Double Life: The Long Road to Chasing Your Wife

"Your Majesty, I'm begging you. Shu'er has been well-behaved and sensible since she was a child. She has never made any mistakes. When I was a child, I ran out to play with Shu'er and accidentally fell down and sprained my ankle. She used her hand that was smaller than my concubine. The two-year-old body carried the concubine on her back and walked back step by step. I said sister, you go back and call the adults first. She said sister, no, what if bad guys come and take you away when I leave!" Concubine Xian held on. The body that had just given birth made me cry while talking about every moment I spent with Xu Jingshu.

Concubine Xian sat up and knelt on the bed with the help of the palace maid.

"Your Majesty! This world is harsh on women. Why should women be responsible for the bad things done by animals that are inferior to pigs and dogs? I beg you, for the sake of the fact that I have just given birth to a prince, Let people investigate the truth behind the death of my sister Xu Jingshu."

"My beloved, lie down quickly." Lan Di stretched out his hand to support Xu Jingxian.

"Your Majesty, please promise me first." Xu Jingxian looked at Lan Emperor with a firm expression.

"Xiao Chengzi, please pass on my instructions to ask Su Yi, the young minister of Dali Temple, to personally investigate the truth about Xu Jingshu's death." Su Yi mentioned the matter of protecting women's rights in the early court. Emperor Lan was still thinking about it when he heard the news about Xu Jingxian's dystocia. When there was time for a trial, he believed that Su Yi would stand from the woman's perspective and investigate the truth behind Xu Jingshu's death.

"I thank the Emperor on behalf of my little sister." After saying this, Xu Jingxian fainted.

"Here comes the imperial doctor." Emperor Lan said anxiously. Although he had three thousand beauties in his harem, he admired Xu Jingxian very much. Otherwise, it would not have been three years since they had been married. Among so many women, only Xu Jingxian was pregnant with the dragon heir and gave birth safely. down.

After examination by the imperial physician, it was found that Xu Jingxian's syncope was caused by excessive emotions after giving birth. She was fine when she woke up. However, Xu Jingxian's emotions still had to be calmed, otherwise it would affect confinement.

Xiao Chengzi took Emperor Lan's oral instructions to Dali Temple to find Su Yi.

"Master Su, the investigation into the cause of Miss Xu's death was made possible by Concubine Xian's desperate efforts to give birth to the prince. Don't let the Emperor and Concubine Xian down!" Little Chengzi reminded Su Yi seriously of the importance of this matter.

"The subordinate obeys the order."

Su Yi knew that Emperor Lan had left this matter to him, and secretly vowed to return the truth to Xu Jingshu.

So Su Yi immediately brought six officers and soldiers to the Xu family together with his trusted Master Xue.

Master Xu saw that Su Yi was bringing someone here, and he quickly stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Master Su, the official told you yesterday that this is my family matter, so you don't have to worry about it." Master Xu will avenge Xu Jingshu, but he will protect Xu Jingshu's reputation and not let too many people know about it.

Su Yi and Mr. Xue greeted him politely first.

"Master Xu, please express your condolences. We are following the emperor's instructions to thoroughly investigate the cause of your love's death and tell her the truth so that the deceased can rest in peace." Su Yi explained to Master Xu.

"How could the emperor order an investigation into the truth behind my son's death?" Mr. Xu expressed doubts. Emperor Lan had the same idea as him. Making Xu Jingshu's death public would be tantamount to destroying the woman's reputation, and would also implicate Xu Jingxian's reputation in the palace. .

"Returning to Mr. Xu, this is the opportunity for Concubine Xian to exchange for the emperor after hearing that Miss Xu's tragic death resulted in dystocia, so she desperately gave birth to a prince."

"Concubine Xian?" Master Xu said doubtfully.

"Xian Gui gave birth to a prince and was named Concubine Xian by the emperor."

Master Xu closed his eyes, not wanting to let tears fall.

