Chapter 859 The Truth - Twenty Years Ago
"But it is broken after all."
Pointing to the ground, the little girl was still very unhappy.
Seeing this, Princess Baiyun slowly stepped forward. "Miss Gu, if you hadn't helped just now, wouldn't it have fallen down with a gust of wind?"
The little girl recalled what the egg looked like at its very beginning, and then nodded very seriously.
Princess Baiyun continued, "Since it will fall when the wind blows, does that mean that this is where it was meant to be? It has followed the path it was meant to follow, so you shouldn't be unhappy about it?"
The child, who was only eight or nine years old, immediately thought that Princess Baiyun was right after hearing her explanation.
"Sister, you're right. I shouldn't be unhappy."
It is said that children have the purest minds. The little girl, who had just looked annoyed, suddenly felt relieved.
After gazing at Princess Baiyun's face for a moment, the little girl exclaimed, "Sister, you are so beautiful! I have never seen such a beautiful woman before."
Princess Baiyun was not happy to receive such sincere praise from the child; instead, she felt a little embarrassed.
"Little sister, don't be rude."
Seeing his younger sister staring blankly at someone else's face, Gu Jin smiled apologetically at the two of them, "My sister is young and doesn't know any better, Brother Su and Miss Su, please don't take offense."
"Your Highness is too kind. Miss Gu is kind-hearted, lively and lovely. We siblings are very happy to receive such praise from her."
Bai Xu hadn't seen such a small girl in a long time. Seeing Miss Gu's innocent appearance, he was reminded of Princess Baiyun when she was little.
Upon hearing this, Gu Jin modestly declined and then had Miss Gu taken away. But for some reason, the young girl insisted that Princess Baiyun accompany her to apply the medicine.
Since both sides were girls, there weren't many taboos, so with Gu Jin's permission, Princess Baiyun went to Miss Gu's courtyard with her.
Upon entering the room, Princess Baiyun immediately noticed the strings of beads hanging on the bed curtains.
"This is so beautiful!"
Princess Baiyun has been in the Great Zhou for some time now, but the beads hanging on her bed curtains, especially the colorful ones, are something I've never seen before.
Miss Su didn't expect that Princess Baiyun was a connoisseur who noticed her bed curtains at a glance. She proudly raised her head and said, "I got this from my grandmother. She said it was left by her mother. If I hadn't bothered her so much, she wouldn't have given it to me."
Princess Baiyun initially found this item rather unusual, but upon hearing Miss Gu's words, she immediately became interested.
"So it belongs to the old lady. No wonder it looks so beautiful."
Princess Baiyun praised her, and seeing the smug look on Miss Gu's face, she couldn't help but ask tentatively, "I heard that the old lady of the Gu family is a daughter of a prestigious family, and her father is that Grand Secretary, what was his name again?"
Princess Baiyun smiled apologetically at Miss Gu, "Look at my memory, I forgot."
When Miss Gu saw that she couldn't remember the name halfway through her sentence, she couldn't help but chime in: "Grand Secretary Ning! My grandmother said that Grand Secretary Ning once taught His Majesty the current emperor, but later retired from the court because he was too old."
Despite being a little girl who knows nothing, she speaks fluently and knowledgeably about her ancestors.
Princess Baiyun found her mature demeanor somewhat amusing, but she also had her own answer in her heart.
After receiving the medicinal wine from the maid, Princess Baiyun personally applied the medicine to Miss Gu before taking her leave, citing the late hour.
The brother and sister left the Marquis's mansion and locked the door as soon as they returned to their residence.
"Brother, have you figured out the layout of the Marquis's residence?"
Princess Baiyun had a specific purpose for visiting the Marquis's residence today, and now that she had returned, she was naturally eager to ask Bai Xu about it.
Bai Xu nodded. He had been observing the place and asking Gu Jin questions, so he had a general idea of where the old lady of the Gu family lived.
"I accompanied Miss Gu back today. Brother, guess what I saw?"
Princess Baiyun's face was filled with excitement. Seeing that her brother did not ask any questions out of curiosity, Princess Baiyun said herself, "It's a bed curtain. Miss Gu's bed curtain has beads hanging on it."
"Ryuju?"
Bai Xu remembered that before they came, his father had said that the little princess of the previous dynasty had a set of her favorite glazed beads, which her father had taken with him when he escaped from the palace.
"I never imagined that the old lady of the Gu family really had connections to the previous dynasty."
Now that Xu Menglong is investigating the treasure map, they are also investigating the treasure map. In order not to let the other party gain the upper hand, he must hurry up and get the item.
Princess Baiyun, watching her brother's eyes sparkle, added, "Not only is it related, Miss Gu also said that his grandmother's father was Grand Secretary Ning."
"Grand Secretary Ning?"
Didn't they receive the news that the couple was being hunted down, and that the Ning family took in the little princess and later married her off to a distant place?
It seems this news is probably wrong. The little princess from back then probably married the Ning family's son when she grew up, and this son later became an important minister in the court.
All of this was just Bai Xu's speculation back then. Now, what he needs to do is figure out how to get into the Marquis's mansion and get what he wants.
Now that the Duchess of Zhenguo has died, she urgently summoned the Old Lady of Yi'an Marquis before her death. In Bai Xu's view, this must be because the Old Lady of Zhenguo wanted to hand over the map to the Old Lady of Yi'an Marquis before she died.
While the Bai siblings were calculating, Xu Menglong's men also happened to return to report.
"You mean someone visited the Marquis's residence today?"
As soon as he received the news, he immediately sent people to inquire outside the Marquis's residence. Just then, his men saw the Bai siblings leaving.
"Yes, I heard from the people in the Marquis's residence that I stayed there for quite some time."
This was not good news for Xu Menglong, so he said, "Have someone investigate the identities of these two people."
Upon hearing this, the subordinate immediately took his leave. Xu Menglong then hurriedly asked, "Is there any news about the Crown Prince of Wei?"
Upon hearing this, the subordinate immediately shook his head.
"Go ahead, and report back immediately if you have any news."
After everyone left, Xu Menglong lost all interest in sitting and reading.
It was still early outside, so Xu Menglong got up and walked outside.
The prosperity of the capital was indeed incomparable to that of the Jin state. As the hegemon who occupied the north, Xu Menglong felt somewhat resentful.
Before he knew it, Xu Menglong had arrived at the most bustling street in the capital. It was lunchtime, and carriages were being parked outside the restaurants one after another, with wave after wave of dignitaries getting off.
"Brother, why don't we eat here today?"
A melodious voice rang out, and Xu Menglong's heart skipped a beat. He quickly looked in the direction from which the voice came.
"It really was her."
As Xu Menglong spoke, he quickly walked towards the person, his steps somewhat hurried, not even noticing the steps beneath his feet.
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