Duan Feibai looked at Jing Le, then at his own body, and decided to call him a five-year-old child.
Taking another five-year-old child on a horseback hunting trip?!
Are you serious?
While he certainly has the ability to do it, if others saw this, they would probably think they were weirdos.
"Lele, let one of Ying Liu and the others take care of Xiao Jiu, otherwise it will have a bad influence."
Duan Feibai smiled helplessly and said.
"That's fine, I'll leave the Shadow Six matter to you."
Jing Le said to the outside.
"Yes, Master."
Shadow Six suddenly appeared and bowed in greeting.
An hour later, a figure approached the courtyard.
"Stop! This is not a place for you. Leave immediately."
The guards at the entrance of the courtyard stopped Du Yunyao.
"My lord, I am the legitimate daughter of Physician Du, and I wish to request an audience with Princess Anle."
Du Yunyao bowed nervously.
She had finally managed to find out from others that Princess Anle lived here, and she was determined to see her.
Even though she was confined to her residence, she could still learn some of the rumors about Jing Le over the past few months from the servants.
She knew that if she and her mother wanted to escape that place, they needed someone with great power to manage it.
They didn't know any capable officials, and this was their chance.
"Please wait a moment, Miss, I will inform you shortly."
One of the guards finished speaking and walked into the courtyard.
They came out shortly after.
"Please follow me, miss."
"Thank you, sir."
After Du Yunyao finished speaking, she followed him into the courtyard.
A moment later, Du Yunyao finally met the legendary Princess Anle.
"Greetings, Princess Anle, may the princess live a thousand years!"
Upon seeing Jing Le, Du Yunyao immediately knelt down and performed a grand salute.
"Get up. Is there something you need from me?"
Jing Le was puzzled to see Du Yunyao kneeling on the ground without raising her head.
The Ninth Prince and Duan Feibai, who were standing to the side, also looked over, but did not say anything.
"My daughter, Du Yunyao, is the legitimate daughter of Doctor Du. I am requesting an audience with the princess to seek justice for my mother."
After Du Yunyao finished speaking, she stood up, but kept her head down, afraid that her appearance would offend Jing Le.
"If you have been wronged, why didn't you report it to the authorities, but instead came to me?"
Am I more effective than officials?
Jing Le was puzzled.
Duan Feibai understood that this was indeed much more effective than officials.
Once Jing Le takes charge, it's equivalent to reaching the Heavenly Court directly, and Emperor Jing will naturally find out.
He glanced at Du Yunyao with a leisurely look.
"Your Highness, it's not that I'm unwilling to report to the authorities, but I have already done so, but... it's no use."
Having only been released from the manor today, the only thing I can think of now is to seek help from the princess.
Du Yunyao could only say it tactfully.
Upon hearing this, the group realized there was more to the story.
"Why do you keep your head down when you speak? Look up."
Jing Le looked at Du Yunyao, who was talking with her head down, and was very puzzled.
Am I that fierce? Why won't you look me in the eye?
Ninth Prince: My little sister isn't fierce; she's very cute.
Duan Feibai: Hmm, not fierce, cute.
"I am ugly and fear that I may offend the princess."
Du Yunyao could only offer an explanation, her hands clenched tightly at her sides.
Although she appeared strong in front of Du Jinwei, it was just a protective shell; she was still very insecure.
"It's alright, lift your head."
"So what if you have a physical defect? I've seen much more terrifying things; this is nothing."
Jing Le smiled slightly and said softly.
Perhaps it was because Jing Le's tone was too gentle that Du Yunyao unconsciously raised her head.
"It's just a birthmark, what's the big deal? Tell me why you came to see me."
Jing Le looked at the birthmark on her face, but was not frightened at all. She even asked her why she had come.
“Princess, my mother was just a peasant girl who married a man when she was young. They were a lowly couple, but…”
Du Yunyao's tone was calm at first, but then she became agitated.
"However, after my father passed the imperial examination and became an official in the court, he was originally supposed to be transferred to a post outside the capital."
Unexpectedly, at this time, a concubine's daughter from an official family took a liking to my father and insisted on marrying him.
"Unfortunately, my mother had already given birth to me, so it was impossible for her to divorce me. In the end, the illegitimate daughter entered the mansion as a concubine, but she performed the duties of a principal wife."
"My mother is just a peasant girl; how could she possibly be a match for her..."
Simply put, it was because Du Langzhong married the illegitimate daughter of an official in order to advance his career.
Unfortunately, he already had a wife and daughter at home and could not divorce his wife, so he could only bring his illegitimate daughter into the mansion as a concubine.
He was then elevated to the status of a secondary wife, given control of the inner court, and naturally treated the first wife and legitimate daughter with extreme harshness.
However, thanks to his illegitimate daughter's family connections, Doctor Du was able to stay safely in the capital and became a doctor.
Over the years, that illegitimate daughter has kept the legal wife and legitimate daughter locked up in the mansion, preventing them from leaving, saying it's a disgrace to the Du family.
Long-term exploitation and being denied access to medicine when sick have pushed Du Yunyao's mother to the brink of collapse.
[Could this Du family be Du Jinwei's family? Let me see.]
Jing Le flipped through the script, which originally only recorded that the Du family had one legal wife and one legitimate daughter, while the others were all illegitimate sons and daughters.
The section about the eldest daughter of the Du family is now much clearer.
Just as Du Yunyao said, her family's situation was only worse; the lives of her and her daughter were even more difficult than she described.
Jing Le also discovered that it was actually Doctor Du who had schemed against the concubine's daughter, causing her to secretly fall in love with him and vow to marry no one else.
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