"You heard correctly. Your aunt, the Queen, did adopt Bai Shizhu as her adopted daughter, just one month after the news of your...your family of three's death reached us."
Although Mingxin felt a little reluctant, he still told the details and watched Xin Wei's face turn pale.
"elder sister……"
Xin Wei tugged at Xin Wu's sleeve worriedly. Xin Wu looked down at him and forced a smile that was uglier than crying.
"Brother, have you met Auntie?"
"I've seen it..." Xin Wei shrank back a little. Seeing Xin Wu so sad, he didn't want to say it again to irritate her.
"It's okay. Tell me about your meeting. Why didn't your aunt keep you in the palace?"
Seeing that her expression was still wrong, Xin Wei looked at Mingxin for help. Mingxin nodded and motioned for him to speak, and then he spoke.
"Actually, I went to see my aunt on the first day I came back. She hugged me and called me 'darling', crying for her father and sister, and then she cursed those evil bandits. I cried for a long time. At that time, I thought my aunt was still the aunt who loved us before. However, after crying for a while, my aunt threw me aside and instead became affectionate with Bai Baozhu, who accompanied me to the palace. She didn't show any sadness at all. Later, she let Bai Baozhu take me back to the house of the evil man."
Although Mingxin is still young and his narration is not very vivid, it is precisely because he is young that he can more directly feel whether someone is sincere or insincere towards him.
It had only been ten days since he was found and brought back to Mingcheng, but he could only relax for a moment with Mingxin. Everywhere else, including with his dearest aunt, he felt out of place and was not welcomed.
Those people closely monitored every aspect of his life under the pretext of taking care of him.
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When Xin Wushi heard Mingxin say that Aunt Queen had adopted Bai Baozhu as her adopted daughter, he was deeply saddened.
But later, when she heard Xin Wei calmly describe the scene of his meeting with Aunt Queen, she gradually accepted it calmly. After all, people change. Perhaps it was because she was ignorant and didn't understand other people's hearts before.
In fact, if she could really see through people's hearts, she would not be so blind as to fall in love with Sheng Jicheng and be so open-hearted for her.
Feng Ming saw Xin Wu's face calm down, then he spoke: "Then we are now walking on thin ice in Mingcheng. The person who we thought was our greatest support now seems unreliable."
Su Wei agreed: "Yes, that's right. Originally, I planned to start from Xin Wu's aunt who is the queen and investigate the affairs of Dongyao King City step by step, but now it seems that this road is not feasible..."
Fengming saw that the atmosphere had become quiet again and felt that things were getting a bit chaotic.
"So, let's first review the current situation: In terms of advantages, first, we have Xin Wei back; second, we have the help of Master Mingxin; third, they are in the light while we are in the dark.
But the disadvantages are also obvious. First, we are unfamiliar with Mingcheng and it is inconvenient to conduct an investigation. Second, they are of high status and we cannot approach them in such a low-key manner. Third, Xin Wei is in their hands.
Tu Nan had not spoken since she expressed some opinions earlier. Seeing Feng Ming talking for a long time, he poured her a cup of hot tea early. As soon as she finished speaking, he stuffed it into her hand and asked her to drink some to moisten her throat.
Feng Xiyun and Feng Yuyun were professional bystanders who had been listening obediently. Now they were still as quiet as chickens, watching them obediently.
After hearing Feng Ming's words, Su Wei fell into deep thought. He was probably sorting out the information he had received over the past half day.
"I was wondering..."
"What?"
"Our initial plan was to conceal our identities and travel low-key, then reveal them later if necessary. Actually, we could split into two groups now. One group would reveal their identities and travel around Ming City openly, using them to eat, drink, use, and play with others, while gathering all the information. The other group would remain hidden, taking advantage of everyone's attention being drawn to the couple in public to conduct a covert investigation. Perhaps this two-pronged approach would be more effective."
As soon as Su Wei finished speaking, Feng Xiyun, who had always been well-behaved, was the first to react, raising his arms and shouting, "Okay, I agree."
After a brief thought, the others also felt that this plan was the best and agreed with it. Now they had to decide who would act in the open and who would act in the dark.
"How about this, I'll take Xiyun and Yuyun with me, play the role of Chejia, and be in the open. Tunan Suweixin is not there, and you guys will stay in the dark. If Ye Xiuwen is there, he will cooperate with you in the investigation."
Fengming thought this was the best way. The three royal children said they came to Mingcheng to attend the wedding of Sheng Jicheng and the princess. Of course, they did not come for their wedding, but mainly to travel and gain experience. By the way, they just happened to know the news, so they sent a congratulatory gift on behalf of Daqing.
It just so happened that the Daqing royal family had a tradition of royal children traveling abroad to understand the people's livelihood. This reason was perfectly fine, and it didn't seem as deliberate as deliberately attending the wedding of a minister from a vassal state. It was simply perfect.
Xin Wu herself couldn't show up and needed to hide her identity when she walked around. It was naturally best not to be exposed. Although she was always veiled, she was still visible, and there was still a risk of being discovered if she stayed outside.
Tunan and Su Wei were completely unfamiliar faces. Although they were of noble status, they had only been seen by the beauty.
Fengming couldn't believe that a tiny, broken country like Dongyao could have such a formidable intelligence agency, capable of investigating the appearance of a frail and notorious young man from the Xunbohou family in Daqing, who lived off their ancestral wealth. Furthermore, Tunan had changed even more. Fengming had been classmates for so many years, yet at first glance, he couldn't connect his portrait with the fat man he'd met before, let alone these unfamiliar Dongyao people.
So this is the golden combination!
Since we have decided to act separately, we must separate and there are a lot of arrangements to be made.
She took the paper and pen from Mingxin's study, stamped it with the princess's seal, and sent Bi Chun to arrange for someone to deliver a letter to the Dongyao Foreign Embassy, stating that she would pay a visit the next day. As for whether the people at the Dongyao Foreign Embassy could be prepared to welcome her so late in the afternoon, it was not within her consideration. Anyway, it would not be her face that would be lost.
Seeing that it was getting dark, even with Mingxin's high-tech help, it was not a good idea to leave Xin Wei here any longer. The people on Sheng Jicheng's side would definitely become suspicious, and it would be troublesome to send other people.
Xin Wu and Xin Wei were reluctant to part for a while, giving earnest instructions, and then reluctantly handed Xin Wei over to Ming Xin, who took him out and handed him over to Sheng Jicheng's people.
Xin Wu's expression as he watched Xin Wei leave was so sad to see.
Not long after Xin Wei left, Feng Ming and his group also returned to the inn in the city. Since they decided to eat, drink, stay and have fun in Dongyao, Feng Ming's plan to buy a house was naturally put aside for the time being.
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