Conan's physique? The Crown Princess is involved in a murder case again

After the carriage left the East Palace, Xu Xingyin did not go to the Grand Princess's Palace first, but went to a small courtyard on the outskirts of the city.

There he met Dongzi and Mrs. Ding, and then went to the Grand Princess's Mansion to pick up Danfeng and returned to the Duke's Mansion together.

As soon as he entered the Duke's Mansion, Xu Xingyin instinctively sensed a strange feeling.

In the past, the Duke's Mansion was managed in an orderly manner by Chen, but today all the servants in the mansion were in a hurry, and their number seemed to be much less than usual. After seeing Xu Xingyin pay his respects, they ran faster than rabbits.

Xu Xingyin was just feeling puzzled when he saw Dangui running towards him with red eyes. Her voice was extremely hoarse as soon as she opened her mouth.

"Miss! You are back! Madam... Madam is ill, and the Crown Prince has been locked up by the Duke. Now we have invited clan members to the ancestral hall to recognize the origin of that thing of unknown origin!"

"What? Don't be so impatient. Slow down and explain clearly."

With Xu Xingyin's comfort, Dangui finally calmed down and explained the whole story clearly.

Not long after Xu Xingyin left yesterday, Xu Xiuzhu brought a man of about eighteen or nineteen years old back home and went straight to the main courtyard of the Chen family.

Xu Xiuzhu said that this man was his lost son, Xu Chaoming.

Xu Chaoming's mother was Ran, the younger sister of Xu Xiuzhu, who was a former classmate of Xu Xiuzhu in the academy. The two had a romantic relationship in those days.

Later, under the opposition of Mrs. Xu, they parted ways.

However, she did not expect that Ran secretly gave birth to a child without telling Xu Xiuzhu. If Ran had not passed away and her brother did not like Xu Chaoming, Xu Xiuzhu would not have known about this at all.

Xu Xiuzhu felt that he owed the Ran family and Xu Chaoming, so he wanted Xu Chaoli to return to his ancestral home and be registered under the Chen family name.

Chen had been devoted to Xu Xiuzhu for so many years, and she was not so jealous that she did not allow Xu Xiuzhu to take a concubine.

She never thought that Xu Xiuzhu would even have such a mistress. How could she swallow this?

Besides, Xu Chaoming is older than Xu Chaoge.

This means that once he is registered under the name, he will take over the status of Xu Chaoge's eldest son and will be the legitimate successor to the Duke!

In the past, Chen would not have cared much about the title of Viscount Laoshi.

With the Zhennan General's Mansion around, who could bully the three of them, mother and son?

But now, Xu Chaoge and Xu Xingyin, her poor children, have no powerful relatives from outside the family.

Without the support of Duke Xu's Mansion, marriage and career would probably be extremely difficult in the future!

If not for herself, then for the sake of her two children, Chen would never agree to register Xu Chaoming under her name.

Chen was unwilling, so Xu Xiuzhu gave her two choices: Xu Chaoming could either be registered under her name or under Aunt Liu's name.

Aunt Liu was already favored by Xu Xiuzhu, and she also had a son, Xu Wanmian, who was loved by Old Lady Xu and Xu Xiuzhu. If she had another son now...

Then she would become the one who could compete with Chen in the second house, which was a scene that loyal servants like Nanny Gu did not want to see at all!

Xu Xiuzhu's coercion and everyone's persuasion made Chen fall ill suddenly in a dilemma.

When Xu Chaoge returned home from college and heard about this, he was furious.

He immediately broke into Xu Xiuzhu's study and confronted him, and then came the order that Xu Chaoge was under house arrest.

Xu Xiuzhu knew that there was no way the Chen family would register Xu Chaoming under their own name, so he immediately invited clan members to open the ancestral hall today, allowing Xu Chaoming to recognize his ancestors and register him under Aunt Liu's name.

Hearing this, Xu Xingyin was so angry that his head was buzzing.

Xu Xiuzhu was like this! He was certain that they had no support from the Zhennan General's Mansion and could not stop Xu Zhaoming from returning to his ancestral home!

Now that the General's Mansion has fallen into decline, as long as Chen still wants to find a good way out for Xu Chaoge and his sister, it is impossible for her to fall out with the Duke's Mansion!

They were sure that Chen would compromise for Xu Xingyin and his sister, so they would swallow their anger!

Outrageous!

They use a mother's love for her children as a bargaining chip to cover up ugliness!

It's simply despicable!

What? You want Xu Chaoming to replace Xu Chaoge?

Want to help Aunt Liu take the throne and compete with Chen?

Then she would not let their wish come true!

"What's the current progress at the ancestral hall?" Xu Xingyin asked.

Dan Gui was very anxious, "We have been inside for quite a while. According to the time, it will take about one stick of incense to complete the ceremony."

"Yeah." Xu Xingyin nodded, not looking anxious, "It's okay, just go and help me with something."

Xu Xingyin whispered a few words into Dangui's ear. Although Dangui didn't understand, she didn't say much. She nodded and hurried down to do it.

Xu Xingyin returned to Chenguangyuan at a leisurely pace.

She changed into a gorgeous bright red dress that she seldom wore, and then went to the ancestral hall with a group of maids and servants.

When the group arrived at the ancestral hall, a ceremony had just been completed and the clan leader wrote Xu Chaoming's name on the family tree.

The door of the ancestral hall was tightly closed, obviously because they were afraid of people coming to disturb them. Xu Xingyin raised his chin:

"Bump it open."

Most of the servants knew about this. Although the Seventh Miss was of noble status, the Duke was the master of the Duke's Mansion, wasn't he?

How dare they, the servants, act rashly?

Dan Feng was the only one there, and he just banged on the door with all his might, regardless of what others were doing.

Xu Xingyin gently pulled Dan Feng and turned to speak to everyone.

"Today, if you break down this door, you will be paid ten taels of silver per person. If you don't break down the door, I will take your indentures and sell them off when I get back to the courtyard. We in Chenguang Courtyard will not tolerate people who are not loyal to their masters."

Xu Xingyin’s meaning was very clear: either you throw money at his door, or you get kicked out.

After everyone made a plan, no one dared to disobey. Since the law does not punish the masses, they immediately rushed forward and broke down the door.

The maids and old women who had knocked on the door fell to the ground, and everyone inside was dumbfounded.

Only Xu Xingyin, dressed in red, walked into the ancestral hall with ease and said with a smile:

"It's a big day anyway. How can I be absent from such a lively occasion?"

Xu Xiuzhu was not in the right in this matter, so he couldn't scold Xu Xingyin for his words which did not mean any disrespect, and could only respond uncomfortably.

"Didn't you go to burn incense with Princess Yongyi? You came back early."

"If my daughter doesn't come back, I don't know if there will be a few more sisters for no apparent reason."

Xu Xiuzhu blushed when Xu Xingyin bullied him, "Nonsense!"

"Don't worry, father. I am not someone who doesn't know etiquette. I will never disown my offspring who have wandered away from home. Today, I came here to tell you something else. I hope that all the clan members present here can be witnesses."

Upon hearing that Xu Xingyin was not here to stop this, Xu Xiuzhu breathed a sigh of relief.

True, she is just a little girl. How can she be more capable than her mother?

"What's the matter?"

"My daughter wants to sue Aunt Liu for poisoning the mistress."