034 has been discovered.

Yuan Chongjing sat there for a while before he saw the three people who arrived late.

Little Peach was held in Song Xi's arms, which stretched out like a little zombie. Her ten fingers were covered with rings that reflected the light, and dozens of bracelets and necklaces hung from her wrists and neck. She swung her arms excitedly, while Li Yang carefully followed beside her, afraid that she might accidentally drop one of her treasures.

Song Xi laughed at her for being too cautious: "If it's broken, it's broken. I have plenty in my room. I'll just go get some more later. Let her play with it."

Li Yang glared at him irritably: "We're not some wealthy family, how could we let her develop such a bad habit? You think you're so rich and powerful?"

Song Xi tossed Little Peach around, her face contorted with a pitiful, tearful expression: "What should we do, Little Peach? Your mother is angry with us."

Little Peach stuck out her tongue and spotted Yuan Chongjing with sharp eyes. During the acupuncture treatment, her attention had been drawn to Song Xi and Li Yang, and she hadn't seen Elder Yue insert the needles into Yuan Chongjing's body.

Seeing Yuan Chongjing covered in silver needles, Xiao Taozi burst into tears, crying, "Daddy! Daddy's hurt!" She struggled to get off Song Xi and stumbled towards him.

Fearing she might fall again, Yuan Chongjing, with his head covered in silver needles, carefully caught her body.

Little Peach didn't dare move in his arms, crying as she looked up at him cautiously: "Daddy, why do you have so many needles in your head? Does it hurt? Little Peach whimpers~"

Yuan Chongjing wiped away the large tears on her face: "Daddy is being treated, it doesn't hurt at all. Little Peach, be good, don't cry, or Daddy will really be in pain."

Little Peach was skeptical of his words: "Really?"

Yuan Chongjing nodded: "Of course it's true. Little Peach, these rings and bracelets are so beautiful, Daddy has never seen them before. Who gave you these?"

Little Peach immediately followed his words, holding up her hand for him to see: "Sixth Uncle gave it to me. I call him Sixth Uncle, and he gives me everything. Daddy, look, isn't it pretty?"

"They're so beautiful." Yuan Chongjing carefully examined the materials of the jewels and could tell that each one was priceless. He coaxed, "Little Peach, these things are too precious. We can't keep them. Let's take them off and give them back to someone else, okay?"

Little Peach was a little reluctant. She looked down at the ring on her hand with a pout, refusing to take it off.

The two people who came over also heard his words. Song Xi said, "Lord Yuan and Yangyang are truly a perfect couple, saying exactly the same thing. But Lord Yuan, you don't need to worry. I have a special connection with Xiao Taozi and I genuinely like her. These things are just a small gift for us when we first met. She calls me Sixth Uncle, so it's not too much for me, as her elder, to give her a small gift, is it?"

This means that those gifts have nothing to do with Yuan Chongjing and Li Yang. Neither of them has the right to decide whether or not to accept them on Xiao Taozi's behalf.

Seeing Xiao Taozi's pitiful eyes and Li Yang's agreement, Yuan Chongjing finally nodded: "Then thank you very much, Divine Doctor."

"No need to be so polite," Song Xi said. "It's almost time to remove the needles, isn't it? Where are Elder Yue and Xiao Han?"

“They’re getting the medicine dispensed from the pharmacy,” Yuan Chongjing replied.

Song Xi knew that Elder Yue was fond of teaching others, so he didn't mind. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "Then I'll remove the needles."

As he carefully removed the silver needles one by one from Yuan Chongjing's hair, Xiao Taozi, her tears still wet on her face, kept circling around the two of them, asking, "Sixth Uncle is so amazing! Sixth Uncle, does my daddy hurt?"

Song Xi said, "Sixth Uncle is so powerful, how could he let your father feel sorry for him?"

"Wow! Sixth Uncle, Little Peach wants to learn too! So that she can treat Daddy's illnesses and prevent him from suffering!"

As Song Xi removed the needles, he said to her, "Okay, but you have to become my apprentice. After you become my apprentice, you will be my little disciple."

What does it mean to become an apprentice?

"Becoming an apprentice simply means... you kneel down, kowtow to your sixth uncle, and call him 'Master.'"

