Wuyouzi jumped off the carriage in his slippers and looked at them impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense and get going!"
Seeing him, Gong Yehong's face turned serious. "Master, have you been alright on your journey?"
Wuyouzi scratched his back and said, "Very good! I will go see His Majesty immediately. I have fulfilled my promise."
Seeing him like this, Gongye Hong didn't waste any words and ordered people to take them all the way to the palace.
Flowers can be seen everywhere on the streets and corners of Yuncheng. All the people there, regardless of gender, wear flowers in their hair. When you see that they don’t have flowers on their heads, it’s easy to guess that they are from other places.
Many children came up with baskets filled with flowers of various colors and asked if they needed any, but Gongye Hong sent them away.
With guards clearing the way, they finally arrived at the palace of Northern Yan.
Starting from the palace gate, rare flower species can be seen everywhere. The ground is paved with white jade tiles, and even the eaves of the roof are made of gold and jade, which looks luxurious and elegant.
They looked around all the way and were brought into the palace by Gongye Hong.
Gongye Ji was already waiting there.
On the ninety-nine steps, Gongye Ji was wearing a golden crown with tassels, and his face could not be seen clearly.
He looked very handsome, with his hands behind his back. Ji Changying could feel his eyes on them.
"Father, I have brought the person back." Gongye Hong said and stood there respectfully. Gongye Ji waved his hand lightly and Gongye Hong immediately understood. He stood aside and let Xie Siheng behind him come out.
The moment he saw Xie Siheng's face clearly, Gong Yeji clenched his fists behind his back, his hands trembling slightly, but his face remained extremely calm.
Wuyouzi looked at him with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have done what I promised you."
Gong Yeji came back to his senses, his eyes moving smoothly over Xie Siheng's body, then looking at Ji Changying on the side, and said softly: "I guess this is Princess Hehua?"
Ji Changying smiled: "Dali Grand Minister of Agriculture Ji Changying, I pay my respects to His Majesty the Northern Yan!"
Zuo Zhengxian, who came in with Ji Changying, did not dare to be arrogant and followed the others in saluting: "Minister of Agriculture of Dali, Zuo Zhengxian, pays homage to His Majesty the Northern Yan."
Gong Yeji was a little surprised when he heard Ji Changying's introduction.
He originally thought that although this young lady had some ability, she might have exaggerated.
But looking at Ji Changying standing before him, acting and speaking with ease and without any shyness, he put away his disapproval. "So it's Grand Minister Ji. It must have been very hard for you to get here. Hong'er! Why don't you take Master Ji and the others to their place first?"
"Don't blame me, Master Ji. Take a good rest today. I will host a banquet for you tomorrow. We can talk business then."
Although Ji Changying really wanted to know what Xie Siheng had to say, it was someone else's private matter so she didn't want to pry too much.
So he glanced in the direction of Xie Siheng and followed Gong Yehong.
Inside the hall, apart from Gongye Ji's personal eunuch, the only people left were Gou'er, Wuyouzi and Xie Siheng.
Gong Ye Ji then raised his foot and walked down the stairs step by step.
Xie Siheng's eyes were always on him. As he approached, there was no emotion on his face, only a look of scrutiny.
Only when he got closer to Xie Siheng did he realize that Gong Yeji was very tall, looking almost 1.9 meters tall, and his whole body exuded the oppressive feeling of a superior. He stared at Xie Siheng with his phoenix eyes, his facial features were deep and straight, and his face was handsome.
He stood in front of Xie Siheng and asked, "Are you Xie Siheng, Xingyue's son?"
"yes!"
Xie Siheng looked at him calmly, "I heard from Wuyouzi that you were entrusted by him to go to Dali to bring back your biological child, but me?"
Gong Yeji didn't expect Xie Siheng to be so direct and not afraid of him at all.
He stood there and carefully looked at the young man he had never seen before.
He is tall and has very deep facial features, but his appearance and eyes are very similar to Zhongli Xingyue.
There was no excitement, no uneasiness, and no expectation in those eyes, only a curiosity that was almost non-existent.
It was as if what he asked was just a very ordinary little thing, and it didn't matter whether there was an answer or not.
Gongye Ji felt a pain in his heart.
During the time they were on the road, he had sent people to Dali to find out everything about Xie Siheng.
Seeing him like this, I felt an indescribable pain in my heart.
"I think so, but it needs to be confirmed."
"How to prove it?"
Xie Siheng didn't have to be Gong Yeji's son, but compared to Prince Xiao, he preferred the one in front of him.
He didn't want to bear such a terrible bloodline, he just wanted to find out the truth.
Because before his death, Marquis Xuanping didn't reveal a single word of the truth. Instead, he looked at him and laughed heartily: "What difference does it make? At least one thing is certain, you have the blood of the Xiao family, you are a bastard! Anyway, the Xiao family is extinct, so why are you still alive? Do you think this Dali can still tolerate you?"
He wanted Xie Siheng to live in hatred for himself forever and be a bastard with an unknown father.
When Gong Yeji heard him say this, he didn't waste any words and bowed to Wuyouzi: "I still ask for your help, Taoist priest."
Wuyouzi nodded and took out a piece of blood jade from his bosom. "This is a treasure of my old Taoist master. As long as the blood of two people is dripped on it, the blood jade will turn white if it is a biological child, and the blood jade of non-biological children will remain the same color."
He took out a long needle and quickly pierced his and the dog's fingertips, dripping blood on them. The color of the blood jade did not change at all: "See, this is it!"
He then carefully wiped the needle and blood jade clean and pointed them at Xie Siheng and Gong Yeji: "Now I will verify it for you two."
The two of them almost dripped blood on it from the front and back.
The bright red blood jade gradually changed color from the place where the two people's blood dripped. The originally bright and juicy blood jade slowly turned into crystal clear white under the gaze of four pairs of eyes.
Wuyouzi smiled and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, your wish has been fulfilled."
Xie Siheng was also a little stunned. He didn't expect it to be confirmed like this.
Gong Yeji clenched his fists excitedly: "I knew it!"
Back then, he and Zhongli Xingyue were so in love that he had originally thought of proposing to her after one night together.
However, he did not expect that his father would be assassinated and his life would be in danger. After he was hurriedly brought back, he was busy with intrigue, investigating the murderer and beheading the traitor.
When everything was settled and he was ready to propose, he found out that Zhongli Xingyue had already married someone else and was pregnant.
He felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and returned to Beiyan in a daze. Since then, he never set foot in Dali again.
It was not until he heard the news of Zhongli Xingyue's death that he was shocked and ordered people to investigate carefully, only then did he discover some abnormalities.
But before he could verify it, he met Wuyouzi, who asserted categorically that he had a son as soon as they met.
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