Peach Blossom.

Tao Ye curled her lips, snorted, retreated to Wang Jing's side, and said confidently: "My last name is Wang now! You don't even have to take me in!"

Tao Ye overestimates himself. Chen Ji simply doesn't buy into such threats!

He showed no mercy and immediately ordered, "Motor, close the door!"

Wang Yi took a step forward, held the door with his arm, and smiled at Chen Ji: "My dear nephew, do you know what the purpose of the Yongchang King asking you to "go back" today is?"

Chen Jiyuan didn't want to mention what happened in Prince Ning's palace during the day. He was a face-conscious person. He planned to take credit in front of Prince Yongchang and file a complaint against Wang's father and son. Unexpectedly, he ended up being driven out by Prince Yongchang!

However, Chen Ji really hasn't figured out what exactly had happened to offend King Yongchang. He has suspected for several times that it was because of his theft of pictures and letters that King Yongchang disdained him?

He thought that Wang Yi was older and had been in Yongchang longer than him, so he naturally knew the King of Yongchang better than he did.

He did not rush to ask someone to close the door, but bowed slightly to Wang Yi and said, "Uncle, please tell me!"

Wang Yi still had a smile on his face, and he said slowly, "Yongchang was originally a place of exile, so the King of Yongchang has always advocated that there should be no prisons or execution grounds when he governed Yongchang. But today you advised him to "execute my father and me on the spot", which... violates his principles of governing the country."

Since Chen Ji faked his death and left Beijing, his mind has been either on contacting old friends of his father or searching for the treasury, and he has never thought of paying attention to Yongchang's laws.

Hearing Wang Yi say this now, he seemed to remember that he had never seen a prison or an execution ground in Yongchang. Even the county government rarely held court to hear cases. That was not only because there were few people in Yongchang, but also because the people here were harmonious.

A place where criminals gather, but the people are simple and honest. Chen Ji certainly knows that King Yongchang is not a simple person, and it is not easy for him, who is still young and has no relatives or friends, to guess!

He nodded to Wang Yi again and said, "Please give me some advice, uncle. What should I do to please the King of Yongchang?"

Wang Yi was waiting for Chen Ji to ask this question, so he answered with a smile: "Prince Yongchang grew up in the palace and suffered greatly from internal strife in his childhood. Naturally, he hates intrigue and fratricide the most. He hopes most for a harmonious family and peace in the world."

Chen Ji nodded, thinking that this made a lot of sense.

Wang Yi added: "Since Prince Yongchang accepted the map of the treasury, he must be looking for treasures and recruiting soldiers to plan for great things. But why did he leave without saying a word? You should know that Jing'er's status as a son-in-law has an unusual significance for Prince Yongchang's future. And the soldiers of the Great Qi Kingdom are actually mostly from the Chen family. No matter how many soldiers Prince Yongchang recruits, it is impossible for him to have more than the Chen family already has. Therefore, he needs you and Jing'er. What he hopes to see is of course that you work together, not tit-for-tat like today."

Chen Ji nodded again. The truth is simple. It is not difficult to think of what Wang Yi said.

Regardless of Prince Yongchang's personal preferences or his grand ambitions, he and Wang Jing should live in harmony.

Perhaps, it was because he was too hostile to Wang Jing and the Wang family that he did not understand the deeper intention of Prince Yongchang in expelling him.

Having analyzed this far, Wang Yi no longer needs to say anything further.

Chen Ji's mind was as clear as a mirror, and he finished what Wang Yi was going to say: "According to what my uncle said, if I go with my brother to see the King of Yongchang tomorrow, will we be able to get what we want?"

Wang Yi smiled.

"I'm not going!" Wang Jing, who was standing at the back, spoke immediately, his tone was stiff and clear.

Wang Yi turned around and asked Wang Jing as if to order him: "You must go, and you should also tell Prince Yongchang that Master Chen invited us to stay with him and treat us as honored guests."

Wang Jing's face was solemn and serious: "The hatred for killing my wife is irreconcilable. I can't pretend to be friends with this person, please forgive me, father."

