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

Old Man Xu shuddered and blurted out, "I asked her to take it... No! It was because the fetus was too big, so I had to let the midwife use the drug to induce labor! Yes, I had no choice!"

"My uncle and aunt said that she..."

"That couple is talking nonsense! They are two outsiders who took advantage of the situation to snatch the Bai family's property. What qualifications do they have to make comments on what happened back then!"

Xu Yixing smiled bitterly. The emperor had ordered the side branch to be adopted as heir. Besides, do you think that without them, the Bai family's property should belong to you? You should have some dignity even if you want to make the family a family without a family.

"But grandpa..."

"If he really cared about Mier, he shouldn't have married his daughter to me!"

Old Man Xu hugged his head and almost roared this sentence in a low voice, then hugged his head in pain and gripped the railing with both hands.

Xu Yixing was shocked, he didn't understand what "you shouldn't marry your daughter to me" meant?

When she was about to ask again, she saw Xu Qian had already walked out from the first floor deck and was looking at something on the right side of the ship, as if he heard some noise upstairs.

Xu Yixing quickly made a gesture to Gao Yao on the left, and asked her to retreat while the fog was still thick.

"What does this mean, Dad, Dad! What did you just say?"

Xu Yixing was a little anxious because she had heard the sound of Xu Qian leading people upstairs.

Father Xu raised his head and looked to the left again, but found that the strange vision had disappeared. "Xu Qian, Xu Qian!"

"exist!"

"Immediately take your men and chase to the left front of our ship. If you see a small flower boat without a roof, capture it and the people on it!"

"Yes!"

Xu Qian took the order and left. Xu Yixing also regained his anxious look and looked at his father worriedly.

"Dad, what happened to you?"

"It's nothing, Yan'er, Dad is a little drunk, and what he just said is nonsense, don't take it to heart."

After saying this, Dad swayed his body, looking drunk, and walked down the stairs staggeringly.

Xu Yixing's gaze was fixed on the stairs where his father was walking down, and his mind went blank.

Blank does not mean that her mind is empty, but at this moment, the sadness and pressure she is under seem to have exceeded her limit, so she pauses for a short time.

After a while, she turned her eyes to the lake. Several speedboats had already set off in the direction her father had said. Xu Yixing was not worried that Gao Yao would be caught up, as he had already thought of a way out.

As long as she left the sight of her boat, she would immediately merge with the largest flower boat on Nanhu Lake and become an inconspicuous small boat beside it, picking up and dropping off the singing girls.

Once people left the boat, it would only take a stick of incense for Xu Yixing's shadow guards to dismantle the entire boat into wooden boards, let it float downstream, and become a piece of garbage that no one cared about downstream.

As for Gao Yao, she would follow the big flower boat tonight, wait until the passengers get off at the dock tomorrow, and then blend into the crowd and leave. Even if Xu Qian led people to investigate the flower boat, facing such a ruined face, he would not connect her with the person his father was looking for.

This was the retreat route Xu Yixing had planned long ago. For those who work for her, achieving the goal is one thing, but ensuring safety and retreating unscathed is even more important.

Xu Yixing looked at the ships that had also disappeared on the water, and his inner perception finally gradually recovered.

Pain!

Dad himself admitted that the accident and the sense of necessity were all fake, it was clearly a man-made disaster. And how could he think that it was a wrong decision made by my grandfather for my mother to marry him?

Xu Yixing shook her head, trying to shake out the fog, but it had the opposite effect. The result was that the fog filled her entire body and mind, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Although Dad took the drug I gave him today, he was indeed distracted and let the cat out of the bag. But based on the order he just gave and the fact that he pretended to be drunk in front of me, I knew that he had become suspicious and thought that this was a man-made illusion.

Even if I couldn't catch Gao Yao, I think my father would have some doubts about me because of my strange behavior and constant questioning.

But these are no longer important. As long as there is no conclusive evidence, just like when my father killed my mother, no one can do anything to me.

What's more, I'm about to marry Lu Anyuan and will definitely become the biggest support of the family. Even if my father is extremely suspicious and dissatisfied, what can he do to me?

Xu Yixing suddenly felt refreshed, and she suddenly understood why the princes were scrambling to get that position. This kind of privilege brought by status is indeed very attractive.

Going down to the second floor, Xu Yixing was still able to tease and have fun with Yiwen who was already drunk, and he was so happy. The family did not return to the dock until the fog cleared at midnight, and walked home against the curfew. Until Xu Yixing returned to his own yard, he still hadn't seen Xu Qian come back.

Just chase after it slowly, if you find it, it would be like seeing a ghost!

Xu Yixing slept soundly and did not get up until noon the next day.

She didn't sleep all night until she got to Old Man Xu's place. When he got home, Old Man locked himself in the study, took out a scroll that looked the oldest from the large vat beside the table, and spread it out to look at it all night.

It was not until the early morning when Xu Qian finally brought people to report that Dad's eyes showed some emotion.

"General, we followed your instructions and chased them all the way, but found nothing. Going in that direction is the territory of those flower boats in the center of South Lake. We searched them one by one, and we really didn't see the boat you described."

Xu Qian's cheeks were now flushed, as if he was frozen, and he reeked of powder and makeup, and he didn't even know how many flower boat owners he had offended last night.

"Yeah." Old Man Xu changed his posture, moved his butt forward a little, and looked at the painting in front of him. The woman in the painting was wearing white clothes, with only her side face exposed, and she was smiling gently at the person outside the painting.

"Xu Qian, I saw the lady last night."

Xu Qian was stunned. He could tell from the general's tone that the lady he was talking about was definitely not the one currently in the mansion.

"Mrs. Bai?"

"kindness."

"How is this possible?"

"It's impossible, but I saw it. Xu Qian, ever since Xing'er's accident, I've always dreamed of my wife, complaining to me every night, saying that I didn't take good care of her only daughter."

Xu Qian didn't know how to respond. The general wasn't at fault for what happened to the eldest lady, so why should he torture himself like this?

"The Sun family will be executed in the autumn." This was the best way of comfort Xu Qian could think of.

"Huh? Yan'er told me the same thing last night." Old Man Xu stood up and stretched his muscles hard. Now he finally looked like a living person.

"The second young lady is still very polite." Xu Qian's evaluation was very pertinent. Xu Yixing indeed did not do anything out of line.

"Yeah. In fact, I've been thinking about this these past two days. You said Yan'er and Xing'er are both my daughters, so why are their personalities so different?"

That's because you raised your two daughters in different ways. Xu Qian thought so in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud.