The real daughter's life was stolen, and she was reborn and became the best in the capital

When the two brothers arrived at the Weiyang Palace.

Empress Yuan was just about to ask someone to invite them, but when she heard they were here, she went out to greet them with a smile. When she saw the two brothers, she couldn't help laughing: "I was just about to call you, and you're here."

Behind her, Princess Fuhua was also supported by Mingjin.

"Your Majesty." Princess Fuhua said as she was about to salute Emperor Zhenguang.

When Emperor Zhenguang saw this, he hurried forward and said politely, "Aunt, please get up quickly." As he said this, he personally helped Princess Fuhua up and did not let her salute him in such a grand manner.

After helping him up, he looked at the girl who was bowing her head to greet him.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty and the Prince of Chang'an." The girl had excellent manners.

Emperor Zhenguang did not personally help him this time. He just stood aside and said with a smile: "You should get up too. Today is a family dinner. There is no need for so many formalities."

As he spoke, he personally helped Princess Fuhua walk forward, asked about her current health, and asked what food Queen Yuan had prepared today.

Queen Yuan followed beside her and listed a few dishes with a smile.

The three of them walked forward, talking and laughing.

After Ming Jin got up, he was about to follow in when he suddenly realized there was someone standing behind him.

Ming Jin knew who was standing behind him without even looking.

If it had been in the past, she would naturally not say a word, but thinking of what Queen Yuan and her grandmother had just said, Ming Jin couldn't help but turn her head and look behind her.

Gu Mingheng didn't expect her to turn around suddenly.

Their eyes suddenly met, and Gu Mingheng was slow to react. When he came to his senses, he immediately wanted to look away, but then he felt that this was inappropriate.

The Prince of Chang'an, who had always been known to be calm and composed, did everything with ease, but now he didn't know what to do. In the end, he could only look at her stiffly.

It was the voice of Emperor Zhenguang that came from the front and rescued him in time.

"Yixian, what are you doing? Why don't you come over here?"

Gu Mingheng opened his mouth and hurriedly replied, "I'm coming." After he said that, he wanted to leave. Under Mingjin's gaze, he pursed his lips in silence and nodded to her as a greeting.

Then he walked towards Emperor Zhenguang.

Princess Fuhua's voice also came: "Yanyan, it's time to eat."

Mingjin nodded softly and followed Gu Mingheng's steps.

Lunch was eaten in the warm room next door.

On the east side there is a row of glazed windows in the shape of a Chinese character brocade, with a round table placed in the middle.

The afternoon sun shone in through the window, making the ground shine with golden light. Countless dust particles were floating in the air, and the magnolia flowers outside the window were in full bloom.

Emperor Zhenguang sat at the main table, with Gu Mingheng and Empress Yuan on either side.

Princess Fuhua sat on the right hand side of Gu Mingheng, next to her was Mingjin, and next to Mingjin was Queen Yuan.

Five people sat at a round table, and opposite Mingjin was Gu Mingheng.

Guan Qing led the palace maids in to prepare the meal.

Emperor Zhenguang let everyone do as they pleased.

Although Ming Jin was surrounded by the most distinguished people in Daqian, he was not afraid and ate his meal quietly.

Gu Mingheng also ate very quietly.

Because Ming Jin was sitting opposite him, he didn't even raise his head. He felt inexplicably nervous and flustered, and even regretted agreeing to come over with his brother.

I thought to myself that I should finish eating early and leave so as not to make Mingjin feel uncomfortable.

Princess Fuhua suddenly recalled the past and laughed: "Today's situation reminds me of what happened many years ago. At that time, Yanyan was still young, and Yixian was also young. We also had dinner at the Majesty's place."

"No."

Empress Yuan also smiled and said, "At that time, there were still the eldest and the fifth child. The eldest was better, as he was a big kid and behaved well. But the fifth child and Yanyan were about the same age, but they bothered Yixian a lot. Especially my fifth child, who would cry every time he ate, which annoyed Yixian a lot."

Gu Mingheng felt a little embarrassed when he was reminded of the past.

But at this time, he couldn't interrupt and say anything, so his aunt and the emperor's sister-in-law could only talk about the past.

Ming Jin, on the other hand, seemed to find it interesting and listened quietly.

Until I heard a sentence——

"That's right. At that time, my Yanyan was even made to cry by Yixian."

Ming Jin was stunned when he heard this and subconsciously looked across.

Gu Mingheng was also stunned.

He originally kept silent and kept quiet, thinking about finishing his meal and leaving as soon as possible. When he heard this and saw Ming Jin's eyes looking at him, he couldn't help but ask, "When did I make her cry?"

How can he not remember?

"Is there such a thing?" Emperor Zhenguang also looked curious.

Empress Yuan seemed to remember something and nodded: "I do remember that one time Yanyan suddenly came back crying and said that she didn't want to play with Yixian anymore."

"But I don't remember the specific reason."

Gu Mingheng had no recollection of such a thing happening, and at this moment he was even more restless than before.

But it’s not convenient to say goodbye and leave now.

