After the concubine ran away, the cold prince lost control

Chapter 416 Finding a Relative
As the year was coming to an end, the envoys who had come to pay tribute had already left the capital one after another. However, on this day, a team of carriages and horses from the State of Qi hurriedly arrived in the capital.

The four horse-drawn carriages at the head were extremely luxurious, with bright yellow curtains embroidered with royal dragon brocade. Those who could ride in such carriages were all members of the royal family and were of the royal lineage.

The luxurious carriage entered the capital and headed straight for Prince Xian's palace. Prince Xian and his wife had already been waiting at the gate to greet them in person. After the carriage stopped, a maid came forward and carefully helped a middle-aged woman out of the carriage.

The woman was wearing gorgeous clothes. Although there were fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, she still had charm and a good-looking appearance.

This is the princess consort of Prince Yu of Qi.

"Sister—"

When they saw the woman, Princess Xian stepped forward quickly. The two sisters, who had not seen each other for decades, immediately hugged each other and cried without caring about their decency.

The two sisters were noble ladies from the State of Qi. They were twin girls who looked identical, but the wife of Prince Xian had always been frail and sickly. Now she looked more haggard and thinner than her twin sisters.

"I received Xiang'er's news and rushed here." After entering the hall, Prince Yu's wife asked anxiously: "Xiang'er said that she has found Wan'er's whereabouts."

She couldn't help sobbing and crying when she was halfway through her words: "For so many years, I have been unable to sleep or eat well. My poor child, I finally found him."

The Princess of Xian comforted her sister in a gentle voice and said helplessly: "This person does look like Wan'er who was lost many years ago, but it is not certain whether she is the one or not."

Princess Princess Yu misses her daughter so much that she would rather believe it is true.

"She looks like Xiang'er and is an orphan. I heard that her birth date and month match. How could there be such a coincidence in the world?" Princess Yu became more and more excited as she spoke: "I think this person is my daughter."

She excitedly grabbed the hand of the Princess Xian and said, "Sister, there is no time to lose. Take me to see her now. I can't wait to see my daughter."

Seeing her sister so anxious, Princess Xian didn't know what to do for a moment, and she looked at her husband for help.

Prince Xian considered it for a moment, and then said, "This matter still needs to be considered in the long run."

As he spoke, he told the Princess of Prince Yu everything about Qin Xiaoning, including Lu Ji's involvement in politics, suppressing the Zhao family, and the rift between the two families in the past few years because of Huayang. After laying the groundwork for a long time, Prince Xian said, "Originally, we should have asked for clarification and informed the eldest sister when we had accurate information, but now we have a rift with the Lu family, so it's not a good idea to ask them about this matter in detail."

The Princess of Yu was certain that the Regent Princess was her daughter, but after hearing what the Prince of Xian said, she couldn't help but take a breath and said, "My poor daughter, what kind of person did she marry?"

Princess Xian immediately agreed, "That's right, Lu Ji is simply a big devil."

The wife of Prince Yu of Qi came from afar to look for her daughter, and Prince Xian and his wife naturally helped them in every way they could. However, due to the dispute with the Ningguo Mansion, it was not convenient for them to ask directly, so Prince Xian had to ask Empress Dowager Lu for help.

On this day, Qin Xiaoning was taking care of household chores at home when a eunuch came to the palace and said that the Queen Mother invited Qin Xiaoning to the palace for a chat.

Qin Xiaoning had a gentle personality and was good at understanding people's hearts. Empress Dowager Lu liked her very much and often invited her to the palace to talk and chat. So Qin Xiaoning naturally didn't think much about it. She changed her clothes and followed the eunuch into the imperial city.

Only after entering Empress Dowager Lu's palace did Qin Xiaoning notice that there were outsiders present.

A lady with exquisite and gorgeous clothes, and the Princess Xiang whom she knew, and the Prince Xian who she had never had any contact with were also there. When she saw Qin Xiaoning coming in, the Princess Yu's eyes were glued to her.

Qin Xiaoning felt completely confused.

She first paid her respects to Empress Dowager Lu according to the rules. Empress Dowager Lu asked Qin Xiaoning to sit down beside her, and then she told her in detail about Prince Yu's wife coming to Beijing to look for her daughter.

Hearing this, Qin Xiaoning looked carefully at the Princess of Yu who was sitting below. When the Princess of Yu saw Qin Xiaoning looking at her, she became even more unable to hide her excitement.

This woman looks exactly like me when I was young.

Princess Yu couldn't hold back her tears before she could even open her mouth.

Qin Xiaoning was calm. She looked at the Princess of Yu and asked, "Although the Princess and I look alike, she is far away in Qi State, and I grew up in Da Zhou. Besides, although I don't know the identity of my biological father, I do have a mother, but she died of illness early. I can understand that the Princess misses her daughter so much, but I'm afraid you've found the wrong person."

After listening to Qin Xiaoning's well-reasoned words, Princess Yu felt even happier.

Although her daughter had suffered an unexpected accident in her childhood, she was pleased that she had grown up to be so beautiful, well-educated and well-mannered.

She wiped away her tears and said to Qin Xiaoning, "If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't have rashly come to ask Queen Mother Lu for help. I had already inquired before coming here."

She looked at Qin Xiaoning and asked, "Is your mother's surname Qin? Is she from Qujiang?"

Qin Xiaoning nodded: "My late mother's surname was indeed Qin, and her hometown was also Qujiang."

Upon hearing this, Princess Yu was so excited that she burst into tears again. She said quickly, "That's right. The maid I entrusted my daughter to was surnamed Qin, and her ancestral home is Qujiang."

She became more and more convinced that Qin Xiaoning was the daughter she had been looking for. In desperation, Princess Yu could not help but stand up and walk to her side. She raised her hand and grabbed Qin Xiaoning's hand, holding it tightly, crying inconsolably.

Qin Xiaoning was completely confused. She just sat there, staring at the lady blankly, her mind going blank for a moment.

At this time, Empress Dowager Lu could not help but speak up. She asked the wife of Prince Yu: "Prince Xian told me that your lost daughter is not the flesh and blood of you and Prince Yu, but the flesh and blood of you and your ex-husband."

Empress Dowager Lu looked at the Princess of Yu with a puzzled look on her face: "Why did you entrust your daughter to a maid? How could she be lost innocently? What is the twists and turns here? Since you want to find your daughter, you must explain it clearly."

Prince Xian was not fully aware of the twists and turns involved, so Empress Dowager Lu could only ask Prince Yu's wife in person.

When talking about the past, Princess Yu sighed.

She first shed tears, and then tried to calm herself down for a long time.

"Before I married Prince Yu, I was married to a noble family named Li. After I married my husband, I gave birth to a daughter. But when my daughter was two years old, my husband's family was convicted, my father-in-law and husband were executed, and the whole family was exiled."

Speaking of this, Princess Yu couldn't help but wipe away her tears. She glanced at Qin Xiaoning who was sitting beside her, with a guilty look in her eyes: "It was because of this incident that I was separated from my daughter."