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Ning Wang was convicted and demoted to a commoner. In the two days that the wang fu was sealed, the women in the inner courtyard all cried. Silk, silk, gold, and jewels could not be taken away. They were lightly packed and sent onto the carriages heading to Pei County. Most of the servants in the fu were dismissed, dozens of death warriors were arrested, and the rest were nowhere to be found.
Pei County was less than a hundred li from the capital. Even though it wasn't a poor and remote place, a small county was like a bird cage for a group of people who were used to enjoying life. When Liu Hao was released from the Imperial Court, he was sent to the residence where he would be imprisoned for the rest of his life. What greeted him was not the concubines who were dead set on him, nor the groups of loyal servants. There was only the resentful and dark gaze of Ning Wang Fei.
Then, Liu Hao discovered to his shock and anger that his Ru Wei Furen and his shu eldest son had disappeared. He would never have dreamed that when he had been convicted by the Zong Zheng Si, taking advantage of the chaos in Ning Wang Fu, Ji Xingxuan and the child had been secretly taken out.
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Ji Xingxuan and Liu Hao were just using each other. There was no true affection between them. So when Liu Hao was in trouble, she left without any hesitation. Yet leaving Ning Wang Fu was just changing to a different cage. She still didn't obtain freedom.
She was placed in a remote residence in Anling. Other than the old woman who was responsible for cooking, there were two other female servants who knew martial arts who took turns guarding her day and night. They didn't allow her to take a step out of the door. It wasn't that she didn't think about escaping. But she was a criminal of the court who should have died a long time ago. With a child who wasn't even a year old, where could she escape to?
Ji Xingxuan obediently stayed here. It wasn't just because she had nowhere else to go. She was willing to believe that her teacher, who taught her, would not abandon her. Even if she had never seen his true face.
In these two months, she had distanced herself from the world and didn't have to feign civility with Liu Hao. It was a peace that she hadn't had in years. Unknowingly, her hatred and discontent were about to be smoothed out.
Until one day, a horse carriage stopped outside the gate.
Ji Xingxuan had just coaxed the child to sleep when she heard movement outside. At first, she thought it was a porter delivering firewood, so she lay on the bed without moving. After a while, the maid who was guarding her suddenly pushed the door open and said to her, "Madam, please get up. Someone is here to pick you up."
Ji Xingxuan stared blankly for a moment, then abruptly sat up on the bed. She scrambled to put on her shoes, thinking, 'Shifu must be here!'
She quickly walked to the door and immediately saw a tall figure standing in the courtyard with his back facing her. Bathed in the sunset, he was dressed in a beautiful and extraordinary robe. Her heart instantly jumped to her throat and she called out with difficulty, "Master!"
The man turned around and revealed his true face. She stopped in astonishment. "You, you are —"
So her Shizun was the Celestial Commissioner. Ji Xingxuan's mind was in a whirl but before she could regain her composure, she saw another person walking out from behind the Commissioner. She was wearing a jade robe and had her hair tied up. It was a cold and arrogant woman.
"It's actually you." Yu Shu saw Ji Xingxuan who was a few steps away and was surprised. She knew that Ji Xingxuan was not dead but she didn't expect her to be the last life-saving talisman that Prince Xiang left for her.
"…" After a year and a half, Ji Xingxuan almost couldn't recognize this old enemy of hers, Yu Shu. Yu Shu had really changed too much. The last time she saw Yu Shu was at the celebration banquet at the Xuan Chun Garden after the Shuang Yang Meeting. At that time, Yu Shu was just a female fortune-teller who had just made a name for herself in the Da Yan Examination and she had already ruined her family.
Ji Xingxuan felt that fate was laughable more than once. Since young, her elders had always said that she was born with a vision and that her purple gold fate was suitable for the princes and grandsons. She was destined to be a phoenix that soared to the sky. But in the end, she ended up with a ruined reputation and death was not to be regretted.
On the contrary, Yu Shu, who used to be a pile of mud in her eyes, soared day by day. When she was still in the inner courtyard of the Prince's Residence, she had heard many of her deeds. The title bestowed by the late Emperor, the position of Imperial Officer of the Kun Ling Bureau, the title of aristocratic family, all of these incidents made her feel heart-wrenching pain in the dead of the night. In the end, she actually began to regret it.
The corners of Ji Xingxuan's eyes quickly reddened. She looked back and forth between Zhu Muzhao and Yu Shu. With a glimmer of hope, she asked Zhu Muzhao: "Master, are you my Master?"
Zhu Muzhao replied indifferently: "Your Master is no longer in this world. Pack up and come with me." He knew Ji Xingxuan's background better than Yu Shu. To him, her only value was that she had secretly left behind the late Emperor's bloodline. In his eyes, she was equivalent to a dead person. There was no need to explain so much to her.
"Impossible!" Ji Xingxuan cried out: "How could my Master die? You must be lying to me. I will not go with you!"
As she spoke, she turned and ran into the room to hug the child. However, the maid guarding her grabbed her from behind and forced her to kneel on the ground. Following that, another maid carried out the sleeping baby and presented it to Zhu Muzhao. They were the Prince of Xiang's death warriors. Since Zhu Muzhao had the Prince of Xiang's official seal and came here, they would listen to his instructions.
Zhu Muzhao only lifted a corner of the swaddling cloth and glanced at the child. He then asked the maid to pass it to Yu Shu: "You carry him."
