Chapter 97 - He's Identity

A month ago He Xu was forced to leave the capital due to his debts, and since then, Yun Chu had arranged for someone to follow him all the way.

"After He Xu left the capital, he has been traveling in the direction of Jizhou." The boy lowered his head and reported, "His old home is not in Jizhou, but in the village of Yangliu, more than thirty miles outside of Jizhou, and only after going to the village did Xiao know that He Xu's original name was He Xu, and it turned out that his original family name was He. Chen Bo let the small inquire a woman called He Ling Ying, just there is no family there surnamed He, the small in a hurry to create wisdom, He replaced with He to inquire out, there is indeed a called He Ling Ying, is He Xu's own sister."

 Yunchu's hand paused.

No wonder she couldn't find out about the He family after checking the entire capital, so, it was surnamed He.

"I went to find Rizheng to ask for information, a mention of the He family, Rizheng on the face of taboo, smoking a dry cigarette a word not to say, small silver to the Rizheng, Rizheng directly shut down no longer want to nag with the small ... I stayed in Jizhou for a little more than half a month, and the village of that group of old women familiar with the only to find out the one and two The He family is more than twenty years to move to the village, all the old women and less than seven years old children, all the body with injuries, miserable, moved to the village in the first month, the He family on the sick death of seven or eight people ...."

"He family juniors, that is, He Xu's generation, died to the point that only their brother and sister were left, lifting the whole clan to find a good in-laws for He Lingying, but the little incompetent, did not inquire about which family He Lingying married into."

Chen Defu looked horrified: "Madam, more than twenty years ago, the capital did not have a big family surnamed He is gone, could it be ..."

More than twenty years ago, Yun Chou had not been born, but she had also heard people in her family mention this matter.

At that time, the He family head of the He adults served as Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, that year coincided with a severe drought, seven or eight provinces in the south suffered, the imperial court allocated two hundred thousand taels of silver to provide relief, however, this silver arrived in the south, less than 20,000 taels of silver ... countless victims of starvation and drying, countless people were displaced, and a large number of people gathered to spark an uprising! ... In short, the consequences were serious.

When things settle down, the court thoroughly investigate the disaster relief, this investigation is not good, the Ministry of households up and down the corruption, from inside to outside are rotten.

As the Secretary of the Household Department of the He family head, although not openly corrupt, but will find those who have been corrupt officials to take the benefits of the top and bottom of the one, the Emperor will be hidden thoroughly.

The court was shaken, the emperor was furious, the more investigation the more difficult, the entire He family within the three clans, all men over seven years old were sentenced to beheading, women and children under seven years old were imprisoned for half a year, and finally released, a large family, only thirty people left alive, the court will be repatriated back to their original homes.

A dozen more died on the way to Yangliu Village in Jizhou, leaving only twenty or so at their destination.

And to the destination, the day is not good to go, otherwise the youngest generation will not only survive He Xu siblings two.

A cold smile floated on Yun Chu's lips, "So the Aunt He in our house is the daughter of a sinful minister."

He's father was a small official in the Ministry of Households, and his grandfather was the Minister of Households, so the He family could be considered to have been very prosperous more than twenty years ago.

Once the accident, the whole family disintegrated ... She finally understood why Xie Shian had such a big opinion of the current emperor, so many clansmen died in the hands of the emperor, He's resentment towards the court towards the emperor, and naturally, he will also bring this kind of resentment in the usual education, which is why Xie Shian hated the emperor at a young age ...

Chen Defu was scared: "Your honor has taken the He family's daughter as an aunt, if someone with a heart knows, I am afraid ... that it will be a problem."

Although the court did not banish the He family women, children and young children, and did not explicitly prohibit the He family to leave the original home, but after the sinners is half a sinner, in thousands of miles away from the wandering still into, even wandering to the capital to come, but also married to the court official, if the person who has a heart to disclose to the Imperial Palace of Justice, the Imperial Palace of Justice to participate in a book, enough to the Xie family to drink a pot of it.

