Zhao Wu's expression turned serious.
If this were true, the Pu family must have reached some kind of agreement with Empress Dowager Pu for political reasons. As a mother, Old Lady Pu was unwilling to send her son to the palace and separate him, nor did she want to have another daughter come to haunt her son. The key point was, his son was truly dead...
Zhao Wu said, "According to this analysis, it is most likely that Mrs. Pu gave birth to twins, and swapped one of the boys with the empress dowager's daughter. This explains why she hated my mother so much. She believed that one of her sons was taken away by the empress dowager, and the other was killed by my mother. It also explains why after my mother grew up and married my father and moved to the capital, the empress dowager and the emperor still did not recognize my mother. At that time, the sixth prince had succeeded to the throne and became the emperor, and Concubine Pu De became the empress dowager. They were the most powerful people in the world. Not only did they not recognize my mother, they also allowed the Wen family and the Pu family to kill her, and then killed the descendants of my father and mother. They were guilty and afraid, so they ignored my mother."
After saying that, he punched the water surface with his fist, and water immediately splashed everywhere, some of which also splashed on Xu Lanyin's face and body.
Xu Lanyin wiped her face, patted his shoulder soothingly, and said, "There is such a possibility, but this possibility does not explain why the Pu family is so afraid of Yan Shangchai. In fact, they are afraid that the Queen Mother will know that your mother is still alive. I think the most likely possibility is the latter. The Queen Mother gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and sent the baby girl to the Pu family. The baby girl was raised by Mrs. Pu as the girl of Mrs. Pu's twins. Because Mrs. Pu's son died, she vented all her hatred on the little girl. She might do something irreversible. The Pu family was afraid of being implicated, so they had to create the illusion that the little girl died of illness. Let the Queen Mother If she really believed her daughter had died of illness, the Queen Mother would not only not blame the Pu family, but would also feel guilty for her daughter killing the Pu family's son and would give the Pu family more benefits. After all, the little girl was Mrs. Pu's granddaughter. Mrs. Pu rescued her and secretly sent her to Wuxiang Mountain to become a nun. This way, both the Pu family and the little girl were saved. At the age of five, if someone deliberately indoctrinated her with some things, she would quickly forget her previous experiences in the Pu family... However, for some reason, the Pu family didn't take away the swallow-shaped hairpin while her mother-in-law was young... This is just our subjective speculation, and it needs to be supported by evidence. Of course, there may be other possibilities that we can't think of.
If it is the former possibility, it will be much more difficult. But if it is the latter possibility, it will be much easier.
Zhao Wu held Xu Lanyin's hand and said, "Sister, I will find evidence. I will not let any of the people who killed my mother and father, or those who want to harm us, go free."
Xu Lanyin nodded. For the sake of their son, the potential danger must be completely eliminated.
Xu Lanyin washed Zhao Wu's hair and rubbed his back before the two of them left the bathroom.
Zhao Wu held his son in his arms and teased him with his wet hair. Looking into his son's clear, innocent eyes, Zhao Wu's heart softened. He once again made up his mind that no one could harm his son or his wife.
Xu Lanyin wiped his hair with a handkerchief and told him the story of Li giving birth to a son.
Hearing that Min Hu had a son, Zhao Wu was happy for him. He smiled and said, "Brother Min has always been worried about not having a son, but now he's finally got what he wanted." Then he thought of Li Luo and said, "My brother is already 27 years old this year, and he doesn't even have a wife, let alone a son. Sigh!"
Xu Lanyin squeezed his shoulder, and the two of them said nothing. They were getting closer to the truth, but how far away was the light?
Time flies, and it is March again.
Zhao Mingxi is almost four months old. He is white, fat and strong, and has grown four teeth. He giggles when others tease him, which is very cute.
Minzhe is two and a half months old and is growing up just as strong and healthy as his older brother Mingxi. He is also just as pretty and lovable. The mothers of the two children often visit each other and put the two children on the same kang to play. The two boys, who are still unable to move, will hug each other and play.
Xu Ershi and Hu Yi, brought together by Xu Lanyin, have become engaged. Given their advanced age, the wedding is scheduled for July 28th of this year.
Hu Yi also returned to the Hu family. When she heard that Xu Ershi was Xu Lanyin's cousin, she secretly glanced at Xu Ershi a few times and was very satisfied. She also forgot about Fan Zhong, whom she had only seen once.
The Hu family sold the four dowry shops they had bought and bought four new ones, saying that if Xu Ershi was willing, they would hand over the shops to him.
Xu Lanyin, Xu Dashi, and Old Lady Xu were reluctant to let Xu Ershi take over the shop, fearing that the more he managed, the worse the business would become, ruining the family. It would be better for him to just sit around and eat, leaving the shop and fields to a capable steward, with Hu Wan and Xu Dashi regularly dispatching inspectors. Of course, he couldn't be left idle too much, as that would easily lead to bad habits. It would be better to let him work in the government office, where he would have someone to look after him when he went to the yamen, someone to provide him with food when he went to the yamen, a beautiful wife, and a troop of servants. It was a life like a god's.
Xu Ershi was also very happy. He had not yet worked as hard as his elder brother, but his life was more than ten times better than his elder brother's.
Mrs. Gu was even happier. Her beloved youngest son could finally live a good life, better than her capable eldest son. Moreover, such a wealthy daughter-in-law would never let her parents-in-law live a hard life.
After this matter was settled, Xu Lanyin was going to take Zhao Mingxi to the capital to visit his parents. Coincidentally, Li was also going back to the capital, and since Min Hu didn't have time to see her off, he found Zhao Wu a job in the capital to take Xu Lanyin and her son, as well as Li's mother and son, to the capital.
Qin Hongyu also secretly made a purse for Li Luo and embroidered two handkerchiefs, and asked Xu Lanyin to bring them to Li Luo. Xu Lanyin teased him, and Qin Hongyu blushed with embarrassment.
Early in the morning of March 12, Xu Lanyin's family and Li's mother and son took a car to the pier outside the city, this time to take a boat to the capital.
The boat was much faster, and by the afternoon of the thirteenth day, he had arrived at the Tongxian wharf, where the Fujian government official was already waiting. He stayed overnight at the Tongxian post station, and the next day, he took a carriage to the capital, arriving at the east gate of the capital by the afternoon.
After bidding farewell to Li, Zhao Wu and Xu Lanyin returned directly to the Zhao family's home in the capital. When they arrived home, the lights were already on.
Li Luo knew they would be back in the next few days and was waiting anxiously. The first thing he did was to take Zhao Mingxi from Qian's mother's hands, and he was so excited that he shed tears.
She said, "It really looks like her. It really looks like my mother. If my sister-in-law gives birth to another girl next time and she looks like this, she will look even more like her mother."
Zhao Wu smiled and said, "Thank you for your kind words." He then joked, "Maybe before we have a daughter, my future sister-in-law will give birth to a daughter for my eldest brother."
Li Luo blushed.
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