I was a princess in ancient times

Shi Mao's trembling hands pressed hard into the strange-smelling light ink, and outlined an unrecognizable 'yes' on the white paper.

Ji Xinxue chose the latter between step-by-step and straight-forward, and said in a firm tone, "Your wife is not the daughter of the former General Yuan Zhouwei, who is she?"

"Hmm!" Shi Mao made a dull voice, added the word "she" before the word "yes" that almost occupied the entire white paper, raised his head, and looked at Ji Xinxue sincerely.

"She is?" Ji Xinxue smiled, "I only give you this chance to think."

Yu Heng looked sideways at the Jinwu Guard, and ordered coldly, "Bring Zhang Yuanwai, Luo Meng, and Luo Jiao here."

When he heard that Ji Xinxue didn't believe his words, Shi Mao just showed helplessness, and when he heard Yu Heng's words, Shi Mao immediately shook his head frantically.

No, they can't be here!

Only when they don't know anything, can Aye, Xiaodi, Menger and Jiaoer live a rich and carefree life with their new identities!

The pain on Shi Mao's face became more and more obvious, and his trembling hands became steady instead. He grabbed the white paper with only two characters written on it and threw it to the ground, looking earnestly at Jin Wuwei who was holding the white paper beside him.

The Jinwu Guard took out a piece of white paper and laid it flat on the protruding wooden board in Shi Mao's hand, with a calm and indifferent tone, "I still have nine pieces of paper left in my hand."

Hearing this, Shi Mao's hand that was pressed into the inferior inkstone paused almost invisible, and he was a little more careful when writing on the white paper, at least he would not throw ink everywhere.

'I don't know who she is, she's in charge of everything in the house. '

No matter how careful Shi Mao was, he couldn't avoid the problem that writing with fingers required more space. He only wrote one sentence and used the whole blank paper.

Zhang Siyi walked to Shi Mao's side, read the words on the white paper to the others, and asked, "Will the governor of Xunyang government ask her for her opinion when handling official affairs, does the wife of the governor need to ask her for instructions in foreign affairs, and does she treat you well?" Parents got angry, did your parents punish you for contradicting her opinion."

Shi Mao wrote down 'no', 'no', 'no' and 'yes' in the blank space in turn.

"How to punish you, has the same punishment been given to you before?" Zhang Siyi asked.

Shi Mao folded the original words and wrote 'Zhang Responsibility' and 'No'.

"When did she appear in Jiangnan, and does she have a northern accent?" Zhang Siyi asked one after another, without giving Shi Mao any room to think.

Shi Mao only wrote two strokes, and the white paper on the wooden board was completely soaked due to too much ink. He simply threw the paper away and wrote directly on the wooden board.

'I don't know', 'No'.

Ji Xinxue turned her head to look at the document in Yu Heng's hand, staring at the word 'Zhou Wan' and fell into deep thought.

If he and Yu Heng hadn't cheated out that 'she' was not the real orphan of General Yuan Zhouwei at the beginning.Just looking at Shi Mao's various answers, it is completely in line with the logic of a noble and upright couple asking for their son to marry the benefactor's daughter, and with a heart of repaying the favor, treating the benefactor's daughter better than their own son.

He felt that the "benefactor's daughter" gave him a very familiar feeling, as if he had noticed similar people before, but he couldn't determine where the familiar feeling came from for a while.

Ping Zhen?

Like Zhou Wan, she appeared in front of people with a false identity.

Ji Xinxue shook her head. Ping Zhen and Zhou Wan had different ways. Ping Zhen coaxed Yao Zheng to adopt her as a concubine with the careful planning of the people behind her and her own ability. Gradually, Kung Fu mastered Yao Zheng, quietly influencing Yao Zheng's decision.

Zhou Wan was wrong because of her 'benefactor's daughter'. Shi Mao knew that Zhou Wan was not the orphan of General Yuan Zhouwei, and it was impossible for the Yin and his wife of Xunyang Mansion not to know.

From the very beginning, it was a lie that the Yin and his wife of the Xunyang Mansion treated Zhou Wan preferentially because Zhou Wan was the daughter of the savior of the Yin of the Xunyang Mansion.

Ji Xinxue felt that he was very close to the answer, but she still couldn't break through the last obstacle. While listening to Zhang Siyi's interrogation absent-mindedly, she looked at the document in Yu Heng's hand that he could already memorize.

