Xi Honglei glanced at Ran Yunpo with an unnatural expression, and then under Ran Yunpo's scrutinizing gaze, he smiled forcefully and said: "I didn't think about anything, I was just thinking about my mother's affairs. Your Majesty, can I ask you a few questions?"
A question?”
"Ask me a question?" Ran Yunpo frowned and nodded. "Whatever you want to ask, tell me."
"Your Majesty, I..." Xi Hong tearfully looked at Ran Yunpo in embarrassment, biting his lower lip, and hesitated for a long time before speaking under Ran Yunpo's impatient expression and asked: "I want to ask Your Majesty, do you know that I
What about a sister? My mother should have a daughter besides me, right?"
"I thought it was something, but it turned out to be this." Ran Yunpo looked disgusted with Xi Honglei for making such a fuss, and glanced sideways at Xi Honglei. Without even thinking about it, Ran Yunpo nodded and said, "Do you still have something to say?
I’m a sister, but shouldn’t your own family know this better? Why are you here to ask me?”
"I have never heard my parents mention this matter. I heard my maid mention it before, and I didn't take it to heart. But today when I thought about my mother, I thought of it again. So I
I want to ask if the prince knows anything about my sister."
Xi Honglei's lonely look made Ran Yunpo fall into deep thought. Soon, Ran Yunpo came back to his senses, then looked at Xi Honglei, and slowly began to talk about what he knew.
"If I remember correctly, that person's name should be Hongjin. She died in an accident when she was young. I think your parents didn't mention her in front of you because it was for your sake."
Red scarf...
Xi Honglei repeated the name secretly in her mind. Was that so-called accident really just an accident? Or was it deliberately planned by someone?
"Prince!" When Xi Honglei thought of this, his expression immediately changed, he became energetic and stared at Ran Yunpo with burning eyes. "Then do you know how she died?"
"She's dead, why are you talking so much nonsense!?" Ran Yunpo burst into tears and kept mentioning the red scarf, and couldn't help but become a little angry. "Weren't you also present when she died? Why are you asking me?"
"Eh?"
Seeing Xi Honglei's puzzled look, Ran Yunpo sighed helplessly. But after thinking about it for a moment, Ran Yunpo understood why Xi Honglei was like this. Holding back the impatience in his heart, Ran Yunpo patiently and Xi Honglei
Talk about the past.
"You were there when she died, and I was also there. We just went out together when we were children, and unexpectedly an accident happened. You became stupid, it seems that it was also after that incident. At that time, in addition to the three of us, there was also your name Xi.
I can’t remember the names of my brother and the second young lady of your Xi Mansion." Ran Yunpo recalled the past, and his mood slowly calmed down. He glanced at Xi Honglei, who was quietly listening to his words, and Ran Yunpo was curious.
asked: "Why are you so interested in this matter?"
"I'm just wondering if this matter has anything to do with my mother's disappearance."
Xi Honglei lowered his head, walked to a place slightly far away from Ran Yunpo and sat down. His legs were shaking irregularly. Xi Honglei was silent for a while, and then he said quietly: "My mother's status is low, even if
When I got married in Xifu, I was ostracized and bullied by several ladies. I heard that the second mother had not slept with my father for a long time. She has not had a son or a half, so she must hate my mother very much.
And I hate my mother’s children even more.”
"You mean, you suspect that your mother's disappearance has something to do with your second mother?" Ran Yunpo immediately became interested after hearing what Xi Honglei said.
"I'm just making a guess. If I have any doubts, everyone in our Xi Mansion is suspicious." Xi Honglei suddenly raised his head, first looked at the direction of the door warily, and then met Ran Yunpo's eyes.
, said in a low voice: "The most suspicious person is my Sanniang, Li Guilan."
"How do you say this? As far as I know, your father has several wives, why do you only say that about her?" Ran Yunpo crossed his arms and stared at Xi Honglei with interest.
"Because some things that you don't know, my lord, are also scandals for our Xi family." Xi Honglei smiled sadly, and after thinking about it for a while, he told the matter. "My lord, I will definitely not believe it. My Sanniang
Under my father's eyes, I had an affair with the shopkeeper of our Xijia store for several years. If I hadn't found something wrong in the family's account books and my father asked me to check, I wouldn't have found out about this matter.
Sanniang must have hated me so much because of that incident. Although I only confessed the man and did not tell my father what happened between her and the man. But I also used this incident to threaten her and make her
She was kinder to my mother and helped her straighten herself out. A few days ago, Mu Yunmeng and I left the capital. This news must have been spread by everyone, and everyone said it. I know very well what kind of person Sanniang is,
So I wonder if she thought that the marriage between me and the prince was impossible, and I was not in Xi Mansion, so she went ruthless and did something to my mother."