Chen Ji smiled faintly, glanced at Wang Jing, and thought to himself: "Even if you are willing to be friends, I am not willing!"

However, he wouldn't really say this.

With a kind smile on his face, he walked up to Wang Jing and asked, "Brother Wang, how come you are sure that I am the murderer of Mantang Jiao?"

"You know what's going on, right?" Wang Jing couldn't laugh. His words were as cold as his eyes.

"But I... really am not..." Chen Ji still smiled and moved closer to Wang Jing. His tone was unusually gentle. It was the first time that he was so nice to Wang Jing.

But Wang Jing didn't even want to look at Chen Ji.

"In fact, I really hate you for accusing me without any evidence!" Chen Ji stopped smiling and his expression suddenly became serious: "However, for the sake of the overall situation, I am willing to prove to you that I am not the real murderer of your wife."

Wang Jing finally looked at Chen Ji. It was impossible for him to believe Chen Ji. He was just curious about how Chen Ji would "prove" it?

Chen Ji led Wang Yi, Wang Jing, Tao Ye, Qiong Ju and Chong Qiu into the house, and then ordered Ma Da to set up an altar and incense table in the courtyard.

In front of everyone, Chen Ji personally burned incense, worshipped heaven and earth, and swore a solemn oath: "I, Chen Ji, swear to heaven that I have never tried to kill Mantangjiao. If this is false, please ask Mantangjiao's soul to come and claim my life!"

In the pitch-dark night, someone dared to say such words, and said them so sincerely. Tao Ye felt that it was actually a bit scary.

She didn't know whether Chen Ji was so bold because he didn't believe in ghosts or he really didn't kill Mantangjiao.

Wang Jing stood aside, looking at Chen Ji with some surprise: "Is this your way of "proving"? "

Chen Ji inserted the three incense sticks in his hand into the incense burner and smiled at Wang Jing: "Brother Wang, it is midnight now. I swear at this moment. Isn't it enough? What do you want? You don't have any evidence to prove that I killed someone. You can't even tell me my motive for killing her! Do you think that I tricked Tao Ye into pretending to be her to steal things from your house, which is my motive for murder? But I only learned that your father was in Yongchang after I left Beijing. Before that, I couldn't have known that there was a "vault location map" in your house! Asking Tao Ye to sneak a picture for me was just a matter of convenience later!"

Wang Jing had no words to say, his eyes filled with more and more doubts.

Wang Yi smiled and said, "Tonight, I will be your witness. You two should high-five and make an agreement that you will not become enemies until you help Prince Yongchang accomplish great things. How do you do that?"

Chen Ji nodded and extended his hand to Wang Jing.

Wang Jing hesitated for a while, then slowly stretched out his hand.

Chen Ji took the initiative to high-five, and with a "pop" sound in mid-air, the matter was settled.

Next, it goes without saying that Mada had someone arrange the guest rooms.

However, when Chen Ji was about to rest, he noticed that Wang Yi and Wang Jing entered the same room, and Tao Ye actually lived alone.

He couldn't help but be curious, so he went to knock on Tao Ye's door.

Tao Ye was already sleepy. She had just untied her hair and had not had time to lie down when she heard a knock on the door.

She thought it was Wang Jing, but when she looked over, it turned out to be Chen Ji: "What are you doing?"

"You...are not with Wang Er..." Chen Ji didn't know what words to use to describe Tao Ye and Wang Jing's current relationship, because they were not married.

He simply asked directly: "Why don't you live with him?"

Tao Ye was stunned. She almost forgot that she had lied to Chen Ji about her pregnancy. "I... I'm pregnant, so of course it's not convenient for me to live with you!"

"Are you really pregnant?" Chen Ji asked with a questioning look and tone.

Tao Ye answered decisively: "Of course it's true!"

Chen Ji still seemed unconvinced: "How many months?"

Tao Ye had no experience in this area. She thought hard and seemed to have heard in modern times that a pregnancy test would not reveal a one-month pregnancy, so she made up a lie: "Two months."

