Sisi nodded. "If the Du family thinks my mother will bring them bad luck, they can just say she's lost or died of illness. There's no need to bring back a fake one to raise. The more people involved in this kind of thing, the easier it is to be exposed. I suspect that woman is very likely a surrogate daughter of the Du family."
"..." Is that really the case? "They're really good at scheming. They can turn their illegitimate daughter into a legitimate young lady while still maintaining their in-law relationship with the Qin family."
"Yes. The Qin family should have evidence that they switched the children."
"...You mean, the Qin family has been keeping quiet about them in order to blackmail the Du family at a crucial moment?"
"Um."
"...Your mother is so pitiful." Her father doesn't love her, and her mother doesn't care for her. Her grandparents are afraid she'll bring them bad luck, and her maternal grandparents only want to use her to control the Du family. "The Crown Prince is so cunning; he even thought of this and was able to test it out."
"Yes, that's too insidious. Let's go find my uncle."
"good."
After finding Yun Yuxuan, Sisi briefly explained the situation to him.
In the past, Yun Yuxuan would have definitely said that Sisi and Ning Yirong were overthinking things. Now, Yun Yuxuan is not as naive as before. "Go ahead, but if it's really as you think, don't let them off easily. They're too awful."
"Hmm. I just made two friends, I'll show them around and then we'll leave."
"Okay. Do you need your uncle to send you a few people?"
"No need, I have people on my side."
After chatting with Yun Yuxuan, Sisi went to see Yun Xinyue and the others. Yun Xinyue is now an official's wife. One of her three husbands became a minor official, and another lost an arm in the war and started doing business with her after the war.
Yun Xinyue was very excited to see that Sisi still remembered them and came to visit them.
Sisi spoke with them, played with their children, gave each child a longevity lock, and then left.
Yun Xinyue and her family's children all take their mother's surname.
Their husbands used to have some ulterior motives, but after learning that the Emperor had betrothed Sisi to the Crown Prince and that Sisi even dared to hit the Crown Prince, they lost all interest. Their wives' backers are getting stronger and stronger; they'll never have a chance to turn their lives around. They'd better just honestly make money. Sigh! If only they had known they'd meet Yun Xiaoliu, they wouldn't have become bandits. Sigh!
After Sisi led the Duan siblings around, she went to tell Yun Yuqi.
Yun Yuqi felt both heartache and anger upon hearing this. "How awful! You go first, Father will come find you when he's done with his work."
"good."
General Niu was busy when Sisi's voice came from outside. "Godfather, I'm leaving. I've come to say goodbye."
As they were talking, Sisi came in.
General Niu looked at Sisi and smiled, "I figured it was time for you to leave. I've prepared a dowry for you."
"Godfather, you're so good to me. Godfather, what dowry have you prepared for me?"
"The Phantom family, aren't you happy?" He originally intended to use the Phantom family as a betrothal gift, but now they can only be used as dowry. He really shouldn't have called them "daughter" in the first place.
"Happy!" Phantom was a wild horse that her godfather had hunted, and he had always wanted to tame it. She had always wanted to kidnap Phantom's son. Unfortunately, neither she nor her godfather succeeded.
The next day, Sisi and Lao Hei set off with the Phantom family.
Sisi rode on Little Phantom. Sisi started to bond with Little Phantom as soon as it was born, so she was allowed to ride Little Phantom.
The Phantom couple followed beside them.
Little Phantom was quite curious about the outside world, carrying Sisi around here and there.
Sisi only cares about the general direction and doesn't care about anything else.
Little Phantom had a lot of fun.
Phantom was quite happy. It wasn't that it didn't want its son to stay with Sisi; it just didn't want to be separated from its son.
Sisi was quite happy too. She had been eyeing Little Phantom for a long time, and now she finally had it.
On the other side, Duan Ruoqing was a little disappointed.
Duan Yuchen was also a little downcast. He really wanted to go out and play with Sister Yun and Uncle Bai, but Sister Yun and Uncle Bai didn't invite them. Sister Yun said she had to take care of important matters.
"Sister, let's go to the capital for fun." Sister Yun's home is in the capital, and she will definitely go home after she finishes her business.
Duan Ruoqing also thought so. "No. We've been away for a while now, and our parents will worry if we don't go back soon."
"Then let's go back and tell our parents, and then go to the capital to wait for Sister Yun and Uncle Bai, okay?"
"We'll talk about it when we get back."
“Okay. Sister, I want to learn to ride a horse with Uncle Bai, I want to learn to hunt with Uncle Bai, and I want to know as many things as Uncle Bai.”
He's not as good as you think.
"Yes. I really like Uncle Bai."
...
Meanwhile, Abbess Qingzhu went to see Fengchan several more times, but Fengchan did not see her.
Master Qingzhu felt a pang of regret. She should have waited until that bastard child acknowledged her before settling scores with him. Now, even if that bastard child did acknowledge her, he would still harbor resentment towards her.
Although Little Phantom is playful, she's incredibly fast. Therefore, Sisi and the others didn't waste much time.
The Du and Qin families are both prominent local households, so they are easy to find out about.
After Sisi arrived, she first inquired about the relationship between Mrs. Du and the woman who stayed in the Du family in place of her mother.
Everyone says that Mrs. Du treats that woman very well, like a mother and daughter.
Sisi then inquired about the woman's husband's family situation.
That woman's husband's family is also very well-off.
After finding out all this, Sisi went to see what the woman, the Du family, and Mrs. Du's family looked like.
After reading it, Sisi understood.
That night, Mrs. Du and Mr. Du were sleeping soundly when they were suddenly kicked twice.
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