Volume 3, Chapter 255 – Is It You?

Wei Qingyu’s beautiful brows furrowed. She said, “But after saying all this, everything is only your speculation.”

“And the reason you’re making these speculations is merely because she doesn’t look like her mother?”

“Then, what if your speculation is wrong?”

“What if she truly is your daughter?”

Chi Jingwen pondered for a moment and said, “In fact, before returning to Beihe Commandery, I had already obtained information on another girl in the imperial capital.”

“Her age also matches my daughter’s age.”

“Unlike Yu Lizhi, her appearance resembles my late wife by thirty percent.”

Wei Qingyu was surprised. She hadn’t expected there would be such inside information.

“But even so, this can’t fully prove Yu Lizhi is fake, can it?”

“Throughout history, examples of children not resembling their parents aren’t rare.”

“And strangers who look similar yet have no relation also exist.”

“Old Master Chi, did you already perform a bloodline verification with that other girl?”

Chi Jingwen shook his head. “She disappeared. I had no opportunity to see her in person, much less perform a bloodline verification with her.”

Wei Qingyu was puzzled. “Disappeared?”

“Yes.” Chi Jingwen said, “If the intelligence I obtained is correct, the time of her disappearance was exactly half a month before Yu Lizhi appeared.”

“Half a month?” Wei Qingyu pondered for a while.

Chi Jingwen’s emphasis on this timing clearly had implications.

“What does this mean?”

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Chi Jingwen didn’t intend to keep her in suspense. He continued, “I investigated the life trajectories of those two girls.”

“Although each of their pasts and identities are vastly different, neither shows any flaws.”

“One is a talented young lady from an aristocratic family. One is a farm girl adopted by mortals.”

“Moreover, their main areas of activity were both in Nanhe Commandery.”

“Heh.” Chi Jingwen chuckled softly. “Two girls, two completely different lives, and both even possess jade hairpins passed down from my late wife’s family.”

“Just who is it that knows the internal affairs of my Chi family so well?”

“Young Friend Qingyu, if it were you, wouldn’t you find it curious?”

Wei Qingyu was silent for a while.

Curious?

No. If she encountered this kind of situation, she would only feel her scalp tingle.

For cultivators, forging a person’s life actually wasn’t difficult.

But if it was truly as Chi Jingwen described, with the other party going to such great lengths, then the plot behind it must be significant.

“The girl who disappeared was the young lady adopted by the aristocratic family?” Wei Qingyu said. “Who is she? Why did she disappear?”

“I’m sorry. I cannot speak of her identity.” Chi Jingwen shook his head. “At least, before completely rooting out the mastermind, I cannot tell anyone her identity.”

Wei Qingyu said helplessly, “Then how can I confirm what you’re saying is true?”

“I don’t need you to verify it.” Chi Jingwen said, “I said before, there’s no evidence to be found in this matter.”

“Especially with one of the girls missing, the only one we can contact is Yu Lizhi.”

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“Honestly, I’m telling you all this today only because…” Chi Jingwen paused. “If the Chi family stirs up trouble in the future, we’ll still need Lord Wei Qingyu to look after us.”

Wei Qingyu was silent.

So that’s how it was.

The matter of the Chi family daughter’s identity being false should have been an absolute secret for the Chi family, yet Chi Jingwen laid all these matters bare before her.

It was because Chi Jingwen had already sensed the deep entanglements involved.

By doing this, Chi Jingwen was pledging allegiance to the Empress through Wei Qingyu.

Had Chi Jingwen already sensed that this matter couldn’t be resolved by the Chi family alone?

“Why not explain this matter to the Song family and Lingxiao Sword Sect?” Wei Qingyu said.

After saying this, Wei Qingyu regretted it. She had asked a very stupid question.

Today’s matter of Lu Guan coming on behalf of the sect to press for marriage already showed the attitude of the sword sect and the Song family.

For the Chi family, the Song family and Lingxiao Sword Sect were also two wolves feeding on flesh and drinking blood.

Unknown enemies were plotting against the Chi family, and weren’t the overt Song family and Lingxiao Sword Sect doing the same?

In fact, Wei Qingyu also knew that even the Empress had some designs on the Chi family.

Suddenly, Wei Qingyu thought of something. She asked again, “Chi Zhong was targeting Yu Lizhi so much. Was that also something you deliberately allowed?”

“Yes and no.” Chi Jingwen said, “I did intentionally allow Chi Zhong to clash with Yu Lizhi. However, the matter of Yu Lizhi being humiliated by the wolf demon wasn’t something I told him.”

Wei Qingyu understood.

The Chi family, wealthy beyond measure, had long been coveted by many.

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Even within the Chi family itself, they weren’t unified like iron.

Just like the Chi Zhong Wei Qingyu saw today.

Chi Jingwen intentionally allowed Chi Zhong to struggle with Yu Lizhi to divert trouble.

He didn’t hesitate to stage such a farce on such an important occasion, shaming the Chi family’s reputation.

However, all of Chi Zhong’s attacks targeting Yu Lizhi were completely defused by Chi Xiyan.

“Why not tell Xiyan about these matters?” Wei Qingyu frowned. “Xiyan is very close to that girl.”

“Xiyan is a good child.” Chi Jingwen sighed deeply. “But in the end, she’s not my daughter.”

“Even her lifelong marriage isn’t something I can intervene in.”

Saying this, Chi Jingwen laughed coldly. “Do you know? My own daughter, whom I raised… I was the last to know about her marriage.”

“Wait.” Wei Qingyu quickly asked, “What does this mean?”

Chi Jingwen said, “Xiyan’s marriage was jointly set by three parties. This was supposed to be a win-win-win result.”

“But afterward, I learned that someone persuaded Jiang Hongliang, and he took the lead in convincing the Song family, which led to this marriage.”

“Who is this person? What purpose do they have? What benefit does Xiyan marrying into the Song family bring them?”

“Heh.” Chi Jingwen chuckled softly a few times, his smile carrying some gloom. “Thinking about it carefully, I, this Chi family head, am truly incompetent.”

Wei Qingyu looked at Chi Jingwen still chuckling before her, waves of coldness rising along her spine.

She finally understood why Chi Jingwen wanted to pledge allegiance to the Empress at this time.

The seemingly calm Chi family had actually long been deeply trapped in a web of conspiracy.

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“Does Xiyan know?” Wei Qingyu said.

Chi Jingwen smiled but didn’t speak.

Wei Qingyu pondered for a moment and said, “I’m sorry. I must personally report these matters to Her Majesty before giving you a response.”

“No problem.” Chi Jingwen waved his hand. “The Chi family has been in the midst of storms for many years. Having endured so many years, we won’t fall apart so quickly.”

Wei Qingyu bid farewell and left.

Only Chi Jingwen remained, sitting alone in the study.

He took out that file with “Song Shiyuan’s” name on it again.

“The mastermind behind all this…”

“Is it Lingxiao Sword Sect?”

“Is it the fox clan from the Demon Territory?”

“Or perhaps…”

Chi Jingwen raised his head to look out the window.

The passion flower tree planted outside the window had bloomed with colorful flowers again.

Chi Jingwen’s eyes revealed some sorrow.

“Is it you?”

“Aqin.”