"Think carefully. If the status quo remains, Xu Yixing will still be the legitimate granddaughter-in-law of the Duke's Mansion. Once the divorce is finalized, she will have no choice but to spend her old age at home."
"I know my daughter best. What she has done now is worse than death!"
The emperor was silent for a long time, and finally did not refute.
"Alas! Go back and stop making trouble. I will give you an explanation."
"Your Majesty, I bow to thank you for your grace!"
One of its heads knocked against the floor of the hall, making a muffled sound.
It was already dusk when Old Man Xu returned. He looked very tired, but he still called his second daughter immediately.
"Yan'er, did everything go well today?"
"Everything is going smoothly according to Dad's instructions. But the Wu family said that they must marry into the Sun family. I'm afraid..."
"Bah! Wishful thinking! You raised such a shameless daughter and you still have the nerve to live, you bastard!"
Old Man Xu gulped down a mouthful of ice water, smoothed his chest with his hand, and then continued:
"But they are dreaming. The Sun family is almost ruined. Where can she marry? Her daughter will just wait to die in seclusion."
Xu Yixing was secretly delighted: "Dad, what do you mean?"
"I've already submitted the Sun family's crimes, but the emperor hasn't said anything. Actually, he knows everything, but only if I submit this memorial can he legitimately investigate."
Xu Yixing also thought so. These matters were all at the emperor's whim, and he could investigate them at will. The Sun Mansion had not held any real power in recent years, so even if a thorough investigation was carried out, there would not be much resistance.
"Dad, what crimes have the Sun family committed?"
The old man thought for a moment and then told the story: "Embezzlement of civilian land, concealment of family property, associating with officials outside the capital, family members secretly leaving the garrison, leaving the capital without permission, allowing side branches to engage in business, abusing power for personal gain, relying on students to enrich themselves, forming cliques for personal gain, renting out, reselling land, and so on and so forth."
Xu Yixing went over all the charges in his mind. None of them could cause the emperor to confiscate his property. To put it bluntly, this was all about money. How many officials in the capital hadn't done this?
"Dad, what you said, we, our family has done a lot..."
Old Man Xu paused for a moment, then burst into laughter and kept patting Xu Yixing on the shoulder.
"Good! As expected of my daughter, you've realized that these charges are completely insignificant, right? If the emperor really kills people based on these charges, then all officials in the capital will be executed first and investigated later. No one will be wrongly accused."
"Dad, you really know how to joke." Indeed, if this is considered a crime, there will be no honest officials in the Great Xia Dynasty.
"Then tell me, why didn't Dad come up with a more serious crime to accuse the Emperor?"
"Well...if there really is a more serious crime, the emperor will definitely think that Dad knew about it but didn't tell anyone, which is a cover-up, and he will no longer trust Dad."
"Smart!" Dad gave a thumbs up. He was indeed his own son. Even if he had not learned about court affairs, he still had a smart head.
"Will the Emperor really investigate?"
"The firewood has already been set up. It will combust even if it's not burned. Dad will only tell you one thing. The emperor is very angry about what happened in the Wu Mansion this time. He will definitely punish the Sun Mansion!"
Xu Yixing nodded. She understood that the Sun family had angered the emperor by compromising with the Second Prince, who was behind the Wu family. If such a large family could be controlled by the prince at will, there was nothing he couldn't do to kill the emperor and his father.
"By the way, the emperor should give your sister a divorce letter by then, so that he can return to his family with a legitimate reason."
"Eh? But isn't my sister dead?"
"Silly child, even if you die, you should be buried in our Xu family's ancestral tomb! Do you think you will be buried with your grandson in the future?"
Xu Yixing herself didn't really care about this. She was already dead, so she wouldn't feel anything even if she was thrown into a cesspool. But she was still happy that her father had such a heart.
"Dad, have you found the body?"
"No. I guess the Sun Mansion did this to hide their tracks. Maybe it has already been burned down. Sigh!"
Xu Yixing comforted his father with his mouth, but he didn't quite agree in his heart.
Sun Ziyou's ideas are different from those of ordinary people. Moreover, she has been observing from the sidelines for more than half a year. She always feels that the real people in power in the Sun Mansion, Old Lady Sun and Duke Sun, seem to be unaware of the matter of the substitute. It's really strange.
After returning to her room and having a quick dinner, she was finally able to rest.
The moon was above the treetops, it was a quiet night, but suddenly something discordant appeared.
"Second Miss, are you asleep?"
There was the familiar haunted sound again, and the feeling of a familiar face being swept back and forth.
"I was asleep and I was talking in my sleep."
"Okay, young lady. Someone from the Seventh Prince's Mansion has come and said they've found the eldest young lady's body. Would you like to go and take a look?"
Xu Yixing sat up with a somersault and saw Ying Jiu standing beside him.
"when?"
"Right now."
"I have no reason to go out at night."
"I'll take you out."
Xu Yixing and Ying Jiu looked at each other and quickly put on a set of dark clothes.
"Oh, right, go call Siwen over. Um... you don't have to avoid Siwen anymore. Tell Yingwu about tonight's plan. If I can't get back on time tomorrow, please ask him to help me delay."
When Si Wen was abducted by the masked man and brought to Xu Yixing, he still felt like he was dreaming.
"Si Wen, listen to me." Ying Jiu's hand was still covering her mouth, preventing her from making any sound.
"That Xu Yixing in the Sun Mansion is fake. He was really killed by Sun Ziyou a long time ago. You were not kicked out at all. She was afraid that you would recognize her, so she dismissed everyone in our mansion. Nanny Bai was also harmed by them.
I have found my sister's body now and am going out to see it. You stay in my room and pretend to be me. If I don't come back tomorrow morning, remember to pretend to be sick and don't show your face.
Si Wen, can you do this for me and my sister?"
Xu Yixing finished speaking, watching Si Wen's expression change again and again, and finally tears rolled down his face, and he nodded vigorously.
As the person who has spent the second longest time with the eldest lady, she also had endless doubts in her heart. Today, she finally got the answer. So that's how it is!
"Let her go." Xu Yixing helped Si Wen up. "He was my sister's former shadow guard, and now he's with me. Okay, I'm leaving now. You must keep it a secret from my family for me."
"Um!"
Si Wen watched as the man grabbed the second young lady from under her arms and flew out the nearby window, startling her so much that she almost screamed. Fortunately, she covered her mouth. She was still in shock, but she forced herself to lie down on the second young lady's bed, facing inwards, with her hair loose.
You must do what you say.
Xu Yixing was so old that he was most familiar with this flying feeling. He had the same feeling when riding a horse. He just wondered if Ying Jiu had enough strength to prevent himself from falling.
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