The boy looked at the nanny in disbelief, but saw that the other party did not deny it, but showed guilt and panic.
What is the answer? It seems that there is no suspense anymore...
At this moment, Xu Mingshi felt that he had completely understood.
There is nothing in this world that Xu Mingyi doesn’t know!
From now on, he will never question this again!
"Miss Xu...this..." Nanny Qi opened her mouth and said with difficulty: "Since Miss Xu already knows, I have nothing to hide..."
Although they didn't get along for a long time, she could tell that this little girl had clear likes and dislikes and a direct and straightforward personality. Such a person would usually not like a clingy and procrastinating attitude.
And no matter how much she denies it at this time, it is meaningless.
But if this happens, the little prince is no longer a little prince, then they really have no value at all. What else can they use as a bargaining chip to get the other party to hold them hostage?
wrong……
Miss Xu just now clearly said that she didn't really want to hold them hostage from the beginning...
Miss Xu must have known the secret of the little prince from the beginning...
But I still took them all the way and gave them food and drink!
Grandma Qi's mind was spinning fast. After she figured this out, she suddenly cried loudly.
While crying, she said: "Miss Xu knew that the little prince's identity was false, but she was still willing to take the little prince out of the capital and treat him kindly along the way... How lucky are we to have met such a living Bodhisattva!"
"...?" Faced with this sudden burst of crying and praise, Xu Mingyi felt at a loss for what to do.
"Since Miss Xu knows that the little prince... no, my brother is not a dragon son, then this child has no enmity with your house. Miss Xu, why not just keep him so that he can repay you and honor you when he grows up!"
"Ms. Qi cried and begged.
Xu Mingyi was silent.
She can change her thoughts quickly enough, and this grandma is quite a talent.
Wu Chao couldn't help but glance at the child.
It is good to repay kindness.
Filial piety... is not necessary.
After all, he and Zhao Zhao will have children of their own.
"Really speaking of grudges, I remember that this child's biological father, Yue Pei, was the one who killed my grandfather -" Xu Mingyi took over.
Aunt Qi's crying stopped.
God, do you even know this?!
Yue Pei...
Hearing this name, Xu Mingshi's mind flashed back to the night when the inn was flooded and his grandfather was assassinated and he woke up.
The more he is trained, the more he will know this.
Does it turn out that this is the biological father of the 'little prince'?
It's really unexpected.
Xu Mingshi thought somewhat mechanically, his numb face no longer showing much fluctuation.
"Yes, that bitch named Yue deserves to be cut to pieces! Now he has received his retribution!" When mentioning Yue Pei, Grandma Qi felt itchy with hatred - this good-for-nothing man first seduced her mother-in-law.
, and later got involved in the affairs of the Duke of Zhen, blocking her way of survival twice. It was simply a matter of sworn fate!
"But the child doesn't know anything! If he had a choice, he would rather not come to this world than be reborn in such a life!" Aunt Qi cried sincerely: "I'm sure it's true in the palace.
I can’t go back. From now on, I just want to bring him up as an ordinary child, and I will never reveal a word about his life experience to him... I will only say that he was picked up and rescued by Miss Xu!"
The child was held by her like this, listening to these words, blinking his big round eyes, and looking at Xu Mingyi.
When Xu Mingyi looked at him, the child actually shook his arms and laughed, showing two small teeth like rice grains.
Aunt Qi hurriedly said: "Look...this child smiles when he sees you! This is fate!"
fate?
Xu Mingyi didn't believe it.
The child was ignorant and naive, and he laughed when he saw her, probably just because she was pretty.
"...If you really feel that this child's life experience makes you feel uncomfortable, that's human nature." Aunt Qi wiped her tears with her sleeves and choked, "Normally it's not appropriate to beg you so shamelessly..."
But in this situation, all I want is to live safely and have a place to live... If that doesn't work, can you ask me and I to choose a place to stay on our own? I just want to take this child to shelter in Linyuan City for the time being.
To avoid..."
He added: "No matter where I go in the future, as long as I am still alive and stay for more than ten years, when the child grows up, I will ask him to join the Xu family's army... so that I can repay Miss Xu's kindness now."
Although she had some intentions of retreating in order to advance, her words were not false.
She has read some books and understands some principles of life.
It's best if you can continue to stay here.
If you really can't keep it, you shouldn't feel resentful.
Xu Mingyi felt a little complicated when he heard the words that told the child to join the Xu family army many years later.
