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After teleporting, Jiang Chaoyu felt a little unsteady and immediately grabbed the table next to her to regain some strength.
Li Yuanxiu, who had originally planned to go to Shijin Manor, was panting heavily when he saw Jiang Chaoyu suddenly appear nearby, and the soft sword in his hand had already fallen to the ground.
Seeing that she was about to fall, Li Yuanxiu immediately went to support her. Looking at her condition with concern, he asked, "What happened?" After checking that she had no injuries, his expression relaxed.
Jiang Chaoyu waved her hand, overcoming the dizziness that had just struck her, and took out the scroll hidden in her sleeve. Panting, she said, "This morning, I was still disguised as a maid. I thought I would succeed, but I was discovered and almost fell into the Second Prince's trap. Fortunately, I managed to escape."
After resting for a while, Jiang Chaoyu finally felt refreshed. No longer needing to lean against the table, she picked up the soft sword from the ground, then took out a scroll from her sleeve and looked at Li Yuanxiu, "Yuanxiu, could you help me take a look at what this is?"
Jiang Chaoyu handed the scroll to Li Yuanxiu, who took it and looked at the unfamiliar characters as soon as she opened the front. She didn't recognize any of the characters. "I've never seen this script before," Li Yuanxiu shook her head, rolled up the scroll, and returned it to Jiang Chaoyu.
"Why is Xiaoyu doing such a dangerous thing again?" Li Yuanxiu asked anxiously when she heard that Jiang Chaoyu had gone to Zeng Chenhua's residence.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm confident in everything I do." Despite Jiang Chaoyu's words, Li Yuanxiu was still somewhat uneasy.
He reminded her, "Then you should be more careful in your daily life, it's always better to be safe than sorry."
Hearing Li Yuanxiu's reminder, Jiang Chaoyu nodded. She obediently replied, "Okay, I will."
After saying this, Li Yuanxiu hurried to the shop and stopped talking to Jiang Chaoyu.
Jiang Chaoyu looked at the strange characters in the scroll and was very curious. She was determined to find out what the Second Prince's purpose was, so she took the scroll to her master, You Zhenghong.
Standing in front of the door, Jiang Chaoyu bit her lip and paced outside. Just as she was hesitating whether to knock, You Zhenghong spoke up, "Come in, Xiaoyu."
In fact, You Zhenghong also had a skill: he could tell who was someone several meters away. As soon as Jiang Chaoyu approached, You Zhenghong knew it, but seeing his apprentice still pacing back and forth outside, he couldn't help but speak up.
Pushing open the door, I found my master sitting there, holding a scroll in his hand.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Chaoyu handed the scroll in her hand to her master and said, "Master, this is a scroll I obtained from the Second Prince's residence. Master, do you recognize these characters?"
You Zhenghong put down the scroll in his hand, took Jiang Chaoyu's scroll, and looked at it closely.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the script did not belong to this country; in fact, it seemed to be a script from the Western Regions.
“This font isn’t from this country,” You Zhenghong said helplessly, as she had never seen this font before. Although it was densely covered with writing, she couldn’t recognize a single character.
However, she overheard her disciple talking about going to the Second Prince's residence. "What are you going to the Second Prince's residence for?"
He raised his head and stared at Jiang Chaoyu, a gaze that made Jiang Chaoyu feel terrified.
Because Jiang Chaoyu's mission was a secret trip without prior notification, she didn't know what excuse to make up. She could only say, "The Crescent Moon Sect had a mission to steal the Second Prince's jade staff, so I went to the Second Prince's residence."
Previously, her master had kept things from her and forbade her to talk about them, and now it seems that her master is even more reluctant to let her get close to the Second Prince.
“In that case, there’s no need to complete that mission, and you should avoid contact with him in the future,” You Zhenghong reminded Jiang Chaoyu.
But Jiang Chaoyu still didn't understand why her master would say such a thing. Out of curiosity, Jiang Chaoyu asked, "Master, can I know the reason?"
You Zhenghong knew that this matter could not be kept secret for long, especially after her numerous encounters with the Second Prince.
Seeing Jiang Chaoyu's curious gaze, You Zhenghong still felt he had to explain the matter clearly. "Do you know that when you came from the modern world, the real Jiang Chaoyu's mother was still alive? Why did she disappear two years later?"
