Two heavy thuds were heard as objects fell to the ground, followed by a wail of pain.
"Ouch! Your Highness, you're really going all out!"
"Ouch, my old body is killing me!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly stood at the door to look, only to see that the two people outside had been kicked to the ground by the idiot.
Jiang Yuwei looked at the fool with complicated emotions. If she had known he was so good at fighting, why was she so worried last night?
Just as Jiang Yuwei was secretly complaining, she saw the two people on the ground struggle to get up and help each other walk to the idiot.
With a thud, they all knelt down in front of the fool.
"Your Highness, it is my incompetence that I failed to protect you!"
"Your Highness, you must hurry back to the capital with this old servant! The Princess Consort is left alone in the capital, and her life is in imminent danger!"
Seeing the two of them like this, Jiang Yuwei jumped back a few times. When she turned to look at the fool, she saw that he was calm and composed, as if he was used to being worshipped like this.
Jiang Yuwei frowned and said:
"You two should get up first. The idiot has amnesia. It's not even certain if he's the prince you're looking for. Besides, what evidence do you have to prove what you're saying is true?"
Upon hearing Jiang Yuwei's words, Wang Ma burst into tears. She stood up, took the simpleton's arm, looked at him with heartache, and said:
"Young Master, why is your life so miserable? My dear Young Master! Waaah..."
Seeing this, Yun Qing also stood up and waved nervously at the fool, saying:
"Your Highness, Your Highness! Can you see me?"
The fool frowned upon seeing this and said:
"I have amnesia, not blindness!"
Seeing that Yun Qing and Wang Ma were less intelligent than a fool, Jiang Yuwei realized she had overreacted last night. So she instructed everyone in the courtyard:
"Alright, it's all over now, you can all go home."
After hearing Jiang Yuwei's words, everyone hurried home to dig traps.
Jiang Yuwei noticed that the two people outside the courtyard seemed to have not slept all night, both sporting dark circles under their eyes, so she spoke up:
"Please come in first."
Upon hearing this, Wang Ma quickly pulled the simpleton's hand and led him into the courtyard.
Yun Qing looked at the courtyard with a wary expression and cautiously stepped in.
Jiang Yuwei invited them to sit at the stone table and looked at Wang Ma, saying:
"Wang Ma, how can you expect me to believe what you're saying?"
Only after hearing Jiang Yuwei's words did Wang Ma reluctantly shift her gaze from the fool's face to Jiang Yuwei.
"Now that things have come to this, I'll tell you the truth. This is the young master of our Prince Jing's mansion, whose real name is Ning Zixuan. He's not the fool you're talking about."
At this point, Wang Ma glared at Jiang Yuwei unwillingly and continued:
"I've come here to bring the young master back to the palace..."
Just as Wang Ma was speaking, Ning Huaizhi also pushed his wheelchair out of the house.
When Wang Ma saw Ning Huaizhi's face, she opened her mouth wide in surprise and pointed at Ning Huaizhi, saying:
"What, what's going on? There are two princes..."
Seeing this, Yun Qing also looked in the direction Wang Ma was pointing, but after a moment of stunned silence, she frowned and said:
“Wang Ma, don’t be crazy. This is our young master. The one in the wheelchair just looks a little like him. I’m with the young master every day, I won’t mistake him.”
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly nodded and said:
“This is my husband. He grew up in Ningjia Village and has never been to the capital or the Prince Jing’s Mansion that you mentioned.”
Upon hearing this, Wang Ma slowly patted her chest and chuckled awkwardly:
"I made a mistake. I never imagined there could be someone so similar in the world. It must be fate."
Jiang Yuwei didn't want to listen to Wang Ma's nonsense. She just wanted Wang Ma to prove that what she said was true so that she could feel at ease letting them stay in the courtyard.
Jiang Yuwei looked at Wang Ma and said:
"Do you have any evidence to prove what you just said?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Ma hurriedly took out a cloth bag from her bosom, carefully opened it, took out half of the jade pendant, and handed it to Jiang Yuwei.
“This jade pendant was personally given to me by the Princess before I left the capital. The Crown Prince should also have a jade pendant that matches this one.”
Hearing this, Ning Huaizhi quickly said to Jiang Yuwei:
"Yuwei, go to my room and get the lacquered wooden box from under the table."
Without saying a word, Jiang Yuwei got up and went into Ning Huaizhi's room, took out the wooden box, and placed it in Ning Huaizhi's hands.
Ning Huaizhi took the wooden box, opened it, took out half of the jade pendant, and handed it to Jiang Yuwei, saying:
"I found this jade pendant on the day I rescued the idiot. I thought it might be useful in the future, so I kept it for him."
Jiang Yuwei nodded and began to piece together the jade pendant and Wang Ma's piece, but as soon as she finished, she frowned and said:
"Why is a piece missing here?"
Hearing this, Wang Ma also peeked over to look, and upon seeing the chipped jade pendant, she sighed helplessly.
"Alas, it's a long story. This jade pendant was originally a keepsake left to the princess by her mother. She always wore it with her. When the princess was young, she often accompanied the prince on his military campaigns. The couple had a very good relationship."
As she spoke, Wang Ma took the two jade pendants from Jiang Yuwei's hands and began to caress them.
"I still remember that year, when the princess was pregnant, the prince was assigned by the emperor to fight against the barbarians on the border. The prince did not want to take the princess with him on this risky trip, but the princess insisted on going with him."
As Wang Ma spoke, her cloudy eyes looked towards the horizon and she shook her head helplessly.
"Unfortunately, the prince was careless and lost the battle. Just as the prince was fleeing for his life with the princess, the princess's first son was born in the roadside bushes."
Wang Ma carefully placed the jade pendant on the table and continued:
"The princess was worried that the child would not survive if he fled with her, so she reluctantly handed the child over to a servant of the Ning family, so that he could live in anonymity with the child."
Wang Ma then looked at the gap in the jade pendant and said:
"At the time, the princess only had this jade pendant on her, so she smashed it with a stone and took out one piece and placed it on the eldest son. The princess thought that if she could meet the eldest son in the future, she would have a token to recognize him."
As Wang Ma spoke, her eyes filled with tears. She took out a handkerchief, gently wiped away her tears, and said helplessly:
"Who would have thought that the princess would not live much longer before she even saw her eldest son?"
Jiang Yuwei saw that Wang Ma's words seemed sincere and earnest, and she appeared to be a loyal servant. In addition, the jade pendant served as a token, which seemed to match up the story.
As a result, Jiang Yuwei lowered her guard against Wang Ma and Qingyun.
Jiang Yuwei got up, took the remaining breakfast from the pot, and said to Wang Ma and Qingyun:
"I'm really sorry for what happened earlier. Have some breakfast to tide you over. I'll arrange rooms for you later. You should get some sleep first."
Just then, the courtyard door was kicked open, and Ning Chunlin stood at the gate with a bruised and swollen face, staring at Jiang Yuwei with resentful eyes.
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