The child’s mother had cuckolded the emperor;
The emperor had no idea, he was extremely happy, and he was very enthusiastic about helping people raise children;
And after more than ten years, this kid will have to join the army to fight against the Dog Emperor...
Suddenly I felt...this was quite heartbreaking.
Hearing that the nanny was still begging her, Xu Mingyi lost her patience and cut her off, saying, "If you really want to stay, just stay."
Anyway, two more people is not too much.
As for the child's life experience, will she and her grandfather have troubles?
Yue Pei was just a small chess piece among the thousands who followed orders. If he hadn't had an affair with Concubine Rong, he might not even be able to remember who he was.
Moreover, keeping the child does not mean that he will be adopted into the Xu family, so it will not involve too much.
Just like what this grandma said just now, in this world, little people want nothing more than to live.
If you can live, you still have to live.
If you can save one, then you should save one.
But there is one thing I have to say up front——
"You don't want to leave today. If you dare to change your mind or cause any trouble in the future, don't even think about letting you leave alive."
"Yes...yes!" Grandma Qi was overjoyed and kowtowed quickly: "Thank you so much, Miss Xu, for taking me in! I will definitely remember this kindness in my heart!"
Seeing that she kept kowtowing, and the child was helpless being held in front of her, Xu Mingyi said: "Okay, let's go back."
Aunt Qi responded repeatedly, wiped her tears, stood up with the child in her arms, cried and laughed happily and said: "...it's getting late, and the girl has been tired all day long, so my brother and I won't disturb you.
Girl, rest!"
It’s time for me to go back to breastfeed!
You have to tell the nanny this good news!
After hearing these accurate words, the wet nurse burst into tears.
After crying, I felt completely refreshed.
It was late at night, and looking at the two babies sleeping together with their swollen bellies, with red eyes, Grandma Qi and the nanny both had smiles on their faces, and they settled down in their hearts - for themselves,
Also for the sake of the children.
This time, Xu Mingyi had finished taking a bath and was lying comfortably on the bed wearing a fine silk coat. When he was relieved of his fatigue, he suddenly thought of a question——
Does the Dog Emperor know that he has been cuckolded?
After leaving the city, she once heard her grandfather talk about how that day in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the emperor and Concubine Rong were in the middle hall, and her grandfather heard some faint noises while they were guarding outside the hall...
Concubine Rong seems to have done something...
It's a pity that it didn't succeed.
If it didn't succeed, it must have been exposed.
And choosing to take action at this moment is probably for the sake of Yue training...
I just don’t know whether he confessed later and whether the emperor found out.
But then I thought about it, just two days ago, the imperial court sent the Ming Yushi to come to discuss the matter of exchanging the young prince, but his grandfather refused outright. The grandfather did not agree to meet the Ming Yushi and let the matter go.
——If you say you haven’t seen me, you haven’t seen me. If you come back to deliver a message, you will be beaten to death.
Even if the imperial censor of the Ming Dynasty was for the sake of Daqing and the overall situation, or had finally persuaded the emperor to "put down his face" and come to negotiate, and the so-called exchange for the little prince was probably just a nice name and a fig leaf for the court, the court may have already done this.
Ready to give in and seek peace...
But they have nothing to talk about with the court.
They have more than one or two cities in mind, and they will not change their plans because of the court's attitude.
In my grandfather's words, the current court's request for peace is like a poisoned bait on the way. It cannot be trusted and cannot be relied on. Whatever they want, they will take it one by one according to their own ability.
But did the emperor know?
Xu Mingyi lay down and thought seriously for a while.
Although this matter didn't have much to do with the overall situation, she was quite curious about it.
However, after working hard all day and night, he was too tired, so Xu Mingyi quickly fell asleep with gossip in mind.
…
Just two days have passed, and Linyuan City has begun to show signs of life.
The order that had never been disrupted is also becoming complete.
And when a city changes to a new owner, it needs to get used to it. In the past two days, there have been occasional disputes and changes.
In addition, there were several thefts.
Adhering to the promise to go to "Uncle" when something happened, all the people who encountered trouble went to the government office.
At first, one person went to test it out. Seeing that it was indeed solved satisfactorily, the people all felt at ease and boldly entered the gate of the government office.
On this day, a fight broke out. Both parties were seriously injured and argued over what was wrong and right. Xu Jin simply went to court to hear the case in public - this was what Fan Zhifu, oh no, the former Zhifu meant, to the effect that, only
Dealing with it in the back office is not enough. Trying a case in public can also establish the Xu family's image of fairness.
