Agarwood Pavilion, inner room.
Su Jin was drinking iced mung bean soup.
Coming into the room from under the sun, drinking a bowl of cold mung bean soup, every pore of her body relaxed comfortably.
The little maid walked to the bead curtain and said, "Heir’s wife, Mrs. Wang is here."
Mrs. Wang is here?
What does she want with her?
Su Jin was puzzled.
"Let her in," Su Jin said.
The little maid exited.
Xingxing ca over, holding the Luminous Pearl that Su Jin had won back, her face full of smiles.
"Miss, I just looked at it, and this really is a Luminous Pearl," Xingxing said.
Su Jin smiled.
A reward from the Emperor.
How could it be fake?
Although there’s a chance of fakes in the palace, this is a Luminous Pearl, not so easy to counterfeit.
Xingxing placed the Luminous Pearl back into the brocade box.
Her glance happened to catch a tear on Su Jin’s back shoulder. She looked twice and said, "Miss, your clothes were torn by Princess Beimo."
"Are you hurt?" Xingxing asked anxiously.
"I’m fine," Su Jin said.
Though her shoulder still hurt a bit, she could endure it.
Xingxing moved her gaze away from the torn place on the dress and said, "It’s a pity Miss lost her mory and forgot how to use the whip, otherwise she would surely have made that Princess Beimo kneel and beg for rcy."
"Miss, your dical skill is extraordinary, can’t you cure your own amnesia?" Xingxing asked.
Su Jin looked at Xingxing, "Do you prefer the current or the forr ?"
"I like both," Xingxing said.
"Miss is smarter now, but the forr Miss was better at fighting."
"...."
Xingxing had a face full of lancholy.
The forr Miss liked to fight; she couldn’t hold her back.
The current Miss doesn’t like to fight; she can’t push her forward.
Just losing mory makes such a big change.
Su Jin thought about how Young Master Su and Marquis Dongxiang kept protecting her in the palace.
She felt a bit uneasy.
If they knew that the one they most loved was already gone and soone inexplicably occupied their daughter’s (sister’s) body, how would they react?
Mrs. Wang walked to the bead curtain just in ti to hear the conversation between Su Jin and Xingxing.
Su Jin frowned slightly.
Mrs. Wang thought she was worried about her amnesia; she ca in through the bead curtain and said, "Heir’s wife, don’t worry. The Old Madam lost her mory for over thirty years without any aftereffects."
Xingxing’s eyes were wide open, "The Old Madam also lost her mory?"
"Back then, the Old Madam had a carriage accident, was thrown out, hurt her head, and has yet to rember past events," Mrs. Wang sighed.
Su Jin’s eyebrows twisted again and again.
She wasn’t amnesiac.
She had changed into soone else, losing the original mories belonging to Su Jin, while the Old Madam...
Thinking of how the Old Madam overly doted on Elder Yong Cheng, Su Jin doubted if the Old Madam had also beco soone else.
At least what the Old Madam and Marquis Dongxiang and Mrs. Tang told her were worlds apart.
They say it’s hard to change soone’s nature, even with amnesia, one’s nature shouldn’t change completely, right?
A kind person wouldn’t beco cruel and malicious.
Curious, Su Jin asked, "Did the Old Madam’s personality change a lot before and after her amnesia?"
Upon Su Jin’s question, Mrs. Wang seed confused, "The Old Madam only lost her mory, her personality didn’t change much."
It turned out the personality didn’t change, was she wrong?
Su Jin thought this and heard Mrs. Wang sigh, "The Old Madam’s personality didn’t change much before and after her amnesia, but recently it’s been quite different from when she was young."
"Is it senility?" Xingxing asked.
"...."
This maid speaks so bluntly.
Mrs. Wang was worried for Xingxing.
If the Old Madam heard this, she’d definitely punish her.
Mrs. Wang shook her head, "The Old Madam is not senile at all."
On the contrary, she’s grown shrewder with age.
Lately, she felt that this was the true nature of the Old Madam.
