I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 903: Master and Disciple Night Chapter, Shanyuan’s Lies.

Exquisite waterside pavilion and small courtyard with fence.

"elder sister?"

Xu Youzhi was holding a copper basin in her hand. As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw Zhang Hanrui, who was wearing a white dress, standing alone in the yard.

Her eyes were dull and I didn't know where she was looking.

The lingering sadness between her brows added a bit of charm to her already cold appearance.

"How's Ling'er?" She turned around and looked at the pretty girl who was both her disciple and friend.

Xu Youzhi nodded, subconsciously glanced into the room, and said in a low voice,

"I just went to bed, and was just asking how the prince was doing."

"He was too ashamed to see anyone, so he hid in the palace." Zhang Hanrui muttered softly. She didn't know what she was thinking.

I hope Li Mu will come back obediently, but I am also a little afraid to see him.

Xu Youzhi glanced at Zhang Hanrui, put down the copper basin in her hand, walked to her side silently and asked,

"Sister, do you want to go into the house and see Ling'er?"

“….” Zhang Hanrui pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly.

She felt that she was not much better than Li Mu, so how could she have the face to see Li Ling'er.

He sighed softly, turned around and walked to the stone table, hesitated for a moment and said,

"Can you chat with me?"

Zhang Hanrui felt a little guilty. Now she understood that Xu Youzhi was right and she was the accomplice who "aided the evil".

Xu Youzhi smiled, walked quickly to the stone table and sat down, asking knowingly,

"Is it related to the prince?"

Zhang Hanrui lowered her head in silence for a while, then suddenly raised her head and said in a serious tone,

"So, you always knew it was him!"

Xu Youzhi's eyes flashed with strange colors, and she nodded slightly and said,

"Can I ask my sister a question first?"

"Ah."

"Why did the prince want to kill Ling'er?" Xu Youzhi asked in a serious tone, and it was obvious that the answer to this question was very important to her.

Zhang Hanrui thought about it and said,

"It was caused by his inner demons, not his intention."

After saying that, she added another sentence,

"If not for this, he would not hurt Ling'er even if he died."

"It seems that my sister doesn't blame the prince." Xu Youzhi chuckled, obviously relieved.

Isn't it strange? Zhang Hanrui's eyes showed confusion. She opened her mouth but didn't know how to refute.

She came to Xu Youzhi because she felt that Xu Youzhi was the only person who could empathize with her.

Perhaps Xu Youzhi could scold her and wake her up so that she would no longer be stubborn.

"Youzhi..."

"Ok?"

"If, I mean if."

"If there is one person..."

Zhang Hanrui tried hard to find the words, but Xu Youzhi raised her hand to interrupt her.

He took out a small sandalwood box from his sleeve and placed it on the stone table, and said seriously,

"Sister, no matter what you want Youzhi to do for you, just tell me."

"Youzhi doesn't know who the prince is, but I know that he is the one who pulled Youzhi out of the abyss. Can you please stop lying to Youzhi?"

Zhang Hanrui was stunned for a moment, her eyes fell on the wooden box, and she asked tentatively,

"what is this?"

Xu Youzhi opened the wooden box, revealing two blood silkworms, one black and one red.

The red one is eating the corpse of the black blood silkworm.

She first pointed at the black blood silkworm.

"This was given to me by Sister Pei Ning. He is not the Second Young Master... No, it should be said that she is not the son of Princess Shanmei."

Then he pointed to the red one and said, "It's Shanyuan."

Xu Youzhi rested her elbows on the stone table, held her chin with both hands, and looked at Zhang Hanrui with some pride.

"Sister, can you tell the truth to Youzhi now?"

She felt that she had found the truth and passed the "test" given to her by Zhang Hanrui.

Perhaps what Zhang Hanrui told her about the 'substitute' was true, but Xu Youzhi felt that it was far from that simple.

Zhang Hanrui was stunned. She didn't expect that this little girl had been staying in the mansion and had done so many things behind her back.

She looked down at the blood silkworms in the wooden box and frowned unconsciously.

The blood silkworm representing Shanyuan was devouring the flesh and blood of another one. This scene seemed particularly glaring to her.

