Xu Yixing said a lot of things in a flash, then showed a very "sincere" smile, waiting for the response of the Seventh Prince.
After hearing this, Lu Anyuan remained indifferent, just staring at Xu Yixing's face. The bruises on his face from being pinched by him must have been very painful...
Xu Yixing felt the awkwardness between them was overwhelming. Her face was sore from laughing, but Lu Anyuan still didn't react. "Look, no one would believe me even if I told them, and you still forced me to tell you, huh!"
"You said you were Xu Yixing, so when was the first time we met?" Lu Anyuan suddenly asked again.
Xu Yixing was a little confused. "This is the first time I saw you. I don't remember it." "If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being so inconspicuous. How would I know when I saw you?"
"Hmm...was it at the palace banquet for the Queen's birthday? No, no, it should have been earlier. Was it the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony five years ago? Uh, no, let me think about it. When was that..."
Others might still be puzzled, but Lu Anyuan wouldn't be that stupid. This was Xu Yixing, always dazzling, always the center of attention, always the focus, so naturally she wouldn't remember a minor supporting role like herself.
"So when was the last time we met?"
Ah, I remember this, Xu Yixing blurted out: "It was at the racecourse in the suburbs two years ago."
At that time, she and her grandson You had just been engaged, and while they'd called it a horse race, it was actually just an opportunity to meet and show off. That was also the last time the Seventh Prince appeared before her, and he even gave her a black bear he had killed himself.
Lu Anyuan nodded, acknowledging it. After she and Sun Ziyou got engaged, he hadn't appeared before her again, always secretly watching from afar. He was afraid that if he got close, she would be tempted to kill him for speaking so carelessly in front of the emperor.
"See, I was right." Xu Yixing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This time he was finally right.
Lu Anyuan actually wanted to ask more questions to confirm Xu Yixing's identity, but there was nothing he could do. He and Xu Yixing had very little personal relationship, almost none at all. So he couldn't do anything more than test Xu Yiyan.
"You said that Sun Ziyou poisoned you to death?"
"Yes, he used poisoned wine. My dear Aunt Bai, she must have discovered something and was silenced."
"No wonder you ran so fast outside the Duke's Mansion that day. It turns out it was because you were her..."
Are you her? Why is that so strange? However, Xu Yixing didn't bother to find fault. His life was on the line, so how could he care less about these things?
"Who is Yingjiu? You have a shadow guard, right?"
"Well... it was left to me by my grandfather, but they didn't recognize me as their master. They just treated me as Xu Yiyan and didn't completely listen to me."
"That doesn't make sense. If the Shadow Guard is here, how come he doesn't come when you call him?"
"Because he told me that Ah Da next to you is an expert, and if he gets too close he'll be discovered. I told him not to get close to me, but I forgot in the moment and shouted..."
Xu Yixing felt that his cards were exposed today, his identity was revealed, and the affairs of the shadow guard were also known. Now he could only wait and see whether this person wanted to harm him or help him. Alas, how miserable!
"You know, I can verify all these things. If you're lying..."
"Then you can send your guards to our house to arrest people and burn me to death as if I were a witch." Xu Yixing was full of indignation. She had already told everything, but she still had to endure such threats and doubts. It was so unfair!
Lu Anyuan saw the stern look in her eyes, and felt relieved. That's right, this is very Xu Yixing. She never needs to explain anything she does to others.
"One last question. You took over Yi Yan's body, so where did she go?"
Haha, they are having an affair. Even after this, he still cares about where his sister is going.
"I don't know. Maybe he's dead, or maybe he's passed on to someone else like me..."
She was really a little sad when she said this. If it happened to someone else, there might still be a possibility of getting it back; but if it was because she had invaded her body and killed her, there would be no way to compensate her.
"So what do you mean by asking me to help you?"
Xu Yixing didn't see any sadness on his face, but rather a hint of excitement. Is there something wrong with this guy?
"Well... well, although I have the help of the Shadow Guards, they are not the kind of people who can do things openly and honestly. It's too difficult for me to bring down the Duke's Mansion on my own. I need help. Maybe for Xu Yiyan's sake, you will help me?"
What nonsense are you talking about, Yixing! As long as you ask, is there anything I won’t do for you?
His hands were shaking like crazy behind his back, but Lu Anyuan's voice was steady: "Speak out, I want to hear it."
Xu Yixing swallowed his saliva and said the part that Shadow Guard couldn't do:
"Rongqingtang, Yang's Silk Shop, Wang's Bookstore, Tianbao Inn, Zhufengxuan, Treasure House, Jiangnan Restaurant... You know all these shops in Beijing, right?"
After hearing this series of more than ten names, Lu Anyuan almost immediately understood what Xu Yixing was going to do.
"These are all your stepmother Gu's assets. Are you going to take action against her?"
"How do you know?" These businesses are not big stores. How could a prince know about such trivial matters?
Oh! He must have been in love with Xu Yiyan, so he started asking about her family's situation early on. Oh, what a pair of infatuated men and women! Xu Yixing covered his mouth to stifle his laughter.
"What are you laughing at?" Could it be that she felt that I had investigated her family's background and that she was acting shady and was laughing at her?
"Nothing, I just feel that Your Highness is quite concerned about our family affairs. I continued, "I hope Your Highness can help me clean up these shops, do it openly, not secretly."
For example, checking tax status, it would be best to find any errors and omissions, so that they can't make any money from now until the New Year. If they can make some money, that would be even better! "
The words "Don't be sneaky" hit the nail on the head for Lu Anyuan: Yixing really felt that he was not doing the right thing. Yixing, oh Yixing, you are a pomegranate flower that blooms in the sunlight, how could you know the suffering of me, a rotten leaf in the deep palace?
But even if the leaves were rotten, he would be happy to use them as fertilizer for the pomegranate flowers.
"It's not difficult, don't worry. Is there anything else? Don't you want to avenge yourself first and kill Sun Ziyou?" Lu Anyuan now hates Sun Ziyou more than Xu Yixing. He hates him as much now as he was jealous of him before.
"I'm waiting for the Sun family to bury me. There's no need to rush."
"Oh." He had forgotten that Yixing had such a personality. Only when such an arrogant tone came from Xu Yixing's mouth would he feel that it was true.
"By the way, if you have any news for me, you can ask Ah Da to come to me. He is an expert anyway, so it shouldn't be difficult for him to get into the mansion, right?"
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