The document was the result of Li Jinhuan and Zhang Siyi sending people to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate Zhou Wan. After Zhou Wan held the funeral for his family, he stayed behind closed doors for three years, and from the fourth year onwards, he gradually resumed walking around with his family friends.

Zhou Wan who appeared three years later was most likely not the daughter of General Yuan Zhouwei.

Zhang Siyi took a brand new piece of white paper from Jin Wuwei and put it in Shi Mao's hand, "Do you know that besides the Governor of Xunyang Mansion, there are other people who bribed your brother Cong who temporarily lives in Anye to inquire about your condition?" ?"

Shi Mao hesitated for a while, leaving 'yes' in the corner of the white paper.

"Are these people related to Zhou Wan?" Zhang Siyi mentioned Zhou Wan again.

'I don't know' Shi Mao's fingers pulled out ink marks that could almost run through the entire white paper.

After waiting for the next question for a long time, Shi Mao couldn't help but look at Zhang Siyi inquiringly.

Zhang Siyi shook her head, then turned back to Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng, "He won't answer honestly, I can't ask anything."

Yu Heng said coldly, "Then go and interrogate Zhang Yuanwai first. He has dealt with people from Jiangnan, so he will know some clues."

"Yes." Ji Xinxue nodded, and walked out the door without hesitation, ignoring Shi Mao's various voices.

When one foot had already stepped out of the door, Ji Xinxue suddenly turned her head, her tone was full of condescending gifts, "As long as Zhang Yuanwai, Luo Meng, and Luo Jiao are still alive, my previous promise will take effect. If you confess honestly, they can change their names." Change your surname and enjoy wealth. If you find out that you have lied in the future, hum."

The group did not leave the Anye county office immediately, but instead went to a place where they could talk conveniently.

Ji Xinxue is well aware of the fact that conditions cannot be fulfilled at once.

Although it was promised at the beginning that Zhang Yuanwai, Luo Meng, and Luo Jiao could change their appearances and enjoy wealth and wealth, but cunning set a limit.

The premise is that Shi Mao confessed 'honestly'.

It's up to him to judge whether he is honest or not.

As long as Shi Mao didn't give him a satisfactory answer, it would be considered dishonest. When Shi Mao was brought back to the cell, someone would take Zhang Yuanwai to the cell next to Shi Mao to whip him.

Because Zhang Yuanwai was only a victim in the Jiangnan incident, the whip would not really be on Zhang Yuanwai, but Shi Mao would hear Zhang Yuanwai's wailing.

In this way, Shi Mao will promise from the "princess who has reached the end point" to give Zhang Yuanwai, Luo Meng, and Luo Jiao a new look, so that they can enjoy wealth and wealth. 'Return' As long as he does not confess honestly, Zhang Yuanwai, Luo Meng, and Luo Jiao may be sentenced to prison at any time. ' starting point.

Losing after getting it will make Shi Mao look forward to the reward at the end even more.

This interrogation is just to test how strong Shi Mao's heart is.

The unused nine blank sheets of paper, the only answer to 'yes and no' questions, and the abrupt end of the interrogation were all to let Shi Mao know that he had no room to speak.

As long as he hesitated when making a confession, he would lose the opportunity to fight for a stable life for Zhang Yuanwai, Luo Meng, and Luo Jiao, and there was no way to remedy it no matter how much he regretted it afterwards.

The next interrogation will be the top priority.

Zhang Siyi took out the booklet in his sleeve pocket. The questions he asked Shi Mao just now came from this booklet, and it was the result of his not sleeping all night.

Li Jinhuan found a wooden stick and burned it black with a candle and handed it to Zhang Siyi. Seeing that Zhang Siyi circled all Shi Mao's answers, his gaze focused on the word 'Zhou Wan' for a long time, and said softly, "As far as I know, Jiangnan doesn't place much importance on family background. As long as he is a descendant, a concubine or even a concubine, he will be valued by the family as long as he is promising. Shi Mao's mother is the daughter of the previous Patriarch of the Bai family. If Zhou Wan is related to the Bai family, there is no need to replace Yuan Zhouwei. The identity of the general's orphan."

Zhang Siyi nodded repeatedly, expressing her guess.

