The Virtuous Wife

Chapter 66

"Why don't you talk now that you're here?" Jingyi asked without turning her head.

Yuanxi smiled and walked to her, "Since you knew I was here, you didn't ask me to sit down."

Jingyi rolled her eyes at him, "You want to sit down, do you need me to talk?"

Yuanxi didn't say anything, just took the words she had just practiced and looked at them one by one. In this way, one of them wrote and the other looked. For a while, the room was unusually quiet, but warm!

Especially Yuanxi, he likes this feeling, as long as he is with Jingyi, he will feel inexplicably at ease. Especially when he sees Jingyi practicing calligraphy with great concentration, his heart will also get the peace and satisfaction that he can't get on weekdays! Sometimes he really hopes that he won't leave after coming here, just accompanying her and watching her is also a very pleasant thing.

Sometimes he really feels that he is a little abnormal! She is just a little girl, why can't he let her go in his heart? He feels uneasy if he doesn't come to see her for a day! He even thinks of her often!

After a long time, Jingyi put down her pen, stretched her waist and limbs, and said lazily: "Why are you here today?"

"Such a big thing happened? How can I not come?" After Yuanxi finished speaking, he changed to a serious expression: "In the future, if you arrange such things again, you must inform me, and I can also send you two people. What if Siqin can't do it alone? You won't have time to cry."

Jingyi knew that Yuanxi was concerned about her, so she lowered her head and listened obediently without saying a word.

Yuan Xi saw that she was a good kid, and he couldn't bear to say anything more. He looked up at the roof and asked, "Did you transfer Si Mo away?"

"Well, since I came back from the Huguogong Mansion that day, I have been feeling a little uneasy. I was worried that something might happen to my mother, so I asked Si Mo to protect my mother in secret."

Yuan Xi nodded, "Indeed! Accidents have occurred one after another, and Yu Shi is very likely to attack your mother." He thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I have a female secret guard named Si Hua, and I will transfer her to you. You still have a lot of things to arrange here, and it won't work if there is no one to protect you. I will feel at ease only if someone is by your side."

Jingyi nodded indifferently; "It's up to you."

Seeing that Jingyi didn't object, Yuan Xi called out to the outside: "Come in."

A slender figure floated by, and it was a little girl younger than Si Qin!

"Your subordinate Si Hua greets the young lady."

Jingyi stepped forward and helped Si Hua up from her kneeling position, "No need to be so formal. How old are you this year?"

"Your subordinate is twelve this year." Si Hua bowed her head and said respectfully.

"You are only twelve?" After saying that, she turned her head and looked at Yuan Xi: "She is still so young, isn't it too hard for her?"

Without waiting for Yuan Xi to speak, Si Hua knelt on the ground again and said: "Although my subordinate is only twelve, I am good at defense, tracking, and riding and shooting! Please don't dislike my subordinate, young lady."

Jingyi was stunned, and then realized that Si Hua had misunderstood her, thinking that she disliked her young age and didn't want her. Then she remembered that Yuan Xi had said that most of the children he found were orphans or abandoned babies from all over the country and trained them. In other words, it was Yuan Xi who gave them a chance to survive! So Yuan Xi's words were orders, and they would execute them without compromise. If she didn't do well, Yuan Xi would definitely think that she was dissatisfied with her, and she might be punished.

"Get up quickly, that's not what I meant. You've got it wrong! How could I not want a subordinate like you who is so pleasing to me? I just can't bear to see you running around for me. Being by my side is no better than being by your master's side!"

"It is Si Hua's duty to protect the young lady until death." Si Hua said expressionlessly.

Jing Yi glanced at Yuan Xi, and seeing that he was staring at her with interest, she realized that he was not going to intervene. Jing Yi glared at him and said to Si Hua: "How about this, let Si Qin tell you about my situation here first. If you don't mind my hard work here, you can stay, okay?"

Si Hua lowered his head and said: "I will definitely obey the young lady's orders!" After that, he dodged and climbed onto the beam.

Yuan Xi sat on the chair, his expression no longer playful, but serious, and said: "Then Yu Di, what are you going to do?"

