Qingpu Garden.

His Majesty stripped the Duke of Cheng'en of all his power, and Xie Zhaozhao felt extremely pleased.

I drank two large bowls of chicken soup in one go.

Seeing that his wife was in a particularly good mood, Gu Shaoyu secretly made up his mind: he would do his best to destroy the Wei family in the future, so that his wife would be so happy that she would eat two bowls of chicken soup every day.

He reached out to her abdomen, but couldn't feel anything yet; her belly was still soft. But he felt happy nonetheless.

Xie Zhaozhao's period had not come, and she was very sleepy. He read a medical book, and these symptoms were consistent with early pregnancy symptoms.

These past few days, he instructed the people in the courtyard to say nice things and happy things to Xie Zhaozhao, but not to say anything unpleasant. Whoever can make the lady happy will be rewarded!

Seeing that Xie Zhaozhao had drunk two bowls of chicken soup, Manman brought her another bowl of steamed river eel.

Although the eel was steamed, it had no unpleasant smell at all; it was fragrant and plump, with slices of ginger and a few jujubes.

Xie Zhaozhao picked up a few pieces with her chopsticks, savoring the fragrant aroma, sweet but not cloying.

She's so beautiful her eyebrows and eyes crinkle.

It was cold in January, and river eels were unavailable in the north, so Yuanyuan secretly asked Zhou Lingyin to get some from the south.

After eating a few pieces of eel, Yuanyuan entered the peony garden from outside and stood at the entrance to wait for her to finish eating before reporting her business.

Xie Zhaozhao put down her chopsticks, wiped her hands, and asked, "What is it?"

"Xiao Xin is here, he came with Miss Lu," Yuan Yuan said. "Miss Lu has found her brother!"

Xie Rongyu's ability is a bit too incredible! He found it so quickly?!

Xie Rong and Lu Feiyan were led to the reception room by Yuan Yuan. The reception room was heated by an underfloor heating system. There were many fresh flowers that were originally placed in the room, but Gu Shaoyu moved them all away.

He takes precautions against anything that poses a potential risk.

When Lu Feiyan entered and saw Xie Zhaozhao, her first words were: "Madam is indeed pregnant."

Xie Zhaozhao smiled and pointed to the chair: "Please sit down."

She didn't sit down, but ran over, grasped Xie Zhaozhao's wrist, took her pulse briefly, and said, "Madam is two months pregnant and very healthy."

Xie Zhaozhao smiled and said, "I heard you found your brother?"

“Yes, yes,” Lu Feiyan said happily, pointing to Xie Rongyu, “He is my elder brother.”

"Ah~" Xie Zhaozhao exclaimed softly in surprise, "You guys..."

Upon closer inspection, the two people do not resemble each other in their eyebrows and eyes, but they are very similar from the nose down.

Xie Rongyu bowed to Xie Zhaozhao and said excitedly, "Master, this servant has family now. She is this servant's sister."

Xie Zhaozhao didn't object when he called himself a servant, but she glanced at Lu Feiyan.

Lu Feiyan was as happy as a bird and explained, "Madam, we are not Da Gan people, but Lu Zhenla people."

"The Kingdom of Zhenla? Isn't it in some wild and uncivilized land?"

"Yes, it's not far from the Nanzhao Kingdom, in the wild southwest."

"What exactly happened? The Kingdom of Lu Zhenla is thousands of miles away from the capital of Daqian. Xie Rongyu, how did you end up here?"

Xie Rongyu looked at Lu Feiyan, who started talking non-stop, so he shut up, looking at his sister with doting eyes as if he couldn't get enough of her.

This is a very long story.

Lu Feiyan's mother was the Crown Princess of the Queen's Kingdom, named Jiang Xiaowan. She was originally going to inherit the throne, but the old empress (Xiaoxin's maternal grandmother) suddenly died. Her cousin Jiang Jinhua poisoned the funeral, knocking Jiang Xiaowan unconscious and throwing her down the mountain.

Jiang Xiaowan was rescued by Lu Cheng, the fourth young master of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the Kingdom of Lu Zhenla. After learning about Jiang Xiaowan's identity, Lu Cheng tried his best to express his love for her, and the two got married.