Yu Shu hesitated for a moment and stretched out both hands to receive the swaddling cloth. She then heard Ji Xingxuan suddenly shouting in a frenzy: "Don't touch my son. You're not allowed to touch him. Let go of me, let go of me!"
Yu Shu frowned and firmly held the child in the crook of her arm. She raised her head and looked at her coldly: "If you want to wake the child, shout louder."
The shouting stopped abruptly. Ji Xingxuan trembled all over and asked in a trembling voice: "What do you want? Why do you want to snatch my child?"
Yu Shu instantly felt that she had become the villain. Her lips curled into a self-deprecating smile. She lowered her head and looked at the sweet sleeping face of the child. She did not answer her question. Ji Xingxuan had always been secretly helping the Prince of Xiang. She did not believe that she did not know anything. This child was clearly not Liu Hao's but she was able to make Liu Hao wear this green hat. It could be seen that she had sold some unspeakable secrets to Liu Hao in exchange for a place to live.
But she also had some doubts. For example, how did the Prince of Xiang convince a beautiful young girl like Ji Xingxuan to climb into Emperor Zhao Qing's bed? And how did she manage to hide it from everyone without being seen through?
"Take her away." Zhu Muzhao gave the order and the black-robed guards at the door ran in. They gagged Ji Xingxuan and tied her hands behind her back. She did not have the strength to struggle and could only watch in despair as Yu Shu carried her child and disappeared in front of her.
Afterwards, Zhu Muzhao and Yu Shu sat on the horse carriage and returned to the Celestial Commissioner. On the way, Yu Shu raised her doubts and Zhu Muzhao told her everything in detail.
The Prince of Xiang was actually a hidden Da Yi Master. He was intelligent and eager to learn. When he was not able to become the Crown Prince, he was depressed and put all his energy into studying the Yi. Later on, he discovered the secret of the Book of Mystery Maiden's Six Rens and set his mind on seizing the throne. He also found the descendants of the previous generation of the Ming Breaker.
A hundred years ago, the female general Gongsun Jing's younger brother luckily escaped the calamity of his family being exterminated. He wandered to the south and changed his name. That was how the Yi Yang Ji family came to be. Not long after Ji Xingxuan entered the capital, the Prince of Xiang set his eyes on her. Through a Da Yi shop under his name, he met her secretly and took her as his disciple.
The goals of the Prince of Xiang and Xue Lingnan were very different. Xue Lingnan hated the Celestial Commissioner for killing his beloved son and wanted to destroy the power of the Celestial Commissioner. The Prince of Xiang wanted to take the Book of Mystery Maiden's Six Rens for himself.
So on one hand, he confused Xue Lingnan about the true use of the Great An Calamity and the Ming Breaker, on the other hand, he made Ji Xingxuan listen to him and tried to make her pregnant with Emperor Zhao Qing's flesh and blood.
The incident happened on the ninth of the second month of the previous year, the day of Liu Hao's birthday. The Prince of Xiang coaxed Emperor Zhao Qing into making a private visit and the two of them came to Ning Wang fu. There were spies in Ning Wang fu that came from the House of Offerings. They worked together and no one knew that Ji Xingxuan was tainted with Emperor Zhao Qing's rain and dew. After the incident, Emperor Zhao Qing only thought it was a dream.
"Ji Xingxuan was pregnant. The Prince of Xiang originally wanted to send her to a safe place to hide. Who knew that he was one step too late and you ruined it. You discovered that she was related to the murder case in Taishi Shu Garden." Zhu Muzhao said.
Ji Xingxuan was quick-witted and didn't reveal the mastermind behind it. Instead, she grabbed onto Liu Hao, this life-saving straw, and escaped with her life. To prevent his identity from being exposed, the Prince of Xiang broke off contact with her and pushed the boat with the current to have her stay in Ning Wang fu to hide. It wasn't until Liu Hao was convicted and Ning Wang fu was in chaos that the Prince of Xiang sent someone to take her mother and son away.
Yu Shu frowned and said: "Ji Xingxuan is not stupid. She should have long discovered that her so-called Shifu is using her. Why is she still so loyal?" Could it be that she became stupid after giving birth?
Zhu Muzhao smiled faintly: "That is because you have not seen the methods that the Prince of Xiang uses to buy people's hearts. As long as he is willing, there will be people fighting to die for him at any time. I have told you about the unique skills of the aristocratic families of the twelve prefectures. Did you know that the Prince of Xiang had already learned the Cui family's Spirit Speech Technique ten years ago and can see through people's hearts? In terms of power, it is not inferior to my Great Insight Technique. "
Yu Shu was dumbstruck. She had seen the Cui family's Spirit Speech Technique at the Gentlemen Hibiscus Banquet. At that time, Cui Xin had used it and was able to guess the answer to a riddle written on a piece of paper. It could be said to be a mind reading technique. It was no wonder that the Prince of Xiang was able to find out the secret of the < < Fairy Woman Liu Ren Book > >. So the key was here.
"Now you should be able to clearly understand the power of the unique skills. The Prince of Xiang uses the Spirit Speech Technique to control people's hearts. I can use the Great Insight Technique to see through all lies and firmly control the Celestial Commissioner. Yun Hua is also relying on his unfathomable skills to appear and disappear unpredictably and play with the Imperial Court in the palm of his hand. It can be seen that if one wants to be above others and be above the common people, one must learn diligently and it cannot be separated from the word 'easy'. "
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