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Yang Jian knew that Shen would ask, and he also planned to explain to Shen.

"My parents bought Xiaohong from a human trafficker. She was already dying when they bought her. My parents spent a lot of effort to get her back to health. After that, she stayed in my house and did some housework. Later, my parents became seriously ill, so Xiaohong married me to bring good luck, but my parents still passed away. After that, the two of us depended on each other. She often worked three jobs to earn money for me to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination, and I would also sell some calligraphy works. Finally, we saved enough money, and then Xiaohong worked at home..."

"Xiaohong just came to my house. She was a quiet child and was very dull. As time went by, she gradually got better. However, Xiaohong was very wary of others and didn't like talking to strangers."

Shen Jingxiang had asked about this matter clearly.

If nothing unexpected happened, this should have happened to Xiaohong before she was sold.

Xiaohong was sold as soon as she was born, so how did she survive before that?

"By the way, how old was Xiaohong when your family bought her?"

"Eight years old!"

Eight years old?

What about before the age of eight?

"You are someone close to her, but do you know what she went through before she was eight years old?"

Yang Jian shook his head. He didn’t know. How could he know if Xiaohong didn’t tell him?

Shen nodded, perhaps the problem occurred before Yang Xiaohong was eight years old.

What did they do to an eight-year-old child that left her dying?

Shen couldn't figure it out.

Perhaps only Prince Jing's people can investigate the problem.

Within three days, there was news from Prince Jing.

It happened in Yangjia Village, and it was similar to what Yang Jian said.

It can be seen that Yang Jian did not lie.

"Keep investigating. I want to know what happened before she was eight years old. I want to know who beat her to death."

Nangong Jingchuan said, "It's been ten years. I'm afraid it's difficult to investigate what happened back then."

"It's not easy to investigate, but I will investigate too. Whoever dares to touch my daughter must pay the price."

Nangong Jingchuan smelled murderous aura from her and sighed helplessly.

Since it is Shen's request, he will definitely find a way.

"The king has ordered people to continue the investigation, but it may take some time."

"It doesn't matter. I can wait as long as it takes."

After Yang Jian returned home, he gave the bracelet to Yang Xiaohong.

"This is a bracelet your mother gave you. She said it was passed down from her ancestors. Although it's not worth much, it's a token of her love."

Yang Xiaohong didn't want to see the bracelet at all, but after a while, she picked it up and started crying.

"Since I am her daughter, why doesn't someone as powerful as her come to me?"

Otherwise, she wouldn't have suffered those things.

Yang Jian walked forward and held the man in his arms.

"Xiaohong, do you want to know about your mother? Actually, I heard it from people outside."

Yang Xiaohong looked at Yang Jian. Although she didn't say a word, he could still see the desire in her eyes.

She wants to listen.

"Your mother's name is Shen. She was originally the daughter of a wealthy businessman. After her parents passed away, she married Marquis Gu Youting and gave birth to a son, Gu Haoxuan. The family lived a happy life."

It turns out that she has a son, then what about her, who is she?

Yang Xiaohong couldn't help but shed tears, she felt like an abandoned orphan.

She would not forgive them, nor did she want to forgive them.

But Yang Jian hadn't finished speaking yet.

"Later, Shen found out that her son was not her biological son, but the son of the Marquis and his concubine. They swapped the son with Shen's daughter."

Yang Xiaohong's hands paused for a moment.

So it’s not that Shen didn’t want me, but that someone replaced me?

"After Shen found out, she started investigating your whereabouts and finally found me. She knew I was your husband, so she started to sponsor me for the imperial examination. However, the Gu family did not let Shen go. Instead, they poisoned her and tried to kill her. Her adopted son colluded with the examiner and replaced my exam paper, causing me to fail the exam. It was Shen who helped me take back everything that originally belonged to me and divorce the Marquis..."

"Xiaohong, the reason I told you this is not because I want you to accept Shen's. I just hope you don't misunderstand Shen's. She didn't mean to reject you, but she was deceived for eighteen years..."

Xiaohong's eyes were red, but she had already misunderstood Shen. Could she still apologize now?

The hatred in my heart is still there.

But the candidate was transferred.

It’s not Shen’s fault.

The one who was wrong was Gu Youting, her father...

The nominal father...

Yang Xiaohong was even more frightened at this time and didn't know what to do.

"Husband, what should I do then?"

"Do you want to recognize her?"

Yang Xiaohong shook her head, she didn’t know.

If I admit it, then what does all the suffering and hurt I've endured over the years mean?

She has survived all these years with this hatred. Now that the hatred is gone, can she forgive her?

Impossible.

I still hate Shen for his stupidity for not seeing through their tricks earlier.

I also hate my own weakness and powerlessness.

Yang Jian hugged her and said, "If you don't want to forgive, don't force yourself. Time will prove everything. But I want you to give Shen a chance. Next time she comes to see you, can you talk to her?"

Yang Xiaohong nodded.

She didn't know if she could do it, but she would try.

The Shen family still sent people to investigate Yang Xiaohong's matter. Although they had the help of Ye Bingcheng's people, she was still very anxious. With more people, they could get the results sooner.

Yang Jian talked to Shen and Xiaohong was willing to see her.

Shen immediately went to the kitchen and cooked two of her signature dishes.

It’s been eighteen years, and Xiaohong still hasn’t eaten her own cooking, right?

She must show off her skills to Xiaohong.

Shen went to see Xiaohong. This time, Xiaohong did not hide from her. Instead, she invited her to the yard and poured her tea.

Shen immediately took out the food.

"I made a few dishes for you, would you like to try them?"

Xiaohong didn't know what to say, and now that Shen had brought out the food, it just happened to ease some of the awkwardness.

She nodded and started eating.

The dishes Shen makes are all the ones that children love to eat, such as fried fish balls, roast duck, egg yolk pastry, and pearl milk tea.

Xiaohong looked at these dishes, some of which she recognized, some of which she didn’t, and some she had never even seen before.

She didn't dare to taste it, so she picked up a meatball.

The meat is delicate, tender and elastic, and tastes sweet.

"tasty."

Then I tried the roast duck, which was juicy and delicious.

"Try this egg yolk pastry and milk tea."

I haven’t heard of it, but the first two dishes were delicious, so these two will definitely not be bad.