The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

"However, you are right about one thing." Huo Wuyou said.

Xue Zhiyi just smiled at him and waited for him to speak.

He only said: "The forces in the court are growing and declining. If they take a step back, I can take a step forward."

Xue Zhiyi smiled slightly: "I wonder how far the Marquis has progressed?"

Huo Wuyou said: "Father had many close friends and old subordinates in the past. They are still serving in the court. Now that Prince Cheng and Prince Gong are both defeated, they have lost several people under their command, leaving several vacancies in the court. Naturally, they all want to fill them with their own people. Neither of them will give in, and the two are fighting each other-"

Xue Zhiyi held his chin up and said, "When the two sides are fighting, Your Majesty will think that instead of using their people, it is better to promote court officials who are not involved in the faction and place them in it."

Caught off guard, Huo Wuyou tapped her head: "Smart!"

Huo Wuyou smiled proudly: "Not only that, His Majesty asked me what reward I wanted, and I said that I gained a lot from supervising the case this time, and I wanted to go to the court to gain some experience."

Xue Zhiyi tidied up his hair as usual and asked, "So where does His Majesty want you to work?"

"Your Majesty has just sentenced Ge Mingli to death, dismissing him from his post and confiscating his property." Huo Wuyou raised his thumb and pointed at himself: "So now, the position of Junior Official of the Dali Temple has fallen on me."

Xue Zhiyi nodded in understanding: "Congratulations, Marquis Lin'an. You can take this opportunity to better investigate the old case in the future."

Huo Wuyou was in a good mood and asked her, "Do you want to go out of the palace for a walk?"

"Leaving the palace?"

After being locked up in the palace for so many days, it would be a lie to say that I don’t want to go out.

She asked, "My Lord, you want to do more than just hang out with me, right?"

Huo Wuyou asked her back: "Can't I?"

When facing Huo Wuyou, she herself didn't realize that her eyes had softened a lot.

She smiled: "Of course."

Huo Wuyou's eyes lit up slightly, and he stretched slowly: "Then I will assume that you are invited by me to hang out with me for fun?"

Xue Zhiyi didn't answer him, but only asked: "Actually, the Marquis still has serious things to do, right?"

Huo Wuyou sighed in boredom: "You guessed it again."

Xue Zhiyi just pretended to listen attentively.

Huo Wuyou said, "I found someone. Maybe she can be useful to you."

……

In the carriage leaving the palace, Xue Zhiyi glanced out the window at Huo Wuyou who was riding a horse.

He tilted his head and looked at her: "Why are you wearing a veil? It's not like you can't leave the palace."

Xue Zhiyi was seen wearing ordinary attire for those outside the palace. As the weather was getting warmer, her clothes became lighter, but she had a veil on her face, so only the outline of her face could be vaguely seen.

Xue Zhiyi said: "I can also appear outside the palace, and so can the Marquis, but it is better for us not to be seen at the same time."

Huo Wuyou narrowed his eyes, leaned down, approached the curtain and asked her, "Are you afraid of being discovered by Gu Shichong?"

Xue Zhiyi felt inexplicably guilty. She blinked and said, "It wouldn't be good if anyone found out."

Huo Wuyou just snorted lightly, sat up straight and said nothing more.

The carriage stopped in front of a house in the alley. This place was close to the downtown area but not noisy. It was really a very good place.

It was the house that was originally purchased for Xue Runing.

Xue Zhiyi was stunned: "What are you doing here?"

Huo Wuyou just said: "Follow me."

Then he walked up and knocked on the door.

Seeing the two of them, the person who opened the door was also startled.

"Miss! Miss is back!" The little girl Su Yue seemed to have grown a lot taller, and her chubby little face became much prettier.

She called out joyfully, "Qiuyun! Qiuyun, come quickly!"

When Qiu Yun came hurriedly, a smile instantly appeared on her face: "Miss!"

Xue Zhiyi held their outstretched hands and said, "Long time no see."

The two of them pulled Xue Zhiyi to look again and again, and then welcomed her and Huo Wuyou in.

Xue Zhiyi took off her veil, looked at each other carefully, and asked about their well-being for a while. Only after making sure that everyone was safe did she finally feel relieved.

According to the two, they lived in this house, guarded the spirit tablet for Xue Runing, and occasionally took their own embroidery to the market to sell. Their lives were much more comfortable than before in the Xue Mansion.

In this way, Xue Zhiyi has nothing to worry about.

After saying all this, Xue Zhiyi asked Huo Wuyou, "The people that Lin'an Marquis wants to bring me to see shouldn't be Qiuyun and Suyue, right?"

"It's definitely not them." Huo Wuyou replied.

He asked Qiuyun and Suyue: "We released a man here a few days ago. Can you take us to see him?"

Su Yue nodded, stood up and took them to a room in the back hall. Unexpectedly, there was someone guarding the place.

After opening the door, Xue Zhiyi stepped in, only to see that the person locked inside was a woman who looked very familiar.

Xue Zhiyi's eyebrows jumped: "You are... Caizhi?"

The maid who served Fu Rongxin in the past.

Xue Zhiyi looked at Huo Wuyou in confusion, and Huo Wuyou just said calmly: "She has something you want to know."

Seeing them coming, Cai Zhi stood up and knelt stiffly in front of Xue Zhiyi: "This servant greets the Third Miss."

Xue Zhiyi said calmly, "No need to be polite. You are not my servant, and I am not the Third Miss. Stand up and talk."

Caizhi then stood up, but she didn't know what had happened and she didn't look very well.

Huo Wuyou explained: "When I was investigating your background, I found Cai Zhi. After the Xue family was raided, she was also sold. I also found her from the human trafficker."

When Xue Zhiyi heard that it was related to her life experience, her heart tightened. She nodded and smiled at Huo Wuyou: "Thank you."

After thanking her, he said to Caizhi, "Just say whatever you want to say."

She was very curious about the relationship between Caizhi and her life experience.

Cai Zhi just hung her head, hunched her shoulders, and said, "I, Cai Zhi, had been working in An Xian Ju before I served my cousin. I have been living in the Xue family since I can remember, and I just think of myself as an orphan without a father or a mother."

She paused and continued, "When I was imprisoned by my cousin, I never expected that a woman would bear all the suspicion and stigma for me, and eventually die tragically in prison. That woman... was my long-lost biological mother."

After hearing this: Xue Zhiyi was stunned: "You are... Mei Gu's daughter?"

Cai Zhi nodded: "I was also told about this in prison before my mother died. My real name is Mei Aruan. I disappeared for no reason when I was young. The reason for my disappearance was..."

She bit her lip and said, "It was because my mother was obsessed with money and accepted Fu Ling's bribe to swap the babies born on the same day in the restaurant. My mother had no time to take care of me, so someone took advantage of her. Moreover, Fu Ling wanted to use my life to blackmail my mother from now on..."

Hearing this, Xue Zhiyi was already speechless with astonishment: "..."

After a moment of silence, she asked, "What else did Mei Gu tell you?"