My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

Chapter 252 Prince Ning lost his memory?

The stories of the nobles in Kyoto were always mixed, sometimes true and sometimes false, making it difficult to distinguish. However, Mother You was very capable and quickly found out the truth about His Royal Highness Prince Ning.

She didn't know why the girl wanted to investigate Prince Ning's affairs, but she came back immediately to report.

"Three generations ago, His Royal Highness the Prince of Ning was a brother of the late Emperor. The late Prince of Ning was the cousin of our Majesty. Although they were cousins, during the dangerous struggle for the throne, the old Prince of Ning risked his own life to protect Your Majesty several times. Your Majesty was grateful for the deep brotherly love and has always treated the Prince of Ning's Mansion with kindness."

"When Prince Ning was young, he was originally betrothed to the eldest daughter of the Fang family. But when the wedding day was approaching, Prince Ning suddenly fell ill and fainted, almost unable to wake up. The Ning Palace simply moved up the marriage to bring good luck. The eldest daughter of the Fang family refused to comply, but was afraid of the palace's power, so they simply let the third daughter raised in the countryside marry in her place."

So it was a substitutionary marriage plot. Si Muyan didn't have much to say about it. In this era, ordinary people had no human rights to speak of. Power was always the most important thing. The Wang Mansion had power, so it could suppress the Fang Mansion. The eldest daughter of the legitimate family had power within the mansion, so she could force her younger sister to marry in a substitutionary marriage.

Mother You continued.

"But not long after the substitutionary marriage, the old Prince Ning finally came to his senses. The eldest daughter of the Fang family refused to accept the marriage, claiming that her younger sister had stolen her marriage and that she should be the Prince Ning's consort. Therefore, the Fang family actually went to the palace and demanded that the old Prince Ning marry the eldest daughter and demote the third daughter to a concubine."

Now, even the second sister's eyes widened.

"How can you be so shameless? Isn't the Third Miss a daughter of the Fang family? Maybe she came here to bring good luck when she was a widow, but she won't get the chance to be a princess?"

Mother You nodded.

"What the Second Miss said is true. That was the situation at the beginning. However, Third Miss Fang was a softie. After listening to her mother's words, she felt that she was not worthy of the prince and was willing to demote herself to a concubine. Later, it was still the old Prince Ning who refused to agree. He scolded Third Miss Fang and forbade the Fang family to mention the matter again. Only then was the matter settled. However, although Third Miss Fang was the Ning Prince's Consort, her reputation was not very good."

Si Muyan had heard a little about this. She only heard that the old Princess Ning was not a good person when she was young. She framed her own sister to become the princess. Later, her son was replaced by someone else, which was also her retribution. After that, she worshipped Buddha for a long time and ignored worldly affairs.

Mother You said.

"I didn't expect the Fang family, under the prince's wrath, dared not speak nonsense, but they did a lot of things behind the scenes. After the princess became pregnant, the Fang family's stepmother fell ill repeatedly, and asked the pregnant princess to return home to take care of her. Three times in a row, the princess's fetus was unstable and almost lost. The prince was furious and forbade the princess to return home again. But when the Fang family's plan failed, they came up with another one, and they actually came up with the idea of ​​using a cat to replace the prince..."

The second sister's heart was in a knot when she heard this. Even though she had met Prince Ning and was sure that he was her Sanlang, he refused to recognize her, but she still couldn't help feeling distressed.

No wonder she had always felt that he was out of place in the Jiang family, as if he was born with an air of nobility. More importantly, the Jiang family treated Sanlang far less well than their other brothers, and he was always the one who suffered the most injustice in the family.

Later, because Sanlang was strong enough to earn money and smart enough to find ways to help his family, the Jiang family treated him better.

So from the very beginning, the Jiang family knew that Sanlang was not their child!

Mother You sighed, "It was a strange coincidence that the princess's personal mother was actually the mother of the former Fang family's eldest daughter. She loved the Fang family's eldest daughter and held a grudge against the princess. When the princess gave birth, she had the audacity to go out and take a child from a commoner. As for the bloodline of the palace, it was raised by that commoner."

Noble families all pay attention to bloodline, let alone the royal family. This mother is so bold that she dares to confuse the royal bloodline.

The second sister asked, "The two children have been exchanged. Are the people doing their best to raise the young master?"

She really wanted to ask whether the ordinary citizen's surname was Jiang, but she finally kept her patience.

Mother You said, "I was quite attentive at first. After all, I knew the child was from a wealthy family, and that family was quite wealthy, so they could still afford to raise another child. Unexpectedly, when the child was four years old, the family fell into poverty and could no longer afford to eat. They tried to send the child back, but when my mother found out, she sold the child far away."

The second sister was worried: "Sell... into slavery?"

Mother You shook her head. "I can only say that the young master was born with a good fate. He was originally going to be sold into slavery, but by chance he was adopted by a farmer and raised there."

The rest of the story is about how he was seriously injured during his military service, how he lost his memory, how he was adopted by his adoptive father, General Cao, how he discovered on his return that he was actually a descendant of the Ning Wang Mansion, how he recognized his ancestors and returned to his roots, etc...

The second sister's heart trembled, and she asked, "Prince Ning...has he lost his memory?"

Mother You said, "That's right. His Royal Highness Prince Ning has lost his memory. He doesn't remember anything from his time in the army. Even his former family was found by the Emperor."

Si Muyan hurriedly asked, "Is his former family also in Kyoto now?"

"Yes, my surname is Jiang. I have adoptive parents, two older brothers, a younger brother, and a younger sister. I currently live in Beijing."

"Are these the only relatives you have?" Si Muyan asked again.

"Yes." Mother You was puzzled. "Why do you ask that?"

Si Muyan smiled and said, "It was by chance that I learned that Prince Ning had also been living in Lingnan for several years, so I felt that there was a slight connection. However, in the countryside of Lingnan, it's not uncommon for men to marry at the age of sixteen or seventeen, so Prince Ning should have more than that."

Mother You smiled and said, "That's true. Young men in Kyoto marry when they reach adulthood, but people in the countryside often marry earlier. Prince Ning is already twenty-two this year. But the Jiang family has found him and they say he has never married or had children. That's a good thing. Otherwise, she was his first wife after all, and demoting her to a concubine would make people think Prince Ning was a bit heartless."

I'm just a little heartless, not that I think he did anything wrong.

It’s a bit funny when you think about it.

Si Muyan asked Mama You to go out, and ordered someone to come in to deliver a letter to Prince Ning's Mansion, saying that the young master of Anle Marquis Mansion invited His Royal Highness Prince Ning to have lunch at Deqing Tower in Kyoto on his day off.

Prince Ning returned home at night and read "New Cases of Wen Taigong". He read this book over and over again and could even memorize all the details of the cases in it, but he still had no clue about the three major cases in Kyoto.

Most others believed that the murderer was the one who wrote the books, while a small number believed that the publication of the books helped the murderer know how to commit the crime and avoid being discovered.

Anyway, it can't be a coincidence. This book seems to have become a warning, making everyone nervous, fearing that the fourth case will happen.

The lights flickered, and Prince Ning frowned.

The butler's voice came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, the Prince Consort invites you to come to the mansion for tea the day after tomorrow."

Prince Ning opened his thin lips and said, "I am busy."