Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 1283 The Royal Bloodline Lost Abroad?

Although Xin Ji is a scoundrel, he doesn't lie.

He said that knowing Mu Ruojue meant knowing her.

But Mu Ruojue shook her head, looking wary, and said she had never seen him before.

Xin Ji touched her face.

It hurts!

It's not surprising that Mu Ruojue didn't recognize him; he himself didn't recognize himself when he looked in the mirror this morning.

“My maternal grandfather’s name was Zhao Huaiyun!” He took a step closer to Mu Ruojue and gestured, “My maternal grandfather’s house and the Yu family’s house are only two mansions apart, they’re very close. You’ll pass by the Zhao family’s house every time you go out, don’t you remember? We met when we were little. My uncle set his dog on me and chased me. I climbed over the wall into the backyard of the Yu family’s house. It turned out that your family also kept a dog, and it chased me too. So I climbed up a tree!”

As he spoke, Xin Ji circled around again and chose a large tree that required two people to hug: "It's a tree this thick. After I climbed up, I saw you in the next yard. I asked you to call someone for me, but you ignored me. I ended up staying in the tree for two whole hours!"

Regardless of whether Mu Ruojue remembered this incident or not, he had already unilaterally forgiven Mu Ruojue: "But actually I don't blame you. How old were you back then? Probably only six or seven years old. It's normal to be afraid of strangers... Later, one of the concubines in your household saw me and called the servants to catch the dog. Didn't she ask you why you didn't call someone for me? You didn't seem to pay any attention to her."

At this point, Mu Ruojue suddenly reacted: "It's Aunt Su."

"You remember?" Xin Ji finally lost the awkwardness of "making up a family connection," and clapped her hands, saying, "I don't know that aunt's name, but I thought her eyes were very beautiful, like a clear spring..."

Perhaps those eyes were too beautiful, so he still hasn't been able to forget them.

“She’s dead,” Mu Ruojue suddenly said.

Xin Ji's smile froze: "What?"

“He was beaten to death the year before last,” Mu Ruojue said, looking at the ground.

Xin Ji looked dazed for a moment, then subconsciously asked, "Why?"

Mu Ruojue shook her head.

He also wanted to know why.

Aunt Su was one of the few people in the Yu household who treated him well.

Xinji recalled those eyes again, and also remembered what her grandmother had said.

"Once a woman becomes a concubine in a wealthy household, she is no different from a dog chained up in a farmer's yard to guard the house; she can hardly live a human life."

"From now on, take as few concubines as possible, or better yet, not at all."

"Consider it an act of good karma."

Mu Ruojue carried the box back into the house.

Xin Ji stood there stunned for a long time until Cui Jinyin cursed something, which brought him back to his senses.

"What did you say?" he asked Cui Jinyin.

Cui Jinyin rolled her eyes: "You always bring up the most sensitive topics! Young Master Mu was having a great time playing with us, but you came and made him so angry he went inside! You idiot!"

"I'm angry with him?" Xin Ji and Cui Jinyin rolled their eyes at each other. "He wasn't particularly happy when I arrived either! How could he be happy being with you?"

"You!" Cui Jinyin stomped her foot angrily, taking the lead in isolating Xin Ji: "Yu Nanshu, Fang Ziyan, Pei Zhaoqi, let's go!"

"Where are we going?" Fang Ziyan asked seriously.

Cui Jinyin pretended to look around the courtyard, her gaze finally landing on Mu Ruojue's doorway: "Didn't the teacher say that there would be something new to show us later? Let's invite Young Master Mu along, he'll definitely like it."

Fang Ziyan agreed wholeheartedly: "Good!"

The four of them tiptoed toward Mu Ruojue's room.

Xin Ji scoffed and didn't follow. Instead, he asked Shen Zheng, "Lord Shen, why is he in Tong'an County? Do you have connections with the Yu family?"

Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case.

The Yu family was based in Jingzhou and were merchants, not officials, so they had absolutely no connection with this newly risen nobleman.

“He is the apprentice of one of my elders. That elder was busy, so he sent him to Tongan County to stay temporarily.” Shen Zheng gave a general reply and then asked Xin Ji to continue the conversation: “Speaking of which... that elder came and went in a hurry. After sending him here, he left without saying much. As a result, I know very little about him. I only know that he is from Jingzhou, and nothing else... Alas.”

Sure enough, Xin Ji took the bait immediately: "What Jingzhou native? He's not a member of the Yu family!"

"What?!" Shen Zheng feigned surprise: "But my elder told me that he is a member of the Yu family in Jingzhou!"

Xin Ji shook his head and lowered his voice, saying, "Think about it, if he were a member of the Yu family, why would he have the surname Mu instead of Yu?"

Shen Zheng's surprise deepened, but before she could ask any further questions, Xin Ji uttered the classic "disclaimer": "Let me make it clear first, I only heard the news from others, so I can't guarantee its accuracy."

Shen Zheng nodded quickly: "Let's just treat this as a casual chat. If you don't take it seriously, I won't take it seriously either."

Xin Ji hummed in agreement, then covered her mouth with her sleeve: "I heard he is..."

As he spoke, he cautiously scanned the courtyard before pointing to the sky: "The bloodline here."

This time, Shen Zheng was genuinely shocked: "Really?!"

Is Mu Ruojue of royal blood?!

Isn't that ridiculous?!

Can royalty allow their bloodline to flow among the common people?

Not only were they left to wander among the common people, but they also suffered bullying?

Even traditional storytellers wouldn't dare write something like this!

Xin Ji was taken aback by his words: "Didn't we agree that I wouldn't take what I said seriously, and you wouldn't take what I said seriously either?"

Shen Zheng suppressed her surprise and deliberately said, "But your news is too fake, pure nonsense."

"No, how is this fake!" Faced with the questioning, Xin Ji's voice suddenly rose: "Haven't you heard? If something sounds a little far-fetched, it's probably fake; but if it's ridiculously outrageous, you should think it over carefully, it might actually be true!"

Shen Zheng had a vague idea in her mind, but she shook her head on the surface: "Anyway, I think it's fake. Where did you hear that from?"

Xin Ji remained silent.

After a long while, he said, "Don't you think that Mu Ruojue's eyes are very similar to the eyes of someone in the royal family?"

Shen Zheng paused upon hearing this.

She had only met a handful of members of the royal family.

Son of Heaven.

queen.

Queen Mother.

The eldest prince.

The eldest princess.

Consort Jing...

Consort Jing?!

The thought of the imperial concubine who threatened the emperor by crashing into a pillar made Shen Zheng completely uneasy.

It was only after Xin Ji reminded her that she suddenly realized that Mu Ruojue's always downcast eyes really did look a lot like Consort Jing.

But the problem is...

"When Mu Ruojue was born, the late emperor had already passed away!" Shen Zheng's moral bottom line was greatly impacted.

Xin Ji was shocked: "What are you thinking! Think about the next generation!"

Think about it further?

So it's a case of skipped-generation inheritance.

The next instant, two figures appeared in Shen Zheng's mind—Princess Roujia and Prince Cheng'an.

"Is she a princess or a prince?" Shen Zheng asked.

Xin Ji shook his head: "I really don't know. Anyway, please don't spread this around, and don't tell anyone that I told you."

Shen Zheng pondered for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "Where did you hear this news from?"

Xin Ji forced himself to shut his mouth.

You can't exactly say that you couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and overheard it while climbing onto your maternal grandfather's roof, can you?