Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

After Zhao Xu asked Wang Jinzhong to leave, he leaned on the seat and tapped his fingers on the desk in front of him intentionally or unintentionally.

His mind was lost in memories.

This time, Zhao Xu really had murderous intentions towards Luo Chen. Because this time Luo Chen came into contact with the deepest secret hidden in Zhao Xu's heart.

Lin Yi's identity was indeed as Luo Chen claimed, and he was indeed not the child of the eldest princess Zhao Yan and the consort Lin Zhi.

The whole thing started when Zhao Xu was studying in Europe.

After Daxia was forced to open its country by force from the Western countries, Daxia wanted to learn from the West how to strengthen its country. As a result, a large number of students were sent to study in Europe.

As Zhao Xu was still a prince at the time, it was natural for him to go to the West to study.

When he was in Europe, Zhao Xu, who was young, energetic and ignorant, quickly became addicted to wine and sex.

Due to Zhao Xu's special status, he would often be invited to attend cocktail parties held by some European nobles.

One time, Zhao Xu, who drank too much, fell in love with a girl from the Daxia Empire, and then something indescribable happened.

Then, the old emperor found out about this matter, which made the three corpse gods furious.

At that time, the old emperor had already arranged a marriage for Zhao Xu, and the woman was Zhang Yan.

But due to the dignity of the royal family, it is impossible for me to do anything to force Zhao Xu to abandon him.

Therefore, the old emperor could only hold his nose and admit it, and gave the woman the title of crown prince's concubine.

However, Zhao Xu, who was in the prime of his life and had just tasted love, was influenced by the free thinking of the West and felt that he should not give the woman the title of concubine, but wanted to make her the main concubine.

For this reason, Zhao Xu did not hesitate to give up his identity as the prince.

This time, the old emperor hated the woman even more. In the end, the woman took the initiative to smooth things over, and the matter was settled.

Later, Zhao Xu took the woman back to Daxia. Except for Zhao Xu and the others who met her on the first day back, the old emperor never asked about the woman again.

Under the force of the old emperor, Zhao Xu later married Zhang Yan and made Zhang Yan the crown prince.

However, the relationship between Zhao Xu and Zhang Yan was not very harmonious after their marriage. This is not because Zhao Xu and Zhang Yan have anything to do with each other, but just to be angry with the old emperor.

This also caused the old emperor to look down on the woman more and more, and even said many times in the palace that the prince's concubine was a witch.

If Zhao Xu hadn't used his position as the crown prince to threaten him many times, the old emperor would have found someone to assassinate the crown prince's concubine.

And this situation did not last for several years. Later, due to some circumstances, the second war broke out between Daxia and the Kingdom of John.

This time, Daxia lost as always.

Because John State saw the growth of Daxia's national power this time, it felt that a long-term war with Daxia would cause heavy casualties, so it sent a fleet directly into the North Sea and landed at Jinghai Port.

On Daxia's side, due to lack of preparation, the defenders guarding Jinghai were unable to block John's army.

The old emperor could only flee the capital with Zhao Xu in a hurry.

Whether intentionally or not, the old emperor did not send anyone to pick up the concubine, but just took Zhang Yan away.

When the soldiers of John's Kingdom occupied the capital and surrounded the palace, the concubine realized that the old emperor had run away with his people.

You know, at that time, the concubine was already pregnant. In the end, there was no choice but to stand up and ask for a meeting with the commander-in-chief of John's empire.

What a coincidence, this time among the generals of John's empire, there was one who was the concubine's senior and a suitor.

Under the mediation of the concubine, the John Empire gave up the idea of ​​​​plundering the palace.

However, in order to avoid suspicion, the concubine stayed in the palace after stabilizing John's country.

At that time, there were not many people in the palace, and many people had already fled.

In such a large palace, there were only concubines and a few old servants.

At this time, the crown prince's concubine was about to give birth, but the problem was that in the last few months of the concubine's pregnancy, the concubine had been busy appeasing the soldiers of the John Kingdom and protecting the Great Xia Palace, and she did not get much at all. Good rest.

Therefore, in the end, the concubine’s fetal position was incorrect, which directly caused postpartum hemorrhage and cost her half her life.

If it weren't for the fact that the concubine was worried about the young Lin Yi not surviving after her death, the concubine would probably have passed away long ago.

Fortunately, at the last moment, Zhao Yan and Lin Zhi returned to the capital to take charge of peace talks with John.

When they heard that the concubine was still in the palace, they hurried to the palace and saw the concubine who had run out of oil.

Seeing the arrival of Zhao Yan and Lin Zhi, the concubine entrusted the child to Zhao Yan, hoping that Zhao Yan could help her take care of the child.

At that time, Zhao Yan was also pregnant and about to give birth.

Zhao Yan, who was about to become a mother, agreed without even thinking about it.

After getting Zhao Yan's promise, the concubine could no longer hold on and passed away.

Although Zhao Yan was very sad at that time, she was still prepared to hand over Lin Yi to the old emperor for the sake of Lin Yi's future.

But at this time, news came from unknown sources, saying that this time among the generals of the John Kingdom, there was a suitor for his concubine.

The reason why the concubine was able to protect the imperial city was because the concubine walked this line.

As a result, the old emperor felt that the concubine had disgraced the royal family, so he ordered that the concubine be thrown into a prison.

Zhao Yan and Lin Zhi naturally knew that what the concubine did in the capital could be said to be that she retained the last dignity of the Great Xia Empire. As a result, rumors started spreading just after her death.

Under that situation, Zhao Yan naturally did not dare to tell the old emperor that the concubine still had a son.

So, Zhao Yan discussed with Lin Zhi to hide the matter first.

A month later, Zhao Yan gave birth. However, because Zhao Yan had also been traveling all the way and the death of her concubine, it was a huge blow to her. As a result, her own child died not long after birth.

At this time, Zhao Yan had no time to be sad, because she didn't know where the news came from. The concubine had left a son, and the old emperor ordered that the son be brought to Chang'an.

Zhao Yan and Lin Zhi were both worried that the old emperor would be detrimental to the concubine's son. After all, the old emperor had looked down on the concubine from the beginning. With the recent rumors, they were worried that the son would not be able to make it to Chang'an alive.

In addition, Zhao Yan has been raising Lin Yi for a month. Her own son died in infancy, so she has long devoted all her maternal love to Lin Yi.

Therefore, Zhao Yan took the initiative to discuss with Lin Zhi whether they could just say that Lin Yi was their biological son, and their biological son also pretended to be the concubine's son.

Lin Zhi originally admired the character of the concubine, and coupled with his beloved wife's plea, he was worried that Zhao Yan would not be able to bear it after forcefully taking Lin Yi away.

Therefore, Lin Zhi agreed to Zhao Yan's request after struggling for three days, and sent someone to Chang'an to report to the old emperor that the concubine's son had died in infancy.

Zhao Yan and Lin Zhi also used the civet cat for the prince to protect Lin Yi.