Chapter 269
Seeing Xu Qingshi's red-rimmed eyes, the old princess's heart softened even more. She had watched this child grow up and had taught him step by step.
Although her child can be a bit willful at times, she believes that the child she has raised will not be the kind of unreasonable child.
"Where did this child come from?" the old princess asked, her tone softening slightly.
Xu Qingshi was still angry. Recalling her grandmother's furious expression, she pursed her lips, looking unwilling to speak.
"How heartbroken would the child's parents be if they couldn't find him?" Seeing that Xu Qingshi remained silent, the old princess said with a sad expression.
“They won’t be sad at all. This is a child they don’t want!” Xu Qingshi pouted, retorting with a bitter tone.
"So you saw the child's parents abandon the child with your own eyes?" The old princess probably knew that her grandson had indeed picked up the child, but she still needed to ask why the child was abandoned.
Xu Qingshi shook his head; that person was naturally not the child's mother.
They were probably just servants from the Grand Princess's residence.
But wasn't she only doing this because she was acting on the orders of the Grand Princess?
Without the Grand Princess's orders, Xu Qingshi felt that the maid would never have dared to do such a thing.
“During the Qing Dynasty, sometimes what we heard was not necessarily true, and what we saw was not necessarily real. Can you tell your grandmother what happened?” The old princess looked at her grandson and slowly guided him as she asked.
Xu Qingshi glanced at the old princess, a hint of hesitation still lingering in his eyes.
He didn't know if his grandmother would send the child back if he told her the whole story. Now that the eldest princess was going to lose the child, wouldn't the little dumpling be lost again?
Upon hearing this answer, Xu Qingshi was extremely unhappy.
At this point, Xu Qingshi already considered Gu Nuonuo as his possession.
However, seeing the look of trust in her grandmother's eyes when she looked at her, Xu Qingshi couldn't bring herself to refuse.
Xu Qingshi, who was originally like a little hedgehog, instantly put away all his quills and carefully sat down next to the old princess, looking at Gu Nuonuo, who was crying herself to sleep on the bed.
Xu Qingshi then whispered, "Today, I went to the Grand Princess's residence and ran into these two." Xu Qingshi pointed to Xie Yanzhi and Jiang Yu standing to the side.
Then she continued, "We played for a while, and there were many ladies and young women around. We weren't familiar with them, so we said we'd go see the young lady together. But we searched for a long time before we heard that the young lady was in Fulutang. However, just as we saw the little dumpling, a maid came over and said that the eldest princess wanted to see the child, so she took the child away." When Xu Qingshi said this, there was an inevitable sense of disappointment in her tone.
Upon hearing this, the old princess frowned deeply. She could already sense that there was something wrong with the maid.
However, she did not interrupt Xu Qingshi and waited for him to continue.
However, the old princess was very relieved, because although the child was still young, he described the problem very clearly.
That way, she wouldn't be completely confused.
However, seeing that her grandson was staring intently at her and did not continue speaking, the old princess asked the question that had been on her mind: "At that time, were there no other maids or servants in that courtyard?"
The old princess was very puzzled. It was normal for the children not to recognize the servants in the mansion, since it was their first time visiting the Grand Princess's mansion.
However, logically speaking, such a young child should have servants taking care of him.
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