After entering the wrong bridal chamber, I went to farm with the powerful minister

Yan Funing frowned, "Yang Shu told me that there was an accident that year. It was because of a candle that fell over, which caused the copied drawings to be burned. But you said there was something fishy about the fire."

Gao Wei said: "I stayed in the jade shop that night. Fortunately, the fire was discovered in time, so I was not burned to death and the shop did not suffer any damage. However, the copied drawings were indeed burned."

"Then why do you say someone wants to silence me?"

Yan Funing calmly put the jade pendant back on and put it back into her collar, her voice gentle.

Gao Wei moved his body: "If I tell the truth, can you save my life and let me go, Miss?"

"If you really tell the truth, I will ensure that you leave the capital safely."

Gao Wei nodded: "The one who ordered the jade pendant is a young woman."

"On the day of delivery, the woman gave me a gold ingot and asked me to leave the capital as soon as possible."

"This is the first time I've made so much money making jade products, so I won't leave. I also don't understand why the other party wants me to leave."

"Since then, people often come to the jade shop to hang out, not buying anything or ordering jade, but just looking at me for a few seconds and then leaving."

"Later one night, a fire broke out in the jade shop. Fortunately, I was still asleep and people from the shop next door came to help, so there was no loss of life or property. However, all the drawings that Master had always left behind were burned."

"It was at that time that Master discovered that I was secretly taking on private work."

"He blamed me for failing to keep watch, which led to the fire. In a rage, he kicked me out."

"The fire was suspicious."

"Plus, the original person who ordered the jade pendant was a noble lady, but someone else ordered the same jade pendant as the noble lady requested. I guess there are many unknown conspiracies among the rich and powerful families."

"To prevent any accidents, I simply left the capital."

Yan Fu frowned slightly and asked, "What did that young woman look like? Do you remember?"

"Remember, I dare not forget."

"Why?"

Gao Wei gritted his teeth and said, "If anything happens to me, I will go find her even if I become a ghost."

"More than ten years have passed. Her appearance must have changed. Are you able to recognize her?" Yan Funing asked again.

"We, the craftsmen who do delicate work, all have the ability to make a living. When judging a person, we mainly look at the bone structure, and then the skin. The skin of a person changes with age, but the bone structure does not."

Yan Funing looked at Yan Bojian and called out, "Third brother, have the people around the old woman changed over the years?"

Yan Bojian said: "It's true that no one has ever been replaced."

"That's great." Yan Funing smiled faintly, "Bring Gao Wei to the mansion today and let him identify who the woman was."

Gao Wei panicked: "Miss, I have said everything I should say. You want me to identify him, and I am afraid I will lose my life."

Yan Bojian leaned forward and asked, "Aren't you afraid that if you don't cooperate now, you'll be killed immediately?"

"I'm scared, scared." Gao Wei's forehead was covered with cold sweat. "Excuse me, young master and young lady, if I identify you, can you two save my life?"

Yan Bojian said, "You hid so far from the capital, but my people still found you. Once you point it out, I will naturally ensure that you can leave the city smoothly."

Gao Wei nodded heavily to show his agreement.

Yan Funing asked Zhenfeng to untie him.

The group got on the bus and left the farmyard.

When the golden crow sets in the west, return to the Duke's Mansion.

Gao Wei looked up at the tall door lintel and the majestic stone lions, and he couldn't help but get nervous. He stammered, "What incident did the jade pendant involve?"

He would never dare to offend a family like the Duke's Mansion.

Yan Funing did not hide it from him and said directly: "The jade pendant on me was made by your master, and the one you made was worn on the neck of the fake daughter of the Yan family." Gao Wei was shocked when he heard it: "In this case, I have helped the tyrant to commit atrocities."

Yan Funing said calmly, "Gao Wei, you have been with your master for many years, and you are considered a skilled craftsman. With time, you will surely achieve great accomplishments. But you are eager for quick success. Now I hope you can help me identify the identity honestly. If you can help me find out the truth about the substitution, I will definitely reward you handsomely."

Gao Wei nodded: "It's up to you, young lady."

Soon, everyone arrived at Nanyuan.

Yan Funing discussed with Yan Bojian: "Third brother, how can we check the people around her one by one without alarming the old woman?"

"How can we not alarm her?" Yan Bojian pursed his lips at Gao Wei, "Isn't this man very good at recognizing people? Why don't we just recognize him directly without any hesitation? Now that we have the evidence, why should we be afraid that the old woman will deny it?"

Gao Wei interjected cautiously, "I am indeed good at judging people. The woman was in her early twenties back then, and now I think she is around forty."

Now you can just check women around 40 years old.

Yan Bojian ordered the housekeeper to transfer all the women around 40 years old serving in the East Garden to the South Garden.

There are seven women of this age in the East Garden.

Soon, they entered Nanyuan and stood in a row in a daze.

The leader asked in doubt: "Third Young Master, why are you doing this?"

Yan Bojian ignored her and asked Gao Wei, "Which one is it?"

Gao Wei narrowed his eyes and looked at them carefully one by one. After a moment, he frowned and shook his head: "Sir, Miss, none of these seven people are."

"Not here?"

Yan Funing frowned and wondered, could it be that the old woman hired someone else?

Yan Bojian also said: "Could it be that the people from Xiyuan and Beiyuan are helping the old woman?"

The second and third wives have bad intentions and only follow the old woman's lead. It is very likely...

At this time, Old Madam Yan, supported by Yan Yan'er, came to Nanyuan.

"Why did you send my people to Nanyuan?"

Yan Yan'er was not allowed to enter the South Garden, but now she was accompanying Old Madam Yan in, so she looked around proudly and said, "Are you going to answer Grandmother's question, Third Brother?"

Old Madam Yan saw the clue at a glance.

She pointed her cane at Gao Wei and said, "This strange man came to recognize the person next to me."

Then he shifted his gloomy gaze to Yan Bojian and Yan Funing.

"You are investigating the matter. You want to find out that I was the one who swapped the babies. So if the Queen Mother grants the marriage, my consent will be invalid?"

After that, he snorted and laughed: "Yan Funing, I am your grandmother. How dare you disobey my grandmother's order?"

Yan Funing gritted her teeth.

I have to say that the old woman in front of me is very experienced. She has been in charge of the Duke's Mansion for decades. Naturally, she is not so easy to deal with.

Yan Bojian protected his sister behind him and said loudly, "How can I not doubt you? Yan Yan'er is not of the Yan family's blood, but you want to keep her by your side. Not only that, you also want her to marry Prince Chi instead of my biological sister. All these things make me doubt that Yan Yan'er has a close relationship with you."

"You bastard!" Old Madam Yan scolded, "You Nanyuan have never respected me, so that's fine."

"You're still making up stories about your elders like this, Yan Bojian. Is this what your parents taught you?"

Yan Bojian was naturally not afraid of an old woman, and snorted and said, "You are prejudiced against Nanyuan, so you switched my sister."

At worst, I’ll be punished by kneeling in the ancestral hall.

Madam Yan stamped her cane and said, "It is said that I have a bad relationship with Nanyuan. If I want to switch babies, why not switch them when the prince is born? Wouldn't it be more lethal to bring a fake prince to Nanyuan?" (End of this chapter)