Yu Xijiao looked at Zhang Wanyin in astonishment, then blinked her eyes, stood up and leaned back slightly, she was shocked.
"Princess Mingqing, I... don't know what you mean?"
"Miss Yu San, I just want to find my father. They all say that my father is dead, but in fact...my mother said before that he died in the war, but in fact, it's just that he didn't see his body when he was alive."
Zhang Wanyin was still pleading.
Yu Xijiao took a deep breath, helped Zhang Wanyin up, suppressed the horror on her face, and said with a serious face: "Princess Mingqing, I really don't know so much, and I don't know that your father is missing.
The news is just..."
"It's just... Miss Yu, please tell me. I... can't thank you enough." Zhang Wanyin took Yu Xijiao's hand and stood up, looking at her with tears in her eyes and said eagerly.
"Actually, I have seen this jade pendant, but it is not with me." Yu Xijiao looked at the jade pendant around Zhang Wanyin's waist and said.
"Where...are you?" Zhang Wanyin was anxious, holding Yu Xijiao's hand and trembling slightly.
"I don't know anymore." Yu Xijiao shook her head, pulled Zhang Wanyin to sit down, and then slowly sat down herself, "Princess, don't be impatient, you will understand after I explain the matter."
"I have indeed seen this jade pendant. The reason why I looked at it a few more times is because the jade pendant is still broken, but the quality of the jade is very good. I can tell it is good jade at a glance. I am surprised that such a good jade cannot be broken.
It's really a pity that it's like this." Yu Xijiao said, recalling thoughtfully.
"Where...are you?" Zhang Wanyin's face became increasingly anxious.
"Princess Mingqing, please tell me about your father first. There are some... doubts about this matter that I can't figure out yet." Yu Xijiao said and looked at the jade pendant hanging around Zhang Wanyin's waist.
Since the questions were answered naturally, Yu Xijiao's attitude was also very clear. She knew and was willing to say it, but Zhang Wanyin also had to say something useful.
The two of them are quite good at exchanging news. If they want to know the other's news, they must also put their chips on the line. Both of them are smart people. It doesn't have to be so obvious, but they understand the meaning.
Zhang Wanyin was anxious, but she had no choice but to take off the jade pendant again and put it in front of Yu Xijiao: "Miss Yu, please take a look."
Yu Xijiao picked up the jade pendant and looked at it carefully for a while, then put it down gently, raising her long curly eyelashes slightly, "When did your father disappear?"
"During the chaos in the Southern Tang Dynasty, my father... must have received the emperor's order at that time, but he didn't know what to do. My mother said that my father left with some people." Zhang Wanyin replied.
"How many manpower?" Yu Xijiao asked.
"Probably more than a hundred." Zhang Wanyin was not sure either.
During the chaos of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the royal family of the Southern Tang Dynasty died in the hands of the regent of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who is now the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Zhennanhou brought more than a hundred people to the Southern Tang Dynasty. What was the use?
"None of these people... came back?"
"None of them came back." Zhang Wanyin shook her head and shed tears. She pressed it gently with a handkerchief to wipe away the tears, and then said seriously again, "There is no news from my father. The Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed and he died in it.
I don’t know how many people there were, but my father...he was there at the time...how could he survive?"
"When my father died, I was still young. Because of my father's love, my mother passed away within a few years. After that, I was taken into the palace of the Queen Mother, who raised me."
"But... this isn't right." Yu Xijiao's eyebrows frowned slightly.
"What...is there something wrong?" Zhang Wanyin finally held back her sadness and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes again, "Isn't the jade pendant wrong?"
"The princess knows where I saw the jade pendant?" Yu Xijiao asked.
Zhang Wanyin shook her head: "I don't know."
Seeing that Yu Xijiao was silent, she asked tentatively, "Could it be that the prince of Qi is here?"
Yu Xijiao's eyes widened in surprise: "How could the princess think so?"
"I...I thought..." Zhang Wanyin said a little embarrassed.
"It's Yu Lanyan." Yu Xijiao did not hide anything this time and said frankly, "Princess Mingqing, if it weren't for Yu Lanyan... and in such a situation, it would look very inappropriate for the scene.
So I took a few more glances, and now I see such a jade pendant on Princess Mingqing's body. Why doesn't it scare me? I thought there was a cause and effect between the Princess and Yu Lanyan."
"Who?" Zhang Wanyin blinked and couldn't react for a moment, thinking that she heard wrongly.
"Yu Lanyan." Yu Xijiao said solemnly again.
Zhang Wanyin looked at Yu Xijiao in astonishment, and the sadness on her face gradually turned into anger: "Miss Yu, if you don't want to explain this matter, please speak up. Why treat this kind of thing as a joke?"
Zhang Wanyin thought about many possibilities, guessing where Yu Xijiao had seen this jade pendant, or knew the exact whereabouts of this jade pendant, but she never expected that it would fall into Yu Lanyan's hands?
Who is Yu Lanyan?
Although Zhang Wanyin arrived in Beijing a little late and did not see the big drama of Zhengyuan Houfu, she heard a lot of rumors afterwards that Yu Lanyan and Chu Zihan had an affair. Even the palace knew about it and they were despised by everyone.