"Jiangnan is headed by Dongyu and Xibai, but the two have never been in harmony, and there is a tendency of not getting in touch with each other. Not only the Yu family first arrived in Jiangnan, but they used their family background and Princess An's old love for them to forcefully suppress them. Because of the dominant Bai family in the south of the Yangtze River, the two sides forged many deadly feuds in the process of competing for interests, and because "Zhang Siyi handed over in the direction of Chang'an," he did not want to see a dominant family in the wealthy Jiangnan. Condition."

When the Yu family first arrived in the south of the Yangtze River and had the strongest momentum, Emperor Qianyuan, who had not yet become a prince, once personally promoted the defeated Bai family.

After Emperor Qianyuan ascended the throne, when he dealt with the aristocratic family with iron and blood methods, he never attacked the Yu family. Instead, he warned the Bai family not to make too much progress.

Of course there is Princess Anguo's reason among them, but it can also be seen that Emperor Qianyuan didn't want to see one family dominate.

Counting the days, it was already the Jianxing Dynasty when Zhou Wan replaced the orphan of General Yuanzhou Wei. When Shi Mao and Zhou Wan got married, Emperor Yanguang had been on the throne for many years, and he was just showing his true colors of being greedy for fun. Jiangnan was the first to neglect.

At this time, the Yu family and the Bai family had the idea of ​​easing their relationship, and it is not impossible to marry secretly.

In this way, Yin and his wife of Xunyang Mansion put the "benefactor's daughter" in front of their own son, and Yin Ming of Xunyang Mansion knew that there were forces in the dark staring at Shi Mao but remained indifferent, and there was a plausible explanation.

Ji Xinxue shook her head, "If it was the Yu family and the Bai family who married secretly, how could the Yu family know that Shi Mao had run away from home for many years, married a wife and had children outside, and would rather give up his status as the eldest son of the governor, even to the point of insanity. Keep this marriage going."

Where is this marriage?

It's clearly a feud.

Judging from the behavior of the governor of the Xunyang Prefecture asking Shi Mao to ask his elder brother if he would like to go home every ten days, the governor of the Xunyang Prefecture never thought of giving up Shi Mao completely.

At that time, Shi Mao said that he would go home to reconcile with Zhou Wan, and return to An Ye alone three months later.

According to the investigation results from Jiangnan, the news of Shi Mao's return home has never been spread, and Zhou Wan has always been firmly seated as the head of the family.

It can be seen that the Yin and his wife of Xunyang Mansion did not agree to Shi Mao's reconciliation, nor did they ask Shi Mao to take Zhang Lan and his children back to the south of the Yangtze River with a strong attitude. Instead, they allowed Shi Mao to return to Anye and Zhang Lan to live.

This is another place full of contradictions.

It is neither in line with the fact that the governor of Xunyang Prefecture values ​​Shi Mao, nor is it in line with the behavior that the governor of Xunyang Prefecture and his wife treat Zhou Wan more affectionately than Shi Mao.

Combining various specific events, Ji Xinxue felt that the Yin and his wife of the Xunyang Mansion were more like a helpless compromise to Zhou Wan than a doting.

Quite a bit like asking God is easy and sending God away is difficult, and it means that you can't make a sad face to God.

From Zhou Wan's point of view, Zhou Wan is also very wronged.

Since the Yin and his wife of the Xunyang Mansion know that she is not the real orphan of General Yuan Zhouwei, her marriage to Shi Mao is not considered a fraudulent marriage, at least she did not deceive Shi Mao.

After only two years of marriage, the husband ran away from home, saying that the parents-in-law who loved her just lied that their son was infected with a serious disease and wanted to recuperate in Zhuangzi, so as to save the family's face.She has no intention of finding her son back and letting him live a good life with her.

Ji Xinxue didn't know whether the Yin and his wife of the Xunyang Mansion had promised Zhou Wan to find Shi Mao, but they certainly hadn't really paid attention to this matter, otherwise Shi Mao would never have been found after hiding his name in Anye for so many years .

When Zhou Wan got the news that Shi Mao was in Anye, there was a high probability that she would not have feelings other than wanting to vomit blood. Not only did she have to accept the bad news that Shi Mao had married a wife and had children outside, but she also had to face Shi Mao's unrepentant attitude. The reality of divorcing her and remarrying an outside woman.