"Xian'er is confused! It will damage her reputation, so go in! Shu'er's maid is still alive. If you have any questions, let the housekeeper take you there. I haven't found any trace of the gangster yet, so I'll let you young people go. Check it out!" Lord Xu staggered and hunched into the hall. In the middle was Xu Jingshu's coffin.

"Ahem—" Mr. Xu coughed a few times with half-clenched fists.

Overnight, he lost his beloved daughter, his wife became ill, and his other daughter also gave birth to a child. He had just returned from hell, and Mr. Xu seemed to have aged more than ten years.

Su Yi first asked people to move Xu Jingshu's body back to Dali Temple, and then asked people to question Xu Jingshu's maid.

The maid told Su Yi what happened in detail. Su Yi was also frightened by this cruel method, but he quickly returned to normal and took Xu Jingshu's maid back to Dali Temple for protection. After all, she was the only a witness.

Then Su Yi took people to the crime scene again and found a portrait of Xu Jingshu near the crime scene with Xu Jingshu's name written on it.

Lord Xue turned his head and glanced at the portrait.

"It seems that this was a long-planned conspiracy. I don't know what the reason was for the gangster to be so cruel to Miss Xu."

"No matter what the reason is, we must find out the truth as soon as possible and let the girl be innocent." Su Yi said firmly.

On the other side, Wang Jingxuan's eldest brother had just learned that Emperor Lan had ordered someone to thoroughly investigate Xu Jingshu's affairs. He was extremely frightened and sent someone to tell Wang Jingxuan.

"What? My brother said that the emperor issued an order to investigate the cause of Xu Jingshu's death?" Wang Jingxuan got the news from Hu Yang, her eyes widened and she was shocked.

"How is that possible? Xu Jingshu's death will be laughed at if word spreads about it. It will damage the reputation of the Xu family. What's more, Xu Jingxian is still a concubine in the palace. Aren't you afraid of implicating Xu Jingxian's reputation?"

Wang Jingxuan originally thought that Xu Jingshu would lose her innocence. For the reputation of other female family members in the family, the Xu family would definitely not let Xu Jingshu live a good life. She did not expect that after Xu Jingshu's death, the emperor actually issued an order to investigate the truth about Xu Jingshu's death.

"Madam, it's true. Su Yi, the newly rich man of the day, the minister of Dali Temple, personally took people to the Xu Mansion. I heard that Xu Jingshu's maid was not dead, and she even saw Master Wang's face."

Wang Jingxuan sat back on the chair with a big belly.

"What should we do? Killing two lives is a capital crime! Tell my brother quickly and let him leave the capital, as far away as possible."

Wang Jingxuan could only ask her eldest brother to leave the capital, so that no one from Dali Temple could be found.

"Madam, the Duke of Guo is also on duty at Dali Temple. Can't we just ask him to secretly help Master Wang?" Hu Yang thought that Wang Jingxuan's eldest brother was Xiao Yan's uncle, so he would definitely help the Wang family.

"No, if the Duke of Guo knew that it was my eldest brother who harmed Xu Jingshu, he would definitely think that it was me who instigated him to kill his sweetheart. When the time comes, let alone my eldest brother, I might not be able to escape death either."

"There must be a way. The time is coming. You go back first and ask my eldest brother to stay away from the capital. The way now is to kill Xu Jingshu's maid. In this way, the people in Dali Temple will have no evidence. In that maid's case, there will be no evidence." Before you die, tell him not to come back."

Hu Yang left Xiao Guogong's mansion with Wang Jingxuan's order.

At this time, a figure came out of Wang Jingxuan's room and looked at Hu Yang's leaving figure.

After Populus euphratica left, Qiu'er came out cautiously and entered the room carrying soup to replenish her body.

"Madam, it's time to drink the tonic." Qiu'er pretended not to know anything, and still spoke to Wang Jingxuan in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.