Guo Jia felt that he must have guessed Yuan Xi's true thoughts. If he took the blame for Yuan Xi now, he would probably get a lot of benefits.
No way!
How many subordinates who get involved in such matters of succession will have a good ending?
Although Zhen Mi seems to obey Yuan Xi in everything now, who knows if people's thoughts will change as time goes by?
Just look at what happened to Liu Bang and Empress Lu and you'll know!
Guo Jia is struggling with his inner thoughts right now. I just want to be a counselor quietly and don't want to get involved in your family affairs!
Yuan Xi and Zhen Mi both saw Guo Jia's hesitation, and the same thought came to their minds.
It seems like something is not right?
Guo Jia admitted it right away, but he was so reluctant. Maybe there was something fishy going on?
Yuan Xi stared at Guo Jia and suddenly asked, "When did you become acquainted with Madam Cai?"
Guo Jia's heart twitched. You asked me to help cover it up, but you asked such a revealing question?
He stammered, "After we captured Guangling City, I can't remember clearly."
Yuan Xi became puzzled. He had never seen Guo Jia talk to Madam Cai on weekdays, and Guo Jia should not be so bold when he was in the mansion.
When he went to Xia Pi to negotiate with Liu Bei, Guo Jia also went with him. It seemed that he didn't have much chance. How did the two sides manage to have secret communication?
How did Madam Wu get pregnant? And who did she get pregnant with, Guo Jia?
Yuan Xi's body suddenly shook, as if he had thought wrongly!
If Guo Jia is hiding something, is it possible that the father of the child in Mrs. Wu's belly is someone else?
Yuan Xi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat because he thought of something very wrong!
When Sun Ce launched a fierce attack on Guangling that day, he released Qiao Rui to test the real purpose of Sun Ce's siege.
But this attempt did not succeed, because Guan Yu came to help, Xia Pi was attacked by Cao's army, and Sun Ce retreated.
At least on the surface, Sun Ce retreated because of Cao's army and Guan Yu, when he saw that there was no hope of taking Guangling.
But this does not mean that there are no important people in Guangling City!
If there really is someone that Sun Ce values, then this person may have a close relationship with Madam Cai, and may even be the father of the child in Madam Cai's belly!
Moreover, it is very likely that Guo Jia has noticed the existence of this person and is thinking of covering up for him!
Yuan Xi's body suddenly shook. Did Zhou Yu really escape?
Could it be that Zhou Yu failed to escape, but hid in the city under an assumed name?
Maybe this Mrs. Cai is Zhou Yu's first wife!
But this is the speculation that Yuan Xi does not want to see, as it means that Guo Jia is very likely to be hiding something from him!
He stared at Guo Jia and said, "Mr. Fengxiao, how should I treat you?"
Guo Jia thought to himself, what the hell, you have said so much, what else can I say?
He made up his mind and said, "Jia will give Madam Cai an explanation."
Zhen Mi said in disbelief: "Is it really you, sir?"
Guo Jia felt miserable and had to nod his head desperately.
At this time, Yuan Xi spoke up: "Mr. Fengxiao, do you know Zhou Yu?"
Guo Jia was stunned. What did this mean?
He shook his head and said, "I don't know."
The room began to fall silent, and a strange atmosphere gradually filled the air. The three of them seemed to vaguely sense that something was wrong, but they had no clue what was going on.
Yuan Xi sighed, "I am willing to believe sir."
"But I want to ask, sir, what do you think about Mrs. Cai's identity?"
Guo Jia thought to himself, is this asking about family background?
Could it be that in order to completely dispel Madam Zhen's suspicion, you are hinting that I should marry Madam Cai?
That's right, he has already recognized the child, so it seems unreasonable not to marry the child's mother, right?
No way!
I fucking believed your lies. If this continues, there's no way back. If the truth comes out, I'll be in trouble everywhere!
The two of them stared at each other, but then Zhen Mi clapped her hands and said, "Oh, I suddenly forgot something."
"Mrs. Cai is not in a position to speak, but Mr. Yuanhua must know something. Why don't you ask him?"
Guo Jia's heart sank. Although Madam Zhen seemed harmless, she was actually very thoughtful and found the key to the matter immediately.
I didn't communicate with Hua Tuo when I came here. If Hua Tuo couldn't help but tell the truth, wouldn't everything be over?
Young master must be very clear about this at this point, so he should be able to find a way to get around this matter, right?
What Guo Jia didn't expect was that Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Madam is very smart. The key is indeed Mr. Yuanhua."
"Sun Li, go and invite Mr. Yuan Hua over!"
Guo Jia's eyes went dark and his ears started buzzing.
I can figure out the key and avoid revealing the truth, but Hua Tuo may not be able to do that!
Sun Li left, and soon after, he came in with Hua Tuo who kept wiping his sweat.
When Hua Tuo came in, he couldn't help but glance at Guo Jia, but found that the other party seemed not to see him.
Guo Jia was helpless. Why are you looking at me at this time?
Is it possible to give a confession on the spot?
Zhen Mi spoke first: "Mr. Yuanhua, since this involves Madam Cai's reputation, please tell me the truth."
Hua Tuo said dryly, "May I ask what you would like to know, Madam?"
Zhen Mi asked, "How long has Madam Cai been pregnant?"
Guo Jia's face twitched, and he thought to himself that this Madam Zhen was indeed not simple, as she had hit the nail on the head right away!
