(Second chapter, contains an important plot, it is not recommended to skip.)
When he heard about the Great Insight Technique, Jing Chen was shocked. He muttered, "Doesn't that mean he knows that we are lying to him?"
Yu Shu was deep in thought. Xue Rui laughed inexplicably and said to the two of them, "So what if he knows? Their scruples are far greater than yours. They have to prevent you from reuniting with your biological father and prevent Shu from finding out the secret, so they can't interrogate you directly. Even if they know that you are lying, they can only be suspicious at most, but they can't be sure."
Jing Chen understood immediately. When he heard Xue Rui's words, he found them familiar. He suddenly remembered that when he left the palace yesterday, he went to look for Yu Shu and told her about his worries. He was afraid that the emperor and the Great Tiandi would suspect that he was not telling the truth. At that time, she also dismissed it with a smile.
"Yes, even if they have doubts, it is impossible for them to confront us." Yu Shu was not worried about this. She looked at Jing Chen and said,
"But from now on, it is better for you to be more cautious in front of the Great Tiandi."
"Yes." Jing Chen agreed deeply. At the same time, he was secretly glad that he was a man of few words. Even if the Great Tiandi wanted to get close to him, he did not say much in front of him.
"We have seen Yun Hua. Now, we have aroused the suspicion of the emperor and the Great Tiandi. In the future, our every move will be closely watched. It is not appropriate to do too much. It is best to not make a move. When I find the person Yun Hua is looking for, I will exchange the details of the Book of Mystic Nyu's Six Rens with him. Then, I will find a way to break your destiny. " Yu Shu cautiously warned Jing Chen. Her last sentence was also a hint to him not to think about marrying her and having children with her, so that he could risk his life.
It was unknown whether Jing Chen heard it or not, but he did not intend to refute her. He replied softly, "I understand."
"Big brother, do you have anything else to say?" Yu Shu looked at Xue Rui.
"No. For now, we can only take it one step at a time. Let's do as you say."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Shu stood up from the chair and smiled at Jing Chen. "It's getting late, and there are people watching outside. I won't keep you any longer. You should go back now."
She had asked him to leave with a high-sounding reason. Even if Jing Chen didn't want to go back to the Princess's Mansion, he couldn't do anything about it.
"I'll take my leave first." Jing Chen stood up and looked back at her. He then cupped his hands in thanks to Xue Rui. "Thank you, Brother Xue."
It was obvious what he was thanking her for.
Xue Rui urged him to stay, "Why don't you stay for dinner?"
Jing Chen declined politely, "No need to trouble yourself."
"Then I'll see you off."
"Alright."
Yu Shu secretly rolled her eyes. When did the two of them become so close?
.....
Once Jing Chen left, Yu Shu dragged Xue Rui back to the room, closed the door, and interrogated him. "Before I went out this morning, you reminded me to take off the ring before I went to see the Great Tipping Point. What was your intention?"
If he knew that the Great Tipping Point had the Great Insight Technique, he would first ask Jing Chen and then ask her the same question. She was wearing the ring given by Qing Zheng. If she lied to the Great Tipping Point, he would not be able to tell the truth. Instead, he would notice that there was something wrong with her body. It would be better for her to take off the ring. This explanation made sense, but she felt that Xue Rui's thoughts were not that simple.
Xue Rui took the opportunity to take her hand and sit down on the soft couch. He moved his long legs on the couch and leaned his back against the cushion. He held her slender fingers and played with them while he asked her.
"Do you think that the Great Tipping Point doesn't know that Yun Hua has the treasure 'Zhuge Eye' to protect himself?"
"I don't think … he doesn't know?" Yu Shu was not sure. Maybe he knew?
"Then, do you think that Xin Ya secretly hid the 'Zhuge Eye' that Yun Hua gave to Xin Lishan, so the father and son became enemies? Do you know about this?"
"I don't know." Yu Shu answered quickly. Regardless of how unkind it was for Xin Ya to do such a shameful thing, it was impossible for the father and son of the Xin family to let the matter leak out because it was related to Yun Hua.
Xue Rui looked at Yu Shu as if she was worth teaching. His dark eyes were attractive. "Alright, let's assume that the Great Tipping Point knows that Yun Hua has a treasure called 'Zhuge Eye', but he doesn't know that it has fallen into the hands of the father and son of the Xin family."
Yu Shu nodded. Her gaze urged him to speak quickly.
"If I am the Great Tipping Point, I suspect that you and Jing Chen have met Yun Hua. The smartest way to confirm whether you have acknowledged him and covered up for him is not to ask for the truth from your mouths, but to determine whether you are lying or not.
"If Jing Chen has met Yun Hua, but is unwilling to reveal information about him after returning to the capital, there will be two possibilities. One, Yun Hua and Jing Chen have acknowledged each other and told him the truth about what happened in the past. Then, Jing Chen will deliberately protect him, so he lied to cover up for him. The other possibility is that Yun Hua has not acknowledged Jing Chen, but Jing Chen is suspicious of his identity, so he lied.
"Then, how do we determine whether Jing Chen and Yun Hua have acknowledged each other? From Yun Hua's point of view, if he met his son, but he was afraid that he would reveal his identity, he would definitely hand over the Zhuge Tong to Jing Chen, and then remind him about the Zhu family's Great Cave Illumination Skill, so that he would not give himself away after returning to the capital.
