Chapter 1642 — Let's Go Take a Look First
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In the Hidden Tang family, Bingtang came and went as she pleased. While she was in residence, the eldest branch's young madam could only go on living in the cold palace, and for that, Tang the Head had made a special trip to soothe her for a good long while!
As for Xiaoming, she was Bingtang's aunt after all, so she would certainly have some standing in the Hidden Tang family from now on—though it would never be as high as had once been promised.
But Xiaoming had never been one to scramble for fame and gain. These days, apart from chatting with Bingtang each day, she spent most of her time sitting in her room, quietly picturing her daughter's face...
"Aunt!" Bingtang stepped into Xiaoming's room.
"Bingtang, you've come!" Xiaoming had grown familiar with her over these days. The awe she had once felt for the Ice Palace's master was gone; she simply treated her as a younger member of the family, and the two had grown all the closer.
"Mmm, Aunt, I want to go and see my parents first. Will you come with me?" Having been Palace Master for years, Bingtang was brisk and decisive; whatever came into her mind she carried out at once, without dithering.
"Ah?" Xiaoming was taken aback. She had not expected Bingtang to propose such a thing, and her heart was at once filled with joy and with fear—joy that she might see her sister and her daughter sooner, fear that if her sister knew she had come to take her child away, would she be glad of it?
In truth, Xiaoming meant to follow her daughter's wishes: if her daughter chose to stay at her sister's side, she would never stand in the way. So long as her daughter acknowledged her as her mother, she would be happy!
"Aunt, set your mind at ease. To be honest, my own heart is uneasy too. So once we get there, let us take a secret look first, and when we are more familiar, then we'll go and make ourselves known?" Bingtang said.
"That will do. Then it's settled!" Hearing Bingtang's plan, Xiaoming breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in agreement.
"Then I'll go ask Old Man Tang for the address and the names!" Seeing that Xiaoming had agreed, Bingtang drifted off to Old Master Tang to ask for her birth parents' names and address.
How would Old Master Tang dare breathe a word of refusal? He hurriedly had Uncle Da dig out the information and hand it to Bingtang, and then Bingtang fetched Xiaoming and together they came to the guest courtyard.
"Xiaoxiao, where is Wei Zhao? Is it far from the city where my parents are?" Bingtang asked Feng Xiaoxiao, papers in hand. "My parents live in Songshan City..."
"Huh?" Feng Xiaoxiao's eyes went wide at her words. "No way? Songshan City too? What a coincidence—my hubby Wei Zhao is in Songshan City!"
"Really?" Bingtang was astonished as well. She had never asked where Feng Xiaoxiao's home was, since such things did not matter to her, and it had never come up when they chatted. Later, Feng Xiaoxiao had been busy with her training and had said even less about the city she grew up in—and now it turned out there was such a coincidence!
"That's wonderful!" Feng Xiaoxiao said. "Now this really is on the way—practically the very same road!"
"Indeed, I never would have guessed." Bingtang nodded. "Then tomorrow we'll pack up and make ready to set out." (Chapter 4 will be a little late.)