The woman actually has something to do with her father's jade pendant. She doesn't believe it no matter what.
"Princess Mingqing, what I said is true." Yu Xijiao nodded unmoved, "But if Princess Mingqing really doesn't believe it, I have nothing to say."
Zhang Wanyin's breathing became a little faster, and there was a trace of anger in his eyes. She had always been the only one who lied to others. How could she have imagined that Yu Xijiao would be deceived into hearing the news. She suppressed the anger with all her strength, and her eyes became calmer.
: "Miss Yu, please speak."
"Princess Mingqing should know about Yu Lanyan's flying sedan chair in the street, right?" Yu Xijiao asked back.
Zhang Wanyin nodded: "I know."
"That day when the sedan chair was flying, I happened to see Yu Lanyan on the street... she fell out of the sedan chair. There were two jade pendants under her belt and skirt. One was complete and the other was broken. But at that time, Yu Lanyan was on the ground.
There are still some fragments, which may have been broken, so I looked at the jade pendant a few more times because it was broken."
This matter is true or false. There is no explanation for her inexplicable appearance on the street. If we talk about it in detail, it is impossible for Yu Xijiao to appear on the street at that time, but she was there. As for the reason, what did she do?
I didn’t say anything, which is more credible than saying it clearly.
The Bijing jade pendant on Yu Lanyan's body already makes people feel untrustworthy.
"Broken... fragments? How big are the fragments? Were they picked up later?" Zhang Wanyin's face changed drastically. She just heard that it was broken and thought that the fragments were all there. It's not a big problem, just put them together, but now it sounds like fragments
not enough.
She somewhat believed it.
"The scene was in chaos at that time. Xin Kangbo Mansion took the sedan chair and turned around and ran away, but the fragments didn't look very big at the time." Yu Xijiao said.
"How could my father's jade pendant... be on Yu Lanyan's body?" Zhang Wanyin said to herself with a solemn face.
"It's not clear. Maybe Marquis Zhengyuan picked it up from somewhere, or maybe Yu Lanyan's father got it from somewhere else. The jade is really good, even broken jade is rare, and broken pieces are rare.
The space is not big, so you can decorate it a little more delicately, and it will look even more beautiful than the original."
Yu Xijiao shook her head,
"How did it break into pieces?" Zhang Wanyin's face turned pale.
"I haven't seen the details clearly. It should be okay. Maybe it was a hole when Yu Lanyan fell down, or... it wasn't originally broken, but it was broken after such a fall." Yu Xijiao said hesitantly.
, looking unsure, "Anyway, it must have been broken into pieces later. It was just a piece of broken jade pendant."
It was not broken at first, but was broken by Yu Lanyan.
It was originally broken, but because of the quality of the jade, it was slightly decorated and had some exquisite patchwork on the outside. It was impossible to tell at first glance.
But no matter which case, the final result is the same, it is really broken again, and in that case, it is impossible to test the jade fragments.
In other words, the fragments must not be found.
There is still more than half of the jade pendant left.
Zhang Wanyin tried her best to calm down the anxiety in her heart: "Miss Yu, why does Zhengyuan Houfu or Yu Lanyan's father have my father's jade pendant? Even if this jade pendant is lost, it should be thrown at the border, or in the Southern Tang Dynasty?"
Yu Xijiao paralyzed her hands, "I don't know about that. I saw the jade pendant smashed to pieces on the ground at that time. I just felt it was a pity that a woman like Yu Lanyan had soiled this jade pendant. She is not worthy of it."
"She really doesn't deserve it." Zhang Wanyin's face turned ugly. Yu Xijiao didn't give her an answer, which made her believe it even more. How could Yu Xijiao be able to find out about this kind of thing? She had indeed looked down upon her before.
Yu Xijiao glanced at it and thought that this matter had something to do with Prince Qi.
But I didn't expect Yu Lanyan.
This statement was ridiculous, but Zhang Wanyin felt that it might be true. She took a deep look at Yu Xijiao, stood up and saluted Yu Xijiao: "Thank you, Miss Yu, for informing me about this. I want to think about it carefully."
...I’ll go back to the palace first. If there is any news about Miss Yu’s jade pendant, please let me know. I’d be very grateful.”
"Princess Mingqing, please help yourself." Yu Xijiao stood up and bowed sideways to Zhang Wanyin.
Zhang Wanyin led the others away with a pale face.
Yu Xijiao stood in front of the window, watching Zhang Wanyin get into the carriage and leave in a hurry, her eyes dark and incomprehensible.
"Girl, is there something wrong with this jade pendant? Princess Mingqing is so concerned about this jade pendant?" Mingyue also looked down and saw that the carriage had left outside the window.
"Maybe." Yu Xijiao shook her head and sat down again thoughtfully. Zhang Wanyin should know something. He couldn't find out for the time being. Zhang Wanyin gave him some new ideas. The jade pendant was incomplete.
It is also useful, as long as the fragments are not too big.
This was the conclusion she had just drawn from Zhang Wanyin's reaction...
Zhang Wanyin didn't tell the whole truth, and she couldn't tell the truth either, but she wasn't lying at all. This jade pendant has something to do with her father and the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion. It depends on what Zhang Wanyin will do next...