Chapter 327 Shi Yu’s True Identity

Qingwu's words made no sense. She was Emperor Feng Zhao's biological sister, so she was naturally Shi Yu's aunt. She regarded herself as Shi Yu's aunt the first time she met him.

Why another retrial?

"What's wrong, Princess?" Wei Qingyan handed Qingwu a handkerchief.

Qing Wu took it, covered her face with the handkerchief, and squatted on the ground, crying silently. After a long while, she said in a muffled voice, "I was irritated by that little fool, but I bullied him back. Forget it, I won't bother with him anymore."

What happened in Cao Yizhao's courtyard was informed to Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan by secret guards before Qingwu arrived.

Both of them are smart people, how could Qingwu's words fool them?

But no one pressed the issue further, letting Qingwu stop crying. Wei Qingyan then asked, "Princess, do you want to go to my room to touch up your makeup?"

Qing Wu only then realized that if she cried silently like this, her makeup would definitely be ruined.

"Then go ahead."

How could the dignified Princess Qingwu allow others to see her embarrassing side? She covered her face with a handkerchief and followed Wei Qingyan into the room.

Shi Yu looked at her back with deep eyes.

When Qingwu called him "Aunt" just now, it seemed like she had truly accepted him as her nephew, and before that, she recognized him as if she had no choice. Why?

What happened that caused Qingwu to change like this?

What was the real purpose of her seemingly unreasonable request just now? Who was she looking through herself?

Shi Yu faced the osmanthus tree in the yard and fell into deep thought.

Inside the room, Wei Qingyan led Qingwu to sit in front of the dressing table and asked, "Should we call a maid to dress the princess? I'm not very good at it."

Qingwu glanced at herself in the bronze mirror. The eye makeup she had applied to make her eyes appear deeper had already smudged into two black spots, and the bright red lip balm was all over her lips.

It's really horrible.

If it were in my own residence, I would be embarrassed, but this is not the princess's residence, so I said, "No need."

She didn't want others to see her as someone who was easily bullied.

But there was no way to let Wei Qingyan leave, because the makeup was smudged like this and she had to wash it off. Fortunately, Wei Qingyan didn't ask too many questions and just fetched some water.

After seeing Qingwu's true face beneath her heavy makeup, Wei Qingyan began to understand why she didn't let anyone serve her.

Without the gorgeous makeup, her face looks at least ten years younger than it actually is. Her facial features are gentle, especially her eyebrows and eyes, which are so gentle that there is no aggressiveness at all. Instead, there is a kind of innocent and well-behaved look that is lovable.

Such a face is indeed not intimidating.

Qing Wu noticed her gaze and only paused for a moment before continuing to put on her makeup. When her face was covered with heavy makeup again, she turned to look at Wei Qingyan and opened her red lips slightly, "This palace has a bad reputation in this imperial city.

If you get too close to me, your reputation might be affected. However, Shi Yu is my nephew, and I don't have many blood relatives now, so I can't care too much.

This Prince's Mansion, I think I should come and visit more often."

The usual domineering tone.

Wei Qingyan smiled, "Princess, if you wish, you can come anytime."

Coincidentally, Shi Yu doesn’t have many blood relatives.

One night was enough time for them to find out what Qing Wu did every day. Although she was arrogant and domineering, openly disrespectful to the queen, kept many lovers, and behaved boldly and unrestrainedly, they had never heard of her deliberately bullying anyone or actively causing trouble for anyone.

In Wei Qingyan's opinion, she was already a good person. After all, she was the eldest princess who held half of the national seal and was more qualified than anyone else to bully others.

Qing Wu seemed to have not expected her to say that. She stared at her for a moment, her red lips curled up, and her arrogant demeanor suddenly rose. "Since that's the case, you won't be able to regret it from now on. Let's go, don't see me off..."

The person who said she was leaving paused in front of the table, her eyes falling on the scroll spread out on the table. After thoroughly reading the contents of the scroll, she suddenly turned to Wei Qingyan, "Why do you have a portrait of Fu Zhuzhu here?"

Fuzhuzhu?

Nick name?

