Chapter 419: Scam Daughter Filial to Father

“Oh, awake?” Ye Jiu was thinking when suddenly a voice came from behind the bed curtain.

Ye Jiu hastily pulled back the curtain, only to see a middle-aged man dressed in fine clothing, leisurely lifting a cup of tea to his lips.

Ye Jiu looked down to check herself, still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, not changed, then she lifted her hands to look, clearly still in her original body.

All signs indicated that she had not traveled through time, so where exactly was she? And who was the man before her?

“Who are you, and why am I here?” Ye Jiu’s composed face showed no hint of nervousness, but the turmoil in her heart was known only to herself.

“Who I am is not important, what’s important is who you are about to meet,” the middle-aged man cryptically remarked.

Ye Jiu suddenly had a bad feeling.

“Come along, the person eager to meet you is waiting outside,” the middle-aged man said, rising to his feet, patting his clothes, and turning toward the door.

Ye Jiu had no choice but to follow him, still unclear about the current situation.

Walking through the courtyard to the main hall, Ye Jiu lifted her eyes and saw the figure draped in opulence.

The person she had only glimpsed from afar yesterday, who else could it be but the Princess Consort Jing?

As Ye Jiu followed the man into the hall, he spoke, “Oh, the younger sister has arrived. Please, take a seat.”

“Greetings, my brother. Your concubine is honored,” the Princess Consort Jing bowed to the man.

Then, upon seeing Ye Jiu behind the Second Prince, a look of utter shock crossed her beautiful face.

Ye Jiu could distinctly feel the emotional turbulence emanating from the Princess Consort Jing, who went from disbelief to sadness to anger!

Such rapid changes in emotions.

“How do you like the gift your brother has sent? Is it to your liking, younger sister?” the Second Prince scoffed, watching the drama unfold from the side.

Last night, he had this girl kidnapped, initially intending to use Ye Jiu for some unspoken purposes, but upon seeing her face, he immediately abandoned his original plan.

Looking so strikingly similar to the fourth brother other than a father-daughter relationship, the Second Prince couldn’t fathom any other explanation.

To think that the fourth brother, a respectable Prince, would have a clandestine daughter outside.

For those like them, even if they had women and children outside, bringing them back into the family to be cared for was just a matter of adding an extra pair of chopsticks at the table.

But such scenarios were unheard of and unseen.

An illegitimate daughter was not a good reputation to have, and now that the fourth brother had been raising an illegitimate daughter outside, the Second Prince could already imagine the punishment the Fourth Prince would receive when their father heard of this!

At this moment, Ye Jiu realized she must have been manipulated, someone planned to use her against Prince Jing.

It was her face, resembling no one else but her biological father, that gave others the opportunity to exploit her.

Yet, based solely on this face, they made such a decision–I don’t know whether to call them overly sensitive or just plain stupid.

But even more foolish was the Princess Consort Jing.

“Now that I have seen the person, if my brother has no other matters, then your concubine will take her leave,” said the Princess Consort Jing.

The Princess Consort Jing hadn’t expected such a drama today.

Early in the morning, she had just gotten up and groomed when a maid brought a message that her sister-in-law had invited her over for a chat.

As daughters-in-law of the Imperial Family, even if they didn’t quite agree with each other, appearances still had to be maintained.

So, the Princess Consort Jing paid a visit.