Night has fallen.
A kind woman picked up a white fox fur cloak from beside the wishing well.
"Little girl, why aren't you home yet? The water's cold."
Xiaoxi woke up with a start, thinking that the lady who looked like her mother had returned.
As a result, a deep sense of disappointment washed over me.
"Thank you, Auntie. I'll be home right away."
Xiao Xi took the cloak and used the teleportation talisman her fifth brother had given her. She couldn't wait to return to the manor to ask her fifth brother.
Ye Xingxian was practicing calligraphy in his study. Xiaoxi hadn't returned yet, and he was just about to ask someone to go check on her.
With a "whoosh," Xiaoxi appeared in the study.
Ye Xingxian was startled by Xiao Xi's appearance.
"What's wrong? Xiaoxi, why are your clothes wet? Your hair is all messed up. Did someone bully you?"
Ye Xingxian was instantly enraged. Who in Youdu City was so blind? Did they have a death wish?
Xiaoxi then realized that she had been too hasty and had carelessly teleported back, making Fifth Brother worry.
She quickly suppressed her eagerness, because it was almost dinner time, and her brother was worried that she would go hungry.
"Fifth Brother, don't worry, no one bullied Xiaoxi. It was Xiaoxi who ran into someone. Never mind, I'll go change my clothes first."
After the brother and sister finished their meal, Xiaoxi revealed that she had encountered a boy in black at the City God Temple that day and had beaten him up. She was puzzled because the boy's mother resembled her own mother.
Ye Xingxian thought for a while and carefully considered his words.
"Actually, Xiaoxi, your doubts are the same as my doubts."
Before Fifth Brother recognized Xiao Xi, he had seen the person you mentioned who looked like Mother. She was helping the poor at the intersection, but I don't remember it then.
Only after Ye Xingxian and her sister got together did the image of this lady distributing porridge at the intersection come to mind.
Because Xiaoxi looks so much like their mother.
"I investigated a couple of days ago and found out that she is not the wife of a wealthy family, but possibly someone from the palace."
"Huh? The boy in black called her mother? Could it be that the boy in black is a prince, and your mother has already remarried to the Prince of Chujiang?"
Xiaoxi jumped up in alarm, "How can that be?"
Ye Xingxian looked at him with an expression that said, "See? I shouldn't have told you."
He flicked Xiaoxi's forehead.
"Xiaoxi, what are you thinking? King Chujiang is a very devoted man. He only has one queen. How could the queen possibly leave the palace so often?"
Xiaoxi was finally relieved.
"Alright, Xiaoxi, those who cultivate chains should not overthink things. In a couple of days it will be King Chujiang's birthday. When we go to the palace for the banquet, we will know everything."
Xiaoxi could only adjust her thoughts; the truth would be revealed in two days anyway.
Two days later, Xiaoxi and her fifth brother went to the palace for a banquet.
She wore a fire-fox cloak over a long red dress, woven by the finest weaver in the heavens. The dress was embroidered with exquisite patterns, symbolizing her noble status, and the wide, flowing sleeves exuded a lively and graceful air.
Her hair was tied up high, and the jewels on her headdress shone brightly in the sunlight.
The white jade bracelet on her wrist was delicate and warm in texture.
Anyway, Ye Xingxian was afraid of not being able to show off his sister, so he dressed Xiaoxi up to be unparalleled in the world, so beautiful that she attracted everyone's attention.
Because Xiaoxi didn't like having maids around, Ye Xingxian never assigned her any maids; usually, it was the nanny who took care of Xiaoxi's daily life.
Therefore, Xiaoxi did not have any maidservants with her when she entered the palace this time.
Ye Xingxian wasn't worried about Xiaoxi. Anyone who dared to mess with Xiaoxi was probably asking for trouble.
Before the banquet even started, Xiaoxi grew impatient waiting in the flower hall and went to stroll around the garden wearing a cloak.
Being too beautiful means you're destined to have no friends. Besides, Xiaoxi doesn't know any of those rich girls, so there's nothing to talk about.
She still had something on her mind, hoping to run into that lady who resembled her mother again in the garden.
But Xiaoxi didn't want to cause trouble, yet trouble always seemed to find its way to her.
Most of the noble ladies who went to the palace banquet were in love with the Star Lord of the Big Dipper.
There were also noble ladies strolling in the garden who were insanely jealous of Xiaoxi's gorgeous and elegant clothes, the fabric of which they had never seen before.
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