Although Huo Wuyou pretended to be calm, his trembling eyelashes betrayed his current uneasiness.
Xue Zhiyi knew that her goal had been achieved at this moment, and Huo Wuyou would help her leave the Xue family.
She wanted to use Huo Wuyou's help to completely cut off all ties with the Xue family.
So she just stared into his eyes, while her hand pressed the handkerchief he had not yet accepted into his palm: "The Marquis of Lin'an asked me if Prince Gong and I are of the same kind."
She smiled, serious and determined: "I can tell you, my Lord, that Prince Gong is to me, just as he is to you, an enemy, not a friend, and certainly not my future husband."
The sudden warmth and softness in his hand made Huo Wuyou's heart skip a beat, but his eyes remained fixed, unable to move away from Xue Zhiyi's face.
He knew that his mind was dizzy at the moment, and the little rationality he had tried to use to recall the woman's cunning and hypocrisy, but the more he thought about it... the more he wanted to take such a risk.
"You better remember what you said."
Not knowing what he was thinking, he clenched the handkerchief in his hand and softened his voice: "I'm also curious, why do you hate the Xue family so much, and how do you plan to completely break off ties with the Xue family?"
He smiled slowly: "You must have a lot of secrets."
Xue Zhiyi smiled in response: "Don't worry, I won't keep you waiting too long."
As their eyes met, the dusk fell and the light around them was dim. It was an eerie evening and the silence was strange.
This allows some small sounds to be heard clearly.
The cautious sound of the door opening made Xue Zhiyi distracted. Through the screen, he vaguely saw a figure entering the door.
It’s Su Yue.
"Hurry up, there are people here." Xue Zhiyi almost spoke to him with his breath.
Huo Wuyou's mood improved noticeably after receiving the answer. He laughed and said, "What are you afraid of?"
"Hurry up!" she urged.
Having seen Xue Zhiyi's artificial look when she took advantage of his feelings so often, he particularly enjoyed her panic at this moment.
Seeing the person behind the screen approaching, Huo Wuyou stopped teasing her and stood up, hiding himself behind the curtain.
At this moment, Su Yue walked in and saw Xue Zhiyi sitting there. She said, "Miss, you are awake. I thought you were still asleep."
As she spoke, she placed the dishes on the table and said, "Miss, you slept all afternoon today. It's getting dark now. Hurry up and have some dinner."
Glancing at the curtain that still hid a person, Xue Zhiyi replied with a guilty conscience, "Yeah."
Su Yue set the table and went to find a tinderbox to light the lamp.
The cabinet where the tinder was kept was right next to the curtain. Xue Zhiyi's heart tightened and his heart beat fast.
Fortunately, Su Yue was used to being careless and did not notice the person behind the curtain.
Just as Su Yue found the tinder and turned to light the lamp—
Huo Wuyou walked out from behind the curtain.
Xue Zhiyi widened his eyes and silently warned him with his mouth: "Go back!"
However, Huo Wuyou was not nervous at all about entering the room. His footsteps were almost silent as if they were stepping on the snow, so Su Yue, who was concentrating on lighting the lamp at the moment, was unaware of it.
The lights flickered and lit up, illuminating the main room of Jiangxuexuan in the evening.
Suddenly, Su Yue felt a flash of light...
She turned around suddenly, but saw that there was no one else in the room except their young lady.
She was stunned and thought it was just an illusion.
Looking at the direction Huo Wuyou had just left through the window, Xue Zhiyi felt a lingering fear... Who was more daring?!
"Miss?" Xue Zhiyi came back to his senses after calling her again.
"Miss, what's wrong with you? Did you have a nightmare?" Su Yue asked her.
"No..." Xue Zhiyi lifted the quilt, put on his shoes and stood up: "Let's eat."
…
The nights in early spring are a bit chilly.
Fu Rongxin, however, put on a cloak and went out at night.
Once again coming to this street near Fulufang, the scene of Xue Runing's death flashed through her mind, and she was still filled with fear.
Walking deeper into the alley, she stopped in front of an unfamiliar doorway.
Now she can't wait any longer. Xue Zhiyi already knows the cause of Xue Runing's death, and Xue Zhiyi will spare no effort to deal with her.
Now she is weak and alone, and her parents are partial to her and useless. There are some things she can only make her own decisions.
Looking at the place in front of her, this was the address she had coaxed Fu Ling from her for a long time before she got it from him.
Taking a deep breath, she knocked on the door.
After a moment, the door opened.
The person who opened the door was a woman in her forties or fifties, dressed simply with a few gray hairs on her head. Seeing that the person knocking on the door was a stranger, a bright and beautiful young woman, she was stunned for a moment: "Excuse me, young lady, are you knocking on the wrong door?"
Fu Rongxin smiled slightly and asked, "I wonder if Aunt Mei is still doing midwifery work?"
The woman's expression eased slightly: "Please come in, young lady."
She opened the door and invited him in, and Fu Rongxin followed her in.
In the dim room, a single lamp was lit. Aunt Mei poured a cup of tea and placed it on the table. "Where does the girl's family live? When will she give birth? How old is she? When do you need me to come over?"
Aunt Mei thought she was there to find a midwife for her family, so she entertained her warmly.
Looking at the unpainted chair, Fu Rongxin felt it was rough and didn't sit down. She just smiled and said, "It's not about this matter."
As she spoke, she placed a bag of silver on the table.
Facing Aunt Mei's puzzled look, she said, "I'd like to ask Aunt Mei to help me recall something—do you still remember that seventeen years ago, we swapped the identities of two infant girls?"
As soon as these words came out, Mei Gu's expression suddenly changed: "Who are you!"
Fu Rongxin's smile was filled with a hint of coldness. "Did you know that the two baby girls you exchanged were the legitimate daughter of the Xue family, the Minister of Revenue, and a lowly concubine's daughter from a merchant family? Did you know that by doing such a heinous thing, you had me away from my parents for so many years, living a life worse than death?"
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