In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

But no matter what, the child should certainly meet her parents. She can't just not meet them at all.

So, even though she felt sorry for the child, she still wanted to meet her parents.

Thinking of this, the queen smiled and said, "But if you don't really want to see that guy, just pay your respects."

"If you don't want to live in the Bai Mansion, then you can live in the palace with your aunt. That's not bad either."

"No matter what, there is always a place for you on my aunt's side."

As she said that, she smiled gently at Cheng Zhiyi and said, "Aunt will definitely protect you."

Hearing this, she was stunned.

Then, his face became a little nervous, "Stepmother... could she be father's concubine?"

She doesn't know.

I don’t know what kind of stepmother Bai Lu has, but if I can successfully recognize my relative from the Bai family, I will be the princess.

Since she is a princess, it doesn’t matter whether she is a concubine mother or not.

Who can make himself unhappy?

Afterwards, she asked her aunt tentatively, but she didn't take it seriously.

Um...Auntie, there is something I don't know whether I should say it or not."

"Ask if you want."

She looked at Cheng Zhiyi kindly.

Cheng Zhiyi then felt a little aggrieved, and her pale face wrinkled: "Since I have been wandering outside for so many years and have not returned home, I am afraid that people outside will laugh at me for being a wild child."

"I don't know...I don't know if I will be welcomed by everyone."

"After all, I don't have any identity..."

The queen is a smart person. Could it be that she can't understand what this girl means?

She smiled immediately, but her smile was a little faint.

The queen smiled and nodded, "What you said makes sense, so from now on, we will naturally protect you."

"You are the princess of the current dynasty. No one dares to say anything. From now on, I will give you a noble title, Princess Mingzhu."

"What do you think of the title Mingzhu? I think it suits you very well."

"After all, you are our lost pearl, not some fish pearl mixed with other fish out there."

"You should know that your father has now married a concubine, and that concubine gave birth to a daughter, who is also a princess."

After all, she was also her niece, but she didn't like the concubine, so she also didn't like the princess.

She looked down on a concubine, yet she even dared to seek a title of princess for her daughter. Although it was possible... no one dared to say anything.

After all, her brother is the Shangshu and the emperor's uncle.

But as a queen, she naturally valued the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, so she didn't like the concubine very much, and the so-called princess.

Moreover, she had an even better relationship with the former Madam Bai, and together with that concubine and that princess, they were also capable of being domineering and overbearing enough.

"???"

"!!!"

Hearing this, Cheng Zhiyi's face suddenly turned pale.

"this......??!!"

"What do you mean?!"

"Could it be that my father has another woman?!"

Hearing this, Cheng Zhiyi couldn't accept it.

She came here to enjoy herself, but if there was a concubine mother or another princess, how could she gain a foothold in the mansion? !

What's more, she is not a real princess at all.

Seeing her instantly pale, the queen smiled and said, "Don't worry, your brother is here to protect you."

"Your brothers are not pushovers. If they dare to bully you, they will definitely not let Xie's mother and daughter go."

"Besides, that concubine is now just a noble concubine. I don't know when she can be made a co-wife."

"Then...then why is that woman the princess?"

She didn't quite understand why she was a princess.

And the child born to his wife was also a princess.

Hearing this, the queen was silent.

This was naturally because their father favored his concubine and neglected his wife, and also because of what happened back then.

It was also to irritate Bai's mother that such an incident occurred.

Moreover, at that time, Xie's concubine had to be promoted to the main wife, so she begged the emperor to confer the title of princess first to avoid trouble in the future.

But he never dreamed that Brother Bai Qingze was such a ruthless man. The next day, during the morning court session, he wrote 300 words in blood outside the Golden Throne Hall and committed suicide by taking poison, shocking the court and the public.

Everyone in the court mourned the loss of the third son of the Bai family's mother and sister, and the almost death of the eldest son. They wrote letters to the emperor to stop Bai's father from making Xie his principal wife and to strip her of her title of Princess Ruyu.

Later, under tremendous pressure, Bai's father did not deprive the princess of her title, but it was impossible for Xie to become his legal wife.

However, the eldest son also suffered from illness from then on, and even if he was treated with all kinds of honors, he would not live past the age of forty.

These...are quite complicated to talk about. If I say them out loud, it might hurt the girl's heart.

So the queen laughed and said, "This... After all, she has served your father for so many years. Even if she has no merit, she has worked hard. It's nothing to let her daughter become a princess."

"But there are differences between princesses. You are Princess Mingzhu, and she is Princess Ruyu."

"As jade as jade, but you are not real jade. You are the real pearl, the apple of all our eyes."

She is Mingzhu? Is she really Mingzhu? She is just a fake.

Cheng Zhiyi’s face turned pale. She felt that... life here was not as good as she had imagined.

Wouldn't they bully themselves?

Both of her eyes were a little dark.

Moreover, his expression no longer had the joy he had before.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Bai Qingze glanced at Cheng Zhiyi and took her back to the Bai Mansion, asking her to show her filial respect to her father and meet her stepmother and sister again.

"..."

Hearing this, Cheng Zhiyi remained silent and said nothing.

Bai Qingze's face was expressionless, with no other expression visible.

Well, doesn't she want to be a princess? Then let her be.

Being a princess is not a good thing. After all, the people in the mansion are not easy to deal with.

My eldest brother, the second brother and the other two must be extraordinary people and will not be controlled by a mere concubine.

But this girl is different.

If she was real, they would definitely protect her.

If she was fake, she would have been unable to pretend after a while.

By then I will definitely think of some other way... and continue to be a princess.

Well, let them wait and see. This is a good opportunity for him to investigate what is going on with Bai Lu.

