"Third brother, what's wrong with you? Is the task the Emperor assigned you this time very troublesome? You've changed a lot. You're so young, why are you so lifeless?" Marquis Zhongyi frowned. He could tell at a glance that something was wrong with Jiang Chengli and couldn't help but ask.
Jiang Chengli moved his lips. He had countless things to say, a thousand words welling up in his heart, yet he couldn't utter a single word.
These things are absurd to begin with, and even if I told my own father, he wouldn't believe me, and even if he did, it wouldn't change anything.
He alone has reincarnated a hundred times, while the others have lost their memories. Even when he just snapped Xing Xiaoya's neck, the Marquis of Zhongyi was watching from the rooftop but did nothing and has not mentioned it since.
It is obvious that, like Xing Xiaoya, the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness had that memory erased directly, and only he clearly remembers it.
But even he, who remembered, was powerless to change the fate of the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion. What could the Marquis of Zhongyi do?
"What do you mean by not speaking? Or did you do something that betrayed the court and the emperor while completing your mission?" When Marquis Zhongyi saw that he remained silent for a long time, his expression changed, and he immediately thought of something bad.
After all, for people of their background, the most feared crime is treason, which would mean the execution of the entire family; other crimes are more negotiable.
"Dad, it has nothing to do with the mission. I'm just too stressed." He waved his hand, unwilling to talk more.
Marquis Zhongyi, however, would not let him off easily. Instead, he asked urgently, "What do you mean by being too tense? Now that you've returned to the capital, why don't you go back to your residence? You're pretending to have amnesia and keeping a woman outside. How can you face your wife?"
Upon hearing Xu Wanying's name, Jiang Chengli immediately recalled her extraordinary qualities. His eyes flickered slightly, and he said immediately, "Father, there's something amiss with Xu Wanying. You should be careful and not let her deceive you."
The last time he heard the system's voice on Xu Wanying, he originally wanted to kill her directly, but later, because she wrote a note and directly sent her underlings back to the Marquis's mansion, he changed his mind and did not kill her.
But this doesn't mean he trusts her. Having been tormented by the unseen for so many lifetimes, he has long lost trust in everyone and everything, and danger lurks everywhere.
However, he still had to keep Xing Xiaoya occupied and had no time to pay attention to Xu Wanying. Now that he heard the Marquis of Zhongyi mention Xu Wanying, he immediately spoke up to remind him.
"Hahaha, what's wrong with that? He clearly possesses a divine artifact. You don't know yet, do you? Your little brother was switched at birth. The little beast you've raised for fifteen years is a member of the Wei family, while your original cousin, Wei Sheng, was the real fourth brother!" When Marquis Zhongyi mentioned Xu Wanying, a smile instantly appeared on his face, and he praised her with great pride.
Jiang Chengli froze, somewhat incredulous.
"Father, do you know?"
"Of course I know. Not just me, everyone in the Jiang family knows. Your mother, your brother, your sister-in-law, your younger brother, your younger sister, and even your nephew—they can all hear your wife's conversation with the artifact. Only your wife and the artifact themselves don't know. Otherwise, how do you think I know you've lost your memory! But when the artifact said you had amnesia, it didn't say you were faking it, did it? Or did you regain your memory after seeing me?"
Marquis Zhongyi immediately gave a brief account of the matter, then looked at him suspiciously, unable to understand what was going on with his amnesia.
"The artifact never fails; its predictions are incredibly accurate. It was said that Pan Ge'er broke the Sixth Prince's leg and was subsequently punished by becoming a eunuch. But because your mother overheard this, she immediately sent someone to stop him, preventing the tragedy of the Sixth Prince losing his leg. Pan Ge'er most likely won't become a eunuch either. Also, your eldest brother helped you deliver a secret letter to the Emperor, but things went wrong. It was also thanks to the artifact that he learned of this in time and his fate was changed."
"But although these things were changed, they actually happened. As for your situation, the artifact only found out that you had amnesia, but it didn't know that it was fake. Why? What happened to you that changed your real amnesia?"
The Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness, having become the head of the family, is capable of maintaining the century-old glory of the Marquis's mansion; he must possess genuine abilities.
His sensitivity to many things is unmatched by ordinary people. For example, at this moment, he instantly sorted out many things and deduced that Jiang Chengli must have changed.
Jiang Chengli was shocked by the system's capabilities and his father's reasoning abilities.
He was overwhelmed with mixed feelings. He had never encountered a system in his countless reincarnations. Could this be the breakthrough?
But he quickly dismissed the thought; he had had this idea many times during previous reincarnations.
After all, in each lifetime, he tried to change the plot, just like the wings of a butterfly.
Because of his different choices, he met many new people, experienced many different turning points, and even when victory was in sight, he would be overjoyed, thinking that he could finally resolve the issues with the Marquis's mansion and his family, and end it all.
In the end, without exception, it was all just empty joy.
The feeling of being dealt a crushing blow and falling to the bottom after going through countless hardships and being on the verge of victory was more despairing than giving up from the start and facing a dead end.
This time was no exception. So what if a system appeared? In the end, it was still no match for Xing Xiaoya anyway.
“I didn’t remember at first, but after fighting with you, Father, the moves looked very familiar, so I gradually remembered them,” Jiang Chengli said softly.
He didn't want to lie, but explaining it was even more difficult because it simply didn't make sense.
In his first life, he truly lost his memory, but in subsequent reincarnations, he never lost his memory again; it was all an act, merely a pretense to delay the time it would take for Xing Xiaoya to meet the Jiang family.
"No wonder, I knew the divine artifact couldn't be wrong. What exactly is the secret letter you had Chengzhong submit? Why is there forged evidence of Chengzhong's treason?" The Marquis of Zhongyi's heart settled down, but then became tense again, after all, the matter of Jiang Chengzhong was still not clear.
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