Jing Yi sighed, "Alas, this is exactly what worries me the most. How to deal with it in the safest way?"

"You don't plan to expose her?" Yuan Xi was a little surprised at her embarrassment. Since he knew that she was a fake, why didn't he expose her identity directly, but made things difficult for her?

Jingyi shook her head, "Yuanxi, we all thought too simply at the beginning. The Yu in the mansion now is indeed a fake, but where is the real one? Is she dead? Or is she hiding her? Why did she have to impersonate Yu's identity to get close to my grandfather? And she didn't hesitate to set fire to so many people? In addition, she has been pretending to be the real Yu for more than 30 years, and even her biological mother can't recognize her, let alone us? With what we have found? It is impossible to make her admit it." Yuanxi was stunned. Indeed, what they found could only be used as circumstantial evidence after all. It has been more than 30 years, and Yu's biological mother and father have passed away. Only one brother is still alive. But Yu was sent away since she was a child. After being taken back, she was sent to the Su Mansion as a concubine in just a few months. I am afraid that her brother is not familiar with such a sister. If the direct relatives determine that she is the real Yu, what else can they do? Isn't it a joke?

Jingyi said again: "Yuanxi, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that we have to find out her true identity before we can decide what to do."

Yuanxi nodded, "Yes. This person is really powerful. From the initial selection of the person to impersonate to the subsequent encounter with your grandfather, I am afraid it was all carefully planned. There may be a master behind this person, we have to be on guard!"

At this point, Yuanxi turned to look at Jingyi: "You didn't tell your eldest brother about her?"

Jingyi shook her head, "This matter is too incredible and too complicated, I didn't dare to tell him."

"That's good. Let's investigate secretly first, and then tell him when the matter is clear."

Jingyi stood up, walked to a candlestick nearby, took a pair of scissors and cut off a section of the candle wick. Looking at the candle flame that was brighter than before, she sighed, "I'm afraid the matter of Yu will be quite tricky. Yuanxi, remember you said last time that Yu seemed to have some connection with Prince An, and mentioned that Prince An had left a large amount of wealth, whose whereabouts are still unknown. Can you tell me the details of Prince An's matter?"

Yuanxi smiled proudly, and his handsome face, against the background of the candle flame, exuded a charming charm. Jingyi saw him like this and shook her head lightly, "Monster!"

Yuanxi was stunned and stopped laughing, "What did you say?"

Jingyi asked back, "What did I say? I didn't say anything, you just hallucinated."

Yuanxi was choked by her and was stunned for a moment. Jingyi looked at his appearance and laughed out loud. "Okay, tell me now."

Yuan Xi was brought back to his senses by her smile, and he straightened his expression and said, "I knew you would ask about this, so the night before yesterday, I went to the royal secret archive and checked the files of Prince An."

When Jing Yi heard him mention Prince An, she sat opposite him and listened to him carefully.

"Back then, Prince An was the younger brother of the current emperor. The emperor was the legitimate son of the previous emperor, the third prince; and Prince An was the fourth prince born to one of the previous emperor's favorite concubines. Prince An was extremely favored during his lifetime, and everyone thought that the emperor would make him the crown prince. However, unexpectedly, when the emperor sent him as an envoy to a neighboring country, he personally issued an edict to make the third prince the crown prince. He was thousands of miles away from the capital. When he learned the news, the emperor had already held a coronation ceremony for the crown prince and announced it to the world."

Speaking of this, Yuan Xi's face was already very solemn. "After Prince An learned the news, he insisted that the crown prince had cast a spell on the emperor at that time, or threatened the emperor. In short, he refused to recognize his position as the crown prince, and even refused to return to the capital. The emperor at that time was furious and scolded him for being unfilial! He fainted in the hall. After that, he fell ill and died in less than half a month."

"The emperor passed away, and the prince ascended the throne. He became the current emperor, but just one day after the emperor ascended the throne, Prince An took advantage of the fact that his throne was not stable and raised an army to rebel! However, within less than three months, he was suppressed by the emperor's cavalry, and Prince An was killed on the spot. His wives, concubines, and children were all captured. They were all brought back to the capital and beheaded at the Meridian Gate!"