In addition, as for Cheng Zhiyi, if she has the courage to pretend to be her sister, I believe... there must be some expert guiding her behind the scenes.

Bai Qingze thought so in his heart and smiled faintly.

......

Here in Kyoto, things can be said to be turbulent.

Something big happened recently.

The so-called big event was naturally that the Queen's eldest niece, Her Royal Highness the Princess, who had been missing for many years, was found.

It is also said that as soon as this eldest niece was found, she was conferred the title of a princess of noble status, and the title was also extremely noble, named Princess Mingzhu.

You should know that the previous princess of the Bai family was Princess Ruyu.

There is a world of difference between jade and pearls.

It is like jade, but it is not real jade, but it is a pearl, which is different.

These words were deliberately passed on to the ears of the Bai Mansion by some people, so the whole Bai Mansion was in chaos for a while.

Princess Ruyu made a big fuss in the mansion, scolded her father, and wanted to kick Cheng Zhiyi out.

But Father Bai would naturally not drive his daughter away. It didn't matter what conflicts he had with his previous wife.

There is no conflict between him and his daughter. He hasn't seen his daughter for so many years. He feels guilty, heartbroken, and a little nostalgic.

In the beginning, he and his mother were a legend in Kyoto, and everyone said that they were a match made in heaven, but unfortunately... things and people changed later.

But this doesn't mean that there is no love between them.

If his mother were still alive, they would have reconciled long ago.

After all, men are all like this. If they are still alive, they will always be mosquito blood, but if they are dead, they will be cinnabar moles.

Since their mother will never come back, they still have some feelings for her.

Besides, she was his daughter, his daughter, shouldn't he love her? !

So when Princess Ruyu was very unwelcome to her sister, he, for the first time in his life, very seriously reprimanded his daughter, Princess Ruyu, and spoke to her harshly.

"If you don't like your sister, just move out!"

“You don’t have to live here anymore!!”

"What's there to like or dislike? This is your sister. Do you think this is your home?!"

"This is your and your sister's home!"

"If I find out that you are so unruly and unreasonable again in the future, just wait and see if I can punish you according to my family rules!"

"???"

"!!!"

Princess Ruyu couldn't believe it.

She didn't expect that her father, who had always been so tolerant of her, would be so biased towards Mingzhu.

So she started smashing things in the house.

On the contrary, Cheng Zhiyi looked weak and even a little unpresentable on the surface. Although she was ridiculed by many people at the beginning, she changed later.

Everyone found that she had a good temper and was very gentle.

So everyone still likes her.

Moreover, with the comparison with Princess Ruyu, they naturally prefer Princess Mingzhu Cheng Zhiyi.

Afterwards, Cheng Zhiyi also changed her name. She was no longer called Cheng Zhiyi, but Bai Zhiyi.

Ever since Princess Mingzhu changed her surname, there has been a lot of turmoil in the mansion.

Today, either she was poisoned, or she made a fool of herself at some flower banquet, and she almost got involved with some young man.

Otherwise, something happened to her sister, Princess Ruyu, and she almost got engaged to a bastard, which made her mother very angry.

Xie was so angry that her teeth were itching, but she couldn't do anything to Bai Zhiyi, after all, the Queen was her trump card.

After they repeatedly bullied Princess Mingzhu, the Queen became somewhat unhappy.

She was a little unhappy at first, thinking that she didn't know whether Princess Mingzhu was her niece or not.

But later I found out that Princess Mingzhu was quite honest.

It is not acceptable that the people under the Queen's protection are always bullied.

So the Queen also took action, and after that, Princess Mingzhu stayed in the palace with the Queen for a while, and later she had a very good relationship with the Queen.

The queen even treated her as her own niece and didn't care what her real niece looked like.

Anyway, it would not be bad if my niece had such a good character... That's what the queen thought.

Besides, she was also a little scared.

She didn't dare face Bai Lu.

She really couldn't imagine that her niece, a princess, married a country man, gave birth to seven daughters, was looked down upon, and almost starved to death with no one to help her.

She couldn't believe it.

So I just turned a blind eye to this.

He even almost forgot what Bai Qingze had said to him before.

As for the people in Kyoto, because of the comparison between Princess Ruyu and Princess Mingzhu, they actually like Princess Mingzhu more.

Bai Qingze and the eldest and third sons of the Bai family did not pay too much attention to these aspects. They did not have time to stay in Beijing recently, but were constantly investigating the affairs of the rebels.

Moreover, half a year later, Bai Qingze returned to Liangzhou again.

He wanted to go there to investigate the rebellion and ask about Bai Lu's past.

However, not knowing about the good things Cheng Zhiyi and the others did in Kyoto does not mean that they are completely unaware of it.

Part of what they did in Kyoto was instigated by Bai Qingze himself. If Cheng Zhiyi was his biological sister, then it would be good. This would also help her build momentum, and she could marry into a good family in the future.

However, if she is not her biological sister, but an impostor... then when the truth is revealed, the reputation she has worked so hard to build in the capital will be ruined, and everyone will despise her.

He wanted to let Cheng Zhiyi know what it felt like to fall from the sky to the ground.

"Bingnian, why do you want to leave here?"

Bai Lu looked at Leng Bingnian and felt a headache.

Leng Bingnian remained silent, then said to Bai Lu with an apologetic look on his face: "I'm sorry, Lady Bai, I didn't mean to make you worry, but I have to leave here."

"Because I'm going to a place that is very important to me."

He wants revenge.

Every day and night, he remembered how his mother was killed, so he wanted to find those who killed their wolf, killed his mother, and harmed himself like this.

He wants revenge.

I still remember the general appearance of those people. They seemed to be a certain army.

"..."