Nangong Yi gently patted his daughter’s head and said softly, "Good child, don’t cry. You are with child now, be careful it’s not good for the baby."

Mingzhu cried out of a moment of excitement, not sadness or sentimentality. When her father persuaded her, she stopped her tears and smiled through her tears, "Yes, yes, alright, I won’t cry anymore. Father, Mother, you haven’t eaten yet, have you? Come, let’s have breakfast together."

Nangong Yi and Cai Wei indeed hadn’t eaten breakfast yet. Hearing their daughter’s invitation, they both gladly agreed. They washed their hands and sat down at the dining table with their daughter, chatting while waiting for breakfast to be served.

Mingzhu talked about some things that had happened since she got married and asked about some matters in the Capital of Great Jin. When speaking of poignant topics, she couldn’t help but sigh at times.

Not long after, the kitchen sent up lotus leaf soup, accompanied by a few small dishes with Great Jin flavors that Mingzhu loved.

Cai Wei glanced at the bowl and laughed, "I never thought people from Qing Luo Kingdom could eat so well. They can wrap such delicate and exquisite wontons. Let me try one."

She scooped one up with a spoon, tried it, and immediately felt the fragrant lotus leaf flavor in her mouth, along with the subtle chicken soup aroma, tasty without being greasy, it was quite delicious.

"Mm, not bad!" she praised. Hearing this, Nangong Yi also scooped one with a spoon, and after tasting it, he too praised, "Indeed not bad. How are these wrapped? We’ll learn it in the future, so we can make them whenever we want to eat."

Mingzhu said, "These aren’t wrapped as usual. When I first got pregnant, I had morning sickness and couldn’t eat anything. An old cook from the Empress Dowager’s palace thought of a way, made a few molds, and printed them out. It’s not actually very delicious; they rely on being so delicate-looking to stimulate appetite. Besides, the soup is good, that’s why they taste so good."

After speaking, she ordered someone to fetch those molds.

Hearing that Mingzhu had experienced morning sickness, Cai Wei said with concern, "Why didn’t you use your thoughts to contact the Great Immortal Turtle to ask what is good to eat during morning sickness? Do you need to take any miscarriage preventing medicine? How could you suffer silently on your own?"

Mingzhu replied, "My reaction wasn’t that serious. It was just that the weather was too hot those days, so I got a bit of a heatstroke, nothing major, it got better long ago."

Nangong Yi said, "Regardless, you should have told us. You were able to activate your thoughts for an unrelated Xiao Family member, why hesitate when it comes to yourself?"

Mentioning Xiao Family, Mingzhu couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Did Father and Mother go to rescue that Xiao Family member? How is she now?"

Cai Wei answered, "With the Great Immortal Turtle present, of course, there was no risk to her life. Her ribs have mostly grown back, her broken leg has been reattached, and in another month or two, she will have fully recovered. After practicing for a while, she will be able to move freely."

"And what about her face? Can it return to its original appearance?"

When asking this question, Mingzhu immediately recalled when she first saw Xiao Family member, her face was gruesomely exposed with white cheekbones!

"The wounds on her face have been stitched and healed, only the scars are too deep. To completely remove them will take some time. The Great Immortal Turtle said for her to completely recover might take about a year!"

While Cai Wei was speaking, the servant had already presented the four molds used for making lotus leaf soup. Mingzhu said, "Since Father and Mother love this lotus leaf soup, take these molds back with you. I’ll ask them to make another set."

Finishing her words, she ordered the people below to immediately forge a few more sets of such molds.

Cai Wei looked at the molds, discovering it was a lacquered small red box containing four silver molds, each more than a foot long, an inch square, with bean-sized patterns carved on them including plum blossoms, lotus pods, and water caltrops, a total of thirty to forty patterns, made with great precision.

She gravely said to Mingzhu, "To go through such trouble for your food, you must surely be filial and not rely on favoritism. Don’t let down their love for you."

Mingzhu laughed, "Rest assured, Mother, your daughter will definitely be a good daughter-in-law."

Just then, Wanyan Chao came back from leaving his post, and seeing his father-in-law and mother-in-law descending from the sky, he hurried forward to salute and dispatched people to notify his imperial father and mother for a grand reception for his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Cai Wei laughed, "No need to alert others. We’re just passing time by randomly browsing your home. We’ll leave after a while. Since Mingzhu is pregnant, we’ll come by often in the future. If we make such big commotions each time, won’t it tire your imperial father and mother?"

Wanyan Chao said, "Father and Mother rarely come, why not stay a few more days? Leaving in such a hurry, is there something urgent to do?"

Cai Wei said, "It’s not troublesome for us to come and go. It only takes a day’s effort. Leaving today isn’t for anything big, it’s just that the Xiao Family member saved last time has been brooding and missing her daughter in Great Yong. As fellow parents, we too can’t bear to see her suffer like this, so we’re taking her back to Great Yong to have a look, so she may be at ease."

This period, while Xiao Family member’s injuries recovered well, she remained too thoughtful, often brooding alone with tears silently shed. The Old Turtle informed Cai Wei of her situation, and after asking a few times, it was understood that Xiao Family member missed her daughter.

Her daughter replaced Li Defei in marrying into the King of Chu’s Royal Palace as the Princess of Chu. Before Xiao Family member was injured, she heard about her daughter’s situation in the King of Chu’s Palace. It was Princess Gao Yang who intentionally revealed it to provoke her.’

Reportedly, the daughter was exposed as a counterfeit on the wedding night, and in a rage, the King of Chu exiled her to an abandoned courtyard and burned all her dowry. Though not immediately killed, judging by the royal palace’s stance, there was little chance they would let her live very long.

She had only one daughter, watched her grow up with eyes like beads, and her daughter was timid and meek, unable to withstand their torment. Fearing that by the time her wounds healed, her daughter would already be tormented to death, if that were the case, what would be the use of her continuing to live?

Fellow parents, Cai Wei deeply understood Xiao Family member’s feelings, so she promised that when visiting Mingzhu, she would also visit her daughter in Great Yong.

Upon hearing this news, Xiao Family member revitalized.

The Divine Eagle’s flight speed was even faster than the White-haired Tiger’s. Cai Wei and her husband rode on the back of the Divine Eagle, taking only a day to fly to Great Yong Kingdom.

When they arrived at the King of Chu’s Royal Palace, the sky was completely dark. Brother Ying searched around with his clairvoyance but could not find Xiao Family member’s daughter.

Logically, as long as the person was alive and not in disguise, Brother Ying should have been able to find her, but after searching for a long time, Brother Ying still couldn’t find anyone. It squawked, saying, "Master, I couldn’t find the person you are looking for. She’s either dead or in disguise."

Xiao Family member’s daughter was a maiden without power or influence, without martial arts, nor a complex social network, making it impossible for her to disguise herself. Thus, there was only one possibility, that she was already dead.

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