Chapter 745 Fu Wenqing's True Identity
In her letter, Mu Jin mentioned that she had undergone cosmetic surgery for someone more than two years ago.
That was the most profound medical skill her master had taught her, but unfortunately she wasn't interested in it.
Although she had always assisted and learned from her master when he performed surgery on people when she was a child, she mastered the technique.
However, compared to the medical skills that involve operating on people's faces, she preferred developing poisons and studying medicine.
Therefore, she never used this technique after her master died.
Until more than two years ago, shortly after the deposed crown prince's rebellion was exposed.
Her mentor's benefactor asked her to perform plastic surgery on someone.
That person was Lu Ming, who should have died!
The deposed crown prince's right-hand man, the grandson of the former Grand Secretary Lu, the fiancé of Min Yuexi, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Xuanping, the fiancé of the Seventh Princess Li Sanqi, and later the fiancé of the Sixth Princess...
The former top scholar, who was ultimately executed by order of Emperor Xiaozhao after his failed rebellion attempt by the deposed crown prince failed!
Although they hadn't met, Mu Jin had seen Lu Ming a few times, so she recognized him at a glance.
However, she had never seen the face that Lu Ming had changed into.
He originally thought that his benefactor's master asked him to change Lu Ming's face in order to save his life and let him go far away.
Until a year later, when the newly appointed scholars paraded through the streets on horseback, she saw the face of the top scholar…
Only then did I realize with a start that it was a face she had carved herself with a knife!
She quietly withdrew from the crowd, burying the secret deep in her heart.
Only now, after faking her death, escaping to the Northwest, changing her appearance, and starting a peaceful life again, has she told Qiao Qinghe about all those things that happened in the past.
Clearly, if she hadn't reached the Northwest and settled down with her husband and son, she would have taken all of this to her grave.
Qiao Qinghe took a deep breath, trying to calm the surging emotions in her heart, but she still couldn't calm down.
Fu Wenqing is actually Lu Ming?!??
This is truly unexpected yet perfectly logical!
Think about Fu Wenqing's life...
Fu Wenqing originally passed the imperial examination at the age of fifteen, which was considered a prodigy.
But after that, he seemed to have run out of ideas and stopped making progress, failing the imperial examination twice.
Later, after meeting a renowned scholar who was traveling around, he suddenly had an epiphany, passed the imperial examination with flying colors, and became the top scholar last year...
What kind of great Confucian scholar must have been able to teach a top scholar in just half a year?
But if Fu Wenqing was replaced by Lu Ming more than two years ago, then everything makes sense.
Lu Ming, who was already a top scholar, could easily pass the provincial examination, the imperial examination, and the metropolitan examination.
If someone in the court were to exert a little effort, it would be only a matter of time before Lu Ming, who already possessed the talent to be the top scholar, became the top scholar again.
Thus, Lu Ming, who was supposed to be dead, was transformed into the newly appointed top scholar, Fu Wenqing!
No wonder she felt a strange sense of familiarity with Fu Wenqing that day.
No wonder Fu Wenqing deliberately approached Li Sanqi, became her consort, and then gradually lured Li Sanqi into the abyss.
It turns out that all of this was a conspiracy by Lu Ming and Min Ji!
She had always known that Lu Ming had a mysterious and unpredictable master behind him.
Now it seems that Lu Ming's master is undoubtedly Min Ji.
But why?
Lu Ming, Min Ji?
Min Ji, Lu Ming?
Isn't Lu Ming Lu Shanglin's grandson?
Wasn't it because Lu Shanglin helped the then Marquis of Xuanping, Min Ji, that he displeased the late emperor, was forced to retire to his hometown, and ultimately met a tragic end, dying in depression?
Shouldn't Lu Ming hate Min Ji, the Xuanping Marquis's Mansion, and the Min family?
Later, Lu Ming and Consort Zhao's actions confirmed this.
But now, who can tell her why Min Ji became Lu Ming's mentor?
Why did Lu Ming join forces with Min Ji?
Is Lu Ming crazy? Or is she crazy?
Or perhaps there's something else she doesn't know?
Qiao Qinghe's doubts remained unresolved.
News came from the Yongning Marquis's residence.
The messenger sent to inquire brought back a message saying that the Princess of Gaoping County would personally come to visit tomorrow.
This means that you have to explain it yourself.
Upon hearing the servant's reply, Qiao Qinghe frowned deeply once again.
She was merely asking about the Marquis of Yongning, but it turned out she really had to explain it to him personally…
Could something be going on here?
Qiao Qinghe tossed and turned all night, and finally fell asleep in the middle of the night.
With something on her mind, she didn't fall into a deep sleep; she woke up at the slightest sound outside.
"Ah Shuang?"
She called out, and Ah Shuang quickly walked in.
"Madam, it's still early, why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"I can't sleep, help me get up."
Upon hearing this, A Shuang called a maid to bring in water and help Qiao Qinghe get up.
After getting up and having breakfast, Qiao Qinghe began to anxiously wait for Zhen Huan to come to her door.
Even when several children came to pay their respects, she wasn't in the mood to play with them. She just gave them a few perfunctory words and sent them away.
After an agonizing hour, Princess Gaoping finally arrived.
As soon as she was welcomed through the door, Qiao Qinghe asked impatiently, "Has something happened at the Yongning Marquis's residence? Why is the Yongning Marquis suddenly returning to the capital?"
He actually took Qiao Qinghe's hand and led her to sit down in the main seat before saying with a grim expression, "I don't know either."
"You didn't know?!" Qiao Qinghe looked at Zhen Huan in disbelief. "Your father returned to the capital, and your family didn't even know?"
"When the border general returns to the capital, he will inevitably submit a memorial to the emperor for instructions."
"How come you didn't get a single tip-off?"
He gave a wry smile. "I don't know why my father suddenly wanted to return to the capital. By the time I found out, the imperial edict had already been issued."
"If nothing unexpected happens, they should already be on their way back to Beijing by now."
Seeing Qiao Qinghe frown and hesitate for a moment, she still said, "When the second branch of the Qiao family went to the Northwest before, I was afraid that my father would make things difficult for Second Master Qiao, so I sent someone to go with him."
"Perhaps I sent a signal of seeking peace, offering my father a way out and giving him a reason to return to the capital?"
Qiao Qinghe instinctively felt it was impossible, but couldn't think of any other reason for the moment.
He could only nod vaguely, "Perhaps. The border is bitterly cold, and Marquis Yongning has been stationed there for several years. It's normal for him to want to come back."
"However, I think the timing of his return is too coincidental."
She frowned and pondered, but even Qiao Qinghe had come up with a solution to the problem, so naturally she couldn't figure it out either.
But she has one good point: she's straightforward.
So she smoothed her brow and said in a relaxed manner, "Madam, don't worry. If my father is still hung up on the past and comes back to do something bad to you, I will make him regret coming back."
Upon hearing these outrageous words, Qiao Qinghe couldn't help but smile.
It really is true, it's still the same old true!
very nice!
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