Chapter 481: Getting More and More Confusing
Pei Miao's face lost all color.
She seemed to be back in the scene where her husband was murdered, she and Xiaodouzi were scolded by everyone, and were forced to be drowned.
Nun Wuyou's gaze made Pei Miao subconsciously want to escape.
Chen Zhao suppressed the urge to immediately tell the old princess that Pei Miao was her true descendant and continued to ask:
"Does the old princess know about Yunlong Villa?"
"Do you know that the King of Loyalty has connections with Yunlong Villa?"
A hint of coldness flashed in Master Wuyou's eyes.
"Yunlong Villa is also the Xuanyuan clan's base in Southern Chu. It's located atop a mountain. Everyone knows it's inaccessible to ordinary people. Not only is it a swamp filled with miasma, but the mountains are also filled with countless traps."
"Even if you manage to reach the top of the mountain, you'll be killed on the spot by the masters guarding the villa. Ordinary people won't even have the chance to enter the villa and will be killed outside."
"Only those who hold the Xuanyuan clan token and those with Xuanyuan clan blood in their veins have the chance to enter Yunlong Villa alive."
As she spoke, the old princess glanced at Pei Miao again, her eyes cold to the bone.
"Your Highness, you came here not only to inquire about the relationship between the King of Loyalty and the Xuanyuan clan, but also to ask about the King of Loyalty and who else he has captured? Is it the Crown Prince or another prince?"
"If he wants to go to Yunlong Villa to look for that bitch, he must have the bloodline of the Xuanyuan family. Otherwise, he won't be able to enter Yunlong Villa."
Nun Wuyou's tone was tinged with sarcasm.
Chen Zhao grasped the key point of the old princess's words, "Old princess, you know so much about Yunlong Villa, but have you ever been there?"
"This has nothing to do with Your Majesty."
"A blind child, you dare to ask about my past? You are totally clueless."
"I have indeed been to Yunlong Villa and lived there. I gave birth to my daughter there. If that person were still alive, how could my mother and I be oppressed to this extent? If that person were still alive, how could Chu still be alive after oppressing Zhao Zhao so much? How could he still be standing before me and questioning me now?"
Shen Zhao's hand couldn't help but tighten. Shen's mother's biological mother was the old princess in front of her, and if her guess was correct, Shen's mother's biological father should be from the Xuanyuan clan.
That means that both she and Pei Miao have Xuanyuan blood flowing in their veins.
"Tell me, who did the King of Loyalty capture? The Emperor sent you here."
"It should be the prince."
"It's not the Crown Prince, but the Ninth Prince. The Loyal Prince has captured the Ninth Prince."
After Shen Zhao said this, the calmness on Nun Wuyou's face almost broke.
She subconsciously looked at Pei Miao again.
There was a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.
Shen Zhao knew what he wanted to know and decided to tell the old princess Pei Miao's true identity.
"Actually, I came here for another reason, which is to thank the old princess."
Nun Wuyou frowned slightly. She had never had any contact with Chu Mu, so why did he come to thank her?
Shen Zhao looked at Pei Miao.
"The orphan girl Pei Miao adopted by the old princess is actually the daughter of General Shen and his wife."
Nun Wuyou immediately retorted:
"impossible!"
"How could she be the Shen family's child?"
A hint of smile appeared on the corner of Shen Zhao's mouth.
"Don't worry, old princess. Just listen to me and let me explain in detail."
"Back then, General Shen came to the Jokhang Temple with the dying Pei Miao in his arms and accidentally ran into the fleeing Ninth Prince. I'm sure the old princess knows more about this than this younger generation."
Nun Wuyou's face was extremely gloomy. She knew it very well. If it weren't for the pressure from that old immortal Prince Zhongyi, she would have killed the Ninth Prince and his daughter in the Jokhang Temple long ago.
"General Shen was loyal to his emperor and patriotic. To save the Ninth Prince's only bloodline, he swapped his own daughter with the Ninth Prince's daughter, brought the Ninth Prince's daughter back to his palace, and left his own daughter at the Jokhang Temple."
Shen Zhao had no idea what had happened back then, but he knew one thing.
The father knew who the girl he brought home was.
The old princess's expression suddenly turned ugly.
"Impossible, don't talk nonsense in front of me."
"Zhao Zhao has been with me for three months. How could I have recognized the wrong child?"
"After Zhao Zhao recovered from her illness, General Shen took her back to the Shen family. It's impossible for these two children to be taken away by mistake."
Shen Zhao also fell into deep thought, as if everything was once again in an unsolvable predicament.
Since Pei Miao had stayed with the old princess for three months, it was impossible for the old princess not to recognize Pei Miao.
That means she was the one who stayed with the old princess from the beginning, and it was not Pei Miao but her who died young.
But Shen's mother also said that Pei Miao was weak and sickly since birth and was likely to die young, so his father took Pei Miao to the Jokhang Temple to pray for blessings.
Could it be that all this was planned by my father and the Ninth Prince?
But if this is really the case, wouldn't it be too cruel to Pei Miao? Shen Zhao couldn't accept this conjecture.
At this time, Pei Miao next to him was trembling all over.
Is she the child abandoned by her father for the sake of justice?
So is it true that in all these years, the father never came to look for her in order to protect his other child?
She thought she saw hope and found her family.
But in the end, the truth is extremely cruel.
Maybe she killed many people in her previous life, so God punished her like this in this life.
She was born just to fulfill another person.
Chen Zhao really wanted to tell Pei Miao that it was not what he thought, and that his father was a very good person.
But she couldn't say it, she didn't understand what happened back then.
I don’t even know whether my father chose to sacrifice Pei Miao for the sake of justice.
Shen Zhao collected his thoughts.
“If the old princess doesn’t believe it, you can send someone to my house to invite Madam Shen over and ask her. You will know the answer.”
After Shen Zhao said this, Pei Miao beside him could no longer hold back.
The tears in my eyes kept falling like beads from a broken string.
Mom knows about this too, right?
So she was not only a child abandoned by her father, but also a child abandoned by her mother.
What was her daily search all those years like? A joke!
She clenched her fists tightly, her heart plummeting.
Even if she was lucky enough to find her parents, they would not recognize her in order to protect the other child.
A feeling of bitterness instantly filled my heart.
Pei Miao stepped forward and confessed his crime to Shen Zhao and Nun Wuyou:
"I have no intention of disturbing the prince and the nun, but I have a sick child at home waiting for me to fetch medicine."
"I won't stay here any longer. I'll take my leave."
Since she was not someone that people expected, why would she follow the nobleman to the capital to look for her biological parents?
She didn't want to bring shame upon herself, and she didn't want to see a scene that would make her feel heartbroken again.
Her life had been hard enough, and she wanted to let herself go.
In my next life, I only hope to be born into an ordinary family and live a life where my father and mother love me.
Shen Zhao immediately called out to Pei Miao.
"I just sent someone to Xishui Village to pick up Xiaodouzi. Pei Miao's situation is not what you think. General Shen has his reasons. Madam Shen didn't know you were switched at first."
At this moment, a report was heard from outside.
"Master, Madam Shen wants to see you, Master, would you like to see her?"
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