The Virtuous Wife

Chapter 31: Being Frank and Honest (Down)

Jingyi's expression changed, "Concubine Li?" After pacing a few steps in the room, Jingyi looked at Yuanxi again, "Yuanxi, have you ever thought about how much the emperor loved Concubine Li back then? How could you find out so easily if even he couldn't? And it was thirteen years after the incident. How could these witnesses and material evidences emerge? And you found them?" Yuanxi was shocked when he heard this, and the expressions of the others looking at Jingyi changed drastically! Even cold sweat broke out on their heads! How could they not have thought of such an important question before? The emperor was extremely angry about Concubine Li's death. After repeated investigations failed, he killed all her maids in the palace! In addition, he also executed many female officials in the harem, and even ordered the death of Yuanxi's biological mother for this! As Jingyi said, even the most powerful man in the world couldn't find out, how could they find out? Yuan Xi approached Jing Yi, "Yi Yi, thank you for this time, otherwise, I'm afraid we will fall into the trap set by others again."

Jing Yi shook her head: "I think things may not be that simple."

Yuan Xi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said in surprise: "So that's it! The person behind the scenes is so scheming and has such a vicious plan!"

Before the others could come to their senses, they heard Jing Yi say, "Now, do you understand? I am just the legitimate daughter of a small marquis's mansion, and I am being plotted against every day. What about you, a prince born in the royal family? Although you are not favored, the fact that you are related by blood cannot be changed. I am afraid that someone is using you to frame my grandfather through the matter of Concubine Li. In this way, my father's title of Minister of War and Marquis of Pingnan will be in jeopardy. Who will control the Ministry of War at that time? Not only that, I am afraid that person has already thought about it and will implicate a concubine in the palace. Your mother will not be able to get rid of the crime of murdering Concubine Li in the end. Your status in the palace will be more embarrassing and dangerous. Not only has it failed to redress the injustice for your mother, but it has offended several forces in succession. In this way, it can be said that you kill three birds with one stone."

Yuan Xi nodded, "That's right. It's because Lord Su refused to lean towards any faction, so they had to find a way to get rid of him and take over the military power. In this way, they can get rid of another stumbling block to the throne! In addition, all the offending things were handled by me. Haha, what a deep plan!" The other four people in the room were already pale at this time. They thought they had found some clues for their master, but they never thought that this was a death warrant that someone deliberately placed there, waiting for them to pick it up! 'Plop', the four of them knelt on the ground together, and shouted: "The subordinates are not doing their job well, please punish them, master!" Yuan Xi shook his head, personally stepped forward to help Chuyi up, and signaled the other three to stand up. "It's not your fault. We were just too naive! We really thought we could get to the bottom of the matter without anyone noticing. But we didn't expect that everything was just to help others!" Jingyi glanced at the master and servant, and thought to herself: I didn't expect Yuanxi to have such loyal subordinates at such a young age. It shows that he is good at guessing people's hearts and knows how to control his subordinates. No wonder I felt a kingly aura from him when I was in the Hou Mansion! Yuanxi dismissed the four of them, pulled Jingyi, and sat on a chair beside him. Yuan Xi peeled a tangerine for her, put it in her hand, and said slowly: "When I was seven years old, I was beaten by several royal brothers and hid in a corner of my palace. This happened frequently. My mother was helpless, and my father was indifferent to it. That time, I was seriously injured. My bones seemed to be broken. I would feel pain if I moved a little. I sat alone in the corner, looking at the sky above my head. I really wanted to go back to the room to get a rope and hang myself!"

At this point, Yuan Xi closed his eyes lightly, and the corners of his eyes were wet.

It can be seen that it was an extremely painful past. Jingyi took out the handkerchief in her sleeve and gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Yuan Xi felt a pair of small hands comforting him, and he couldn't help but chuckle and opened his eyes. He looked at the little girl in front of him, whose face and eyes were full of concern for him. A certain place in his heart seemed to be filled, as if something had fallen into his heart, thick, unable to dissolve or disperse.

Yuan Xi said lightly: "Don't worry, I have survived that period, and everything is fine." He paused and looked out the window.

"I don't know how long I sat there until a man suddenly appeared in front of me. He is the commander of the guards in my palace." At this point, Yuan Xi laughed at himself: "Haha, the commander of the guards only leads eight people in total."

Yuan Xi took a deep breath and said: "His name is Si Hang. He is very good at kung fu. Just because he accidentally offended a capable eunuch around my father, he was punished to my palace. He felt sorry for me and began to secretly teach me martial arts. Since then, I have secretly practiced martial arts every night and secretly went to the upper study room during the day to listen to the teacher's lectures. Si Hang treated me very well. Later, he kept searching for some books for me and encouraged me to study hard."

Yuan Xi laughed at himself, "I thought that as long as I worked hard and was smart enough, my father would be willing to look at me more, but I didn't expect that my hard work day and night would only bring my father's wrath! He accused me of wishful thinking! He didn't allow me to attend any palace banquets, and sometimes even ordered me to be confined. I never thought that I would be so unbearable in my father's eyes. When I was desperate, I was ambushed and they almost succeeded. Fortunately, I met you!" Yuan Xi looked at Jingyi's white face, with a pair of dark eyes, which were unusually bright. Yuan Xi smiled, "It's great to meet you. Now, my heart has rekindled the desire for life. You are my lucky star, I want you to live well, I want to protect you! I want you to have no worries in your life!" Jingyi looked at Yuan Xi's deep eyes, which flashed with sincerity and determination. Jingyi sighed softly, "Yuanxi, we really share the same suffering."

Yuanxi nodded. He thought Jingyi meant that the two of them lived in the calculations of others every day. In fact, he didn't know that Jingyi was referring to Yuanxi's present and her past life.

After this long talk and this trip to the other courtyard. Jingyi completely trusted Yuanxi. In fact, Jingyi had more of an unspeakable pity for Yuanxi. Although Yuanxi suppressed his emotions when he narrated his past, Jingyi could still see the sadness in his eyes.

Yuanxi would never have thought that this night of intimate talk would bring such a turning point in his life! He would never have thought that this frankness would completely win Jingyi's help for him and establish immortal merits for his future grand plan!

As for Jingyi, she naturally didn't expect that everything Yuanxi did afterwards was to protect her, or to protect such a pure and unadulterated relationship between the two of them.

No one knew that on such an ordinary night, the gears of fate had quietly changed, changing the fate of countless people, and even the fate of the entire abyss!