By the time the palace maids had decorated Xiao Wanyin's room, it was already time for dinner.
The queen and the two little girls missed out on a warm and joyful meal.
Xiao Wanyin and Xia Miaoyuan were both lively and cheerful, chatting and laughing while eating.
The queen was unwilling to confine the two children in her place, so she just laughed at them and warned them not to do so in front of other study partners.
After dinner, Xiao Wanyin pestered Xia Miaoyuan to let her ride Maomao.
"You ride it around the palace all day, let me ride it for a bit too!"
Xia Miaoyuan readily agreed: "Okay!"
The palace maid carried Xiao Wanyin onto Maomao's back and strolled slowly in the yard.
Xiao Wanyin grinned happily, "Riding a deer is much better than riding a horse. It's not as tall or scary as a horse. And deer are very docile!"
"Of course! This princess's mount is the best!"
Maomao rolled his eyes at Xia Miaoyuan: Didn’t I say I was your pet? How did I become your mount?
Just when the two sisters were having fun, a eunuch came in hurriedly with a message.
"Empress, there's a letter from Northern Frontier!"
The queen immediately looked serious.
"Present it to me quickly!"
The young eunuch did not dare to delay. He took a few quick steps and handed the letter to Yingxue, who then handed it to the queen.
The queen quickly opened the letter and read it carefully, frowning.
"Whose letter is it? My second brother or my grandfather?" When Xia Miaoyuan heard the letter from Northern Xinjiang, he didn't care about playing with Xiao Wanyin anymore and ran into the house.
Xiao Wanyin also quickly got off the deer and ran in with Xia Miaoyuan.
Two little dolls, one on the left and one on the right, surrounded the queen and looked at the letter.
[Grandmother's condition has worsened!] Xia Miaoyuan's heart tightened when she caught sight of these words.
How could this happen?
Xiao Wanyin is six and a half years old this year. She had already started to learn before entering the palace and could recognize some simple words.
At this time, she had already vaguely understood the words she recognized, and her little face gloomy.
"Does the emperor know?" The queen asked the eunuch who delivered the letter after reading it.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has read the letter and said that everything is up to you."
The letter said that ever since the Queen's sister Xiao Zilan disappeared, Meng had been worried day and night and soon fell ill.
Now, two years have passed, Xiao Zilan has still not been found, and Meng's illness is getting worse.
Now, the doctors of Xiao Lin’s unit are at their wits’ end.
The queen briefly explained the contents of the letter to the two children.
"Will grandma die?" Xiao Wanyin's eyes were red and tears fell drop by drop.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Xia Miaoyuan covered Xiao Wanyin's mouth.
"Grandma is such a good person, she will definitely live a long life."
Xia Miaoyuan's words were meant to comfort the Queen and Xiao Wanyin, as well as to comfort himself.
In the book, the entire Xiao family had a miserable death.
The entire Xiaolin tribe was massacred overnight by the imperial court on charges of rebellion.
Xiao Tiehan, Meng, and those uncles, cousins, all had their heads cut off and hung on flagpoles for public display.
All of Xia Miaoyuan's relatives died tragically in that massacre.
At that time, the empress, the crown prince and the second prince were all killed. Emperor Mingxi was poisoned and lay in the Qianqing Palace like a puppet, at the mercy of others.
Grand Tutor Jiang controls the government and has absolute power.
In order to prevent Xiao Lin's tribe from speaking up for the Queen and the Crown Prince, he took the initiative to attack, forged evidence, and reported that Xiao Lin's tribe had rebellious intentions and attempted to lead the army to attack Daxia.
Afterwards, Grand Tutor Jiang pretended to send an envoy to Xiao Lin's tribe to verify the situation.
The Xiao Lin tribe believed it to be true, entertained the envoy warmly, and tried to clear their name. However, they found out that it was a lie and the real intention was to wipe out the Xiao Lin tribe.
The envoys put drugs in the tea, poisoning Xiao Tiehan and several of his sons. Then, the followers drew their swords and shouted that Xiao Tiehan was trying to murder the envoys and rebel against Daxia, and began killing.
The large army that had been lying in ambush outside also filed in. Overnight, all the members of the Xiaolin tribe died.
Only a few clever ones escaped.
Recalling this passage in the book, Xia Miaoyuan felt heartbroken.
The Queen and Xiao Wanyin both bit their lips tightly, their faces gloomy. They had heard Xia Miaoyuan's thoughts clearly.
The Queen was better off, as she had heard her daughter briefly talk about it before, but not in such detail as today.
Xiao Wanyin was greatly shocked. She covered her mouth tightly, threw herself into the queen's arms, and cried silently.
In her life experience of more than six years, she had never heard such a tragic story. Moreover, the people in the story were her own family, and the dead were her relatives.
Cousin Miaoer is a little fairy, she will definitely be able to protect everyone.
Xiao Wanyin repeated this in her heart over and over again, comforting herself.
"Mother, let's bring grandma over!" Xia Miaoyuan said seriously.
"We have Aunt Yin, the miraculous doctor, as well as so many imperial doctors and precious medicinal herbs. We will definitely be able to cure grandma."
The queen touched Xia Miaoyuan's head with satisfaction: "Miao'er has really grown up."
"In fact, the Queen Mother also has this intention."
That night, the Queen issued an imperial decree, sending people to the northern border to bring Meng to the capital for treatment.
Emperor Mingxi fully supported the Queen's plan and even assigned a hundred of his own secret guards to go with her.
After all, there is still a war in the northern border. The Meng family is such an important person, we must prevent other tribes from taking advantage of the opportunity to do harm.
Everything was arranged properly. The queen comforted the two children and then everyone went to bed.
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