After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, she became the favorite of the Beijing group

Qin Jing stood up immediately and said, "Mother, please allow me to go and greet Uncle Gu."

Mrs. Xianguo nodded.

When the future of a No. 1 scholar was uncertain, Mrs. Xianguo had the confidence to look down on him, but this was different from the past.

Qin Jing and Gu Mingda were admitted to Jinshi at the same time. Qin Jing's current weight in the emperor's heart is not as important as Gu Mingda's.

Mrs. Xian Guogong also heard her father say that the emperor liked deliberate things very much. If nothing unexpected happened, it was basically a certainty that Gu Mingda would join the cabinet in the future.

Duke Xian's government had to pay more attention to the Gu family because of this.

At this time, Duke Xian had even stood up and said to his son: "I will go with you."

The father and son greeted Gu Mingda at the second door, and after some pleasantries, they took him into the mourning hall.

After Gu Mingda went through the process of worshiping, he took Qin Jing to talk for a while and was about to say goodbye.

"Master Gu."

Qin Jingshu shouted cautiously.

Gu Mingda is responsible for enlightening the adopted daughters in the palace, and is also Qin Jingshu's teacher. However, in Gu Mingda's opinion, the most important label on the girl in front of her is that she is Niu Niu's good friend.

Gu Mingda asked softly: "Jingshu, do you have something to tell me? Is it related to Niuniu?"

Qin Jingshu nodded first, then shook her head.

Qin Jing did not leave. After all, her sister was getting older now. Being alone with Gu Mingda was not good for her reputation.

"Brother, you..." Qin Jingshu wanted her brother to leave.

Qin Jing frowned slightly and looked at her sister with disapproval.

"Jingshu, your eldest brother is your closest relative. If you want to hide this matter from him, then it may not be convenient for me to hear it." Gu Mingda said.

The expression on Qin Jingshu's face was a little tangled, but after thinking about it, she felt that she still had to talk to Gu Mingda about many things.

She spent a lot of time with Niuniu and knew how responsible parents Gu Mingda and Zhang Yunniang were, so she decided to tell Gu Mingda after thinking about it for a long time.

"My aunt told me something before she died..." Qin Jingshu said.

Gu Mingda was completely unprepared for this incident. He came to the Qin family today to express his condolences, not to know about his daughter's life experience!

Qin Jing's face was pale, and he did not expect that his aunt would do such a big thing behind the family's back.

"This matter is too big, I must tell my parents." Qin Jing said.

Gu Mingda panicked, and a panic that he might lose his daughter spread in his heart.

"Ah Jing, wait a minute, your family is having a funeral now, they must not be ready to receive such news," Gu Mingda said.

Gu Mingda hadn't figured out how to deal with this matter yet, so he could only instinctively put it off first.

Qin Jing glanced at Gu Mingda, then nodded and said, "Uncle Gu, you know, I have to tell my parents about this eventually."

When Gu Mingda heard this, he couldn't help but think, is his panic so obvious now? It was so obvious that even Qin Jing could see it.

Gu Mingda turned to look at Qin Jingshu: "You are a good boy. Thank you for telling us these things. Don't tell others for now, okay?"

Qin Jingshu nodded obediently. She had been carrying this secret for the past few days, and she felt uncomfortable. Now that she finally said it, she felt a sense of peace that the dust had settled.

Gu Mingda returned to Gu's house with heavy steps.

Zhang Yunniang didn't take this condolence seriously at first. When she saw her husband's dark face, she suddenly became anxious: "Did something happen?"

Gu Mingda glanced at his wife, drank three cups of tea, and made sure there was no one else in the bedroom before he spoke.

After Zhang Yuniang heard the cause and effect, she covered her heart with the same uncomfortable look on her face as her husband.

"How could it be...how could it be...what Mrs. Li said may not be true...Niuniu may not be their child...Mrs. Xianguo..." Zhang Yunniang said incoherently.

Gu Mingda suddenly seemed to have caught something, and said: "I have always felt a little strange. There must be some unknown connection between the Li family and Niu Niu, but I have never been able to figure it out."

Although Gu Mingda still didn't fully understand it, he was three-thirds convinced of Mrs. Li's last words.

"The Li family seems to be particularly... afraid of Niuniu." Gu Mingda really didn't want to put this word on his daughter, but for the current situation, it seemed that there was no more suitable adjective than this word.

Zhang Yunniang couldn't help but shook her head: "But this doesn't prove that Niuniu is the child of Duke Xianguo..."

Gu Mingda glanced at his wife and said, "Nine times out of ten, you should have seen Mrs. Xianguo in the inner house. Are there any similarities between her and Niuniu?"

Zhang Yuniang's face turned pale. She didn't want to admit it, but she had to admit that every time she saw Mrs. Xianguo, she felt a sense of familiarity that she couldn't ignore.

In the past, she had never been able to explain where this familiarity came from, but now she understood.

But she wished she didn't understand.

"But I...but I don't want to give my daughter back to them...can I wait a few more years?" Zhang Yuniang was still struggling.

Gu Mingda said: "Niuniu was maliciously transferred without knowing it. She is not a child abandoned by the Xianguo Palace. It would be fine if we didn't know. Now that we know, we can no longer hide it from her. She Have the right to know the truth.”

Zhang Yunniang was in a knot. In the past two or three years, she had already regarded this child as her own flesh and blood, and was used to having Niuniu by her side. Whenever she thought of the child being taken away by the Duke of Xianguo Mansion, she felt extremely uncomfortable.

Niuniu soon discovered that her mother's eyes seemed to be drowning in water these two days.

"Mom, if you have anything to say, you can tell me directly." Niuniu said obediently.

Zhang Yunniang opened and closed her mouth, wanting to speak but not daring to say it. After a long time of grumbling, she finally just said: "Mom likes to watch Niuniu play."

Niuniu's mouth corners raised: "Mom, play with me?"

Zhang Yunniang had a lot of things to deal with. After hearing her daughter say this, she immediately put everything aside and just wanted to spend more time with her daughter.

Zhang Yunniang was in torment, and she didn't stop until the Duke of Xianguo Mansion finished the funeral.

Even if Gu Mingda was reluctant, his day off had arrived. He and Zhang Yunniang did not disturb the rest of the family, but called Niuniu to come alone.

After hearing the whole story, the little girl's reaction seemed to be beyond their expectations. Not only did she not cry, but she also obviously did not plan to return to the Duke of Xianguo's mansion.

"The Duke of Xianguo's wife already has a daughter. You told me that whoever raises the child is the child of the child, so I am your child, and Jingshu is also the daughter of the Duke of Xianguo's wife."

The little girl had a bit of childishness on her face, but her eyes were particularly firm, and her face was full of as it should be.