Gu Yan smiled helplessly and said, "It's been almost half a year. My brother has suffered a lot. My father has already rushed to Yongxing City with the secret guards."
Yun Xiangye raised an eyebrow and asked, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually went to Yongxing City?"
Gu Yan said, "Yes, the human trafficker was found. He said he sold the mute slave to the second young lady of the Zhu Family Winery in Fangqiao Town, Yongxing City..."
"Chen Qing?" Yun Xiangye clicked her tongue twice, "Things in this world are truly full of coincidences."
Gu Yan said, "When I first heard the news, I thought it was a coincidence. I wanted to go to Yongxing City with my father, but the round trip would take more than a month even if I rode my horse without sleep, so I decided not to go."
Yun Xiangye said, "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returns, I will be in trouble. If I had known earlier, I should have kept it a secret from you my whole life."
Gu Yan said, "But after all the twists and turns, it still comes back to my sister taking the fake death drug and leaving. Besides, don't you know that for my sister, there's nothing wrong with being Ye Wanhe again?"
Yun Xiangye sighed softly.
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In the backyard of Yuezhou prefectural government office.
When Yu Xihe heard that her parents had returned, she hurried to the hall to greet them, "Dad, Mom, Brother, you are finally back from Chang'an."
Yu Bai walked up to Yu Xihe and frowned, saying, "Xihe, you've truly disappointed your father! How could you do something so dishonorable?"
Yu Xihe listened to Yu Bai's sudden words and frowned, "Dad, what are you talking about?"
Madam Yu, standing by, laughed and scolded, "Xihe, you should have told me earlier that you like your third cousin. This is a great event, strengthening the relationship between relatives. Why do you have to spend the night with your third cousin when you go to stay at your uncle's house? You are the daughter of an official family, after all. You can't do such a shameful thing!"
Yu Xihe said, "Dad, Mom, I didn't, I didn't. My uncle and aunt asked me to go to their house to celebrate the New Year. On the first day I stayed there, my third cousin tried to do something indecent to me, but I ran away. I didn't shamelessly spend the night with my third cousin."
"Why not?!" Zhu Jian walked into the main room and approached Yu Xihe. "That day, you clearly told me that you had admired me for a long time, and you even took the initiative to spend the night with me."
Yu Xihe listened to Zhu Jian's words, her eyes reddened as she turned to Yu Bai and said, "Dad, you were just promoted to the governor of Yuezhou last year. How could I, the daughter of a governor, stoop so low as to do such a thing? It was Zhu Jian who slandered me."
Madam Zhu stepped forward and said, "Xiao He, how could your third cousin slander you with this matter? That night, your grandmother and I went to your room, but we didn't see you. Where did you go?"
Yu Xihe couldn't help but have tears in her eyes. The Zhu family really had a very vicious plan.
Her father finally got his reward last year when he was promoted from the position of Tongpan of Shanyin County to the position of Governor of Yuezhou. Before that, her father was a small official with a low salary and was often looked down upon by the Zhu family.
Last year, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince made an exception and appointed my father as prefect. The Zhu family must have been jealous of their family and wanted to gain some benefits from them, so they set their sights on me.
I had fallen into their trap as early as when I agreed to stay at my uncle and aunt's house for the New Year.
Yu Xihe looked at Zhu Jian's obscene eyes and said hurriedly, "I was not with Zhu Jian that night at all. I was with the mute slave beside my second cousin that night!"
"What?!" Madam Yu frowned and asked, "Xihe, do you know what you are talking about? You spent a night with a lowly mute slave?"
Yu Xihe made up her mind and said, "Yes, I did spend the night with my second cousin's mute slave. If you don't believe me, you can ask him to come and testify."
Since she has fallen into the Zhu family's trap, if she has to marry someone just to lose her reputation, she would rather marry that handsome and handwriting mute slave than marry Zhu Jian, who has been planning and forcing her from the beginning.
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