Jiapingguan Chronicle

Song Yaojia was silent for a long time. Seeing that everyone was looking at him worriedly, he gave everyone a faint smile.

"Let it go!"

He felt a little blocked and uncomfortable in his heart. The development of things was beyond his expectations. He learned some things that he didn't know before, or the inside story.

The reason why he didn't want to reveal his identity in front of Miss Zeng was not intentional. At the beginning, it was because the mastermind of the assassination had not been caught yet, and everyone who had contact with them that day had to be on guard. Later, there was no suitable opportunity, so he simply went with the flow.

Although they had been separated for many years, he always felt that Miss Zeng was someone who understood him very well. Putting aside her family background and origins, she was someone who could truly understand him. However, he did not expect that these were all his wishful thinking and his own self-conceit.

Shen Cha looked at Song Yaojia and instinctively felt that he was in a bad mood and a little depressed. He exchanged glances with Shen Haolin and spoke with concern.

"Brother Yaojia, are you..." She thought for a long time but couldn't find the right words, "not feeling very happy?"

"If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh. We are all family, no one will laugh at you."

Shen Haolin gestured to Merlin, and Merlin poured a bowl of tea, walked to Song Yaojia, and gently placed it in front of him.

"It's true that I'm not very comfortable, but it has nothing to do with you and what you said. I still thank you for telling me this. If you didn't tell me, I might have been kept in the dark." Song Yaojia smiled bitterly and said, "Before hearing this, I always thought I should have kept it a secret. She didn't know who I was or where I came from, so she could chat with me very well. After all, the girls we met before all came with a purpose and they all catered to our needs. We'll know once we get in touch with them, right?"

"That's true." Bai Meng nodded, "You want to find someone who doesn't care about your family background, but it's not easy."

"I know, that's why I cherish you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have missed you for so many years, right?" Song Yaojia smiled bitterly, "What a pity."

"You think Miss Zeng guessed it, or her mother hinted at it, and she pretended not to know to meet you, right?"

"Yes!" Song Yaojia nodded affirmatively. "When Shaobai and the others were talking about this just now, I was thinking back to the days when I was with her, her words and actions, her expressions, everything about her. I remembered all the details I had overlooked before."

"How?" Shen Cha looked at Song Yaojia, "Does she seem to know?"

"Like!" Song Yaojia answered very confidently, "I can be sure now that she knows. So, every time we meet, although she seems not to care much, all her etiquette is perfect, not stiff but polite. I always thought it was due to her family tradition, but now think about it, it's not the case. And every time she talks to me, she looks very relaxed, but also a little cautious and careful. The choice of words and sentences is very rigorous, and there is no fault to find. I just recalled that she let the cat out of the bag once or twice, but she made up for it in time."

"Did you let it slip?"

"Yes, she called me Your Highness a few times, but she only said 'Your Highness' and swallowed it back, not saying anything else. I didn't pay much attention to it before, but now I think about it, she must have known." He sighed softly, "Besides that, we had meals together a few times, and every time she waited for me to pick up my chopsticks before she started, and she was always very respectful when handing me food."

"You're a little slow to react, aren't you?" Xue Ruitian frowned slightly, "It's been so many years, and you just reacted. What were you doing at that time?" "Who knows? At that time, I just felt that it was great to have someone like this by my side, and I didn't care about anything else!" Song Yaojia sighed, "Now thinking about these details, the details that I overlooked before, it is basically certain that she already knows who I am." He looked at everyone and said embarrassedly, "I was thinking before, if the Zeng family was transferred back to Beijing, maybe I could talk to my father and uncle."

"What are you talking about?" Shen Haolin raised his eyebrows at him, "Are you going to appoint Miss Sun from the Zeng family as the Crown Prince's consort?"

Song Yaojia didn't say anything, just nodded.

"Even if she didn't guess your identity, Master and Uncle Dai would not agree." Shen Haolin shook his head gently, "Don't refute me. Look at our uncles and our married brothers. What kind of people are their princesses? Are there any girls from noble families?"

"This..." Song Yaojia shook her head gently, "It seems that there really isn't any."

"The Zeng family is not only a noble family, but Elder Zeng is also an imperial censor. Do you think his family will agree to marry into the royal palace? How will he submit a memorial to the emperor in the future?"

"Brother, that's not what you mean." Shen Cha disagreed with Shen Haolin's statement, "How old is Mr. Zeng this year?"

"He must be eighty, right?" Xue Ruitian calculated and said, "At least eighty. If he returns to Beijing, he will be at least eighty and will have to retire."

"Yes!" Shen Cha nodded. "Once Mr. Zeng retires, his family will be no different from an ordinary scholarly family. There is no one in his family who serves as an official in the court, so it will have no impact at all."

"Mr. Zeng has many students. Even if he retires, he still has so many students. Many imperial censors are his students." Shen Haolin sighed, "Besides, he cares about his reputation, so he won't agree to it."

"You care about your reputation?" Shen Cha frowned, "Are you afraid that people will say that you are trying to curry favor with the rich and powerful?"

"It's true!" Xue Ruitian clapped his hands, "I suddenly remembered that the Empress Dowager said that the Grand Empress Dowager did want the late emperor to marry Zeng's daughter, but Zeng Lao disagreed, so the matter was dropped. At that time, many censors used this as an excuse to report the Grand Empress Dowager for interfering in politics, and the Grand Empress Dowager behaved herself for a while." He looked at Shen Haolin and said, "Is this true? Am I remembering it correctly?"

"Yes!" Shen Haolin nodded. "That's true. That's why I said that even if there wasn't this mess in the middle, as long as Mr. Zeng was still alive, he wouldn't agree."

"I understand!" Shen Cha nodded and looked at Song Yaojia, "If that's the case..."

"Don't worry. After hearing all this, I don't have too many thoughts about this anymore. If they come back one day, there is only one thing I want to ask her when I meet her."

"what?"

"Has she always known who I am? Has she always been trying to please me?" (End of this chapter)