Chapter 220 - 219 Scenery and Risk
After returning from the construction site, both Jiang Yifan and Jinrong were somewhat silent. They rested briefly in the gridded wooden hut, drank a few cups of tea, and the Shichen was already late. At this point, there was definitely no time to go anywhere else, so the two of them, along with their followers, set off directly back to the county town.
After watching them disappear from view, Cheung Wusi started tugging at Qi Younian, walking towards the open fields outside, speaking in a serious and low voice as they walked, "Big brother, I’ve been holding this in all day. Give me a straight answer—what’s really going on with our Ye Zi? How did Duke An’s Mansion, all the way in the capital, come to know about a girl in Clear Water Village who looks strikingly similar to their granddaughter?"
Seeing that Qi Younian didn’t immediately respond, he pressed further, "Big brother, you can’t think of fooling me. And that Sixth Master Rong, he’s no ordinary person, right? What kind of identity does he have? Why do the Prefectural Magistrate’s sons tremble upon seeing him, and the stewards of Duke An’s Mansion act as if they’ve long known him?"
With so many things happening today, Qi Younian couldn’t keep hiding the truth. He sighed and said, "It’s not that I intentionally hid it from you. In truth, Sixth Master Rong’s status is too high, and it’s better for fewer people to know about it when he prefers not to disclose his identity."
"Too high? What status is that?" Cheung Wusi found two rocks and pulled Qi Younian to sit down.
Qi Younian sat down and looked at Cheung Wusi, "The son of the Emperor, is that status high enough?"
"Emperor’s, Emperor’s, Emperor’s son?" Although Cheung Wusi had mentally prepared himself for Qi Younian’s revelation, he still almost bit his tongue when he spoke.
Qi Younian nodded, "Yes, the Sixth Prince, Prince Yu."
Cheung Wusi stared with wide eyes, struggling to recover for quite a while. Qi Younian didn’t rush him, just sitting by his side, sorting through the many events of the day.
It was a good while before Cheung Wusi managed to speak with a raspy voice, "Big brother said before, Ye Zi and Sixth Master Rong, Lord Jiang, are old acquaintances. If she can be acquaintances with a prince, Ye Zi must also be from a prestigious clan in the capital, right? There are two women who look alike in the capital? And both from prestigious clans?"