"Mom, I want to go." Fu Rongxin thought.
Fu Ling sighed slightly: "You and Si Niang had a good relationship before, so it's okay to go and see her, but she has become like that now, you don't need to get too close to her."
Fu Rongxin had only used Xue Hanshu to sow discord between Xue Panrou and Xue Zhiyi, so naturally she had no feelings for Xue Hanshu. She said, "Don't worry, mother."
He didn't come to see Fu Ling today for this matter.
After hesitating for a moment, she finally spoke: "Mom, tell me, is there any way to allow Xue Zhiyi and I to switch back in advance?"
"Change it back in advance?" Fu Ling looked at her in confusion.
Fu Rong thought to himself, "Since the old monk said that I have a calamity in my life and that if I can't overcome it, I will be ruined, then I can only rest easy if I let this puppet Xue Zhiyi be ruined for me... What if we have a way to ruin Xue Zhiyi now?"
Fu Ling was stunned: "What does Rong Xin mean?"
Fu Rongxin smiled slowly, her smile so elegant and graceful. "Rong Ziying wants to ruin my reputation. Letting her go so easily is too easy for her. If... she could die at Xue Zhiyi's hands, wouldn't that be just right? Not only can I get rid of Rong Ziying, but I can also send Xue Zhiyi to prison. It would fulfill the prophecy of ruin and disgrace."
"No!" Fu Ling objected immediately.
This made Fu Rongxin's expression change: "Why not? Could it be that mother raised Xue Zhiyi for several years and now she can't bear to let her go?"
"Mother wants her dead more than anyone else." Fu Ling sighed, "But your elder brother's imperial examination is coming up soon. If Xue Zhiyi commits a serious crime at this time, your elder brother will become the 'son of the Xing family,' and according to the law, the son of the Xing family cannot take the imperial examination."
Fu Rongxin was furious when she thought about it all because of her useless elder brother! Her mother said she loved her the most, but in the end, she was still worried about Xue Tingsheng the most!
"Once Xue Zhiyi is convicted, wouldn't that be a good opportunity for me to be recognized? By then, Xue Zhiyi will no longer be the Xue family's daughter, and my elder brother won't be implicated."
Fu Ling still disagreed: "Tingsheng's Spring Examination cannot go wrong at all. Even if you want to do this, you have to wait until after the Spring Examination. You have endured it for so long, a few months will not be a big deal, but your elder brother cannot delay any longer."
Fu Rongxin's eyes moved slightly: As expected, she still has to rely on herself for everything, and it is useless to ask anyone for help.
Although she thought so in her heart, she still said respectfully: "Mother, I understand."
But in my heart, I made a secret decision.
…
It was originally planned that Xue Zhiyi would go on behalf of the Xue family, but Fu Rongxin also came.
Not only that, Fu Rongxin also suggested that since Xue Tingsheng was preparing to serve as an official in the court, he should establish good relations with the Marquis of Yongping.
Xue Tingsheng listened to the advice and actually took some time off from his heavy studies to follow them.
Rong Ziying had few opportunities to get close to Xue Tingsheng, so when she saw him going, she insisted on going with him no matter what.
…
The Yongping Marquis Mansion is worthy of its century-long accumulation of wealth. It is much more magnificent and spacious than the upstarts like the Xue family who are the first generation of officials.
The Zhao family has extensive connections and military power. Since the battle of Yueling Pass, Zhao Xu has been highly valued and is a truly prominent family. This is why Xue Zhentong has always been obsessed with marrying him.
The servants of the Zhao family first took them to visit Zhao Xu before they could meet Xue Hanshu.
He had only taken a few steps when he suddenly heard the sound of a bell, and then a bright red ball fell at Xue Zhiyi's feet.
Then, a dog barking was heard.
Suddenly, a black dog with a slender body and long limbs jumped towards them!
Rong Ziying and Fu Rongxin screamed in fear. Xue Tingsheng instinctively wanted to run, but was subconsciously held back by Fu Rongxin. This made him come to his senses and he hurriedly protected Fu Rongxin behind him.
Xue Zhiyi also took a few steps back so that Xue Tingsheng could help her block the vicious dog.
Fortunately, the servants of the Zhao family reacted quickly and quickly pulled the dog leash, thus temporarily controlling the vicious dog.
"dark clouds!"
The servants who had been tending to the black dog arrived late, mumbling its name and apologizing repeatedly: "We didn't hold Wuyun tightly enough, and it escaped, startling the distinguished guests. We hope you will forgive us!"
Xue Tingsheng was a little annoyed, but since he was under someone else's roof, he couldn't lose his temper, so he had to let them take the dark cloud away first.
Xue Zhiyi bent down, picked up the ball, and then, as if thinking of something, quietly hid the ball in his sleeve.
The servants were busy holding Wuyun and didn't notice that the ball was taken away by Xue Zhiyi. Only Wuyun, seeing that his toy was taken away, barked at Xue Zhiyi all the way.
After dealing with this little episode, they continued to head towards the main hall where the Zhao family received guests.
Holding the ball, Xue Zhiyi recalled that in her previous life, she had also come to the Zhao family at this time, but that time, it was Xue Panrou who was pregnant.
That time, it was also this black dog named Wuyun that went crazy and bit a child of the Zhao family's servant to death. The child had just received some cakes as a reward from his master that day, and he put the cakes in his pocket and was reluctant to eat them. The vicious dog smelled the cakes and bit him to death.
Unfortunately, the vicious dog was the beloved pet of Miss Zhao Lian, the fifth lady of the Zhao family. Even if it had bitten a living person to death, there would be no consequences. However, because the Xue family was still there, Zhao Xu pretended to give the child's parents twenty taels of silver and verbally scolded Zhao Lian a few words. The matter was thus easily covered.
Glancing at the direction of the dark clouds, Xue Zhiyi thought to himself: This kind of bully who relies on the power of others should die together with his master.
…
Soon, they met the Yongping Marquis and his wife, as well as Zhao Shen, the third son of the Zhao family.
Speaking of Zhao Shen, not long after his marriage, he hurriedly took in two concubines. The Zhao family indulged him in such an indecent act, perhaps because they really felt that he was wronged by marrying Xue Hanshu.
However, no matter whether it was Zhao Xu or Xue Zhentong, no one cared how many concubines Zhao Shen had, nor did they care whether Xue Hanshu lived well or not. As long as the two families could gain tangible benefits through the marriage, the two families could ignore Xue Hanshu as a person, be polite to each other, and share the same hatred of the enemy.
After a brief greeting, Xue Tingsheng stayed to continue talking with Zhao Xu and his son, while the three female relatives were taken to see Xue Hanshu.
They were taken by servants to a small guesthouse to wait for Xue Hanshu.
As soon as the tea and snacks were served, Xue Zhiyi spilled the tea on himself.
She smiled calmly at the Zhao family's maid and said, "I accidentally got my clothes wet. Is there a convenient place where I can dry them?"
In winter, wearing wet clothes would make you catch a cold. The maid would not refuse and took Xue Zhiyi to a guest room where there was charcoal so he could take off his clothes and dry them.
After entering the house, she said to the maid, "You go down first. I have Qiuyun and Suyue here to serve you."
After sending the maid away, Xue Zhiyi did not undress, but walked out of the door under the puzzled gazes of Qiuyun and Suyue.
Su Yue followed behind her and asked her in confusion: "Miss, what are you going to do?"
Xue Zhiyi simply said, "Looking for a dog."
"Looking for a dog?"
Although she had no relationship with the child who died in vain, since she had foresight about some things, she might as well give it a try. Maybe she could save the child?
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