Chapter 279: Mismatched Fates
"Ruan Ruan, do you think, what caught the Fourteenth Prince’s eye about Sheng Xueyi?"
"A little yellow-haired girl!"
Yuan Yindi truly couldn’t understand.
That Sheng Xueyi hasn’t even fully grown yet, and although she’s a beauty in the making, the problem is, Sheng Xueyi is even younger than Yuan Shougui. How did such a little yellow-haired girl catch the Fourteenth Prince’s eye?
"How would I know?"
Ruan Wan shrugged and said, "Speaking of it, out of all my cousins, the Fourteenth Prince is the most unpredictable one."
"Xiao Wuzi, you don’t need to worry too much. With me here, even if the Fourteenth Prince marries Sheng Xueyi, he can’t possibly do anything to our family."
"It’s just your big nephew who might have to endure some hardships."
Even though Imperial Concubine Yi is favored, and the Fourteenth Prince is her most cherished son, she herself is not lacking either.
"That, I believe!"
Yuan Yindi did not doubt Ruan Wan’s words.
However, he was not the kind of person who would stand idle knowing trouble was coming. Besides, in Yuan Yindi’s mind, he held no particular reverence for princes.
If the Fourteenth Prince showed hostility towards their family, he would certainly strike first.
The current Emperor Xia was not someone who spoiled his sons.
Being an ambitious ruler, Emperor Xia would not simply watch his sons misbehave.
Therefore, as long as Yuan Yindi caught the Fourteenth Prince making a mistake, he had plenty of ways to send him down the path of becoming a commoner.
...
While Yuan Yindi was gathering information about Sheng Xueyi from Ruan Wan, Yuan Bao was also learning about Sheng Xueyi through his godmother, Shen Family.
When Sheng Xueyi was in Qianyang City, she was also a renowned lady from a noble family.
However, Sheng Xueyi’s luck seemed bad; after her mother fell ill, she was actually poisoned to death. Although the Sheng Family didn’t look into it further, because of this incident, Sheng Xueyi’s father, Sheng Lu, indeed dealt with a group of people in his back courtyard.
It’s unknown how Sheng Lu settled the matter with Sheng Xueyi’s maternal family, preventing them from pursuing the matter.
Afterwards, Sheng Lu remarried and Sheng Xueyi was sent to the village.
Since then, Sheng Xueyi vanished from the circle of noble ladies in the Capital City.
"Godmother, then, why is she living next door to our house?"
"Ah, this is quite the coincidence!"
Shen Family smiled upon hearing Yuan Bao’s question, "The courtyard next to your house originally was Sheng Xueyi’s mother’s dowry courtyard!"
"Jiaojiao, why are you asking about this?"
Ever since Yuan Bao began inquiring about Sheng Xueyi, Shen Family became tightly curious about it.
Yuan Bao didn’t even pause before responding, "When we were in Shiqu Village, the next door was Sheng Family’s village, my eldest cousin likes this Sheng Family’s sister!"
Yuan Bao’s little mouth babbled on, narrating the whole sequence of events.
Including the instances Sheng Xueyi brought pastries for the children in Shiqu Village, but each time ended up leaving hers behind.
"I don’t like this sister!"
"I feel like she is targeting me!"
"Maybe our destinies are misaligned."
"...?!"
Shen Family was speechless.
Although she found Yuan Bao’s reaction somewhat childish, she did not blame Yuan Bao’s thoughts; instead, she started having some other ideas about the matter.
Sheng Xueyi being such a grown person, with her previously good reputation among noble ladies in the Capital City, shouldn’t be making such simple mistakes.
Then, this matter is worth investigating.
Certainly, coincidences exist in this world, but a series of coincidences, does that imply some special meaning?