Although Zhao Linger was young, she was very thoughtful. So after flying alone to the Kingdom of Nanzhao, she didn't rush to reveal her identity or go to the palace to confront her birth father, the Witch King. Instead, she kept her identity secret and quietly investigated the kingdom on her own.
At first, though, her inquiries didn't go very smoothly.
She hadn't prepared enough, had no experience going out into the world, and didn't understand how treacherous people could be. On top of that, the Kingdom of Nanzhao had been under the Moon Worshipping Cult's influence for years, and its people had long since been brainwashed. It was no use asking random people questions so recklessly; she nearly got caught as a White Miao spy.
Fortunately, her strength was enough to let her ignore the hostility. And fortunately, after two days of wandering around like a headless fly, a sheltered young wife with no experience living outside, she nearly ended up collapsing from hunger in the street. At last, her husband, Li Xiaoyao, hurried over from Yuhang to find her. With help from the quick-witted, well-off Li Xiaoyao, she managed to complete her investigation in the Kingdom of Nanzhao without a hitch.
Most of what she heard about her mother in the Kingdom of Nanzhao was vile. So, unwilling to believe it or accept a one-sided account, she and Li Xiaoyao went to Dali and asked around in the White Miao lands as well.
Unlike the Kingdom of Nanzhao, whose people worshipped the Moon Worshipping Cult, the White Miao around Dali followed the Witch Moon Cult. And in the lands of the White Miao, who worshipped the great Nuwa, did the Miao people have a very different, positive opinion of Zhao Linger's mother, Lin Qing'er, a descendant of the