After the brief meeting that day, Shen Yi became a frequent visitor to Ji's Mansion. Dongfang Ye was not interested in whether he had taken out the account book in his hand. In fact, he wanted him to take out the account book, although the emperor had been trying his best to do so. Suppress the culture of corruption and bribery in the court, and punish them immediately once they are discovered, but there are always some people who take advantage of the chaos.
The previous time the Yang family took away the credit for pacifying King An, the Ji family felt uncomfortable. After all, the Ji family was used to being domineering in the capital. Naturally, they felt unhappy that the Yang family had robbed the limelight this time. If they got this account book, maybe It's not necessarily that he will use it to make some articles. After all, what the emperor hates most is this corruption.
Of course, Dongfang Ye won't get involved in these matters. He just needs to sit calmly and watch the tigers fight. He has great confidence in the Ji family. No matter how deep Shen Yicheng is, he can't be deeper than the two old foxes in the Ji family. , they have been in the officialdom for decades and have developed their skills. How could Shen Yi escape so easily.
As for Liuyun, he stayed in Qianyage peacefully and read calligraphy exercises in Ji Mengxian's room in the afternoon. He missed the days when his mother would read and practice calligraphy by his side. His irritable heart could always calm down in her mother's room. , I don’t know if it’s the cold fragrance in the room or the name of that room.
She has always been a person who likes to stay at home. Although she lives temporarily in Ji Mansion, except for greeting Mrs. Ji every morning, she rarely leaves Qianyage at other times, making it difficult for those who want to get close to her, but she wants to There was still no progress in what she knew. Finally, Dongfang Ye gave her a trick and she suddenly became enlightened.
The eldest man she sent to find, Ji Donglin, had an elegant demeanor about him. Even though he came in a hurry, he was still undisturbed. Like his mother, he had a power to soothe people's hearts.
"Does Liu Yun have anything to do with uncle?" In fact, Ji Donglin was surprised that Liu Yun would suddenly ask to meet him, which made him really confused and at a loss as a monk.
"I have something to ask uncle." Liu Yun did not mince words, and his straightforward attitude was praised by Ji Donglin. There are very few people in the court who dare to talk to him like this nowadays, let alone in Ji's mansion.
"Say." Ji Donglin sat down, picked up the tea cup she pushed in front of him, closed his eyes slightly and smelled the aroma of tea.
"Why on earth did my mother marry my father in the first place?" Liu Yun opened her huge eyes, which were blatantly incomprehensible and somewhat innocent, making people reluctant to reject her question.
But her words silenced Ji Donglin. On the way here, he was thinking about why Liuyun invited him over. Only now did he understand that this seemingly innocent and kind-hearted girl always cared about her mother's affairs. To her, It's just a knot in the heart, and it will last a lifetime if it can't be opened.
"Your mother... she just didn't like the right and wrong in the capital, so she married far away." After thinking for a long time, Ji Donglin gave an extremely official reason, but even he himself didn't believe such a reason, let alone an outcast. cloud.
After listening to his words, Liu Yun just raised the corners of his lips softly and smiled softly: "Uncle, I have heard this reason since I was a child. If I believed it... I would still sit here and ask you. Uncle?"
Her frankness made Ji Donglin feel embarrassed for a moment. He could kill and be bold in the officialdom, but he could never harden his heart towards a sixteen-year-old girl, not to mention that this girl was his most beloved sister. Daughter, he looked away and remained silent.
"I heard that Prince Ling was very enamored of my mother, and I still can't forget it. With such a good match, my mother was willing to marry far away to Linyang. It's really... confusing." Her pretty lips were raised in a perfect arc, lazily.
Interest flashed in his eyes, "From an objective standpoint, Prince Ling is much better than my father."
"Don't talk nonsense." Ji Donglin, who has always been elegant, suddenly frowned, and a chill shot towards Liu Yun. When he touched Liu Yun's smile, he realized that he had lost his composure, and immediately frowned even more tightly. He did not expect that he would actually be in a
She lost her composure in front of the sixteen-year-old girl.
"My mother once mentioned that in the Ji family, she is only closest to her uncle. When she feels tired, only her uncle can understand her..." Liu Yun twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled lonely, as if recalling something that made her
He continued like an unpleasant memory, "Uncle, I was too young when my mother passed away. At that time, I didn't understand why such an outstanding mother would marry my father. Did she have any difficulties?
Isn’t there something unspeakable?”
Looking at Liu Yun with his head half lowered, Ji Donglin had a slight illusion, as if he had seen Ji Mengxian back then. At that time, she also had her head half lowered like this. He could only see the top of her head and her dark figure.
His hair and long eyelashes made him feel distressed.
"Your mother just doesn't want to stay in the capital, and she happened to meet your father. She has no hard reasons." Ji Donglin's mouth was tight. He was already on guard. The girl in front of him almost made him lose his guard and open up to her.
.
However, some things can only rot in the stomach forever and cannot be spoken out, otherwise, there will be no recovery.
"What about Qian Yage? Why should Nuan Yage be changed to Qian Yage?" Liu Yun looked at Ji Donglin, raised the corners of his lips, and said firmly, "If uncle is willing to tell me about my mother, maybe I can help you.
Find what you want."
Her words made Ji Donglin's eyes light up, but the light only lasted for a moment, and then quickly extinguished, returning to the silence before.
Sure enough, there was some secret that couldn't be told. Liu Yun was just testing. Unexpectedly, there was something that Ji Donglin didn't want to talk about. Even when she threw out the bait, she couldn't get a response from him. She thought to herself,
It seems that the mother's matter is really not as simple as she imagined.
"Girl, listen to your uncle's advice and go back to Linyang City. The capital city and the Ji family are too complicated. Your mother finally escaped from this place, why do you need to come back?" Ji Donglin has always put interests first.
, but there is a small place in his heart that will always belong to his caring sister. No one knows Ji Mengxian's place in his heart, so even if Liu Yun uses the Ji family's secrets in exchange, he is not willing to let it go
Liu Yun knows the so-called truth.
Liu Yun pursed her lips. This was not the first time someone had said such things to her, but she was not the kind of meek and obedient person. The more others asked her to go back, the more she could not go back. Now that she had come here, she
She needed to get to the bottom of her mother's death, and she didn't want to live in confusion.
She has married Dongfang Ye and became the young lady of the Hou family. She cannot bear an untimely bomb. As long as she does not solve the mystery left by her mother, she will not be able to live in peace for a day. There will always be a kind of uneasiness.
A feeling spread in her heart that one day this secret would be revealed and she would be doomed.
Much later, she understood what her uncle had told her that day, that some truths should not be discovered because once revealed, the damage would be unpredictable. But at that time, she only wanted to find the truth.