The kneeling maid, Biyu, wanted to speak up and say that this wandering Jianghu woman, Hong Xiaoniangzi, was just making a fuss and that she was a swindler.
I really want to tell the princess and her husband not to listen to this woman's instigation. Although I am a servant, I am a loyal servant who is completely devoted to my master and has never had any disloyal thoughts.
However, when she saw that although the princess and her husband were staring at the young woman with tense faces, she could feel the nervousness in their eyes. They wanted to know the answer, but they were also afraid.
But no matter how confused the two masters were at this moment, Biyu knew that they believed what this young lady Hong had said.
As soon as Biyu turned her gaze to Prince Yi, she saw him glaring at her fiercely. She instinctively lowered her head, no longer caring about the expressions and reactions of the others.
I simply didn't have the courage to say the words I had just prepared.
That's it, we probably won't make it through this crisis!
After receiving the test results, Hong Xiaoduo in the space did not dawdle before opening her eyes as she usually did, in order to make her blood kinship identification secrets seem more convincing.
"Young Lady Hong, how is she?" Everyone was most anxious when they saw Hong Xiaoduo slowly open her eyes. Prince Yi, who held the highest position, was the most anxious.
Putting aside the fact that Hong Xiaoniangzi changed her route to come here because of one sentence from him, just consider that Yuening is his own niece. How could the child he raised for several years not be his biological daughter?
Hong Xiaoduo nodded gently to Prince Yi, then glanced at Princess Yuening and her husband, stood up and walked to them, saying, "The results of the identification are in. Yaoguang is your biological child, but this child is not related to you by blood, nor is she related to you by blood."
I've done all I can. If you trust my ability to discern, then you can investigate the rest yourselves. I won't interfere anymore.
If you don't believe me, then just pretend I said nothing.
The moment Princess Yuening opened Hong Xiaoduo's eyes and nodded to her uncle, she felt like she couldn't breathe.
Listening to Hong Xiaoduo's words as she stood before her, Yuening felt completely exhausted. Fortunately, she was sitting in a chair, and her husband was holding her arm, which prevented her from collapsing to the ground.
She bit her tongue, trying to calm herself down and stay clear-headed.
"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Hong. My husband and I believe what you say." After all, it was still Prince Consort Yu who gritted his teeth and stood up to reply.
Hong Xiaoduo nodded, looked at Yao Guang who was biting her finger and staring at her, and whispered, "Do you want to stay and listen?"
Hearing her ask, Yao Guang loosened her fingers, which she had bitten so hard that they left teeth marks, and nodded, saying, "Mother, I want to hear." As soon as she spoke, her eyes instantly reddened, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Okay." Hong Xiaoduo didn't give any instructions. She patted Yao Guang's little shoulder and turned to leave. Her gaze swept over Zhao Hua. The little girl was looking down and not moving. Her little face was tense as she looked at the ground, which made people feel sorry for her.
Whatever the reason, the child is innocent and pitiful.
Hong Xiaoduo felt sorry for the child, but she wouldn't feel guilty about it. There was no other way; the truth of the matter had to be revealed.
However, Hong Xiaoduo also knew that Princess Yuening and her husband would not hold a grudge against the child, and they would consider how to settle the child in the future.
"Mother, I also want to stay and hear what's going on," Yuheng said to Hong Xiaoduo in a low voice as she walked to her side.
“Okay, then take good care of your sister.” Hong Xiaoduo responded softly.
Quan Jinghuai and the others followed Hong Xiaoduo away, but instead of returning to their residence, they went to the garden of the Prince's Mansion.
Tian Shu and the others noticed that Hong Xiaoduo's mood was a bit off after confirming that Yao Guang was the princess's husband's daughter. They didn't dare to ask any questions and instead looked at their master and Fei Yan.
After giving them a look, Quan Jinghuai followed Hong Xiaoduo and slowly walked around the lotus pond.
"Are you leaving soon?" Quan Jinghuai asked after considering for a while.
Upon hearing Quan Jinghuai's voice, Hong Xiaoduo stopped and turned around, only to find that he was the only one following her, while the other children were following Feiyan at a distance.
Hong Xiaoduo then realized that she had been daydreaming.
"No, we still need to go to Tian Shu's house to confirm something before we can know whether we should leave." Hong Xiaoduo knew that when Brother Quan asked if she was leaving, he didn't mean leaving Prince Yi's mansion.
Upon hearing this, Quan Jinghuai remained silent for a moment before saying, "If it's not particularly urgent, then don't rush to leave."
"Well, we'll see how it goes," Hong Xiaoduo replied with a smile.
Hong Xiaoduo suddenly realized that ever since she told Feiyan and Brother Quan that she would be leaving, it wasn't so difficult to talk to them about this topic anymore.
Seeing the worried expressions on Feiyan's and the children's faces not far away, Hong Xiaoduo felt a warmth in her heart. She waved to them and called out loudly, "What are you doing over there? Come here, come here."
Hearing her tone, Feiyan and the others quickly quickened their pace and came over.
"Let's go shopping after the banquet," Hong Xiaoduo suggested, feeling a pang of heartache as she looked at the children cautiously at her.
Before Tianji and the others could even respond, they saw Yuheng running over.
Seeing that Yuheng didn't seem to be in any trouble, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
“Mother, the maid Biyu confessed that back then, Princess Yuening and her husband left the capital for a place quite far away to survey and build a water diversion and storage facility. Because the place was remote and the local area was barren due to a lack of water, they left my little sister at the princess's residence and entrusted her to the wet nurse and Biyu to take care of.
On the sixth night after the princess left, the little sister disappeared. Biyu and the wet nurse searched the entire mansion but could not find her and dared not make a sound. It was Biyu who secretly went out of the mansion and brought back a child the same age as the little sister, who is now Zhaohua.
"Oh, right, Biyu said that Zhaohua was an orphan adopted from a nunnery outside the city," Yuheng eagerly told everyone as soon as they arrived.
So that's really how it is. Hong Xiaoduo wasn't too surprised after hearing the whole story.
Because she had this suspicion, after all, that bastard Black Impermanence was abducting children secretly. If he were discovered, he would have killed the witnesses directly. That guy wouldn't need to find any accomplices at all.
However, she also guessed two other possibilities, which complicated things.
For example, Zhaohua is the child of Biyu and the prince consort, and they took the opportunity to substitute one for the other.
For example, is Zhaohua Biyu's child with her husband? Or is Biyu's child with someone else?
“The princess has fainted twice and has been sent back to Guiyuan. My mother and younger sister went with her. Father saw that it was getting late and asked me to come and have dinner with you first,” Yuheng told him, remembering the purpose of her visit.
"Shouldn't you be calling her Princess Seventh Sister? Why are you still calling her Princess?" Tianquan reminded him.
Yuheng said a little embarrassedly, "I'm still not used to it."
"Come on, let's hurry up and have dinner. Mother said we're going out shopping later," Tianji urged from the side.
On the way to the dining hall, Yuheng glanced at Hong Xiaoduo several times, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated...
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