After a long silence, Xue Wan still couldn't accept it and said to Xue Jing, "Father, I want to follow Eunuch Cheng to Kyoto to take a look. Maybe I still have a chance. After all, Xue Huan can't practice at all."
Xue Jing, who had been greatly disappointed, now rekindled his hope, "Yes, Wan'er, you still have hope. Come and see."
However, at this moment, a group of people appeared, and the leader announced in public: "Xue Jing, the governor of Pengcheng County, intended to replace the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Changyang with his own daughter Xue Wan to go to the capital to be selected as the Crown Princess. This is a substitution and deceiving the royal family. His crime is unforgivable. We are under the order of King Yan to escort you to prison and await your punishment. Take you away!"
The leader waved his hand, and a group of people behind him immediately stepped forward to take Xue Jing and Xue Wan away.
The little hope that the father and daughter had just ignited was dashed again.
Everyone at the city gate couldn't help but talk about it after watching these wonderful shows.
Soon, the conspiracy of using someone else's body for someone else spread throughout Pengcheng, and the story of the Queen promising Lin Lan's daughter Xue Huan the position of Crown Princess many years ago was also dug up, becoming a topic of conversation among the people.
On the way, Eunuch Cheng tried many times to talk to Yuan Xi, but failed. Helplessly, he could only follow Yuan Xi's carriage obediently. He often felt uneasy, fearing that Yuan Xi would tell Kyoto about what he and Xue Jing were planning.
However, he had no control over His Royal Highness Prince Yan and could only walk on thin ice with trepidation.
In the evening, Yuan Xi, Xue Huan and their group stayed at the post station.
Eunuch Cheng also got off the carriage.
Seeing Prince Yan's concern for Miss Xue, he suddenly had an idea and hurried back to his room to write a letter. Who was he writing to? Of course, it was the Queen.
In the letter, he briefly recounted what happened after he arrived in Pengcheng. Of course, he used the style of the Spring and Autumn Period, and glossed over many things. He also claimed that he was also deceived by Xue Jing and had no idea that the Xue Wan promoted by Xue Jing was a fake. He thought that was Xue Huan, the daughter of Marquis Changyang.
This excuse is tenable. After all, Xue Huan was exiled to Pengcheng when she was six years old, and lived in a villa outside the city all year round. She rarely showed up outside, and few people knew what she looked like.
Isn't it normal that Eunuch Cheng came from Kyoto and didn't recognize that Xue Wan was fake?
As for his previous plan with Xue Jing, it was carried out in private and only Xue's family knew about it. As long as he could eliminate Xue's family secretly, his suspicion could be cleared.
After quietly sending the letter, Eunuch Cheng sent someone to the city to place an order at the Netherworld Pavilion to assassinate Xue Jing's family.
He thought he had done this secretly, but he didn't know that Yuan Xi had seen it all, and the letter he sent did not fall into the hands of the queen.
Instead, it was intercepted by Yuan Xi's men.
After reading the letter, Yuan Xi handed it to Xue Huan, who couldn't help but sneer after reading it.
"This Eunuch Cheng is really good at shifting the blame. He says all the mistakes are Xue Jing's fault. He is the most innocent, haha."
If Eunuch Cheng had not cooperated or even participated in this matter, she would have written her last name backwards.
If she hadn't come through, the two people's plan might have succeeded, but now that she, the real culprit, has appeared, their plan will naturally fail.
The reason she showed up was, firstly, she didn't want to see the original owner's identity replaced. Even though she disdained the position of Crown Princess, she couldn't stand by and watch her own identity being snatched away. Secondly, she wanted to take this opportunity to appear before the world and return to the Changyang Marquis Mansion in Kyoto openly.
When she first came here, the original host had several kinds of poison in his body, any one of which could kill her, but the miraculous thing was that these poisons achieved a strange balance in her body, which prevented her from being poisoned to death and allowed her to grow to this size.
But these poisons did not have no effect on her at all. Under the erosion of the toxins, her body deteriorated year by year. Even if Xue Xiang had not forced the original owner to jump into the well, she would not have lived long.
Although Xue Jing's family treated her badly, they had no grudge against her, so there was no need for them to poison her. Instead, they could use her name to ask for benefits from the Marquis' Mansion. After all, she was raising a daughter for the Marquis' Mansion.
So where did the poison in the original body come from? Undoubtedly, it was given to her by someone in the Marquis's Mansion, or perhaps someone else.
This time she went back, she wanted to find out who poisoned the original owner and then give him a taste of his own medicine.
As for that engagement, she didn't want it.
But to cancel the engagement, I have to return to the capital first.
Pengcheng is located on the border of Dayong, which is quite a distance away from Kyoto. Twenty days later, the group arrived at the capital of Dayong.
Shortly after entering the city, Xue Huan said goodbye to Yuan Xi.
Yuan Xi wanted to send her to the Marquis' Mansion, but she refused. Not only did she refuse, she also told him: "I hope that when we meet again in the future, the prince can pretend not to know me."
Yuan Xi frowned: "Why? Huanhuan wants to cut off ties with me?"
Xue Huan held her forehead with her hand. "Of course not. It's just that if you act like you know me and are nice to me, it will be detrimental to my plan. After I break off my engagement with the Crown Prince, you can act like you're defending me."
Yuan Xi was pleased by her words and agreed, "Okay, I'll act like I don't know you in front of others, but behind the scenes, Huanhuan, you can't refuse my concern."
"I know. You should leave quickly. I'm going to the Marquis' Mansion." Xue Huan waved to him and urged him to leave.
Yuan Xi had no choice but to watch her get off the carriage and leave without looking back.
What a heartless person.
He sighed sweetly and helplessly in his heart.
Xue Huan turned around and got on Eunuch Cheng's carriage, asking him to take her to the gate of Marquis Changyang's Mansion.
After all, it was common knowledge that Eunuch Cheng went to Pengcheng to pick up Xue Huan on the orders of the Empress. It was only reasonable for Eunuch Cheng to send her back to the Marquis of Changyang's Mansion.
Eunuch Cheng naturally did not dare to disobey her and respectfully escorted her to the gate of the Marquis' Mansion.
During the journey, he could see clearly that His Royal Highness Prince Yan had special feelings for Miss Xue. Although Miss Xue was still engaged to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, if Prince Yan took a fancy to Xue Huan, then Xue Huan would probably have to enter Prince Yan's mansion and become Prince Yan's Consort.
Xue Zhi, Marquis of Changyang, was highly regarded by the emperor, and the current wife of Marquis of Changyang was the empress's sister, so the marquis's mansion was highly favored and built in a magnificent style.
It took up half the street.
The gate of the Marquis's Mansion is usually closed. It is only opened when something important happens, such as someone from the palace delivering an imperial edict or the emperor bestowing rewards, to show respect.
Normally, everyone in the mansion enters and exits through the side door.
When Xue Huan arrived, she said to Eunuch Cheng, "Send someone to knock on the main door."
Eunuch Cheng naturally responded.
At his command, a guard stepped forward and banged on the main gate of the Marquis's mansion.
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