Knock knock knock

Jing Xi had just finished feeding Jiang Bai his medicine when she heard someone knocking on the door. She had no choice but to bend down and tuck the blanket around Jiang Bai, then get up and open the door, where she saw Yan Wan standing outside.

"Wan'er, why are you here? Is there something you need?" Jing Xi asked.

“Jingxi, Uncle Jiang has traveled from the capital to the Northwest. He’s on his way here now,” Yan Wan said directly.

"What? That old man really came to Yunzhou City?" Jing Xi asked in surprise.

"Hmm, I didn't expect it either. Logically speaking, Uncle Jiang should have arrived in ten days. How come he came so quickly?" Yan Wan also felt a little strange.

"Is my father here?" Jiang Bai's voice came from inside the house.

"Wan'er, come in." Jing Xi opened the door and pulled Yan Wan inside.

"Jiang Bai, what's going on? How did Uncle Jiang get here so quickly?" Jing Xi asked directly, voicing her doubts.

"Father is rushing on his way so quickly, it must be because Mother's death anniversary is approaching. Father wants to see Mother's hometown and pay respects to her from afar," Jiang Bai explained weakly.

"I'm sorry, Jiang Bai, I shouldn't have asked," Jing Xi said with some guilt.

"You went to pay respects at Li's home? Are you and Li Shang cousins?" Yan Wan seemed to have discovered a new continent.

"It's alright, Jingxi, there's no need to feel guilty. Li Shang and I are not cousins," Jiang Bai explained calmly.

He continued, "I haven't said this because I have my own selfish reasons. I'm actually not my father's biological son. I'm just an orphan that my father adopted from outside." Li Shang said with some bitterness. He had always wanted to break free and escape from Cang Ling and the others, but he knew that he couldn't escape. They were a group of people. He only appeared in front of his father through Prince An. They used tricks to get his father to take him in at that time.

They have evidence in their hands. If one day they reveal this information, he will not only lose his father, but also Jingxi, and he will be back to the time when he had nothing.

His father's love was something he had schemed for, and Jingxi's love was something he had obtained by concealing a secret.

“When we were at the Jiang residence, Father probably kept this a secret because he was afraid I would be upset and feel like I didn’t belong. It’s normal that you don’t know,” Jiang Bai said understandingly.

"Jiang Bai, you just said that Uncle Jiang's wife is from the Li family?" Yan Wan continued to ask. This is impossible. In the original book, it was written that Uncle Jiang married a daughter from the Ning family in Jiangnan. How could she be from the Li family now?

“That’s right, my legal mother is Li Shang’s aunt, Li Ge,” Jiang Bai said with certainty.

"I see." Yan Wan suppressed her doubts and didn't ask any further questions, as asking any more might arouse Jiang Bai's suspicion.

In the original book, Li Shang's aunt married Prince An, but now it seems she married Uncle Jiang.

The things related to Prince An seem to be inconsistent with the original plot. Who exactly is he? And how did he bypass the power of the plot? He was clearly dead in the original book, but now he has reappeared alive. The original leader of the Huangzhou Rebellion was not Prince An, so how did he end up in Huangzhou?

One mystery after another appeared in Yan Wan's mind. Yan Wan raised her hand and rubbed her head, feeling a bit of a headache. If she had the chance, she really wanted to meet this mysterious Prince An and see what kind of ability he had to bypass the power of the plot.

"You brat, I just heard from His Highness the Crown Prince that you're ill. This old man has come to see you." Jiang Yan's strong voice rang out from outside the door.

Just as Jing Xi was about to get up and open the door, it was opened from the outside, and Jiang Yan swaggered in.

“Uncle Jiang,” Yan Wan said, standing up.

"Old man," Jing Xi called out, raising an eyebrow.

"Father, you've arrived." Jiang Bai struggled to get out of bed to greet Jiang Yan, but Jiang Yan pressed him back down. "You brat, you should just lie there. You're such a weak young man, you don't have the demeanor of a father at all," Jiang Yan said disdainfully.

"Father," Jiang Bai called out helplessly. Jing Xi was still here, and his father really didn't give him any face at all.

"Hmph!" Jiang's father turned his head away arrogantly. "You brat, didn't you say you would help the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce open up trade routes in the Northwest? How's it going?" Jiang Yan asked seriously.

Jing Xi rolled her eyes speechlessly and said, "Old man, are you kidding me? That's road construction! It's not something that can be fixed in a day or two. It'll take at least a year."

"Hmph! Then hurry up! My friends in the chamber of commerce can't wait to come to the Northwest. They're so envious of me when I come here," Jiang's father said proudly.

"Father, did you come here specifically to pay respects to Mother?" Jiang Bai asked.

Jiang's father looked somewhat wistful and said, "Yes! It's been decades since I've set foot in this place. When I was your age, I came to the Northwest to do business with your grandfather. The first time I came, I met your mother. From then on, seeing Li Ge once ruined my life, and not seeing Li Ge ruined my life."

"Father, I only recently learned that the family no longer exists," Jiang Bai said with a heavy heart.

Jiang's father paused for a few seconds, then smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe your mother doesn't want to see me, haha. It's alright. Even if she's gone, I still have to go to Qingzhou to see her home for her."

“Father.” Jiang Bai wanted to comfort his father, but was interrupted by his father, who said, “Take good care of yourself. Come with me on the anniversary of your mother’s death.”

"I understand, Father." Seeing that his father had already made up his mind, Jiang Bai had no choice but to agree.

"Okay, you get some rest. I'm tired from walking all this way. I'm leaving now. You take good care of this brat and your future husband." Jiang Yan said to Jing Xi, who was standing to the side.

"Father, you must be tired from your journey. Go and rest." Jiang Bai's face turned red immediately. He had mentioned his relationship with Jing Xi to his father in a letter, but he didn't expect his father to say it out loud.

"Useless." Jiang's father glanced at Jiang Bai and said.

"Old man, you should go and rest. I'll take good care of him," Jing Xi replied without arguing with him.

"Hmph! That's more like it. I'm leaving." Uncle Jiang turned and left with a flourish.

After Jiang Yan left, Yan Wan also made an excuse to go out with him.

"Uncle Jiang, please wait!" Yan Wan called out as she caught up with Jiang Yan.

“Princess Han, I could tell you had something to say, so I waited for you here.” Jiang Yan turned around and said.

"Thank you, Uncle Jiang. I have a few questions that I would like you to answer," Yan Wan said, adopting a humble attitude.

"Go ahead and ask," Jiang Yan said, flicking his sleeve.

"Uncle Jiang, do you know Prince An?" Yan Wan asked tentatively.