Quickly wear a child, the villain is more favored, who wants the male protagonist?

Xia Xizhi used the carriage arranged by Huo Jin to send Yu Ling back to her villa.

Along the way, Yu Ling asked her some questions casually, such as her age, birthday, and life in the Xia Mansion.

Xia Xizhi also pretended to answer her casually, but when she asked the last question, she knew that Yu Ling had probably guessed the truth.

After getting off the carriage, Xia Xizhi carried Yu Ling back to her room.

"Thank you for saving my life, young lady. You must accept this hairpin."

As soon as Xia Xizhi put Yu Ling down, Yu Ling took off a dark green hairpin inlaid with gemstones from her head and handed it to Xia Xizhi.

You can tell it’s worth a lot of money just by looking at its quality.

The key point is that the patterns carved on this hairpin are not simple.

This is the Sanskrit text used exclusively by the Dayong royal family to command the secret army.

In the later part of the original plot, Xia Jingshu saved the son of Prince Dayong, and the prince gave her a token. She later used the token to help the prince ascend the throne, so she was able to gradually become a noble concubine and finally the queen.

The token described in the original plot has this kind of pattern...so this hairpin is definitely not just a simple hairpin.

Yu Ling actually gave her this token-like thing?

Xia Xizhi paused.

"This hairpin is too valuable for me to accept. It's just a small favor. Madam, there's no need..."

Before Xia Xizhi finished speaking, Yu Ling grabbed the hairpin and put it on her head.

"No matter how precious it is, it is not as valuable as my life. You saved my life, so this hairpin is nothing. Just keep it. If you don't accept it, it means you don't like my hairpin. Then I can only find a better one and send it to you at the General's Mansion." Yu Ling pretended to be angry.

"No, I'll take it."

Xia Xizhi did not refuse and said with a smile,

"Madam, you are alone in Shangjing and are unfamiliar with the place. If you encounter any trouble, you can come to the General's Mansion to find me. Although I can't help you with major matters, I can still help you with small matters."

Seeing her look of relief, Yu Ling patted her head and said, "Thank you, young lady. I hope you don't mind my bothering you."

Xia Xizhi smiled and said, "Don't bother me. I don't know why, but I always feel that Madam is particularly familiar with me, as if I have known her before. If Madam is willing to ask me for help, I would be happy to help."

.......

The two chatted briefly for a few more sentences, and then Xia Xizhi left.

The moment Xia Xizhi turned around and walked out of the courtyard, Yu Ling's smiling face suddenly disappeared and her expression turned gloomy in an instant.

Wang Yulan and Xia Chan accepted 50,000 taels of gold and a box of jewels from her as a thank-you gift, but they actually used a trick to replace the prince with a cat!

No wonder Xia Wanqing's appearance and personality are so different from her and His Majesty's...

The princess she had pampered for more than ten years was probably not the daughter of Wang Yulan, and her own daughter was raised by her as a concubine and forced to marry into the general's mansion as a concubine.

Wang Yulan and Xia Chan are so despicable!

She would make them pay the price!

At this moment, a figure came down and knelt on one knee.

"My subordinate is late, please punish me, Master!"

"It's none of your business, get up." Yu Ling came to her senses and signaled the man in black in front of her to get up.

This time when she came to Beijing, she only brought Yue Ren with her. Yue Ren was a martial arts master who could fight against a hundred people at once, so protecting her was no problem.

This evening was an accident, and he can't be blamed.

Because of an urgent matter, she sent Yue Ren out to deal with it. The security in Shangjing was very good, and she had some experience in martial arts, so she thought that nothing would happen if she was away for such a while. Who knew that an accident would happen by coincidence?

Xia Wanqing provoked a group of bad guys, and she rescued her. It should have been no problem for her to take her away, but Xia Wanqing pushed her out and let her fall into the hands of these human traffickers.

Thinking of this, Yu Ling's eyes became sharp and his face became terribly gloomy.

This is the daughter she had pampered for more than ten years, but she turned out to be an ungrateful person!

It seems that she already knew her identity!

This family is so brave!

