Chapter 612: Palace Fights Are All Scheming
Chapter 612: Palace Fights Are All Scheming
Xiao Yun searched through his original body's memories and found that Xiao Yufeng had very little presence in the Xiao family. Except for the holidays when the family had to reunite, he basically would not appear in the main courtyard.
The original body was raised by Su as a girl in the boudoir. She even kept some distance from her two biological brothers when they were together, not to mention her half-brother.
Speaking of it, Xiao Yufeng's arrival was an accident. Duke Xiao Dingyuan and his wife Su had a good relationship. Old Madam Xiao was not the kind of mother-in-law who liked to control her son's backyard and stuff women into his backyard, so Xiao Dingyuan had no concubines or maids in his backyard.
Xiao Yufeng was the son of a dancer and a schemed person when Xiao Dingyuan was invited to a friend's house for a drink.
Of course, it was not the dancer who plotted against him, but Xiao Dingyuan's friend. The dancer also obeyed her master's orders and served the guests well.
As a military general, although it is unlikely that he would have sex after drinking, he still had some vigilance. The main reason was that he did not expect the other party to do so, and he was a colleague who had been to the battlefield with him, so he did not guard against him.
Xiao Dingyuan was drunk by the other party and sent to the guest room, which was filled with aphrodisiac incense. So he got together with the dancer in a daze.
Afterwards, Xiao Dingyuan was very angry and even had a falling out with that friend and never had any contact with him again.
This kind of thing requires mutual consent. If he was just attracted by your beauty, that's fine. But being plotted against is really disgusting.
After returning home, I didn’t tell my family about it. After all, it was not a glorious thing.
Also, he didn't think it was a big deal to sleep with a woman outside. The reason he didn't take a concubine was not only because he had a good relationship with Su, but also because he thought it was too troublesome.
When Su was pregnant, she was arranging for him to take a concubine, so he did not feel guilty or sorry for his wife. After all, the idea of having three wives and four concubines was still deeply rooted in ancient times.
He thought the matter was over, but he didn't expect that a year later, the dancer would come to his door with a child.
When the other party came, they made a lot of noise, started crying and complaining all the way, and brought many onlookers with them, and started shouting at the door of the Duke's Mansion. As a result, it was difficult for Xiao Dingyuan to deal with it privately, after all, there were censors watching him and his enemies in the court watching him.
However, after a thorough investigation, the child's pregnancy and birth times matched. The dancer who was with her also testified that she had never served anyone else since then, and that she gave birth to the child in the house of her former friend.
The dancer directly said that as long as Xiao Dingyuan recognized the child and let him return to his ancestral home, she was willing to die as an atonement, as punishment for her plot against the Duke.
Xiao Dingyuan was in a dilemma, so he agreed in front of everyone. However, the child was only one or two months old and it was impossible to tell who he looked like, so he had a blood test to test his paternity.
The two drops of blood quickly merged together, and Xiao Dingyuan recognized the child.
Xiao Yun knew that this blood test was not accurate at all, and that two people who had no relationship at all could get along, but in ancient times there was really no other way to confirm the parent-child relationship, so he could only do it this way for now.
The dancer was not asked to commit suicide, as there was no need for that. However, it was impossible to take her as a concubine, and it was impossible to take a concubine of this status. He just gave her some money and sent her away.
Su didn't make a fuss. Since she was able to educate the original owner to be a lady from a noble family, she also had the same idea.
Su accepted this kind of thing well. It can be said that she was mentally prepared long before the marriage. Instead, she was surprised that her husband would stay with her alone.
Of course, she was still a little sad, after all, there was suddenly another woman sharing her man, but she also generously accepted the child, raised the child in the backyard, and named him according to the order of birth.
He has enough food, clothing and other necessities for daily use. Although he cannot be compared with his own children, he is much better off than other illegitimate children.
However, Xiao Yufeng's body was not good enough. He was born with a leg disease, which meant his legs were one length apart. One of his feet was deformed, with the sole of his foot turned upwards, and he always walked with a limp.
Even so, he never missed out on the education he deserved. Even though he couldn't take the imperial examination due to his leg disease, he still had to go to school. He even hired a martial arts master. However, Xiao Yufeng was not very willing to learn because of his leg disease, so there was nothing that could be done.
But this person who was like an invisible man in the Xiao family was a child from another family with great literary talent and good medical skills in Qiao Guodong's memory.
In Qiao Guodong's impression, Xiao Yufeng was very accomplished in literature. Even Prime Minister Qiao, the head of the civil officials, had praised him, so he was very happy to let his son interact with him and learn more from him.
But Xiao Yun also searched Qiao Renliang's soul and did not see any memory of Xiao Yufeng. Maybe the praise he gave at that time was just a casual compliment and he did not take it to heart.
But just the impression of Qiao Guodong was enough for Xiao Yun to realize that something was wrong. This Xiao Yufeng was definitely not a simple person.
Since I'm already out today, I might as well go back to the Xiao family and see what's going on with Xiao Yufeng.
Xiao Yun did it as soon as he thought of it. He used the speed talisman to return to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and went to Fengluanyuan where Xiao Yufeng was without disturbing anyone.
I saw a boy of about sixteen or seventeen sitting at the table reading a book. In the light of the candle, a profile with almost perfect lines was projected on the window.
Not to mention that she has fair skin, three-dimensional facial features, and a melancholy temperament. If she were in the future, she would definitely be a girl killer.
However, these were not Xiao Yun's focus. The moment he saw the other person clearly, he realized that the other person had no blood relationship with the original body or other people in the Xiao family.
Moreover, the other person's eyes also gave her a flash of inspiration. She finally understood why the eyes of the "grandson of the emperor" in Chen Yiru's memory seemed familiar before, because they were almost exactly the same as Xiao Yufeng's.
It didn't look like the same thing in other places, and the original body had indeed seen Xiao Yufeng too few times, so he didn't remember it for a while.
If the other person is the so-called emperor's grandson in disguise, his height and age do not match. The emperor's grandson of the previous dynasty must be twice his age, and he must be at least in his thirties now.
In this case, it cannot be ruled out that he is the child of the emperor's grandson, otherwise there would not be so many coincidences in the world.
Xiao Yun stopped imagining things and rushed in through the window. Before the other party could react, he pressed acupoints and performed a soul-searching operation.
Since they are not of the Xiao family's bloodline, she doesn't need to show mercy. Of course, even if they are of the Xiao family's bloodline, if they are harmful to the Xiao family, she will not show mercy.
After all, he was not in the original body's wish, and he would not leave such a big hidden danger next to his mission target.
Unexpectedly, this search actually gave Xiao Yun a big surprise...
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