Everyone praised her loving parents-in-law who were still indifferent, and even let her husband go back to live with women outside.

To be able to endure such grievances is by no means an ordinary ruthless person.

What is the reason that made Xunyang Mansion Yin and his wife and Zhou Wan endure each other and insist on maintaining their identities as parents-in-law and daughter-in-law?

Can't Shi Mao and Zhou Wan reconcile and recognize Zhou Wan as a righteous daughter?

Ji Xinxue firmly believes that there is a big secret in it.

In contrast, Yu Heng's way of thinking is simpler.

He said to Zhang Siyi, "The Yu family is different from the Jiangnan family. The concubines are like grass, and the concubine is not as good as a servant."

With the Yu family's precious descendants, unless there is a huge benefit, they will never let their daughters take the place of others, and they will no longer be able to recognize the family.

If it is a concubine and a concubine, there is no way to achieve the effect of marriage.

Zhang Siyi's guess is fundamentally untenable.

Everyone sorted out the information obtained from Shi Mao's interrogation today, and dispersed separately.

Use Zhang Yuanwai to frighten Shi Mao first today, give Shi Mao jaw rest and time to think tomorrow, and continue the interrogation the day after tomorrow.

Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng left the Anye County Government Office and went straight to the enamel kiln. Today is the opening day of the enamel kiln.

After getting into the carriage, Ji Xinxue's mind was still full of questions that had troubled him all morning.

Why did he feel that Zhou Wan gave him a very familiar feeling?

"Feng Lang, do you think we have met someone similar to Zhou Wan?" Ji Xinxue raised her head and looked at Yu Heng, her eyes full of confusion.

Yu Heng took out a piece of rock candy from his purse through the handkerchief and put it in Ji Xinxue's mouth, "How is it similar?"

Ji Xinxue bit Bingtang and said nothing, if he could figure out 'how similar', why would he struggle for so long.

The rich and sweet taste relieved Ji Xinxue's increasingly anxious mood. He pondered for a moment, and counted his fingers to list several possibilities that made him feel similar, "Encounter? Situation?"

Ji Xinxue paused in breaking her fingers, and the blurry figure in her mind suddenly faded away from the thick fog covering the surface, revealing her original face.

He knows who it is!

Yu Heng thought carefully following Ji Xinxue's example, and spoke at the same time as Ji Xinxue.

"Third uncle?"

"Mrs. Qi Fuwei!"

Ji Xinxue's eyes were filled with amazement, and she repeatedly patted Yu Heng's shoulder with her palms that had nowhere to rest, "Yes, it's her!"

Zheng Shi, the wife of the second son of the British government, her marriage situation is almost exactly the same as that of Zhou Wan.

The first point, in general, can be regarded as a good match with the husband, but it is controversial.

Zhou Wan is an orphan girl, so it is reasonable to say that she is not as good as Shi Maoliang, but she is still the daughter of the savior of the governor of Xunyang Prefecture. If General Yuan Zhouwei is still alive, this marriage is a good marriage, so it generally makes sense.

When the Zheng family married into the British government, the Zheng family was already a man of Manchu nationality, relying on his background to live, and it stands to reason that he was not worthy of the prince of the British government.However, it is an old practice for families to marry each other, and she only married the second son, not the eldest son who will definitely inherit the title without accident, so it generally makes sense.

The second point is that after getting married, she suffers a lot of grievances from her husband, but she is deeply loved by her husband's family.

Zhou Wan's grievances are obvious, and the Yin and his wife of Xunyang Mansion have to be carefully considered how sincere they are towards Zhou Wan, but on the surface they have nothing to say.She would rather let her son, who has not returned home for many years, continue to run away from home, than allow her son to reconcile with Zhou Wan.

There are a total of three daughter-in-laws in the British government, two of them are princesses, but the second daughter-in-law of the lowest status, Zheng's, is the most favored by the elders.The only daughter of the British husband and wife married to the Zheng family, so it is understandable to treat Zheng's daughter kindly for the sake of her own daughter.

The British father-in-law and his wife, on the grounds that their three sons were the second most unmotivated, not only had no achievements in official career, but also had to be dragged to the bed no matter how smelly they were, wronged Mrs. .

When Princess Xianglin was still alive, she was the housekeeper of the Zheng family who had the lowest status and was not the daughter-in-law of the eldest son.