Hua Tuo was at a loss. He glanced at Guo Jia for help, but Guo Jia turned his head away and pretended not to know.
Hua Tuo calmed himself down, looked at Yuan Xi, and finally made up his mind and said, "About a month, maybe five or six more days."
Yuan Xi calculated and said in a lost voice: "Isn't this around the New Year?"
As he thought about the people who came in and out of the mansion during those days, he said, "It is obviously impossible that Taishi Ci and Tian Yu have never entered the mansion."
"Sun Li has been here, but that's even more impossible."
Sun Li laughed and said, "I have the intention to do it, but I don't have the courage to do it."
Yuan Xi was puzzled. "Around the New Year, there were only these few people coming and going in the mansion?"
Guo Jia glared at Hua Tuo and said helplessly, "I have been here twice before, and it happened that the young master was on a city inspection trip."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Guo Jia, with different expressions in their eyes.
Yuan Xi was surprised, Hua Tuo was ashamed, and Zhen Mi was confused.
The expression in Zhen Mi's eyes flashed, and then she said: "I am really narrow-minded. I once thought that my husband was very suspicious."
"After all, Madam Cai is so beautiful that even I am a little moved."
"But on second thought, my husband is not someone who would deny his actions. Surely there is another hidden story."
She turned to Guo Jia and said, "Mr. Fengxiao must not abandon her after having an affair with her, otherwise Madam Cai will be too pitiful."
Guo Jia smiled apologetically and said, "Madam is right."
Yuan Xi sighed: "Although I have a clear conscience, at the moment, I am indeed the most suspicious."
"I just suspected that this Madam Cai was Zhou Yu's first wife and was an extremely important person."
He said to Guo Jia with an apologetic look: "I am really sorry. I thought Mr. Fengxiao and Zhou Yu had a past, so I helped him hide it."
Guo Jia was a little dazed. What was going on?
He suddenly felt that there seemed to be some strange deviation in his understanding of this matter?
However, Guo Jia didn't want to think about it anymore. He just wanted to deal with the matter, so he just laughed it off.
The matter was settled. Guo Jia promised to give Mrs. Cai an explanation in a few days, and then he took Hua Tuo and left.
He secretly wiped his sweat, thinking that he would just take the blame, it was not a big deal anyway, she was just a girl from a noble family!
Seeing that everyone had left, Yuan Xi smiled and said to Zhen Mi, "Since it involves the reputation of a woman from an aristocratic family, I couldn't ask Madam Cai directly. Fortunately, Mr. Fengxiao took responsibility and the matter was resolved satisfactorily."
However, he noticed that Zhen Mi looked a little unhappy, so he asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhen Mi shook her head and said softly, "Mr. Feng Xiao is lying."
Yuan Xi was shocked: "Why would Madam think so?"
Zhen Mi opened the cabinet beside her, took out a scroll from a pile of bamboo slips, and slowly spread it out.
"I have arranged for maids to take turns behind the door. No matter who comes in or out, their names and time of entry and exit will be recorded."
"So I can find out who enters and leaves the inner house and when."
"But Mr. Fengxiao never came during those days."
Yuan Xi looked at the densely packed records of entries and exits on the bamboo slips and was quite surprised: "Madam is really thoughtful. How did you think of doing this?"
Zhen Mi said softly, "I manage the inner house for my husband, so I naturally don't want any mistakes to happen."
"But if what Mr. Yuanhua said is true, there was only one man in the mansion during the days when Madam Cai was pregnant."
Yuan Xi couldn't help but ask: "Who is it?"
He immediately responded: "Madam, do you think it's me?"
He said in a deep voice: "If it was really me who did it, I will tell my wife."
Zhen Mi said softly: "Of course I believe it, but I would rather believe that my husband has deceived me."
"Because if that's not the case, then who is with Madam Wu?"
"How did you get into the mansion?"
"My dear husband, don't you think that the most terrifying thing is that this kind of thing happened under our noses without anyone noticing?"
After hearing this, Yuan Xi's expression became serious, "Madam, what you said makes sense."
"What we should do now is trust each other."
"Just now I suspected that Mr. Fengxiao was hiding something, but then I thought I was overthinking it. But now that Madam has said that, if someone is really hiding his access from us, then it means there is probably a spy in the mansion."
The two looked at each other in confusion. Who was the father of the child in Mrs. Wu's belly?
Is it possible that I saw a ghost?
It's not scary that bad things happen, what's scary is that you don't know how they happened!
Although they are already in Youzhou, are there still unstable factors in Guangling City?
Yuan Xi calmed himself down. He had to stay calm!
Things can't be that bad!
He began to think, eliminating the least likely possibility first.
Guo Jia had no reason to betray me. He had been traveling with me all over the country for two years. What temptation could make him turn away from me?
It should be impossible for Hua Tuo to do so. He had followed Chen Deng earlier, and what he promised him were what he desired most. He had no reason to betray him.
Sun Li can't possibly...
Taishi Ci Tian Yu…..
The servants in the mansion...? This is even more outrageous!
Yuan Xi couldn't help rubbing his temples and said helplessly: "No, I can't figure it out at all."
"In fact, asking directly is the most effective."
Zhen Mi nodded and said, "Then?"
Yuan Xi said, "As a man, it is naturally inconvenient for me. It would be best if Madam goes to ask, or you can ask Zhao Ji."
Zhen Mi thought for a moment and said, "I will go with Zhao Ji."