Chapter 2603: Chapter 2603: Children Shouldn’t Speak

"Perhaps we met in Kyoto." he said.

"Hmm, that must be it."

An Jiuyue nodded, thinking that was probably the only possibility they met in Kyoto.

"Oh, I remember now. I saw them in the palace, the guards from the Palace of Consort Yu."

She had never seen Consort Yu, but she had encountered a few guards from the Palace of Consort Yu, and these two happened to be among them.

"I saw them when I sneaked into the palace. Their appearance is very distinctive, so I remembered." she said.

The three little babies: "!"

They couldn’t believe the two they saw—a man fat as a pig with a triple chin, and another with a sharp face and a large mole on one cheek.

Such people could catch their mother’s eye, indeed, distinctive appearances!

"Mother, are the guards in the palace now so varied in quality? How could such people become guards?" As he spoke, he thought of his father’s secret guards.

Even though every secret guard was masked, they all had similar statures, without an ounce of excess fat.

But those two they saw before, did they look like guards?

"Nuonuo thinks they looked like the bandits we encountered before."

On their earlier travels to other planes, they had encountered clueless bandits who tried to rob them, but ended up being dealt with.

Yet those bandits didn’t have such appearances as those two.

"Children shouldn’t speak."

An Jiuyue tapped the little one’s lips in exasperation.

If it weren’t for those two guards’ bizarre appearances, how could she have remembered, especially since she sneaked into the palace at night, even unbeknownst to Qian Jiyun.

"Jiyun, Consort Yu back then, is now the Dowager Consort Yu, right? Does she have a son?" She turned to Qian Jiyun and asked.

Qian Jiyun was momentarily taken aback, wanting to express that he wasn’t aware either.

But he quickly responded and summoned a secret guard, "Does the Dowager Consort Yu in the palace have offspring?"

"Replying to Master, the Dowager Consort Yu once gave birth to a prince, precisely the Retired Emperor’s Fifteenth Prince, who has just turned ten." The secret guard answered his question.

An Jiuyue raised an eyebrow.

A ten-year-old child could arrange such things?

This child is not simple at all. If well developed, it might become another civil war for the Daqing Kingdom in the future.

"A ten-year-old child shouldn’t be able to go to their fief yet. He should be in the palace, where does he have such capabilities?" She looked at Qian Jiyun and asked.

Even with Dowager Consort Yu advising from behind, he would need significant funds. Could it be that Dowager Consort Yu’s natal clan is one of the major clans?

"Replying to Master, the Fifteenth Prince insulted the Retired Emperor, causing the Retired Emperor’s displeasure. He, along with Dowager Consort Yu, left Kyoto and were relegated to live in Ying City, which is located in the Northern Lands."

The secret guard said.

Upon hearing this, An Jiuyue finally understood.

It turns out the person behind this wasn’t anyone else, but the Retired Emperor himself.

How could it be such a coincidence, his own son yells at him a few times and gets exiled, this was sending away a son he values to protect him while secretly supporting a future comeback!

"Never thought this Retired Emperor, even after so many years, isn’t willing to admit defeat, wanting a comeback?"

She crossed her arms, one hand resting on her chin, contemplating how to ensure this Retired Emperor stayed quietly in the harem once she reached Kyoto.

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