Yes, that's right, it makes sense. Yuan'er told him that it was Prince Kang who kidnapped her daughter, but who was the person who switched the baby?

"What about this person who took my child away? Who is he?"

Ling Wuya came back to his senses and looked up at Xue Zhiqian.

In fact, at this moment, Xue was very conflicted. If he told them directly that it was him who kidnapped their daughter, it would be hard to imagine how miserable his end would be.

But if I don't tell them now, they will find out sooner or later, and when that time comes, I think I'll be beaten up for sure.

Oh, I’m so conflicted. Should I tell it now, or wait until someone comes to me and tells me about it later?

Xue Zhiqian thought about it and felt that the risk he was talking about now was obviously less likely than being beaten up by the Ling family after he knew about it in the future.

Just when he was faced with a difficult choice, Ling Wuya on the other side was so anxious that he was about to burst into flames.

Look, Xue Zhiqian was still biting his lower lip as if in deep thought, but someone had already grabbed his collar impatiently.

"Is this a hard question to answer? What on earth are you thinking about?"

"It's hard to answer. I'm struggling with whether or not to tell the truth!"

"What did you say?"

Having inadvertently spoken the truth, Xue Zhiqian wished he could slap himself hard. This idiot, what he feared was bound to come true.

Now it’s okay, I have to say it even if I don’t want to, right?

As soon as he looked up, he was met with Ling Wuya's fierce look with bloodshot eyes. Xue Zhiqian was so scared that he shrank his neck and raised his hands in surrender.

“Brother Wuya, I can explain it to you clearly, but you have to promise not to slap me in the face.”

What this means is, you can hit anywhere except the face.

When Ling Wuya heard this, he immediately had a bad feeling: "What do you mean?"

Xue Zhiqian sighed heavily, looking innocent: "In fact, if I don't explain it clearly now, you will know it after the Goddess Clan's Succession Ceremony. However, after thinking about it, I think it is more appropriate for me to tell you this!"

"What do you want to say?"

Xue Zhiqian swallowed hard, as if he had made some important decision, and looked up at the two leaders of the Ling family.

"The point I want to make is that the person who kidnapped your daughter on the way was me, Xue Zhiqian!"

Ling Wuya was stunned for a moment, then his pupils suddenly dilated. His legs were a little weak due to nervousness. If his brother hadn't supported him in time, he would have fallen to the ground because he couldn't bear such a heavy weight.

"You, what did you say? I didn't hear clearly, please, please say it again."

Xue Zhiqian sighed, raised his eyes helplessly, and looked at him solemnly.

"That year, when your child was born, I was also nearby. This is true. Unfortunately, I saw Prince Kang's mansion steal your child. Even more unfortunately, I found out that someone wanted to murder your child, so I went along with it and saved your daughter. Then, I accidentally swapped the child in my arms with yours."

Ling Wuya was stunned: "So, you mean to say that it was you who took my child away back then?"

Xue Zhiqian nodded sincerely: "Yes, I took your child away because I saved her. And according to her physical condition at the time, she would not survive even if she went to Prince Kang's mansion, so it was only natural for me to take her away!"

Ling Youqing was speechless and twitched his mouth: "Why did you do such a thing, not only did you not feel guilty, but you also acted as if it was a matter of course? Xue Zhiqian, do you know what consequences your actions have caused?"

Xue Zhiqian looked at the eldest master of the Ling family very calmly: "Brother Ling, of course I know what I did and what the consequences would be. Even if this action was impulsive, I also conducted a detailed investigation afterwards and proved that this choice was the safest, so I swapped the identities of the two children."

"You, how can you say that? Do you know that my sister-in-law is crying her eyes out because of this child? Do you know how much pain my second brother's family has suffered because of the missing child? How can you say it so lightly? Do you still have a conscience, Xue Zhiqian? Has your conscience been eaten by a dog? You still have the nerve to admit it in front of us, aren't you asking for a beating?"

