Everything was done by Nanny Xi alone. Now even Marquis Xuanping himself feels that this matter may not be that simple.
He nodded seriously and promised seriously:
"Xuan'er, don't worry. I will try my best to find the traces of Aunt Xi's family and find out what happened back then. If our daughter is still alive, I will take her back no matter what the cost!"
Marquis Xuanping's hands unconsciously clenched into fists, and he swore secretly in his heart.
He called his son Cheng Moyang and told him to take people to Nannan's grave and open the coffin to see what was going on.
When Cheng Moyang heard that he was asked to dig his sister's grave, he was immediately shocked.
"Father, are you serious?"
Seeing that he looked embarrassed, Marquis Xuanping told him about how he had re-investigated his mother's childbirth.
After listening to it, Cheng Moyang finally understood why his father did this.
Firstly, he wanted to know whether his sister was still alive. If he found bones inside the coffin after opening it, it would prove that his sister had indeed died, but her death was unclear, which might be caused by human factors rather than premature death.
At that time, the burial arrangements were handled solely by Nanny Xi. In Daqing, if a newborn baby died, it meant that the baby was unlucky, and no matter how wealthy the family was, they were not allowed to hold a grand funeral. Even if the concubines in the harem gave birth to a son or daughter who died young, they were not blessed and could only be buried quietly, and could not even enter the imperial mausoleum. The emperor might give a name and a posthumous title to a favored concubine, but an unfavored concubine who gave birth to a child who died young would be treated worse than ordinary people.
Over the years, no one had ever bothered about these things. It was only after Lady Xuanping Hou met Jiang Sui that day and had a dream at night that she suddenly seemed to have some kind of telepathy and wanted to trace back to the events of the past no matter what.
As it turned out, her intuition was correct. There was indeed something strange about what happened back then, but she was blinded by the people she trusted.
Although Cheng Moyang knew the reason, he was still a little hesitant. If he opened the coffin and found that his sister's body was indeed there, he couldn't imagine how self-blame and sorry he would feel, because it was a great disrespect to the deceased.
But he is indeed the most suitable person to handle this matter.
So, he gritted his teeth and agreed, and immediately went to do it.
However, before leaving, Marquis Xuanping told him to keep a low profile and not tell Xueyun about this for the time being, otherwise, given her personality, she would definitely cause trouble.
She was becoming more and more cunning and overbearing, and he was very disappointed in her.
At first, he was not so enthusiastic about this concubine's daughter. After all, she was a woman he did not love and was obtained by improper means. So when she was born, he only fulfilled some responsibilities as the child's father.
He was more sad because he and Xuan'er's daughter could not be raised.
He had picked up several names as a backup, but in the end, none of them were used. Despite this, none of those names belonged to Cheng Xueyun. This name was just picked by him on the spur of the moment.
At that time, Xuan'er missed her daughter too much. After his concubine Qin came out of confinement, she brought Xueyun to see Xuan'er. When Xuan'er saw her daughter, she thought of her own daughter. The two children were born on the same day.
His harem has always been peaceful, and the mistress and concubines get along harmoniously. This is mainly due to the fact that Xuan'er is kind-hearted and treats them very well.
At that time, when Xuan'er saw Xueyun, she felt close to her. She hugged her in her arms, looked at her again and again, and liked her more and more.
Qin had always been in weak health and had to take medicine all the time. When she first found out she was pregnant, the doctor said she was not suitable for childbirth and that if she insisted on giving birth, she would have to bear the consequences herself. However, she insisted on giving birth to the child. After giving birth, she suffered from hemorrhage and died within two years.
During those two years, Xuan'er and Xueyun developed feelings for each other. Qin had always intended to register the child under Xuan'er's name, saying that her health was not good and she might die at any time. The child would be pitiful because he had no mother, so she wanted Xuan'er to help her raise the child, intending to entrust the child to her.
Xuan'er was soft-hearted and easily influenced, and she also had regrets in her heart, so after Qin passed away, she gave Xueyun to her own name, making her her legitimate daughter, and she raised her wholeheartedly as her own child.
At the beginning, Marquis Xuanping really couldn't like Cheng Xueyun, but as time went on, he was not so heartless and slowly he began to care about her. However, this child was so naughty and it was unknown whose temper she took from. The key point was that her biological mother was also gentle and easy-going. How could she give birth to someone so bad-tempered, willful and capricious?
Cheng Moyang also knew her character and had no intention of telling her, so he quietly took people to his sister's grave.
When preparing to dig, he prepared himself mentally and kept his back to the excavation. After the coffin was opened, he just wanted someone to tell him the result.
After digging for a long time, the coffin was finally revealed. Everyone pried open the coffin. It had not seen the light of day for more than ten years, and there was a damp and moldy smell inside.
But there was nothing inside except some baby clothes and the burial objects prepared at that time.
"Sir, look, there is no remains of the young lady here!"
The people Cheng Moyang brought with him were all his personal guards, and they said whatever they wanted.
Cheng Moyang had his back to the grave the whole time, standing with his hands behind his back. Upon hearing the result, he turned around abruptly and walked to the edge of the pit to take a look.
Sure enough, there was nothing inside except some gold, silver, and jewelry for burial, and the clothes that the mother had prepared for her unborn sister.
That means my sister might still be alive.
This result is good news for their family.
He had the tomb restored and then immediately returned home to report the results to his father and mother.
When Jiang heard this, she was so excited that she couldn't stand up. She collapsed and tears flowed. Fortunately, Xuanping Hou supported her:
"Xuan'er, this is good news, it means Nannan is still alive!"
"I know, but when I think about how she might have been stranded outside for so many years, and who knows how many hard times she had to go through, while we have been enjoying a prosperous life, and even only now remembered to look for her, my heart aches as if it were cut by a knife.
My Lord, I beg you, no matter what, you must find our daughter and bring her back."
Jiang was heartbroken. She had one more thing to say. Her hands were shaking and her lips were stammering for a long time before she finally said it:
"If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his body!"
She didn't know what her child had experienced outside, and whether she was still alive after so many years, because she was confirmed to have no breath that year, and it could not be ruled out that Nanny Xi buried her somewhere else. As a mother, how much courage does it take for her to say this?
"Don't worry, Xuan'er, I will definitely give you an explanation!"
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