Yes, Fan Ying has been "detained" in the government office for the past few days and has not been idle.
Xu Jin wanted to ask for advice. He carried a bottle of wine every day and went back and forth. Under such "torture to extract confessions", Fan Ying had no choice but to do the same thing when he was dying from drinking.
"Didn't you say that Mr. Xu is in charge? Why don't you see anyone coming?"
"Who is the official here?"
Halfway through the hall, there were still people who came after hearing the news and crowded into the crowd and asked curiously.
"Hey, isn't it Mr. Xu who is sitting there..." A woman sighed and raised her chin towards the middle of the hall.
The visitor was so shocked that he almost lost his voice: "Then...that's Uncle Xu?!"
"It was just recognized by the Yuan family in person. How can it be false?"
The visitor was in disbelief and moved closer, stretching his head and widening his eyes to see more clearly.
But...it doesn’t look like it no matter how you look at it!
This sight was really too strong, and there were far more than one sight, so Xu Jin, who was trying the case, couldn't ignore it.
I always feel that the focus of these people has completely deviated from the case itself, and also deviated from his original intention of establishing a character...
Meeting another look that seemed to exclaim, "What on earth has my uncle gone through these years?!" Xu Jin sighed in his heart.
What have you experienced?
He has been through too much.
Roast duck, roasted lamb, lotus leaf chicken, lion head, crab roe dumplings and vinegared shrimps, soup dumplings with beef offal soup, mutton casserole with scallion pancakes, glutinous rice and jujube cake with four sweet preserves...
If he had to list all of his experiences in detail, it would probably take him three days and three nights to tell them all!
"Mom, is this the Uncle Xu you often call me?" a teenage girl asked her mother quietly.
Staring at the people in the hall, the woman's eyes were stunned.
When I left the Yamen, my steps were even a little frivolous.
On this day, the white moonlight in the hearts of the ladies in Lin Yuancheng was shattered without a trace.
A round of golden crows fell away, and the sunset glow dyed the colorful autumn colors more intensely.
In the Yuan family's ancestral tomb nestled between mountains and rivers, in front of a tomb with tributes and fruit snacks, a pair of figures were worshiping.
"I have never met my grandfather." Looking at the tombstone, Xu Mingyi said: "But I have heard about what my grandfather did since I was a child, and I have seen it since I was a child."
I have never seen that old man, but everything around me has the footprints of the old man.
"Everything we have today is the result of our ancestors." Wu Chao slowly poured a cup of wine in front of the tomb and said, "Old Master Yuan is a man of great justice and wisdom."
If it weren't for the accumulation of experience from our ancestors, they, the juniors, would definitely have a difficult time in this situation, and everything would have to be explored and polished from scratch.
The upbringing, the vision and knowledge, and the ability to start and do things are all attributed to the abilities of our ancestors.
Xu Mingyi nodded.
yes.
It all depends on the shadow of the ancestors.
Money, military strength, and then Linyuan City’s acceptance——
All kinds of things can be seen everywhere.
I hope that these younger generations can live up to what their ancestors have given them, and many years later, when they enter the earth, they can become people like their ancestors and leave behind something useful.
After paying homage, Xu Mingyi looked up at Wanli Feixia and said, "It's getting late, let's go back."
"good."
Maybe it was the sunset that was pleasing to the eye, but maybe it was because the people around them were each other. The two of them usually walked in long strides, so they were not in a hurry at this time.
"Are you all ready?" the girl looked at the profile of the boy beside her and asked.
Tonight, he will leave for Ningyang.
Wu Chao also looked at her and said warmly: "Don't worry, everything has been agreed with my grandfather."
Xu Mingyi nodded, but no matter how much he promised, she couldn't really feel relieved.
When he returned to Ningyang this time, he had two important things to do.
The first is to stabilize the situation in Ningyang to deal with what comes next.
Secondly, we need to find out the trouble hidden in the Wu family.
These two things are both dangerous at this moment.
But as Wu Chao said, it must be done.
Both she and Wu Chao had things that they had to do, so even though they were reluctant and worried, neither of them ever said "Don't leave" or "I won't leave".
"This sunset is so beautiful." She looked towards the horizon and sighed.
Wu Chao looked with her.
Looking ahead beyond the sunset, you can faintly see smoke rising from the cooking pots of ordinary people's houses.
The vast scenery of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, the smoke and smoke of all living beings, every grass, every thing, every glow——
