The old lady of Yining Marquis's eyebrows moved unconsciously, and she looked at Jiang Si deeply.

Jiang Si bit her lip lightly, her heart hanging in the air.

Having said that, if her grandmother still refused to talk about the past, she would have to find another way out.

The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment, and the old lady of Yining finally spoke: "The Queen Mother and I are not on bad terms."

Jiang Si was stunned and stared at the old lady of Yining Marquis.

The old lady of Marquis Yining smiled bitterly: "At least it's not the usual estrangement because of something dirty."

Jiang Si couldn't help asking, "But I heard that my grandmother and the Queen Mother were close friends, so why did they rarely interact with each other later?"

Is it just because it’s inconvenient because the Queen Mother has entered the palace?

"Intimate and close..." the old lady of Marquis Yining muttered with a strange look on her face.

"Grandmother?" Jiang Si was afraid that the old lady of Yining Marquis would close the conversation box that she had just started with great difficulty, so she couldn't help but shout.

The old lady of Marquis Yining collected her thoughts and looked at her nervous granddaughter with a self-deprecating smile: "The problem lies in their close intimacy, but it is really absurd to talk about this matter out loud..."

Jiang Si obediently massaged the old lady of Yining Marquis' legs and said softly, "Grandma, just say it. No one else can hear it anyway."

The old lady of Marquis Yining nodded slightly, her expression becoming even more strange, and she said something earth-shattering: "I feel like she's become a different person!"

Jiang Si's hands trembled and he bit his lips hard not to make a sound.

The old lady of Marquis Yining had a misty look in her eyes, and she was lost in her memories: "The Queen Mother and I were close friends, and this friendship did not fade until I left the palace. At that time, the Queen Mother often visited the Marquis's residence. But I don't know since when I felt that she was a little different. Obviously, her appearance, behavior, and even habitual movements have not changed, but I just have that feeling, I always feel that she is not herself..."

The old lady of Marquis Yining looked a little unhappy, and she stared at Jiang Si: "Si'er, can you understand that feeling?"

Jiang Si's eyes flickered slightly, but he said nothing.

The old lady of Marquis Yining didn't actually need an answer. She sighed deeply and continued, "Every time I look at her, I feel that although she is the body of a close friend, the soul inside is different. I even wonder if she is possessed by a wandering ghost as described in the unofficial historical stories..."

At this point, the old lady of Yining Marquis smiled bitterly: "Those bizarre things are just stories after all. I think I must have been possessed by a demon, which gave rise to such bizarre thoughts. But once such thoughts come to mind, they cannot be dispelled. When I face her again, I only feel fear in my heart, and it is natural that I become distant from her."

"So, the Queen Mother didn't know what you were thinking at that time?" Jiang Si suppressed the shock in his heart and asked calmly.

The old lady of Yining Marquis shook her head and said, "Of course I won't say that. This idea is too absurd. How can I say it out loud?"

Jiang nodded as if he understood.

If a close friend came to ask her if she was possessed by a ghost, she would definitely think that person was sick.

The old lady of Yining Marquis stroked her ginger-like hair lovingly and sighed, "If you hadn't asked about it, my grandmother would have taken this matter to her grave."

Doesn't she have any shame in letting the younger generations know that she had such unconventional ideas when she was young?

Jiang Si raised his eyes to look at the old lady of Yining Marquis and asked seriously, "Grandma, have you ever thought that maybe your feeling is right?"

The old lady of Marquis Yining was shocked and said in a stern voice: "Si'er, why do you have such an idea?"

"I'm afraid that grandma doesn't know that Princess Fuqing has been assassinated many times in the palace, and each time it was related to Cining Palace. The Fourteenth Princess even lost her life because of it. If this matter is related to the Queen Mother, then the Queen Mother has everything perfect and almost nothing goes wrong. It is hard to think of any reason why she would be so hard on a princess. I couldn't figure it out, and after listening to what grandma said, I had a new idea-"

When the old lady of Marquis Yining heard Jiang Si talk about the thrilling events in the palace, her heart began to beat fast and she asked hurriedly, "What do you think?"

Jiang Si pursed his lips and said solemnly, "What if the Queen Mother was not the real Queen Mother from the beginning? Then the person who was so deliberate in replacing the real Queen Mother must have some ulterior motive, and it must be a big one. In this way, all these puzzling things can be explained."

The old lady of Marquis Yining was shocked: "If the Queen Mother is not the Queen Mother, then who is she?"

Jiang Si was silent for a while, then asked, "Grandma, didn't you find any clues?"

The old lady of Marquis Yining thought for a long time, but still shook her head: "I just feel something is wrong, and she entered the palace not long after. Since then, we have almost no contact. At most, we met once when the ladies of state came to the palace to pay their respects during festivals. How could we find out anything?"

Seeing that the Queen Mother could not get any more information from him, Jiang Si changed the subject: "I also heard that there was a foreign woman living in the Marquis's mansion at that time?"

The old lady of Yining Marquis's face changed slightly, and she subconsciously tensed her body.

Jiang Si paused and asked, "Did anything special happen between that foreign woman and the Queen Mother? Where did she go afterwards?"

The old lady of Marquis Yining looked at Jiang Si deeply and fell into complete silence.

Jiang Si didn't dare to urge him, so he lowered his eyes and waited.

The light in the room was not very bright, and the voice of the old lady of Yining Marquis sounded a little hollow.

Jiang Si listened to her every word and said, "Actually, that foreign woman is your grandmother."

Jiang Si's eyes suddenly widened, looking at the old lady of Yining Marquis in surprise.

She had guessed before that she and Asan looked alike, but hearing her grandmother say it herself still filled her with shock.

After saying the most difficult words, the old lady of the Marquis of Yining said much more smoothly afterwards: "That year, I was in danger when I went out for an outing. Fortunately, I was rescued by a woman of a foreign race. Seeing that she was wandering alone, I took her back to the Marquis' mansion to stay for a while... Later, she met a scholar who came to Beijing to take the imperial examination. After failing the examination, the scholar disappeared. As a result, not long after, she found out that she was pregnant and gave birth to a pair of twin daughters."

The old lady of Yining Hou looked at Jiang Si and sighed: "One of the twin sisters is your mother A Ke."

"What about the other one?"

"Gone."

"Gone?"

The old lady of Marquis Yining smiled bitterly, "Yes, she disappeared the day after she gave birth, along with her older twin sister, and the younger sister was left in the Marquis's mansion. I was about to get pregnant at that time, and gave birth to a daughter half a month later, but unfortunately she died, so I raised the daughter she left behind as my own."

Daughters do not involve issues of competing for titles or family property. It is a great help to the family to cultivate a good appearance and marry her off. It is not surprising that the old lady of Yining Marquis did so.

"Grandma, do you know where she is from?"

The old lady of Yining Marquis was silent for a moment and said, "She should be a Wu Miao."