Later, because of the frail health of the British Duke and Duchess, the power of housekeeping was transferred to the old lady of the British Government. The eldest son and daughter-in-law Princess Yiyun finally obtained the right to assist the housekeeper. The head asked people to send the best things to Mrs. Zheng.

Like the Yin and his wife of the Xunyang Mansion, they talked nicely and were willing to give Zheng a monetary subsidy, but they never really restrained Deputy Captain Qi, but they were not allowed to raise a concubine in the mansion.

The third point, no matter how ugly the quarrel with your husband is, I never thought about getting divorced.

Zheng Shi can be called a high-end version of Zhou Wan.

Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng looked at each other.

Two people who can't beat each other have the same characteristics.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence?" Ji Xinxue whispered.

If it is not a coincidence, it has been confirmed that the family affairs of the Governor of Xunyang Mansion will involve the secret Jiangnan forces that were not detected in the Shangzhou case, so the British husband and wife who are blatantly biased towards the Zheng family are afraid to think about it.

Ji Xinxue immediately remembered the white jade safety lock given to Yu Heng and him by the British princess.

Although reason and emotion are inclined to have problems with the British husband and wife, Ji Xinxue does not want Yu Heng to face this matter suddenly, and deliberately calls it a coincidence.

Yu Heng held Ji Xinxue's hand and shook his head, said in a hoarse voice, "I don't know, you should write a letter to His Majesty explaining this matter."

Arriving at the enamel kiln, the two tacitly kept Zhou Wan and Zheng's matter to the bottom of their hearts, and waited quietly for the kiln to open.

Before the end of the day, the first batch of enamel kilns were opened one after another.

Because I know that the probability of success in firing enamel for the first time is almost zero, so most of the enamel fired this time are small objects.

Except for the small vases painted by Ji Xinxue herself, most of them are copper bowls, copper bracelets or even small items of copper pieces.

The final result was far beyond Ji Xinxue's expectation.

The little enamelled vase is almost perfect, and the rest is nothing.

Ji Xinxue was lost in thought while staring at the magnificent little vase.

First of all, the coloring factor touted by the craftsmen is excluded. It is true that he personally colored the successful small enamel vase, but he also colored a pair of copper bowls and a pair of copper bracelets separately. Toy?

Consider it from objective factors such as heat, volume, time, etc., or wait until more data has been accumulated before considering it.

"Do you want to keep this pair of vases in the kiln?" Yu Heng asked casually.

"No need." Ji Xinxue shook her head and said with a smile, "It's not something made by templates, even if it stays in the kiln, it won't help the next firing of enamel. Why don't you send it back to Chang'an for Aye to see."

Yu Heng didn't answer any more, with obvious disappointment on his face, he turned his head and looked at the small enamel vase reluctantly, and almost wrote the word "want" on his forehead.

He nodded slowly, "Your Majesty has been thinking about the enamel you made by yourself for a long time, and you should really send it to Your Majesty first."

Hesitation appeared in Ji Xinxue's eyes. He first talked to Yu Heng about the enamel, and then went to Xin Chang'an to discuss it with Emperor Changping. In terms of time, it was Yu Heng who had been thinking about enamel for a longer time.

He is used to seeing Yu Heng's whim, and he will immediately get what he wants. Seeing the reluctance in Yu Heng's eyes at this time, he felt extremely uncomfortable, and blurted out the words of retreat, "Aye, there is no hurry."

"Really?" The disappointment in Yu Heng's eyes immediately turned into anticipation, and Ji Xinxue's figure was clearly reflected in his eyes.The meaning of anticipation is self-evident.

After the words were out of his mouth, Ji Xinxue no longer hesitated, he nodded and said, "When you can guarantee that the enamel can be fired successfully every time, then send the enamel to Chang'an, and take the pair of bottles back to the Princess Mansion first."

As for whether to take back Yuheyuan or Anheyuan, it is inconvenient to say more in the enamel kiln, and it is only a matter of one sentence after returning to the mansion.

As the saying goes, "one cannot do things with a bad conscience", Ji Xinxue just forgot about Emperor Changping's order to "send back to Chang'an if there is enamel that can be seen" in the middle of the night. Riga is in a hurry.

