The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Chapter 265: If you violate the law, you will be punished by heaven and earth

Huo Wuyou didn't know how he walked out of the study. He was still a little absent-minded until he got on the carriage back to Huajing.

Xue Zhiyi noticed that something was wrong with him, and he was afraid that it was because of what Shen Chiyan had just said.

The carriage set off again after resting at the post station. Xue Zhiyi planned to ride in the same carriage with Huo Wuyou so that he could get to the bottom of the matter.

But Jiang Xu felt that it was inappropriate. Not to mention that Huo Wuyou was very unreliable in his opinion, even if it was for the sake of his younger sister's reputation, it was not good to let the two of them be alone together.

Xue Zhiyi was worried and felt very uncomfortable, so he said to Jiang Xu, "Brother, please let me ride with the Marquis of Lin'an. I feel empty inside when I am separated from him."

Jiang Xu almost lost his balance: "... Can't we just separate on the way?"

Xue Zhiyi replied seriously: "Not even for a moment."

"..."

Jiang Xu remained silent and watched Xue Zhiyi get into Huo Wuyou's car.

……

As the convoy headed east, Huo Wuyou repeated what Shen Chiyan had said to her in the car.

Xue Zhiyi asked, "But General Shen withheld the forged imperial edict, but Zhao Xu still took action to harm the two generals of the Huo family?"

Huo Wuyou nodded: "That's right, so Zhao Xu was not misled by the forged edict, but he himself wanted to harm the Huo family."

Xue Zhiyi agreed: "Then this forged edict may just be for the sake of completing the trick. With the forged edict, they can temporarily intimidate the Huo family army and make them dare not risk the execution of their entire clan to disobey the edict, so they can only surrender. However, later, the forged edict was intercepted by General Shen. Perhaps this is why the plan was left with a loophole."

"That's probably it." Holding the forged edict, Huo Wuyou said, "At least now, if we can prove that this forged edict was written by Zhao Xu or Prince Cheng, then this item will be irrefutable evidence of the crime."

After thinking for a while, Xue Zhiyi asked, "Did General Shen tell me why he kept this item?"

"Yes." Huo Wuyou folded the imperial edict and rolled it up into a ball. "At first, he helped because he didn't want Dayong to be destroyed by internal strife when the war was critical. Later, when the Huo family got into trouble, he didn't want to be targeted by the mastermind behind the scenes. For self-protection, he kept this secret. Moreover, the Huo family was in disarray at the time, and I had a bad reputation in the past. I don't look like someone who can handle such a thing. After thinking about it, I didn't tell the Huo family about this matter in order to avoid more trouble."

He put away the imperial edict, looking a little tired: "Now maybe he thinks I am more capable than before, and hopes that I can take better care of Shen Qingwei in Huajing, so he let me know about this."

……

After more than half a month of traveling, the convoy stopped for the last time at a post station on the outskirts of Beijing to rest.

While changing the horse's shoe nails, Xue Zhiyi found a table and chair to sit down and ordered a cup of tea to moisten his throat.

Shen Qingtang ran to her mysteriously and said, "I saw that Marquis Lin'an was called by your brother to talk. Do you want to go and listen?"

Shen Qingtang was one of the few people who knew Xue Zhiyi's life experience. He was inexplicably excited at the moment: "Don't you want to know if they talked about anything related to you?"

Without waiting for Xue Zhiyi to answer, she pulled Xue Zhiyi up and said, "Let's go, if you don't listen, they will finish what they are saying."

So, Xue Zhiyi was dragged by Shen Qingtang, and the two hid behind a big tree. They saw Jiang Xu, whose face was as pale as a ghost, talking to Huo Wuyou not far away.

"Logically speaking, Awan has been away from home for many years, and I have not been able to fulfill my responsibilities as a brother. I should not interfere in her current affairs, but..."

Jiang Xu hesitated: "But since she likes you, I still have the responsibility to make some things clear to you."

Xue Zhiyi pricked up her ears and listened attentively. Beside her, Shen Qingtang shook her and said, "I'm talking to you!"

Seeing that it was related to him, Xue Zhiyi temporarily put aside his guilty conscience about eavesdropping and listened more carefully.

Jiang Xu coughed and said, "Have you ever thought about marrying her and giving her a legitimate status?"

Huo Wuyou was startled and smiled awkwardly: "Brother Jiang, what you said... You may not know that I was the one who begged her to give me a legitimate status."

On the side, Xue Zhiyi's eyes widened: When did she...

