I relied on a system to prolong my life in ancient times.

Chapter 368 Investigation Completed

"What is Yangyang playing?" Xiao Siyue asked after hugging Yangyang for a while.

"Auntie, Yangyang is practicing swordsmanship." Yangyang answered in a childish voice. The small spots left on his face from the smallpox he had previously had were still jiggling with the flesh on his cheeks, making him look rather cute.

"Who taught Yangyang to practice swordsmanship?" Xiao Siyue asked, noticing the wooden sword that Yangyang had thrown on the ground.

"It's my brother, my brother taught Yangyang to do it." Yangyang excitedly ran to pick up his sword again and proudly told Xiao Siyue, "Auntie, this is a gift from my brother."

"Oh, I see. Yangyang, can you let your auntie see how Yangyang practices swordsmanship?" Xiao Siyue teased the child.

"Of course." After saying that, Yangyang picked up the wooden sword and started gesturing.

"Hey, ha." The little boy held up a small wooden sword that was only a little over a foot long and gestured with great skill.

Xiao Siyue clapped enthusiastically.

"Yangyang is amazing! You wielded that sword so skillfully. You'll definitely become a great general in the future."

"Hehe." Yangyang saw that Xiao Siyue was a little shy, so he walked over, grabbed Xiao Siyue's arm and shook it. His face was flushed, and he looked extremely cute.

Xiao Siyue couldn't resist giving the little guy a kiss on the cheek.

But thinking of the menacing Xu Rong, Xiao Siyue turned to look at the servant not far away and whispered to Yangyang, "Yangyang, have you seen Aunt Xu and his maid before?"

When Yangyang heard his aunt's question, he poked his chin with his chubby little hand and thought for a moment: "Auntie, I ran into Aunt Xu's maid again."

Did she say anything to you?

"No, she bumped into Yangyang, and Yangyang accidentally fell, but she's fine. She even wiped Yangyang's face."

"Have you seen anyone else?" Xiao Siyue felt that this was nothing unusual.

"No," Yangyang shook her head.

"Okay, then Yangyang, can you promise your aunt that if you see them in the future, you can have the servant take you away. You can't take anything they give you, and you can't let them touch you," Xiao Siyue gently instructed.

"Okay, Yangyang has remembered. I won't let them touch Yangyang." Yangyang nodded obediently.

Xiao Siyue played with Yangyang for a while longer before leaving and going back.

After two anxious days, Xiao Qinian finally found out what had happened.

Yangyang contracting smallpox was indeed not an accident, but rather something Xu Rong had done on purpose.

When Xiao Siyue arrived, Xiao Siqi was also there. Judging from Xiao Siqi's normal expression, Xiao Siyue guessed that her father hadn't said anything yet.

"Father, elder brother." After greeting the two of them, Xiao Siyue found a stool and sat down.

"Yue'er."

After looking at Xiao Siyue, Xiao Qinian turned his gaze to Xiao Siqi and said after a while, "Siqi, do you know why I asked you to come here today?"

Xiao Qinian's tone was not good, and even carried a hint of anger, leaving Xiao Siqi completely baffled.

"Third Uncle, did Siqi do something wrong?" Xiao Siqi may be almost thirty years old now, but she has a fear of her third uncle that she can't even tell herself. It's probably because Xiao Qinian has been an official for the past few years and his aura is too strong.

Now, seeing Xiao Qinian staring intently at him, he couldn't help but feel the temperature around him getting a little cold.

"Take a look for yourself." Xiao Qinian threw a booklet on the table.

Xiao Siqi stood up, puzzled, and walked over. He picked up the booklet and began to look through it, but his expression kept changing. In the end, he was so angry that he almost threw the booklet away, but knowing that he was in his third uncle's study, he didn't dare.

"Xu Rong and the Xu family, how dare they? They're worse than animals!" Xiao Siqi said through gritted teeth.

"Hmph, you're only bringing this up now? When they were plotting against you, why didn't you think about handling things properly? Otherwise, this wouldn't have happened. You almost killed your child. Is this how indecisive the Xiao family is? Xu Rong has been in the Xiao family for several months now. What are your plans? Are you going to keep her here?"

Xiao Qinian was somewhat annoyed by his nephew's lack of ambition. Because of his status, he couldn't interfere too much in his nephew's private affairs. He hadn't bothered with Xu Rong's matter before.

Xiao Siqi felt ashamed by Xiao Qinian's words. He had indeed become lax. He was very angry when he was first tricked and thought about dealing with Xu Rong. However, he was distracted by his relationship with Qu Yin and then put it aside for various reasons, thinking he would deal with it later.

During this time, Xu Rong behaved himself and did not come looking for him again, so he didn't think of it for a moment. Who would have thought that Xu Rong was actually plotting something bad, and with such a vicious method.

When Yangyang contracted smallpox, he was heartbroken. Qu Yin blamed herself for not taking good care of the child. But it turned out that someone was plotting against her behind the scenes.