Chapter 203: Same Handwriting as the Crown Prince's
Madam Yu was furious when she heard what Yu Xihe said, "Xihe, do you know what you are talking about? How dare you be so shameless as to spend a night with a mute slave?"
Yu Xihe said, "Mother, I am not shameless. It was my aunt and Zhu Jian who set up a trap that day. They tricked me into going to my grandparents' house. My two maids were newly acquired last year, and they didn't guard outside my room. Fortunately, I was not asleep at that time. When I knew that Zhu Jian sneaked in and wanted to do something bad to me, I ran away. It was also thanks to that mute slave who saved me!"
Madam Zhu said angrily, "You are so fickle, and you dare to slander your cousin, you little bitch..."
Yu Bai glared at Madam Zhu angrily. Madam Zhu didn't dare to say anything now that she was facing her sister-in-law's husband.
After all, Yu Bai is no longer the Tongpan in Shanyin County Government, but the high-ranking prefect of Yuezhou City.
Yu Bai said to Yu Xihe: "Xihe, are you serious?"
Yu Xihe said with tears in her eyes, aggrieved: "Dad, Mom, how could I joke about my reputation? I just spent the night with the mute slave that day. I am your daughter. If I really liked Zhu Jian, why would I do such a shameless thing?
Besides, my daughter also knows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has just passed away. It would be fine for others, but you are the prefect of Yuezhou City. You must be in mourning for His Royal Highness because of the national mourning. My daughter would be crazy to delay your future."
Listening to Yu Xihe's words, Yu Bai stroked his beard, glared at Madam Zhu and Zhu Jian fiercely, and snorted at his own wife.
Madam Yu frowned and looked at Madam Zhu and said, "Sister-in-law, do you really mean what Xihe said? Did you really treat my Xihe so harshly while my wife and I were in Chang'an?"
Yu Wenlong, the eldest son of the Yu family, stood up and said, "Mom, how can you be serious? Don't you believe in the daughter you raised?"
Yu Xihe cried and threw herself into Madam Yu's arms, "That's right, mother, don't you still believe your daughter?"
Madam Yu gently touched Yu Xihe's head and said, "Mother will definitely seek justice for you!"
Madam Zhu said, "Xihe, Xihe, you have lost your reputation by spending a night with a mute slave. How can your third cousin Zhu Jian not be worthy of you in terms of appearance, family background and character? Now you dare to slander your third cousin. Your third cousin and I do not care about your loss of reputation. We are willing to marry you into our Zhu family for the sake of our kinship. Otherwise, you are only worthy of marrying a mute slave."
Mrs. Yu frowned slightly and looked at Yu Bai. No matter whether Xihe and the mute slave were innocent or not, they had lost their reputation in the eyes of others.
Although the Zhu family had some intentions to plot, after all, it was their mother's family, and they also had the family business of the winery.
Compared to not being able to get married or marrying a mute slave, I can only marry Zhu Jian...
Seeing her mother's wavering expression, Yu Xihe said anxiously, "I'll marry the mute slave! Dad and Mom, my third cousin treated me like this, you have to make the decision for me!"
As Yu Xihe spoke, she knelt down and cried.
Yu Bai ordered his eldest son in a cold voice, "Go to Zhu's wine shop and bring the mute slave your sister mentioned!"
Yu Wenlong took the order and left.
About two hours later, Yu Wenlong came with Zhu Ting and Zhao Yun.
Yu Xihe saw Zhao Yun coming and hurried forward and said, "Mute slave, you saved me from Zhu Jian that night, right?"
Seeing Zhao Yun nod, Yu Xihe said to Yu Bai, "Dad, he is the mute slave who saved me that night."
Yu Bai looked Zhao Yun up and down. His temperament did not seem like that of a slave and he was quite good-looking. Yu Bai always attached great importance to his reputation. If his daughter spent a night with him, it would be difficult for her to get married in the future. The only option was to marry a mute slave. A slave was a slave and the family tradition of the Yu family must not be lost.
Yu Bai said: "Since you saved my Xihe and spent a night with her, I will decide to marry my daughter to you!"
Zhu Jian hurriedly said loudly: "How can this be possible? Uncle, he is just a servant."
Zhu Ting said, "Uncle, this Gou'er is just a servant, but he has good handwriting, is smart and eager to learn, and can learn all the wine-making procedures after watching them once. His family background is a bit humble, but he is also a rare good man."
Zhao Yun frowned slightly and gestured to Yu Xihe to give him paper and pen.
Yu Xihe hurriedly asked the maid to fetch pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
After Zhao Yun got the pen and ink, he wrote on the paper: "I already have a wife and children, so I cannot marry you."
Zhu Ting was a little surprised and asked, "You actually have a wife and children? Weren't you alone when Chen Qing bought you?"
Madam Zhu looked at Yu Xihe with a sneer and said, "Yu Xihe, Yu Xihe, you spent a night with him regardless of your reputation, but it turns out that even he doesn't want to marry you."
Yu Xihe looked at Zhao Yun and said, "Where are your wife and children? I am willing to be your wife's equal and I will never marry Zhu Jian."
Zhao Yun picked up his pen and wrote: "I will only have one wife in this life."
Yu Xihe looked at Zhao Yun's calligraphy and glanced at his profile. Somehow, she actually envied a slave's wife for being able to receive his wholehearted love.
"Where is your wife? I will help you find your wife and reunite with you."
Zhao Yun shook his head and wrote, "No need."
Zhu Jian looked at Yu Xihe and said, "Sister Xiaohe, I don't care about the reputation you lose by spending a night with this mute slave. Now you have no choice but to marry me."
