Si Mingjing, whose call had been disconnected, showed a look of grievance to Bai Chuanfeng. "Mother, I never expected the Crown Prince to be so insensitive. It seems he is desperately in love with Si Yuan. Compared to her, I, the sister he only recently acknowledged, weigh nothing in his heart. It infuriates !"
Bai Chuanfeng almost lost control. "You shouldn’t have said, ’I’m by your side!’"
"What difference would that have made?" Si Mingjing blinked, not understanding.
Bai Chuanfeng was irritated. This little fox was obviously pretending not to understand, yet infuriatingly, there was no fault to pick on!
Being in need of help, Bai Chuanfeng swallowed her anger again and again. Now distressed, she clasped Si Mingjing’s hand, her voice gentle. "Ajiu, why don’t you personally visit the Crown Prince Residence and plead for her? Regardless of everything, Qingshui is your biological sister. You must distinguish between your husband’s family and your natal family. Mother only has you two daughters, and I count on you to support each other in the future. You can’t bear to see your sister co to harm, can you?"
Si Mingjing looked earnest, ready to accommodate any request, with a very attentive attitude. "Alright, Mother, I’ll go right now."
Her eagerness, in Bai Chuanfeng’s eyes, seed utterly sincere.
Yet, Bai Chuanfeng’s heart grew more and more unsettled.
This little fox, she would never sincerely plead for Qingshui’s cause. What to do? If she doesn’t use this chance to make things worse for Qingshui, I should thank my lucky stars!
Bai Chuanfeng, filled with subsequent fear and disillusion, clutched Si Mingjing’s hand, offering a tempting reward. "Ajiu, if you can bring your sister back safe and sound, I will promise you one thing, anything you wish."
Si Mingjing glanced at Bai Chuanfeng. Her gaze was sharp, yet held the affectionate warmth of a daughter’s smile.
She slowly withdrew her hand, a mocking smile on her face. "Mother, what are you talking about? Saving my sister is my duty. Why should you offer a heavy reward for that? Mother, when did we beco so estranged? Don’t you believe that I would earnestly save my sister?"
With those words, Bai Chuanfeng saw right through her.
This little fox, she definitely wouldn’t sincerely appeal to Crown Prince Lisao. The more genuine she appeared, the less believable she was. This daughter was impeccably deceitful.
Bai Chuanfeng felt wary, realizing in that instant that Qingshui would never be a match for her. Unless Si Mingjing had no interest in the Bai Family’s great fortune, unless she had no desire to compete, then Qingshui wouldn’t even be enough for her to practice on!
Bai Chuanfeng’s eyes flickered with murderous intent. This daughter must not stay! Absolutely must not stay!
Bai Chuanfeng took a deep breath, becoming terrifyingly rational in an instant. "Ajiu, forget it. Your weight in Crown Prince Lisao’s heart may not be so significant. Crown Prince Lisao already said over the phone, if you interfere, your bond as sworn siblings is over. Crown Prince Lisao is a valuable connection; I cannot bear to see you lose this network. Mother will think of another way."
Having said that, Bai Chuanfeng walked away quickly.
Si Mingjing stood in the courtyard, watching Bai Chuanfeng’s hasty departure, and sneered.
Fengjue ca over and said, "Crown Princess Consort, Bai Chuanfeng has seen through your motives, so she’s unwilling to pin her hopes on you."
"She is clever and difficult to deal with. But I guess I’ve angered her this ti. She will find a way to deal with . Keep a close watch."
She had only half a month left. She promised Mo Yinhe that she would resolve the matters here in a month and then go back to celebrate Xiaobai’s birthday. So, she had to force Bai Chuanfeng to make a move! If Bai Chuanfeng kept refusing to act, Si Mingjing wouldn’t know how to take her revenge.
Si Mingjing walked back to her chair, sat down, and continued to examine the docunts, saying, "I asked you to investigate the treasure my grandfather left in the Mu Continent. Have you found any leads?"
Her grandfather had left her a key, telling her to co to the Mu Continent, saying he left her a treasure. On her first day in the Mu Continent, she instructed Fengjue to start looking, and it had been almost half a month.
Fengjue said, "I’m getting sowhere. Just give a few more days."
"Hurry up. I don’t want it to delay Xiaobai’s birthday."
At that mont, Gu Shurong called her.
"Mom! Mom! Can you do your baby a favor?"
"What is it? What favor? Tell ." Si Mingjing thought the little fatty might be in trouble, her voice filled with concern.
Seated at the dining table in Yecheng Palace, Gu Shurong sat with one leg crossed over the other, clutching a chicken drumstick in one hand and studying a beginner’s course in aerospace physics with a pen in the other. He said, "Mom, could you go to school for and feed my big brother? Today’s his birthday."
The little fatty himself was munching on at, but thinking about his big brother having no one to give him treats made his al tasteless. Moreover, today was his big brother’s birthday, yet he couldn’t even bring him a birthday cake—what an incompetent little brother he was! Definitely deserves a bad review!
"Your big brother?" Si Mingjing asked, "Is it Ye Jingzhe?"
"Yes, it’s him. I haven’t fed my big brother in so long; he’s hungry every day. Mom, could you please go feed him?"
Ye Jingzhe is hungry every day? Could the Hua Family be mistreating him? Seeing how Hua Jinse protected her little nephew, she didn’t seem like soone who would mistreat a child.
"Yeah, my big brother doesn’t get any snacks! He can only have three als a day, no more allowed. It’s super pitiful!"
Er... Si Mingjing wanted to laugh but held back. No snacks equated to being pitiful? Did everyone have to be plump like him to be considered happy?
Si Mingjing understood. Ye Jingzhe wasn’t being mistreated; in her son’s eyes, a snackless Ye Jingzhe was just a pitiful sight.
"Alright, Mom promises you. I will go pick out a present later and deliver it to little friend Ye Jingzhe for you."
"Wow, love you, Mom! Rember to take him out for a big al too. I just video called my big brother, and he looked thinner!"
Si Mingjing said, "His family should be celebrating his birthday, right? Mom can’t take him out for a big al today."
"Nobody’s celebrating my big brother’s birthday. My big brother never celebrates it because today is the death anniversary of his dad. His aunt and grandma are very sad. He never ntions his own birthday because he’s afraid it would stir up painful mories for his aunt and grandma. So please, Mom, you have to take my big brother out for a big al!"
Now I see.
Si Mingjing said, "Alright, Mom will pick him up and take him out for a big al tonight."
"Thanks, Mom! Love you! Muah! Bye-bye!"
Gu Shurong didn’t chat much longer. He hung up the phone and then sent a WeChat ssage to his big brother: "Big bro, big bro, His Highness’s mom says she’ll take you out for a big al tonight."
Ye Jingzhe coldly replied, "Not interested."
Gu Shurong: "How can you not be? My mom is your mom too. I’m giving my mom to you for your birthday. You can’t refuse; otherwise, we’re no longer friends!"
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