The eldest lady pondered for a moment, suppressed her excitement, and said to the other concubines, "Don't get excited yet. His voice is not right. It remains to be confirmed whether it is your husband."

"He was burned in the fire and his vocal cords were damaged, so it's not surprising that his voice has changed!" Yu Jiuer added.

The eldest lady said cautiously: "We might as well test him tomorrow!"

"Okay!" Several aunts said in unison, with an indescribable light in their eyes.

Even the Third and Fourth Aunts, who had deep resentment towards their father, could not hide their excitement. They surrounded Yu Jiuer and asked her questions all over the place.

Yu Jiuer revealed all her guesses and her understanding of the ghost-faced man.

After the chat, the concubines were so excited that they couldn't sleep, and they pulled the eldest lady into the house to discuss the "plan to seduce her husband."

Yu Jiuer got up in the middle of the night to drink water and heard a heated discussion coming from the eldest lady's room:

"The most direct way is seduction. I understand my husband's hypocritical habits." There was an indescribable excitement in the voice of the Third Aunt.

"I decided to peek at him taking a bath tomorrow night. I know exactly what birthmarks and moles are on my husband's body!" This was the voice of the Fourth Aunt.

What kind of lewd words are these?

Yu Jiuer, who had her ear pressed against the door and eavesdropped on their conversation, felt her mouth twitch.

The Fifth Aunt's soft and weak voice followed: "If he is not your husband, wouldn't you be unfaithful to your husband by doing this?"

"According to Jiuer's inference, it is almost correct. Jiuer has never made a mistake. I believe her! Let's do it tomorrow!" The Third Aunt said in a firm tone.

Yu Jiuer rolled her eyes. She never said explicitly that he was her father!

Aren’t these aunts too arbitrary?

Are they really going to implement such an outrageous plan tomorrow?

If she was discovered by the people, how could she, the county magistrate, put her face aside?

Just as she was about to push the door open and persuade them to give up this unorthodox idea, the eldest lady's majestic voice sounded: "Okay! Let's do as we discussed before. Use food to test him tomorrow. Don't be too radical and scare him!"

The eldest lady is still reliable. Yu Jiuer patted her chest and went back to her room with peace of mind.

The next day, at dawn, Yu Jiuer climbed up the tallest tower of the White Jade Palace and looked out at the entire palace and forest from above.

In her hand were the Western Region binoculars seized along the coast.

The binoculars of this era were as simple as the magnifying glasses on modern boys' toy guns, but they were better than nothing and could help her see some distant scenes clearly.

Jun Mo was killing enemies on the front line, and she had to settle everything in the rear so that he wouldn't have any worries.

At this time, some people could be vaguely seen digging tunnels in the forest.

However, everyone did not start work at the same time. Whoever got up first went out first. As a result, some people had already worked for an hour while others were just leisurely walking to the construction site.

Gazing from the tower of Xiguanying in the distance, Yu Jiuer saw neat rows of soldiers standing guard.

However, most of the soldiers and generals there were not real people. Jun Mo followed her example and used scarecrows as a cover so that when the navy at the foot of the mountain looked up, they would mistakenly think that it was a large army on guard and dared not approach.

Today, there are only a few thousand soldiers left in Xiguan Camp and the forest, as well as her ten thousand Black Wind Society assassins.

The navy of the Marine Governor had been frightened in the past month and dared not approach Xiguanying again, let alone attack the mountain.

"These navy soldiers must be waiting for the imperial court to send reinforcements." Shadow's voice sounded, "I wonder if the imperial court's reinforcements will dare to fight when they see the emperor?"

Yu Jiuer sneered coldly, "Some people who are loyal to the Great Dong Dynasty or have a conscience may not dare to fight, but the new emperor is not that stupid. Even if he doesn't know that the emperor is still alive, the reinforcements he sends are definitely the same as him. They are mortal enemies who wish the prince dead. He will not give the prince any chance to turn the tables."

