472 Investigating the Past (2)
Shangguan Yu did not seem to see Changle’s angry face. He nodded and said, “I’ll send Sister-in-law down.”
Xuanyuan Ziming burped and threw his chopsticks on the table. “I’m full too. I’ll go back to the courier station and rest first.”
“Are you leaving?” He kicked Xuanyuan Ye, who was watching the show.
Xuanyuan Ye rolled her eyes and stood up to leave.
Instantly, more than half of the people in the private room left.
Lord Jing glanced at Princess Changle, then at the helpless Duke Ping. The corners of his mouth twitched.
As soon as Shen Yijia reached the stairs, she felt that something was wrong. She shook her head.
“Sister-in-law, what’s wrong?” Shangguan Yu asked.
Shen Yijia shook her head. “I’m fine.”
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, she accidentally missed her footing and fell forward.
Shangguan Yu quickly held her waist to prevent Shen Yijia from rolling down the stairs.
Bruiser was shocked and quickly snatched Shen Yijia from Shangguan Yu’s hand to support her.
Shangguan Yu looked at his empty hand and frowned slightly.
Shen Yijia hammered her dizzy head and tried her best to stabilize herself. She turned around and looked at Xuanyuan Ziming, who was following behind. “What did you put in your soup?”
She had only drunk the soup inside, so her first suspicion was that there was something wrong with the soup.
Xuanyuan Ziming was also shocked just now. Unfortunately, he was a few steps behind and could not make a move in time. When he heard this, he frowned and said, “Abalone, sea cucumber, flower sap, hoof sinew, cuttlefish, jade plant…”
He counted nearly ten expensive ingredients in a row. Finally, he promised, “I personally watched the chef I brought make them. There can’t be a problem.”
Moreover, everyone had eaten it. If there was really a problem, it was impossible for Shen Yijia to be the only one affected.
Shen Yijia looked at Bruiser, who shook his head to indicate that he was fine.
Zhu Zi reminded him silently, “Your Highness, didn’t you add an entire jar of Red Dust Wine?”
Red Dust Wine was a famous hard liquor.
Xuanyuan Ziming’s eyes widened as he looked at Shen Yijia, whose eyes were starting to blur.
She had drunk two big bowls just now.
Shen Yijia glared at Xuanyuan Ziming and patted Bruiser’s hand. “Let’s go home.”
Shen Yijia’s alcohol tolerance was poor. She could get drunk just by drinking fruit wine. She knew this, so unless it was in front of Song Jingchen, she usually didn’t drink at all outside. Today, she had really been tricked.
She asked for it. How could she reason with him?
However, who would have thought that Xuanyuan Ziming would think of making soup with wine?
The effects of the alcohol came quickly and fiercely. When they reached the lobby downstairs, Shen Yijia could no longer stand steadily. She could see double.
Seeing that she was about to fall again, Bruiser quickly helped her up before Shangguan Yu could. He was determined not to give the man a chance to attack.
Shangguan Yu retracted his hand and watched Bruiser send her into the carriage. He still felt uneasy. He apologized to Xuanyuan Ziming and got into the carriage. Since men and women had to keep a distance, he did not enter the carriage.
Seeing this, Bruiser swallowed his refusal.
Xuanyuan Ziming also wanted to follow, but it was inappropriate. He could only watch the carriage leave.
Xuanyuan Ye snorted. “Don’t tell me you’ve taken a fancy to her. She’s a married woman.”
Xuanyuan Ziming frowned. “You know she’s married, why are you joking about this?”
Xuanyuan Ye paused. In her memory, Xuanyuan Ziming was always smiling cheekily. This was the first time he was so serious.
However, she quickly realized that what she said was inappropriate. If word got out, it would not affect Xuanyuan Ziming much, but it would damage the woman’s reputation.
It was one thing to know that she had said something wrong, but she was still very unhappy that Xuanyuan Ziming was reprimanding her for an outsider. She glared at him. “Bai Zhi, let’s go.”
If she hadn’t promised Imperial Uncle that she would perform well, she wouldn’t have been so impatient to follow these people around.
Over the past few days, she had sent people everywhere to investigate Ji Yunxi. However, all she heard were praises from the outside world. She could not find out anything about her past.
The more this was the case, the more Xuanyuan Ye felt that Ji Yunxi was not simple. If she really followed her father back to the Xuanyuan Kingdom, what happened in the dream would happen sooner or later. She would definitely not allow it.
On the other side, Xuanyuan Ce, who had said that he wanted to recuperate, was sitting in a tea shop.
Opposite him stood an old woman.
“I heard that you delivered Madam Shen’s child seventeen years ago?” Xuanyuan Ce asked.
Before being brought here, this old woman had already been interrogated by Chu Feng. There was no need to think to know who Madam Shen was.
The old woman quickly nodded. “Yes, I delivered the child.”
Madam Wang was just soft-hearted, but she was not stupid. She was worried about the midwife prepared by Madam Chen. Madam Wang even brought her personal maidservant to personally invite her over.
She had been a midwife all her life, but she had never seen an official’s wife visit her personally, let alone one who was pregnant. Therefore, more than ten years had passed, and her memory was still fresh.
Xuanyuan Ce frowned. “Are you sure that Second Miss Shen was born to Madam Shen?”
The old woman was stunned by his question and subconsciously said, “How can that be fake?”
“I carried her out myself. She’s so small, but she cries so loudly.”
Xuanyuan Ce’s eyes turned cold. He narrowed his eyes and threatened, “You have to think carefully. If you’re lying, your family…”
The aura on his body was too strong. The old woman was so frightened that she knelt down and hurriedly said, “Everything I said is true.”
Xuanyuan Ce remained silent and instructed Chu Feng, “Bring her family here.”
The old woman was shocked. “Wait, I have something to say.”
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Xuanyuan Ce waved his hand to indicate to Chu Feng that there was no need to go.
The old woman heaved a sigh of relief. Thinking that this person might be here to stand up for Madam Wang, her heart skipped a beat again. She stammered, “That Second Miss Shen was indeed born by Madam Wang, but…”
Xuanyuan Ce’s hand paused. “But what?”
