"Put him in jail and wait for trial."
Gu Shiyun said to the yamen runners.
"Master, go back and write the notice immediately."
"Tell any families who have lost their children in the city to go to the county government office to claim them," he ordered, then bowed and said, "My Lady, now that the young lady has been found, I will be leaving now."
An Li nodded, and the bailiffs escorted the human trafficker out.
The dozen or so children got on the county government's carriage and looked at Mingxin reluctantly.
After the people left, An Li smiled and said, "Xinbao, tell mother, was it you who beat up that bad guy?"
The human trafficker's body was covered in bruises and purples, a horrible sight.
Her intuition told her that it was most likely Xinbao who hit her.
"Mom, I'm a baby."
"I only know how to sleep and eat, and I don't know how to hit anyone."
Mingxin put her chin on her mother's shoulder and spoke in a muffled voice.
Her eyes were lowered, looking so pitiful.
"Okay, it's not our Xinbao."
"Then Xinbao, tell me how you were captured by the human traffickers?"
An Li's emotions had stabilized by now, and he asked in a soft voice.
Oops!
Forget about my mother!
Mingxin rolled her eyes, thinking about what to say to avoid being spanked.
"Mother, I forgot!"
"I feel dizzy..."
Mingxin pretended to be dizzy and looked listless.
An Li smiled, knowing that she was pretending, and did not expose her.
After returning to the Princess's Mansion, she asked Shuangying to give Xinbao a bath and change her into a new dress.
"Mother, where are Sister Chunliu and Sister Hechunhe?"
Mingxin lay on the bed, still pretending to be dizzy.
"They both have been punished by their mother and sent to the small dark room for not taking good care of Xinbao." An Li said casually.
Mingxin sat up suddenly!
I no longer feel dizzy and feel very energetic.
Chunliu and Chunhe were implicated by her, so she hurriedly said, "Mother, please let Chunliu and Chunhe go."
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