At this point, Yu Jiuer suddenly asked: "By the way, didn't the emperor write a letter back to the capital to recruit people? Why didn't anyone come to seek refuge with him?

Logically, the emperor was afraid of exposing the news of his fake death, so the letter he sent must have been very obscure, but those ministers who knew the emperor well should be able to see the clues! They are not that stupid, right? "

Yueying said: "Perhaps they have their own reasons and are hesitant!"

"The emperor has chosen people who are absolutely loyal to him, so there shouldn't be any such problem!" Yu Jiuer tried to think positively, "I hope everything goes well!"

Immediately afterwards, Yu Jiuer saw through the telescope a swaying figure in the palace of her two children.

There were two children chasing and playing with someone in the small garden of the palace.

Yu Jiuer pointed the binoculars at the adult and unexpectedly saw that the person playing with them was a man with a ghost face?

She walked down the steps and went straight to the children's palace.

When we got there, we saw the three of them having a great time, their laughter filling the entire palace.

The children were not afraid of the ghost-faced man's mask. Instead, they were full of curiosity and even wanted to take off his mask to find out what was inside.

Yu Jiuer stood in the corner without saying a word. She also wanted to see the face under the mask of the ghost-faced man. Was it similar to the portrait of her father in the study?

But the ghost-faced man seemed to have discovered Yu Jiuer, and held down the mask without letting the children take it off.

"Good morning, Ghost-faced Man!" Yu Jiuer had no choice but to step out and greet him, and then asked, "Have you ever met the Emperor before? Yesterday I saw you kneeling before him."

"I have been to the capital before and had the honor of seeing you once. I have kept it in my heart!" The man with the ghost face answered without any mistakes.

After a while, the eldest lady came with several concubines, holding various foods in their hands.

Fourth Aunt pretended to be surprised: "So the ghost-faced man is here too?"

"These two children are so cute and smart. I like them very much! I will come to see them when I wake up." The ghost-faced man explained and bowed and left. "I will go to see the tunnels dug by the people. You guys are busy! Goodbye!"

"Hey! Wait a minute, I have nothing to do, so I made some osmanthus cakes, they are very fragrant, please try them!" The eldest lady quickly stopped him.

The ghost-faced man paused, turned his head and said, "No, you guys eat it! I don't like sweets very much!"

"This is not sweet. My husband liked it when he was still alive. There is not much sugar in it, but salt!" The eldest lady kept staring at the ghost-faced man, trying to see something from his face, but he was wearing half a mask, so she could only judge his thoughts from the two deep eyes that were exposed.

"You're too polite, Madam. I have already had breakfast. Please enjoy your breakfast!" She then turned around and was about to leave.

The Fifth Aunt's voice rang out: "Sir, don't be in such a hurry to leave! Do you despise the food we cook? If you don't like sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, I still have fried rice cakes here! My master used to like them very much, so I got up early in the morning to make them!"

The man with the ghost face made another excuse to decline, looking very embarrassed.

Yu Jiuer quickly gave the children a look and asked them to send it to the ghost-faced man.

The ghost-faced man couldn't refuse the children, so he squatted down and took the food from them: "Delicious, thank you children!"

The third aunt took out peanut candy with evil intentions and gave it to the children: "Children, Third Aunt made your favorite peanut candy!"

Yu Jiuer noticed that the ghost-faced man stiffened unconsciously when he heard this.

This is the favorite of the two children, but everyone knows that this is a fatal food for Yu Jiuer's father. He is allergic to peanuts, and one peanut can cause him to break out in rashes all over his body.

The Third Aunt quickly put the peanut candies into the children's hands and said to them, "Good things should be shared. Would you like to give some to Grandpa Ghost Face first?"

Xin'er immediately ran to the ghost-faced man holding the peanut candy and said, "Grandpa Ghost-faced, try this peanut candy, it's delicious!"

Yu Jiuer's heart suddenly rose to her throat. The eldest lady and several concubines also nervously clenched the things in their hands. If he dared to eat it, it would prove that he was not the father.

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