Unable to help but chuckle at the question, Yunyi thought to herself, "As expected of the future emperor, his little schemes are truly shrewd."
She knew that Xuan Ye probably had some doubts about her identity. After all, she was a reborn child, and Tong Yu Rou's attitude was so different before and after, it was normal for him to have some doubts.
But Yunyi didn't expect that Xuan Ye was so sensitive; his eyes were different when they met outside the villa on the first day.
These past few days, Xuan Ye has been probing her openly and subtly, but Yun Yi has been dodging the questions vaguely, pretending not to know what he means.
However, seeing how serious he looked now, Yunyi hesitated, unsure whether to reveal her identity now.
"Your Highness is too kind. I know my own abilities and am not suitable to serve in the palace. Please, Your Highness, rescind your order."
"You!" As expected, he was rejected. Xuan Ye opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end, he gave up.
Well, since Granny Yun is unwilling to say, then he won't ask.
Having made up his mind, Xuan Ye didn't show much anger: "Since Granny Yun is unwilling, then forget it, you can go now!"
Although Xuan Ye said that, did he really give up? No, he had already decided that he wouldn't get anything out of him by asking now, and he planned to investigate privately on his own.
No matter how Xuan Ye investigates, Yun Yi is not afraid. He has people he arranged around him, and he knows everything he does, so there is nothing to worry about.
After that day of secret probing, Xuan Ye seemed to have returned to normal, and his attitude towards Yun Yi became that of an ordinary master and servant, as if he was no longer concerned about her identity.
Whether he investigates or not, Yunyi doesn't have time to care right now, because she's busy with her next plan.
Tong Yurou, who was in Chengqian Palace, escaped the situation of going out of the palace with Xuan Ye by pretending to be sick.
She now needs to prepare for both possibilities. She doesn't know if the Third Prince can pull through. If he can, that would be best. If he can't, she plans to have another child herself.
Xuan Ye's condition outside the palace was not good. Due to the misdiagnosis by the imperial physicians, he missed a lot of time in the early stages, and his condition was already quite serious when he left the palace.
During this period, Xuan Ye was able to recover faster thanks to the medicine that Yun Yi secretly added.
However, Yunyi neither cured Xuan Ye directly nor sent news of him back to the palace.
Therefore, the news Tong Yurou received was that the Third Prince was critically ill and she didn't know if he could pull through. Under such circumstances, it was normal for Tong Yurou to have other thoughts.
It was at this time that Yunyi fabricated evidence and secretly revealed it to Tong Yurou without leaving a trace.
Tong Yurou was pleased to receive this evidence, which suggested that Dong Ewan had harmed the Third Prince.
The Third Prince is clearly useless now. It would be brilliant to use this to our advantage and drag Dong E Wan Ning into this mess.
To perfectly portray the image of a mother worried about her child, Tong Yurou went straight to the point and handed over the evidence to the Emperor.
She is currently in a vulnerable position, and that's true. She has gained something from this. Even if she made a mistake, given her current situation, the Emperor won't punish her too much.
For Tong Yurou, it was better to hand the item over to the Emperor and let him investigate than to cause trouble secretly. In any case, it wouldn't do her any harm.
While in Chengqian Palace, Shunzhi was very skeptical, but upon returning to his own Qianqing Palace, he directly ordered Wang Dehai to investigate and see if it was indeed the work of the Imperial Noble Consort.
In fact, Emperor Shunzhi already had the answer in his heart. Dong E Wan Ning was able to harm Tong Shi by faking a pregnancy before, and this time she took action again for some unknown reason. Emperor Shunzhi thought it was normal.
Wang Dehai investigated these pieces of evidence one by one, and they were all "true," with no false accusations or malicious intent.
Upon reading these survey results, Shunzhi was unsurprisingly furious.
Dong E Wan Ning was the first woman he loved so deeply. He once defied his own mother for Dong E Wan Ning and deposed Empress Yuan, Borjigit Mengguqing.
He also abandoned morality and ethics, and had a secret rendezvous with Dong E Wan Ning, who was still his sister-in-law, and their feelings for each other grew deeper and deeper.
In order to bring Dong E Wan Ning into the palace, he plotted against his own younger brother, Boguor, indirectly causing Boguor to lose his memory.
These past events, combined with Dong E Wan Ning's actions after entering the palace, made her seem like a joke.
That day, all the concubines in the harem knew that the Imperial Noble Consort had angered the Emperor for some unknown reason and had been demoted to a lowly concubine.
After Dong E Wan Ning fell from grace, she was like a tiger fallen into the plains, bullied by dogs, and became a concubine whom the entire palace could bully.
Having been dealt a blow by this incident, Shunzhi began to linger in the harem, as if to take revenge on Dong E Wan Ning. He visited every concubine except her.
Not long after Dong E Wan Ning was demoted, news came from outside the palace that the Third Prince had successfully survived smallpox and recovered.
The day before leaving, the wet nurse, Madam Chen, was unusually happy. When she left the palace, she had come with the belief that she might die. Now that she had successfully overcome the difficulties, she kept thanking all the gods and Buddhas for their protection.
Seeing Chen Mama's actions, Yunyi smiled but said nothing, keeping her merits and fame hidden.
Xuan Ye had just recovered from a serious illness. Although his soul had grown up, his body was still that of a three-year-old child. He had suffered a lot this time, and much of the baby fat on his face had disappeared.
Noticing his furtive gaze, Yunyi turned around and saw Xuan Ye's somewhat awkward expression.
It seems that having lived a second life, his heart has become much smaller, and the kind of childish expression that only a little kid would have actually appeared on his face.
Pretending not to notice his awkwardness, Yunyi turned back, but couldn't help but chuckle twice.
Xuan Ye turned his face away when Yun Yi turned around, feeling a little embarrassed. He only turned his face back when he saw Yun Yi turn around out of the corner of his eye.
His heart was filled with curiosity and wonder. Xuan Ye was really suspicious of this Granny Yun and what her true identity was.
Such an extraordinary person could not possibly be just a head nanny in a separate courtyard.
With doubts in his heart, Xuan Ye was carried into the carriage by his wet nurse. It was the same carriage and the same people who had come before, but Xuan Ye's state of mind was completely different.
Before leaving, Yunyi made an excuse to send the wet nurse away.
Hearing the noise outside, Xuan Ye suppressed his doubts, raised his hand to lift the curtain, stared at Granny Yun, and raised an eyebrow to ask, "What's wrong, Granny Yun? Do you have something to say?"
With her sharp eyes, she noticed that his hand holding the curtain was trembling slightly. Yunyi chuckled and cursed inwardly, "This little brat, he's quite the actor."
Time was of the essence, so Yunyi didn't say anything that would waste time. She took a box out of her sleeve and handed it to Xuan Ye.
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