"What did you say? What did I do?"

Upon hearing Chen Nian's words, Ziwei's heart skipped a beat.

No, she did things so secretly, no one would know.

"Do you want me to tell you? It's a curse, bewitching the mind, blurring memories, extracting information about one's background, instigating the White Lotus Sect, and the Imperial Kitchen deliberately using a curse to make Er Kang provoke me..."

Do you really think no one knows about these things? And your identity—the White Lotus Cult was completely wiped out, did you think no one could find out your identity? Were you planning to gamble on becoming a princess, the daughter of a remnant of the White Lotus Cult?

Chen Nian didn't beat around the bush anymore; it was getting late, and they still had dinner to eat later.

The sooner it's resolved, the better.

Things are not developing as seriously as they were in the original series. In fact, people are completely relaxed about Xiao Yanzi's identity and don't care at all.

"I don't understand what you're saying at all. What witchcraft? And the White Lotus Sect? What White Lotus Sect? I'm Xia Yuhe's daughter, not a remnant of the White Lotus Sect... Shen Nian, don't slander me! Even Xiao Yanzi admitted that she's not the Emperor's daughter."

Ziwei was still trying to justify herself, putting on an innocent face, and she really did seem to believe it.

Does her admission prove that you are the one?

Chen Nian was disgusted by Ziwei's shamelessness.

"Little Swallow was recognized by the Emperor because she took the folding fan and painting I gave her. Moreover, my mother told me a poem that even Little Swallow didn't know..."

"Yes, the reeds are as fine as silk, and the rock is immovable."

This sentence, right?

Before Ziwei could even utter those words, Chennian spoke up, effectively blocking Ziwei's escape route.

How did you know?

Ziwei exclaimed in shock.

She had worked so hard to get this out of him, how could Chen Nian possibly know?

"No rush."

Chen Nian didn't reply to Ziwei. Instead, he stood up, walked around everyone, and went to the closed door where they were talking. He then opened the door.

Cailian, Erkang, and Xiao Jian, who were standing outside the door, also appeared in front of everyone.

"Come in."

Shen Nian nodded slightly to Er Kang.

"Are you injured?"

Seeing the gauze around Shen Nian's neck, Er Kang's eyes filled with worry.

"What happened? Who did this?"

Upon seeing the white gauze wrapped around Chen Nian's neck, Cai Lian's eyes immediately filled with anger.

She had only been away from the palace for a short time, how could she be injured again?

"It's nothing, just a minor injury. We'll talk about it later. Let's go inside and take care of things first."

Chen Nian coaxed the angry Cai Lian in a soft voice, and affectionately pulled Cai Lian inside.

As Erkang said, once he resolved the matter of Ali Khoja, he would resign from his post. On the day Ali Khoja left, he had already submitted his resignation.

The Emperor was unaware that the resignation had been approved, but Erkang insisted on resigning, and the Emperor eventually approved it anyway.

"Ziwei, I'll make sure you die knowing why. Everything should be settled now. I'm done playing with you."

She didn't want to waste her time on these things.

After completing Xinrong's storyline, she will go out to play with Ertai.

No one else spoke, quietly waiting for Chen Nian to continue. Chen Nian, focused on his work, truly radiated light, attracting everyone's attention.

"Erkang, Erkang, wait for me. Once I recover and regain my identity, we can get married."

Upon seeing Erkang, Ziwei's invisible eyes instantly lit up. Excitedly, she knelt down and took a few steps forward, raising her hand to grab Erkang's clothes, but Erkang dodged her.

Staring at Ziwei, who was kneeling on the ground and crawling anxiously toward him with a dirty face and disheveled hair like a shrew, Erkang's eyes were filled with disgust. He rudely stepped back and avoided Ziwei's touch.

"Erkang, didn't you used to love me the most? You said you would only marry me in the future."

Erkang's actions deeply stung Ziwei's eyes.

"You're disgusting."

Ziwei's words made Erkang feel nauseous. He looked away, not wanting to look at Ziwei even once. The thought of that thing having lived inside his body made Erkang feel extremely disgusted.

Even though it has been removed now, the thought of that disgusting worm living inside him for over a year still makes him feel nauseous.

...

After Cai Lian finished performing the ceremony,

Do you remember who this is?

Chen Nian pulled Cai Lian in front of Zi Wei with a smile on her face.

Who is this?

When Ziwei saw Cailian, she felt that she looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen her before.

"Tsk, you don't even recognize her? You really are a half-baked expert. Cai Cai, she doesn't recognize you."

Seeing that Ziwei didn't recognize him, Chennian felt it was pointless and said to Cailian beside him with some disappointment.

"Alright, didn't you want to resolve this quickly?"

Meeting Chen Nian's disappointed eyes, Cai Lian reached out and rubbed Chen Nian's head.

"Um."

Chen Nian successfully appeased Cai Lian's whims, then squatted down, took out a needle from his body, and while Zi Wei was sizing up who Cai Lian was, he pierced a certain part of Zi Wei's body with the needle.

"Well? Do you remember who she is now?"

Seeing Ziwei's slightly pale face, Chen Nian knew that Ziwei had remembered.

Ziwei's Gu technique is really not high. She originally wanted to erase Cailian's memories, but she didn't expect to erase her own as well.

"It's you?"

"Yes, it was me. You made my father seriously ill, erased my memory, and stole my travel money."

The father Cailian mentioned was not the original owner's biological father, but her adoptive father.

When Ziwei encountered the original owner of the body who was on her way to the capital to recognize her relatives, the original owner had just experienced the death of Xia Yuhe and was in a daze. Ziwei took the opportunity to use a curse on the original owner, erasing her memories and stealing her travel money.

Because Ziwei's Gu technique was not very skillful, there was a mistake in the process of casting the Gu, which caused the original owner to become an idiot. It was the original owner's adoptive father who was kind-hearted and took pity on the original owner, so he took her home.

Hearing the original owner constantly talking about wanting to go to the capital to recognize her relatives, she took the original owner with her all the way to the capital, looking for doctors to treat her. In the end, she used up all her travel money to help the original owner regain her senses and become almost like an ordinary person.

But after the original owner recovered, her adoptive father fell ill. His illness was severe, and he had already used up all the money he had saved. He didn't give the original owner any chance to find work and earn money. The original owner had thought about pawning the jade pendant around her neck, but her adoptive father refused to let her, saying that it was the original owner's only chance to reunite with her family.

If she becomes his father, she shouldn't acknowledge him as her father.

The original owner's adoptive father knew that the jade pendant was obviously very valuable and that they couldn't redeem it if they pawned it.

In the end, the original owner could only watch helplessly as her adoptive father passed away.

“You know that these are all external possessions. You are missing the most important piece of evidence.”

Looking at Ziwei's ashen face, Chen Nian continued speaking.

Ziwei captured her, showing no mercy whatsoever.

She has no sympathy whatsoever; the scar on her hand is still there, and it's unknown how long it will take for it to completely fade.

"What is it...?"

...