"Then let's open it and take a look. Maybe we can find out who is behind the persecution of Daddy!"
Little Xier was eager to try, and immediately pulled at the lock, but it didn't open even with all her might. "Oh, why can't I open it?"
Even at such a serious moment, Xiao Lingyu couldn't help laughing, "Oh, my silly Xier, it takes a key to open it!"
"Oh, so I need a key..." Xiao Xier was really embarrassed by her own stupidity, "Then use the key to open it..."
Xiao Lingyu then realized that he didn't have the key and hurried to look in the closet.
Xiao Xier also went over to look for the key.
I searched almost the entire closet, even the cracks, but still couldn't find the key.
"What should I do, mother? I can't open it without the key!"
Xiao Lingyu looked at the keyhole, took out the hairpin and inserted it into the keyhole.
Unfortunately, she was not a professional locksmith, and after poking at the lock a few times, it remained motionless.
"It would be great if Big Brother was here. He's very strong and can open it with just a gentle tug."
"Xiao Xi'er, I'm going to teach you a trick now. We don't have enough strength right now to pull the lock open like your big brother did, so we need to borrow some strength!"
"Borrowing force? How do I borrow force?"
Xiao Lingyu shouted to the outside, "Mo Shu, get someone to get an axe!"
Xiao Xier's eyes lit up, "Mom wants to chisel it open?"
"Right! Using an axe to break it open is leveraging force!"
“So this is what it means to leverage strength.”
Seeing that Xiao Xi'er was thinking, and that it would take some time for the axe to arrive, Xiao Lingyu continued to explain the various aspects of 'borrowing force' to Xiao Xi'er...
Liu Xi was lying on the couch feeling a little sleepy. She forced her eyes open and sat up to look at Meng Zilu, Meng Yunqian and Su Ningwen who were still reading by lamplight.
"Brother Wen, I'm looking for...Sister Xi."
Su Ningwen turned his head to look at Xiao Liuxi, and ordered the maid Ruyu to pick up Xiao Liuxi.
"Dad, Yunqian, it's getting late. I'm sending Sister Liu to the main courtyard to find my sister. You guys go wash up and go to bed first. You don't have to wait for me."
Meng Zilu originally wanted to personally send the brother and sister over, but it was getting late and it was not appropriate to go to the main courtyard at this time, so he could only watch them leave.
When they arrived at the main courtyard, Su Ningwen was shocked to see Xiao Zhong walking towards the main house with an axe.
"Sister Ruyu, please send Sister Liu to the wing room first."
"Uncle Zhong! It's so late, what are you doing here with an axe? What if you scare my mother?"
Su Ningwen walked over and reached out to take the axe from Xiao Zhong.
"Third Young Master, this is the county lord's axe. I brought it to you."
"Give it to me, I'll take it in."
Xiao Zhong glanced at Su Ningwen's small arm. He was afraid that he couldn't lift it.
"The axe is sharp and could easily hurt you. I'd better let you go in."
"No need to come in, just dig it out in the yard!"
Mo Shu carried the box out of the room, followed by Xiao Lingyu and her daughter.
“This isn’t…”
"Third brother." Xiao Xier quickly covered his mouth.
It would be so bad to let the servants know that they, mother and daughter, took advantage of their father's disappearance to peek at his belongings.
The box was placed on the ground. Before Xiao Zhong could raise the axe, Yun Shuang grabbed it and quickly and accurately chiseled open the lock.
"Princess, chisel it open."
"Xiao Zhong, if there is any news outside, report it immediately."
"It's the princess!"
Then Xiao Lingyu took the box from Yunshuang and led the brother and sister into the room.
Su Ningwen saw that it was so late. He walked all the way from Canglang Courtyard and found that there were obviously fewer guards in the mansion. Most of them were on guard in the main courtyard. He still hadn't seen his father and became suspicious.
"Sister, where is Daddy?"
"Daddy was captured by the bad guys!"
"What?" Su Ningwen was shocked. He didn't even know about such a big thing!
"Don't worry, we've already sent someone to look for him. Let's quickly see whose child Daddy is."
Before Su Ningwen could digest Xiao Xier's words, he saw Xiao Lingyu take out a small dark red quilt embroidered with a large orange and yellow bird from the box.
"Why does this big bird look like my Huang Huang?"
"Sister, is this your big pet?"
"Yes! Maybe Daddy's biological parents are in Nankun!"
Xiao Xier was very happy. If his father was from Nankun, he would have taken the whole family to Nankun after ten months and would not have to come back!
However, this little phoenix looks a bit like the big quilt in the queen mother's bedroom.
Could it be that daddy is also a member of the Nankun royal family?
Her father gave her many older sisters, but no older brother like her father!
Could it be that daddy is from the Beiyi royal family?
"How could Daddy be from Nankun? Isn't he from Beiyi Guihua Village?"
"Oh, then he's not from Nankun. Mother just said that Daddy was a child Grandpa picked up. They are not biological father and son. Daddy was persecuted by the villains just like the four of us siblings!"
"Mother, is this true? The people who took Dad away were the same villains who persecuted him?"
"Don't worry, we've already arranged for someone to chase them."
Xiao Lingyu stared at the phoenix on the small quilt, her lips tightly pursed.
Only the queen can use the phoenix, does that mean she is a member of the royal family?
Xiao Lingyu raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Xier, "You said it looks like a phoenix?"
Xiao Xier nodded vigorously, "Yes."
"It's a little different from the Phoenix. It's a phoenix bird."
"Then the father should be a member of the royal family." Su Ningwen blurted out.
Xiao Xier asked in surprise: "How did you know?"
"The books in my collection say that the phoenix can only be used by members of the royal family. Father Zilu also told me about this."
The more books you read, the more knowledgeable you are!
"And the dragon claws on the imperial edict can only be used by the emperor, and the phoenix seems to be used by the empress and the empress dowager. Daddy's little quilt embroidered with a phoenix must be the empress's child or the empress dowager's child. Mother, am I right?" Su Ningwen asked in a low voice.
"You are right, but mother has never heard of any royal family losing a child in the capital."
Su Ningwen pinched his chin and said, "Just now my sister said that Daddy is from Nankun. Daddy is probably from the Nankun royal family."
"Impossible!" Xiao Xi'er quickly retorted, "I heard that the Emperor of Nankun only had daughters!"
"Then daddy is from the Dongjun royal family!"
Dongjun?
Xiao Lingyu felt that this was very likely. The uncle and nephew seemed to be very interested in Xingyi and were always trying to find a way to lure the couple to Dongjun!
"Mother, there is a jade pendant inside."
Su Ningwen took out a palm-sized Pisces jade pendant from the box, with a lotus carved in the middle.
"Ah! The flower in the middle looks like daddy's birthmark."
"Not similar, exactly the same!"
Xiao Lingyu took it and examined the Pisces lotus jade pendant carefully.
The lotus carved on the jade pendant is exactly the same as the birthmark on Xingyi’s chest!
"Brother Wen, do Xiaojiu and his eldest nephew have similar birthmarks?"
"Huh? Why are you asking about them all of a sudden?"
As it concerns Xingyi's life experience, Xiao Lingyu feels there is no need to hide it from the children.
"They are both members of the Dongjun royal family!"
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