"So all I need to do is go back and find that jade pendant. When the Nanmei Kingdom Envoy enters the Capital in a few days, you'll be saved!"
Xu Xinbo spoke with absolute conviction. Their father had told him about this, and had also told the marquis and Old Madam, who had not yet moved to the Capital back then. But he had kept it from his younger sister.
They had always treated Rou Rou well, hoping that one day the Imperial House would take her back and she would bring glory to the Marquis's Residence.
"So everyone in the Marquis's Residence treated me well because of my identity?"
Xu Rourou laughed through her tears. She had always thought everyone in the Marquis's Residence liked her and helped her because she was gentle and sensible.
Who would have thought that everyone had known who she was except her?
Xu Xinbo shook his head. "Xie Jin'an doesn't know."
"Yes, he doesn't know. None of the younger generation in the Marquis's Residence knows. I won them over one by one before they were willing to help me."
Xu Rourou shook her head, great drops of tears rolling down her face.
No wonder Old Madam had brought her into the Marquis's Residence as soon as she gave birth. She had thought her good days were finally beginning.
Instead, Old Madam had been plotting far ahead. With Huai Shan in the Marquis's Residence, even if she had the blood of the Nanmei Kingdom's Imperial House, she would never be able to leave.
What a clever scheme the Marquis's Residence had laid.
Ha.
Xu Xinbo comforted her. "Don't worry. I'll go back to our hometown and find the jade pendant to prove your identity. Just wait patiently. Even if they torture you, you have