After hearing Xi Honglei's words, Ran Yunpo couldn't help but smile. Because this was indeed something Xi Honglei would do. As for her departure from Mu Yunmeng some time ago, it was indeed discussed by the ministers. You know
Xi Honglei was already the Princess of Chu whom the emperor had decreed and personally granted marriage to. How could she be allowed to go out of the city so far away alone with another man without the consent of the Prince of Chu?
When he thought of this, the smile at the corner of Ran Yunpo's mouth disappeared instantly. "Why did you, Sanniang, commit adultery with the shopkeeper if you don't act like a good wife?" Doesn't she know what consequences it would bring to her if others knew about it?
?”
"How could you not know, but people die for money and birds die for food. The financial power of Xifu belongs to my Er Niang. The money Er Niang gives Sanniang every month is not enough for her. She often likes to go shopping and buy some jewelry.
There are some clothes and so on, so it’s not a strange thing to hook up with the shopkeeper Liu Fu.” Xi Honglei mentioned the reason why Li Guilan contacted Liu Fu, and curled her lips disdainfully. “I really don’t know what’s going on in these people’s minds.
What are you pretending to be? If you don't like my dad, why do you want to get married to my dad? Now that you're married, why should you be unfaithful to my dad? With just a little money, she can actually do such a thing. Haha,
ridiculous."
Xi Honglei only looked down and sighed, but did not notice the change in Ran Yunpo's expression because of her words.
Ran Yunpo looked at Xi Honglei intently and listened to her muttering to herself, "Why do you want to marry my father if you don't like him?" Ran Yunpo suddenly reflexively asked: "Then do you agree to marry me?"
Is this king getting married because he likes me?"
When Ran Yunpo asked the question, not to mention Xi Honglei, even Ran Yunpo himself did not think of it. Looking at the surprised look Xi Honglei cast, Ran Yunpo's expression changed from awkward and stiff at the beginning to a cold one very quickly.
Unbearable.
Standing up to slap the case, Ran Yunpo looked at Xi Honglei with cold eyes and said: "I just said it casually, don't take yourself too seriously. The shopkeeper you mentioned who had an affair with your Sanniang is called Liu Fu.
? I will help you go to the Ministry of Punishment and ask to see if he has been beheaded. If he is not dead, I will find a way to help you get him out. If it is like your guess, then this Liu
Fu should also be of some help to you in investigating your mother's disappearance."
"Really?" Xi Honglei's calm and dim eyes became clear and bright because of Ran Yunpo's words, and he stood up quickly. Xi Honglei looked at Ran Yunpo with an excited expression, smiled, and said happily: "
Then Red Tears will thank the prince first!"
Ran Yunpo took a deep look at Xi Honglei, said nothing, and walked out of the room. Xi Honglei looked at Ran Yunpo's leaving back, and the cheerful smile on his face slowly disappeared, and finally only a smile remained.
A slight smile hung on his lips.
He stretched out his hand and pinched his stiff cheeks from smiling, Xi Honglei lazily gave it away. Humming an unknown tune, Xi Honglei didn't expect that Ran Yunpo would agree to help him so easily.
Although she originally had this idea the moment Ran Yunpo entered the house, the smoothness of things was beyond Xi Honglei's expectation.
Half lying in the soft body, Xi Honglei carefully recalled every word Ran Yunpo had just said to him.
Hong Jin... is she really dead? If according to Ran Yunpo, Hong Jin died when she was young, then why did Mu Yunmeng mention Hong Jin to herself again and again, and why did she talk about herself?
Looks very similar to Hong Jin? Could it be that Mu Yunmeng already had a deep memory of himself and Hong Jin when he was still very young at that time? This doesn’t make sense...
Also, Ran Yunpo said that in addition to himself, him, and Hongjin, there were also Xi Jiabao and Xi Hongbo. If nothing else, just talking about Xi Jiabao and Xi Hongbo, Xi Honglei felt
There must be something fishy about this matter. As the saying goes, when you see Xi Honglei at the age of three, you will not naively think that siblings like Xi Hongbo will be cute children with kind hearts and innocence when they were young.
But then again, if that accident was deliberately planned by someone, then who would it be? Li Guilan? It couldn't be her, she doesn't have the brains. Li Qianning? Or... Zhu Meiyang? The most suspect, except
Apart from Li Qianning, the only one left is Zhu Meiyang, who is so smart that people can't catch anything...