Facing Ling Youqing's accusations, Xue Zhiqian didn't care at all, because, as an outsider, he didn't take the words to heart. Instead, he cared more about Ling Wuya's attitude.

"So, Brother Wuya, do you think so too?"

What was surprising was that compared to his brother, Ling Wuya's attitude was obviously calmer, because at this moment, he was not blindly looking for mistakes in others, but was repeatedly considering what Xue Zhiqian had just said.

Therefore, when Xue Zhiqian asked this, he instinctively asked: "You just said that if my daughter goes to Prince Kang's mansion, she will die? What's going on?"

Xue Zhiqian did not hide it and told the truth: "Because the one who was hunting your daughter was the Princess of Kang. The Princess knew that Prince Kang brought your daughter into the mansion. If the assassination failed, there were ways to make her die. Your daughter was born prematurely and has a weak constitution. Let alone whether the Princess of Kang did it on purpose, it is still a question whether she can survive without her. Do you agree with me?"

After hearing this, Ling Wuya did not rush to deny it. Instead, he looked at him deeply.

"It seems that you did do your research very carefully back then."

"That's a must. She's your daughter, Ling Wuya. How can I not be careful and cautious?"

"Another question, is the baby in your arms the Yuan'er of today?"

Xue Zhiqian nodded again, "Yes, it is Ling Yuan. The reason why she is suitable to stay is because she has been poisoned in her body. In the future, if Princess Kang doesn't need to worry too much, she will be disliked by Prince Kang. Therefore, it is necessary for her to survive."

"It is said that a concubine in Prince Kang's mansion gave birth to a child, but the child died. So Ling Yuan replaced her and returned to Prince Kang's mansion naturally?"

"Well, you could say that it was actually Prince Kang who ordered the baby girl to be killed and thrown away, which gave Ling Yuan a new identity."

Ling Wuya looked up in astonishment: "How could he be so cruel?"

"Haha, that old man has always been cruel and vicious, but he just acted too well in front of you. If he didn't kill the baby girl, Ling Yuan would not be able to enter the palace through normal channels. If Lingjiazhuang were to investigate this, he would become the number one suspect. So, this is why he had to do this."

"So..., what about the baby girl?"

Xue Zhiqian raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Didn't they say she was dead?"

"Haha, if she's already dead, why did you bother to mention her? And why did you describe her in such detail? Besides, who are you, Xue Zhiqian? Is there anyone who knows you better than my Ling family?"

Xue Zhiqian smiled lightly and slowly put down the teacup: "Yes, I also rescued that child, together with your daughter. Tell me, where are these two children?"

They are all baby girls, and their birth times are so close. He just mentioned the Goddess Clan. If Ling Wuya can’t guess it again, then he can go eat shit.

However, at the critical moment, he thought of one thing: "The one who died on Stone Island was..."

"Haha, you are really smart. You guessed it so quickly. In this case, I won't beat around the bush with you. That's right, Mo Xiangjun's real identity is Prince Kang's concubine's daughter, and her ending today is actually according to the plan, without any deviation."

"Your daughter is your daughter after all. We are all cautious and have given her the best care and training since she was young. If my guess is correct, she has now learned about her identity. The day when you and your daughter will be reunited is actually only a few days away. I wonder, after knowing this result, do you still want to beat me up?"

Ling Wuya looked at Xue Zhiqian with complicated eyes, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

When he knew that his daughter might not be dead, he was overjoyed.

When he found out that his daughter was taken away by Xue Zhiqian, a light bulb went off in his head and he actually had a rough guess.

But he never expected that this bold guess would eventually come true.

Although he did not stay in the Dragon Empire all the time, he knew the news about Mo Hanyi. Her talent might not be the best among the Mo family, but in the eyes of outsiders, she was the future goddess of the Mo family. In the past sixteen years, she was trained completely according to the goddess of the goddess clan.

Which daughter coming out of the Mohist School is not one in a thousand?

