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Chapter 770 Postscript: Xiao Ling's World (VIII)

"What? Prince Si Hengnian is not an orphan. He was born from a secret relationship between the wife of the imperial merchant Qi family and someone before she got married?"

"That's not even the most shocking news! The daughter of the prime minister's mansion is actually Madam Qi's biological daughter. She swapped them out when she was a wet nurse in the prime minister's mansion. She had been planning to keep it a secret for the rest of her life. If she hadn't seen her own two children getting engaged, she wouldn't have said it."

"Yesterday, Prince Xun said that he would marry Miss Xu. Now these siblings definitely can't get married. Doesn't that mean Prince Xun will be single for the rest of his life?"

"Who would have thought that they were siblings?"

"It's really ridiculous. When Madam Qi swapped the children, no servants noticed it?"

"At that time, Prime Minister Xu was not yet the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister's wife was still in her natal family when she suddenly gave birth to a child. Her natal family was not as powerful as her husband's family, so naturally they could not take such good care of her."

"This is really a big drama! Xu Huixin's reputation was ruined because of her private relationship with Prince Xun, and now it has been confirmed that they are siblings. She can't marry anyone else in the future, right?"

"How can I get married? If I hadn't broken off the engagement with General Feng Shao before, I might have been able to blackmail him. Now, even if I don't die of shame and anger, I can only go to a nunnery and become a nun."

"This Madam Qi is really evil."

"That's right. She secretly had sex with someone before she got married, and the sons and daughters she gave birth to are all of the same bloodline. How shameless."

If we were to ask what the biggest joke in the capital is right now, it would undoubtedly be the Prince Xun's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion, which have always been at the center of public opinion. Now, the imperial merchant Qi family has been added to the mix. No one expected that a passionate couple would actually expose both of the previous scandals.

The ones who were most devastated were Si Hengnian and Xu Huixin. They were shocked as if struck by lightning after hearing the news. Si Hengnian even wanted to tear his own mother, Madam Qi, to pieces on the spot.

"Hui Xin, I'm sorry for you, but the Qi family was poor back then, and I just wanted you to live a good life."

"You want your daughter to live a good life, but what about my daughter?" The Prime Minister's wife slapped Madam Qi hard, her voice breaking, "Do you know how many people have been hurt by your actions? How do you want Hui Xin to live in the future?"

"But they are siblings. I cannot watch them get married. This is against human ethics."

Xu Huixin almost fainted from crying. She could not even stand and her face was pale.

"Master, what should we do now?"

Prime Minister Xu had a gloomy face, and he wished he could poison Madam Qi right away. He gritted his teeth and said, "What should we do? If we don't want Hui Xin to be driven to death by rumors, we should send her out of the capital first and wait until public opinion dies down."

"How can we calm down? Those people just can't stand seeing us get better."

"If it doesn't work, marry Hui Xin to another place. I have several disciples..."

"Father, I won't marry." Xu Huixin didn't even dare to look at Si Hengnian, "I would rather become a nun than marry again."

The Prime Minister's wife continued to cry bitterly: "My poor daughter!" Madam Qi was not much better than her. She finally realized her regret at this moment. If she had not done such a evil thing back then, she would not be in this situation now.

Although the Qi Mansion is not as powerful as the Prime Minister's Mansion, it is still rich now. Moreover, there is a brother like Hengnian who is a king of a different surname. The relationship between the brother and sister is good. In this capital, even the prince can marry her. It's all her fault! It's all her fault!

Prime Minister Xu and his wife hated Madam Qi, but even though Madam Qi had done something wrong, she was still the biological mother of Prince Xun Si Hengnian's daughter Hui Xin, whom they had raised for so many years, and they were unable to deal with her for the time being.

"Where is Qi Da? Since he didn't manage the backyard well, he should bear the blame!"

Prime Minister Xu was filled with rage and had no place to vent it, so he turned his attention to the most innocent person, Qi Da, the head of the Qi family.

"My father has no interest in getting involved in your affairs." Qi Jiejing arrived late. Her expression was calm and her posture was composed. She didn't look like a merchant's daughter at all.

It was precisely because of her noble demeanor that Prime Minister Xu and his wife actually believed that she was their biological daughter.

The two had complicated feelings. They thought that their own daughter would become petty if she was replaced by the daughter of a merchant, but they didn't expect her to be so calm and composed with such a transcendent temperament.

"Jing'er..." The Prime Minister's wife wanted to go forward and take a closer look at her, but Qi Jiejing dodged her.

"My mother was indeed the one who insisted on doing what happened back then. You can do whatever you want with her, but my father has never been involved and doesn't know anything about it. Please don't involve my father."

"Jing'er, he is not your father, we are your relatives."

Qi Jiejing smiled jokingly: "So, you are not Xu Huixin's parents?"

Xu Huixin felt as if she had been hit hard, and at this moment she was like a very fragile porcelain doll, shaking precariously.

"Hui Xin, of course you are still the daughter of your mother and father. You used to be a lady in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and you will always be one." The Prime Minister's wife hugged her and said, feeling extremely distressed.

Even though they had just learned that the daughter they had raised for many years was not their biological daughter, they had developed feelings for each other after all. So it was impossible for Prime Minister Xu and his wife to give up Xu Huixin.

Qi Jiejing shrugged and smiled: "So, since you guys can't bear to part with Xu Huixin, then I must have a lot of feelings for my father. I will never let you deny my father."

Hearing this, Prime Minister Xu and his wife were unhappy again, thinking that she was too willful. How could she recognize a mere merchant as her father? She was simply ungrateful!
Seeing their expressions, Qi Jiejing guessed what they were thinking, and simply said, "How about this, since you can't bear to part with Xu Huixin anyway, and I don't want to be a prime minister's daughter, why don't we just stay the same as before and say that Xu Huixin and I were not mistaken at all, and it was my mother who had hysteria."

"Now that there is such a stir, how can we pretend that it didn't happen? As long as His Royal Highness Prince Xun and Hui Xin don't get married, the outside world will continue to speculate."

Prime Minister Xu's words shattered all the fantasies of the Prime Minister's wife. Yes, the secret meeting between Hui Xin and Prince Xun had caused a lot of controversy and was witnessed by all the ladies. It even offended the General's Mansion. Prince Xun even made a bold statement that he would not marry anyone else but Hui Xin in this life. If the two children were not together in the future, who could not guess the truth?
But they are siblings, and we cannot force them to get married just to appease public opinion. This is really against human ethics and will be punished by God!
"Why not let Jing'er marry Prince Xun instead? After Jing'er marries into the palace, she will no longer show up." The Prime Minister's wife had an idea in her head. The more she thought about it, the better she felt that this was a good idea. Not only could it calm public opinion, but she could also continue to have Prince Xun as her son-in-law.

Qi Jiejing and Si Hengnian had always had a bad relationship since childhood, and when they heard this suggestion, both of them looked unhappy.

Especially since Qi Jiejing was the only one who knew the whole truth among the people present today, it was impossible for her to agree. What did everyone in this room think of her? Even her father had never made such a decision for her.