Although he knew that Emperor Changping would not at least not know about the enamel bottle so quickly, Ji Xinxue still hesitated before tearing open the envelope.

There was only one sentence in the letter, asking Ji Xinxue to immediately use the princess's golden seal to dispatch troops to the junction of Shannan East Road and Jiangnan West Road.

Because this letter was urgent, Ji Xinxue was very busy for the next two days, and did not find time to interrogate Shi Mao again until the third day.

This time Ji Xinxue didn't let the Jin Wuwei take off Shi Mao's chin in advance, and went directly to see Shi Mao in the cell.

Shi Mao's various reactions have proved that he regards the lives of Zhang Yuanwai, Luo Meng, and Luo Jiao as more important than his own life, and he will never commit suicide until he is sure that Zhang Yuanwai, Luo Meng, and Luo Jiao can spend the rest of their lives in peace.

Compared to two days ago, Shi Mao's eyes became less decadent, and he looked at Ji Xinxue and the others with a desire to express.

Ji Xinxue took Shi Mao's changes into his eyes calmly, and sat on the chair specially brought by Jin Wuwei, "Tell me, what do you know."

A dazed expression appeared on Shi Mao's face, his eyes lingered on the faces of the people around Ji Xinxue one by one, and he said after a while, "What do you want to know?"

He has already seen through Zhang Yuanwai's cries of pain when he was being whipped and the cries of Luo Meng and Luo Jiao, he has recognized the reality that man is a knife and he is a fish.

Princess Anwu's promise was a bait to save time and energy. For Princess Anwu, it was just a casual thing, but to him it was no less than a life-saving straw.

The longer he stayed alone in the cell, the clearer the thoughts in Shi Mao's mind became.

It's not that Princess Anwu has to ask something out of him, it's that he has to fight for Zhang Yuanwai, Luo Meng, and Luo Jiao to live a prosperous and carefree second half of their lives.

"Tell me about Zhou Wan, if you have anything to say." Ji Xinxue lowered her head to study the round nails, and spoke casually, without giving Shi Mao the slightest look from the beginning to the end, as if his inquiries to Shi Mao were just boring to pass the time.

Ji Xinxue's attitude put a lot of pressure on Shi Mao.

Shi Mao couldn't help but think, if he couldn't leave a deep impact on Princess Anwu today, would he be forgotten like before, and he would never have the chance to fight for Zhang Yuanwai, Luo Meng, and Luo Jiao to have a rich and worry-free rest of their lives.

He no longer dared to answer in a perfunctory manner. He pondered for a moment before opening his mouth, and decided to start from the beginning and talk about his and Zhou Wan's affairs in detail.

"My mother once gave birth to a baby girl by accident. According to her age, she is similar to the Zhou family sister, so she loves the Zhou family sister very much. I often saw the Zhou family sister when I was young."

Later, something happened to the Zhou family, and the only remaining young daughter of the Zhou family wore mourning behind closed doors. Shi Maocai lost contact with the younger sister of the Zhou family. Three years later, Zhou Wan started to walk outside. Shi Mao happened to be studying everywhere, and she hardly met Zhou Wan.

When he knew that his family planned to let him marry Zhou Wan, Shi Mao didn't have any thoughts of resistance. Whose marriage was not ordered by his parents and a matchmaker?

He had heard that the marriage of the younger sister of the Zhou family was difficult, and she was always laughed at if she was low or high. This was not only the daughter of his savior, but also the younger sister who followed him since childhood. Maodu is willing to marry the younger sister of the Zhou family.

Ji Xinxue quietly listened to the story in Shi Mao's mouth, and the emotions in her eyes gradually became complicated.

If the person Zhou Wan replaces is not the younger sister of the Zhou family who occupies a place in Shi Mao's heart, but an unfamiliar person, maybe there will be no more things that happened later.

After marriage, Shi Mao discovered through various clues and temptations that Zhou Wan was not his Zhou family's younger sister, and he was determined to divorce his wife. For the first time in his life, he was pressed on the spring stool by the governor of Xunyang Prefecture to beat the family law.

Then there were endless quarrels, resistance, and suppression. Finally, the Governor of Xunyang Mansion couldn't bear it anymore and asked the servants in the mansion to escort Shi Mao to Zhuangzi to calm down.

