However, Yu Zhiyi had been an official for many years and had a wide range of experience. After just a moment, he returned to normal and nodded calmly: "Trouble."
Yan Xi was in the room, with a table full of dishes on it, looking out the door.
Mu Beichen came slowly with Yu Zhiyi and Jiang Yunhe.
Yu Zhiyi saw this at this time, his expression was stunned, he quickened his pace, came to him, looked at him intently, and called out tentatively, "Are you Mu Yanxi?"
Yan Xi supported himself on the table, slowly stood up, and smiled politely, "Exactly."
Yu Zhiyi looked at him, his face showing both joy and surprise. "Yes, it really looks a lot like her."
Yan Xi probably knew who this "she" was. It should be the courtesan mother whom he had never met.
However, when his eyes fell on Yan Xi's left leg, Yu Zhiyi paused.
Yan Xi noticed his gaze and explained, "I accidentally fell during the autumn harvest last year."
Yu Zhiyi was silent for a moment. "I know. I found out everything when I came here."
He was not having a good time.
His grandmother passed away, and his adoptive parents didn't like him. They even abandoned him last year, leaving him to fend for himself in the village.
He only regretted not finding him sooner.
Perhaps the leg could be saved.
"When we get back, I'll ask the best doctor to treat you." Yu Zhiyi looked at him intently. "Are you willing to come back with me?"
Yan Xi did not answer immediately. Instead, he pointed to the empty seat beside him and said, "Please take a seat first."
Hearing this, Yu Zhiyi hurriedly sat down.
Yan Xi also sat down.
Mu Beichen and Jiang Yunhe were outside the door and did not go in, but they looked inside a few times with some concern.
Yan Xi: "I think I am just your illegitimate child. It would be more appropriate for you to discuss this matter with your wife first."
"My wife passed away six years ago, and I haven't remarried since. I don't have any children." Yu Zhiyi paused and added, "I don't have any concubines either."
Yan Xi was stunned. In the original plot, although Mu Yanxi was a supporting male role, he had relatively few roles and the plot did not introduce the situation of the Yu family. Therefore, he did not know that Yu Zhiyi's current situation was like this.
He didn't say anything. Yu Zhiyi thought he was unwilling, so he added again: "I have looked for your mother, she... died not long after you were born. I don't know how you feel about us, but I have always wanted to marry her."
At this point, he looked a little off, as if he was stuck.
Yan Xi remained silent and did not make a sound to disturb him.
After a long time, Yu Zhiyi calmed down and slowly told the story of him and his mother.
His mother's name was Linlang. She was once the most famous courtesan in Jiangnan and was known as the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan. Countless people wanted to meet her.
However, Linlang never shows up easily, and only a thousand gold coins can allow her to see him once.
Such a noble and arrogant person makes people love and hate him.
Such a Linlang happened to fall in love with the penniless Yu Zhiyi.
In order to redeem Linlang's freedom, Yu Zhiyi studied hard and finally passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer.
He originally thought that he could redeem Linlang with the emperor's reward and then marry her home in a grand ceremony. However, unexpectedly, the imperial concubine's niece Pang Shi fell in love with him and insisted on marrying him.
Yu Zhiyi refused, but was told that Pang had poisoned Linlang with an incurable poison.
If he doesn't agree, Linlang will not be able to live.
Yu Zhiyi believed that seeing is believing and hearing is not, so he went to verify it, but found that Linlang had disappeared.
Pang Shi told him that Linlang had been hidden by her men, and if he refused again, Linlang would probably be tortured to the point of being worse than death by her men.
Yu Zhiyi didn't dare to risk Linlang's life, so he endured the disgust and married Pang Shi.
During the ten years of their marriage, he never touched her and was also secretly looking for Linlang.
Pang Shi could not get any comfort from her husband, so she secretly had an affair with a guard.
The guard was ambitious and used sweet words to coax Ponzi into helping him achieve his career.
Pang Shi was also generous and helped him secretly. Before long, the guard was promoted step by step and became an imperial guard.
Unfortunately, the guard was not content with this and hooked up with the emperor's favorite ninth princess.
But this man was very greedy and kept keeping Pang Shi in his clutches. The Ninth Princess discovered that the guard was hanging out with someone else, and in a rage, she stabbed the person to death with a sword. It turned out to be Pang Shi, and she was scared out of her wits.
What happened next was that the Ninth Princess was punished with confinement and her guard was sentenced to death.
The Imperial Noble Consort and the Ninth Princess's mother are at odds with each other.
However, these have nothing to do with Yu Zhiyi.
He secretly rejoiced that he could escape from Pang's control and look for Linlang's whereabouts.
Unexpectedly, Linlang had already died.
It turned out that Pang not only threatened him with Linlang's life, but also threatened Linlang in the same way.
In order to let Yu Zhiyi live well, Linlang left decisively, but she already had a child at that time.
Linlang placed all her hopes and love on the child, but after Pang Shi found out about this, she was afraid that the child would threaten her position and wanted to hunt down both mother and child.
During the escape, Linlang gave birth prematurely. After giving birth to the child, she hid him and lured the killer away herself, but she still could not escape and passed away at the age of seventeen.
Speaking of this, Yu Zhiyi's voice trembled, "...At that time, Linlang must have been wondering why I didn't show up. She must have hated me, hated me for not protecting her. She must have been... so desperate..."
Yan Xi looked at the helpless and remorseful man in front of her, stretched out her hand, hesitated in mid-air, and then placed it on the back of his hand, slowly tightening it, "Lin...my mother probably wouldn't think so."
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