Can this kid please stop talking about such trivial things?
She was going to be killed, and she said it so casually?
"I remember your name is Lin Wanwan?"
"I've changed my surname to Xiao, Xiao Wanwan," she kindly informed Princess Minghui of her new surname.
They even used a royal surname?
Does that mean she's on the royal register?
If she were on the royal jade tablet, she would have hope of leaving the Holy Kingdom and returning to the Xuan Yue Kingdom.
Thinking about it that way.
Princess Minghui knelt down again with a "plop".
"Young Princess, since you are the Regent's daughter, you must also have the Regent's favor. May I ask you to send me back to Xuan Yue Kingdom?"
Then, Princess Minghui recounted her ordeal.
“A year ago, my elder sister and I came here to participate in the God Summoning Conference. On the way back, my elder sister deliberately drugged me and made me unconscious under the pretext of resting on the spot.
"When I woke up, their carriage had already gone far away. I tried to leave, but I didn't dare to go out once I reached the border."
“My elder sister abandoned me here. She must have already set up an ambush on the border of Xuan Yue Kingdom, intending to kill me in Bianjing. In this way, the conflict between the Holy Kingdom and Xuan Yue Kingdom will be even more intense.”
“My father loved the Empress deeply. I died in the Holy Kingdom. If my elder sister wants to avenge the humiliation of the Divine Summoning Conference that day, she will definitely use my death as a pretext to start a war against the Holy Kingdom.”
"At that time, not only will innocent people be injured, but my mother will also hate the Holy Kingdom to the core. She will beg my father to avenge me even at the cost of her life."
“Princess, we cannot allow the Empress and my elder sister to be used as pawns and cause war between the two countries.”
Xiao Wanwan listened quietly to Princess Minghui's analysis.
She was completely different from the Princess Minghui I had met last time.
The last time I saw her, she was timid and cowardly, hesitant in her actions, and submissive in the face of Princess Jiarou's difficult behavior.
When foreign envoys arrived in the capital, Princess Jiarou directly summoned her from her carriage and led her into the palace.
It seems like she's grown up.
"Sister, you seem to have become more powerful since you dressed up as a ghost."
"Huh?" Princess Minghui was bewildered.
She sincerely begged Xiao Wanwan to save her, but the child only focused on how she had changed?
It really feels like punching cotton!
'Coo coo coo...'
Just as Princess Minghui was about to continue pleading, Xiao Wanwan's stomach began to rumble.
Princess Minghui pursed her lips.
Xiao Wanwan said, "Sister, hurry up and roast the sweet potatoes, it's almost dawn..."
Upon hearing Xiao Wanwan's words, Princess Minghui looked up and indeed saw a faint glow appearing on the horizon.
She sighed.
never mind.
Talking to her is pointless; you'd better figure it out yourself.
She picked up the branches from the ground and started roasting sweet potatoes again.
The flames crackled and burned for an unknown amount of time until the rooster crowed, and the people inside the house began to slowly wake up.
"You slept so well." Xiao Chengyun rubbed his eyes and got up from the ground.
"Ah, Miss, Miss is gone!" Hua Xin screamed, startling everyone in the room awake.
Ye Lanyin immediately stood up. "I saw her fall asleep with my own eyes last night, how could she be gone?"
The Regent grabbed the sword beside him, stood up, walked to Xiao Rui'an's side, and searched the room with him.
"Young Master Yao is also missing," Hua Mei exclaimed in alarm.
When General Yao heard this, he turned his head to look in the direction where his son was sleeping, and sure enough, he did not see his unfilial son.
"Where has the unfilial son gone?" He scrambled to his feet, not even bothering to straighten his clothes or comb his hair, before rushing out the door.
"You unfilial son, where are you?"
If anything happens, the lady will skin him alive.
Outside, Princess Minghui held Xiao Wanwan in one arm and fiddled with the nearly burnt-out firewood with the other.
My eyelids closed and opened repeatedly, struggling back and forth all night.
Upon hearing the word "rebellious son," she turned to look at the door.
This sight nearly scared General Yao to death. He immediately drew his sword and pointed it at Princess Minghui, saying:
"Where did this traitor come from? Hand over my son and the young princess at once!!"
Princess Minghui said, "The little princess is asleep in my arms. Will any of you hold her for a bit? My arms are getting tired."
Um?
General Yao's heart skipped a beat.
Not a traitor?
He strode down the steps in two quick steps and came to Princess Minghui's side, raising an eyebrow at the child in her arms.
It really was Xiao Wanwan.
He then snatched Xiao Wanwan directly from Princess Minghui's hands.
"You ugly monster, did you steal my son?"
"Who's ugly?"
The word "ugly monster" made Princess Minghui so angry that she put her hands on her hips and said, "Are you blind?"
"I'm here kindly looking after your children, and you still dare to say I'm ugly?"
"I think your son was driven away by you!!"
"You—" General Yao was speechless for a moment after being rebuked like that.
At this moment, Ye Lanyin heard the commotion and came out of the house. She saw that General Yao was holding her daughter in his arms.
With tears in her eyes, she took it from General Yao's hands.
What's going on?
"Why are you sleeping outside?"
Princess Minghui and General Yao stared at each other for a moment before Princess Minghui replied guiltily, "Madam, your daughter was hungry last night and came out looking for food. She happened to see me roasting sweet potatoes, so she fell asleep here."
When Ye Lanyin saw Princess Minghui's appearance, she was startled, but upon hearing that Princess Minghui had not harmed her daughter, she still politely thanked her.
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