The girl opposite was still looking at him, but Gu Mingheng didn't dare to look back. He gritted his teeth and said to Princess Fuhua: "...I don't remember either."

A group of people looked at Princess Fuhua.

Princess Fuhua smiled and asked Mingjin: "Where is Yanyan? Do you still remember her?"

Ming Jin was not embarrassed at all. She shook her head and replied, "I don't remember either."

Princess Fuhua looked at her and smiled, "When you were little, you loved playing with Yixian. Whenever you had free time, you would drag me to the palace to look for Yixian. When you saw Yixian, you would run after him like a little tail."

Ming Jin: “…”

She looked at Gu Mingheng silently.

This time it was Gu Mingheng's turn to look at her in surprise, and it was her turn to remain silent.

She had no recollection of having had such a childhood.

Perhaps it is because the memory of him is too deep when I grow up. I always feel that Gu Mingheng is a serious and taciturn elder, and I am used to treating him as an elder who is respectable but not approachable, so my memory of him when I was a child is not deep.

Her most profound memory of Gu Mingheng's childhood was the scene of their meeting in the forest that year.

Gu Mingheng looked at Mingjin in surprise.

He doesn't have many vivid memories of his childhood.

What I remember most about Ming Jin, apart from the forest, is that every time this girl saw him, she would snort angrily, glare at him and run away.

He actually liked Mingjin quite a lot at that time.

After all, Mingjin was very pretty when she was a child. Anyone who saw her would like her and want to tease her.

But the little girl didn't know what was going on.

Every time he sees someone, he smiles sweetly, and calls them brother, uncle, and aunt very enthusiastically, but every time he sees him, he doesn't look at his nose or eyes.

He just thought that he was not popular among the children, and he would not try to please them even if they ignored him.

But what his aunt said was completely different from what he had known before.

He no longer cared about being embarrassed. He looked at Mingjin in surprise, then turned his head to Princess Fuhua, waiting for her to continue.

Princess Fuhua did not notice her granddaughter's embarrassment at this time, and continued with a smile: "You are ten years older than Yixian. When you were young, Yixian was already a young man, and naturally he did not like to play with children like you."

"One time I brought you to the palace, and you went to see Yixian as usual. When you heard Yixian say that children were too annoying, you came back crying and complained to me. After that, you refused to follow Yixian again."

Mingjin had some impression of what his grandmother had said.

It seems that this is indeed the case.

Perhaps children all like to play with people older than themselves. Although Gu Mingheng is older than her, he is only ten years older than her and is handsome.

When Mingjin was a child, he didn't like playing with kids of the same age as Gu Changxuan and Gu Changye. Instead, he liked to chase after Gu Mingheng.

The time my grandmother mentioned this was probably when her birthday was approaching.

She went to find Gu Mingheng, hoping that he would come to her birthday party, but she didn't expect to hear Gu Mingheng helplessly saying to a few teenagers who were about his age: "Please spare me, I don't like children the most. You can punish me in any way, but don't let me take care of children."

“I get a headache when I see children.”

She felt so wronged at that time.

He was so angry that he wanted to run over and kick Gu Mingheng, but when he saw so many people around, he became timid and could only run back to his grandmother to complain in grievance.

After that, every time she saw Gu Mingheng, she would deliberately put on a cold face and ignore him.

I don't want to like Gu Mingheng anymore.

"When did I..."

Gu Mingheng was still standing there in a daze. He subconsciously wanted to refute himself, but suddenly he remembered something and asked Mingjin: "Did you hear it that day?"

Mingjin didn't know which day he was talking about.

But after thinking about it, he nodded hesitantly.

Probably so.

Anyway, she heard him say that the child was annoying, and because of this, she didn't like to chase him anymore.

She understands too.

She would be annoyed if she were chased by a group of children every day.

"I……"

Gu Mingheng was helpless. He seemed to have no words to express his pain, but he still said, "I wasn't talking about you at that time. I was talking about Xiaowu."

"That day, a group of us were going hunting. Xiaowu's eunuch came to me and said that Xiaowu wanted to go too. He was so young at that time that he couldn't even ride a horse. If I took him with me, he would definitely cry halfway."

Looking at Mingjin’s slightly widened eyes.

Gu Mingheng held his forehead with his hand, thinking that this incident was really...

"Hahaha."

Emperor Zhenguang couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"It turned out to be an injustice."

Princess Fuhua and Queen Yuan also started laughing.

"This is really unfair to Yixian."

"But if Xiaowu heard it, he would definitely make a scene."

Mingjin didn't expect the truth of the matter to be like this. Seeing her grandmother and others laughing happily, she couldn't help laughing.

Her beautiful peach blossom eyes, illuminated by the sunlight outside the window, looked like two bowls of broken gold, hanging in a curve under her eyebrows, surging with dazzling light.

It was the first time that Gu Mingheng saw her smile.

He was stunned at what he saw, and when he came to his senses, the corners of his lips could not help but curl up, and the light in his eyes became very gentle.

The panic and tension in my heart seemed to disappear quietly at this moment.

Gu Mingheng suddenly was no longer in a hurry to leave.