Seeing that Xiao Taozi's legs went weak and she was about to kowtow to Song Xi, Li Yang quickly grabbed her: "Silly Taozi, your sixth uncle was just joking with you."

Given Song Xi's status, his young age, and exceptional skills, there must be a master guiding him. Becoming an apprentice wouldn't be so casual. Besides, Li Yang only wanted Xiao Taozi to live a normal life in Kyoto and didn't want her involved in such a complicated background.

Yuan Chongjing shared the same sentiment, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Li Yang stop Xiao Taozi.

Song Xi smiled, removed the last silver needle from Yuan Chongjing's head, and said with a smile, "What a pity, my little apprentice, a shining new star in the medical field, is gone."

Little Peach nestled in Li Yang's arms, exchanged a glance with Song Xi, and laughed carefree.

After removing the needles, Song Xi hurried back to the palace, not detaining them, and personally escorted them out of the residence. Just as they were about to part, watching Li Yang prepare to board the carriage, Song Xi suddenly called out, "Yang Yang!"

Li Yang stopped and looked at him with a puzzled expression: "What's wrong, Young Master Song?"

Song Xi looked at her without saying a word.

Li Yang thought he had something he couldn't say in front of everyone, so she got off the carriage and came to him: "Young Master Song?"

Song Xi said, "Yangyang, I hope you can remember that what I said today is true. You are a friend I sincerely want to make, and my door will always be open for you."

As if trying to convince her of his words, the seriousness in his eyes was undisguised.

Li Yang said, "Okay, I've got it."

Song Xi laughed: "Go back quickly, Little Peach is still waiting for you."

Li Yang stood there, watching Song Xi enter the gate and slowly close it before she turned around and got into the carriage.

Inside the car, Xiao Taozi was sitting on Yuan Chongjing's lap, playing with the ring on her hand. When she saw her come in, Yuan Chongjing moved a little further in and asked, "What did Song Xi say to you?"

Li Yang said, "It's nothing."

She didn't want to talk about it, and Yuan Chongjing didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he said, "When you weren't here just now, Xu Biyun came to see me."

Li Yang was somewhat surprised that he would bring it up on his own initiative. Earlier in the courtyard, she had vaguely seen a woman's figure leaving from under the pavilion. At this moment, the number of people living in the courtyard could be counted on one hand, and if we're talking about women, there was no one else besides Xu Biyun.

Instead, judging from the speed at which the figure disappeared, Li Yang had a vague feeling that she had deliberately made Li Yang see it.

He deliberately aroused Li Yang's suspicion of Yuan Chongjing, thereby sowing discord between them.

Yuan Chongjing said, "She said some ambiguous things, and I always felt that she was testing whether I had amnesia."

Li Yang asked, "What did she say?"

Yuan Chongjing hesitated for a moment, somewhat embarrassed to say it: "It was something that happened when we were in school together back then."

Li Yang said "Oh~": "Is it the series of foolish things you did back then, when you were at odds with me for her sake? Or were there some ambiguous little things that happened between you two?"

“Anyway, it’s all there,” Yuan Chongjing couldn’t keep up the act any longer and tried to gloss over it: “That’s not what I’m talking about. I always feel like she’s trying to get some information out of me or use me for something. You know, she just said that she was forced to marry Luo Yanzhi before, and now that Luo Yanzhi is dead, she and Luo Song can’t live in the Duke’s mansion anymore and want to ask to be divorced.”

Li Yang raised an eyebrow: "Does she mean that her marriage to Luo Yanzhi is entirely your fault? She's shifting the blame onto you so that you'll help her escape from the Duke's mansion?"

Yuan Chongjing immediately nodded: "Yes, yes, yes!"

Xu Biyun, so proud and arrogant, was someone he knew from their time at the academy who idolized the unyielding scholars and noblewomen in books. How could she possibly be forced into marriage by her parents? He had amnesia, but he wasn't stupid. She thought she could pin such a heavy burden on him with just a few simple words? Was she delusional?

Li Yang, however, was wondering about Xu Biyun's motives for doing this.

She had previously inquired about Xu Biyun and Luo Yanzhi, and learned that they were deeply in love and their married life was very affectionate. Unlike her and Yuan Chongjing's fake marriage, Xu Biyun and Luo Yanzhi's affection was more evident in the small details of their daily interactions.

