"I don't know, I really don't know anything, don't ask me."
Miss Lan said this while crying, and it was obvious that her spirit had collapsed.
After all, she is just a little girl, about twelve or thirteen years old, who is acting like a spoiled child around her parents in modern times.
She endured it.
Xia Zhiliao felt a little sorry, "Sister, do you need to rest for a while?"
Miss Lan looked at her gratefully, but her beautiful eyes were lifeless. She was like a frightened little rabbit, and any slight movement could make her tremble all over.
"You go back with her." Wen Heng said.
Xia Zhiliao was actually more worried about her brother, wondering if he was in any danger, but she understood what Wen Heng meant, that Miss Lan really needed someone to accompany her.
Because her brother disappeared at the same time as her, it was easy for people to misunderstand her, or to be exact, she had already been misunderstood.
Xia Zhiliao did not argue with Wen Heng, because after Xia Zhiliao's help just now, Miss Lan only trusted her.
Although she was very young, she was a princess. No one around her had a higher status than her, and they were all men.
How dare those young ladies come out?
This place was still some distance away from the camp, so Xia Zhiliao and several soldiers accompanied Miss Lan back.
She thought that Miss Lan would face humiliation from many people, but what she didn't expect was that the first person to humiliate Miss Lan was her father.
Xia Zhiliao didn't know the identity of this Lord Lan, but when he saw his daughter appear, he didn't feel distressed, but only angry and slapped her hard in the face.
Miss Lan's already shaky body was knocked to the ground, her eyes dull, "Dad~"
"Master Lan, what are you doing?"
"We in the Lan family don't have such a shameless daughter." Lord Lan said sternly.
Miss Lan just cried, and the two women sitting in the tent, who looked like mother and daughter, had no intention of moving at all.
"Master, don't be angry. Be careful not to get sick from being angry." The woman didn't know if she felt embarrassed by Xia Zhile's gaze, or if she had been planning to speak at this time.
"Qiu Shuang, look at you. You've caused such a big scene. Now all the important people in the capital know about it. What can I say about you? It's fine for you, but now people think that the daughter of our Lan family is shameless. Your sister will also be implicated."
"Isn't she your daughter?" Xia Zhiliao asked.
Another older girl snorted coldly, "She doesn't deserve it, Dad. I would say she is just like her mother, not worthy of being on the stage. My mother brought her out to see the world out of kindness, but she got herself into trouble like this and hurt me badly."
Xia Zhiliao understood what he heard. It was indeed a story about palace intrigue. It turned out to be a fight between a legitimate daughter and a concubine's daughter. The Miss Lan who had not yet crawled up from the ground must be the concubine's daughter.
"Dad, I didn't. Please listen to my explanation. I really don't know what happened. I just went... went... to the bathroom, wuwu..."
"Who is that man?" Lord Lan asked angrily.
This Miss Lan Qiu Shuang didn't see it at all.
"If you ask me, this means that she is unwilling to reveal the man and is still trying to protect her."
"Ma'am, I don't have any."
"Shut up, you've brought shame to the Lan family."
Maybe Miss Lan was used to being bullied, so she didn't dare to resist at all.
Xia Zhiliao was stunned watching from the side. She couldn't quite understand the so-called legitimate and illegitimate daughters, but she knew that no matter whether they were legitimate or illegitimate, weren't they all this man's daughters?
Why should he distinguish between the social status of his own daughters?
However, Xia Zhiliao also knew that she could not shake these deep-rooted ideas on her own, and she had no intention of challenging them.
"Dad, please stop scolding my sister. I'm afraid she has her own plans for doing this."
"What is she planning? It's a disgrace."
Another Miss Lan said, "It was the Princess's Mansion that disappeared with her..."
It seemed that she just saw Xia Zhiliao at this moment. Xia Zhiliao wanted to curse. She brought two maids with her. Where were the three of them? Did she just see them?
Or did she do it on purpose? After all, she was still young and didn't take herself seriously?
"What is it in the princess's mansion?" Xia Zhiliao asked.
"Ahem, little county lady, have you found your brother?"
Xia Zhiliao stared at her, "Not yet, what's wrong?"
"Haha, Dad, you heard it, my sister has found a good family for herself. It's the princess's mansion."
"You are talking about the Princess's Mansion. What happened to our Princess's Mansion?" Xia Zhiliao asked again.
Qin Xin wanted to speak, but Xia Zhi stopped her with a look.
There were some things she still intended to say in person.
"County Lady, I'm afraid you're going to have a sister-in-law."
Xia Zhiliao looked at her and said, "I also want a sister-in-law, but I still don't understand, what does this have to do with my brother?"
"Oh, you're still young. What's going on here..." The girl laughed tenderly, "Sister is very resourceful."
"No, I didn't. I really don't know what happened."
Lan Qiu Shuang burst into tears.
Xia Zhiliao smiled faintly, "I really don't understand what's going on here, but you seem to understand it very well."
"I..." The girl wanted to get angry, but Xia Zhiliao was of noble status after all, and she was not someone she could afford to offend.
What Xia Zhiliao is worried about now is her brother's safety. She absolutely does not believe that her brother would do such a thing.
The girl didn't dare to go after Xia Zhiliao, so she continued to embarrass Lan Qiu Shuang, but Lan Qiu Shuang was like a clay figure, allowing them to knead her into any shape or form they wanted.
Xia Zhiliao just sighed, saying that the feudal society was killing people.
Suddenly, someone outside shouted that the young master of the Xia family had been found.
Xia Zhiliao stopped watching the show at the Lan family and hurried out to watch.
She flew over to her second brother, "Are you okay?"
Xia Jiang picked her up and then made a gasping sound, which was painful.
Xia Zhiliao frowned, "Are you hurt?"
She quickly jumped out of her second brother's arms, "What happened?"
"It's okay..."
At this time, some people began to discuss that the timing of Xia Jiang's disappearance was too coincidental.
Although it wasn't said directly, everyone knew what it meant.
Xia Jiang didn't know that at the same time, something happened to the young lady of the Lan family.
"You mean I did something bad?" Xia Jiang asked, "That's impossible. I have witnesses."
[Good job, brother. Now you know to get a witness. ]
However, when Xia Zhiliao saw the person slowly walking out, his mood was so complicated that it was hard to describe.
Because the witness her second brother mentioned turned out to be Lu Seyan.
Lu Seyan glanced at everyone and said, "Young Master Xia was with me at that time. I was injured by a trap and he saved me. According to what you all think, Young Master Xia can also perform the art of clones, right?"
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