Reborn to be without his father but with his son, the prince shouted, "I'm not dead!"

Chapter 70 The Truth Sixteen Years Ago

"If you want to take the secret into the coffin, then I will satisfy you."

Ji Anyu kept a gentle smile on his face as he slashed Lin Yunfang's neck with the dagger.

"Lin Yunfang, you haven't seen all my methods yet. Everyone here is my people, no one can save you."

"I'll tell you, sixteen years ago, the midwife hired by the Duke's wife for childbirth was bribed by the Imperial Concubine. I found a child among the common people for the midwife and asked her to replace you. Who knew that the midwife wanted her own child to enjoy wealth and glory, so she swapped her child with you."

Ji Anyu was shocked to find out that the imperial concubine had a hand in what happened sixteen years ago.

"and after."

"Later, the Duke discovered something was wrong and arrested the midwife. In order to protect her child, the midwife would rather commit suicide than confess. The Imperial Concubine ordered me to take you away from the capital." Lin Yunfang glanced at Ji Anyu secretly.

Ji Anyu caught Lin Yunfang's gaze, smiled coldly, and lifted Lin Yunfang's chin with a dagger.

"Why don't you continue? Want to negotiate with me? Well, you really won't cry until you see the coffin."

She suddenly stabbed Lin Yunfang's shoulder with a knife.

"what!"

Lin Yunfang shrank back in pain, but was pulled back by Ji Anyu.

"Do you think I don't dare to do it? How many people die in the city's moat every year? Do you want to go down and join them?"

"No, no, no!" Lin Yunfang quickly held back the pain and smiled apologetically.

"It was not my intention to marry you off to a fool. It was the Imperial Concubine who asked me to do it. I was afraid that what happened sixteen years ago would be exposed, so I pushed the blame onto Ji Yunchu."

Ji Anyu seemed to be deep in thought. Ji Yunchu's involvement with the Imperial Concubine was deeper than she had imagined.

"Did the Concubine tell you my name?"

"Well, the Imperial Concubine said that you might return to the Duke's Mansion in the future, so I didn't need to change your name. At first I thought the Duke's Mansion's people would find you quickly, but I didn't expect it would take sixteen years. I thought you would never come back, but the Duke came to find you in person."

Ji Anyu lowered her eyes. This meant that Ji Yunchu should know her background and the evidence was in the Imperial Concubine's hands. No wonder she was so afraid of the Imperial Concubine.

The Imperial Concubine didn't kill her, most likely because she was using her to check and balance Ji Yunchu. After all, more than ten years is a long time, and there is no guarantee that Ji Yunchu will become too independent and attempt to betray the Imperial Concubine.

The fact that she was found by the Duke might have been because the imperial concubine had deliberately released the news.

Ji Anyu was sure that the person who wrote the letter asking Lin Yunfang to marry her to the fool must be Ji Yunchu. Only Ji Yunchu would be afraid of her coming back and afraid that she would take everything back.

"Lin Yunfang, I didn't expect your master to be so important. Well, I'll spare your life for the sake of the imperial concubine."

Ji Anyu took back the dagger and wiped the blood off it with a white handkerchief.

"Thank you, Miss, for not killing me."

Lin Yunfang kowtowed to Ji Anyu in gratitude, secretly regretting that if she had known that Ji Anyu would be soft-hearted and let her go, she would have confessed earlier to avoid wasting time saving her son.

"What did your son do? Tell me about it. Maybe I can give you some advice."

Ji Anyu showed a kind smile, making it difficult to detect that there was a sharp knife hidden inside.

Lin Yunfang was hesitant, considering that her son had been detained because he owed a huge sum of money from gambling after he was released from prison. She really had no money to redeem him, so she went to the capital to ask for help when she was left with no other options.

"Miss, you are kind-hearted. Can you save Jin Hu? He owes three thousand taels. Although we asked the imperial concubine to help the people I left behind when we were released from prison, we also spent a lot of money. Now we are penniless and cannot pay back the debt."

Ji Anyu smiled faintly and said, "Lin Yunfang, you have heard a lot about me since you came to the capital, right? Now that the Duke's Mansion and I have separated, you might as well go and ask the Duke's Mansion's eldest daughter Ji Yunchu for help."

"But what if Ji Yunchu refuses to help?" Lin Yunfang was at her wit's end, and her mind was filled with thoughts on how to save her son.

"To be honest, the person who wrote to you was indeed Ji Yunchu. Now that you have this evidence, are you still afraid that she won't help you?" Lin Yunfang's eyes lit up, and she felt a little grateful to Ji Anyu.

If Ji Anyu hadn't told her, she wouldn't have known the hidden truth.

"But you must not let Ji Yunchu know that it was my idea, otherwise she might kick you out."

"Yes, yes, Miss is right."

"Go ahead." Ji Anyu watched Lin Yunfang leave with a smile.

Han Yan asked doubtfully, "Miss, this person has caused you so much harm, why don't you just kill her?"

"Killing her would be pointless. Besides, Lin Yunfang is still useful. Send someone to keep an eye on Lin Yunfang. When Lin Yunfang brings her son to the capital, find someone to lead him to the largest casino in the capital. Her son should like it very much."

Ji Anyu raised his eyelids lazily, then stepped onto the carriage.

……

After Ji Qinqin returned to the Duke's Mansion, she immediately asked someone to cook medicine.

As soon as the medicine was ready, she couldn't wait to drink it.

"Gingko, why doesn't my stomach hurt? The doctor said that if I take this medicine, the baby will be gone, but I don't feel anything at all. Is he a quack?"

"This...I don't know either." Ginkgo scratched her head. She had never been pregnant, so she didn't understand these things.

"Miss, why don't you tell your cousin about your pregnancy? He is the father of the child and should help you keep it a secret."

"No!" Ji Qinqin refused without thinking.

"My cousin loves me and wants to marry me, but he doesn't dare to tell my parents. He has been hoping that I would get pregnant, and he wants to use this method to force my parents to agree to our marriage. If he knew that I was pregnant, he would definitely not agree to an abortion, and he would make it known to everyone."

"Miss, haven't you always liked your cousin?" Ginkgo asked cautiously.

"No matter how good my cousin is, he can't compare to Wei Luoyan. I'm already engaged to Wei Luoyan, so I can't have anything to do with my cousin anymore. The past love is just a thing of the past."

Ji Qinqin covered her stomach, her eyes flashing with determination. She knew that she must not keep this child.

"Let's go to the pharmacy tomorrow to see if the child is still alive."

"Ah."

At this moment, Lin Yunfang arrived at the gate of the Duke's Mansion.

"Where did you come from, beggar? Get out of the way and don't block the road." The gatekeeper drove the man away with disgust.

"I'm here to see the young lady."

"Hehe, are you qualified to meet the young lady with your status? Just daydream, get out!" The servant spat.

"You..." Lin Yunfang was furious. She had served the Imperial Concubine before. Why was she not worthy of seeing a young lady from the Duke's Mansion? Ridiculous!
"Stop looking down on others." Lin Yunfang spat in return.

"Go and tell the eldest lady that she wrote to me and asked me to marry my adopted daughter to the fool. She will understand after hearing it."

The servant glanced at Lin Yunfang suspiciously. Is there something wrong with this old woman's brain?

"This concerns the reputation of your eldest lady. You'd better go and report to her." Lin Yunfang glanced at the servant coldly.

The servant saw that the old woman spoke seriously and went to report it at once.

When Ji Yunchu heard that such a person was coming to see her, she was so scared that she couldn't hold the spoon tightly.

(End of this chapter)