Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Xiao Yan and the other man came to the study, and the three of them immediately bowed deeply to Xiao Yan. Seeing this, Liu Xu could only kneel down while complaining in her heart.

"Everyone, please stand up. In Liujia Village, I am just Yang Yan. Don't be like this in the future."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Several people bowed and stood up.

Afterwards, Mu Lingxuan and the others recounted what had happened and also stated their previous inferences and doubts.

Xiao Yan frowned and asked Yan Yi: "Uncle Yan, is there anyone with the surname Fu among the dignitaries in the capital?"

Yan Yi pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked up and said, "Your Highness, Duke Cai has a concubine named Fu. But..." He paused.

"Just what?" Xiao Yan looked up.

"But this girl was married into the Duke's Mansion in the second year after His Majesty ascended the throne. Doesn't the time match?"

Something suddenly flashed through Liu Xu's mind, "Who is this Duke Cai?"

Seeing several people looking at her strangely, Liu Xu instantly understood what they meant, "I'm asking what the status of the Duke of Cai's Mansion is? For example, does it have military power or something like that?"

"No, the Duke of Cai is just a nominal position." This time it was Xiao Yan who replied.

"But his grandson is King Kang." Mu Lingxuan continued.

"But Fifth Brother is weak and sickly, and Concubine Hui has never fought for power in the palace..."

Before Xiao Yan could finish, Liu Xu asked, "How can there be a prince without fighting? Can a weak and sickly man grow up? How old is your fifth brother? Has he started a family?"

Xiao Yan pursed his lips and said nothing. Yan Yi, on the other hand, answered Liu Xu's question: "Huipin was the emperor's concubine before he ascended the throne. At that time, Duke Cai was still alive, and he sent his illegitimate granddaughter to the palace as a concubine. At that time, I was just an ordinary secret guard."

"Mrs. Hui gave birth to the fifth prince, His Royal Highness Prince Kang, in the third year after she entered the palace. The fifth prince was healthy when he was born, but when he was six years old, he fell into the lake while trying to save the deceased second prince... and caught a cold. The second prince was... Since then, the fifth prince has been in poor health and has been relying on medication for many years."

"Your Majesty and the Queen have always been grateful for his kindness. When the Fifth Prince was eighteen years old, the Queen advised Your Majesty to grant him a marriage and confer the title of Prince Kang. Prince Kang is now twenty-three years old, but has never given birth to a child."

After Yan Yi finished speaking, no one else said anything.

Liu Xu asked again: "How old was your Second Prince at that time?"

"The Second Prince is three years older than the Fifth Prince." Yan Yihui said.

Willow Catkins: "A nine-year-old fell into the water, and a six-year-old went to rescue him? Everyone else died?"

Yan Yi: "The Second Prince secretly went to play ice skating, and there were no servants with him."

"Then how did Prince Kang save the Second Prince? Why was he there?" Liu Xu asked again.

According to Yan Yi, the fifth prince was looking for the cat raised by Aunt Hui when he accidentally saw the second prince falling into the water. Seeing that he had already fallen in, he ran to pull him out while shouting for help, but the ice broke again and they fell in together. Later, the servants caught up and pulled him out. The second prince had a high fever and convulsions and was not rescued afterwards. The fifth prince was rescued because he fell into the water for a shorter time, but he was weak.

Liu Xu felt something was wrong. It wasn't that she was dark in her heart, but that there was no family affection in the royal family. Just look at the current situation of the Ninth Prince. The Fifth Prince's appearance was too coincidental.

It was not easy for Concubine Hui to live peacefully in the palace for so many years and raise a frail prince to adulthood.

What's more...is the fifth prince really weak?

Liu Xu could figure out that everyone else present was not stupid.

However, Xiao Yan couldn't believe it and murmured, "No, Concubine Hui is very kind to all of us brothers and sisters. My fifth brother is also kind and honest. He has always been sincere to others. He would never..."

Liu Xu just glanced at him and didn't talk about this topic anymore. Instead, she asked, "Uncle Yan, do you know what the background of this Aunt Fu is?"

"Aunt Fu was a drowning girl that Duke Cai rescued on his way back from hunting in the suburbs of Beijing. Her family is a farmer in the suburbs of Beijing. She is the only daughter of her parents and her background is very clean."

Liu Xu: "If that's the case, why is she favored by Duke Cai?"

"This girl is extremely beautiful..."

"She is an ordinary farmer, and she is so beautiful, how could she fall into the water alone, and be rescued by Duke Cai by chance..." Liu Xu stopped there.

Mu Lingxuan frowned and said, "There is something wrong with the identity of Aunt Fu!"

"Wait, I'm a little confused. Aren't we talking about Master Fu San? You have Prince Kang and Concubine Hui here? And Master Fu San and Concubine Fu should have no relationship, right?" Chang Yifei felt his brain was confused.

Liu Donglai also nodded. He was fine with fighting, but he didn't understand the roundabout way of talking.

"Uncle Yan, can you find a way to contact people in Beijing?" Mu Lingxuan did not answer Chang Yifei, but asked Yan Yi instead.

"Yes, of course. I just don't know where those people are. I'm worried that His Highness's location will be exposed. Then not only His Highness will be in danger, but Liujia Village will also be implicated." Yan Yi frowned.

Mu Lingxuan shook his head. "No hurry. In a few days, you will return to the North with us. They don't have the courage to break into the military camp yet."

"Yifei, girl, don't worry about Master Fu San's affairs for the time being. Just focus on farming and doing business, and don't let anyone find out anything." Mu Lingxuan reminded Liu Xu and the others.

"Okay, I understand, Brother Huaijin!" Liu Xu responded obediently.

Chang Yifei also nodded. Anyway, he couldn't understand the ways of officialdom.

Xiao Yan looked at the well-behaved Liu Xu in front of him, who was completely different from her sharp appearance before. His eyes could not help but stay for a while longer. Mu Lingxuan saw this and seemed to accidentally block Xiao Yan's sight and began to ask the two about their preparations.

Yan Yihui replied, "Your Highness has recovered a lot. Doctor Meng has added acupuncture once a day before bedtime these days, and the pills are also being prepared."

"Your Highness, please exercise properly these days. Otherwise, I am worried that your body will not be able to bear the journey overnight." Mu Lingxuan said lightly.

Xiao Yan pursed his lips, "Don't worry, I won't joke with my own body!"

"Hahaha, if there's nothing else, I'll go see if the meal is ready. My dad hunted a buffalo, so we can just have a casual lunch and eat skewers in the evening?"

"Well, that's great, that's great, let's prepare the cured meat and hot pot, I won't go back today." Chang Yifei nodded vigorously.

"We're not making hotpot today. I'll make you a cured pork ribs soup pot. It'll have a different flavor. And it just so happens that my little brother can't eat spicy food." Liu Xu said with a smile.

"Thank you...Sister Xuer!" The Miss Liu in Xiao Yan's mouth suddenly became Sister Xuer.

Mu Lingxuan raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.

"You're welcome. I'll leave now. You guys chat!" Liu Xu left leisurely.

Seeing this, Chang Yifei said, "I'll go and help," and left the study.