You Zhenghong looked at Jiang Chaoyu, "At that time, Prime Minister Jiang only said that his wife had passed away. But Lin was a second wife, so how did she rise from a third-rank official to prime minister after marrying Jiang Jiangqi? Moreover, why did she disappear two years after you arrived?"
Jiang Chaoyu was unaware of all this; she was secretly searching for clues, but she didn't find many to uncover the truth.
When she first came into this world, the original owner of this body had drowned, but at that time, the original owner had gone to save her mother. The mother survived, but the daughter was replaced. Jiang Chaoyu only had brief contact with the original owner's mother, and was later refused visits by Prime Minister Jiang under the pretext of recuperating from illness. Less than two years later, it was announced that the lady had passed away due to illness, and Jiang Chaoyu did not even see the body.
But at that time, her strength was too small, so small that it seemed that no one cared about her at all. Fortunately, her master taught her many survival skills, and she gradually gained a foothold in this world.
Over the years, she had been searching for clues and working hard to improve her martial arts skills. Now the time was almost right, so she began to take action.
“But Master, when I came here, the Second Prince couldn’t even get enough to eat. It couldn’t have been him who did it.” Jiang Chaoyu didn’t know what his master meant, but Zeng Chenhua was the first person he became familiar with after coming to this world. If it weren’t for Zeng Chenhua’s help back then, he probably wouldn’t be alive now. So Jiang Chaoyu always felt that this matter had nothing to do with him, after all, he was also a dying man at that time.
You Zhenghong knew why Jiang Chaoyu was protecting Zeng Chenhua, and nodded slightly, a cold smile appearing on his lips. "But don't forget that he is a member of the royal family. The current emperor has few children, and the next emperor will be one of them. Go find out the true identity of the original owner's mother. That gold hairpin may be the only clue."
A gold hairpin?! She suddenly remembered that she had sold the gold hairpin to raise funds, but Zeng Chenhua had redeemed it.
Then that gold hairpin must hold a clue.
Jiang Chaoyu didn't understand what this had to do with being forbidden from getting close to the Second Prince. However, it was a reminder that her original mother had only said she was from the Lin family in the west of the city, but now that the Lin family was gone, the clue had been lost.
Seeing Jiang Chaoyu's bewildered expression, You Zhenghong knew that there was something she didn't know.
“You’ve grown up now, and you’ll be able to understand some things on your own. Your master won’t say any more.” After saying this, You Zhenghong didn’t say anything more.
Jiang Chaoyu took the scroll and left the room. She went to inquire at each of the various sub-pavilions of the Crescent Moon Gate, but found that no one knew what the script was.
It seems that Jiang Chaoyu can only put this matter on hold and busy herself with other things.
The most important thing right now is to find out exactly what that mysterious force is!
"Little fish!"
This was the second time I met Xie Yunyin at the Red Mansion. This time, he seemed to have drunk a bit too much and was looking at me with a silly grin.
"Miss Jiang, what a coincidence."
This silly look of his was actually much better than Xie Yunyin's usual aloof and unapproachable demeanor.
Today, Furong was supporting him from the side to prevent him from falling.
Taking advantage of Xie Yunyin's drunkenness, Jiang Chaoyu took out the scroll again, pointed to a few words at the beginning, and asked, "Do you know how to pronounce these words?"
"Mind reading!" Xie Yunyin placed his fingers on each word, and felt a sense of pride after reading them.
Mind reading!
Jiang Chaoyu understood in her heart, but at the same time she was surprised that Xie Yunyin actually knew the words.
"Miss Jiang, what is this?"
Seeing that the man was somewhat drunk, he said to Furong, "Let's take him to a private room to rest."
"good."
"Miss Jiang, you haven't answered my question yet."
As if he hadn't heard his own answer, Xie Yunyin was somewhat unhappy, his lips drooping.
"Just the contents of a book."
"All right."
If what Xie Yunyin said is true, and this is indeed the content of mind-reading, then all the strange things that happened before can be explained.
However, we still need to test the waters.
Jiang Chaoyu stood on the first floor, holding the scroll and thinking, before turning around and leaving the Red Building.