Su Jin didn’t think the Old Madam was senile.
The Old Madam didn’t leave a good impression from head to toe, while Mrs. Wang left a much better one.
An evil Old Madam paired with a kind housekeeper was a strange combination.
Su Jin carefully inquired about the Old Madam before and after her amnesia.
Mrs. Wang ca to ask Su Jin for sothing, and besides, there wasn’t anything unspeakable about the Old Madam.
Su Jin asked, and Mrs. Wang answered.
Detail by detail, whatever she knew, she answered.
From Mrs. Wang’s words, Su Jin didn’t feel that the Old Madam’s personality changed dramatically, but there were so differences.
Before the Old Madam’s amnesia, she doted on the Prince and the newly born great-aunt.
After the amnesia, she wasn’t as attentive as before.
Especially the great-aunt, who didn’t like the Old Madam holding her; she’d cry when held.
Soon after the amnesia, the Old Madam conceived the Third Master, doting on him much more than the Prince.
Su Jin felt her speculation was probably correct.
But with Xingxing present, she found it inappropriate to say more.
Su Jin restrained her urge to speak and asked, "Mrs. Wang, why are you looking for ?"
Mrs. Wang hastily said, "The Old Madam passed out, the Imperial Physician diagnosed rest is needed. The pills used by the Old Madam of Jibei Marquis Mansion were said to be excellent, and this servant thought the Heir’s wife might know what pills these are and ca to inquire."
"How did the Old Madam pass out?" Su Jin asked.
"Could it be due to the investigation of Yongcheng Bo Mansion?"
Mrs. Wang gently nodded, confirming Su Jin’s speculation was correct.
Su Jin looked at Xingxing, "Go to the bamboo house and bring thirty health preservation pills."
Xingxing was a bit reluctant.
But she had to give Mrs. Wang so face.
She nodded, turned, and ran towards the bamboo house.
Once Xingxing left, Su Jin looked at Mrs. Wang and said, "Have you ever considered that the Old Madam might have already beco another person during the amnesia?"
Mrs. Wang’s body stiffened, "How... How is that possible?!"
"The vast world holds countless wonders, like how my father can change his appearance with a Disguise Pill."
"Such things sound fantastical, don’t they?"
"And amnesia sotis isn’t amnesia but a pretext to cover up the fact of soone changing."
"Without past mories, if personality changes, people will think it’s due to amnesia, making it less likely to be exposed."
Mrs. Wang found Su Jin’s words hard to accept.
How could she accept that the Old Madam she revered had been gone for over thirty years since a carriage accident at the Great Buddha Temple?
And replaced by a stranger whom she had served devotedly for over thirty years.
No... It couldn’t be!
Mrs. Wang resisted Su Jin’s speculation internally.
She looked at Su Jin and asked, "Then, who is the current Old Madam?"
Su Jin looked at Mrs. Wang and said, "Judging by how much the Old Madam dotes on Elder Yong Cheng, she is most likely his biological mother before becoming the Old Madam."
Mrs. Wang’s face turned pale.
At that mont—
Footsteps from Xingxing approached.
Xingxing ca in with the pills.
The topic was thus dropped; Su Jin sipped tea in silence.
Xingxing looked at Mrs. Wang, "Mrs. Wang, you don’t look well?"
"Would you like my Miss to check on you?"
Mrs. Wang’s body stiffened.
She quickly looked at Su Jin.
The Heir’s wife had spoken with such certainty, yet she also lost her mory. Could it be...
A chill surged from her feet to her head.
Xingxing, "...."
Su Jin, "...."
She surmised that Mrs. Wang might suspect sothing about her.
Mrs. Wang sped off, "...."
Her speed was as if a fierce dog were chasing her.
Xingxing, "...."
Su Jin’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.
She guessed Mrs. Wang might draw parallels to her own situation.
The fact that Mrs. Wang might believe she’s soone else and not the Old Madam, made Su Jin fatigued.
Please, don’t focus on the wrong points!
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