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Encouraged by Xie Zhichan, Mother Xie told Duke Weiguo everything that happened at the Lu residence that day. Duke Weiguo then realized how outrageous the rumors were and immediately understood Mrs. Lu's plan. He felt that the Lu residence was going to destroy the bridge after crossing the river. He was also angry that Xie Zhichan had acted on his own and said, "Even if that's the case, you should have come home to discuss it with your father instead of canceling the marriage on your own."

Xie Zhichan looked at Duke Weiguo and said, "Father, do you know why Madam Lu wants to cancel this marriage? Father, don't you think about why Master Lu just broke off the engagement with me and got engaged to Princess Anle? Maybe they are just waiting in line and have long thought I am in the way?"

Duke Weiguo suddenly realized what was going on and asked, "Are you saying this was Princess Yongtai's instruction?"

Xie Zhichan said, "Father, it's good that you have figured it out. In this case, do you still think that it was rash for your daughter to cancel the marriage earlier? Princess Yongtai thinks I am in the way, and if one plan fails, she will definitely come up with another one. Your daughter is powerless and will definitely be unable to defend herself. If something happens to your daughter, it is her bad luck, but if it causes trouble for my brothers and sisters, it will be my fault."

The Duke of Weiguo only realized the consequences at this moment. Fortunately, the marriage was called off early. If Xie Zhichan's innocence was really damaged, implicating Chang Ge'er and even the reputation of the entire Duke of Weiguo's Mansion, it would be too late to regret.

But thinking of those rumors outside, he still had a headache and said, "If that's the case, how did those rumors outside come about?"

Xie Zhichan said, "Father, can't you see that someone is behind this? However, what's fake won't be real, and rumors are just rumors. After a few days, people will have new topics to talk about, and the instigator will stop spreading the rumors. Don't worry, father."

So, Duke Weiguo came in a rage and left in a huff. Aunt Liu and Xie Zhining felt bored seeing that Xie Zhichan was unharmed, so they followed Duke Weiguo away. Only Xie's mother felt that her daughter had been wronged by her father, so she stayed to comfort him.

When I thought that the rumors outside were caused by Princess Yongtai, I felt that she simply didn't know when to stop and was going too far!

She blurted out without restraint, "This Princess's Mansion is really a mess. Li Yuqiu relied on her status as a royal princess to take a fancy to another girl's fiancé and snatched him away. Now her daughter has taken a fancy to someone else's fiancé and also snatched him away. Like mother, like daughter. They are so shameless."

Xie Zhichan heard what his mother said and felt that there seemed to be some unknown secret, so he asked, "Did she also snatch the consort of Princess Yongtai?"

Only then did Xie's mother realize that she had spoken too quickly. Such royal secrets were known by very few people, and she had heard about them by chance. If others knew about it and the matter spread from the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion, it would probably implicate everyone in the mansion.

She patted her lips and said to Xie Zhichan, "Mother was just talking casually. It happened many years ago. Don't spread it around or ask around. It's better not to know about it. Just pretend you didn't hear anything."

After thinking for a while, he said, "If you are angry with your father, just cook dinner in your own small kitchen and don't go to the hall to see his face. I am also tired, so I will go back and rest for a while."

Xie Zhichan sent his mother to the gate of the courtyard. When he returned to his room, he saw Mai Sui taking out the incense burner and putting the teapot on the copper stove to heat tea. Thinking that Mai Sui used to be someone close to his mother, he called Mai Sui over and asked, "Have you heard about the story of Princess Yongtai and her husband?"

Mai Sui was serving tea in the room, and of course she heard what the lady had just said. She knew that this topic could not be discussed, so she replied tremblingly, "Miss, when the princess married her husband, I was not even born yet."

Xie Zhichan thought about Mai Sui's age and felt that she should not know what happened more than 20 years ago, so he let her go and only kept Xiao Liu'er. He grabbed a handful of golden beans given by Xie's mother and gave it to Xiao Liu'er, saying, "You can quietly ask the elderly maids in the mansion about what happened between Princess Yongtai and her husband in the past, such as which girl's fiancé she stole and how she stole him."

Xiao Liu'er was naturally very interested in such things. She put the gold beans into her purse and prepared to go find a few old women who loved to gather at the gate of the courtyard to drink, play cards and gossip in the evening.

That night he lived up to expectations and brought back a melodramatic story, which he told with great relish to Xie Zhichan, who was drying his hair next to the fumigation cage.

"The lady whose fiancé was robbed by Princess Yongtai is the biological mother of the Prince of Yan, the former Princess of Yan. Madam Ji is also of high birth. She is the daughter of the cousin of the old General Zhenxi and the cousin of Prince Consort Zhao Qi. Because both her parents died, she grew up in the General Zhenxi Mansion and was a childhood sweetheart with Prince Consort Zhao. Madam Ji was the most beautiful woman in the capital at that time. Prince Consort Zhao was close to her and got engaged to this cousin when he was a teenager. He was going to wait for Madam Ji to reach the age of 15 and then wait for another two years before getting married. But Princess Yongtai suddenly took a fancy to Prince Consort Zhao. The current emperor doted on the princess very much and directly issued an imperial decree to grant the marriage. Prince Consort Zhao had to give up the marriage with Madam Ji. Later, for some reason, the emperor granted Madam Ji and Prince Yan a marriage, and Madam Ji married Prince Yan and became the former Princess of Yan."

After hearing this, Xie Zhichan felt that history was so similar, and what happened back then was repeating itself over and over again. It really fulfilled her mother's saying, "If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked."

Thinking of the malicious rumors outside, Xie Zhichan suddenly knew how to vent his anger, so he called Liu'er over and whispered some words in her ear. Then he went to bed, waiting for good news in a few days.

But after a few days, the rumor that the girl from the Xie family in the capital was hanging out with beggars gradually died down, and people had more interesting gossip to discuss, which was an old story about a princess from the previous dynasty. It was said that a princess of the previous dynasty was ugly and had a bad heart, and no noble sons wanted to marry her. As she was getting older, the princess was afraid that she would not be able to get married, so she snatched someone else's fiancé on the street and entered the bridal chamber on the same day.

People who are not in the know may really regard it as old news from the previous dynasty, but many old people in the Prince of Yan's Mansion know the secret.

Dan Feng brought medicine to Pei Yi today, his whole face filled with worry. He really didn't know whether he should tell the prince what he had learned about Miss Xie's actions.

Pei Yi finished drinking the medicine and returned the bowl to him. Seeing that he still looked worried, he asked, "What's the matter that's bothering you so much? Tell me about it."

Dan Feng could not help but tell Pei Yi about the rumors he had heard recently, and told him: "I found out that the news was originally spread by a few beggars. After I carefully questioned those beggars, I found that the girl they paid to spread the rumor looked very much like Liu Er, who was by Miss Xie's side. Miss Xie must be unwilling to be slandered by Princess Yongtai, and deliberately fought back. However, this rumor involves the late princess, and I don't know whether I should stop it."