Yao Jinse smiled meaningfully, "Oh, I forgot to tell the Empress Dowager that I was actually born in the capital."
The Queen Mother was stunned.
Yao Jinse glanced at the Empress Dowager, seeming quite interested in her reaction. She continued, "When I was little, I lived in a village outside Beijing. I didn't move to Yangzhou until I was 14."
Yao Jinse's eyes were sinister and a bit amusement-filled. The Empress Dowager seemed frightened by her eyes and stood there in a daze.
The palace maids and eunuchs who were seven or eight steps away saw the empress dowager stop beside honeysuckle, and mistakenly thought that their master was admiring honeysuckle. Fearing that they would be scolded, they also stopped.
They couldn't hear the conversation between Yao Jinse and the Empress Dowager at all.
"I have known since I was young that I am different from other children." Yao Jinse said this while observing the Empress Dowager's reaction.
"Other children have parents who love them and may scold them, but whenever they come home, there's always a hot meal for them."
Yao Jinse gave a bitter smile: "But it's different for me. My parents scold me and often beat me while scolding me."
"As soon as I could speak fluently, I started helping with housework. If I didn't do my job well, I would often go hungry and cold."
"People in the village called me an unwanted bastard behind my back. Even if my parents heard it, they never cared and just let it go."
The Empress Dowager's face looked very ugly, and her lips were trembling slightly, as if she wanted to say something but was deliberately restraining herself.
"What parent doesn't love their own child? Aren't they your biological parents?" The Queen Mother suppressed her turbulent emotions and asked calmly.
Yao Jinse bit her lips angrily, as if she was also suppressing her pain.
"Maybe. They do love their son, a brother two years older than me."
She paused and continued, "In the early winter of the year when I was thirteen, I was washing clothes by the river. The icy water cut my hands like knives. They hurt so much and were so cold that I almost lost all feeling."
"The children in the village are all playing. It's almost New Year, and their parents have made them new clothes and bought them new toys."
"They deliberately took their new toys and ran to show them off in front of me. I ignored them, so they took the firecrackers apart, lit them one by one, and threw them at me."
The Empress Dowager clenched her hands tightly in her wide sleeves, as if venting her emotions, but she tried to keep her face calm.
"They..." The Queen Mother's tone was a little difficult, "How could they be so mean! Are you hurt?"
Yao Jinse's eyes were a little red, but she tried to smile and said, "I was so scared that I fell into the river."
The Empress Dowager's heart tightened, "What happened next?"
"The river water was so cold. I struggled desperately, but soon a lot of water filled up my body and I felt frozen all over."
"After a while, I couldn't even scream anymore, and I didn't know anything after that."
"When I woke up again, I was already lying at home." Yao Jinse spoke vividly, which was very contagious.
These experiences were indeed what Yao Jinse had personally experienced, but to be precise, these were the experiences of the original owner, not the experiences of her as a time traveler.
Ever since the original owner fell into the water at the age of thirteen, he was traveled through time by a modern person. However, the traveler can only feel the original owner's past memories.
Yao Jinse lowered her head and couldn't help but curl her lips in pride.
My acting skills are really good. I can rely on those few memories to tell the tragic experience as if it really happened to me.
"You are so lucky!" The Empress Dowager's eyes were a little red.
"Jinse, what is the name of the village where you grew up?" The Empress Dowager stepped forward and suddenly grabbed Yao Jinse's hand.
"Maixiangyuan." Yao Jinse's tone was light.
The Empress Dowager felt her blood rushing up and her mind went blank.
"What? Maixiang Garden?! Is it the Maixiang Garden at the foot of Erquan Mountain in the suburbs of Beijing?" The Empress Dowager asked, her face full of shock and pain.
"Yes, that's it." Yao Jinse's tone was still calm, but her eyes were complicated.
The Queen Mother felt her legs go weak, and she quickly grabbed the trunk of the honeysuckle tree to avoid falling.
Maixiang Garden at the foot of Erquan Mountain is the Jiang family's farm.
That year, after she gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, she was sent to the farm by the Jiang family before the baby was even a month old.
The Empress Dowager quickly calmed herself down, stood up straight, and took Yao Jinse's left hand.
She pulled up Yao Jinse's sleeve, revealing a red birthmark on her forearm.
"It's really you!" The Empress Dowager could no longer control her tears, which rolled down like beads from a broken string.
She clearly remembered that the child had a red birthmark on his left forearm.
Yao Jinse's eyes were red and tears welled up in them, but she didn't cry. She smiled sinisterly and said, "Yes, it's me."
"It's really not easy for you to still remember this birthmark."
The Queen Mother bit her lips painfully, trying hard not to cry out.
Then, she took out a handkerchief, quickly wiped away her tears, and whispered, "This is not the place to talk. Let's go back to the palace and talk slowly."
She was the Empress Dowager of Da Xia. If the fact that she had an affair with someone before marriage and gave birth to an illegitimate daughter were to be exposed, she would probably be drowned in the spit of the people of Da Xia.
…
There were only Yao Jinse and the Empress Dowager in the inner chamber of Shoukang Palace.
"Daughter, I'm sorry for you. I will satisfy you with whatever you want!"
In a private setting, the Queen Mother could no longer hold back her tears.
She cried inconsolably and hugged Yao Jinse tightly in her arms.
Yao Jinse curled her lips in disgust.
If this old woman wasn't useful to me, I really wanted to push her away.
"I want to be a princess!" Yao Jinse said coldly.
This rude request was like a bucket of cold water, instantly clearing up the empress dowager's confused thoughts.
"Princess?!" The Queen Mother was so surprised that her mouth was wide open.
"My child, I know I owe you a great deal. Even if I gave you all my wealth and glory, it would not be enough to make up for your pain."
"But, Princess, this is too much to ask."
Yao Jinse gently pushed the Empress Dowager away, looked directly into her eyes and said, "The Empress Dowager's daughter is the princess of Daxia. Isn't this only natural?"
The Empress Dowager shook her head in embarrassment: "But...but..."
Yao Jinse smiled contemptuously: "But my biological father is not the late emperor. Is that what you want to say?"
The Queen Mother lowered her head in embarrassment.
She really wanted to say this, but was afraid of angering Yao Jinse.
The Empress Dowager was silent for a while and looked at Yao Jinse in confusion.
She really couldn't understand why her illegitimate daughter went to great lengths to enter the palace and recognize her.
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