Shi Mao's hoarse voice was full of bitterness, "I was young at the time, apart from feeling angry for the younger sister of the Zhou family, I was even more saddened by the attitudes of Aye and A'Niang, and even asked A'niang angrily whether I was Aye's son or that person was Aye's son. Ye's daughter, got a slap in the face."

Sad and desperate, Shi Mao decided to run away from home. When he first left Zhuangzi, he knew that his parents agreed that he should go out to relax, so he could escape from Yuanzhou so easily.

Shi Mao first stopped near Yuanzhou, quietly transferred the gold and silver, and one day he jumped off the ship to get rid of his family servants, and went all the way north to Anye to settle down.

During the period, Zhou Wan went to him before he got rid of the servants at home, and said that she only wanted to live a good life with Shi Mao, and if Shi Mao didn't like her, she could choose a good concubine for Shi Mao who could make Shi Mao like him.

When mentioning An Ye, Shi Mao's eyes were full of disappointment, "Princess should have heard about what happened next. Lan'er and I have seen that person for three months since we returned home. She has hardly changed at all."

Zhou Wan is willing to welcome Zhang Lan in as a concubine. No matter whose name Zhang Lan's children are in, she is willing to treat those children as her own. Zhang Lan reunites with her family at any time.

"Have you promised her?" Zhang Siyi couldn't help asking.

Shi Mao shook his head, his eyes and brows were full of bitterness, "I dare not promise her."

After more than ten years of living in Anye, Shi Mao already has more important people in his heart, and he will no longer have to sever all ties with Zhou Wan because of the younger sister he remembers.Shi Mao admitted that he was moved by the conditions proposed by Zhou Wan, but only moved.

He had already promised Zhang Lan that he would remarry Zhang Lan or stay in Anye. No matter how attractive Zhou Wan's conditions were, he would not dare to lie to Zhang Lan again.

Besides, in Shi Mao's mind, the person who threatened Zhang Lan the most was never Zhou Wan, but his biological parents.

His biological parents seemed to be bewildered. For the sake of Zhou Wan not even wanting to have their own son, they would definitely think that Zhang Lan had caused Zhou Wan to be wronged, so they had to deal with Zhang Lan.

Shi Mao knew that his parents would not allow others to say that they had a bad temper towards Zhou Wan. If Zhou Wan and Zhang Lan lived together, even if Zhou Wan refused, the parents would record Zhang Lan's children under Zhou Wan's name.

This is something that Zhang Lan absolutely cannot bear.

In the end, no one has half the way to convince others, they can only tacitly maintain the status quo.

Zhou Wan still stayed in the Shi Mansion as her filial daughter-in-law, the apple of the eye of the Yin and his wife of the Xunyang Mansion.Shi Mao returned to Anye to take care of Zhang Lan and his sons and daughters, and casually flouted the words of the governor of Xunyang Prefecture asking him to send his eldest son and eldest daughter back to Jiangnan to study in two years.

"Even when I was having the most trouble, Aye never revealed her background to me." Shi Mao's eyes suddenly focused, "My mother once called me a fool who was lucky enough to marry a princess but didn't know how to cherish her. "

Ji Xinxue's gaze froze instantly, and she raised her head to exchange glances with Yu Heng.

They all thought of the sheepskin scroll found in the "Skillful Tool", which recorded the princess, warrior and horsewhip in Turkic language.

The praise for the princess on the parchment did not meet Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng's expectations, it was completely in line with Pingzhen.

Only a few days passed before they heard the second princess.

Yu Heng suddenly let out a chuckle, and looked at Shi Mao with contempt, "How come this king has never heard of a princess living outside? Could it be that your mother is suffering from hysteria."

Shi Mao was not angry at Yu Heng's unceremonious ridicule, but nodded in agreement, "I also feel that my parents seem to be bewitched."

Neither Li Jinhuan nor Zhang Siyi had read the parchment scrolls, they followed Yu Heng's train of thought, and both regarded the princess as a member of the Ji family.

Zhang Siyi successively suggested several people who might be the father of Miss Wang, but she shook her head and denied it before being refuted, and fell into deep thinking again.

Taking advantage of Zhang Siyi and Shi Mao's interruption, Ji Xinxue carefully smoothed her train of thought.

Now it is certain that Pingzhen has something to do with the Turks in all likelihood.

