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Chapter 519 Something always seems to happen.

Are you and your niece close?

Mrs. Cheng shook her head. "Sometimes when she goes back to my mother's place for holidays, we only see each other once. We're not that close."

"Then this matter will be difficult. If Madam Cheng wants to save your niece, she can only be saved if she makes amends. It also depends on how much she can vomit up."

Mrs. Cheng felt somewhat desperate, but still asked with a try-it-and-see attitude, "May I see her?"

Du Mingxian hesitated for a moment, "I need to ask about this matter. Madam Cheng, please go back first. I will send someone to find you if there is any news."

"Okay, thank you, Madam." After saying that, Madam Cheng placed the box in her hand on the table and left. Du Mingxian glanced at it but did not say anything.

Xiangyang asked from the side, "Does Madam really want to help this Madam Cheng?"

"Helping her is also helping the adults. If Madam Cheng's niece is willing to listen to advice and can vomit more, it's no big deal to lend a hand."

Xiangyang strongly agreed.

Du Mingxian stood up abruptly. She had originally planned to go directly to Ling Silang, but after hesitating, she decided against it. It wouldn't be appropriate for her to keep going to his office to look for him. Anyway, the matter wasn't urgent, so she would wait until tonight.

"Let's go for a walk. I've been feeling much better lately."

Xiangyang was anxious when he heard this, but he didn't try to dissuade her. It was a good thing for the lady to go out for a stroll, but they should be extra careful.

After leaving the mansion, the group strolled around the streets without taking a carriage.

To avoid being recognized, Du Mingxian made a special change, so even if Ling Silang stood in front of her now, he would probably have a hard time recognizing her.

The most enjoyable thing about shopping is buying things. Du Mingxian has plenty of money and is happy to buy something of everything she sees. Before they knew it, Xiangyang and Xia Yu were carrying quite a few things.

"Madam, shall we continue shopping?"

"Let's go shopping." Du Mingxian had just finished speaking when she saw a familiar figure. "Xia Yu, look, isn't that Yu Dabao?"

All three of them saw it and exclaimed, "It really is Yu Dabao!"

"He's supposed to be followed by someone, but I don't see anyone." Xiangyang asked, somewhat surprised.

Xia Yu explained, "If I follow quietly, and everyone can see me, wouldn't I be discovered?"

Xiang Yang secretly stuck out her tongue. She came from the Wen family and only knew martial arts. Unlike Xia Yu and the others, who were trained in the secret guard camp and whose abilities far surpassed his.

Du Mingxian didn't say anything and kept walking forward until she turned her head and saw the teahouse where Yu Dabao was. She turned around and stepped inside.

Yu Dabao was sitting on the first floor, seemingly just out for a cup of tea.

Du Mingxian didn't go up either. She found a seat next to Yu Dabao and asked the waiter to bring melon seeds and tea. Xiang Yang and Xia Yu also sat down.

The group started chatting, but their eyes never left Yu Dabao.

After a long while, Yu Dabao left a silver note on the table and left. But Du Mingxian, who was close by, clearly saw a small note underneath the silver note.

Du Mingxian and the others didn't move. Soon, the waiter came over, collected the silver notes, cleaned up the teapot and other things, and took them to the backyard.

Before Du Mingxian could make any arrangements, Xia Yu quietly followed along on her own.

Du Mingxian and Xiangyang remained motionless, waiting for a long time without Xia Yu returning. Xiangyang pretended to go to the outhouse and went to look around the back, but couldn't find her.

Knowing that Xia Yu was no longer in the teahouse, Du Mingxian quietly led Xiang Yang away when there were many people around.

After leaving, the two went straight home, having lost all interest in shopping.

Back home, Du Mingxian waited and waited for Xia Yu to return, but he didn't come back, which made her a little anxious.

When Ling Silang returned from the front, Du Mingxian was still waiting for someone.

"She should be fine. Xia Yu might be chasing after someone or keeping watch. She'll come back if she gets any news, or she'll try to contact someone else."

"I hope so." Du Mingxian felt that her emotions had been rather unstable lately. "By the way, Madam Cheng came to see me today and said that the girl you arrested is her niece from her maternal family."

"Oh." Ling Silang made no attempt to hide anything from Du Mingxian. "She's the one who tricked Young Master Zhao into letting her stay at her house. I already asked her today, but the girl didn't say a word."

"What are you going to do?"

"We'll use torture tomorrow. The only way to find out who's behind this is for her to talk. If she doesn't talk, things will make no progress."

"Today, Mrs. Cheng wanted to see her niece, but I declined, saying that I couldn't make that decision for her and that I would have to ask her first before giving her a reply."

Ling Silang pondered for a moment and then said, "Let them meet, but our people need to keep an eye on them. If Madam Cheng can persuade them successfully like Aunt Liu, it will save us a lot of trouble."

"Then I'll have Xiangyang send a message over tomorrow and see if she can come and persuade them successfully."

Du Mingxian recounted everything that Madam Cheng had said today, saying, "I suspect her maternal family didn't treat her very well. A young girl with an unstable mind is capable of anything."

"Regardless of all that, the best we can do is find out where those children are. If we really can't, then this is all we can do. We'll just have to do our best."

Du Mingxian felt a pang of heartache thinking of Yu Zhaoxian and Yu Pandi. "I hope they can be caught. I hope all those children are alright."

"Yu Dabao contacting someone at this time is very likely to be the former county magistrate."

Du Mingxian felt her heart beat faster. "The former magistrate worked for Prince Ming. Could we use Yu Dabao to track down the former magistrate's movements and find evidence of Prince Ming's illegal activities?"

"It's possible, but I don't have high hopes. There's a big game going on behind this, and it's not something that can be easily exposed."

"That's natural."

The next morning, Xia Yu still hadn't returned, and Du Mingxian was very anxious. Ling Silang could only suggest sending some people out to try and contact Xia Yu.

Meanwhile, Du Mingxian had Xiangyang make a trip to the Cheng family. Madam Cheng was overjoyed upon hearing the news and immediately came over with Xiangyang.

Du Mingxian accompanied Madam Cheng to the prison as usual.

Madam Cheng's situation is vastly different from that of Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu has been raising Young Master Zhao since he was a child, and she still treats him like her own son. Therefore, Young Master Zhao listens to Aunt Liu and he listens to whatever she says.

Madam Cheng was quite unfamiliar with this niece from her maternal family. Standing outside the prison cell, she felt awkward, unsure whether to approach her or stay away, and didn't know how to start a conversation.

Inside the cell, the girl glanced at Madam Cheng, then kept her eyes closed and said nothing, as if Madam Cheng didn't exist.

Seeing her niece like this, Madam Cheng was heartbroken. "Miaomiao, I'm your aunt!"

Guo Miaomiao didn't react much; she just opened her eyes, glanced at the scene, and then closed them again.

"Miaomiao, tell us everything you know, and the adults will clear your name. Your grandmother is waiting for you to come home."