Seeing that she was slow in replying, Chen Ji became more and more unconvinced.

He chuckled and whispered, "If you can't give birth after seven or eight months..."

Tao Ye glared at Chen Ji sullenly, feeling that he was ridiculous: "Whether I can give birth or not is none of your business."

Chen Ji leaned close to Tao Ye's ear and lowered his voice. He squinted his eyes and looked mean: "If you can't give birth by then, I will plant one for you..."

"Get lost!" Tao Ye blushed with shame and couldn't help cursing: "How can you be so shameless?"

Chen Ji remained calm and argued: "Wang Er only has his first wife Mantangjiao in his heart, and nominally has a legal wife Princess. You have no status, no status, and you are nothing, but you just keep clinging to him every day! Aren't you more shameless than me?"

Tao Ye was so angry that she didn't know what to say and slammed the door.

Chen Ji was too close to Tao Ye, and he didn't expect her to slam the door so hard. He was hit on the nose by the door and started bleeding instantly.

He quickly covered his nose with his hands and walked back with his head down.

When he passed by the window of Wang Yi and Wang Jing's room, he heard Wang Yi advising Wang Jing: "If the country is not peaceful, how can we have a family? Not to mention that you are not completely sure about this matter, even if he is your enemy, you should put aside your past grudges first. Your uncle is guarding the border of Qi and Wei, go and ask him how many heroes have sacrificed their lives for the country there? Do you have the heart to watch the great Qi country destroyed by women and treacherous officials? How can we be worthy of Emperor Xiaozong who raised our Wang family?"

Chen Ji found these words somewhat familiar.

That was many years ago, the last farewell between him and his father, Duke of Qiao. Duke of Qiao was ordered by Emperor Xianzong to go to war. Deputy General Chen Liang suspected that Emperor Xianzong had ulterior motives and advised Duke of Qiao not to go to the battlefield.

At that time, the Duke of Qiao said to Chen Liang: "Don't say that everything is just our speculation. Even if there is a trick, this battle must be fought! In order to protect the great Qi State, our Chen family has lost too many people and too many troops. If we give up fighting against Wei State halfway, how can we be worthy of those who have died? If the country is destroyed, the Chen family will surely be the first to become prisoners of Wei State!"

Chen Ji was only eight years old that year and just overheard these words, but he didn't expect that these would be the last words he ever heard from his father.

The Duke of Qiao never came back, and his deputy general Chen Liang pretended to be dead to escape pursuit. He later returned and told Chen Ji that his father's sacrifice was actually a conspiracy instigated by Emperor Xianzong to Chen Xi!

He never accepted that he would lose to his brother Chen Xi. The only thing about him that was inferior to Chen Xi was that he was born ten years later than Chen Xi.

It took him twenty years to recover from the tragedy caused by the ten-year age difference!

Chen Ji knew that Wang Yi and Wang Jing were staying here temporarily and it was impossible for them to discuss anything useful, so there was no point in him standing outside and eavesdropping.

But for some reason, he still moved closer to the window.

The window was not closed tightly, and he saw through the gap that Wang Yi was applying medicine to the wound on Wang Jing's back while talking.

He didn't know how Wang Jing's back was injured, but he suddenly remembered that he was naughty as a child and often got injured. His father often applied medicine to him personally.

He looked at Wang Yi and Wang Jing again, and he realized something... It turned out that he was envious of Wang Jing?

Wang Jing has both parents and brothers who are in harmony with each other. He has a wife whom he has loved for eight years and a lovely daughter. Now he has Tao Ye, a beautiful woman who understands magic.

As soon as he was born, his mother died in childbirth, he lost his father at the age of eight, and his only brother was the person he hated the most in his life. His former wife, Princess Si Yao, was planning every day how to kick him out of the house. He was already an adult, but he still didn't have a child...

He loosened his hands, his nose still bleeding, and looked up to see a bright moon in the sky.

There was wind under the moon, making him feel very cold.