Song Yan jiao sneered at Xie Ni Song Chao yu, "Now that things have come to this, I'm afraid it's useless for you to stop the imperial physician, isn't it? My dear sister, do you still intend to disobey the imperial decree?"
She seized every opportunity to speak like this, and Song Chao yu did not feel angry.
She slowly walked to the side of "Prince Chang" and said kindly to Imperial Physician Xu, "Our prince is a pitiable person. It is truly distressing to see him languishing on his sickbed. If possible, I only hope that the imperial physician can be gentle in his movements. It is only a matter of taking blood, perhaps from his finger. Can you please not touch any other part of the prince?"
Her eyes were filled with deep concern for Prince Chang, "Playing a game, he is truly a man of bitter fate, and I cannot bear to see him suffer further!"
Song Chao yu's demeanor caused even Mu Han su, standing by, to glance at her.
At this moment, he only wished that Song Yan jiao could be as gentle and considerate as Song Chao yu.
If he had known this would happen, he should not have married Song Yan jiao back then, and should have noticed the other daughters of the Song family earlier.
He did not notice that Song Yan jiao's gaze also fell upon him.
Seeing him staring at Song Chao yu in a daze, Song Yan jiao's heart was almost driven to madness.
But in the end, everyone's expression was calm.
Each person hid their inner thoughts.
—
Seeing Song Chao yu like this, Imperial Physician Xu wiped the sweat from his brow and slowly stepped forward, "Your Highness, please rest assured, this subordinate will be careful."
Even the Emperor above frowned and said to Imperial Physician Xu, "Don't bother Chang'er. Taking blood from his finger is the same, isn't it?"
"Yes."
Imperial Physician Xu dared not say anything more, quickly nodded, then took a silver needle and drew a drop of blood from "Prince Chang's" finger, letting it fall into a small vial.
Afterward, he took a drop of blood from Qi Feng's finger and also let it fall into the vial.
Then, in front of the Emperor, he took out a bottle of green liquid and poured it into a clean white porcelain bowl, "This is everything needed for the blood paternity test. I request His Majesty to inspect it."
The chief eunuch took the items and placed them before the Emperor. After the Emperor had examined them, he nodded, "You may begin. Imperial Physician Xu, you are the imperial physician I trust the most. This matter must not be in error!"
Imperial Physician Xu nodded, then poured the two vials of blood into the white porcelain bowl—
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the white porcelain bowl.
Even Song Yan jiao leaned forward, staring intently at the white porcelain bowl.
The two drops of blood swirled in the strangely colored medicinal liquid, then diffused.
Finally, the two drops of blood intertwined with each other, and after a moment, they merged!
This scene stunned everyone.
This was also the first time Song Chao yu had witnessed a blood paternity test. Although she was certain of the outcome in her heart, she was still nervous.
Especially when she saw the two drops of blood merging together, she involuntarily reached out and covered her mouth.
The result of the two drops of blood merging was something no one could change, and something most people present had not expected.
Qi Feng... was indeed Qian Shan's child!
Hai Sha had not told Qian Shan after becoming pregnant, but had taken the child and left, perhaps with ill intentions.
But at least, everything today could be resolved safely!
Imperial Physician Xu had the chief eunuch present the white porcelain bowl to the Emperor, then wiped the sweat from his brow and knelt before the Emperor, "Your Majesty, the result of the blood paternity test is conclusive. This young master is indeed Prince Chang's child, there is no mistake."
Even the Consort kneeling on the ground let out a long sigh of relief.
Song Chao yu looked at Qian Shan with a wry smile, "You really had a child with Hai Sha in the Southern Kingdom. You should have told me about such a thing earlier!"
As for the rest of the people, they stood frozen, staring at Imperial Physician Xu in disbelief.
After all, once it was confirmed that Qi Feng was Prince Chang's child, it meant that Prince Chang had been the real person in the Southern Kingdom all these years!
Hai Sha had always served by Prince Chang's side, and using this child as proof that Prince Chang had never changed!
If no one had replaced Prince Chang, wouldn't their intentions be revealed?
"No... how is this possible!?"
It was Lord Qiu who reacted first, he looked at Song Chao yu in disbelief, "This is impossible! The one who was in the Southern Kingdom for so many years was clearly not Prince Chang! What methods did you use, what sorcery?!"
He knelt before the Emperor with a thud, "Your Majesty, please enlighten me! We would never risk the friendship between our two countries to frame Prince Chang! What benefit would that bring us?! We wouldn't be so foolish as to dig our own graves and specifically find someone to prove Qi Feng is Prince Chang's child, thus discrediting ourselves, would we?"
What he said did make sense.
But Song Chao yu would not give him any more opportunity to辩解, and only sneered again, "Who knows what your intentions are?"
She turned to look at Hai Sha, who was equally taken aback, "Perhaps... you were deceived by this young lady? Or perhaps you yourselves were deceived by someone? In any case, it has now been proven that Qi Feng is Prince Chang's child, what else do you have to say?"
Song Chao yu's words naturally made Lord Qiu think that perhaps Mu Han su had deceived them.
But the matter was too strange, leaving Lord Qiu speechless and unsure how to explain.
At the same time, Mu Han su seemed to realize something, and he suddenly rushed towards Qian Shan—
However, the Consort was quick-witted and blocked Mu Han su, sternly questioning him, "What does Prince Ning intend to do!? Do you think our Chang'er has not suffered enough? Now that the matter is exposed, do you intend to silence him by killing him?!"
"No, that's not right!"
Mu Han su could no longer care about anything else. He looked up and shouted at the Emperor above, "Father, something is wrong with this matter! This person is not Prince Chang's brother! They switched people again!"
He pointed at the real Mu Chang xi, "He is Prince Chang's brother! It must be so! They must have switched him!"
"Absurd!"
Song Chao yu sneered, "Brother Ning, are you not satisfied unless you completely discredit our Prince Chang's mansion? That person was brought by you from the Southern Kingdom, yet you say we switched him? How could we possibly have such great ability to switch people back and forth?"
Her tone became even sharper, "Does Brother Ning think that Father is blind or deaf, unable to understand or see clearly?! Your Majesty above, how can you tolerate your repeated presumptuousness?!"
Song Chao yu was, of course, implying something. "Rather, it is Brother Ning and your group who say one thing one moment and another the next, playing all of us for fools. What exactly do you want us to do, what do you want Father to do?! We are all brothers, must Prince Chang die here for you to feel at ease?!"
Every word she spoke was sonorous and powerful, leaving Prince Ning speechless, and causing the Emperor above to frown even more.
"Wuwuwu—"
At the same time, the Consort protected Qian Shan and cried out in pain again, "My poor Chang'er! If I had known this would happen, it would have been better for us mother and son to abandon our status and leave the palace to live incognito, to be an ordinary mother and son! My poor Chang'er, how could you have suffered such hardship!"