Not long after Pingzhen was arrested, the clues on the parchment found in the ingenious tools found by the Jiangnan businessman identified Pingzhen as the "princess".

Because people who are good at recognizing pen and ink concluded that the handwriting on the parchment scroll was written within half a month, Ji Xinxue suspected that Pingzhen was just a shield.

If the real princess is Zhou Wan, at least the behavior of the Yin and his wife of Xunyang Mansion holding Zhou Wan becomes reasonable.

In case Zhou Wan is unhappy and reveals his identity, even the three clans of Yin Guang in Xunyang Mansion may not be able to appease the emperor's anger.

Ji Xinxue still has many questions in her mind.

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Is it really the king's daughter?

Which king?

The Turkic king took great pains to let his daughter, whose appearance was no different from that of the Han people, sneak into the Yu Dynasty as someone else's identity, just to marry the mere Xunyang Mansion, just to marry the mere son of the governor of Yuanzhou?

When Shi Mao dealt with Zhang Siyi and Li Jinhuan's speculation about which princess Zhou Wan might be, his eyes were always on Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng from the corner of his eyes, and his heart couldn't stop sinking.

He took it for granted that Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng's contemplation was not interested.

Shi Mao vigorously licked the open wound on the side of his cheek, and finally made up his mind to say the biggest hole card.

"Prince Xianglin, do you want to know about Chu Tanhua?"

Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng looked up at Shi Mao at the same time, the coldness in their eyes was almost identical.

Since the founding of the Yu Dynasty, there has been only one Chu Tanhua, and that is Yu Heng's grandfather, Chu Mo.

In the 15th year of Jianxing, Chu Mo was appointed by the Emperor Jianxing as an imperial envoy to patrol the south of the Yangtze River. Unfortunately, the boat capsized in the heavy rain while inspecting the water conservancy on board. No one was alive or dead, and the guards and servants of Princess Anguo's mansion who followed Chu Mo were the same. Fortunately, he never appeared in front of the world again.

The news spread back to Chang'an that Yu Heng's grandmother, Yu An, had a miscarriage and almost followed Chu Mo.

Shi Mao clenched his hands to suppress the excitement in his heart.

He knew that he had done nothing wrong, and only by telling useful news would he have the opportunity to ask Princess Anwu to fulfill her promise to give Zhang Yuanwai, Luo Meng and Luo Jiao a rich and worry-free rest of their lives.

Without Yu Heng asking, Shi Mao told everything he knew.

"Chu Tanhua didn't disappear back then, but because he knew a secret that he shouldn't know was hidden. After his death, the body was taken away by the Jiangnan Yu clan and buried in the Yu clan's ancestral land."

"How do you know about this?" Ji Xinxue leaned forward, unable to hide her concern about this matter.

Shi Mao hesitated briefly on his face, swallowed the strong rusty taste in his mouth, and said in a hoarse voice, "When I was young, I went back to Bai's house with my mother to celebrate my grandfather's birthday, and when I was playing hide-and-seek with my cousins, I went to find my mother The tree hole that told me is hiding."

When he first discovered that someone was cleaning the grass, Shi Mao thought it was his cousins ​​who came here, so he deliberately slowed down his breathing. When he realized that the people outside were his grandfather and unknown people, Shi Mao was afraid of being punished, and he dared not go out. Voice.

His grandfather asked, "Is he dying?"

The unknown person replied, "The bones have been taken away by members of the Yu family."

Hearing this, his grandfather ridiculed the Yu family for rushing to recognize their relatives.

After a long time, an unknown person whispered, "Princess An Guo's Mansion sent someone to investigate the disappearance of the imperial envoy, just in case Mrs. Yu"

Before the man could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by his grandfather, "If Mrs. Yu has the guts, she won't just watch Chu Mo die."

Ji Xinxue clenched Yu Heng's icy hand tightly, barely holding back the anger that was about to burst out of her chest, "How old were you then?"

Shi Mao didn't dare to look directly into Ji Xinxue's eyes anymore, and lowered his head deeply, "Five years old."

Yu Heng silently squeezed Ji Xinxue's hand.

Chu Mo disappeared in the 15th year of Jianxing, and Shi Mao was born in the 12th year of Jianxing.

Shi Mao heard these words when he was five years old, which means that Chu Mo did not die immediately after his disappearance, at least spent more than a year under house arrest alone.