Although Yuan Jing had acted out a play before, he was willing to live with his true self. In this life, he didn't have to worry about his identity being exposed. How deep could the Luo family know about his original self? It was just superficial, and the Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion in the capital had never come into contact with him.
Therefore, he had to make Fan and the people around her think that he was a unique Shuang'er, and not hold him to the same standards as other Shuang'ers.
Yuan Jing calmly said his idea: "You all saw my appearance before, I don't think anyone can tell that I am Shuang'er in disguise, so why don't I always accompany you to the capital in that appearance? As for Luo Yuanjing, Shuang'er, didn't the Luo Mansion announce that he has passed away due to illness? Then let everyone believe that he has passed away due to illness. In this way, I don't have to go back to the Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion, and I don't have to come into contact with Zhao Han and make enemies."
"But..." Madam Qian subconsciously wanted to object. Shuang'er, the daughter of the Marquis's mansion, had such a noble status, why did she ask for trouble by going out as a man? And how would she get married in the future? If people knew that their young master Shuang'er had been practicing medicine as a man, how many families would dare to come to propose marriage?
"This..." Fan didn't object immediately, but hesitated, "Jing'er, do you want to dress like a man forever? Don't you want to get married, have children, and raise them?"
Marry and have a baby? Even though Mingyu was right beside him, Yuan Jing couldn't help but twitch his lips. Forget about having a baby. He couldn't imagine a grown man carrying a baby for ten months. He felt uncomfortable just thinking about it.
"Let's just let fate take its course. If there is someone in the future who doesn't mind my usual behavior, I think that's the person I really want to spend my life with. If not, I'd rather be free like I am now."
"Mother, can I call you that?" Fan nodded repeatedly with tears in her eyes. She finally heard her child calling her mother. Yuan Jing grabbed her hand and continued, "Mother, didn't you want to take me to live with you outside? If I restore my identity as Luo Yuanjing's Shuang'er, I'm afraid it won't be that easy. The Marquis' Mansion doesn't want outsiders to gossip, so they must recognize me back. If I'm recognized back by outsiders, the Marquis' Mansion will have the final say on what to do. I don't want to enter that Marquis' Mansion. I just want to live with people who really care about me."
What else could Fan say? Of course, she kept saying yes with tears in her eyes: "Jing'er will live with mother. It would be best if the Marquis divorced me. Then I can move out with a legitimate reason, and we can live our own lives behind closed doors."
"Mom, thank you, Mom. You are the second person who truly loves me."
The first one, of course, is the original body's adoptive mother. It was just that the adoptive mother gave birth during the chaos of war. Although the child was born, she was injured and died not long after birth. The original body did not have much impression of the adoptive mother, but the servants around her often talked about what the situation was like when the adoptive mother was alive.
Later, the servants left behind by the foster mother were taken away by the stepmother, and the original body didn't even have anyone to talk to in a friendly way in the Luo Mansion.
Mrs. Fan was about to cry again. She thought to herself that this was her poor child. She would definitely compensate him well in the future.
At this time, Mrs. Fan and Madam Qian finally noticed the other person who came with Yuan Jing, a seven or eight-year-old Shuang'er. Mrs. Fan asked, "Jing'er, who is this..."
Yuan Jing, who was sitting by the bed, waved at Ming Yu. Ming Yu was very dissatisfied with his way of calling dogs and cats, but he walked over honestly. Yuan Jing waited for Ming Yu to come closer and said to Fan: "Mom, I have something to tell you alone."
At this time, Fan realized that Shuang'er might not be a simple person, so she said, "Mammy, take the others to guard outside."
Nanny Qian has always been the most loyal to Mrs. Fan. She took the others out without saying a word and stood guard at the door to prevent anyone from approaching.
Yuan Jing also noticed this and thought that if he hadn't come, these servants who were loyal to the Fan family would definitely not have had a good ending in the end.
Yuan Jing looked at Ming Yu and said, "Ming Yu, can you speak?"
Mingyu rolled his eyes: “Just say it if you want to.”
Yuan Jing smiled and touched his head. Mingyu wanted to shake him off in disgust, but he held back. Fan looked at him and smiled. This child is so cute.
But she couldn't laugh the next moment, because Yuan Jing said, "Mom, you know about the death of Liu Fu in Jiangcheng, right? Liu Fu didn't die at the hands of others, but at my hands. In addition to medical skills, I also know some Kung Fu, so before returning to Ningcheng, I went to Jiangcheng first. Mingyu and another Shuang'er who stayed at home and didn't come with me were both rescued by me from Liu Fu."