"So, the emperor first met Jing Chen, and the Great Tipping Point found out that he was lying. Then, he looked for you, and found out that you were also lying. The two of you told the same lie, which proves that you do not have the Zhuge Tong. Of course, Yun Hua did not acknowledge Jing Chen."
Yu Shu felt dizzy as she listened. After a while, she understood his reasoning, and she also knew why Xue Rui asked her to take off the black ring this morning.
She felt a lingering fear in her heart, and she was so shocked that she broke out in a cold sweat. She squeezed his hand tightly and said, "Fortunately, I listened to you and took off the ring. Otherwise, the Great Tipping Point would have used the Great Cave Illumination Skill to examine me today, and he would not have been able to tell whether I was telling the truth or not. Wouldn't that have been terrible?"
"I'm just assuming that." Xue Rui comforted her. "Maybe he did not know that Yun Hua had the precious Zhuge Tong."
Yu Shu put on a long face and said, "That's even worse, okay? He could tell that Jing Chen was lying, but when it was my turn, he could not tell that I was lying. That's what you call the three hundred taels of silver that would reveal the truth."
She thought that she was smart and thought that nothing would go wrong, but compared to Xue Rui, she was like a retard.
"Heh." Xue Rui could not help but laugh. He grabbed her small hand, raised it to his lips, and gave it a light peck. "I helped you escape this disaster. How are you going to thank me?"
Yu Shu said weakly, "Don't make fun of me. It's annoying."
"What's annoying?"
Yu Shu pursed her lips and said, "How can a smart person like you understand the troubles of us mortals?"
When Xue Rui heard that, he knew that she was being petty again. He sighed and said, "Don't say that I'm smart. There are many people who are smarter than me."
"Who? Why haven't I seen him before? "
"Yun Hua." Xue Rui uttered these two words softly. He had an unspeakable feeling in his heart.
What he hypothesized were only thoughts that came to his mind this morning. However, Yun Hua's actions after he met them made it seem as if he had already predicted what would happen in the future. He did not acknowledge Jing Chen by surprise. Instead, he kept Yu Shu, the person who destroyed his life. This was something that the emperor and the Great Tipping Point would not have thought of.
He told Yu Shu about his personal experience in exchange for her trust and sympathy. He made her willingly help him search for Jing Chen, but he did not remind them to be careful of the Great Tipping Point's Great Insight Technique.
It was not because he did not know the details of the Great Tipping Point. It was because he had thought it through and understood the mentality of the emperor and the Great Tipping Point. That was why he took such a risky move.
Yun Hua and Xue Zao were best friends. They knew each other when Xue Zao was still in office. How could he not know Xue Zao's name? However, he only told Yu Shu that he had a friend who was once the magistrate of Suzhou and asked her to go back and investigate. He did not mention Xue Zao's name. Why was he neglecting the essentials?
There was only one explanation. Yun Hua confirmed that he was his son. He asked Yu Shu to look for him because he wanted to use her to let him know the truth.
Therefore, there was only one choice in front of Xue Rui. Should he confess his identity to Yu Shu and acknowledge Yun Hua as his biological father?
Xue Rui was not a coward who liked to avoid problems. However, the truth of his identity came too suddenly. He was caught off guard and could not accept it for a while.
In fact, he did not admire Yun Hua, his biological father who descended from the sky. Even if he was Yi Zi, who was once admired by thousands of people, and even if he endured humiliation and went into hiding until now just to find his whereabouts.
After all, it was the Xue family who raised him for twenty years. The person who sacrificed his life for him was his adoptive father, Xue Zao, and the Xue family who were implicated by him. This was the debt he owed and the responsibility he needed to bear.
He could not force himself to acknowledge him as his biological father. Therefore, it was difficult for him to talk about it with Yu Shu. He did not even know where to start or how to start.
"Are you talking about Yun Hua?" Yu Shu replied. "You don't say. He is indeed inhumanly smart. Hmm, he is just like you."
When he heard her words that did not mean what she said, Xue Rui did not know what expression to make. He smiled at her and moved her soft hand to his chest.
He thought to himself, 'I'll allow him to be selfish for once. When I think it through, I'll confess everything to her.'
"I'm different from him."
At least, he could not abandon the woman he loved just to repay the kindness of raising him. He could not do anything to achieve his goal.
Yu Shu paused and immediately nodded. "Yes, you're different from him. You can't be like him." She glared at him and grabbed his collar. She lowered her head and narrowed her eyes to warn him.
"If one day you let me down because of some bullsh * t righteousness, I won't forgive you."
Xue Rui nodded with a smile. When he saw her angry look, he could not help but put his arm around her shoulders, pressed her into his arms, and hugged her tightly.
It was rare that Yu Shu did not struggle. She quietly snuggled up to him for a while. Her face was pressed against his chest, so she could not see his expression.
"Yesterday, you asked me to help you find the Suzhou magistrate from twenty years ago, right?"
"Yes, I almost forgot about that." Yu Shu quivered. She wanted to sit up, but he pressed her back down.
"Don't ask about it yourself. The emperor and the Great Tipping Point are already suspicious of you. There are spies everywhere. There are people watching your and Jing Chen's every move. Don't act rashly in case they find out. Leave this matter to me to investigate. However, it has been a long time. It is not convenient for me to go directly to the Ministry of Personnel to find someone to look through the files. I can only send my trusted people to investigate in secret in Suzhou. "
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