……

Wait until lunch is finished.

Princess Fuhua still had something to say to Emperor Zhenguang and Empress Yuan.

Queen Yuan saw through it.

So he asked Guan Qing to take Mingjin out for a walk.

Ming Jin thought that her grandmother wanted to tell them about her marriage to Gu Changxuan, so she didn't stay long. She greeted the three people and walked out.

Gu Mingheng naturally didn't stay long.

He also went out.

But when he saw Ming Jin walking with Guan Qing, he hesitated for a moment and still didn't go over to disturb them.

It was just now.

Now Mingjin was the only one left, and the discomfort he felt when facing her emerged again.

He wanted to just leave quietly.

Suddenly, Ming Jin's voice came from not far away -

"Your Majesty."

Gu Mingheng stopped almost immediately.

He looked in the direction of the voice, and when he met Ming Jin's eyes, seeing her peaceful and beautiful face, he couldn't help but ask in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong?"

Ming Jin did not speak immediately, but spoke to Guan Qing first.

Guan Qing understood and bowed to the two of them before leaving.

Mingjin walked towards Gu Mingheng.

Not knowing what Mingjin was going to do, Gu Mingheng felt his body becoming increasingly stiff as he watched her approach step by step.

But he stayed where he was, waiting for her to come.

Ming Jin did not notice the stiffness of his body at this moment, but he also noticed the tension in his emotions. Thinking of what his grandmother and Queen Yuan had said before, Ming Jin suddenly became silent.

She never thought that besides her grandmother, there was someone else in this world who was looking forward to her return.

He even searched for her silently for ten years.

She didn't know why Gu Mingheng didn't tell her about this in his previous life, nor did she know what he was thinking during all those years when he silently helped her.

But it doesn’t matter if I didn’t know it before.

Now that she knew, Mingjin couldn't pretend she didn't know. There was no need for Gu Mingheng to do that, and she had never blamed him.

"I heard from my grandmother earlier."

Gu Mingheng was stunned. He didn't react: "What?"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for these ten years." Ming Jin looked at Gu Mingheng and said.

With a bang——

Gu Mingheng felt as if his brain was exploded by something, and he was completely shocked by Mingjin's words.

He didn't expect Mingjin already knew about it, and he didn't expect that she would take the initiative to talk to him about it.

He looked at Mingjin with a blank mind, unable to utter a single word.

It was unknown how much time had passed before he finally said with a hoarse voice, looking at Ming Jin: "I..."

But he couldn't say anything else except me.

Ming Jin looked up at him with a calm expression: "Your Majesty, there is no need to feel guilty, let alone blame yourself. I have never blamed you."

"What happened back then was not your fault."

Gu Mingheng had heard many people say this before.

His royal brother, royal sister-in-law, people close to him, even his aunt and Ming Yuandu... they all advised and comforted him.

But their words could not alleviate the guilt in his heart.

He still trapped himself where he was, refusing to let go or let himself go.

Until today——

The little girl in the carriage finally came back.

The hatred he imagined did not happen, and what he waited for was her forgiveness.

this moment.

Complex emotions surged in Gu Mingheng's heart.

He looked down at Ming Jin and couldn't help wanting to cry.

The eyes may be red, or they may not be.

Gu Mingheng didn't know. He just lowered his head and looked at Mingjin, and said in a hoarse voice: "But if I could recognize you at the beginning, you wouldn't have suffered so much, you..."

Ming Jin interrupted him with a smile: "Your Highness, what you said doesn't make sense."

"If you say so, then you might as well say that if I hadn't come out that year, I wouldn't have been taken away. If the servants of the Marquis' Mansion had been more serious, I wouldn't have gotten lost."

"If you really count it this way, there are too many people and things to blame."

"You can even blame the capital for holding the Lantern Festival. If there were no Lantern Festival, I wouldn't go out, and naturally I wouldn't get lost."

"The only ones who can be blamed for my disappearance are those two human traffickers." Ming Jin said, looking into Gu Mingheng's eyes again.

When Ming Jin saw his slightly red eyes, he was surprised and felt an indescribable throbbing in his heart.

But it was only a moment.

Ming Jin then lowered his eyes and said to the others, "You shouldn't blame yourself. Ten years is enough. Please let it go. I don't blame you."

Maybe it was strange once, but it’s long gone.

Gu Mingheng didn't know what to say for a moment.

He should have nodded, but perhaps this forgiveness came too quickly, making him a little confused.

He looked at Mingjin almost dully.

Mingjin let him watch.

She had already said what she wanted to say. As for the rest, Gu Mingheng could only think about it and resolve it slowly.

Just when I was about to say goodbye.

Thinking of something, Ming Jin suddenly asked, "There is one more thing I want to ask Your Majesty."

Gu Mingheng reacted quickly this time. He quickly calmed down and said to Mingjin, "You go ahead."

Ming Jin looked at her and asked, "Is there anyone sent by the prince around me?"

After saying this, seeing Gu Mingheng's expression suddenly change, Ming Jin, who was originally just guessing, suddenly murmured and said, "Sure enough."