“I actually do need help,” Jiang Yunxi said with a smile, her eyes curving like crescent moons.
“Tell me quickly,” Jiang Jing’an urged eagerly, wanting to assist his daughter and also for the sake of justice.
“I want you to make the affairs of Marquis Wenxin Estate a huge scandal, something everyone in the capital knows about,” Jiang Yunxi said word by word. This was all she needed them to do.
Jiang Jinghuai glanced at Jiang Jingyan beside him. “Leave this to your second brother. He has many friends of all sorts outside. He can handle it without any problem.”
Jiang Jingyan protested unhappily, “Elder brother, you’re slandering me!”
“Is that so?” Jiang Jinghuai looked at him with a deep gaze.
“Alright, alright. My friends are indeed a mixed bunch. Leave spreading this news to me. I promise to get it done,” Jiang Jingyan said, looking at Jiang Yunxi. He was quite willing to do this for her, as a form of compensation.
“Thank you, second brother. But second brother, be careful recently. Do not interfere with others’ decisions, or things will go wrong,” Jiang Yunxi said seriously. Since he was helping her, she should help him too, but she could only give a warning.
She couldn’t explain in detail what would happen.
“I’ll remember that!” Jiang Jingyan said hurriedly after a moment of stunned silence. Had she seen something?
Was he about to face misfortune?
Oh, she said as long as he didn’t interfere with others’ decisions, nothing would happen.
He would keep that firmly in mind!
“Yunxi, aside from spreading this matter, is there anything else you need me to do?” Jiang Jing’an asked, casting a cool glance at Jiang Jingyan. Because he had been able to help, while he, as the father, hadn’t yet contributed, he felt dissatisfied.
Jiang Yunxi shook her head.
“Aren’t we going to investigate evidence?” Jiang Jing’an asked, looking puzzled. Why did she seem completely unconcerned?
“After ten years, any evidence is long gone. Ghosts can’t come out and speak before the world as proof, but living people can. We just need to wait patiently for a few days,” Jiang Yunxi said with a meaningful smile.
This was the reason she wanted the matter spread.
The father and his two sons were left bewildered by her words, but they could only follow her lead.
After leaving Yingguo Gongfu, Jiang Yunxi did not return to Hanwang Residence. Instead, she went to find a shop to make a sign and set up a fortune-telling stall right on the busiest main street in the capital. However, after more than an hour, not a single customer came.
Business was truly dismal!
Suddenly, a carriage stopped in front of the stall.
Jiang Yunxi looked up sharply. Seeing that the driver was Qi Yan, she wasn’t the least bit excited. She had thought a customer had arrived.
“Mother!”
Momo and Mianmian were the first to jump down from the carriage, rushing toward the stall.
Seeing the rosy cheeks of the two little ones and the sparkle in their eyes, Jiang Yunxi knew they had enjoyed themselves at the military camp. She patted their heads and looked toward the man stepping down from the carriage. “Prince Han, would you like your fortune told?”
“This prince does not,” Zhan Beiyuan refused coldly. He had never had his fortune told, firmly believing that fate was in his own hands.
“Couldn’t you just pretend to have it told? Become the first customer of my little stall. When the common people see you coming here for a fortune, they’ll surely flock to me for readings,” Jiang Yunxi thought she was a marketing genius.
Prince Han would definitely be an excellent advertisement.
Zhan Beiyuan raised an eyebrow and said indifferently, “This prince does not engage in false advertising.”
Jiang Yunxi: “…”
Suddenly, a woman around forty years old walked over. She glanced at Zhan Beiyuan and said with a beaming smile, “Wealthy families all come to you for fortune-telling, so you must be accurate. I want my fortune told.”
“Alright, what would you like to know?” Jiang Yunxi asked with a cheerful smile.
Zhan Beiyuan: “…”
He really wanted to explain that he wasn’t here for fortune-telling, but Momo and Mianmian pulled him aside.
“Daddy, let her go first,” Mianmian said in a sweet, childish voice, clinging to his leg.
Meeting his daughter’s sparkling eyes, Zhan Beiyuan could only nod.
Earlier in the morning at the military camp, the two little ones hadn’t caused any trouble at all. Instead, in a short time, they had become fast friends with the soldiers. When he finished his military duties and stepped out, he could hardly believe it.
“Master, I want to ask when I’ll have a grandson,” the woman asked eagerly. She desperately wanted to hold a grandson, but her daughter-in-law had given birth to three granddaughters in a row.
Her heart ached with disappointment.
“You won’t have a grandson,” Jiang Yunxi said after observing the woman as she sat down, having already guessed her purpose.
“Ah, do you mean the next one will also be a granddaughter?” the woman widened her eyes, her expression turning sour.
Jiang Yunxi told the truth bluntly: “Not a granddaughter. In fact, you won’t even have granddaughters anymore because your son’s… manhood is no longer functional.”
“How is that possible! I think you’re just talking nonsense. That Prince Han—isn’t he said to have a hidden ailment and be incapable? Yet he has a pair of dragon and phoenix twins. Do you even know how to tell fortunes?” The woman’s eyes suddenly turned fierce, her face filled with anger.
She, too, wanted a pair of dragon and phoenix twins—a grandson and a granddaughter.
Zhan Beiyuan: “…”
Momo: “…”
Mianmian: “…”
Qi Yan: “…”
Jiang Yunxi twitched the corner of her mouth, glanced at the man beside her whose face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and couldn’t help but laugh.
“Are you mocking me? If you dare laugh again, I’ll overturn your stall!” The woman abruptly stood up, adopting a fierce, shrewish posture as if ready to cause a scene.
“Whether I’m talking nonsense or not, you can go back and ask your son. If you want a grandson, you’d be better off nurturing your three granddaughters properly. In the future, you can find a live-in son-in-law to carry on your family line.”
Since she was her first customer, Jiang Yunxi kindly offered her some advice.
The woman froze. She hadn’t told her she had three granddaughters, so how did she know?
“I’ll ask for clarification.”
“Make sure your son tells the truth. Otherwise, if he sends his wife to another man’s bed, the child won’t be from your family,” Jiang Yunxi said with a half-smile, offering another piece of well-meaning advice.
Zhan Beiyuan: “…”
Why did she say everything so bluntly? And how could she know about things that hadn’t even happened yet?
The woman’s eyes widened. “You, you, you… hmph!”
With that, she turned to leave.
“If you don’t pay for a fortune-telling, you’ll surely face great misfortune. Give me one copper coin today. If my prediction turns out to be correct, remember to come back and pay the remaining nine coins,” Jiang Yunxi called out to stop her.
The woman hurriedly tossed down a copper coin and quickly walked away.
“Are you sure you weren’t just tricking her?” Zhan Beiyuan asked coldly, feeling that her words were too mysterious. How could anyone know about future events?
“No.”
“How do you know so clearly?”
Jiang Yunxi met his gaze with bright, sparkling eyes. “Want to know?”
“Yes.”
“I won’t tell you.”
Zhan Beiyuan: “…”
Jiang Yunxi began packing up her stall, planning to return the next day. Tomorrow, someone would advertise for her. If she stayed here today, no one else would come for fortune-telling.
Momo and Mianmian helped with the tidying up.
Looking at the two little ones, Jiang Yunxi felt a wave of tenderness in her heart. Suddenly, she thought of a serious problem.
The person who had tampered with Yingguo Gongfu intended to completely sever its bloodline. Since Momo and Mianmian were her children, they naturally carried the blood of Yingguo Gongfu. Would the person behind this plot harbor murderous intentions toward them?