The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Huo Wuyou was still wearing the purple robe, and in the twilight, his pair of auspicious phoenix eyes were somewhat demonic.

Xue Zhiyi bowed to him calmly and said, "Thank you, Marquis Lin'an, for today. I am very grateful. Does Marquis Lin'an have any instructions?"

Huo Wuyou was unusually serious. He dismissed the maid and said, "You leave first. I will say a few words to you."

After the palace maids left, he just stared at Xue Zhiyi, and Xue Zhiyi was not afraid of him and looked back at him calmly.

But suddenly Huo Wuyou smiled: "I guess the imperial concubine didn't expect that you would turn the tables and plot against her, right?"

Xue Zhiyi had no intention of covering up: "Since you are prepared to attack others, you should also be prepared to be counterattacked, right?"

Folding his arms, Huo Wuyou nodded in approval: "That makes sense."

Xue Zhiyi just smiled and said, "Marquis Lin'an wants to hear what I did in this matter, right?"

Huo Wuyou was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I'd like to hear the details."

Xue Zhiyi thought for a moment and said, "I was the one who pretended to be drunk, I was the one who smashed the black ebony jar, I knocked Yunshuang unconscious, and I took a detour to let Young Master Huo and His Highness the Ninth Prince see me so that they could serve as my witnesses."

Hearing this, Huo Wuyou held his chin and said, "You don't hide anything from others. Aren't you afraid that I will tell my grandmother?"

Xue Zhiyi smiled without saying anything, but he was not panicked at all.

After thinking for a while, Huo Wuyou asked her: "But I still don't understand, why did you smash the ebony jar for no reason? Did it irritate you?"

Xue Zhiyi sighed quietly, "Throwing the ebony jar seems to be the most unnecessary thing to do today, but if I say that this is exactly the most important thing I did today, does Lin'an Hou believe it?"

Looking at her, Huo Wuyou's eyes moved slightly and his eyes narrowed slightly.

Xue Zhiyi remained calm, but lowered his voice: "Did Marquis Lin'an notice one thing? The area around the Ebony Jar is covered in Ge Yuanhui's blood, but there is not a single drop of blood on the Ebony Jar?"

Finally, Huo Wuyou's smile faded.

Xue Zhiyi continued, "The reason why I want to smash this thing is because I found that the ebony jar can absorb water in an instant. If someone wants to temper something in it over a long period of time, it will become very easy."

Seeing Huo Wuyou seemed to be thinking about something, she said, "My Lord, check the Ebony Jar and the people in Jianzhang Palace."

Those phoenix eyes became unusually sharp when they were serious: "Xue Zhiyi, do you know what you are talking about?"

"Whether it is true or not, wouldn't it be known if Marquis Lin'an investigates it?"

Xue Zhiyi knew that the ebony jar was presented by the Queen to the Queen Mother, and that the reason why Queen Jiang became the Queen was because her grandfather was the Prime Minister of the previous Emperor.

It's a pity that she has passed away for many years, and there is no one in the family who holds a high position. Concubine Ge's family is extremely powerful and has been eyeing the position of queen for many years. Without the protection of the empress dowager, the queen will only have a harder time. Logically speaking, there is no need for the queen to do anything to harm the empress dowager.

It would be normal if Huo Wuyou didn't believe what she said, but at least it could plant the seeds of doubt in his heart.

Xue Zhiyi's eyes were dark and clear, like the bright moon, staring at him without blinking. Huo Wuyou looked away guiltily and asked her, "Why are you telling me this?"

"If I guessed wrong, I will use the favor you owe me last time and ask you to ask the Queen Mother to forgive me for damaging the ebony jar. If I guessed right, then you will owe me another favor, right?"

Huo Wuyou was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Why do you need so many favors?"

Unexpectedly, Xue Zhiyi's eyes turned red when he looked at him, and his voice softened in an instant, with a little sob: "Because I want to leave the Xue family, one day, Lin'an Hou may be the one who can help me."

Huo Wuyou's smile froze, but he saw Xue Zhiyi's eyes gradually becoming wet, as if he really had a thousand grievances that he could hardly suppress in his heart.

