"Wei'er is such a good boy, I won't blame you. You've done very well. It's hard for you to be locked in the closet all the time."
Xin Wei gave the second prince an innocent smile.
"Oh, by the way, cousin, there's one question I haven't explained clearly."
After laughing, Xin Wei acted as if he had suddenly realized something. He slapped his forehead with his little hands like an adult, struggled to get out of the second prince's arms, and walked to Bai Baozhu with his short legs, pulling her sleeve.
"Sister Baozhu, you really are the girl from Bailiyuan. Before, my sister said that you were the girl she rescued from Bailiyuan, but Brother Cheng forbad her to say it. But why are you saying it yourself now? Why don't you admit your identity?"
Xin Wei speaks slowly in a baby voice, and his tone is very cute and silly, but these few sentences are full of information.
"I heard that the young lady of the Bai family, the Marquis of Yi'an, was stranded at a young age and grew up in a nunnery. Could it be that she actually grew up in a 'nunnery' like this?"
Some people who reacted quickly had already thought of Bai Baozhu's identity. When the Yi'an Marquis's Mansion found their daughter, they held a three-day banquet to celebrate. The grand occasion was still fresh in their minds.
At that time, the Yi'an Marquis Mansion announced that their long-lost daughter had been found with the help of Prince Mu Yun. She had been growing up in a remote nunnery in the mountains and had a simple temperament.
Now, combined with Xin Wei's words, it is obvious that this daughter is not a simple-minded girl who grew up in a remote mountain.
"Haha, young master, what nonsense are you talking about? You've also admitted your mistake. I'm not the Miss Bai you're talking about. I'm just an ordinary, inconspicuous woman in this Baili Courtyard."
Xin Wei's little face showed an indescribable expression of "Why is the adult world so complicated? I really don't understand it." Anxiously, she walked around to the side where she could look directly at Bai Baozhu's face. "Sister Baozhu, what's wrong with you? Why are you pretending to be someone you are not? Although you used to be a girl in Bailiyuan, I told me before that you were a very good girl, but you were forced by life to wander around. You also asked me to take good care of you. Have you forgotten?"
Bai Baozhu said nothing, turning her head away. She didn't want to see Xin Wei's face right now. Somehow, she was feeling particularly irritable today. She was afraid that if she looked at him any longer, she would start hitting him. Her fingers hidden in her sleeves couldn't help but touch a whip. She really, really wanted to whip this annoying little face.
Xin Wei didn't give up. He walked around to the side where Bai Baozhu turned away and kept saying, "Sister Baozhu, Sister Baozhu, why don't you pay attention to Wei'er? Wei'er really doesn't know where you are. Wei'er misses you so much. Sister Baozhu, do you know where you are? You remember, that night on the boat, my sister bled so much. You and Brother Ji Cheng watched us fall off the boat. Wei'er really doesn't know where my sister is. Wei'er misses her so much..."
Xin Wei originally wanted to say a few words to stimulate Bai Baozhu to admit her identity, but when he talked about missing his sister, he could not suppress the longing and sadness in his heart. His little face wrinkled, his nose felt sore, and big tears could not help but slide down from his eyes, like a pile of small pearls, which made him sad just by seeing them.
"What did you say? Xiao Wei'er, you said that when you landed on the boat, Sheng... Sheng Jicheng and this Miss Bai were both on board?"
The second prince didn't notice Xin Wei's sad expression, but he was indeed very good at finding something in Xin Wei's words that he could exploit.
"Yes, brother Ji Cheng was still holding the knife. Dad ignored me for some reason, so my sister pulled me to the bow of the boat. Brother Ji Cheng and sister Baozhu chased us and played with us. Later, I don't know how, we fell into the Knife River. The water was so cold, wow, wow, wow, wow..."
The onlookers who were happily watching the show had not yet realized the huge amount of information, but after savoring it carefully, they understood the darkness that shone through Xin Wei's childish words.
"Didn't Prince Sheng say that he was visiting relatives and friends when the three Xin family members were murdered?"
"Yes, that doesn't make sense to me. Miss Bai also went with the Xin family at the time. If it was really a robbery, then the Xin family would have been in trouble. Why is Miss Baozhu still alive and well?"
"Maybe she went to visit friends with Prince Sheng?" Someone thought mischievously that Bai Baozhu was about to get married to Sheng Jicheng, and his tone was very teasing.
"That Prince Sheng still boasts of being deeply affectionate, but in reality, I've seen it happen several times. Not long after Miss Xin got into trouble, he was flirting with Miss Bai and went out together."
"Oh, I've seen that too..."
Xin Wu listened to the chatter upstairs, watching Bai Baozhu's changing expression downstairs, and felt truly pleased. But after the pleasure faded, she couldn't help but feel disgusted with herself. In fact, no one could see the true colors of these two people more clearly than she did, yet she treated one as her lover and the other as her best friend. She was truly blind.
"You all shut up!"
Bai Baozhu finally couldn't stand everyone's discussions about her anymore. The nameless anxiety and anger in her heart grew stronger and stronger. She felt that she couldn't stay in this space anymore. Somehow, she felt that there was something here that posed a great threat to her.
The crowd fell silent for a moment after she yelled at them, but the discussion immediately grew louder. If they had been somewhat restrained by her status and that of her fiancée, now that she had scolded them, they no longer cared.
"Hey, I heard that she was doing something shameful with the maid in the house just now?"
"Yes, I tell you, when my prince came in, he was still holding her tightly, and we couldn't pull her free."
There was a talkative guard standing in the crowd to maintain order, and at this time he was even integrated into the conversation among the onlookers.
Bai Baozhu wanted to say something more, but if she said more, she would make more mistakes. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth, turned her head and walked out the door.
The maid Jingyuan looked anxiously at the crowd of people who were talking, and followed her master in panic. She felt miserable in her heart. No matter what the outcome of this matter was, she might not be able to have a good life.
Bai Baozhu walked to the door and no one dared to stop her. At this time, she realized that no one was following her. She turned around and saw Jingyuan still standing there with a panicked look on her face.
He could no longer suppress his anger, and out of inertia he swung the whip, which hit Jingyuan's face with a "snap". The barbs on the whip instantly tore Jingyuan's skin apart.
"Are you stupid? Why don't you leave?"
"I'm sorry, miss..."
Jingyuan screamed in pain, but didn't dare stop to check her injuries. She suppressed her tears and followed Bai Baozhu.
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