The little heroine investigates a mysterious case

Zhao Xuan, who knew nothing about this, was now diving into Zhao Xiaoman's arms. Zhao Xiaoman hugged Zhao Xuan's soft little body, and all the worries and sadness in her heart disappeared strangely.

She still remembered that it was the third year of Xuanhe when she first founded the Wuwei Escort Agency. When she was resting in Fucheng during her first escort mission, she came to sit on the rocks beside the Heng River outside the city.

When she got up at dusk to go back to the city, she found the baby Zhao Xuan by the river. She named the baby Zhao Xuan. Xuan means daylily, which means strong and adaptable.

She hoped that Zhao Xuan could endure the severe cold and heat like daylily and grow up healthily. Zhao Xiaoman, who was just eighteen years old at the time, loved Zhao Xuan like a jewel in her palm, just like her own flesh and blood.

Zhao Xiaoman picked up Zhao Xuan, kissed her little face hard, and couldn't help pinching it with her hands.

"My dear Xuanxuan, you miss your master so much!"

Zhao Xuan responded crisply: "Mom! I miss you too!"

Zhao Xiaoman was stunned, and Huang Shuo and Guo Da were also confused.

"Silly child, didn't Master tell you? You were picked up by Master from the Heng River. You are not my biological mother, so you can't call me mother."

Zhao Xuan suddenly felt like crying. She hugged Zhao Xiaoman's neck tightly, feeling very sad.

"Then you don't like me, so you don't allow me to call you mother, but master?"

Zhao Xiaoman got angry when she heard this: "Who told you that I don't like you? Who was it?"

She looked coldly at Huang Shuo, then at Guo Da, both of whom were shaking their heads like rattles. Zhao Xiaoman then looked at Yulan who was running in breathlessly.

Zhao Xiaoman asked angrily, "Sister Lan, were you the one who told my Xuanxuan that I didn't like her? Huh?!"

Yulan's legs softened and she fell to her knees. Just as she was about to answer, Zhao Xuan was already looking at Zhao Xiaoman with tears in her eyes, feeling particularly aggrieved:

"It's not Auntie Lan, it's my schoolmates. They all said that they were picked up by their mothers. Ma Zhenzhen was even picked up from the garbage dump by her mother. They all asked her to call her mother, not master..."

Everyone present was so shocked that their jaws almost dropped to the ground when they heard this.

Zhao Xiaoman looked at Zhao Xuan's aggrieved look, and suddenly burst into laughter. She hugged Zhao Xuan and turned around, looking into her eyes seriously.

"My baby Xuanxuan is the cutest, most sensible, beautiful, and smartest little baby in the world. She is the most precious gift God has given to Master. I don't know if your little friends were really picked up by their mothers, but Master can't lie to you. Picked up is picked up, but Master definitely loves Xuanxuan more than their mothers do!"

Zhao Xuan burst into laughter and took out half a piece of date paste cake wrapped in paper from her pocket.

"That's true. I'm the only one who has date paste cake to eat. They don't have any! Master loves Xuanxuan the most!"

Huang Shuo and Guo Da got goose bumps all over their bodies when they heard the master and disciple show their true feelings. They bowed to Zhao Xiaoman and left quickly. Yulan also stood up with resentment and waited on the side.

Zhao Xiaoman teased Zhao Xuan: "Can you give Master a bite?"

Zhao Xuan hurriedly shook her head and stuffed the last small piece of date paste cake into her mouth, chewing hard with her cheeks puffed up.

Zhao Xiaoman looked at Zhao Xuan like a little squirrel and couldn't help laughing.

"Stingy! Have you been good today? Have you gotten into any trouble?"

Zhao Xuan struggled to get off the ground and slipped out the door, mumbling incoherently: "Xifu, I'm a good boy. My mother's teacher has already called me her mother!"

Zhao Xiaoman was surprised and said, "Mother teacher? It's Teacher Yang, right? Even Teacher Yang praised you, then you are amazing! Yulan, go and wash Xuanxuan, look at how dirty her little hands are!"

Yulan responded and hurriedly chased after Zhao Xuan.

At this time, at the gate of Qingfeng Courtyard, Butler Zhong looked at the crying Concubine Xiao Shu and her son and dared not stop them. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, then stood up and ran from the side courtyard towards the mansion. When he stood in front of Zhao Xiaoman, he was already out of breath.