Fan shuddered with fear: "Isn't he discovered?"
"Don't worry, mom. A dozen grown men are no match for me."
Fan quickly thanked the Bodhisattva: "Thank God, Jing'er is fine. Don't be so reckless in the future. Tell me if you have any problems. So, this child is also..."
She thought Mingyu was also sent by someone else to be ruined by Liu Fu, and thought that Liu Fu really deserved to die and it was a good thing that he died. Mingyu, who understood what she meant, turned pale, and Yuan Jing chuckled.
"It's not what mother thought. Mingyu is completely opposite to me. I am Shuang'er dressed as a man, but he is a real boy. He has been locked up in the underground dark room of that house by Liu Fu for more than a year. Moreover, Mingyu's surname is not Ming, but Xiao. His name is Xiao Mingyu."
"Ah!" Fan let out a short cry of surprise.
Yuan Jing could only guess his identity from the name Mingyu, but Fan was different. She came from the capital. Knowing who the nobles and royal families in the capital were was a must for a lady like her. So as soon as Yuan Jing mentioned the name Xiao Mingyu, she knew who he was and quickly pulled him over to take a closer look.
"Are you the child who was lost in Prince Duan's mansion? You look just like your mother. I saw you before. How did you end up in the hands of Liu Fu, the eunuch?" Fan was very surprised. She immediately thought of many conspiracies and felt distressed. "Child, you have suffered too."
Ming Yu curled his lips, not wanting to pay attention to the woman, but because Yuan Jing was there, he had to bite the bullet and said, "I will not let anyone who has wronged me have an easy life. Yuan Jing and I killed that old eunuch Liu Fu, but it's a pity that we didn't have the chance to skin him alive, so he got away with it."
Fan looked up at Yuan Jing in shock. Yuan Jing shook his head slightly. Mingyu's temper was very normal. He reached out and tapped Mingyu's forehead. He said to Fan: "Mingyu has been very well behaved recently. When I went out of the city to see a doctor, Mingyu stayed by my side to help me. After I came back, I had to study and practice martial arts."
Fan saw Yuan Jing tapping Mingyu's forehead, and Mingyu just covered his forehead and glared at Yuan Jing but did nothing. She immediately laughed, thinking that maybe Mingyu was just a harsh word, but actually he was still a child. Any child who was tortured by eunuchs for more than a year and could still speak well was blessed by God.
Her eyes softened again. "Okay, Mingyu, come back to the capital with us. Right now, Prince Duan's Mansion is in a big fight over the position of the Crown Prince. It's just right for Mingyu to go back. You are the only legitimate son left by your mother, and this position of Crown Prince should have been yours."
"Of course. As long as I'm here, no one can snatch it away."
Yuan Jing knew very little about the Prince Duan, but he would have plenty of time to learn more about him in the future.
Fan didn’t want to tell the people around her about Mingyu’s identity for the time being, and would wait until she returned to the capital to prevent the news from leaking out.
She called Nanny Qian and others in and discussed carefully what to do after returning to Beijing. Nanny Qian suggested that it would be better to recognize Yuan Jing as Fan's adopted son. Then Fan could keep Yuan Jing by her side openly and no one would say anything.
Although Fan was sad that her biological child became an adopted son, she had to do so for the time being in order to avoid being disturbed by the Marquis's Mansion.
Yuan Jing talked to Fan for a while, and when he saw that Fan was not in good spirits, he wanted to leave. Fan was reluctant to let him go, but Yuan Jing and Nanny Qian persuaded her that there was a lot of time left, so she had to let Yuan Jing leave first and follow the plan they had agreed on.
So in the next few days, Yuan Jing still dressed up as a doctor, going in and out of the inn as the doctor hired by Nanny Qian to treat Madam Fan's body. Others, including his nephew Fan Lin, continued to search outside, and he did not even tell Fan Lin for the time being.
After searching for half a month, and adding to the previous search in the Luo Mansion, they still couldn't find Shuang'er, Luo Yuanjing. Everyone believed that Shuang'er had disappeared. Fan was so "heartbroken" that she could only lie on the bed in the inn and couldn't get up. Yuanjing went in and out of the inn every day.
