Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 11 Twins
In the winter of the 19th year of Yongzhao, on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the crown prince married Shangguan Yuan, the only daughter of the Shangguan family.

People in the world are puzzled by this, and have a lot of complaints - Shangguan's family is just a family of merchants, and the daughter of Shangguan's family... I am afraid that it will embarrass the heavy responsibility of the crown prince.But the crown prince insisted on this, so he knelt down at the door of the imperial study room and couldn't afford it, and only said with a glance that for ten thousand years, in this life, he would not marry unless he was a Qing. In this way, he finally got the emperor's imperial edict to marry him.

On the day of the wedding, there was a heavy snowfall in Yanjing, the imperial capital. According to the Qin Tianjian watching the stars at night for more than half a month, it was said that this was a rare auspicious day in a century.The prosperous wedding was lively for more than half a month, and people who looked down on Shangguan's family at that time witnessed with their own eyes what is called "the family of merchants".

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On May 20th of the [-]th year of Yongzhao, the East Palace was flooded.When the crown prince heard the news and returned to the mansion, the fire was almost extinguished, but no one in the crown prince's palace survived.The scorched and half-burned corpses covered with white linen were displayed at the entrance of the messy Chongren Hall, which was shockingly tragic.

It is said that in the end, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince recognized the one that belonged to the Crown Princess by relying on the birthmark on a certain corpse that belonged to Jiefa's wife.The cloud of despair hangs over the East Palace for a long time.And the prince, who is deeply in love with his husband and wife, cannot afford to be ill.

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Unexpectedly, a few days later, rumors started to spread in the city, saying that the crown princess was still a virgin until she died.The illusion of love between the Donggong couple was instantly shattered, and the so-called "one glance at ten thousand years, not marrying a prince" finally became a joke, the face of the royal family was beaten red, and the sad and painful prince at that time was suspected of killing his wife .

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It didn't take much effort for Ji Wuyan to find out that Xu Siniang was the one who performed the autopsy on Shangguan Yuan.Ji Wuyan picked up Shen Luoxin in order to get on with Xu Siniang as a matter of course.

The information about Shen Luoxin is actually very simple, but the information about Xu Siniang is not so simple.

Xu Siniang came from a family of genius doctors. When she was young, she deviated from the orthodoxy and married Shen Dingtou, who was worthless at that time, who is now Shen Qian, the imperial censor.Just when everyone thought that Xu Siniang was ordered to honor her ancestors, this woman went to the imperial prison again and became a maidservant.

In less than half a year, Mrs. Shen brought her newly pregnant concubine to live in a separate house. Since then, Xu Siniang, the "Ms. Shen", has become a joke in Yanjing. Her daughter, Shen Luoxin.

How many people have felt sorry for the daughter of the third-rank minister?Unexpectedly...it was another Xu Siniang.

After Shen Luoxin said this, she remained silent for a long time, her hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, which was different from the initial nervousness.She took a moment to continue, "The fire has lasted for more than two hours. It was not a time of deep sleep at night. Why did no one escape? Although I am unreasonable, I am not stupid... Although I was puzzled at that time, I did not Thinking about wading through this muddy water. After all, these things are too far away from me, I can't control them, and I have no power to control them."

"It's just that my mother's wrist said she got up at night and fell, but the wound was hidden and she refused to let me see it. I kept my thoughts in secret and found out that it was a knife wound..."

Ji Wuyan's heart sank slightly, and she instantly understood Shen Luoxin's intentions in saying this to herself.

She wants to save herself and her mother, Xu Siniang.

The East Palace was on fire, and the Crown Princess was buried in the sea of ​​flames. His Majesty will definitely conduct a strict investigation, and an autopsy is unavoidable.But the prince and the concubine are deeply in love with each other, and they can't bear to suffer such a great humiliation when their beloved wife is still alive, so it is understandable to draw a sword to stop her.How can a humble person touch the body of the royal daughter-in-law?After the balance between reason and reason, Xu Siniang, who is still the wife of the royal doctor in terms of status, is the most suitable and only suitable candidate.

But Xu Siniang... had a hand injury first.

On the eve of the fire in the East Palace, Xu Siniang was plotted against and injured her wrist.But the body was finally examined...

Tapping the table with her fingertips, her eyes were as deep as the sea, "You..." opened her mouth, hesitated to speak, wanted to ask, but was afraid that the answer she would hear would be unbearable pain.

After a long while, he gritted his teeth and finally asked, "What did you find...so dreadful..."

Shen Luoxin shook her head, "That's why I wanted to ask you..." Unconsciously, she put on an honorific.

"Ask me?" Ji Wuyan was slightly taken aback.

"Aren't you just..." Touching the other party's eyes, I was stunned for a moment—the body of the crown princess had already entered the imperial tomb, even if she was reborn, how could she be reborn on her own body and then come out of the imperial tomb without anyone noticing?
This person is not Shangguan Yuan, but... twins?
Ji Wuyan half stood up and poured tea for her. After the initial emotions passed, she slowly leaned back in the chair, her expression as calm as water, she stretched out her hand and slowly took off the veil on her face, revealing a picture that was exactly the same as Shen Luoxin's impression. "The Shangguan family does not only have one daughter, but twins. That is my twin sister, Shangguan Yuan. Ji is maternal."

After finishing speaking, he asked again, "How did you recognize me?"

Although he was prepared, there was still a flash of surprise in his eyes.Shen Luoxin opened her mouth, but stopped talking.

That was his trump card.

Ji Wuyan changed into a more comfortable posture, looked at her with raised eyebrows, and analyzed for her rationally and calmly, "Now you are safe because of your identity that can only be used to bluff people, and you know that identity yourself. It's like an attic built in the air, and it's in danger when the wind is strong. When the other party finds out that Master Shen, the censor, has really left your mother and daughter behind, the real danger will come."

Yes.

Shen Luoxin was holding the teacup, her knuckles turned white.

This world is completely different from the previous ones. There is no sound law here, beggars here are driven out of the city, and the lives of ordinary people here are as light as grass... Here, the weak are enough to prey on the strong.

"I……"

The relationship between people is generally two-way, the relationship is the same, and the transaction is also the same.She made up her mind and said slowly, "I... I am different from others by nature. I see people first, and I have learned from my mother since I was a child. The autopsy skills are better than blue. Even if you wear a veil, it is the same for me. Like nothing."

Ji Wuyan's eyebrows twitched fiercely, and it was rare for her to lose control of her emotions all at once.Rao thought of too many possibilities, but this answer still greatly exceeded expectations.She looked across at the nervous girl holding a white porcelain teacup, and for a moment... was pleasantly surprised.

After Shen Luoxin finished speaking, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Except for the matter of time travel, she had already confessed everything, but she felt an indescribable relief.Putting the tea cover in his hand on the saucer, he moved it, and then moved it again, before carefully choosing his words, "As you said, although my father is a royal doctor, he has already abandoned our mother and daughter, not to mention, in the real world. Even my father is weak in the face of power, I originally wanted to calm things down and just do nothing. But..."

(End of this chapter)