Xue Zhiyi almost subconsciously touched his left shoulder, where there was an old scar... Fu Ling's efforts to cover up this birthmark were really making things more obvious.
Her heart seemed to be weighed down by something. Even though she had already learned from Fu Ling that her parents were dead, she still held on to a glimmer of hope. Perhaps that was just a lie Fu Ling told to provoke her... But now, her little bit of hope had been shattered. She and her parents only met briefly after she was born, and they would never have the chance to see each other again in this life!
Jiang Xu took a deep breath and tried his best to suppress his sadness: "Didn't you just ask me who else is at home? I'm the only one left."
"Where's my sister?" Xue Zhiyi's voice was trembling.
"My elder sister said that my parents were forced to death by power. An ant cannot shake a tree, and a mantis arm cannot stop a chariot. So I must pass the imperial examination no matter what. Only by being welcomed to the capital with great honors based on my ability will I have the opportunity to redress my parents' grievances. However, my family has already sold all the land to pay for my mother's medical treatment and to bury my parents. I am still young, and my elder sister is only ten years old. We can't even afford the tuition."
Xue Zhiyi felt a pang of heartache: "So, my sister chose to enter the palace on behalf of the official's daughter who didn't want to enter the palace, in exchange for a large sum of money, right?"
Jiang Xu was stunned. He didn't expect Xue Zhiyi to have anticipated this. He nodded, "The palace selected a maid, and the then-young lady of the Chai family, Chai Yue, was chosen. The Chai family couldn't bear to see their daughter enter the palace at such a young age and suffer the consequences, so they wanted to find a woman of similar age to replace her. My sister died, and from then on, the identity of Jiang Xian disappeared from the world."
Xue Zhiyi's eyelashes trembled, and big tears fell on the table: "So... you secretly met with my sister in the palace at that time because of me, right, brother?"
She only guessed that Chai Yue entered the palace for someone else, but she never thought that she would be her own elder sister.
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