It was also her and His Majesty's fault for being too confident. They never thought that a small Xia family would be so bold as to exchange her, the Princess of Dayong.

Even the emperor of the Central Plains would not dare to do such a thing!

"Yue Ren, go do something for me..."

.......

As soon as Xia Xizhi came out of the villa, Huo Jin carried him to the carriage.

Xia Xizhi was startled and scolded him.

"We haven't gotten married yet, and I'm still your eldest brother's concubine. Be careful!"

Huo Jin hugged her tighter, smiled, and lowered his voice into her ear.

"I'm watching, there's no one around."

"Erdan, ride your horse back home!"

"Yes, young master!", after a whip sounded, the carriage started to move away.

"Xizhi, who was that woman today? Do you...know her?" Huo Jin asked with a curious look on his face.

Today, Xizhi left the house and went straight to the brothel to rescue someone. He also found the courtyard based on what the courtesan said. It should be for the purpose of saving that woman.

That woman's eyes were so similar to Xizhi's. Xizhi must be hiding something from him...

"She's a woman of noble status. You might get to know her soon," Xia Xizhi said.

"Oh."

It seems that Xizhi is unwilling to reveal the identity of that woman.

Huo Jin's eyes flashed, and he said,

"Xizhi, I will go to the Xia Mansion in two days to ask your father Xia Shen and your stepmother Wang Yulan for marriage. I want you to be the envy of all the people in Shangjing.

Therefore, as a gift for the marriage proposal, I will give your mother a coral tree worth a thousand gold coins, your father a hard-to-find inkstone from Huaixi, and a box of gold coins worth ten thousand taels."

"Don't do it yet!"

Huo Jin was interrupted by Xia Xizhi before he could even utter the word "gold".

Just for a marriage proposal, this spendthrift is ready to give so many good things!

Xia Xizhi felt pain in his heart when he heard this.

The key point is that Wang Yulan and Xia Chan are not her biological parents, so she can't let them get away with it!

"What's wrong? Do you feel like it's missing, Xizhi? I can add more." Huo Jin curled his lips.

Xia Xizhi coughed lightly and decided to tell a little truth.

"Well, don't propose marriage for now. My background may be questionable. Maybe I'm not the daughter of the Xia family... I only found out recently."

"That woman just now is Xizhi's biological mother, right?" Huo Jin asked the question with certainty.

"Not sure yet, just wait a moment."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, my lady." Huo Jin smiled and hugged her tighter, something flashing in his dark eyes.

......

Prince's Mansion.

One of them took a confession and gave it to the prince.

"Your Highness, we have found an old maid from the Minister of Works' residence thirteen years ago, and this is her confession.

The prince's guess was correct. According to her, Xia Xizhi was the real princess. Xuanyuan Qing's original name was Xia Wanqing, and she was actually Wang Yulan's daughter. There was a concubine in the Xia family named Zhao Shurong who gave birth to a stillborn child.

"Wang Yulan claimed that the fetus she gave birth to was stillborn, that the real Princess Xia Xizhi was replaced with a concubine's daughter, and that her own daughter Xia Wanqing was replaced with a princess.

Only a few old maids in the mansion and Zhao Shurong knew about this. Zhao Shurong was poisoned to death by Wang Yulan after giving birth, and the old maids were either beaten to death or secretly fled back to the countryside to hide.

Although Bai Zhuo had already guessed it, he was still surprised. The Xia family was really bold enough to replace the real princess of Dayong.

I guess the Emperor and Empress of Dayong didn't expect them to be so audacious and that's why they didn't suspect anything...

"If I had known earlier, the Crown Prince should have taken in the real Princess Xia Xizhi for saving his life. Now she's become the General's concubine, which is a bargain for Huo Jin..."

"It's a good thing Huo Jin doesn't know yet. If he knew, it would be even more difficult for us to deal with him..."

Qin Yi put down his confession and said calmly,

"It doesn't matter. Others don't know about this yet. We still have time."

"By the way, Your Highness can use tomorrow's palace banquet and the favor as an excuse to ask for Xia Xizhi to come over. Later, when you can reveal the true and false princesses, she will be yours..."

Qin Yi nodded, "That's exactly what I meant."

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