The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Seeing Huo Wuyou's pride, Xue Zhiyi chuckled and complimented him, "Marquis Lin'an has great magical powers."

Huo Wuyou also reciprocated and said, "You are not bad either. A Lu Yan can actually mobilize the actions of so many people."

He clicked his tongue and said, "Not only that, the matter of Xue Tingliu was beyond my expectation. You are well-informed. Even Xue Tingliu and the Rong family didn't know that there was a fugitive around them. You actually got hold of such secret information. How did you do it?"

How did he do that? Of course, by living one more life.

Xue Zhiyi would not tell the truth and just remained silent.

Huo Wuyou didn't dwell on it any more, but asked her, "I never expected that you are not from the Xue family. How did you know about this?"

Of course, it’s also because I’ve lived one more life.

She changed the subject and said, "I have already used all the information I know. Next, Marquis Lin'an should tell me something about the palace, right? Otherwise, if I cause trouble in the palace, wouldn't it be a waste of Marquis Lin'an's hard work to protect me this time?"

The Xue Mansion was not far from the Imperial Palace. Huo Wuyou only gave her a few instructions before they arrived at the palace gate.

"Get ready to enter the palace, Zhiyi." Huo Wuyou suddenly said.

Xue Zhiyi was stunned by the sudden change of address. Seeing that she did not respond, Huo Wuyou asked her, "Do you still want to be named Xue?"

"..." Xue Zhiyi was speechless and just asked him: "What are you preparing for?"

Seeing this, Huo Wuyou smiled and said, "You will be searched before entering the palace. If you have anything shameful, you'd better leave it with me in advance."

"Search... body search?" Xue Zhiyi's heart skipped a beat when he thought of something.

Seeing her reaction, Huo Wuyou teased: "No way, is it true?"

As he said that, he reached out to the window and said, "Give it to me now."

Holding the hair ribbon in her sleeve, Xue Zhiyi regretted it so much... She was so idle, why did she bring this thing? If Huo Wuyou had worn this thing on his head for who knows how many years, if it was found, it would not be impossible to bring it into the palace...

But she also has to save face!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glare at Huo Wuyou.

Seeing her like this, with her cheeks flushed with embarrassment, Huo Wuyou guessed that she was hiding something and hurriedly urged her, "Hurry up."

Xue Zhiyi gritted his teeth. Rather than letting everyone know, it would be better to just embarrass himself in front of him. It was his thing anyway!

With a determined heart, she stuffed the crumpled hair into Huo Wuyou's palm. Without looking at him, she got out of the car angrily, feeling her face getting hotter.

On horseback, Huo Wuyou was also stunned.

The hair ribbon, still warm from the body, lay wrinkled in his palm, but he was caught off guard, as if something had quietly pierced his heart, making his heart ache.

He chuckled, quickly dismounted and chased after him. He almost stepped on empty air when he dismounted, but he didn't care and just followed the direction of Xue Zhiyi.

……

Xue Zhiyi didn't bring much with him. After checking, he followed Chai Yue to Jianzhang Palace.

Huo Wuyou caught up with her and walked side by side with her.

Even though Xue Zhiyi didn't look at his face at the moment, he could feel the mockery and joy on his face.

"Zhi Yi." He said softly, "Stretch out your hand."

Xue Zhiyi ignored him and did not stop walking. He just whispered, "Since Marquis Lin'an has worked hard to help us, we will write off the ten taels of silver. Please also take back the things that Marquis Lin'an pledged to me."

"No." Huo Wuyou objected immediately: "If I give it to you, it's yours. I won't do this. It's too shameful to take back something I gave away."

As he said this, he stuffed the thing into Xue Zhiyi's hand, but she pushed it away again.

The rustling sound of the two people made Chai Yue, who was walking in front, look back.

Seeing this, Xue Zhiyi felt guilty for no reason again. She quickly rolled her hairpin back into her palm and tucked it into her sleeve concealingly.

The two of them looked at Chai Yue and smiled at the same time.

Xue Zhiyi asked, "What's wrong, Sister Chai Yue?"

Chai Yue blinked and said, "It's okay. You're new here, so follow me closely."

Xue Zhiyi nodded: "Yes, Sister Chai Yue."

After Chai Yue turned around and continued walking forward, Xue Zhiyi put away his smile and glared at Huo Wuyou fiercely.

But this man seemed to be as thick-skinned as a wall of iron and steel. He even smiled smugly at her and kept a few steps away from her to prevent Xue Zhiyi from returning the things.

When he arrived at Jianzhang Palace, Huo Wuyou went to pay a visit to the empress dowager in person.

Chai Yue had to leave the palace to report today's events to the Queen Mother, so she arranged for someone else to take her downstairs and settle her down.

Of the two palace maids who came, the one leading the way, who was dressed as a first-class palace maid, looked quite clever, but there was a hint of arrogance in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, and she did not look like a girl from an ordinary family.

Following behind her was a woman dressed as a third-class palace maid, who looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, still childish, with a somewhat timid face.

"Zhiyi." Chai Yue said, "This is Lanying and Jingchun. They will take you to your room."

After saying that, Chai Yue followed Huo Wuyou to the main hall where the empress dowager was.

Lan Ying looked in their direction for a moment before looking away, and the warmth in her eyes faded a little.

She smiled wryly and said, "Let's go."

After saying that, Lan Ying turned around and walked ahead.

Dao Jingchun said nothing and took Xue Zhiyi's things from her.

This was her second time setting foot in Jianzhang Palace, but this time, her identity had changed.

I heard Lan Ying in front of me, without even turning her head, saying, "I heard from Sister Chai Yue that your name is Zhiyi. According to your status, you are a royal attendant. As a female official, you have your own room just like us first-class palace maids. You don't have to squeeze into the lower room with the second-class, third-class, and miscellaneous palace maids."

When she spoke, she deliberately emphasized her nobleness which was different from other palace maids.

However, this Lan Ying was indeed not an ordinary palace maid.

On the way into the palace, Huo Wuyou mentioned to her that Lan Ying's surname was Tu, the same Tu as Tu Yuxian, the Minister of Dali Temple.

Among the officials, many families would send their daughters to the palace. After being selected by the Shanggong Bureau, they would be assigned to various palaces according to their qualifications, either as female officials or palace maids.

With a family background to back her up, even if she was just a palace maid, she would not be reduced to hard labor and would not suffer any hardship anyway.

If one could gain honor in front of a master, or be noticed by His Majesty due to one's proximity, it would be a great honor for the family.

Even if they have neither, based on the strictness of the Shanggong Bureau in employing people, everyone assumes that women who can enter the palace must have extraordinary beauty and talent.

When he leaves the palace in the future, he will use this reputation to marry into a wealthy family. If he can get a marriage arranged by his master, it will be an even greater honor.

Not only that, Xue Zhiyi also knew that sometimes these officials sent their daughters to the palace for reasons related to party struggles.

For example, Tu Yuxian was Prince Gong's man, and his daughter worked for the Empress Dowager. Naturally, he hoped to win the Empress Dowager's support for Prince Gong when necessary, or to find out the Empress Dowager's attitude on certain important matters.

However, Huo Wuyou allowed Lanying to stay in Jianzhang Palace because he considered that at some point, Tu Lanying would become a pawn to overthrow Tu Yuxian.