"Hongyin, you go out first." Shi Mingyue sent Hongyin away, and then Fu Yueli came over to read the contents of the letter.
There were only two words "识玉". His first feeling when he saw them was that they must be the handwriting of a man, because the two words "识玉" were square and the ink was deep, and it was obvious that the strokes were powerful.
"What does this mean?" Lu Lingyan felt that the two words were confusing.
Shi Mingyue recognized Qin Zheng's handwriting the moment she laid eyes on it. In her previous life, she had been Qin Zheng's mistress, grinding ink by his side countless times, so his handwriting was certainly familiar to her. It took her only a moment to grasp what Qin Zheng wanted her to understand. With mixed feelings, she explained to the two of them, "'Recognizing the Jade' means Xu Ziling is already Fu Baiheng's."
Lu Lingyan's first reaction was: "Why?"
"'Ren' can be split into 'yan' and 'ren'. 'Yu' refers to Baiheng, and 'yan' refers to the character 'Xu' in Xu Ziling's name, so these two characters mean that Xu Ziling has become Fu Baiheng's person. Perhaps Fu Baiheng admired Xu Ziling's medical skills, so he developed a love for talent and reached some kind of agreement with Xu Ziling." Shi Mingyue thought this was the most reasonable explanation.
Lu Lingyan fell silent. Fu Yueli agreed with her, but he was still preoccupied with the question of who had written the handwriting on the paper. He didn't need to guess; the answer was obvious. The only person who knew the truth was Qin Zheng. Fu Yueli could ignore any other man, but not Qin Zheng. After all, he was Mingyue's childhood sweetheart, the one who had nearly eloped.
Shi Mingyue pondered, "I think Xu Ziling is inextricably linked to this case, but now only Du Ruzhen is in jail. I'm sure he won't survive tonight."
Fu Yueli and Lu Lingyan had to think so too, but they had much more to consider than Shi Mingyue, and some things were not convenient to be put on the table and let Shi Mingyue know. So Fu Yueli went to Lu Lingyan's room to discuss it alone.
"Ling Yan, since Xu Ziling has become Fu Baiheng's person, there is no guarantee that she will not tell others that my eye disease has been cured. Now there are only two ways." Fu Yueli did not trust Xu Ziling. He did not have a deep communication with her and he could not take the risk.
Lu Lingyan had already guessed the purpose of Fu Yueli's private conversation with him, so he didn't interrupt him and just listened to him quietly.
"Xu Ziling has done me a favor, after all, and I don't want to be ungrateful, so I'm abandoning the first option," Fu Yueli paused, and Lu Lingyan understood what he meant by the first option. Fu Yueli continued, "Choose the second option, which means we go to the posthouse right now."
"Go to the inn? What are you going there for?" Lu Lingyan didn't understand.
Fu Yueli smiled slightly and said, "Of course I'm going to thank Dr. Xu for curing my eyes."
Lu Lingyan thought he had misheard, or maybe Fu Yueli had gone crazy. "It's precisely because you're blind that Fu Baiheng is showing you mercy and not killing you! Once your eyesight is healed, as the eldest son, you'll definitely cause a huge uproar in the court. Besides, your foundation is unstable right now. Not to mention Fu Baiheng, your third brother Fu Fenglin will be enough to make you suffer!"
Fu Yueli listened quietly to him, then slowly said, "I don't trust Xu Ziling. If you won't let me choose the second option, I can only choose the first." He didn't want to harm anyone, didn't want to repay kindness with hatred, and he didn't want Mingyue to know. If Xu Ziling died suddenly, with Shi Mingyue's intelligence, she would immediately realize it was his handiwork. He didn't dare to think about how she would view him then.
Lu Lingyan no longer had any extra thoughts about Xu Ziling, but he still didn't want Fu Yueli to kill anyone, nor did he want his blindness to be known. After thinking hard for a long time, he said, "Is there really no third way?"
"No," Fu Yueli sighed, "I can't hide the problem with my eyes for much longer, so I might as well admit it now. No matter how Fu Baiheng tries to deal with me, openly or secretly, I will just counter it. Besides, the fact that my eye disease has healed is no longer a secret. Not only Xu Ziling and Tong Di know about it, but even Qin Zheng knows it."
"Qin Zheng?" Lu Lingyan was familiar with the name. He also knew that Qin Zheng was Shi Mingyue's childhood sweetheart, and that they had almost eloped. He was just curious: "How did he know?"
"Have you forgotten the fire on my wedding night? He helped me deal with those assassins."
Lu Lingyan was smart and immediately thought of today's "Jade Recognition" letter. "Was today's letter also written by him?"
"Who else could it be?" Fu Yueli asked back.
Seeing Fu Yueli like that, Lu Lingyan's face was frozen. Suddenly, he laughed non-stop: "Oh my god, so sour. Hey, why are you so unconfident in yourself? No matter what the relationship between Qin Zheng and your sister-in-law was before, Shi Mingyue has already sworn to you and is your legally married wife. You don't have to be jealous because of Qin Zheng. And I see that although Qin Zheng is good-looking, his conditions in all aspects are not as good as yours. You should have confidence in yourself."
After hearing this, Fu Yueli's expression softened a bit and she said, "So I might as well take the initiative and admit it, then deal with them. I don't think Fu Baiheng would be stupid enough to attack me right away."
Lu Lingyan suppressed his smile and said thoughtfully, "You have a point. Now that your eye disease has healed, he really doesn't dare to attack you immediately. Otherwise, it would arouse the suspicion of the emperor and the ministers, which would not benefit him. But I think that since you have chosen to make it public, your future will be more difficult."
Fu Yueli smiled and said, "You know, I'm used to it." Although he said it calmly, his heart was in turmoil and he couldn't calm down, because he already had someone he cared about. For her, he would definitely persevere and work hard to make himself stronger, just because he wanted to protect her.
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