Everyone urged Song Yaoyao to leave the baby behind, but she waved her hand and said:
"Thank you all for your concern, but this baby hasn't been cursed by Heaven at all!
Something went wrong while she was developing in her mother's womb. It has nothing to do with a curse.
I can treat her cleft lip.
Once she's healed, she'll be able to live just like any other child."
Someone asked in surprise:
"Princess Jiahe, is that really true?
Can you really cure this baby?"
Song Yaoyao nodded.
Without saying anything more, Song Yaoyao carried the baby away from the crowd.
Song Yaoyao's expression was grim. On the way back, she asked:
*[Guagua, who was cruel enough to abandon this baby?*
*Do you know?]*
Guagua: [This baby is the legitimate granddaughter of Lu Bofan, the Marquis of Suning.]
Song Yaoyao: *[I've heard of Lu Bofan, the Marquis of Suning, but I've never had much to do with him!*
*Has the Marquis of Suning's household fallen so far that they can't afford to raise a baby?]*
Guagua: [Lu Bofan, the Marquis of Suning, knows nothing about this.]
Song Yaoyao: [What do you mean?]
Guagua: [Host, let me explain.
Some time ago, the emperor gave Lu Bofan an assignment and sent him away to carry it out.
To give his eldest son, Lu Ziqing, some experience, Lu Bofan took him along when he left.
When they left, Lu Ziqing's wife, Wang Youxin, was already more than six months pregnant.
By the time Wang Youxin gave birth, Lu Bofan and his son still hadn't returned.]
After a pause, Guagua continued:
[Wang Youxin had adored Lu Ziqing since childhood. He treated her neither particularly well nor particularly badly.
He treated her just like other married couples in this era treated one another-with the