Rebirth of the High Family's Beloved

Xie Chengyin looked at Yan Cheng who was leisurely walking out while eating an orange, and snatched another orange from under Yan Cheng's armpit in annoyance.

Yan Cheng was eating an orange and speaking unclearly, but he did not forget to show his ownership of the orange.

"My oranges, if you eat one, you have to return ten!"

Xie Chengyin didn't listen to his unreasonable terms and just peeled the skin and ate it. "Is this your orange? If you want to return it to me, I will give it back to Miss Thirteen."

Yan Cheng reached out to grab it back, but Xie Chengyin reacted very quickly and dodged it. While eating the orange, he asked, "How is it? What did you find out?"

Yan Cheng finished the food in his hand, and looked at Xie Chengyin eagerly, and replied reluctantly: "Thirteenth sister didn't say anything, nothing happened."

Xie Chengyin looked at Yan Cheng's expression, which was about to drool, and broke off a small petal and gave it to Yan Cheng, "Are you serious?"

Yan Cheng ate the orange and nodded, "Of course, I saw with my own eyes that Thirteenth Sister was intact. But why do you think Thirteenth Sister will get into trouble?"

Xie Chengyin turned and left, "I guessed."

He would definitely not tell Yan Cheng that in his previous life, the outcome of the Golden Maple Garden incident was not the same as it is today.

In her previous life, Shen Furong did not find the real murderer, but was identified as the real murderer. Her act of imprisoning all the women from aristocratic families in Jinfeng Garden aroused public anger.

In order to quell the negative impact of this incident, Emperor Tianqing not only demolished the Golden Maple Garden, but also confined Shen Furong to her home and fined her salary. After only a few months, he married her off to a distant place.

Later, I heard that Shen Furong died of illness shortly after her marriage, and that family used Shen Furong's dowry to marry another woman, and they also had a big fat boy.

In this life, because of Yan Ci's intervention in the affairs of Jinfeng Garden, not only did Jinfeng Garden survive, but the real culprit was also found, completely changing the development trajectory of the previous life.

If Shen Furong had not married far away, then as the daughter of Emperor Tianqing, she would have played a significant role in the future struggle for the throne.

Shen Zhaoyi's chances of winning might be greater.

But it is still early now, the prince is still alive, and it is heard that the prince is getting better and is about to marry a princess. If the prince can live well, then there will be no Shen Zhaoyan becoming emperor, and then their Yongding Marquis Mansion will not be overthrown.

Xie Chengyin thought a lot and found that the appearance of Yan Ci had changed a lot invisibly, and the balance of fate tilted in the direction he hoped for.

However, he could not guarantee whether there would be any unexpected changes in the future, and he did not dare to gamble with the prince's health, so he still did his best and then obey the unpredictable fate.

After not seeing each other for a few days, when Yan Ci went to Songyaji again, he felt the inquiring gaze from Xie Chengyin.

"What's wrong? Don't you recognize me after not seeing me for a few days?"

Xie Chengyin took a fan and waved it casually, "I don't recognize you anymore, or rather, I have never really known you. I heard that you went to Jinfeng Garden to attend the Camellia Festival and found a body, and you went to check it yourself. Aren't you scared?"

Xie Chengyin observed Yan Ci's expression with extremely careful eyes, not missing any change.

Yan Ci's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, he had aroused the suspicion of someone with ulterior motives.

She subconsciously clenched her hands, but fortunately they were covered by her sleeves and were not noticed by Xie Chengyin.

In fact, she had considered that the best thing to do in that situation was to just go and call for help, but the habits she had developed in the past did not want to cause unnecessary chaos, so she always had to confirm the actual situation.

Qiu Fuqiu was the only one around her at the time, so it wouldn't matter even if Qiu Fuqiu saw it, but she ignored the fact that others would ask about the details of the incident through Qiu Fuqiu.

In Qiu Fuqiu's eyes, her behavior only made her look courageous, but in Xie Chengyin's eyes, it was rather suspicious.

A young lady from an official family who never leaves the house was able to remain calm in the face of a corpse and even check whether it was life or death.

If it were the Xie Chengyin of the past, he would not have thought too much about it, but he is different now. He has experienced life and death, and seeing Yan Ci's behavior is so different from before, he can't help but associate it with the same situation as himself.

Some of the guesses in his mind were vaguely confirmed after observing and investigating Yan Ci bit by bit.

Yan Ci pondered for a moment, "At that time, we were quite far away and couldn't see clearly what was going on, so I went over to take a look with Miss Qiu. Who knew that it was actually a dead person? We were so scared."

"Really?" Xie Chengyin looked at the shock and fear on Yan Ci's face and obviously didn't believe it.

Yan Ci didn't think that he could fool Xie Chengyin with just these words. Xie Chengyin had no evidence anyway, so the truth depended entirely on her. As long as she didn't admit it, there was nothing he could do.

As they spent some time together, Yan Ci had already discovered that this rumored Xie Xiaohou was completely different from the person she had heard of before.

He was much smarter and more perceptive than she had imagined, and the rumors about him not being able to work properly were all lies.

He knows how to run a business and has connections. If used properly, he will be her greatest help in investigating Prince Xiang's Mansion.

But now she is not sure whether he is really trustworthy.

So there are many things she doesn't intend to say.

Xie Chengyin was a little disappointed that he didn't get what he wanted to know from Yan Ci. Yan Ci was more alert than he expected.

She kept a disguise to him, and he felt that he needed to have a good talk with Yan Ci. After all, before becoming true allies, what they needed was mutual trust.

Before the two of them could speak frankly, Chunzhi hurried to Songyaji.

"Girl, please go back home quickly, something has happened!"

Yan Ci walked away from Xie Chengyin, grabbed Chunzhi and asked, "What happened?"

Chunzhi said anxiously, "I don't know what happened specifically, but an eunuch came to our house and issued an imperial decree to suspend the master from his post."

Yan Ci was also a little surprised. To the extent that an imperial decree was issued to suspend someone from his official position, it must have been no small matter.

But Yan Tonglin has always been a cautious person, so how did he anger the Emperor?

The Yan family is now closely related to her, and she must help the Yan family overcome the difficulties no matter what. She turned around and said to Xie Chengyin: "I have to go home. I'm afraid I won't be able to come to Songyaji in the next few days."

Xie Chengyin also heard what Chunzhi said, "You can go back now, don't worry, I'll have someone go to the palace to inquire about it. As long as it's not a capital crime, there will always be room for maneuver."

Yan Ci nodded and followed Chunzhi out of Songyaji.

Xie Chengyin thought about it and realized that he had heard about the suspension that happened at this time.

Private occupation and accumulation of land by the people left the people with nothing to farm and nothing to feed themselves. Add to that the fact that they had to pay taxes per head every year, and the people were miserable and eventually the rebellion broke out.

The consequence was that refugees rushed into the Eastern Capital. The emperor was furious, and all the officials in charge of land and taxes were dismissed one after another, with the Minister of Revenue being the first to be hit.