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Third update
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The Second Young Master Xiao didn't hear Ren Yaoqi's grumbling and continued, "I should have returned earlier, but I ran into some trouble along the way. Coincidentally, I received some news about Ningxia, so I pretended to avoid an assassination attempt and headed for Jinzhou instead. This time, thanks to King Xian's men, I was able to cover my tracks."
Ren Yaoqi, however, caught on to something and couldn't help but look up and ask, "Covering your tracks? You didn't escape those pursuers to return to Yunyang City, but... to Ningxia, right? The news you received in Kyoto about Ningxia was that the imperial court was planning to take action against Ningxia, so you took advantage of the situation and made a golden cicada escape in Jinzhou?"
The surprise in Xiao Jingxi's eyes gradually dissipated. He looked at Ren Yaoqi with a smile and said jokingly, "I suddenly realized that having someone too smart around me is not a good thing. At least when I want to show off, I won't have the opportunity."
Ren Yaoqi also laughed: "Master Xiao, are you reminding me that I need to stay away from you and take a detour when I see you next time?"
Xiao Jingxi: "..."
Ren Yaoqi finally understood why Xiao Jinglin always liked to use words to choke Xiao Jingxi, because doing so would indeed make him feel better.
She couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth: "Now you can show off what you have done in Ningxia. I heard that the court has reappointed a Ningxia general named Zeng, and he is on his way to take office."
Seeing the smile on Ren Yaoqi's face, Xiao Jingxi couldn't help but smile. The fatigue from the long journey and the exhaustion from traveling all night seemed to have disappeared. "Zeng Yu? He's still a little short of the right skills to take over Ningxia. The Wu family has been operating in Ningxia for decades, so how can they be replaced so easily? If Wu Xiaohe really had no successor, it would be fine. But now that there is someone in the Wu family to inherit the incense, what will happen even if he goes to Ningxia?"
Although Ren Yaoqi still felt a little uncomfortable hearing Zeng Yu's name from Xiao Jingxi, Xiao Jingxi's next words caught her attention. She asked in surprise, "Wu Xiaohe has a successor? Could it be Wu Yiyu you're talking about?"
Xiao Jingxi glanced at Ren Yaoqi with amusement: "Finally, I guessed wrong once."
Ren Yaoqi was also influenced by the conversation she had heard from the scholars before, which led her to this conclusion. Thinking carefully, Xiao Jingxi might not necessarily support Xiao Wei and her daughter to take the throne. She pondered for a moment, "Could it be that the woman sent by the Di family is already pregnant?"
Xiao Jingxi laughed and sighed, "I guessed it right again."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but be surprised that she could get pregnant right under the noses of Xiao Wei and her daughter. And she chose such a critical moment. This woman surnamed Di was indeed no ordinary person.
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Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but frown: "How do you know whether she gave birth to a boy or a girl?" If it was a girl, like Wu Yiyu, she would have no right of inheritance.
Xiao Jingxi smiled and said, "This child will definitely be born safely, and it will definitely be a boy."
Seeing Xiao Jingxi's certainty, Ren Yaoqi quickly grasped the situation. At this point, Wu Xiaohe's child was more than just a successor to the Wu family line; it had to exist. Whether it was a boy or a girl wasn't a question of success, as the outcome would be that Di had given birth to a boy. Ren Yaoqi even doubted whether the child was Wu Xiaohe's, or even if it existed at all. But as long as the Yanbei Palace acknowledged the child's existence and fully supported it, the truth was irrelevant.
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