Because the Zoo was built in the northeast corner of the palace, the carriage arrived there in less than an incense stick of time after leaving the palace gate.

The Zoo covers a large area. In addition to the enclosures for various animals, there are also many trees, flowers and plants, and the environment is particularly beautiful.

The queen was thoughtful and specially prepared a sedan chair for easy travel, and also brought a small wicker cart for Xia Miaoyuan.

The cart is made of tough rattan. It is sturdy and cool for children to sit on, making it especially suitable for use in hot summer.

The nanny pushed Xia Miaoyuan in a wicker cart and followed slowly behind the queen.

Xia Miaoyuan sat in the car, breathing the fresh air in the garden and feeling the early autumn breeze, feeling very comfortable.

"Push it for me, push it for me, I want to push my sister." The fifth prince suddenly squeezed over and asked the nanny to let him push the rattan cart.

"Madame Sun, just give it to him." The Queen was very pleased to see that the Fifth Prince had been close and friendly to Xia Miaoyuan in recent days.

"Chengshun, you have to be steady and careful." Concubine Shu warned worriedly.

"I know!" The fifth prince agreed loudly and grabbed the handle of the rattan cart.

[Hey, little fool is here to push the cart? ]

Xia Miaoyuan turned his head and glared at the fifth prince fiercely.

[How dare you get so close to me? You didn't keep your word. You said you'd take me to see the Empress Dowager's secrets, but nothing happened.]

Xia Miaoyuan babbled at the fifth prince.

"Is my sister angry with me?" The fifth prince moved his head closer to Xia Miaoyuan and lowered his voice.

[Huh? Lao Wu can actually understand what I mean?!]

Xia Miaoyuan was shocked.

The fifth prince deliberately slowed down his pace and fell behind the crowd.

"The last time I came to see you, I wanted to tell you that the Empress Dowager was in a bad mood and said she didn't want to see the mysterious man anymore."

"Before I could tell you, my father spanked me." The fifth prince said with aggrieved tone.

"Sister, please don't blame me. It's not that I don't keep my word."

[Wow, it seems the Fifth Prince isn't stupid after all. He actually figured out what I meant by looking at my expression!]

Xia Miaoyuan exclaimed.

[Since you're so smart, I'll call you Fifth Brother from now on.]

The Fifth Prince: Hehe, I am such a clever little boy.

The queen and her entourage, led by a eunuch named Xiao Shengzi who was in charge of the garden, first came to the pen of the strange foreign sheep.

"My dear ladies and gentlemen, this is the strange sheep that Lord Pei brought from the outer vassal state a few days ago," Xiao Shengzi introduced.

When Xia Miaoyuan heard about the strange sheep from the foreign vassal state, he stretched his neck and looked into the sheep pen.

Unfortunately, the vine cart was a little low and I couldn’t see anything.

"Sister, let me hold you." The fifth prince carried her out of the carriage.

【Fifth brother is awesome! 】

Xia Miaoyuan smiled happily.

【It seems like Fifth Brother has changed for the better.】

Seeing this, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince rushed to hug their sister.

"Xiaowu, you are not strong enough and you won't be able to hold me in a while." The second prince stretched out his hand.

"How could that be? I'm very strong and can carry him." The fifth prince insisted.

The Crown Prince and the Second Prince had no choice but to give up.

[Woqu, is this the foreign monster sheep? ]

Xia Miaoyuan rolled his eyes.

Inside the enclosure, eight curly-haired animals of different colors were leisurely basking in the sun.

They have no horns on their heads, have curved necks, plump bodies, and mouths very much like camels.

[Isn’t this just an alpaca?] Xia Miaoyuan complained in his heart.

"My dear friends, this strange sheep from the foreign vassal state is also called a camel sheep locally. It is docile in nature and lives on vegetarianism. Its hair is curly and very interesting," Xiao Shengzi introduced.

Xia Miaoyuan was just complaining when he heard a gentle female voice.

"Your servant pays respects to the Empress, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Majesty the Consort, and the Second Prince!"

Xia Miaoyuan raised her eyes and saw a girl in a rose-red dress standing opposite the queen, bowing and saluting.

"You are?" The queen blinked awkwardly.

She really couldn't recognize whose family the woman in front of her was from.

"Sister, she is the second daughter of Marquis Wenxin, Qian Yuejiao." Concubine Shu gently pulled the queen's sleeve and reminded her in a low voice.

"I heard that a strange sheep from foreign vassal states had just arrived at the Zoo, so I came to see it specially. I didn't expect to meet the Queen and His Highness. It's really a coincidence." Qian Yuejiao said in a gentle voice.

[What a coincidence? Do you believe this?]

Xia Miaoyuan curled her lips.

[I remember you. Aren't you the Qian Yuejiao in the book who took aphrodisiacs to get ahead?]

Taking aphrodisiac to get high? !

What is going on?

The Queen, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and the Fifth Prince all had expressions that looked like they were waiting to see what was happening.

[You were originally betrothed by your father to the son of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, but before the wedding could take place, Old Man Jiang usurped the throne.]

[In order to climb up the social ladder, you spread rumors that the son of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery had a hidden illness, breaking off the engagement with him.]

"Back then, when Old Man Jiang became emperor, you thought he would definitely make his eldest son, Jiang Zhiyuan, the crown prince. To secure the throne, you actually gave Jiang Zhiyuan, who was about the same age as your father, an aphrodisiac."

[The rice has been cooked, Jiang Zhiyuan has no choice but to take you into his palace and make you the prince's concubine.]

"But you're so clever and calculating. How could you have imagined that Jiang Zhiyuan wasn't Old Man Jiang's biological son, but was actually the child of his wife and the housekeeper?"

[Old Man Jiang knew the truth a long time ago, so how could he make him the crown prince? ]

[Not long after, Jiang Zhiyuan was poisoned to death by Old Man Jiang, and you became a widow before you were 20.]

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