 Yunchu shook her head.

He Ling Ying a weak woman, even if married to a court official, will not let the court feel anything, Xie Jingyu pay the price is nothing more than the official down a level.

But, if the descendants of the He family, one married to the emperor, one into the state prison ...

The He family has a grudge against the Royal Family, yet they go to great lengths to get close to the Royals, what will the Emperor think?

 If this thing is planned well, it could take the Xie family down in one fell swoop.

What needed to be done now was to make Ying He Ling Ying go from being Aunt He, to becoming the Xie family's first young master, second young master, and first young miss, the biological mother of these three children.

 Leave from the manor and return to the Xie family.

Yun Chu went directly to Xie Jingyu's courtyard, which was his study, and he had been lodging here since the marriage.

When she arrived, the maids were a bit surprised because Yun Chou had never set foot in this courtyard in all this time.

 "Stand down, all of you."

 Yun Chou opened her mouth, and those maids hurriedly nodded their heads and retreated in an orderly manner.

The study is filled with books, and on the table there is also a folding paper that Xie Jingyu has half written, Yun Chou picked it up and glanced at it, nothing out of the ordinary.

She looked around, and was surprised to find a ledger amongst a few books.

 She held out the ledger, and the beautiful writing looked like it was written by a woman:

 "Spring of the thirteenth year of Shuntian, Yuquan, birth of the eldest sister, delivery, five taels."

 "In the fall of the fourteenth year of Shun Tian, Yu Quan, gave birth to his elder brother's child, delivered, seven taels."

 "In the fall of the 18th year of Shuntian, Jizhou, the birth of Ergor ..."

The Xie family s old mansion is in Yuquan, Jizhou, Xie Jingyu moved to Jizhou after he took the examination for a scholar, and later became a scholar before coming to the capital ... These times all match up.

 And the handwriting, a slight comparison showed that it was that of Ying He Ling.

Yun Chu smiled, Xie Jingyu was really not the least bit wary of her, such an important thing was casually placed on the bookcase.

 She put the ledger up her sleeve.

 Just then, the voice of Hearing Frost saluting came from outside, "Greetings, my lord."

 Xie Jingyu's brows furrowed, "How did you get here?"

Hearing Frost lowered her head and said, "Madam came to speak to Your Excellency, and when she saw that Your Excellency was not there, she went in to rest for a moment."

 As he was talking, the door opened.

Yunchu stood behind the door, her gaze falling on Xie Jingyu's hand, "This is on husband's hand?"

 Xie Jingyu picked up the gift box, "This is a ginseng from Lord Hu."

 He raised his other hand, "This is the tea given by Lord Zhou."

 Yunchu pulled her lips.

It seemed that after becoming the future father-in-law of King Anjing, Xie Jingyu's days were gradually winding down.

 "What did the lady want to talk to me about?"

 Xie Jingyu placed the gift box on the desk and looked at Yunchu.

"Aunt Yu came to me crying during the invocation, wanting to take Yun Ge'er back." Yun Chor spoke, "Yun Ge Er seems to still be sick, what does Husband think?"

Xie Jingyu frowned: "Since Yun Ge'er was given to Aunt He, then he will be taught by Aunt He, and if you are sick, just ask a doctor."

"That's what I mean too." Yunchu smiled and opened her mouth, "Speaking of which, Aunt He and our Xie family are also considered to have some destiny, and in the morning, Aunt Tao also said that Aunt He and Sister Ping can be said to look exactly the same, and that if people outside who don't know about it see it, they're afraid that they'll think Aunt He is Sister Ping's real mother."

Hearing these words, Xie Jingyu's entire body was stunned, and a heart felt like it had fallen into an ice cellar.

He should have realized that a girl is like her mother, and the more Ping Sister Er grows up, the more she will look like He's face ...