I fought back after reselling my engagement

The young Taoist priest looked at the hexagram with excitement in his eyes, "The founding princess was the Phoenix Star of pacifying rebellions, and this one is the Phoenix Star of revitalizing the country."

Emperor Dezhi called out repeatedly, "Who is she? Tell me, who is she?"

Yuan Changfeng made hand gestures with one hand and fiddled with the tortoise shell, ancient coins and counting sticks with the other. After a long while, he murmured to himself, "The Twelfth Princess."

The Twelve Princesses?

Adding together all the daughters of Emperor Dezhi, including those who died young or died unfortunately, as long as they were born alive, there were a total of eleven princesses. But now Yuan Changfeng told him that there were "twelve princesses".

Princess Yuan said, "Master Yuan was right. The emperor has eleven princesses in total. Excluding those who are no longer alive, there are still seven princesses."

Two were married off to distant places, and three were granted marriages to local noble families. Now there were only two princesses around: the Ninth Princess and the Eleventh Princess. The Ninth Princess came of age last year, but because she was favored, Emperor Dezhi was reluctant to let his daughter get married so early, and wanted to keep her for another two years, and then choose a prince consort for her when she turned eighteen.

The eleventh princess will be coming of age next month. Her biological mother is a talented woman of ordinary status and has almost no presence in the palace.

Yuan Changfeng told him that it was the "Twelfth Princess".

Yuan Changfeng continued to fiddle with the coins, turning the back of one over. "The Phoenix Master has appeared. He is the descendant of the True Dragon Emperor. The princess is ranked 'twelfth'."

All his daughters, even those who died young, only had eleven in total, but they were deduced to have a "Twelfth Princess". Isn't this ridiculous?

It really made Emperor Dezhi want to laugh.

He didn't even know that he had a "Twelfth Princess".

It is known that after the eleventh princess was born, all the children born afterwards were princes. Although the eleventh princess was weak and sickly since childhood, and her biological mother's background was unknown, she was not treated badly because Queen Wang was virtuous.

Princess Yuan asked: "Could it be that... the twelfth princess is the emperor's lost pearl among the people?"

Yuan Changfeng shook his head, his face pale, and said with regret: "This is the limit of my divination. Today, I drew two empty hexagrams in a row. It will take me half a year to recover the damage I have done today. Within half a year, I will not be able to make divinations again."

The more serious the damage, the more it is covered up by the secrets and cannot be peeped at.

Every time he calculated, he felt a strong resistance, which he had never felt before. He was very cautious and serious with every step of his calculation. The more resistance he encountered, the more he could not afford to make a mistake.

Mispredicting God's will has more serious consequences than suffering the backlash from God's will.

Emperor Dezhi thought about it for a few times. He had twelve princesses, but he only knew eleven daughters. Where did the twelfth princess come from?

The only explanation is that it was a lost pearl...

The Phoenix Lord is not the princess who grew up by his side, but the one who was left behind.

Who on earth is it?

And judging from his age, he should have been born after he ascended the throne.

"Come here, I will give you a reward of 100 taels of gold, ginseng, bird's nests and other medicinal materials!"

The chief eunuch responded with a "yes".

Concubine Yuan accompanied Emperor Dezhi.

Although Concubine Yuan did not have the powerful support of her family and relatives like other concubines, she grew up with Emperor Dezhi and was a palace slave in her early years. As long as she could remember, she had been serving Emperor Dezhi and they had a special bond.

Emperor Dezhi murmured: "The Twelfth Princess..."

"If she is not in the palace, she must be outside the palace. As far as I know, any beauty that the emperor likes, even the rouge-selling beauty Wu in the south of the city, has entered the palace. How could there be any pearls left outside the palace?"

Who is the bloodline left outside the palace, or the twelfth princess?

Concubine Yuan was also helping him recall. She went through all the beauties he had admired, praised, taken in, and liked since he ascended the throne, but after thinking about it, he still couldn't think of who it was?

After the chief eunuch sent the reward to the Imperial Observatory and came back, Emperor Dezhi and Concubine Yuan were still sitting together, pondering.

Emperor Dezhi asked, "Li Banban, who... who do you think these twelfth princesses are?"

Li Banban, Banban was the nickname given by Emperor Dezhi to the chief eunuch. This eunuch had been by his side since he was six years old and had a good relationship with him. He also knew Concubine Yuan since childhood.

Princess Yuan stood up wisely and said, "Your Majesty, I have something else to do in the palace. I will take my leave now!"

Eunuch Li didn't want her to know about this. Since he was deliberately avoiding it, it must be better for him not to know.

After decades of companionship, the three of them have already developed a tacit understanding.

Concubine Yuan knew Emperor Dezhi as well as Eunuch Li knew her.

Those who grew up together are now different in the palace. Only if they have tacit understanding with each other, do not ask questions that they should not know, trust each other, and act with discretion, can they make it to the end.

Emperor Dezhi asked, "Who did Li Banban think of?"

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten Miss Su Er?" Li Dajian asked. Emperor Dezhi stood up quickly, and an image of a soft and beautiful girl emerged in his mind, like a delicate pink hibiscus.

is her!

Su Wan!

How could he forget? It's just that he never thought about her. She was the wife of the minister Zhen Yuan.

How could she, who was already married, be pregnant with her own child?

No, she would only give birth to his flesh and blood.

He is the only man in her life.

Emperor Dezhi asked: "Jiarou...is she really my flesh and blood?"

"Miss Su is deeply in love with the emperor. She was forced to marry Zhen Yuan due to the conspiracy of her husband. But later, the emperor confirmed that even after marrying into the Zhen family for a year, she is still a virgin. Her body and her heart are all given to the emperor..."

Li Dajian spoke in a low voice with ups and downs. Emperor Dezhi thought of the woman who loved him deeply and did not seek power or glory, but only loved him purely and simply. A long-lost heartache spread, "Yes, yes... Why didn't I think of her? Jiarou will only be my flesh and blood!"

Li Dajian narrowed his eyes and said, "I grew up with you, so how could I let you suffer from lovesickness?"

"Zhen Yuan, Yu Shi... how dare you to be so mean to my daughter!"

Emperor Dezhi cursed and when he thought of the story he had heard, he was overwhelmed by an inexplicable guilt.

Li Dajian said: "Your Majesty, this matter cannot be publicized now. The remnants of the previous dynasty are still there, and the spies of the enemy country in the north are eyeing us covetously. If they knew that the Phoenix Star of Daqi, which was given to us by God, had entered the world, it would definitely ruin our country's destiny..."

Emperor Dezhi suppressed all his pity and anger at this moment.

Jiarou and Zhensu are actually his own flesh and blood.

What he didn't know before was divined by the monk and Yuan Changfeng of the Imperial Observatory.

The Twelve Princesses...

Only now did he realize that he had such a daughter.

Yes, he remembered that when Su Wan was seriously ill, he had gone out of the palace in disguise to visit her at night. Before she died, Su Wan asked him to promise one thing, "Your Majesty, I am leaving, and the one I am most worried about is my daughter Su Su. Can you promise me that when she grows up, she can choose her own marriage, and I will not marry her unless she agrees..."

Why didn't she tell him: Su Su was his daughter.

If he knew the truth back then, he would definitely bring Susu back to the royal family.

After her death, Zhen Su was taken back to the Su Mansion by Su Jingzhai and his wife to be raised until old lady Su passed away. When he saw Su Jingzhai, who had suddenly become old after losing his wife, in the court, he actually felt a little more pity for Su Jingzhai because of Su Wan.