Half a month later, another distinguished guest came to the inn in Ningcheng, accompanied by Lord Sun himself. This distinguished guest was none other than Yuan Jing's elder brother, Zhao Qi, the eldest son of the Huaiyuan Marquis's Mansion.
Fan gave birth to two children in total. Zhao Qi was the eldest son. Later, due to poor environmental conditions when she gave birth to her original mother, she also fell ill and could not have any more children. She did not care at first, thinking that having two legitimate children was enough. However, Zhao Qi, like Zhao Han, was taken to the old lady to be raised as soon as he was born. Zhao Qi's feelings for his biological mother Fan could be said to be more respectful than close.
He was not at home that day. When he was called back, he found out what kind of chaos had happened in the mansion. His father was so angry that he wanted to divorce his mother. Even if Zhao Qi had little feelings for Fan, he would never agree to his father's divorce. If his mother was divorced, would he still be the eldest son of the mansion? Wouldn't the title of the crown prince be in name only? You have to know that he has younger brothers.
So after succeeding Fan, he immediately brought people to Ningcheng in Jiangnan to bring his mother back.
Lord Sun did not dare to hide anything and told Zhao Qi everything that happened after Fan came to Ningcheng. This man was the future marquis, and if he really angered him, his official career would be over.
Zhao Qi was very angry. How dare the Luo family destroy the bloodline of the Marquisate? But when he thought of Zhao Han, who was in the Marquisate and was about to become the concubine of the Prince of Cheng, he felt very complicated.
Having been educated by his grandmother and father since childhood, he attached great importance to the interests and future of the Marquis' Mansion. He knew very well that for the future of the Marquis' Mansion, he must not make enemies with Zhao Han, but on the contrary he must support him well.
Nowadays, there are more and more voices in the court requesting the emperor to adopt a son from the royal family. If His Majesty really agrees, then the possibility of Prince Cheng ascending to the throne is very high. Therefore, the Marquis' Mansion cannot offend Zhao Han and Prince Cheng. The Marquis' Mansion has to hold their noses and conceal this matter of identity substitution.
When Zhao Qi came to the inn, Yuan Jing was there too. He finally met the elder brother that Fan mentioned. Fan had a faint expression on her face when she mentioned him. In the plot, this elder brother also stood on the side of Huaiyuan Hou and Zhao Han. He and Huaiyuan Hou were educated in almost the same template, so there was no doubt about what choice he would make. Therefore, Yuan Jing did not have a good impression of him.
Fan was Zhao Qi's mother, so his attitude could not be as tough as Zhao Dechang's. He just persuaded her in a roundabout way: "Mother, why don't we go back to the capital first? Your health... doesn't it make your son uncomfortable? I believe that my brother would be sad if he knew. Don't worry, mother, I will leave people here with Lord Sun to continue looking for my brother."
"Mother, I am just as worried about my brother's whereabouts as you are. But this matter cannot be rushed. It will be useless for you to stay in Ningcheng now. It is better to send more people to search for him after returning to the capital."
Yuan Jing couldn't help but imitate Ming Yu's rolling of his eyes. His words sounded better than his singing. Fan cried for a long time and finally acted as if she was "persuaded" by her son. However, she grabbed Yuan Jing's hand and said, "Mother is in Ningcheng thanks to Doctor Yuan's treatment. Now Doctor Yuan and I are very close. Before you came, Qi'er, I had already recognized Doctor Yuan as my mother's adopted son. Qi'er, come and meet your adopted brother."
Yuan Jing has slightly aged during this period, so he can't be Fan's adopted son when he's in his thirties.
He didn't lose weight all at once, but gradually, and shaved off his goatee, so now he looks no more than his early twenties.
Some people raised doubts, and Yuan Jing explained that as a doctor, being older makes people feel more stable and reliable, so he grew a beard to make himself more stable. Now he doesn't need to do so anymore, so the beard is no longer useful.
People who heard this explanation found it quite reasonable and no longer doubted why Doctor Yuan suddenly became younger. It turned out that Doctor Yuan had always been that young.
Zhao Qi then turned his head to look at the young man next to him. His first impression was very bad. In his opinion, this man named Doctor Yuan was just a flatterer who made his mother happy and even agreed to adopt him as her adopted son. In what position did this put him, her biological son?
Because his mother did not ask for his opinion, but informed him directly, which made Zhao Qi very unhappy. He looked away after just one glance and looked at Fan: "Mother, should we tell father about this?"
