"Actually, I am Ajiu's mother..."

Upon hearing Bai Suzhen's words, Li Youran's hand froze in mid-air.

"Didn't Ajiu's mother die when he was six years old?"

Li Youran couldn't understand why, if Ajiu's mother was still alive, she would choose to hide her identity. Now, Bai Suzhen was claiming to be Ajiu's mother, leaving Li Youran confused about whether it was true or false.

“Miss Li, it was I who asked Ajiu to announce that I had passed away. The story goes back to when Ajiu was six years old.”

Looking at herself in the bronze mirror, Lady White Snake felt a sense of dazedness and excitement, as if she had returned to the past.

Back then, the Third Prince was not yet fully established, and his trip south to Jiangnan was merely to conceal his power.

Back then, Lady White Snake was a close confidante of the Third Prince. The Third Prince did not hide anything from Lady White Snake at the time, and all the things he did were done in front of her.

Therefore, Lady White Snake knew who the Third Prince was related to, where he had hidden his troops, and who he was secretly colluding with.

The reason His Highness the Third Prince did this was not because he trusted Lady White Snake so much, but because he did not intend for Lady White Snake to leave alive and tell others about these things.

So when the Third Prince planned to leave Jiangnan, he secretly ordered his men to take action against Lady White Snake.

The Third Prince originally did not intend to make a move on Lady Bai so early, but after learning that Lady Bai was pregnant, he moved up the timeline, because he never intended to keep Lady Bai, let alone the child in her womb.

The Third Prince was insecure and sensitive because of his mother's lowly status, which led to his being neglected by the Emperor. Naturally, he wouldn't allow his child to be born to a courtesan from Jiangnan, hence his bizarre idea.

Fortunately, Lady White Snake was blessed with good fortune and a long life. The assassin, believing he had killed her, threw her into the river, thinking there was no chance of her returning.

But unexpectedly, driven by an intense will to survive, Lady White Snake managed to float alive through the river, clinging to a withered tree branch, all the way to Kunshan.

After being rescued, Lady White Snake couldn't swallow her anger, so she wrote down everything she knew in a letter and hid it away.

She originally intended to take this letter to the emperor to file a complaint, overthrow the Third Prince, and avenge herself. However, seeing Ah Jiu growing up day by day, Bai Niangzi did not want to take the risk, so the matter was postponed.

But unexpectedly, all the peace was shattered when A-Jiu was six years old.

I originally thought that Uncle Zhang was just an ordinary hunter in the mountains, but I never expected that Uncle Zhang was actually a subordinate of the Third Prince, but he was hiding his identity.

When Zhang Bo first rescued Bai Niangzi, he was unaware of her relationship with the Third Prince. He simply admired her beauty and fell in love with her, rescuing her and they began living together.

However, one day, a loyal servant who worked alongside Zhang Bo for the Third Prince came to Zhang Bo's house and met Bai Niangzi.

He told Uncle Zhang about this and asked Uncle Zhang to kill Lady White with him so that he could claim credit with the Third Prince.

Although Zhang Bo was surprised by Bai Niangzi's identity, he made a choice immediately: to choose to be with Bai Niangzi and A Jiu.

He outwardly agreed to the matter, but when the other person made a mistake, he chose to strike secretly.

Zhang Bo thought he could take down the assassin in one fell swoop, but he underestimated the assassin's abilities, and Bai Niangzi's face was injured after all.

After killing Dead Servant, Zhang Bo threw his token and Dead Servant into the river.

Then they moved deep into Kunshan with Bai Niangzi, and from then on they lost contact with the outside world.

Six-year-old Ajiu was different from ordinary people from a young age. Although she was only six years old, she was very intelligent.

After he accidentally learned about Lady White Snake, he vowed to avenge his mother. He secretly went down the mountain and was found and brought back by Uncle Zhang.

However, Lady White Snake couldn't stop Ah Jiu, so she reluctantly let him go down the mountain alone, telling him that he could only return to the mountain to get the evidence when the time was right, otherwise he must not tell anyone else.

So when Ajiu returned, Bai Suzhen and Zhang Bo saw two people following behind him and became wary, thinking that Ajiu was being controlled by someone.

After Ajiu explained, Bai Niangzi was very grateful to Li Youran for taking such good care of Ajiu.

Today, Li Youran restored her appearance, and feeling truly ashamed, he could no longer bear to continue hiding and deceiving her.

"I see."

After listening to Bai Niangzi recount the whole story, Li Youran couldn't help but nod and sigh.

"Back in the capital, His Highness the Third Prince sent people to assassinate Ajiu. I don't understand why His Highness the Third Prince is so ruthless and vicious. I never thought that from the very beginning, he was a heartless person."

Li Youran felt that there were very few people in the world more ruthless than the Third Prince. After all, who could be so cruel to the woman who was with him, especially when she was pregnant with his child?

Having learned a great deal, Li Youran told Tang Lei about it. Surprisingly, Tang Lei wasn't surprised at all.

"The Third Prince has harmed you so badly, and with the Third Prince around, Ajiu will never be able to integrate into a normal life. As a mother, do you really want your son to be trapped in these deep mountains like you forever?"

Li Youran looked at Bai Niangzi and saw tears glistening in her eyes. Tang Lei's words had struck a nerve and touched a raw nerve.

"His Highness the Crown Prince is very powerful and has the ability to take down the Third Prince, but he lacks evidence."

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