After Furong helped Xie Yunyin up to the second floor, Xie Yunyin instantly sobered up, withdrew her hand, and stared at Jiang Chaoyu on the first floor from the second floor's perspective, then watched her leave the Red Mansion.
Xie Yunyin wasn't drunk at all, but he did drink a little too much and was slightly intoxicated.
"Go ahead and do your thing."
Although Furong is an old member of the Red Mansion, she is actually Xie Yunyin's person, so she has been able to gather a lot of information for Xie Yunyin all along.
"Yes, my lord."
Mind reading, Xie Yunyin murmured these three words to herself. Where did she get that scroll from?
The day arrived for delivering the wedding dress. This time, Jiang Chaoyu heeded Li Yuanxiu's advice and didn't appear alone. So she called Xu Ninghui, who disguised himself, to go with the shop assistants to deliver the dress.
The weather was bad today; a light drizzle had begun. The raindrops hitting the ground stirred up some mud as the wheels of the car drove by. Xu Ninghui was careful, making sure her wedding dress was properly wrapped to prevent it from getting wet.
Jiang Chaoyu took the disguise pill and reverted to her appearance as the maid in the Second Prince's residence. She silently followed from a distance, always on guard to see if anyone was around.
Jiang Chaoyu watched them go in from a distance, only to see them come out again a short while later. She wondered why no one had stopped them, or if her initial guess had been wrong and it was just a coincidence.
But seeing that they had already gone far away and nothing had happened, Jiang Chaoyu realized that she had probably been overthinking things. There seemed to be no connection between Zhao Village outside the city and the Zhao family; they simply shared the same surname.
Although the rain wasn't heavy, it still dampened Jiang Chaoyu's hair. Jiang Chaoyu wiped the rainwater from her hair and was just about to retrace her steps when she noticed that the rain seemed to have stopped. Looking up, she saw an oil-paper umbrella.
When she initially thought it was Xu Ninghui, she exclaimed happily, "You little rascal, you've learned to hold an umbrella for your senior sister?!"
The moment she turned around, she saw Zeng Chenhua under the umbrella. His eyes held a hint of amusement and cunning as he looked at her. Jiang Chaoyu froze, inwardly lamenting, "Why do I always run into him?"
The smile froze on my face for a moment; I didn't know whether I should smile or not.
At that moment, she began to panic. Before she could speak, the other person started talking.
Zeng Chenhua smiled slightly and slowly said, "Second Miss, where are you going? Why are you in such a hurry? Is there something urgent?"
Jiang Chaoyu's heart skipped a beat, and her face instantly turned pale. She lowered her voice and forced herself to remain calm, saying, "You've mistaken me for someone else. I'm not some second young lady. I don't know why Your Highness has mistaken me for someone else?"
Zeng Chenhua approached Jiang Chaoyu step by step, while Jiang Chaoyu had no choice but to retreat. "The medical pavilion of the Crescent Moon Sect has a very powerful medicine that can disguise one's appearance. It is called the Disguise Pill. Second Miss, am I wrong?"
Seeing that she was about to be exposed, Jiang Chaoyu was about to leave when Zeng Chenhua gently grabbed her wrist. He raised his eyebrows and smiled slightly, as if he had seen through Jiang Chaoyu's disguise, and asked, "Where does the Second Miss plan to go?"
This time, Jiang Chaoyu realized that she had really been caught. She still tried to argue, "Second Prince, you have mistaken me for someone else. My surname is Zhao, and Zhao Village is my home. I am just going home. As for the Second Miss you mentioned, I really don't know her."
Hearing Jiang Chaoyu's words, a sly glint flashed in his eyes, and he smiled slightly, saying, "Oh, really? That's great. I came here to find the Master of Zhao Manor. Shall I go with you?"
Zeng Chenhua decided to play along, and since Jiang Chaoyu had said so, he would go with her.
But Jiang Chaoyu immediately sensed something was wrong. Why was this person going along with her scheme and agreeing so readily? If they had connections, Jiang Chaoyu could simply take Zeng Chenhua in, but she wasn't familiar with the situation herself.
Jiang Chaoyu's troubled expression was a clear weakness in Zeng Chenhua's eyes, and he couldn't resist teasing her. "Second Miss, is it alright?"
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