"By the way, did you receive some kind of message?"
Otherwise, she wouldn't have specifically warned him not to go out recently.
Su Qiao took the cold tea he handed her and drank two sips before explaining, "Eastern Jin has been turbulent all year, especially recently. The Old Emperor has fallen ill, and the battle for the throne has grown increasingly intense. The Eastern Jin Crown Prince wants to use Huang Ying to get rid of you. They've already reached an agreement."
"What exactly is the deep grudge between you and him?"
Otherwise, despite being so far apart, he wouldn't still be thinking of getting rid of him at such a critical time.
Now that things had come to this, Ye Lihan could no longer hide it.
"I'm the son of the Former Empress of Eastern Jin. Later, my mother was framed for having an affair with a guard and secretly given a death sentence. My aunt, Consort Yun, begged the emperor to let her take me in, but instead, she was demoted, and I was sent to Huangming."
"Could it be that the Old Emperor suspected you weren't his son?"
Ye Lihan's face darkened.
Could she not put it so crudely in front of the person involved?
Su Qiao immediately realized she had misspoken and hurriedly apologized. "I'm sorry. I was just curious. I didn't mean to insult your mother. If you're angry, you can scold me a couple of times."
Ye Lihan shot her a sidelong glance.
In the end, he sighed and decided not to hold it against her.
"My maternal grandfather was a famous civil official of Eastern Jin, with disciples spread throughout the land. My mother was well-versed in the classics and a renowned talented woman. How could she possibly have done something that would