The queen bit her lip hard, her eyes full of hatred. "Empress Dowager and Concubine Jiang, you are such a good pair of aunt and niece, but you have such vicious hearts. I have never meant to harm anyone, but you are determined to put me to death."
The hatred rising in my heart instantly formed a powerful force.
The Queen stood up straight, holding her daughter in her arms, and said in a deep voice: "What happened today is strange. We can't just sit there and wait for death. We should hurry back to the palace to avoid any more trouble."
Sang Qi and Yingxue both looked puzzled, but seeing the queen's determined expression, they didn't ask any more questions.
The Queen then asked Sangqi to take out a smoke bomb and send a signal towards the sky.
Three hours later, the queen and her entourage returned to the palace in a tattered carriage, looking exhausted.
In a moment, the news that the queen had returned safely to the palace with the newborn princess spread to the Qianqing Palace.
At this moment, Emperor Xia Zhengqi of the Great Xia Kingdom was pacing anxiously like an ant on a hot pan.
Upon hearing the good news, his tense heartstrings suddenly broke, his legs suddenly went weak and he almost fell down. Fortunately, Debao helped him sit down.
After calming down, Xia Zhengqi was so happy that tears came out: "As long as the queen is okay, it's good. As long as the child is okay, it's good."
The next morning, in Kunning Palace, Xia Ruonan had just finished feeding when she was held in the Queen's arms: "Mother's little darling, you are such a beautiful little girl."
[Ah, my queen mother is hugging me and smiling. She is so beautiful. I really want to kiss her!]
This is the first time that Xia Ruonan has carefully observed the queen's appearance since she was born into this world.
The woman in front of me had a face that showed peace and prosperity, and there was a heroic spirit between her eyebrows.
The Empress' maiden name was Xiao Ruoyu, and she was originally the daughter of the chieftain of the Xiaolin tribe in northern Xinjiang. She grew up on horseback and had a very good physique.
After a night's rest, her face had regained 80% of its color.
When the queen heard her daughter's thoughts, the corners of her mouth rose and her lips gently pressed against the little princess's forehead.
"Oh, is the little princess awake? Let me hold her in my arms!" Everyone only heard a cheerful male voice.
Everyone looked towards the door and saw the emperor striding into the inner room, followed by the eunuch Debao.
The palace maids and nannies in the room hurriedly saluted the emperor.
Before the Queen could salute, Xia Zhengqi said, "Queen, there's no need to salute." Then he took his daughter and held her in his arms.
The Queen smiled and said, "Your Majesty has longed for a daughter for over ten years. Now your wish has finally come true. Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
Xia Zhengqi looked at the queen affectionately: "Ruoyu, you have suffered. The critical situation yesterday... I can't even imagine it."
"Your Majesty, everything is over. You see, I am fine. This shows that our little princess is a lucky star." The queen held the emperor's hand and smiled.
"Ruoyu is right, our daughter must be a lucky star." Xia Zhengqi looked at the little princess's face and smiled with tears in his eyes.
"The Emperor, please give the little princess a name. She hasn't chosen a name yet," Debao suggested.
“Okay, okay!”
Xia Zhengqi pondered for a moment and said, "Born in a carriage, premature but safe and healthy, this is wonderful. And you are my first daughter, so I will call you Miaoyuan, Xia Miaoyuan. And you will be named Princess Anguo." Xia Zhengqi looked at his daughter's pink face with a doting look.
"I thank Your Majesty on behalf of the princess."
[Wow, Xia Miaoyuan, I love this name! It's a million times better than "Ruonan" from my previous life! Emperor dad is awesome!]
The smile on Xia Zhengqi's face froze instantly. What was that sound?
He quietly observed the Empress, the eunuchs, and the palace maids, and found that everyone looked normal. Could it be that I was frightened yesterday and hallucinated?
Xia Zhengqi pretended to be calm as he continued his announcement: "I will reward the Queen with a string of oriental pearls, a pair of jade ruyi, a hundred taels of gold, and a pair of three-foot red corals. I will also add six maids and six eunuchs to the Queen's palace to look after the little princess."
He raised his eyes and continued, "Debao, ask the treasure room if the set of gold baby jewelry I ordered them to make half a year ago is finished? Have them add a gold necklace and a longevity locket inlaid with gold and jade. Have them choose a piece of the finest mutton-fat jade from the treasure house. They should also make a set of jewelry with gemstones for the princess. I will also give her a bucket of pearls as a soothing gift."
[Wow! Pure natural pearls! A complete set of gold jewelry! And a top-grade mutton-fat jade longevity locket! And gemstones! Roar, roar, roar, I'm rich! Long live the Emperor!]
Xia Miaoyuan danced with joy, but she was just a little baby and could only wave her two little hands as hard as she could.
He heard it again, he really heard it again, and he was sure that it was the sound coming from his daughter. Xia Zhengqi was instantly panicked.
Oh, it's the voice of my daughter. He suddenly realized.
Xia Zhengqi stole a glance at the empress and saw that she looked normal. He couldn't help but feel secretly delighted: Hahaha, it seems that I am the only one who can hear it. I am worthy of being the true dragon emperor. I can actually hear my daughter's voice. This is destiny.
"My Miaoyuan is so beautiful. Look at her eyebrows, she looks like me, and her lips are like the queen. God has been kind to me, giving me such a lovely princess." Xia Zhengqi pretended to be nothing.
"Your Majesty prays for the harem to give birth to a princess every year. Your sincerity must have moved the heavens." Debao hurriedly flattered him.
The palace maids and eunuchs also echoed.
"I've been married for nineteen years and have given birth to eight princes. It's really not easy to finally give birth to a princess. My Miaoyuan, grow up quickly. I will give you the best."
[Alas, such a good emperor father, but unfortunately he was killed by someone after 5 years. His body was kept for over a year until it became smelly before he was buried.]
What? Killed five years later?
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