Yu Xihe frowned and said, "How can there be no other way? I would rather be a nun than marry you!"
Zhu Jian was so angry that he wanted to hit Yu Xihe, but Yu Wenlong held his hand and said, "You Zhu family bullied my sister like this, and we, the Yu family, will not forgive you!"
Yu Wenlong ordered his subordinates, "Suppress Zhu Jian!"
Madam Zhu hurriedly said, "Wenlong, this is also your cousin, how can you treat your cousin like this?"
Yu Wenlong frowned and said, "When you were plotting against my sister, did you consider that we are cousins? Take him to jail and sentence him another day."
When Mrs. Zhu saw her youngest son being taken away, she ran after him.
Yu Wenlong said to Zhao Yun: "Thank you for saving my sister, but my sister has lost her reputation because of you. She can't marry you. It will be difficult for her to marry in this life. It is a great blessing for you that she is willing to be your co-wife."
Zhao Yun sneered and didn't write anything else.
Seeing Zhao Yun's sincerity towards his wife, Yu Xihe couldn't help feeling a little jealous. She looked at the words on the paper. The more she looked, the more familiar they seemed. Suddenly, she remembered where she had seen these words before!
Yu Xihe looked at Zhao Yun in disbelief.
Yu Xihe said to Zhao Yun, "You saved me, and I'm sure you will be hated by my uncle and aunt in the Zhu family. I'm afraid you can't go back to the Zhu family. Why don't you stay in our prefectural government office and be a servant?"
Zhu Ting listened to his mother's crying and sighed softly, "My cousin is right, Gou'er, you should stay in the prefectural government office and don't follow me back to the Zhu family."
Zhao Yun nodded slightly and did not refuse. After all, it was easier to send messages to the palace from the prefectural government office.
Yu Xihe asked the maid to take Zhao Yun to the servants' room to rest for a while. Yu Xihe looked at Yu Bai and said, "Dad, when you were promoted to prefect last year, did the Crown Prince write you a letter? Where is the letter?"
Yu Bai said: "The letter written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must be placed in the ancestral hall for worship. This is a great honor for our Yu family."
Yu Xihe took the paper that Zhao Yun had just written and hurried into the ancestral hall.
Yu Xihe opened the letter from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The letter contained nothing but official language encouraging his father to be promoted to the position of Yuezhou official, and to be diligent in his work and love the people. The letter was signed by Zhao Yun, the name of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should not have asked others to write this kind of letter. He must have written it himself, but the handwriting is exactly the same as that of the mute slave.
Yu Xihe hurried to the servant's room to find Zhao Yun.
Yu Xihe walked in, looking at the man in front of her who looked like he had an extraordinary temperament, and felt that her guess was a little ridiculous. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had passed away, so how could a mute slave be his Royal Highness the Crown Prince...
Yu Xihe couldn't help but ask, "Mute slave, why is your handwriting exactly the same as the Crown Prince's handwriting in the letter?"
Zhao Yun looked at the letter he wrote to Yu Bai last year in Yu Xihe's hand, then raised his eyes to look at Yu Xihe.
Yu Xihe looked at Zhao Yun and said, "You...you shouldn't be an ordinary slave. Are you someone close to the Crown Prince?"
Zhao Yun dipped his finger into the tea beside him and wrote, "Yes."
Yu Xihe asked, "You are someone close to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Then how did you end up in such a situation?"
Zhao Yun wrote with his finger: "Can you send me back to Chang'an? If you send me back to Chang'an, I will recognize you as my sister. Your reputation will not be damaged by spending a night with me, and I can also reward you with a good marriage."
Yu Xihe said, "I'll send you back to Chang'an to discuss this with my parents."
Yu Xihe took Zhao Yun to the main hall. It was dinner time, and everyone had dinner together.
Zhao Yun was considered a slave, but he saved Yu Xihe after all, so Yu Bai let Zhao Yun sit down and have his meal.
Yu Bai said to Yu Xihe, "There is one thing you will never expect."
Yu Xihe asked: "What's the matter?"
"The man from another place that the girl from the Yun family married turned out to be the son of Prince Ning. I didn't even dare to go up to him and greet him. I just watched him from a distance. Later, I found out that it was indeed him."
Yu Xihe said: "Sister Xiangye's husband is actually the son of Prince Ning? This is really surprising. No wonder Miaomiao's family went to Chang'an. Now that Miaomiao is gone, I have no playmates.
Daddy... I have something to tell you. This mute slave is actually someone close to the Crown Prince of Chang'an. He wants to go back to Chang'an. I want to send him back with my brother, so I can go find Miaomiao and play in Chang'an for a few days. I was sick before, so I didn't go to Chang'an. I also want to appreciate the scenery of Chang'an."
Yu Bai looked at Zhao Yun who was standing opposite him, "Are you someone close to the Crown Prince?"
Yu Xihe took out the letter she had just taken from the ancestral hall and said, "Dad, look at these two words. This letter from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must have been written by him."
Yu Bai compared the handwriting carefully and dared not doubt it anymore. He stood up and said to Zhao Yun, "You are the one who is blind and does not recognize the great man. I will let my son take you back to Chang'an some other day."
Zhao Yun accepted Yu Bai's greeting with openness. He picked up the wine in front of him and drank it in one gulp. He was looking forward to seeing Ye Wanhe's expression when she saw him again.
After sleeping in the same bed with her for seven years, he had no idea that beneath her well-behaved, sensible and obedient appearance, she actually had a second face.
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