If Mo Xiangjun is an outlier of their generation, then Mo Hanyi is like most of the goddesses before her, a noble lady of high character who follows the rules and selflessly dedicates herself to her family.

If her second daughter had been raised in their home, she might not have achieved what she has today.

But in other words, the better Mo Hanyi is, the more happiness she has lost.

As a father, he was extremely conflicted at this moment. He didn't know what kind of mood he should be in to welcome his second daughter.

She didn't even know what kind of mood she should have to face Ling Yuan, who took over her daughter's place and suffered for sixteen years.

"So, Yuan'er is the true heir of the Goddess Clan, right?"

After going around in circles, this sentence is the key, right?

Xue Zhiqian did not deny it, but he did not confirm it either: "It's up to the Goddess Clan to decide. After all, two people are coming back, not just one."

Ling Wuya was startled, and then he remembered who the other person Xue Zhiqian was referring to was.

"You mean to say that the young master of the Never-Sleeping City is another twin girl from the Goddess Clan?"

After asking this question, he regretted it, because Ling Yuan seemed to have been calling Gongzi Yan "sister". However, at that time he always thought that she was an adopted sister, but never thought that they were actually a pair of real sisters.

"No, no, isn't this plot a little too complicated? What is going on? Why is even Gongzi Yan involved?"

Xue Zhiqian shrugged and said simply, "I was able to take Yuan'er away back then, so naturally someone else could take Yan'er away too. Isn't this a very normal thing? What's there to be entangled about?"

"The person who took Gongzi Yan away was... Hua, Hua Yao?"

"Fuck, you can even guess this? Do you have X-ray vision?"

Xue Zhiqian originally wanted to keep the secret, but he never expected that the other person would guess it right. He was so angry that he beat his chest and stamped his feet.

"It's so boring, so unfulfilling. How did you guess it?"

Ling Wuya looked at him like an idiot: "Do you think we are all stupid? Everyone knows that you and Hua Yao are so close that you can wear the same pants? You also like the same woman at the same time. For that woman, you can even give up your family and ignore it. This matter doesn't seem to be a new thing in the empire back then, right?"

Xue Zhiqian had a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat. He tried to swallow it, but couldn't, and tried to spit it out, but couldn't.

"Brother, can you please stop bringing up this topic? Those were things that happened when we were young. Why are you still thinking about it?"

Ling Wuya glared at him with disdain: "Do you think we want to miss you? We are forced to do this because of you? We haven't settled the score for you taking my daughter away yet!"

Who would have thought that after hearing this, Xue Zhiqian would just wave his hand at him nonchalantly without even lifting his eyelids.

"You can calculate it however you want. Anyway, I think I did a good thing. Think about it, if it weren't for me, would you be able to find your daughter? If it weren't for our Yuan'er who suffered for your daughter, I'm afraid your daughter would have died long ago. This is fate, don't you understand? It's a complicated fate. Otherwise, why do you think you have such a deep relationship with Yuan'er? This is destined, don't you understand?"

After saying these words, he suddenly thought of his poor son outside and immediately took the opportunity to make a request.

"Also, you said it was your daughter who saved my son, right?"

When Ling Wuya heard him mention this, he immediately stared at him warily: "What do you want to say?"

Xue Zhiqian rolled his eyes. "What did I want to say? I wanted to say that it was because we calculated the time when Yuan'er's poison would take effect, and we specially sent my son to save her. At that time, I was busy and couldn't rush to save my son in the first place. As a result, Xue Jian couldn't hold on, and happened to be exposed in front of your two daughters."

"And that heartless Yuan'er, who knew nothing after waking up and even claimed that Lingyun and I were his saviors. Oh, my poor son, he was so obsessed with your daughter that he can no longer see the good in other girls..."

As Ling Wuya listened, his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. This old man had gone through such a long journey just to wait for him here?

"As parents, we should not interfere in this matter."

Are you kidding? You old man just told me that you were the bastard who kidnapped my second daughter, and now you want to ask for my eldest daughter in marriage on behalf of your son. How can that be possible?