"These two little guys!" Ji Tingyou laughed, "I didn't expect them to be so powerful!"

But he is much worse than him. My grandfather always says that he is a prodigal son who is neither good at literature nor martial arts, and a prodigal son who can't get married. Alas!

"Why, Ali, you have two children?" Pei Mingyue was curious. She had only heard her say that her son Pei Zhao became a disciple of Mr. Song from the Haohan Academy, but she didn't expect that she had another one, and that he became a disciple of the divine doctor Huitian?

"Yes," Su Li said, "They are twins, a boy and a girl."

"By the way," Su Li took out the jade pendant from her sleeve and placed it in front of Ji Tingyou: "I'll give this back to you."

Fortunately, she always carried the jade pendant with her. In fact, if she hadn't met Ji Tingyou today, she was planning to ask him in a couple of days about Pei Ji's jade pendant.

She hinted, "I've wanted to return it to you for a long time. If I had known how important this jade pendant was, I wouldn't have accepted it."

Ji Tingyou picked up the jade pendant and asked curiously, "How do you know it must be important?"

When he gave her the jade pendant, he only told her that it was a proof that she could see him when she arrived in the capital.

"There's a 'Ji' character in the jade pendant, doesn't it represent your Ji family? Isn't that important?"

"Huh? You actually discovered it?" When his grandfather gave him the jade pendant, he didn't discover it until several years later. His grandfather even laughed at him for being careless.

Su Li smiled: "It's just a coincidence."

"What did you find?" Pei Mingyue took the jade pendant from Ji Tingyou and turned it over. "Where is the word 'Ji'?"

"If you hold it up to the sunlight, you can see the words inside the jade pendant." Ji Tingyou said.

"Yeah?"

Pei Mingyue walked to the window, raised the jade pendant to the sunlight, and said in amazement: "It really exists! How did you do that?"

"I don't know, but my grandfather gave it to me."

Su Li took the opportunity to ask, "Is this the jade pendant that everyone in your family has?"

Ji Tingyou shook his head: "No, my grandfather told me that this jade pendant is only owned by the legitimate sons and grandsons of the Duke's Mansion."

"oh……"

Su Li seemed to be thinking about something. In other words, Pei Ji’s biological father could not be from the Ji family’s side branch, nor could he be a illegitimate descendant of the Duke’s Mansion.

This jade pendant is only owned by the current Duke of Ji, his two legitimate sons, and Ji Tingyou, his only legitimate grandson.

But judging by the eighteen-year-old boy mentioned by the original owner's mother, Pei Ji's biological father is now about forty-one years old.

Among these people, the eldest son of Duke Ji died young. As for Duke Ji, he was nearly forty years old when Pei Ji was born. The age difference was too great. It was even more impossible for the current Prince Ji to be the same. When Pei Ji was born, he was only thirteen or fourteen years old and still a child.

Then there's no one else? Duke Ji's mansion only has a few legitimate sons.

wrong!

The eldest son of Duke Ji!

Not to mention, if the eldest son of Duke Ji hadn't died, his age now would be about the same as the age of Pei Ji's biological father that she had previously calculated.

However, the original book only said that the eldest son of Duke Ji died in his early years to save Duke Ji, and he was not married when he died, but it did not say how old he was when he died.

Could it be that he is Pei Ji's biological father?

And now he is the only one who meets the conditions. She must first find out how old the eldest son of Duke Ji was when he died. If he was too young, it would be unlikely.

Pei Mingyue looked at it for a while and then returned the jade pendant to Ji Tingyou. Ji Tingyou took it and put it away. He said to Su Li, "Then if you have any problems in the future, just come to the Duke of Ji's Mansion to find me. I will tell the guards at the gate."

Anyway, Su Li is already in the capital, so he has instructed the guards at the gate that it will make no difference whether Su Li has the jade pendant or not when she comes to see him.

"Okay." Su Li answered readily.

Ji Tingyou smiled, not surprised by Su Li's answer. When he gave her the jade pendant, she accepted it so readily. He liked such straightforward people.

"By the way, A Li, where do you live now?" Pei Mingyue still didn't know where Su Li lived, so she wouldn't know where to find her if she wanted to in the future.

"I'm temporarily staying at the Jufu Inn, which is just opposite the Haohan Academy."

"Oh, I'll take you there later."

"Okay..." It was a good opportunity to ask her about the eldest son of Duke Ji. After all, he was Ji Tingyou's uncle, and he died early. It would be inappropriate for her to mention it in front of him.

The three of them chatted for a while before dispersing.

Duke Ji's Mansion and the Ju Fu Inn where Su Li stayed were not in the same direction, so after leaving the restaurant, he left in another direction with his servant, while Su Li took Pei Mingyue's carriage back to the inn.

On the way, Su Li asked Pei Mingyue: "Just now at the door of the private room, from what you said, Ji Tingyou is the one you ran away from?"

"yes."

"It seems like you two have a good relationship. Don't you like him?"

Pei Mingyue shook her head: "No, but he doesn't like me either. We are just good friends."

"Oh, what kind do you like?"

"As for me," Pei Mingyue had no embarrassment when talking about this, "I like those who are heroic and have great martial arts skills..."

"Well, Ji Tingyou is really not one of those..."

"Of course he's not," Pei Mingyue's eyes were full of disdain, "His mediocre skills are far from being a martial arts master..."

Su Li chuckled and continued to guide: "I heard that Duke Ji was a military general. When he was young, he was the General of Zhennan. His martial arts skills were very strong. I didn't expect that Ji Tingyou didn't take after the Duke."

"Who says it isn't?"

Su Li looked curious: "What about Prince Ji? Does he know martial arts?"

Pei Mingyue shook her head. "Prince Ji is a scholar, not a warrior, and certainly not a martial artist. However, my mother told me that Ji Tingyou had an uncle who was a martial artist, and a very formidable one at that. It was said that at a young age, his martial arts skills surpassed those of the Duke. Everyone thought he would inherit the Duke's legacy as a general, but it's a pity..."

Then he said with a look of regret: "What a pity, he died at such a young age..."

Su Li had known about this for a long time, but she pretended not to know: "Ah? That's a pity. That must have happened many years ago, right?"

"Well, that happened twenty-four years ago. I wasn't even born then."

"Twenty-four years ago, he must have been very young, right?"

"My mother said he was just eighteen when he died..."

Just turned eighteen!

Twenty-four years ago!

This is completely consistent.

The original novel said that the eldest son of Duke Ji died to save him. Su Li boldly guessed that twenty-four years ago, could it be that at that time, Pei Ji's biological father died for saving Duke Ji after leaving Sujia Village and returning to the capital?

So the marriage hasn't been discussed yet? So no one in the Duke's Mansion knows about Su Wanyan's existence?

Regardless of the truth, Ji Jingsheng, the eldest son of Duke Ji, who died twenty-four years ago, is most likely Pei Ji's biological father.

It was already dark when he returned to the inn. Su Li had gotten up very early yesterday and hadn't slept the whole night before. He was already very sleepy. He quickly took a shower and went to bed.