Xie Yizhi lay in the side hall for an afternoon, sweating profusely. He felt much lighter and his head was no longer as heavy and throbbing as before.
Jiang Luoluo picked up a black cloak and wrapped him up from head to toe, not letting him get even a wisp of wind.
Looking at himself wrapped up like a dumpling, Xie Yizhi couldn't help but smile and say, "Luo Luo, I just caught a cold, it's not like I'm seriously ill."
Jiang Luoluo glanced at him and deliberately snorted, "You'd better get better soon, your mother is still waiting for you to take a concubine!"
Upon hearing this, Xie Yizhi's smile froze instantly, and he was quite speechless.
The person who promised to make Nalu Anrou a concubine was clearly Jiang Luoluo, so why is she acting as if it has nothing to do with her now?
However, after court today, he learned from Xiao Lingchuan about Empress Dowager Du forcing Jiang Luoluo yesterday.
On one hand, there's a slow-acting poison; on the other, there's the promise to allow the Prince's mansion to take a concubine. If he were in Jiang Luoluo's shoes, he probably would have made the same choice.
Xie Yizhi lowered his eyes slightly, his gaze deepening.
He never understood why Empress Dowager Du insisted on placing Lu Anrou in his palace, and it seemed that all of this changed after she received the letter from Yuanhua Temple.
Could all of this be related to the Prince of Yan?
But if that's the case, why would Empress Dowager Du help Prince Yan? What exactly does she want to do?
After bidding farewell to Xie Qiyu, the couple returned to Prince Yi's residence by carriage.
As soon as she stepped into the mansion, a servant reported, "Your Highness, Vice Minister Jiang has sent a letter through someone."
After Jiang Luoluo settled Xie Yi in, she opened the letter and read it carefully.
As she had expected, Jiang Muyan had already passed the message on to the Prince of Yan, and tomorrow he would arrange for Madam Gu to disguise herself as a pilgrim and take her to Yuanhua Temple.
Xie Yizhi was wide awake at this point. Seeing her solemn expression, he casually grabbed a soft pillow and leaned back against it. Looking to the side, he saw Jiang Luoluo frowning, solemnly watching the letter turn to ashes. His brows furrowed slightly.
"Lolo, have you run into some trouble?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Luoluo looked up at him.
At this point, she felt it necessary to let Xie Yizhi know more about the inside story.
She walked slowly to the bedside and sat down, her voice calm: "Your Highness, the child that the Prince of Yan has been searching for is none other than Gu Boyuan..."
Upon hearing this, Xie Yizhi raised an eyebrow and his eyes darkened slightly: "Gu Boyuan?"
Jiang Luoluo said softly, "Back then, when the Prince of Yan accompanied the late Emperor on his southern tour, he met a woman at Menghua Tower. The two spent three days and two nights pouring out their hearts to each other and fell in love."
Unfortunately, after the Prince of Yan returned to the capital, the woman was redeemed by a merchant. The merchant brought Madam Gu to the capital to settle down and open a shop. When Gu Boyuan was 5 years old, the merchant passed away.
The woman from Menghua Tower is now Madam Gu.
Xie Yizhi's expression changed slightly, and he murmured, "So that's how it is."
Xie Yizhi's eyes darkened slightly as he looked at Jiang Luoluo, a hint of inquiry in his eyes: "Luoluo, how do you know so much detail?"
Jiang Luoluo had already prepared her explanation, and upon hearing this, she calmly said, "Actually, there are still some things I'm hiding from Your Highness..."
Xie Yizhi wasn't surprised. Instead, he raised an eyebrow with a half-smile: "Luo Luo, there's more than just this one thing you've been hiding from me?"
Jiang Luoluo looked away somewhat guiltily, coughed lightly, and said, "Your Highness, I was only trying to protect myself, I had no other choice."
Xie Yizhi looked at the restraint in her eyes, sighed helplessly, reached out his slender hand, gently grasped her fingers, and said in a low voice, "I misunderstood you. I didn't expect the Empress Dowager to force you in such a ruthless way... It's my fault."
Jiang Luoluo never expected that Xie Yizhi, who was always aloof and cold, would apologize to her for what happened yesterday.
Her heart skipped a beat, and her eyes welled up with tears. She then smiled and shook her head: "It's alright, Your Highness... Actually, sometimes, I just want to survive."
Xie Yizhi's eyes darkened slightly, a dull pain welling up in his heart. He reached out and pulled her into his arms, his voice gentle: "Tell me everything from now on. Two rotten eggs can always outwit a Zhuge Liang."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Luoluo couldn't help but burst into laughter through her tears, and retorted playfully, "You're the rotten egg!"
Xie Yizhi tightened his arms around her, his laughter low and indulgent: "Alright, alright, I'm Rotten Egg."
Seeing that he was in a good mood, Jiang Luoluo took the opportunity to reveal some information to him, half-truthfully and half-jokingly.
She said that she learned this information through her elder brother Jiang Gan and Xiao Yunwei's caravan in Jiangnan, and that Xie Yizhi would not confront Jiang Gan and Xiao Yunwei anyway.
After listening, Xie Yizhi's eyes darkened slightly, and his tone was low and slow, yet tinged with inquiry: "You said you're hiding something from me. What is it?"
Jiang Luoluo hesitated for a moment, then broke free from his embrace, looking somewhat embarrassed. She coughed lightly, "Your Highness, the Empress Dowager..."
When Xie Yizhi saw that she seemed to want to say something but hesitated, his heart skipped a beat, and he had a vague sense of unease.
Sure enough, Jiang Luoluo slowly said, "The Empress Dowager and the Prince of Yan..."
She couldn't finish her sentence, so she clenched her fists, raised her thumbs, brought them close together, and made a meaningful gesture.
Xie Yizhi instantly understood her meaning, and all his doubts were cleared up at that moment.
No wonder Empress Dowager Du spared no effort to bring Lu Anrou into her household as a concubine after receiving the letter from Yunhua Temple.
It turns out that the key to the matter lay with the Prince of Yan.
Xie Yizhi narrowed his eyes slightly, a cryptic smile curving his lips, a mixture of helplessness and mockery.
Many years have passed since the late emperor's death, and Empress Dowager Du has been living alone in the deep palace. As a time traveler, he is not the kind of stubborn, conservative, and pedantic person.
If Empress Dowager Du had simply found a respectable family to accompany her, he, as her son, would have had nothing to say. But unfortunately, she became entangled with the Prince of Yan.
That ambitious Prince Yan, who coveted imperial power.
A complex emotion flashed across Xie Yizhi's eyes. Jiang Luoluo noticed his bitterness and didn't know how to comfort him for a moment, so she could only tease him, "Your Highness, your Great Qi royal family's house is really on fire!"
Upon hearing this, Xie Yizhi's heart skipped a beat, and his gaze suddenly locked onto Jiang Luoluo.
An old house caught fire?
Isn't this a profound saying by Qian Xuesen?
How would Jiang Luoluo know?
Could it be that she, like herself, also came from that world?
Xie Yizhi was overjoyed and stared intently at her, his tone urgent: "Luo Luo, how do you know the story of the old house catching fire?"
Jiang Luoluo was startled by his sudden seriousness. Her eyes flickered slightly, and she quickly made up an excuse: "Um... I saw it in a sketchbook!"
Xie Yizhi was slightly taken aback, and the light in his eyes dimmed.
In the sketchbook?
He's well-read, but is there really such a thing as an old house catching fire in ancient times? Could Jiang Luoluo be lying to him?
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