She took a deep breath, and her expression gradually became serious.

"Okay, I'll tell you everything..."

...

It took about half a cup of tea.

Zhang Hanrui's eyes were red, and she was grabbing her hair with both hands. Her voice was a little hoarse.

"Youzhi, what should I do? Tell me, what should I do!"

"He clearly wanted to die, but I, but I couldn't do it."

"Ah?" Xu Youzhi frowned and suddenly came to her senses.

Zhang Hanrui’s words were really hard for her to believe.

It's not even as convincing as the previous 'stand-in' argument.

But upon closer thought, all those things that were incomprehensible in the past can now be explained one by one.

Xu Youzhi had to admit that perhaps what Zhang Hanrui said was true.

"Don't you have anything to say to me?"

Seeing Xu Youzhi's indifferent expression, Zhang Hanrui got anxious and grabbed her wrist and slapped her in the face.

"Hit me, hit me hard!"

"elder sister!"

Xu Youzhi broke free from Zhang Hanrui's hand, her eyelashes fluttering slightly, and said hesitantly,

"There's something I don't quite understand."

Maybe it’s because I’ve been cheated too many times.

After listening to Zhang Hanrui's story, Xu Youzhi's first reaction was not empathy, but to analyze the rationality of her words.

Zhang Hanrui pulled her hair painfully and slowly lowered her head.

"Don't mention it, I don't understand it myself."

"Tell me, was it that bastard who drugged me that I, that's why I..."

"Zhang Hanrui!"

Xu Youzhi shouted loudly.

Zhang Hanrui was startled, and looked at Xu Youzhi with an aggrieved look, and whispered,

"Don't, don't scold me too harshly, I'm afraid I won't be able to help but beat you up."

Xu Youzhi rolled her eyes, held Zhang Hanrui's hands tightly in her own, and then spoke seriously,

"Sister, don't you think something is wrong?"

"What's wrong?" Zhang Hanrui blinked dully, looking aggrieved like a child.

Xu Youzhi pondered for a moment, sorted out his thoughts, and said hesitantly,

"According to my sister."

"Prince... um, Li Mu, when Shan Yuan was four years old, Li Mu took... took..."

"Seize the body!"

"Yes, he took over his body, and then in order to survive, he gave Princess Shanmei...that thing to her at Qingfeng Mountain, which led to her death due to depression. Is that right?"

"Yeah." Zhang Hanrui pursed her lips. Her heart ached when she mentioned this.

Xu Youzhi looked at the night sky, then at her feet, and finally at Zhang Hanrui, saying meaningfully,

"Sister, you really don't feel anything is wrong?"

"Hmm~Hmm~" Zhang Hanrui shook her head and didn't find anything wrong.

Xu Youzhi closed her eyes and tapped her forehead rapidly with her fingertips.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes, stared at Zhang Hanrui with excitement, and said excitedly,

"Shan Yuan, yes! It's Shan Yuan!"

"What happened to Shanyuan?"

"Why is it Shanyuan! Shouldn't it be Li Mu?" Xu Youzhi slapped the stone table excitedly. It was obvious that the words were stuck in her throat, but she just didn't know how to express it.

Zhang Hanrui frowned, and seemed to have noticed something was wrong, muttering in a low voice,

"Why Shan Yuan?"

"Yes, yes, since Li Mu did all these things to survive, why was Shan Yuan the one who survived in the end?"

"Don't you think this is unreasonable?"

Zhang Hanrui was stunned for a moment, and his eyes gradually became cold.

Xu Youzhi narrowed her eyes, looked at Zhang Hanrui suspiciously, and asked,

"These...did the prince tell my sister?"

"No!" Zhang Hanrui shook her head and looked towards the direction of the palace. "Shanyuan said it himself."

Xu Youzhi chuckled and flicked the wooden box on the table with her fingertips.

"What if he lied?"

In the wooden box, only a few residues of the black blood silkworm's body were left.

"He must have lied!" Zhang Hanrui raised her hand and the wooden box on the table turned into powder in an instant. Then she grabbed Xu Youzhi's shoulder and smiled faintly.

"Come on, let's go to the palace."