But then I thought, well, it seems that Huo Wuyou is not wrong.

At this moment, Jiang Xu's expression was clearly a little broken, but he still straightened his clothes and said seriously: "In this case, there are some things I need to clarify with Lin'an Hou. If Lin'an Hou fails to agree, I will definitely try my best to stop you two."

Although Huo Wuyou didn't know how he could stop it, he still said, "Brother Jiang, please speak."

"First, marry her in a formal way."

"inevitable."

"Secondly, many people in Huajing are snobbish. Although I cannot compare with the famous families who have accumulated wealth for hundreds of years, I still want to do my best to give her dignity. I hope that she can restore her status first and then marry as an official's wife, rather than the adopted daughter of a criminal with an unknown origin."

After thinking about it, Huo Wuyou nodded: "It should be."

"The last one." Jiang Xu looked at Huo Wuyou solemnly: "I want you to swear that you will never treat any concubine better than her in the future."

Hearing this, Huo Wuyou sneered and said, "Brother Jiang, our family doesn't have this tradition."

Jiang Xu's expression changed immediately, and he looked as if he was ready to die together with him.

Huo Wuyou pointed his finger to the sky and said, "I, Huo Wuyou, swear that after I marry Awan, I will be single-minded and will not marry another woman. I will never betray you. If I break my promise, I will be punished by heaven and earth and die a miserable death."

In the astonished eyes of Jiang Xu, Huo Wuyou smiled and said, "Is this feasible?"

From Xue Zhiyi's angle, he could only see his back. The young man had a tall figure and a reassuring sense of reliability on his shoulders. His red clothes were so dazzling at this moment that it was glaring.

Beside her ear, Shen Qingtang was excited about something and pulled Xue Zhiyi to shake him: "Did you hear that? Zhiyi, why aren't you crying yet? Even I am moved..."

Suppressing the smile that was hard to suppress on his lips, Xue Zhiyi dragged Shen Qingtang, who was still not satisfied, away: "Why are you crying? Let's go after you've finished listening, don't let us get caught."

She didn't want to be caught by Huo Wuyou while eavesdropping.

Having said that, her steps were much lighter than usual.

……

After returning to the palace, Xue Zhiyi changed into the clothes of the Imperial Attendant of Jianzhang Palace.

When she met the Queen Mother, she did not have the courage to let her know about their current relationship. From beginning to end, she and Huo Wuyou did not even exchange glances. After she finished her conversation quickly, she took her leave, leaving only the two of them, the grandparents and grandchildren, to talk.

Xue Zhiyi went to see Chai Yue, and Chai Yue was still as caring and caring towards her as before.

"I heard that this trip is very dangerous. Are you injured?"

Xue Zhiyi just shook his head: "I'm fine, sister."

Hearing her name, Chai Yue was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses. Perhaps it was the years of experience in the palace that made her accustomed to not showing her emotions, so she did not show excessive excitement, but her trembling hands betrayed the turmoil in her heart.

"You...know everything?"

Xue Zhiyi couldn't help but feel emotional. He heard from Jiang Xu that his elder sister's personality used to be very similar to his mother's. Who knows how much suffering she has gone through over the years that even her personality has changed.

She entered the palace by replacing the identity of a girl from the Chai family, which was a capital crime. It was much more difficult for her to restore her original identity than Xue Zhiyi.

Fortunately, she is now a member of the palace, and there are many descendants of criminals working in the palace. Even if she continues to use the identity of the Chai family's daughter, she will not be implicated by the Chai family.

As for Xue Zhiyi's identity, if he wants to restore it, it is better to find another time. In front of others, they still need to be careful to conceal their relationship.

……

Speaking of Huo Wuyou and the Queen Mother.

According to the results of his discussion with Xue Zhiyi, they did not hide Chai Yue's identity from the empress dowager. Chai Yue has been loyal for more than ten years, and the empress dowager will not hold her accountable for this matter. But even so, she still deceived the empress dowager for so many years. The answer to this question will be left to the empress dowager to decide whether to let her continue to stay in Jianzhang Palace or arrange for her to work elsewhere.

But after all, it is difficult to have a confidant, so after some consideration, the empress dowager decided to keep Chai Yue by her side.

But what Xue Zhiyi didn't know was that Huo Wuyou also told the Queen Mother another thing.

"Grandma, I want to marry Zhiyi."

Although she was prepared, the Queen Mother still choked on her tea: "...Is everything settled?"

"It couldn't be better." He said, "If this matter is to be accomplished, one day, I will need the help of my grandmother."