EBE Chapter 78 Real or Fake Gold?
Chapter 78 Real or Fake Gold?
The next morning, the two older brothers banged on the door: "Little sister, little sister, let's go shopping!"
wow——
The irritated man who opened the door: "..."
The two older brothers in front of her smiled brightly and said, "Little sister, let's go shopping?"
Xia Li ruffled her frizzy hair.
He's a good older brother, I can't be angry with him!
It's so annoying to force myself to suppress my morning grumpiness!
I wish I hadn't agreed to go shopping yesterday!
She said sullenly, "Wait until I wash up," and then closed the door.
The Xia brothers, Xia Jingyuan and Xia Jingwen, waited for a full hour before Xia Li finally tidied himself up and came out of the house.
Xia Jingwen complained a lot: "It's such a hassle for a young lady to go out. Do you know how long it took you to get ready?"
"If you find it troublesome, then don't come and drag me out shopping." Xia Li had just caught up on some sleep and was in a good mood, so she replied with a smile.
Xia Jingwen shook her head: "I don't mind the trouble for my sister. As long as Father doesn't let the teacher give me lessons, I'm willing to sit here and wait all day."
"You skipped class again? Aren't you afraid your dad will beat you?"
Xia Jingwen quickly shook her head and said, "I've already asked permission to go shopping today. My brother and I will go with you."
Just as Xia Li was about to leave, she suddenly noticed another person standing to her side. She quietly tugged at her older brother's sleeve and gestured to him, "What's going on?"
Xia Jingyuan lowered his voice and said, "Mother came over half an hour ago. She probably felt guilty about what happened yesterday, so she came with us to try and make it up to you."
Xia Li pursed her lips, glanced at Cui Fangshu, and said nothing.
She should feel guilty about more than just what happened yesterday.
"Miss, aren't you bringing your servant with you today?" Black Moon asked pitifully.
Xia Li smiled and said, "Let's go together then, but someone needs to arrange things in the courtyard."
"Can Xia Yi manage it?"
"can."
"Yay! I can finally go out with Baiyue. Don't worry, Miss, I'll stay by your side and take care of you personally." Heiyue said happily, showing no awareness of having taken over Xia Yi's job as her bodyguard.
Xia Yi, left behind, looked mournful as she guarded the house and trained the servants.
Boss, you deserve extra pay for working overtime!
On the street, the two Xia brothers rode horses in front, while Xia Li and Cui Fangshu rode in a carriage, followed by more than a dozen maids and servants. The group set off in a grand procession.
In the cramped space of the carriage, the mother and daughter sat facing each other in silence, both feeling somewhat uneasy.
Ali: It's so awkward to ride in the same carriage as my mother when I'm not familiar with her.
After a long silence, Cui Fangshu finally spoke first: "Li'er, I never expected that you would be the one to save me."
Ali replied nonchalantly, "I didn't expect that either."
Cui Fangshu: ...
How do I respond to that?
"Sigh." Cui Fangshu sighed, "I know I neglected you before. From now on, can we be like a normal mother and daughter..."
Xia Li interrupted her: "I'm not good at acting. You can ask Xia Wanwan for this kind of thing. She's the best at it."
“You! How could you say such a thing about Wanwan, she…” Cui Fangshu suddenly couldn’t speak. She had instinctively defended Xia Wanwan, but it was Xia Wanwan who had caused the estrangement between the mother and daughter.
She explained, "After all, Mother protected her for ten years, so this is just her subconscious reaction. If you could be as gentle and considerate as Wanwan, how could Mother be so distant from you?"
Xia Li's face turned cold: "If Madam Cui has come to show off Xia Wanwan's good qualities and flaunt your deep mother-daughter relationship, you may leave now."
A deep bond between mother and daughter!
These four large characters deeply stung Cui Fangshu, and she hardened her face: "I misjudged people and was deceived by Xia Wanwan. Now I have seen her true colors. As the saying goes, there are no parents who are wrong. Can't you forgive me?"
"What a fine excuse for misjudging people! If this is your excuse for ignoring me for the past ten years and speaking ill of me the moment we meet, then I really... cannot forgive you."
"you……"
"If you had ever taken the initiative to care about me even once over the years, and made me feel a little warmth, I would never be so disappointed in you."
Cui Fangshu screamed, "Utterly disappointed? You actually said 'utterly disappointed' to your mother? Is this something a daughter should say? Do you even deserve to be called a son?"
"Then do you even deserve to be a mother?" Xia Li's gaze was calm, her tone gentle, as if she were commenting on the weather.
This enraged Cui Fangshu, who snapped, "Get out of the car!"
As soon as Xia Li's feet touched the ground, Cui Fangshu urged the driver to hurry up and leave, her tone suggesting a hasty retreat.
Black Moon and White Moon cautiously stepped forward: "Miss, the two young masters left early because of some business at the military camp, and Madam Cui also..." Because she didn't get along with the young lady, she returned to the manor early, leaving only the three of them, mistress and servant.
"What are you afraid of? Can't the three of us go shopping? Come with me, take whatever you like, I'll pay for it."
The two Xia brothers originally intended to help the mother and daughter resolve their misunderstandings, but unexpectedly, in the end, only Xia Li was left on the street.
In that brief moment, Xia Li was taken away and something happened that would change the course of her life forever.
……
Prince Jin's Mansion, Jiyue Tower.
Xia Li sat on the edge of the bed, completely bewildered.
To be honest, she's still completely baffled about how she became the daughter of the Prince of Jin.
All she remembered was that after her brother and Cui Fangshu left while she was shopping during the day, she ran into the nanny who served the princess. The nanny immediately grabbed her hand and cried, "You look exactly like our princess before she was married!"
And so she became the lost daughter of the Prince of Jin and his wife in a daze. But in order to cover up the shame and because they couldn't bear to part with their adopted daughter, they only planned to take her in as their goddaughter.
Right now, she's waiting for her "elder sister," the adopted daughter of the Prince's mansion, to come over so the sisters can recognize each other.
A short while later, a 16-year-old girl, dressed elegantly and luxuriously with exquisite makeup, slowly walked in.
As soon as she arrived, she threw herself onto Xia Li's lap and wept bitterly.
Xia Li looked at her frail and helpless appearance, and her tiny waist that could not be grasped with one hand, and fell silent.
The elder sister's name is Zhao Jihua, which means "noble, broad-minded, glorious and prosperous, with profound connotations of benevolence, wealth and honor, and uprightness." This is definitely the connotation of a future empress, which shows how high the prince's expectations are for her.
But isn't the prince the emperor's own brother? Even if they are half-siblings, wouldn't marriage between collateral relatives within three generations risk having a deformed child?
Wait, that's not right, my thoughts have wandered off course!
The question now is, why did she become a biological child in this life?
Could it be because of her tragic death in her previous life, when the Prince of Jin and his wife prayed to Buddha for her, saying, "She suffered greatly in this life. If there is an afterlife, may Ali be our daughter again, so that we can love her dearly"?
If she's biologically related, then why did Sister Zhao become an adopted daughter?
Buddha, you can't just listen to half of what I say!
You Buddha are so kind, you have the power to save us sisters even if we don't care about our lives!