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Chapter 1785: Secret Guard, do you want a wife or not?

The maid who once served Shi Li's biological mother told Shi Li that she had heard Xu and Shi Li's biological mother arguing with her own ears, and that Jiang Yu's name was mentioned in their conversation.

It was well known that Xu and Shi Li's biological mother were very close friends. Even though she praised the original owner to death, Shi Li always thought that she was selfish as a mother.

But now, after listening to the maid's words, he realized that what Xu had done was probably more than just praising the original owner to death.

She suspected that the death of the original owner's mother was probably related to Xu.

But this was just her guess, without any real evidence. If she really wanted to verify it, she would have to go back to the capital and carefully screen the people involved.

This is not an easy thing to do. Times have changed. If Xu really did something back then, all the evidence would have been destroyed over the years.

Shi Li frowned and pondered, and chose not to tell the elders of the Sun family about this matter. First, she didn't want them to worry, and second, she really had no evidence, and telling them would only make a few more people worry.

The most important thing right now is to find Eighteen.

Thinking of this, Shi Li subconsciously put his hand on his chest.

The scene of Eighteen being hit by a stone and swept away by the flood that day seems to be engraved in my mind. Every time I think of it, I feel heartbroken.

Letters were frequently sent to and from the capital as Jiang Yu was stuck there and couldn't get away. The letters were full of love and worry for his daughter, and he kept telling her to be careful.

Shi Li held the letter and felt touched by her adoptive father.

Jiang Yu is indeed careless when it comes to household chores, but it is undeniable that he is sincere towards his daughter.

A month passed, then two months passed.

Until the news came from the capital that the legitimate son of the deposed crown prince who had been exiled to the people was found and proclaimed emperor, Shi Li still could not find any trace of Eighteen.

When alive, no one is seen; when dead, no corpse is seen.

The Sun family and she sent out countless people to search, but all returned empty-handed.

The teahouse manager once carefully reminded, "Many people were buried in the flood."

Shi Lizhi gave him a cold look, which made him afraid to speak again.

In the latest letter sent by Jiang Yu, he mentioned that Shi Li should return to the capital.

Now that the situation has been settled, Jiang Yu has made great contributions in the process of supporting Emperor Daoxi to ascend the throne not long ago, and has been promoted again, becoming a hot figure in the court.

Shi Li didn't want to go back, but she had to.

"As long as he is not found in one day, I will have people keep looking for him." After all, Sun Fanzhong is the future head of the Sun family. Seeing Shi Li's hidden thoughts, he quietly made a promise.

He had stayed in the capital for some time and was quite familiar with the situation there. "If you don't go back now, your stepmother will be even more powerful in the future."

Shi Li thought of her suspicions again. Whether for the original owner or for the mother who had never had a mother-daughter relationship, she really had to go back and find out the truth.

"I'll leave the task of finding the person to my cousin." Finally, Shi Li made up her mind.

She even took out a silver note worth one thousand taels and left it to Sun Fanzhong, and did not allow him to refuse it.

"In short, I must find him." Shi Li looked into Sun Fanzhong's eyes with extraordinary determination.

Sun Fanzhong had no choice but to take advantage of the fact that no one was around and lowered his voice to remind -

"Lili, you can't marry him."

"I just want him to be alive now." Shi Li did not deny it shyly.

At this point, nothing is more important than Eighteen being alive.

As long as he can live.

Sun Fanzhong had nothing to say. He accepted the banknote and bowed to Shi Li, "Don't worry about this matter. Leave it to me."

The next day, Shi Li set out on the journey back to Beijing under the reluctant gaze of Old Madam Sun and the Sun family.

The journey was smooth sailing, with the escort of the personal guards sent by Jiang Yu, and nothing went wrong, whether by carriage or boat.

Shi Li returned to the capital smoothly.

Xu was as virtuous as ever. Knowing that Jiang had returned, she actually brought people to wait at the gate of Jiang's house, wanting everyone to see how much she valued her stepdaughter.

But she didn't know that Jiang Yu had already picked up Shi Li at the city gate.

Then the father and daughter didn't even go back to the Jiang Mansion. Jiang Yu took Shi Li directly to the palace.