After Luo Yanzhi passed away, Xu Biyun even attempted suicide. After being rescued, she focused all her attention on their son, Luo Song.

After Luo Minzhi inherited the position of heir apparent of the Duke's mansion, he might have maintained a semblance of politeness towards Xu Biyun and her son out of consideration for Luo Yanzhi's influence. However, it's possible that Luo Minzhi has recently received some instructions, as he no longer cares about such formalities and wants to get rid of the mother and son from the Duke's mansion as soon as possible.

Xu Biyun would not leave the place where she and Luo Yanzhi once lived so easily. But as a widow and her child, and with the Xu family unwilling to risk offending the Duke's mansion to help her, Xu Biyun was left with no other choice or was forced to seek out Yuan Chongjing.

Adding to the rumors circulating widely in Kyoto recently, it's likely that those hiding behind the scenes are trying to use this momentum to ruin Yuan Chongjing's career. Even if he regains his memory in a few days, he won't be able to get involved in politics anymore.

Li Yang looked at Yuan Chongjing and said, "Brother Jing, you're working for Prince Yu."

Yuan Chongjing had a vague idea of ​​what important things he was doing in private, but he really didn't expect it: "The Prince of Yu? The deposed Crown Prince?"

“Yes. Prince Yu was framed by the Third Prince back then, and they have been searching for evidence all these years. You recently found it, but you were ambushed and lost your memory on your way back to the capital. The evidence was also lost, and neither Prince Yu nor the Third Prince’s people have been able to find it.”

"How...how is this possible?"

"It's true. Beihai is the person the Crown Prince gave you. If you don't believe me, you can ask Beihai, and he will tell you everything."

"I believe you," Yuan Chongjing said. Since his youth, Yuan Chongjing had harbored a wish in his heart: to revitalize the Yuan family and to make a significant contribution to the people of Great Qi. He just never expected that he would choose to depose the crown prince, now His Highness the Prince of Yu.

However, upon closer reflection, it makes sense. Currently, the Third Prince has a powerful background and many capable people around him. The Fifth Prince is of mediocre talent and has no hope of ascending the throne, while the Eighth Prince is focused on training troops and waging war, never concerning himself with court affairs. Only the deposed Crown Prince has a chance to regain the throne, and Yuan Chongjing also believes that he must also have the ambition to do so.

There's no need to dwell on this matter. Now that he's made his choice and is on the side of the deposed crown prince, the most important thing right now is to find the evidence he lost as soon as possible.

Fortunately, he asked Elder Yue to speed up the acupuncture treatment today, and he estimates that his memory will be restored in a few days.

Despite his thoughts, after getting off the carriage and returning to the mansion, Yuan Chongjing handed Xiao Taozi to Li Yang and went into his study alone.

When he woke up, he found his study guarded. Apart from him and Li Yang, no one else could enter without his permission. Because of this, his hostility towards Li Yang lessened somewhat.

Now that I think about it, the fact that he designated his study as a heavily guarded area means that everything inside must be very important. In other words, is it possible that the evidence Li Yang mentioned was hidden somewhere in his study where no one could find it?

Yuan Chongjing searched the entire study, but couldn't find the evidence.

He sat down on the ground, looking at the bookshelf that was at least one and a half times the height of a person, his mind wandering to other places where things might be hidden.

He paused for a moment, his eyes landing on one of the books on the bookshelf.

That was a book called "Biographies of Exemplary Women".

One of the books he hated and despised the most.

Based on his usual style, this kind of book would never have come into his sights. He believed that, given Li Yang's personality, she wouldn't read a book that emphasized the three obediences and four virtues of women. So its presence here must have its reason.

Yuan Chongjing took the book down and flipped through it casually. There was nothing unusual about the contents; it was just ordinary handwriting.

Just as he was about to put it down, he saw a piece of paper fall out from between the pages.

The paper was neatly folded, already wrinkled from being pressed down by the book.

He picked it up and carefully unfolded it. The thin paper looked as if it had been crumpled into a ball and then unfolded and flattened.

Four simple characters appeared before Yuan Chongjing's eyes on the paper.

Prenuptial agreement.