Ying Yi's expression changed slightly, but he quickly pointed out the error in her words: "So, according to what you said, you are both alive and dead? This is inconsistent. I wonder where you read this story, my master. It's so ridiculous."
"I'm telling you my story, believe it or not. Actually, when I married into the Sun family, the nanny told me about your existence. It's just that I had a lot of things to do at the time, so I didn't take it seriously. And then, then I died." Xu Yixing recalled and talked about those past memories. It had been a long time since then. In fact, after her grandson You died, she rarely recalled the past, and her narration was somewhat incoherent.
However, Ying Yi knew how to judge the truth from a person's words. He observed his master's expression and was shocked to find that his master didn't seem to be lying when she said these things. Suddenly, all the unreasonable things in the past seemed to be explained. Moreover, he vaguely remembered someone saying that his master had used her identity as a young lady to obtain Bai Yu's help...
Could this all be true?
"So now, only you, Lu Anyuan and my uncle know my identity. If you don't believe it, you have your own way to verify it." After Xu Yixing finished speaking, he looked at Ying Yi, waiting for his decision.
"But... this is impossible." Ying Yi never believed in such nonsense as reincarnation, let alone such absurd acts as possessing another's body and exchanging souls. How absurd is it? But if it was a lie, even the emperor and the descendants of the Bai family were deceived. How could it be possible?
"Yeah, I also think this is impossible, but it happened, what can I do?"
"Even if, even if that's the case, it only proves that we didn't recognize the wrong master. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't be held responsible for your death. After all, you're still dead."
"So what? And I'm afraid I didn't understand the point of what I said. Do you know how I forced Yingpachi to leave?"
Yingyi shook his head. Yingba left in a hurry and said nothing except leaving a mark to inform people to evacuate.
"To put it simply, if Lu Anyuan knew that someone who disobeyed my orders knew my identity, do you think he would find someone to silence him or just wait for you to die of old age and illness?"
"You..." Ying Yi never imagined that one day, as his master's shadow guard, he would be silenced by someone close to his master just because he knew his master's secret. What had happened to this world? "You knew I wouldn't tell anyone anything."
"I know it very well, but Lu Anyuan doesn't. He is worried that he won't have the chance to catch you. You can handle it yourself." She has used this trick very well, using the tiger's skin to pull the flag. Anyway, Lu Anyuan's reputation in the eyes of the shadow guards is terrible, so he doesn't mind a little dirty water.
Ying stood up and paced back and forth, sometimes staring at Xu Yixing's back as if trying to find a hole in her, and sometimes looking anxiously at the scenery on the hillside outside the house. He really couldn't figure out how his master could break the deadlock with this trick.
"Well!" Yingba pulled out a piece of jade from his sleeve. It was the token that the "Second Young Lady" had brought back when she came to identify herself. "Keep this. If you ever find it again..."
"Then I will be the first one to go to you for help without stopping!" Xu Yixing quickly took the jade. He had finally persuaded the big Buddha, and he couldn't let him have a chance to change his mind.
Ying Yi looked at her empty hands, momentarily distracted. Why was her master so anxious to send her away? "Are you really Miss Xu?"
"Of course, but we've never met before. If you want concrete evidence, I can't give you any."
"I see. No wonder, no wonder."
"Don't be surprised. Hurry up and pack up and go. The world is so big and beautiful out there. It's a sin to waste your time here! By the way, where is Yingwu? I just can't find him these days. What's going on?"
"Ying Wu, I don't know either. There has been no news from him since we left Sijiabao. Maybe..." Ying Yi's eyes dimmed. The situation at that time was extremely difficult. Perhaps Ying Wu had already died in the war after the emperor's death.
"Oh, okay then." Xu Yixing silently clenched her sleeves. If he died, she would definitely cry for him, but she always felt that Ying Wu would not die in such obscurity.
He was sweating profusely when going up the mountain, but felt his steps were light when going down the mountain. No matter whether Yingyi really listened to what he said, he would definitely go on.
When I returned to Yuanzhi Garden, I felt that the atmosphere today was a bit strange. Even Ah Er, who always loved to make jokes, was standing obediently at the door, acting as a stone lion.
"What happened?"
Before Ah Er could answer, Lu Anyuan's voice came from inside the room: "Madam is back? Come in and talk."
Xu Yixing opened the curtain and entered the room. There was ice and a fan in the room, which made it very comfortable.
"Ah... life is so beautiful!" Xu Yixing took off his coat and sighed sincerely.
"It's going to get ugly soon." Lu Anyuan held a piece of paper, his face sullen. "The new emperor is coming to Jiangnan for a tour."
"Really?" Xu Yixing's eyes flickered. Although the news of him and Lu Anyuan's stay in Jiangnan was kept secret, this wasn't a remote place. How could the emperor not find out if he wanted to? What worried Xu Yixing the most was that the new emperor had been on the throne for less than six months, and he was already thinking of touring Jiangnan. Wasn't this a direct attack on them?
"I just got the news that he will come next month, bringing the queen and the little princes with him."
"You said before that you left some trouble for the new emperor. It seems that he dealt with it so quickly... So how do you plan to deal with it?"
Lu Anyuan crumpled the straw paper in his hand and burned it on the candle. For a moment, the room was filled with the smell of smoke. "There's no need to deal with it at all."
"oh?"
"He's probably here this time because Daxia just signed a peace treaty with the Western Hu, and he's in a good mood and wants to show off his power. Secondly, Jiangnan is a wealthy land with abundant silver, money and grain, but the officials are not easy to manage. From what I understand, the powerful families have a monopoly on the officialdom in Jiangnan, so as emperor, he must come and govern it."
This matter was a very troublesome thing for him when he was in power. If he had not faked his death, he would have had to sort out the officialdom in Jiangnan after pacifying the Western Hu.
"As for the third one, he probably knew we were here, and he wanted to see it with his own eyes to make sure I had no ambitions to take the throne."
"Isn't this something we need to deal with? Regarding your third point, aren't you afraid that he came to Jiangnan just to kill us both?"
"Hehehe." Lu Anyuan shook his head. He knew Lu Hexin's personality all too well. He wouldn't attack with all his strength until he was absolutely sure. "If he really wanted to kill us, he could just send an assassin. Why would he come here in person? It's a waste of time."
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