After listening to Ruan Qichuan talk about what happened after Xiao Qingmu came to China, Xiao Shunan frowned, "Are you saying that my aunt came here unexpectedly and met you, but didn't tell you about her, so you only know her name is Xiao Qingmu?"
Ruan Jingye said, "This is all thanks to my eldest brother. You don't know that my eldest sister-in-law came here alone and is unfamiliar with the place. What if she encounters bad people?"
Xiao Shunan glanced at him sideways. Bad guy?
Isn't the man in front of him like that? Otherwise, where would he get soft from? He's not stupid.
Maybe he took advantage of his aunt's situation and tricked her into marrying and having children.
However, Uncle Ruanruan also said one thing, if it weren't for Ruan Qichuan, his aunt's situation might have been even worse.
"However, you just said that my aunt came here, but went back not long after, and that was when Ruanruan was only a few months old. But we only found my aunt half a year ago. So where did my aunt go in the past few years?" Xiao Shunan lowered his eyes and thought.
Ruan Qichuan asked, "Do you remember what happened on the day she disappeared in Gan Country?"
Xiao Shunan shook his head and said, "My father took me to the military camp. After my aunt disappeared that day, I only heard from the servants in the palace that my aunt went to pray for my grandfather."
"None of the servants my aunt took with her have returned. My father sent people to look for them, but there was no trace of them."
"Then what about the temple she went to at that time?" Ruan Qichuan asked again.
Xiao Shunan: "My father said that he only met a senior monk from that temple. However, after meeting my aunt, the senior monk went on a journey. No one knows when he will come back. My father and grandfather have been looking for him everywhere, but there is no trace of him."
Ruanruan held the vase, sighed, scratched her head, and finally understood what they were saying.
"So the aunt Uncle Xiao and Brother Xiao said looks exactly like Ruanruan is actually Ruanruan's mother, right?"
She tugged at Ruan Qichuan's clothes and looked up to ask.
Everyone looked at Ruanruan.
Ruan Qichuan leaned over and touched the soft and smooth hair, "Yes."
"Ruanruan knows. Mommy doesn't abandon Ruanruan anymore. Mommy was taken away by Huaping to work abroad, right?" Ruanruan looked up at Ruan Qichuan and asked in a baby voice with red eyes.
Ruan Qichuan's throat was a little stiff, and he responded in a low voice: "Yes."
Ruanruan bit her lip, clenched her hands into fists, wiped her tears, and said seriously, "Ruanruan understands. Ruanruan will definitely find mom, cure her, and then bring her back to dad."
Xiao Shunan raised his eyes and glanced at Ruanruan and his daughter. His clenched fists loosened slightly. He didn't expect that they had gone around in a big circle.
Ruanruan became his cousin again!
He said, Ruanruan looks so much like his aunt, how could she not be her aunt's daughter.
But he didn't expect that his aunt had such an experience.
"I'll go back and tell my father about this matter first, and then return to Beijing as soon as possible to let Ruanruan meet my aunt."
Xiao Shunan and Zhao Chengqian returned to Prince Jin's Mansion through the vase. At this time, Xiao Qinbei and Prince Jin were discussing in the study about purchasing equipment for the soldiers in the army.
"Your Highness, when will that batch of goods arrive? We have already planned to set off for Bian Jing." Xiao Qinbei said.
There was a chessboard in front of the King of Jin, and he placed a black piece on the board. "I have someone prepare it for tomorrow."
Xiao Qinbei sat beside him and placed a white piece on the chessboard.
He raised his eyes and glanced at Prince Jin. Ruanruan was not Prince Jin's daughter, but she could not escape Prince Jin's suspicion.
However, judging from the Ruanruan incident, Prince Jin is not a big suspect.
The King of Jin was probably being made a target.
Although the two were playing chess, they had their own thoughts in their minds.
Xiao Shunan pulled Ruanruan into the study.
"Dad, Prince!" Xiao Shunan bowed to the two people in front of him.
Ruanruan: "Godfather, Uncle Xiao..."
"Ahem...Ruanruan, it's time to change your words." Xiao Shunan cleared his throat and spoke.
Ruanruan scratched his head and said, "Oh oh oh, uncle!"
Xiao Qinbei paused with his hand holding the white piece, and all the pieces fell onto the chessboard with a "clatter".
"What did you call me?" Xiao Qinbei suddenly turned his head to look at Ruanruan, and his voice was tougher than usual.
"Uncle, wow, Ruanruan forgot to tell you, my dad is back and asked Ruanruan to call my brother over." Ruanruan said hesitantly.
"Dad, look at this." Xiao Shunan took out the two pendants from his soft pocket.
Xiao Qinbei stared at the two pendants, stood up from his chair, took the pendants with trembling hands and looked at them carefully.
"This was given to him by Ruanruan's father. He said it was a token of love given to him by Ruanruan's mother." Xiao Shunan said.
"Dad, my aunt went to Ruanruan's world..."
He told Xiao Qinbei everything that Ruan Qichuan had told him.
Xiao Qinbei squeezed the pendant in his hand and said, "No wonder I couldn't find Mu'er back then. It turns out she was no longer in Gan Country."
He lowered his head to look at Ruanruan, bent down and touched Ruanruan's little face.
"I said Ruanruan is our Xiao family's child." Xiao Qinbei's eyes were filled with a kind and gentle light.
"Uncle..." Ruanruan looked up at him and grinned.
Xiao Qinbei leaned over and picked her up, a complex emotion surging in his chest. "Now that it's confirmed that Ruanruan is my sister's daughter, I must bring her back to Bianjing as soon as possible to recognize her."
"Your Majesty, you heard everything just now, right?"
Prince Jin glanced at Xiao Qinbei and Ruanruan, then smiled, "I never thought Ruanruan was actually the daughter of your Xiao Palace's daughter. I'm happy for Ruanruan that she has found her biological mother."
"But, Prince Xiao, your Xiao Palace has wronged me for so many days, isn't it time you gave me an explanation?" He narrowed his eyes and tightly gripped the chess piece in his palm.
Xiao Shunan touched his nose, remembering that he had learned from Prince Qing that his aunt was found in Prince Jin's mansion, and that Ruanruan looked just like his aunt when she was a child.
He impulsively wanted to cut the King of Jin into pieces, but now he found that he had wronged him.
"Your Highness has been wronged. It is indeed our Xiao Palace's fault. Just consider it as our Xiao Palace owes you another favor." Xiao Qinbei paused, a little embarrassed. No matter what, they were in the wrong.
Xiao Qinbei's voice was much more respectful than usual. He bowed to Prince Jin and said, "I would like to apologize to His Highness the Prince of Jin."
"A simple apology and a favor from you are enough?" King Jin snorted coldly.
"I was demoted from Bian Jing to Qingzhou by my father." Not only did his father not believe him, but even his mother did not believe him.
Because of this incident, his deployment in the capital was ruined.
Xiao Qinbei leaned forward and said, "This matter is indeed the fault of my Xiao Palace. Your Highness, rest assured, when we return to Bianjing, I will report this matter to my father and will certainly give you an explanation and compensate you for your losses over the past few days."
This is equivalent to telling Prince Jin that their Xiao Palace will stand on Prince Jin's side in the future.
The Xiao Palace is unique in the court and has never taken a stand to support any prince. Now it has made a promise to Prince Jin.
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