Later, the Song family didn't want to lose the good marriage with the Bai family, so they arranged for the second wife of the Bai family to marry into the family.
Neither the Bai family nor the Song family had ever told anyone about what Yuan Qi had said, and even Bai Xiuqing was unaware of it.
But she knew it.
The old master of the Bai family knew that the people of the Xuanmen sect were exceptionally capable. He immediately reprimanded them, "Alright, I have another three-courtyard outer residence that I'll give to you. Your whole family should move out right away."
The old master of the Bai family had someone fetch 30,000 taels of silver notes and give them to Yuan Qi, so that the eldest master of the Bai family could see Yuan Qi and Bai Xiuqing off.
Under the guidance of Grandpa Bai, the Bai family gradually quieted down.
But the Bai family couldn't move out overnight, so the old master of the Bai family allowed them to move out the next day. Who knew that something else would happen that very night? The next morning, when the servants of the second branch of the family went to dress Madam Bai in her burial clothes, they found that the person under the white cloth was just a skeleton, the flesh had been gnawed clean, and the internal organs had been removed.
The Bai family was terrified and told the second branch of the family to move out immediately. They even refused to let them hold the funeral for the second wife of the Bai family there.
The second wife's family was treated like trash and moved out of the Bai residence amidst complaints and disdain.
Yuan Qi climbed onto Bai Xiuqing's carriage, and Bai Xiuqing nagged her all the way, blaming her for not exterminating the weasels, but instead letting a group of beasts seize half of the Bai family's property and the fortune of the second branch.
The second branch of the family isn't particularly lucky; at worst, they can just abandon this branch. They're just illegitimate children anyway, nothing to regret. The Bai family has plenty of descendants; losing one branch won't make a difference.
The main problem is the Bai family's assets, which amount to several million taels of silver. Just thinking about it makes my heart ache.
Yuan Qi secretly crumpled a talisman into a small ball and plugged his ears to stop Bai Xiuqing from chanting.
Upon arriving at the Jiang residence, she quickly jumped off the carriage. As soon as she entered, someone told her that the Marquis was waiting for her in the front hall.
Yuan Qi could only go there once.
Upon entering the front hall, Yuan Qi saw Jiang Zhengqing holding a letter and reading it intently.
She noticed that Jiang Zhengqing's appearance had changed, and he seemed to have the look of someone whose family would be destroyed and whose clan would be wiped out.
It wasn't like this when I saw it yesterday, how did it change so much in just one day?
As expected, what was bound to happen will happen, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't change it.
Yuan Qi walked up to him and asked very seriously, "Who did you see today?"
Jiang Zhengqing knew that Yuan Qi wouldn't ask such a question without a reason. In the past two days, he had heard about Yuan Qi's great achievements, such as helping Marquis Shouchang find his only son who had been missing for five years. He wondered just how capable this child really was.
"I..." He thought for a moment. She couldn't possibly be asking about a colleague he saw every day. Today he did see someone he didn't see often, the Imperial Advisor Xuanji.
"You met the Imperial Advisor Xuanji, chatted for a bit, what happened?"
Yuan Qi frowned slightly. She had heard of the Imperial Preceptor Xuanji many times, but had never met him. This man was very capable; it was said that he had set up the national protective array for the palace and the mountain-protecting array for the dragon vein. Moreover, he was elusive and rarely seen by ordinary people.
However, the change in Jiang Zhengqing's appearance is not necessarily due to this person.
“Our family is going to be in big trouble. Be careful what you do and say lately, and don’t say anything wrong.” Yuan Qi had already foreseen that the Jiang family would be wiped out before he went down the mountain, but it was still early, and Jiang Zhengqing did not have such an appearance at that time.
Jiang Zhengqing dared not disregard her words: "What do you mean by 'bad luck'?"
Yuan Qi was in a bad mood. She hadn't had enough of her good days yet, so she retorted, "What do you think? For one of the four great families, what constitutes a major misfortune?"
Jiang Zhengqing was stunned by the question. He recalled what he had said to Xuanji that day. Xuanji had only mentioned that he had several good sons, and nothing else.
Yuan Qi walked away directly, and Jiang Zhengqing forgot to ask the question he wanted to ask. By the time he remembered, Yuan Qi had already disappeared.
He had no choice but to follow Bai Xiuqing back to Ciningyuan and inquire in detail about the situation of the Bai family.
The Bai family's fortune was almost stolen, and Yuan Qi just said that the Jiang family is going to be in big trouble. Among the four major families, two families have run into trouble. Is it a coincidence, or is someone deliberately plotting against them?
Bai Xiuqing was old and in poor health, so Jiang Zhengqing didn't tell the old lady about it. After learning about the Bai family's situation, he went back home.
He wondered if the Xiangli family, the head of the four major families, was also not at peace. Could it be that someone really wanted to deal with the four major families?
Let's take a look at the last of the four great families—the Feng family.
However, the four major families are not so easy to deal with.
The next day, Yuan Qi went out early again to set up his stall. Within an hour, he had already completed three divinations, all concerning trivial matters. A woman asked if her daughter's marriage was a good match. A man asked if he could make money from a shop he had chosen for business. The last question came from someone whose wife had given birth to five daughters and asked when she would have a son.
Yuan Qi answered all the questions one by one, and even suggested that the person who planned to do business should change the location of his shop.
Upon returning to the Jiang residence, they saw Jiang Bailu talking to a young man in the front hall corridor.
The young man was handsome, surrounded by a purple aura. Upon closer inspection, he had a high, straight nose, sword-like eyebrows, and double pupils—the features of an emperor. However, there was a faint aura of malevolence flowing through his face, as if his fortune had been disturbed. All things considered, this man's future was uncertain, and a calamity was imminent.
Jiang Bailu got angry as soon as she saw Yuan Qi staring at Xiao Yi. She took a step forward and stood in front of Xiao Yi, blocking Yuan Qi's view, and shouted sternly, "What are you looking at? Haven't you seen His Highness the Crown Prince before?"
Yuan Qi's bright, watery eyes blinked, the curiosity and scrutiny in them vanished completely, replaced by a calm and undisturbed expression, showing that she had completely lost interest in Xiao Yi.
But Xiao Yi was, after all, the Crown Prince. Although she didn't want to cling to this powerful figure, she also didn't want to offend him for the time being, so she reminded him, "You need to be careful lately."
The implication is that he's going to be in trouble, and not just any kind of trouble.
With a gentle smile, Xiao Yi pushed Jiang Bailu aside and said softly, "Don't talk to her like that. I came here today because I have something I want to ask her."
Jiang Bailu turned around unhappily, pouting as she asked, "Your Highness, what's the point of talking to her? She just talks nonsense and knows some evil magic, but she doesn't have any real skills."
Xiao Yi seemed not to have heard what Jiang Bailu said, and politely gestured for her to come inside: "Seventh Miss, please come inside to talk."
Yuan Qi smiled smugly, stuck out his tongue and made a face at Jiang Bailu: "Hehehe... She doesn't listen to you at all, so it's pointless for you to say bad things about me!"
Jiang Bailu stomped her foot in anger, but not wanting the two of them to talk alone, she followed them inside.
Yuan Qi didn't even bow to Xiao Yi, but simply found a place to sit down and asked very obediently, "Speak, what do you want to see me about?"
Xiao Yi had a handsome face and a humble demeanor. He was surrounded by a faint spiritual energy and was a cultivator. He deliberately concealed the pressure of his superior position and spoke to Yuan Qi in a very friendly manner: "Do you think I can successfully ascend the throne?"
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