold idea suddenly came to Uncle Diao's mind. The child in front of him looked about the same age as Wen Yidi. Wen Yidi, the left and right child, would not live to be seven years old, so it would be better to exchange this child with Wen Yidi.

In this way, the Wen family will have a healthy eldest son, and the younger sister's second son will be able to suffer less and grow up in peace.

So he put the child into his arms and hurried to catch up with his brother-in-law. Seeing the child in his arms, his brother-in-law immediately understood what he meant, and the two of them ran towards the Wen family one after the other.

The two men broke the bones in the child's feet and put the anklets on the real Wen Yidi's feet. Then, the two of them personally sent Wen Yidi back to his place of origin.

They hid in the nearby bushes and watched as the assassins who came to search discovered the child in the tree hole. Before the real Wen Yidi could speak, he took his life with a sword.

"Then the child's appearance is different and no one notices it?"

Xu Shihuan barely controlled his emotions and asked in a hoarse voice.

"Of course we noticed this. After the assassin left, we slashed the child's face to pieces with a knife. Even if the child's mother came, it would be difficult to tell."

Uncle Diao said, tears streaming down his eyes. However, he forced himself to continue:

"Yingxue was taken away by her mother at that time. When she came back, everything had become a fact. We were afraid that the matter would be exposed, so we first invited the best doctor to treat the injury on the child's foot, and then used medicine to treat the injury on his body. All moles and birthmarks removed.”

Hearing this, Xu Shihuan didn't know what to say. The Wen family did have some evil intentions and changed the identities of their two children. But without them, the eldest princess's son might have died in the tree hole long ago.

As for the token that can prove Wen Yidi's identity, it is not here. What is kept here are just the things that the real "Wen Yidi" used when he was a child.

At the end of the letter, he wrote out a method to prove Wen Yidi's life experience. It was to take out the remains buried in the eldest princess's mansion and find the real "Wen Yidi". In order to extend his life, the Wen family used too many banned drugs.

Therefore, his bones were not the white color of ordinary people, but a strange blue-black color. And this is why Diao Yingxue chose to tell Xu Shihuan the truth.

She was betting that Xu Shihuan had some selfish motives and didn't want Wen Yidi to be recognized by the eldest princess. In this way, her poor eldest son would not have to bear the pain of digging graves.

When leaving, Xu Shihuan was empty-handed. Now that we know the truth of that year, there is no need to take away this so-called token. When Wen Yian saw her coming out, he rushed over. He wanted to ask, but he didn't know what to say.

It was Xu Shihuan who broke the silence first. She took the initiative and said:

"Don't ask. The more you know, the more you worry. You just need to remember that your parents did a lot of wrong things, but they did give everything to you." Including your brother's life. .

Xu Shihuan did not say the second half of the sentence. Since they had hidden it for more than ten years, Xu Shihuan didn't mind helping them continue to hide it. Wen Yi'an might never have imagined that he really had a brother who was several years older than him.

It was this brother who sacrificed his own life for Wen Yidi's life more than ten years ago. More than ten years later, he used his own bones in exchange for the opportunity to protect his younger brother.

Seeing Wen Yian looking at him, still confused, Xu Shihuan couldn't help but said:

"My mission is over after I send you here. However, I advise you to let the Diao family think of a way to get you out of the city and find your brother Wen Yidi."

"If you come back with him, the Emperor may spare your life for Wen Yidi's sake. However, you must not say that you know about the things the Wen family does behind the scenes."

After saying that, Xu Shihuan turned around and left, never looking at Wen Yi'an again. By the time she returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was almost dark. Xu Weimin and Guan Shanyue saw her coming back and quickly dragged her into the room.

Before Xu Shihuan could speak, the two of them said in unison:

"Shihuan, we have something we want to talk to you about."

Xu Shihuan nodded and said equally seriously:

"That's just right. I also have something I want to discuss with you."

Before the couple could react, Xu Shihuan told everything that happened to Wen Yidi. She didn't care how surprised Xu Weimin and Guan Shanyue were, or what their attitudes were towards the matter.

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