Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

On the same day, Jingzhao Prefecture suddenly invited several lords from the Sun family's side branches to have tea. It was unknown what they asked about.

On May 15th, those members of the Sun family's branch entered Jingzhao Prefecture and never came out again. No one knew what had happened.

Old Madam Sun was so angry that she couldn't stand it anymore and fell ill. Everyone in the Sun family wailed and the remaining people all stayed by the old lady's bed, fearing that she would pass away.

On May 16th, the emperor issued a document accusing the Duke's family of treason and confiscated their property and sent their entire family to prison!

The charges used were all unforgivable crimes such as attempting to murder the prince, making friends with officials outside the capital, and interfering in party disputes. As for the charges submitted by Old Man Xu, the emperor did not even bother to write them into the imperial edict.

May 17th...

It was not until June, when the weather gradually became hotter, that Xu Yixing felt a little more relaxed.

When she heard that Lu Anyuan was under house arrest, she felt a little guilty. That day, Xu Yiwen came in and interrupted their conversation, but he didn't answer her confusion.

On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, which was a very auspicious day, Xu Yixing went to Jingxi Temple to fulfill his vow under the pretext of having just recovered from a serious illness.

This time they did not disguise themselves when going up the mountain. More than a dozen people walked up the mountain in a mighty procession, and they also brought Si Wen with them.

Si Wen wore mourning on her left arm. Logically speaking, she was already a member of the Second Young Lady's courtyard, so she shouldn't be like this. But how could Xu Yixing blame someone who was thinking about him?

Her indenture had been retrieved, and not only the indenture, but also the guards, maids, nannies, and dowry that had been brought as dowry had all been rescued by Old Man Xu. The emperor acquiesced to this and pretended not to know.

However, what made her angry was that although the land and shops could be returned to the Xu family, more than half of the cash, utensils, clothes and jewelry she brought with her were missing, and even the silver from Nanny Bai had disappeared.

The Sun family is now leaderless, and the remaining extremely remote branches have no idea what is going on, let alone where the money has gone.

Old Man Xu had no choice but to gather the remaining things and put them back into the warehouse.

"Si Wen, I now seriously suspect that my grandson You is marrying my sister for the dowry."

Si Wen and Xu Yixing were sitting in the carriage, and the rest of the people were accompanying them. I don't know if Si Qin and the others will have any complaints, so I'll raise their monthly wages later.

"Miss, you are joking. If you marry the Seventh Prince, you will definitely bring more dowry in the future."

"Haha, no, you don't understand my father at all." Xu Yixing held her forehead with her hand. She would be very happy if she could have half of the dowry she had in the future, but she was afraid it would be difficult.

When Si Wen heard what the second young lady said, he shut up. Everyone knew that the master loved the eldest young lady, but since the second young lady had married well, the master shouldn't be stingy with the dowry, right?

"Si Wen, do you know why I brought you up the mountain today?"

"This slave doesn't know."

"You did very well last time. The man in black who brought you here, I said he was my sister's shadow guard. Do you remember?"

Si Wen nodded, her expression a little stiff. She had been with the eldest lady for many years and had never known about the existence of shadow guards. But since there were shadow guards, why couldn't they protect the eldest lady in the Sun Mansion? She didn't trust the second lady very much now, and she only followed her out of gratitude.

"I'm going to take you to meet them this time up the mountain."

"They?" Could it be that the young lady had more than one shadow guard? How much silver would it take to train them?

"Yes, all of them. Siwen, I value your loyalty to your sister, and I hope you will have a good home in the future. Whether you want to go with me to the Seventh Prince's Mansion, stay in the Xu Mansion, or get married and start your own family, I can help you."

Si Wen looked at Xu Yixing gratefully, but shook his head: "I don't have the heart to think about these things now. Besides, as a servant, I naturally obey the master's orders. As for the future, I'd better wait for the master's instructions."

Xu Yixing turned his head away, knowing that she was showing disbelief. Should he choose a suitable time to tell her his identity? Forget it, let's just focus on the present.

The convoy arrived at Jingxi Temple. Today they were here as representatives of the family, so they had informed the temple early on. Now the main hall had been sealed off, waiting for Xu Yixing to arrive.

The Xu family naturally did not have that much face, but the future prince's wife was coming to burn incense, and they couldn't let people watch, so Xu Yixing was also honored.

After burning incense, Xu Yixing sent Siqin and Sihua to burn his handwritten Buddhist scriptures. In fact, half of them were copied by Siqin for him.

The guards were naturally outside the hall and would not follow them, so Xu Yixing took Si Wen and Ying Wu and headed towards the back mountain.

"Second Miss, where are we going?"

"Go to the back mountain, I'll take you to see them."

Si Wen stopped talking, but kept looking at Ying Wu, wondering why he wanted to bring this person along as well.

He entered the familiar courtyard again. When he opened the door, he saw a large crowd of people inside. Xu Yixing was familiar with the situation and sat on the chair in front.

"Everyone, today I am mainly going to take you to meet my sister's confidant. This is Si Wen. She will take over the tasks previously assigned to her by Nanny Bai. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact her."

After Xu Yixing finished speaking, he saw Si Wen was startled.

First, she didn't expect that there were so many people in the room. Second, she didn't expect that the second young lady seemed to have a high status among these people and could give orders directly. Third, she was asked to be responsible? She didn't know anything, so why was she pulled in to be the person in charge?

Ying Yi glanced at Ying Wu in confusion, as if he had not completed the task.

"Second Miss, there is no rush for this matter. The Shadow Guard has its own system. Even if we lose our contact person for a while, it doesn't matter. Today we mainly want to recognize our master. Didn't Shadow Five tell you?"

"Who, me?"

"Exactly."

"That's great!" Xu Yixing stood up excitedly. He had thought that he might not have the chance to recruit these people, but he actually had the opportunity today. It was great.

Ying Wu was the only one who didn't cover his face in the crowd. Xu Yixing glanced at him and said softly, "Surprise."

"But why so sudden?" After the excitement, Xu Yixing sat down steadily on the chair.

"Since we learned about the death of the young lady, we have discussed that if anyone can avenge the young lady, the shadow guards will naturally obey their orders."

"That's not right, then you should let Lu Anyuan go, after all, he is the one who did the hard work."

Ying choked. Even through the black cloth, Xu Yixing could tell that he was cursing very dirty.

"Just kidding, I'm really happy to have this day. Then hurry up and admit it, I'm still waiting to get down the mountain. What props do you need? Chicken blood? Soju? Or something else?"