From Qingwu's tone, it seemed that the two knew each other very well. Wei Qingyan lied, "It was mixed in with some antique calligraphy and paintings. I was just about to take a closer look when the princess came over.

Hearing the princess call her Fu Zhuzhu, I think she knows her. Princess, do you know why they sent this girl's portrait to the Crown Prince's Mansion?"

Qingwu remained silent.

Wei Qingyan walked closer and examined the portrait for a while. "This girl doesn't look like she's even of marriageable age, but she's got too many accessories on her head. She's like a child pretending to be an adult. She's really cute. I'm a little curious. Whose girl is she?"

Qing Wu caressed the face of the woman in the painting. After a moment's silence, she finally said, "She is Liang Fuzhu, the daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei. Those headdresses were given to her by me."

"Princess, you are so generous to me. So, please help us return this portrait to Miss Fu Zhuzhu."

"She's not a junior." Qing Wu's eyes were filled with pity. "She was my friend, who died many years ago. This portrait doesn't fit with you, so I'm taking it away."

"How did she die?" Wei Qingyan sighed, "What a pity for such a good girl."

Qing Wu rolled up the scroll and sneered, "There's nothing to regret. She was just stupid. She jumped into the river to commit suicide for a man.

When they were fished out, their bodies had been gnawed beyond recognition by fish. They didn't even know how to die a respectable death, so what's there to be sad about?

Although she said this, her tone was filled with sadness, and she held the scroll tightly in her hands.

When she reached the door, she turned her head and looked at Wei Qingyan, "How did this portrait get to the Crown Prince's Mansion? I don't know, but you can investigate carefully."

After these two things happened in succession, Qingwu no longer had the desire to stay and left the Prince's Mansion with the scroll.

Shi Yu heard the conversation between the two clearly outside the door. As soon as Qing Wu left, he asked the secret guard to investigate the matter of the daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei.

The remnant soul was left in the porcelain bottle, and it was definitely not caused by drowning. Therefore, either Qingwu lied, or Qingwu did not know the truth.

After Qingwu returned to the princess's mansion, she dismissed all the servants and sat quietly in the room alone.

After Rong Yu stared at Chen Wu and others kneeling for an hour, he hurried back to the princess's mansion.

"Princess?"

Rongyu walked to Qingwu and called out in a low voice.

The trance-stricken person returned to reality. Qingwu pointed to the chair opposite, motioning Rongyu to sit down. "Do you remember I asked you before, can you diagnose whether a fetus is ill in the womb?"

Rong Yu glanced at the chair opposite him, then sat down next to Qing Wu and nodded, "Remember, Princess, did you notice anything unusual? Otherwise, you wouldn't have treated Cao Yizhao like that."

Qing Wu glanced at the man who knew her too well and did not hide it from him, "Perhaps Shi Yu is the child of Lin Qianning and the emperor.

If you look closely, he actually looks a bit like Lin Qianning, but Lin Qianning rarely appears in public, and she has been dead for so many years, and no one outside knows that she had a child, so no one has noticed.

"And the Queen's attitude towards Cao Yizhao, right?" Rong Yu was raised by Qingwu, so it was not difficult for him to imagine her intentions towards Cao Yizhao today.

Qing Wu nodded, "The Queen has never been a merciful person. She will kill the son of her enemy without hesitation, even if he is an idiot."

"So, even if it is confirmed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is Lin Qianning's child, the princess will not tell Shi Yu the truth."

Rongyu's tone was firm.

Qing Wu stood up and walked to the window, "If Shi Yu is really Qian Ning's child, I'm happy, but just because he is Qian Ning's child, I should protect him even more.

Rongyu, this road ahead of us is not easy. I cannot involve him in this anymore. I promised my royal brother that I would protect his two children.

So, even though I thought he was the Queen's child at that time, no matter how much I hated the Queen, I had no choice but to recognize him for the sake of my brother.

But he has half the Queen's blood in him, so I can't trust him easily. But now that I know he is Qian Ning's child, I can't reveal anything to him.

The Queen must have known during her pregnancy that her child was born with a deficiency, so she switched Qian Ning's child. Ke Rongyu, think about it carefully, don't you think this is too coincidental?"