Later, upon discovering that Jiang Xiaowan was no longer able to return to the country and reclaim the throne, he began to despise her.

Lu Cheng married the legitimate daughter of the Zhennan Marquis's family in the Zhenla Kingdom, and while Jiang Xiaowan was giving birth to Lu Feiyan, he killed her.

The stepmother sold Lu Xinzhi, who was only four years old, to a kidnapper. The kidnapper called him Xiao Xin and took him to Daqian, where he was sold to a landlord in the countryside who was infertile.

Later, the landlord had a biological son, so he sold Xiaoxin to another family.

When he was sold, he was still young. After changing hands many times, Shin-chan no longer knew who he was.

The last place he lived in was flooded, and his adoptive parents sold him to a brothel. He knew it was no good place, so he ran away.

No one knows how long he fled, but he eventually ended up in the capital and became a beggar who frequented a dilapidated temple.

Lu Feiyan was luckier than Xiao Xin. When she was born, her stepmother originally wanted to kill her, but the midwife looked at her big, bright eyes and couldn't bear to kill her. She told Lu Cheng that she was stillborn and secretly took her out of the mansion.

When she was about a year and a half old, a fortune teller came, gave the midwife's family a sum of money, and took her away.

This person was her master.

Take her to Fanghu Mountain and teach her to recognize characters, identify medicinal herbs, refine elixirs, and practice poison making!

When she was around eight years old, I would take her down the mountain once a month to treat the local people.

Later, she was told to go down the mountain alone to treat people's illnesses and earn money to support herself in her old age.

Last Mid-Autumn Festival, she turned twelve years old. Her master said, "Go down the mountain to find your elder brother."

It was then that she learned about her identity and the story of her mother.

She told a long story in a few simple and clear words. Xie Zhaozhao asked her, "Did you go back to the Lu family?"

“After I went down the mountain, I went back to the Lu family first. They didn’t recognize me and even called me a slut and wanted to beat me to death.”

Lu Feiyan said, "I never intended to be the eldest daughter of the Lu family. Once I confirmed that they were my biological father and stepmother, and that they killed my mother and sold my brother, I poisoned them all."

"They're all poisoned to death?"

"Yes, they were all poisoned, including my grandfather, grandmother, aunt, father, stepmother, and all the servants who cursed my mother."

Lu Feiyan said nonchalantly, "Why keep someone who harmed my mother, sold out my brother, and took my life?"

Her ruthless and decisive nature was admirable and somewhat enviable to Xie Zhaozhao.

"So how did you and Shin-chan recognize each other? How are you sure Shin-chan is your brother?"

“My mother is the Crown Princess of the Queen’s Empire. As the Empress’s own child, she was branded with a crescent-shaped mark on her shoulder blade at birth.”

Xie Zhaozhao thought this was easy to forge.

"It cannot be forged. The moon mark is unique to the Empress. There is a unique technique used when it is branded. When each Crown Princess turns twelve, the Empress will pass on the moon mark to her."

Lu Feiyan said, "This month, my mother is carrying it with her."

The royal family of the Queen's Kingdom has another unique characteristic that cannot be replicated: they have six toes on their feet. This trait is passed down only to males, and all male members of the royal family of the Queen's Kingdom have six toes on their feet.

The small southern kingdoms are fond of practicing witchcraft, and these ancient totems are indeed impossible for others to imitate.

Therefore, after considering all the circumstances, Lu Feiyan concluded that Xiaoxin was her brother.

"Originally, this servant did not expect that he had a family, nor did he expect that he was not a Daqian person. This servant was just following his master's orders to help her find her brother."

But when his sister described those characteristics, the servant suddenly realized, "Isn't she describing me?"

Fate is truly magical.

After Lu Feiyan finished speaking, she immediately skipped and hopped to Xie Zhaozhao's side: "Madam, I'll stay by your side from now on, okay? If anyone tries to harm you, I'll poison their whole family!"

Perfect and complete: ......

Xie Zhaozhao, Xiaoxin: ......