After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

Xie Ansheng looked at Xie Yuhe with a puzzled expression: "What's wrong?"

Xie Tongchen and Xie Yuze also turned their attention to Xie Yuhe.

The two of them knew perfectly well why he asked that question.

Xie Yuze was still immersed in the scene of Xie Xing falling off the cliff. His expression was very complicated, and a bitter feeling gradually spread in his heart.

He didn't know if this meant he was sad.

Only after spending time with Xie Xing could he truly feel that she was his blood-related sister. Just the day before, she had been standing vividly before him, laughing and crying, never daring to utter a sound even when she was suffering or exhausted, and following behind him calling him "brother"...

But today, people's fate is unknown.

What disappointed him even more was his second brother's attitude.

Mingzhu grew up with them, so naturally she's their younger sister, but isn't Xie Xing also their younger sister?

Blood ties cannot be erased; both of them are their sisters. Why is Xie Tongchen so calm?

Xie Yuhe's expression was not very good.

Like Xie Yuze, he couldn't believe that Xie Xing was dead.

Just a short time ago, the person was still standing vividly in front of them.

Even if he was distant from his younger sister, it was impossible for him to feel nothing when he heard the news of Xie Xing falling off the cliff. What made Xie Yuhe even more confused was the question of their future.

What will the future hold?

At what time and at what point will the things Xie Xingxin spoke of happen?

I don't know, I don't know anything about it.

Only that ending, hanging over their finish line, proclaimed their fate.

Xie Yuhe said, "No, I just suddenly became very curious."

Xie Ansheng recalled: "At that time, your mother and I were traveling south for work. On the way, your mother was in labor and we found a dilapidated temple. It happened to be raining at that time, and some people came in to take shelter from the rain. Their child was also a girl who had just been born. I saw that they were in a hurry, so I let them into the dilapidated temple."

"But we never expected that by letting the wolf into the house, they would dare to switch the beams and pillars."

After saying that, Xie Ansheng added, "However, Mingzhu is innocent and knows nothing."

Xie Yuhe grasped the key point: "Father, is it the couple who adopted Xie Xing?"

Xie Ansheng shook his head: "No, after that couple switched the baby, they abandoned Xie Xing in a family and raised him. Coincidentally, that family didn't have a daughter, so they raised him until he was this big, until we found out."

So, it's just that it can't be found?

Xie Yuhe looked up, gave Xie Tongchen and Xie Yuze a look, and then said, "Father, we'll go down first."

Xie Ansheng waved his hand.

"Send some men down the cliff to search; we must find them alive or dead."

"Yes."

Xie Yuhe agreed.

After leaving the study, the three of them went to Xie Yuhe's study in the courtyard.

Xie Yuhe called all the servants out, leaving only three people in the study.

His eyes were deep and cold as he looked at Xie Tongchen and Xie Yuze. "You were both there at the time, why did you let her fall off the cliff?"

Xie Yuze's expression was complicated, and his voice became deep: "At that time, Mingzhu pulled me and I almost fell off the cliff. It was Xie Xing who reacted quickly and saved me."

"My second brother didn't have time to save her."

The study fell silent, with only the sound of the three of them breathing.

Xie Yuhe's throat was dry. He tightened his grip on his hands behind his back and asked, "What key information did you hear?"

Xie Yuze said, "That system made her complete some kind of villainous female supporting character task, which required her to plot against Mingzhu at a crucial moment, so that those remnants of the previous dynasty would discover the birthmark on her body and thus find out that she was a princess of the previous dynasty."

Xie Yu's heart tightened. "She succeeded?"

Xie Yuze shook his head: "No, I've been following her the whole time, and I haven't given her a chance."

Upon hearing about the birthmark, Xie Tongchen's eyes flickered.

His breathing became heavier.

When he rescued Xie Mingzhu yesterday, he saw the birthmark on her body!

Is she really a princess from the previous dynasty?

Xie Yuhe noticed his unusual behavior and turned to look at him: "What's wrong? Have you heard any news?"

Xie Tongchen's Adam's apple bobbed, and his hands hanging at his sides clenched slightly as he slowly said, "She shouldn't die. I heard her inner voice say that when Xie Yuze was seriously injured and saved Mingzhu, it was the system in her mind that dealt with the assassin."

"She dragged the two of them into the cave by herself, which prevented her from completing the mission."

"But she said someone wanted to kill her."

"That person might be the Seventh Prince, and the infamous Yama Palace in the martial arts world belongs to the Seventh Prince, Luo Hanfeng."

what?

Xie Yuhe was utterly shocked.

"That unpopular prince?"

Xie Tongchen said calmly, "This time, the emperor likes him very much, and he will soon gain the emperor's favor."

"This boy is unfathomably cunning."

He fooled everyone.

How could a prince confined to the cold palace become the master of the Yama Palace?

Moreover, this time, not only were there remnants of the previous dynasty present, but also people from the Underworld. In other words, Luo Hanfeng either knew the information in advance like them, or he colluded with the remnants of the previous dynasty to set up this scheme.

The former is possible, and the latter is also possible.

After all, in the struggle for the throne, no one could predict what methods the princes would use.

If it's the latter, then it's easier to handle.

But if it's the former...

Xie Yuhe's eyes flickered slightly. "If it's really as you say, that Xie Xing won't die, then at least one of us will have to stay by her side from now on."

"If more people hear her voice, it will be detrimental to us."

After all, Xie Xing's thoughts contained some key information.

Xie Tongchen hummed in agreement.

After learning that Xie Xing had saved him twice, Xie Yuze felt incredibly conflicted.

If it were Mingzhu, would she have saved him like this?

Mingzhu was spoiled and pampered, so even escaping was difficult for her.

Not to mention carrying two men on one's back through an extremely dangerous forest.

Xie Yuze knew perfectly well how timid Xie Xing was. Even with him around, the little girl would stay close to him, afraid that he would abandon her.

I can't imagine how she managed to drag two people into the cave all by herself.

……

"What?! Xie Xing fell off a cliff?!"

When the news reached Madam Xie's ears, she was so shocked that she stood up abruptly from her bed and stared in astonishment at the nanny who had delivered the message.

Madam Xie initially refused to believe it, coldly saying, "Don't try to scare me with this kind of news. A scourge lives on for a thousand years. How could that little jinx have died like this?"

The messenger, a trembling old woman, knelt on the ground and said, "Madam, it was witnessed by the Second Young Master and the Third Young Master themselves. His Majesty is still sending people to search at the bottom of the cliff."

These words struck Madam Xie like a thunderbolt.

She stood there, remaining silent for a long time.

The old woman couldn't help but look up at Madam Xie.

The lady was pale, still shaken, and now she heard this blow...

In the end, no matter how much the madam disliked the fifth young lady, she was still the daughter she had given birth to after going through countless life-or-death experiences, and her appearance was no different from the madam's when she was young. How could she really not care?

"Dead?" Madam Xie murmured.

Her eyes were vacant as she sat back on the bed. After a long while, she said, "It's good that she's dead. The mansion will be quiet now that she's dead. Anyway, I only have one daughter, Mingzhu."