Xue Zhiyi understood one thing. Huo Wuyou had already revealed it during the coming-of-age ceremony today: he had feelings for her.

She understood her situation. The Xue family did not have much time left and she needed to leave as soon as possible. However, she had no power and was an orphan surrounded by enemies. She needed to borrow strength in order to survive.

In order to survive, she has to make use of all the available people around her.

Her hands were shaking a little at this moment. She admitted that she was gambling, gambling on whether Huo Wuyou really had feelings for her and how deep this love was.

She knew that this was very disgraceful, but when faced with life and death, who would care about dignity?

She would not do anything too excessive to Huo Wuyou. She only wanted to gain a little affection and pity from a dandy young man like him to save his life and would not let him suffer too much loss.

What's more, what I did today could be considered as saving the Queen Mother. Even if it was not honorable, it was not too honorable.

Sure enough, Huo Wuyou's eyes trembled slightly, but he still pretended to be indifferent and teased: "What's wrong? Is your family not treating you well?"

Xue Zhiyi clenched her teeth, as if trying to hold back tears, but the tears still fell. She said in a restrained voice: "Only the person who drinks the water knows whether it is hot or cold. Since I was born, I have been a pawn of the Xue family, a pawn used by the Xue family to flatter Prince Gong, but no one has ever asked me if I am willing..."

Suddenly, she felt her face warm... Huo Wuyou's fingers stopped on her cheek and gently brushed away the falling tears.

Suddenly, Xue Zhiyi was stunned.

Huo Wuyou himself was also stunned...

That time at the Yongping Marquis' Mansion, he had seen how Xue Zhiyi acted in front of Zhao Shen. He knew very well that Xue Zhiyi was never a simple woman, and could even be described as hypocritical and cunning.

But... he didn't know what was wrong with him, why he was attracted to such a person, and when she was crying, he felt an uncontrollable pity in his heart.

When he came to his senses, he realized that he was really finished.

He, Huo Wuyou, will die because of Xue Zhiyi sooner or later.

He withdrew his hand and stroked his wet fingertips, feeling annoyed... He could have fallen in love with anyone, why did he have to fall in love with Xue Zhiyi?

Huo Wuyou raised his eyebrows, looked at the gradually darkening sky, took a deep breath of the cold evening breeze, and said nothing.

Xue Zhiyi just lowered his eyes silently, and after a moment, he said: "That's all I have to say. It's getting late. Zhiyi will take his leave."

After watching Xue Zhiyi's back until he disappeared, Huo Wuyou looked at his hands dejectedly: This time I can no longer hide it.

It has always been others who admire him, but now the situation has changed and it is his turn to lose control of his feelings towards others.

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Cuiwei Palace.

When Ge Yuanhui woke up, he felt groggy.

She touched her head and found it was wrapped in gauze.

Suddenly remembering something, she sat up, breathing rapidly.

Seeing this, the maidservant who was serving her hurriedly asked her, "Miss Ge, you are awake now. Are you feeling unwell? I will go and call the imperial physician for you!"

Ge Yuanhui pushed the palace maid away, got off the bed, and stumbled to the dressing table.

The self in the mirror has the appearance of spring flowers and the morning moon. Even though her face is a little pale, she is still breathtakingly beautiful.

But her forehead was still covered with gauze, and her hands were trembling as she carefully untied the gauze.

Seeing this, the palace maid hurriedly advised her: "Miss, this was just bandaged by the imperial physician, you can't untie it..."

Ge Yuanhui turned a deaf ear and continued to peel off the pages one circle at a time.

When the innermost layer of gauze was removed, she felt a tearing pain on her forehead, but she had no time to care.

I saw that on her flawless face, like a jade disk, there was a scar that was deep enough to see the bone, and was an inch long.

"what--!"

She grabbed the comb on the table and smashed it on the bronze mirror until the center of the mirror became dented and deformed, and could no longer reflect her face.

Why…why!

"Why is this happening...why!" she screamed, her heart broken.