On the morning of the 16th, Xu Yixing, in accordance with Old Man Xu's instructions, personally delivered the ginseng, deer antlers, abalone, bird's nests, and soft pillows and silk quilts selected by the Xu family to the Duke's Mansion.
While watching people unloading the goods, he despised them in his heart: Doesn’t the Sun Mansion have these? Why do they need you to deliver them to them, my living father!
After quickly meeting the counterfeit and having a good show of "sisterly love", Xu Yixing felt goosebumps after saying those words of taking care and left quickly.
After leaving the mansion, he saw the familiar carriage parked across the road, as if it was waiting for him.
Siqin: "Miss, that is the seventh prince's carriage, right? Let's go!" She stretched out her arms like a hen protecting her chicks, blocking Xu Yixing in front of her, fearing that she would be hurt again.
"Siqin... why bother? You guys go first, I'll catch up soon. Oh, and don't tell anyone!"
After saying that, he quickly dodged and went around Siqin, crossed the street in two or three steps and jumped onto the carriage, leaving Siqin stunned.
"Your Highness, what happened?" This time Xu Yixing was very familiar with the driving and sat naturally on the side of the carriage. Unexpectedly, the Seventh Prince was also on the side, not in the main seat in the front.
The two of them sat side by side, which was a bit awkward.
"Um...why don't I just sit there..."
Both of them wanted to give up their seats to each other, but ended up moving to the other side of the carriage at the same time, which seemed even more awkward...
In the end, Lu Anyuan moved again and returned to his original position. The two of them sat opposite each other and then got to the point.
"Ahem! I've already done what you told that shadow guard to tell me yesterday. This morning, the imperial physician went to the palace and reported back to my father that Madam Sun is indeed pregnant, and it's been less than a month."
"How is this possible? Even if she is pregnant, how could the timing be so perfect? It doesn't make sense!" Even if the fake had physical contact with Sun Ziyou at the same time, it couldn't be such a coincidence!
"Time is the easiest thing to get stuck." Lu Anyuan looked at Xu Yixing and felt that her eyes were a little blinded by the fog.
"What's the meaning?"
"Just find a woman who's one month pregnant and pretend she's you."
Huh? It's that simple?
"Imperial Physician...don't you look at the face? Don't you want to confirm if it's the real person?"
"The most important thing for an imperial physician to do when treating a patient is to follow proper rules. The Imperial Hospital's regulations prohibit looking directly at the noble, and prohibit touching the noble's body. Therefore, they always touch the wrist through a curtain. It's not hard to fake this."
"Why didn't you say so earlier!" I thought that by using the palace as an excuse, I could expose the counterfeit, but I didn't expect that she would be convicted directly!
Lu Anyuan felt aggrieved when he was yelled at by Yi Xing. He thought it was some kind of scheme by Yi Xing, but it turned out that he was simply not familiar with the rules of the imperial physician.
"Now that this has happened, what are your plans?"
What are your plans? Xu Yixing was at his wit's end. Now even the emperor knew the fake was pregnant. This was going to be a tough situation.
"Yixing, you don't have to be so anxious about this. You've already won by forcing her into lying about being pregnant."
Really? Xu Yixing looked up and saw that the Seventh Prince had a sincere expression, and was even gentler than the previous times they met.
Lu Anyuan slowly explained: "She is faking pregnancy. If she really gives birth to a child, it would be deceiving the emperor.
If she pretends to have an accidental miscarriage, then the Sun family will be unhappy about losing their eldest great-grandson. Even if she doesn't say it, the old lady will definitely blame her in her heart, and she won't feel good about it either."
"That's it?" This was completely different from the effect he wanted.
She hoped that her father would break away from the Sun family. Now that the fake was pregnant, the relationship became even closer. Moreover, if the old lady did not dislike her in the future, but showed extra care for her, wouldn't the relationship be further strengthened? This would be difficult to deal with.
"So what do you want?"
"I originally wanted my father to not get so close to the Sun family. It would be best if their relationship deteriorated. Then, I could find some mistakes and report them to the Sun family, bringing them bad luck."
"Oh, you're going through so much trouble, hoping that something bad will happen to the Sun Mansion without affecting your family?"
Xu Yixing looked at Lu Anyuan with an expression that said "you understand me". The latter was encouraged and felt his hair getting hot.
"In fact, you can just tell the old general that you were poisoned by Sun Ziyou. Then the old general will definitely hate the Sun family and complain to the emperor. Then everything will be fine for you."
"But I have no way to prove that I am Xu Yixing. Even if they expose the fake, I can't prove that it was really Sun Ziyou who killed me." There is no body left, it's so helpless.
"But if you expose the fake one, anyone would become suspicious."
"What if they turn against me and ask why my father arranged a fake marriage to his family? Then both sides will attack each other and no one will benefit. It will be a dead end."
Lu Anyuan thought about it and realized that this made sense. The Sun family was so shameless, wasn't it just to tie the old general down for them to rely on. When the truth came out, they would turn the tables and blame him, but no one could prove it. This was their clever and sinister nature.
"There's actually a better way."
"You talk, I'm listening."
"Forget about these things and focus on being Xu Yiyan."
If Yixing is willing, she can marry me according to my aunt's expectations, and then wait until the day when I can get ahead. Not to mention worrying about my grandson, even executing the entire Duke's family is not a problem.
It was just that he couldn't speak openly to her about these disputes over the throne. He had only thought of saying this to comfort her, seeing how exhausted she was. However, it had caused Xu Yixing to become furious.
"Then according to your Highness, I should turn a blind eye to the revenge that killed me, and be Xu Yiyan at ease, and suffer humiliation at home.
Then just endure it for two years and wait for Gu Shuang to find someone for me to marry, and then live my life in confusion? That's a really good idea! "
"I mean you..." You can marry me and wait for my return.
Of course, Lu Anyuan had neither the opportunity nor the courage to say this to Xu Yixing. She had always been clear about what she loved and hated, so how could she be as submissive as himself? It would be too unfair.
"Your Highness, there's no need to say more. I don't want to hear it. I'm leaving now."
Xu Yixing was about to get off the car when he heard that there seemed to be chaos at the Duke's Mansion. It seemed that people from the Duke's Mansion were stopping Siqin and the others from leaving. What was going on?
Lu Anyuan also noticed it and quickly added, "Yixing, something seems to have happened. I didn't say that before, don't take it to heart. I'll go with you to take a look."
Xu Yixing didn't have time to think about it and went to the door to see what was going on.
"Miss..." Siqin clenched her fingers, her face pale. "People in the Sun Mansion said that Concubine Siwu was jealous of the eldest lady's pregnancy, so she deliberately took scalding water and poured it on our eldest lady..."
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