I asked you to save the villain, not to take him as your wife!

Originally, Zhou Ji didn't care much about the letter sent by the little beggar.

Even a little disgusted.

But when he saw the four words on the envelope, his expression became serious.

As everyone knows, the prince's name is Zhou Ji, which means "Ji" for the country and the people.

His name seems to indicate that he was born to be an emperor.

But few people know his courtesy name.

His courtesy name is Xuanting.

This was given to him by his mentor, the late Qi Guangyan.

My mentor, Master Qi, resigned from his official position a few years ago. After resigning, Master Qi wanted to return to his hometown, Qiannan.

It is human nature for fallen leaves to return to their roots.

Master Qi's son was worried about his old father going back home alone, so he asked the emperor for a favor to allow them to send Master Qi back.

At that time, there were less than two months left until the end of the year. The emperor not only agreed to the request of Qi Taifu's son, but also told him not to rush.

I finally went back to my hometown, worshipped my ancestors and celebrated the New Year before coming back to attend court.

The Qi family was naturally extremely grateful.

But on the tenth day after the Qi family set out to return to Qiannan, the news that the entire family encountered bandits and no one survived was reported back to the imperial capital.

His Majesty was furious and ordered the local garrison to suppress the bandits.

Eventually the bandit problem was eliminated, but Master Qi and his family did not survive.

That year was seven years ago, and Zhou Ji was eleven years old.

He felt that this matter might not be that simple, but he was too young and had no one to rely on.

He begged his mother to send someone to investigate.

However, the result of the investigation was that Master Qi and his family died at the hands of bandits.

After the tragic death of Master Qi's family, no one called him by his pen name, Xuanting, anymore.

Although his mother and sister knew his name, they would not call him that.

Now the person who wrote the letter knows his courtesy name. Who is this person?

Zhou Ji didn't even bother to feel disgusted that the letter was sent by a little beggar.

He tore open the envelope and pulled out the letter inside.

The letter paper was quite thick, probably about three or four sheets.

Zhou Ji unfolded the letter and frowned immediately.

I saw that the words on the letter paper were of different sizes and extremely ugly.

It's almost like the level of a toddler just learning to write.

If it weren't for the two words "Xuan Ting" on the envelope, Zhou Ji would have put the letter into the furnace and burned it clean.

Fortunately, although the characters are extremely ugly, they are still recognizable.

As he watched, a smile appeared on Zhou Ji's face.

However, Princess Jing'an and the housekeeper standing by wished they could reduce their presence.

They were all too familiar with Zhou Ji's smile.

This is so funny!

What on earth was written in this letter? How could it make my brother so angry?

Princess Jing'an was very curious, but she didn't ask.

If it is something that she can know, my brother will tell her.

If it is something that she cannot know, her brother will not tell her even if she asks him.

After Zhou Ji finished reading the contents of several pieces of letter paper, the smile on his face was so conspicuous.

Zhou Ji took out a fire starter from his body and lit the letter.

When Princess Jing'an saw this, she immediately knew that this was something she could not know.

Only when the letter turned into ashes and fell to the ground did Zhou Ji put away the smile on his face.

"Clean it up," he ordered calmly.

"Yes." The butler immediately bowed in response.

"Ask the little beggar who asked him to deliver the letter." Zhou Ji spoke again.

"Your Highness, I asked about it at that time, and the little beggar said that the person who asked him to deliver the letter was a girl who was wearing a veil and her face could not be seen." The butler replied.

"Go down." Zhou Ji said lightly.

Since the other party has deliberately covered his face, it would be difficult to find him.

Moreover, Zhou Ji also understood why the character was so ugly.

I think it was written with the left hand.

The purpose is to avoid revealing one's identity.

Who is this person?

Zhou Ji thought about it for a moment and then stopped thinking about it.

He didn't know who this person was, but the most important thing now was whether the content of the letter was true.

If true...

A chill ran through Zhou Ji's body.

Then he would probably go crazy.

He knew that this person wrote to tell him these things, definitely wanting to take advantage of him.

But he doesn't care.

If everything in the letter is true, then he will make the other party get what he wants.

……

At the same time, in an inn in the imperial capital, Qi Yu changed back into the blue men's suit.

The letter was sent by her.

As for the word "Xuan Ting", it is quite a coincidence.

Zhou Ji’s mentor, Master Qi, was her grandfather.

Seven years ago, her family encountered bandits on their way back to Qiannan.

Except for her, all members of the Qi family were killed.

At that time, she climbed up a tree because she was playful and escaped the disaster.

But she clearly saw that after the bandits killed her entire family, they left talking and laughing with a group of soldiers.

Qi Yu was only seven or eight years old at the time, and she didn't even dare to collect the bodies of her own relatives.

He was afraid that she would be discovered alive and stab her again.

She waited until the group of bandits who had mingled with the officers and soldiers left, secretly took the silver and receipts from her parents' bodies, and then disguised herself as a beggar, and returned to Qiannan after going through untold hardships.

Qi Yu is a smart man.

She knew that the bandits who killed her family might be collusion between local garrisons and bandit officials.

But, it is also possible that those bandits were not bandits at all.

If it is the former, then it is nothing more than the bandits being greedy for money.

In addition, there was a local garrison general who had a grudge against the Qi family.

But if it is the latter, then things are definitely not that simple.

The enemy is in the dark and she is in the light, this is too dangerous.

If the people who killed her relatives knew that she was still alive, they would definitely come back to kill her.

Qi Yu could only hide her identity, disguise herself as a man, change her name, and investigate secretly.

But she was soon hindered.

It wasn't like anyone was holding her back.

But her status was too low.

She couldn't figure out any rich family.

She already suspected that the real enemy who killed her relatives was in the officialdom.

It is simply impossible for the people to investigate the officials.

So, she wanted to take the imperial examination and become an official.

Only in this way could she possibly find out who her enemy was.

Crown Prince Zhou Ji was once a student of Qi Taifu, and Qi Yu also knew his courtesy name.

In his previous life, Qi Yu actually thought about asking Zhou Ji for help.

But her grandfather did not teach the prince for very long.

It is hard to say whether Zhou Ji still remembers his teacher Qi Taifu.

Qi Yu wrote Zhou Ji's courtesy name on the envelope just to make sure Zhou Ji would read the letter.