Zhao Xiaoman was just about to walk out of the main hall when she saw Butler Zhong's expression and said with a smile, "Did you see a ghost?"

"No! Yes, it's the Concubine Shu..."

Zhao Xiaoman tilted her head and thought for a moment: "Yohoo! Is she leaving the palace for some fresh air again?"

Butler Zhong had a bitter look on his face. "I think they're going to call for justice! The Fifth Prince and his mother cried so miserably! One of the Fifth Prince's eyes is swollen like a peach, and it's about to rot! Did the young lady bully the Fifth Prince again?!"

"Oh no! It looks like something bad is going to happen!"

Zhao Xiaoman slapped her head and immediately ordered Butler Zhong: "Hurry up and tell Yulan to take Xuan'er and hide first!"

Butler Zhong quickly found Yulan in the backyard and told her the truth. Yulan became anxious and quickly grabbed Zhao Xuan and hurriedly hid in the back garden. Halfway through, Zhao Xuan suddenly shook off Yulan's hand, stared with her big eyes and started shouting:

"Master, why did you ask you to hide me? I didn't do anything wrong! It was Xiao Wu'er who stole my date paste cake first. If he wanted to eat it, he could have just told me directly. Why did he steal it? How is he any different from a robber?"

Yulan hurriedly squatted down and coaxed in a low voice.

"Young lady, please keep your voice down. Even if the Fifth Prince was at fault, you can't hit him. The Concubine Shu will surely be furious. So, let's just listen to you and hide for now."

Zhao Xuan simply sat down on the ground, crossed her arms, and ignored Yulan.

Yulan was angry, anxious, and helpless. With red eyes, she pleaded, "My little lady, what on earth are you trying to do?"

Zhao Xuan suddenly looked at Yulan and grinned: "Auntie Lan, I'm hungry and want to eat some cakes!"

"No way! I've already had two pieces today!"

"I'm not eating it myself. I'm giving it to Xiaowu to apologize to him! Isn't that okay?!"

"That seems to be true...but the lady asked me to..."

Zhao Xuan immediately stood up, hugged Yulan's thighs tightly with her arms, and said in a baby voice, "Auntie Lan is the best. Auntie Lan loves Xuan'er the most... Wow! Auntie Lan, you look so beautiful today, even prettier than Master!"

Yulan chuckled, bent down, picked up Zhao Xuan, and walked towards the kitchen.

"You are not allowed to eat it then. Only the Fifth Prince is allowed to eat it!"

"of course!"

At this time, in the main hall, Zhao Xiaoman had been patiently listening to Xiao Aiyue's crying for almost half an hour and kept dozing off. Gu Zhanghua also kept hiccuping while crying, and then he slowly stopped crying and sat on his mother's lap, hiccuping and in a daze.

Gu Zhanghua knew the whole incident clearly, and his recollection was also very clear, but he tried several times to explain the whole thing to his mother but failed, because he did steal Sister Xuan's date paste cake, and Sister Xuan did beat him.

He remembered that he was writing about his ideal when he grew up. Teacher Yang was pacing back and forth. He wanted to see what Sister Xuan was writing, and saw Sister Xuan lowering her head, secretly taking out a piece of jujube paste cake from her pocket, breaking it in half, and preparing to put it in her mouth.

He subconsciously looked up at Teacher Yang and found that Teacher Yang was walking towards their seats. In a moment of urgency, he snatched the date paste cake from Sister Xuan's hand and stuffed it into his mouth. As expected, Teacher Yang glared at him angrily. At this moment, Sister Xuan's little fist also hit him...

As a result, because he was injured, Teacher Yang exempted him from the punishment of ten slaps on the hands for eating snacks in class. Although his eyes hurt, he was somewhat happy because Sister Xuan didn't have to be beaten for stealing food.

But his mother didn't believe what he said no matter what. Gu Zhanghua sighed deeply like a little adult. Sister Xuan left a huge shadow in his mother's heart. What should he do?

Seeing Zhao Xiaoman's drooping eyelids and silent, Xiao Aiyue's anger rose rapidly. Pointing at Zhao Xiaoman's nose, she threatened, "Zhao Xiaoman! If you don't hand over Zhao Xuan today, I will stay in your house and won't leave! Let's see how you explain to His Majesty then!"