Chapter 79 Woof Woof

Back home, Shanshan almost stumbled into the study. Xu Huaiyu was hunched over her desk, sorting through books. Seeing her pale face and flustered movements, he suddenly stopped the wolf hair brush in his hand and asked, "What happened?"

"Ayu, I saw him at the brocade workshop today..." Shanshan grabbed his sleeve and told him everything she saw and heard in a trembling voice, and finally held his hand tightly.

"Jinzhu called herself Madam the other day at the Song residence, but today she's following Qingwu's twin sisters. The deposed Crown Prince's concubine shouldn't be in the capital... At the very least, she shouldn't be swaggering out now."

Her throat tightened and she didn't dare to say the terrible guess out loud.

It had only been less than half a month since the crown prince was deposed, and the furor hadn't died down yet. How could the deposed crown prince's concubine dare to leave the palace at will? Wouldn't that attract attention?

This is a truth known to everyone in the world. How could the deposed prince's concubine not understand it?

Xu Huaiyu looked at his wife's panicked eyes, pondered for a long time before slowly speaking: "Shanshan, are you sure that the person you met today was really the deposed crown prince's concubine?"

Shanshan hesitated for a moment, but nodded in confirmation, "I think so. She doesn't even recognize me like that. Besides, her personality and dress are completely different from Qingwu."

Hearing this, Xu Huaiyu's expression darkened. "Shanshan, you came to ask me so anxiously, you must have already got the answer in your mind."

His voice was very soft, but it hit Shanshan's heart like a heavy hammer.

The wind outside the window blew fallen petals into the window frame. The petals brushed against Shanshan's eyes, but she didn't even blink. After two breaths of silence, she whispered, "The one in the Song Mansion now is not Qingwu at all, but her twin sister."

This is such a horrifying truth, but it is also very reasonable. After Shanshan and Qingwu became friends, Xu Huaiyu sent someone to inquire about Qingwu's life experience. This was a lively event a few years ago. They knew very well that Qingwu was found after being lost.

"Qingwu..." Shanshan frowned, her eyes filled with anger and pity, "It must not be Qingwu's own will. How could they force Qingwu?"

Who would give up the position of the wife of the third place winner in the imperial examination to become the concubine of the deposed crown prince?

Seeing that his wife was about to lose control, Xu Huaiyu quickly held her arm to comfort her.

"Don't get excited yet."

Once this secret is revealed, it will surely stir up a storm in the imperial court. Twin sisters swapping husbands after marriage is truly against human ethics. Even if the crown prince is deposed, the royal family will not tolerate such deception.

"Don't make this public." Xu Huaiyu gently stroked her back, "Let me send someone to investigate first."

But Shanshan immediately said, "No, I want to go and see it myself!"

Qingwu was the first friend she made when she first arrived in Beijing, and the only one she felt she got along with. Shanshan really couldn't bear to see her friend suffer such injustice.

But Xu Huaiyu thought more. He was the new top scholar, and it was not a good thing in the eyes of some people for the new top scholar to be mixed up with the deposed prince.

But seeing the red eyes of his wife in his arms, Xu Huaiyu couldn't bear it anymore, and finally sighed softly: "If you are really worried, just go and take a look."

"Just don't reveal the identity of the person over there directly, and don't let the deposed crown prince know."

Shanshan nodded heavily, turned around and told the maid to pack up her things. Even if they couldn't recognize each other, she had to take some things to see her friend.

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Qingwu and the other girl were busy with the fields in the backyard. On the first day, she insisted on doing it herself, but one acre of land was too big. There were three girls, and Nanny Xia was old. Even with Fugui, a young eunuch of seventeen or eighteen years old, they could only dig five-tenths of it, and three-tenths of it was done for them by Miss Tianluo.

The next day, Qingwu hired some young men from Hedong Village to do the job. They finished digging in half a day and also loosened the soil. An acre of land was leveled. They also helped Qingwu plan the use of the land. They planted more than a dozen kinds of vegetables, as well as some grains and fruit trees.

People continue to look for people to plant fruit trees and grains, but if we don’t sow our own vegetables, how can we enjoy the joy of farming?

After agreeing with the villagers to deliver seedlings and seeds the next day, Qingwu returned to the front yard, had dinner, washed up, and when the moon rose to the top of the tree, it was time to go to bed.

However, this night, Qingwu deliberately delayed washing up and entered the inner hall two quarters of an hour later than usual.

Pushing the door open, Qingwu walked over slowly until she saw the silhouette of the young man sleeping behind the gauze curtain. Her heart was relieved a little, and she took off her coat quietly, but she couldn't help but glance at the young man. His peach blossom eyes were quietly closed at this moment, and his eyelashes cast a butterfly-like shadow under his eyes.

"Huh..." She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the boy on the bed had closed his eyes and fallen asleep.

For some reason, Xiao Ji's eyes had been looking at her with such burning passion these past two days that Qing Wu felt a little overwhelmed.

Moreover, this kind of gaze made her more uncomfortable than him lying naked on the bed. The gaze that followed her like a shadow made Qingwu's cheeks blush.

Although he had been mentally preparing himself, Qingwu felt that his injuries did not allow him to do so, so he had never thought about that matter. Thinking of the young man's bold words a few days ago, Qingwu looked at the peaceful sleeping face and could not help muttering.

"A few days ago, I swore that if I took the initiative again, I would be a dog..."

She hummed softly, carefully crawled into the inner side of the quilt, and lay down with her back to the sleeping figure. After a while, she fell asleep, but the boy who was originally "sleeping" beside her had his eyelashes trembling, slowly opened his eyes, and quietly turned his head.

The remaining candlelight was dim. He stared at the soft black shadow, his Adam's apple rolling. For some unknown reason, he silently mouthed "Woof woof" towards Qingwu's back, and a blush instantly spread to the tips of his ears.

Well, I have been called a dog, which means I have been a dog.

Even though Xiao Ji didn't understand Qing Wu's feelings and secretly suspected that she was still thinking about her ex-husband, it was impossible for him to give up. He had fallen into such a situation, and his wife was still with him without regrets. How could Xiao Ji give up such a good girl?

The night wind blew the parasol trees in the courtyard, and the rustling sound hid the boy's uncomfortable pursing of his lips and his movements of secretly shrinking into the quilt into the thick night.