The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Huo Wuyou narrowed his eyes slightly: "You mean, Gu Shichong also wants Ge Yuanhui to be humiliated in public by His Majesty?"

Xue Zhiyi nodded: "Gu Shichong hopes to get help from the Ge family, but he doesn't want such a powerful family with military power to continue to be his relatives after he ascends the throne. Now that Ge Yuanhui has been publicly reprimanded by His Majesty, with her current reputation, it will be difficult for her to convince the public if she wants to become a princess."

She sneered, "The Ge family wants him to marry Ge Yuanhui, and Gu Shichong can't just refuse. But now, as long as His Majesty lives, Gu Shichong can use His Majesty as an excuse to refuse this marriage. After all, even His Majesty is not satisfied with Ge Yuanhui. Can Gu Shichong still go against His Majesty's wishes? In an unexpected turn of events, His Majesty has become the bad guy for Gu Shichong."

After hearing this, Huo Wuyou nodded thoughtfully. Then he asked seriously, "But why do you want to be so close to Gu Shichong?"

Xue Zhiyi only asked him: "Who is Gu Shichong's biggest helper?"

Huo Wuyou answered without hesitation: "Ge family."

Looking at him, Xue Zhiyi smiled without saying anything.

Huo Wuyou's bright and beautiful eyebrows twitched slightly, and he uttered a long "oh": "What if someone can alienate Gu Shichong and the Ge family at this time?"

"That's exactly what I mean." Xue Zhiyi said, "Ge Yuanhui is eyeing the position of Prince Gong's wife and is wary of me, and Gu Shichong wants to win me over. If I take advantage of the situation and fulfill Gu Shichong's wishes, I will have a chance to alienate them. When they don't trust each other and even go their separate ways, it will be much easier to deal with them."

"So you're using him?"

As he spoke, Huo Wuyou took a step closer, causing Xue Zhiyi to step back: "What else..."

But although he was smiling, his eyes were filled with anger mixed with grievance, and he pressed forward step by step.

"That's how you use me, isn't it?"

After a brief panic, Xue Zhiyi smiled calmly, "Don't worry, Marquis Lin'an, the person I want to deal with is Gu Shichong, and you suspect that the mastermind behind the Yueling Pass tragedy is the Prince Gong Party, so you also want to deal with Gu Shichong. Our interests are the same, and I will not betray you."

But after hearing the explanation, Huo Wuyou laughed at himself, seeming to be even more hurt. He sighed and pretended to be relaxed: "It's all due to interests. In the final analysis, there is no difference between me and Gu Shichong in your heart. Even the way you deal with us is exactly the same."

Xue Zhiyi couldn't help feeling guilty. She took advantage of the fact that Huo Wuyou had feelings for her and decided to take advantage of him. She should have expected this day to come. She deserved it.

But in the final analysis, she had never made any vows of eternal love with Huo Wuyou. Even if she continued to do something to other men now, she would not be doing him any wrong. Faced with such questioning, she could not help but feel annoyed.

"Marquis Lin'an, if you want to investigate the old case and bring the real culprit of the Yueling Pass Massacre to justice, you need to expand your influence in Huajing. I have helped you take down the Ministry of Rites, and the Dali Temple is also nearby. You have not suffered any loss. You said that I used you, but how can anyone get so much benefit from being used?"

Xue Zhiyi's tone was still gentle, which made Huo Wuyou feel so angry that he couldn't vent it. What's more, he had neither status nor position now, so he could only be choked and speechless.

But Xue Zhiyi didn't come here to quarrel with him.

She just smiled slowly and said, "As long as our interests are still the same, the cooperation can continue. Lord, rest assured, I will be a good accomplice, but I am not a good person. As Lord, you can see, I am a treacherous villain when it comes to love affairs."

Huo Wuyou's tone softened, his voice aggrieved and stubborn, but he said without hesitation: "But I like treacherous ones."

"..."

She didn’t know if it was because Xue Zhiyi had lived one more life or what, but she felt that Huo Wuyou was very naive and stubborn about this kind of thing.

Huo Wuyou was stunned for a moment after hearing this. The corners of his mouth moved, and he stared at Xue Zhiyi for a moment before saying, "What I mean is that you don't have to use me like you did Gu Shichong. I don't need your perfunctory and hypocritical attitude. Just tell me what you want me to do."

He laughed softly: "Actually, your acting is not good at all. I can see that. It's my fault..."

He thought about it and smiled, "Bewitched."

When he forced a smile, his face, which was usually as bright as the sun, became as gentle as the sunshine on a winter afternoon.

Xue Zhiyi watched, and was distracted for a moment without even noticing it.

But suddenly, Huo Wuyou stretched out his hands in front of her.

Xue Zhiyi came back to his senses: "What's wrong?"

But Huo Wuyou asked as if it was a matter of course, "Where's my wallet?"

Seeing Xue Zhiyi in a daze, he nodded her head without hesitation: "This is what you promised me, have you forgotten?"

For no reason, Xue Zhiyi was a little annoyed. She pushed away Huo Wuyou's hand and said with an unfriendly smile: "I haven't forgotten."

"When will you finish it for me?"

The person who was clearly feeling sad and disappointed just now suddenly became shameless. What a joke!

The slight guilt that Xue Zhiyi had just felt disappeared at this moment.

She fumbled around on her body for a while, pulled out a purse from the bottom of her sleeve, and stuffed it into his hand.

Just get rid of it.

Huo Wuyou was overjoyed, and asked in all seriousness, "Let me see if it is a lotus with two stems or a willow leaf embracing a heart?"

But when he looked closely, he was stunned: "Fu Shou Tuan?"

Xue Zhiyi nodded: "I think it is very auspicious. I would like to use this gift to wish the Marquis of Lin'an a long and blessed life."

"It's really unsentimental."

Although Huo Wuyou said this, he could no longer suppress the smile on his face. He looked at the purse over and over again, and when he saw that it was soft, he opened it again and saw that there seemed to be something inside.

He pulled it out and saw that it was a neatly folded handkerchief.

"Isn't this the one I gave you last time?"

Last time in the carriage, Huo Wuyou gave the white handkerchief to Xue Zhiyi to wipe his hands, but he didn't expect Xue Zhiyi to keep it. Not only that, she also washed it and put it neatly in the purse she embroidered, still with a faint fragrance.

"It's that one. I was planning to return it to you." Xue Zhiyi said.

The person who was furious just now is now in a good mood.

Seeing that he had finally stopped being stubborn, Xue Zhiyi breathed a sigh of relief and urged him, "My Lord, do you have anything to tell me?"

Huo Wuyou finally decided to talk about business. He put the purse in his arms as if it were a treasure and said, "There is indeed something."

He glanced outside the rockery to make sure no one had passed by, then said, "Fu Rongxin is missing."

Xue Zhiyi frowned: "You mean..."

"Fu Rongxin was supposed to be hanged, but on the eve of the execution, the person in the prison was replaced. The woman who was replaced had her tongue cut out and was unconscious. I don't know where she came from, but she was only one breath left. The next day, the woman was strangled to death, and Fu Rongxin's case was resolved."

Xue Zhiyi's heart was beating uneasily. He thought that Fu Rongxin, who was isolated and helpless, would definitely die this time, but he didn't expect that she could find a scapegoat to take her place again.

Come to think of it, since she has lived another life, she must know something that will happen in the future. Maybe she used this as a condition to get someone to rescue her.

Someone who can do this...

Xue Zhiyi sneered: "Prince Gong? Prince Cheng? Or someone else, someone who has the ability to rescue someone from the death row of the Ministry of Justice."

Huo Wuyou said: "It's King Cheng."