"Hmph!" When mentioning Zhao Dechang, Fan's face turned cold. "What are you talking about? He said that day that he wanted to divorce me. I tell you, Zhao Qi, I am not done with your father. I told you when I left Beijing that day that if he doesn't divorce me, he is a bastard. As long as my child is not found, I will never bow to him. When we return to Beijing, I will divide our property and live separately."
"Mother!" Zhao Qi raised his voice. He didn't expect his mother to still remember those words that were said in anger. "Father was just angry at your reckless and impulsive behavior. It's not that father didn't want to take my brother back home."
"Then what did he do? Don't speak for your father. You and your father are on the same side. Because your father delayed me from coming to Ningcheng in time, I still haven't been able to find your brother. Tell me, whose fault is this? If you listened to me, you would have been able to see your brother this time, but where is he now? Zhao Qi, tell me, is your heart as cold and hard as your father's? Your brother has no value to the Marquis' Mansion, so you don't take it seriously?"
As soon as Fan got angry, Zhao Qi's attitude softened. He couldn't possibly go against his mother, but he didn't expect the current result. His brother Shuang'er was sent to the Luo Mansion to be a eunuch's concubine. Fortunately, he didn't enter the mansion, otherwise this matter would spread in the capital, and the entire Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion would lose face. Thinking of this, he wished to destroy the entire Luo Mansion.
Of course, he wanted to destroy the Luo Mansion because of the great damage its actions had brought to the reputation of the Marquis Mansion.
Zhao Qi's voice softened. "Mother, father and I don't want to see the current situation. It can only be said that it was a coincidence. Father will not feel good if he knows the situation here. Mother, calm down. If you want to beat or scold the child, wait until we return to the capital to talk about it, okay?"
"You go out first. I need to think about it carefully. I have Yuan Jing here to take care of me." Mrs. Fan continued with a cold face.
Zhao Qi had no choice but to tell Yuan Jing to take good care of his mother, then turned and left.
Yuan Jing whispered to comfort Fan. He had no feelings for Zhao Qi, so he naturally wouldn't be angry. But it was different for Fan. Even if they were not close, he was still her biological son. Fan felt even more sorry for Yuan Jing when she saw him. This brother didn't act like a brother at all. It was better that Yuan Jing didn't recognize him to save her sadness.
"Wait, now that he's here, let him personally watch over the surname Sun to deal with the Luo family, and then I will take Jing'er and the rest back to Beijing."
Yuan Jing understood Fan's intention and smiled: "Okay, I'll listen to you, mother."
In fact, Fan wanted to bribe the jailer and poison all the Luo family members to death, but she felt that this would be too easy for the Luo family and would not relieve her hatred. Besides, didn't the Marquis value Zhao Han? If Zhao Han had a pair of parents who had committed crimes, what would he and Zhao Han choose? Would the Cheng Palace and the Cheng Prince still value Zhao Han so much?
Before she left Beijing, she had never seen Zhao Han come to her. At that time, she was only thinking about the child of Luo's family in Ningcheng. Later, when she calmed down and thought about it, Zhao Han's behavior made her feel disappointed. Zhao Han must be dissatisfied with her behavior, but why should she be dissatisfied? What qualifications did she have to be dissatisfied?
Zhao Qi was also very upset. He moved into the courtyard next to the same inn. It was impossible for his mother to stay in the inn while he stayed in the guesthouse specially arranged by Lord Sun.
The confidant who came with him asked, "How is the prince going to deal with the Luo family?"
Zhao Qi was annoyed by his mother's attitude and the Luo family's affairs: "What do you think we should do? I would like to kill all the people in the Luo family. Luo Yonghai is worse than an animal. However, Luo Yonghai is Zhao Han's biological father. Will Zhao Han not pursue this matter in the future?"
"But the wife..."
"Yes, mother will definitely not agree. She still hasn't found the person. She wants to kill all the people in the Luo family. Oh, it's really troublesome. I can't help but..." In order to appease his mother, I can only deal with the Luo family first.
"Let's spare their lives. Even if Zhao Han wants to pursue the matter later, he can't say that we did something wrong." Zhao Qi came up with this win-win plan in his dilemma. According to his mother's wishes, it was impossible to let the Luo family survive. By sparing the Luo family alive, he was leaving a way out for the Marquis' Mansion.
But Zhao Qi didn't know that there are some things in the world that are difficult to have the best of both worlds.
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