Chapter 191 I Promise You, Uncle Xie

Xie Suzhi was silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, his voice was full of sorrow.

"She's dead."

Shen Ningning, who was sitting at the table, was stunned.

The emperor was also very surprised: "What? You only found out about her death when you went to Shuzhou this time?"

Xie Suzhi's eyes were full of bloodshot, and his eyes were dark blue: "When my daughter was born, it rained heavily in the capital, and then there was a saying of a lucky girl."

"So my wife's maid had evil intentions and wanted to steal the child and sell it for a good price. This time I went to Shuzhou and finally found the maid."

"After a rigorous interrogation, she told the truth. It turned out that when she was running away with my daughter, my daughter died of a disease not long after she was born."

Speaking of this, Xie Suzhi, who was known as the iron-faced prime minister, cried and beat his body.

Shen Ningning murmured: "How is it possible..."

Isn't she Uncle Xie's daughter?

Xie Suzhi's crying infected everyone present, and everyone sympathized with his experience.

He said hoarsely, "I have been looking for my daughter for almost five years, but all I got was the news that she has passed away."

Among the ministers present, there are many who love their daughters. After hearing this, they sighed and said, "How pitiful."

When Xie Suzhi was sad, he spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"Prime Minister!" "Sir Xie!" Everyone turned pale, and the emperor hurriedly summoned the imperial physician.

Shen Ningning also stood up from her seat at the first time, but Xie Mingxu had already rushed to Xie Suzhi's side.

The little guy thought of his identity as nothing, and sat down silently again.

With the help of his eldest son and his followers, Xie Suzhi stood up slowly with a trembling body.

He covered his heart and raised his eyes to look at the emperor. His narrow eyes were full of bloodshot, and his lips were stained with blood, which added a bit of pain and despair to his cold and handsome face.

The emperor was shocked and said hurriedly: "Xie Aiqing, if that's the case, you should go back and rest. I will give you half a month... no, a month of rest. Please mourn and take care of yourself."

Xie Suzhi shook his head and declined General Chen who wanted to help him go back.

"Your Majesty, I haven't finished speaking yet. Please give me a grace."

He straightened up slightly and breathed a sigh of relief: "The maid also told me that when my daughter first got sick, she met a kind farmer who took her and my daughter home to take care of them."

"The farmer and his wife took great care of my daughter, but unfortunately, in the end, the medicine was ineffective."

"However, in order to thank the couple, the maid gave the Ruyi that my daughter wore to their daughter."

Shen Ningning's face turned pale when she heard this.

She clenched the Ruyi tied around her waist through her clothes.

Xie Suzhi said: "Later, when the bandits attacked, the farmer and his wife asked the maid to take their daughter and flee together."

"But the maid was unfaithful and abandoned their child in the forest and took my daughter away."

"Today, I am here to ask for mercy for the farmer and his wife's child. They are my daughter's saviors. Although they failed to save my daughter in the end, I have to repay this kindness."

"Now, I have found their surviving child."

Xie Suzhi finally looked at Shen Ningning, his eyes full of tears and mixed emotions: "Shen Ningning, you are my benefactor."

Hua La La——

The autumn wind came, bringing the fragrance of osmanthus to the island, and the golden stamens swirled into the lake, causing ripples.

And among the crowd, there was a dead silence.

Shen Ningning's watery eyes were full of helplessness and astonishment.

Mo Lingwei stood up suddenly and shouted angrily: "It sounds ridiculous. Why did Shen Ningning become a farmer's child?"

Xie Suzhi nodded: "The Ruyi on my daughter's body has a silver lotus pattern and the three words Shen Ningning are engraved on the back. This Ruyi was given to the farmer and his wife by the maid as a thank-you gift."

Mo Lingwei frowned: "Since it is something that the prime minister's daughter wears with her, why didn't you know about it before?"

Xie Suzhi turned his dark eyes to Rong Fei: "This Ruyi was custom-made by Rong Fei and my wife many years ago, and I didn't know about it."

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to Rong Fei.

The emperor asked hurriedly: "Rong Fei, is this true?"

Rong Fei stood up gently, with a heavy look in her eyes. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

"Your Majesty, this is true. My sister and I have agreed that with Ruyi as a token, the children we have in the future will be good sisters for life."

This is why the name engraved on Ruyi is Shen, the mother's surname, not the father's surname.

All the truth is revealed.

Xie Suzhi bowed to the emperor again: "I ask the emperor to grant me grace. Shen Ningning is now alone in the world. I have failed her parents. I am willing to take Shen Ningning as my goddaughter. Please witness that I will never treat her unfairly."

The emperor pondered.

Shen Ningning's real parents saved Xie Suzhi's daughter. Now that Shen Ningning's parents have passed away, Xie Suzhi wants to take Shen Ningning as his goddaughter, which is understandable.

Mo Lingwei looked at the little guy beside him.

But she lowered her head, her black hair blocked her white cheeks, and her expression could not be seen.

I only felt that her little body was motionless, and I didn't know what she was thinking.

Xie Mingxu looked at Shen Ningning with a complicated expression, moving from his father's face to Shen Ningning's direction.

The emperor also said: "I can make the decision, but I have to ask the princess' opinion first."

So everyone was waiting for Shen Ningning to speak.

The little guy kept his head down. The Black Wolf King stood up, walked to Shen Ningning, and arched his head to her little hand.

Just when Mo Lingwei felt that she was very embarrassed and wanted to help her refuse, Shen Ningning finally raised her head.

Her big eyes were curved like crescents because of her smile, and the water light inside was shining.

"Thank you, Prime Minister Uncle, I promise you." Shen Ningning said here, slightly turned her face, pretending to look at the Black Wolf King, but actually hiding two lines of tears.

Her soft voice was light and imperceptible choking: "I sympathize with Uncle Xie's experience. Although we have all lost our loved ones, we must be stronger so that our deceased relatives will not worry about us."

Xie Suzhi was a little dazed, his eyes were always looking at Shen Ningning's face, and he even forgot to speak for a while.

The atmosphere was a little stalemate, and the emperor announced the opening of the banquet, breaking the strange silence.

Today is Shen Ningning's princess enthronement banquet, so many people came to toast and please her.

But she was sitting in the middle of a lively crowd. Everyone gathered around with smiles on their faces, but the little girl blinked absentmindedly.

That polite smile was like a floating cloud that could disappear at any time.

Mo Lingwei couldn't stand it anymore, so he put the cup on the table and held her hand: "Come with me."

The emperor was drinking, and when he saw them leaving in a hurry, he shouted: "Where are you going? The banquet isn't over yet!"

Mo Lingwei and Shen Ningning were no longer visible, and the Black Wolf King had already followed them.