Chapter 1: Xiaojiu is weird
"Why did you drag me to this barren place so early in the morning?"
On a summer day, early in the morning, in the Dasheng harem, outside the remote Miaoyunxuan, two princesses were pulling each other.
The fifteen-year-old Seventh Princess was sleepy and very impatient.
The fourteen-year-old Eighth Princess was mysterious and whispered, "There's something strange about Xiaojiu."
The Seventh Princess opened her eyes a little wider. "What's strange?"
"Xiaojiu..." The Eighth Princess opened her mouth to speak, but she could only utter "Xiaojiu" and no more sound came out.
She spread her hands and said helplessly: "You see, I am speechless when I talk about this, otherwise I would have told you a long time ago."
"You are just being mysterious." The Seventh Princess rolled her eyes. "I was reading a storybook until the early morning last night. I am so sleepy. I want to go back to sleep."
The Eighth Princess held her with both hands and said earnestly, "Seventh Sister, believe me, Xiaojiu is much more interesting than the storybook."
Thinking of the three-year-old Xiaojiu, the Seventh Princess looked disdainful and said, "That little fat girl can't even speak clearly. Apart from being a little fun to pinch, what else is there to interest her in?" Having said that, she was about to leave again.
Seeing that she could no longer hold him back, the Eighth Princess stamped her feet anxiously, "If you come with me, I will find you three more books, no, five more."
The Seventh Princess looked at the Eighth Princess sideways, not quite believing it. "You are lying to me again. I paid the full price for the book The Pretty Widow and the Hunter last time, but you still haven't given it to me."
Seeing that she was relenting, the Eighth Princess dragged her towards Miaoyunxuan and said, "I won't lie to you this time. I will deliver the goods in ten days at the latest, and I will give you an 80% discount."
The Seventh Princess accepted it reluctantly: "Then I want another one about the fox spirit and the scholar."
The Eighth Princess nodded frantically: "Yes, yes, yes, all."
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Not long after, two people walked out of Miaoyunxuan, holding a pair of delicate and beautiful milk dumplings in their hands.
The baby walking in the middle, wearing a pink skirt and with two small buns on her hair, is the youngest ninth princess of the dynasty, three-year-old Ji Jinyou.
Ji Jinyou was short and plump, and he had to stretch his short legs as far as he could to keep up with the other two people.
At the age of three, he needed a lot of sleep every day. Being woken up from bed so early, Ji Jinyou was so sleepy that he yawned repeatedly with tears in his eyes.
She raised her chubby little face and looked at the Seventh Princess on the left, then at the Eighth Princess on the right, feeling confused and puzzled.
The Seventh Princess was born to the Empress Dowager, the Eighth Princess was born to a Royal Consort who was also the Vice Empress, and she was born to the unfavored Concubine Ru. Although they were all princesses, they were not of the same level at all.
Besides, they were much older than her and they couldn't play together at all.
In the past, when the Seventh Princess and the Eighth Princess saw her, they basically never spoke to her except for rubbing her face and pinching her hands.
What's wrong with him today? He came over to play with her so early in the morning and even said he would take her to eat something delicious.
There must be something wrong when things are abnormal, Ji Jinyou is alert.
But before he was alert for a while, he became dazed, and his round little head started to move.
She was so sleepy that if two people hadn't held her on both sides, she would have just fallen to the ground.
Ji Jinyou couldn't see that above her head, the Seventh Princess and the Eighth Princess were communicating silently with lip language.
The Seventh Princess pointed at the crooked little baby who was about to fall asleep on the floor and said, "Is this what you call fun?"
The Eighth Princess raised her hand and tapped her ear: "Don't talk, listen."
The Seventh Princess rolled her eyes and said, "I've been listening for so long and heard nothing. I might as well go back to sleep."
The two were arguing silently when a childish voice was heard.
[Tong, I'm so sleepy. Do you know why the seventh and eighth sisters are suddenly so abnormal? ]
Then, a young man's voice sounded, and the tone sounded a little strange.
[My poor Youzi, I don’t know, maybe it’s because you are so cute.]
The Seventh Princess' eyes suddenly widened, and the drowsiness brought by staying up late disappeared in an instant.
She looked around, but apart from the three of them and a few palace maids following them from a distance, there was no one else on the narrow path, let alone any young men.
She looked at the Eighth Princess with a look of disbelief and asked silently, "Was it Xiaojiu who was speaking just now?"
The Eighth Princess shrugged her shoulders, looked smug, and replied with her lips: "See, I told you there was something strange."
The Seventh Princess pointed at her own mouth and said, "I haven't seen Little Nine open her mouth, how did she say that? Also, who is this man named Tong Tong who is talking to her?"
The Eighth Princess shook her head: "I don't know either, that's why I asked you to come."
The two were communicating quietly when they heard Xiaojiu's soft, baby voice again.
[Tong, including today, how many days can I live? ]
System: [More than two months, to be precise, sixty-eight days.]
The seventh princess and the eighth princess looked at each other in shock.
There are still sixty-eight days left and Xiaojiu will die?
What's going on? How come no one has ever heard of such a big thing?
Is she seriously ill? But she is fine now. Just now in Miaoyunxuan, I didn't see Rupin doing anything unusual. She even smiled and sent them out.
Also, this guy called Tongtong, is he a god or Prince Yan? Is he so powerful that he can even calculate the day of death so accurately?
Could it be that Xiaojiu was possessed by something unclean? But it doesn't look like that.
The two were shocked and full of doubts.
Then the little girl sighed in a stern voice: [Hey, you say, is there really no way I can save him? ]
System: [You have tried everything. Don't be sad, Youzi. If you die, my trial period will be over. When I officially go online, I will apply to my superiors to see if I can take you with me. If I can, I will apply to take you to a place where you can live longer.]
The Seventh Princess and the Eighth Princess looked at each other in confusion, neither of them understood what Tong Tong was talking about.
Ji Jinyou thought about the past few days and realized that all her efforts were in vain, so she accepted her fate.
[That's all I can do. I'd better make the most of my time and eat more delicious food. Who knows if there will be a next time? Even if there is a next time, who knows where it will go.]
Seeing the little girl's face wrinkled into a bun, she looked a little decadent, the system couldn't bear it and quickly changed the topic: [Youzi, do you want to listen to today's plot? ]
Ji Jinyou became more excited: [Listen, what is going to happen today? ]
A few people were talking as they passed by the Jade Palace.
The palace gate opened and two concubines walked out arm in arm. They were Yue Guiren and Fang Guiren, who lived in the Zhaiyu Palace. They were preparing to pay their respects to the Empress in the palace.
When the two groups met, they greeted each other according to the rules.
The system's voice suddenly became excited: [Youzi, let's not talk about today's plot first, let's talk about this pair of loving sisters first, okay? ]
The system is so excited, there must be some gossip. Ji Jinyou is no longer sleepy, her eyes light up: [Okay.]
The eighth princess' eyes lit up, and she winked at the seventh princess who didn't understand what was going on, and mouthed, "There's going to be something interesting."
No one at the scene opened their mouths, but they heard someone talking out of nowhere, especially a man's voice. Yue Guiren and Fang Guiren were both startled and looked around hurriedly.
At this moment, the man spoke again.
[These two sisters seem to be as close as one person, but no one knows that the last time Yue Guiren had allergies and had pimples all over her body, she missed the opportunity to go hunting with her companions, and it was because Fang Guiren secretly sprinkled medicine powder on her clothes.]
Noble Yue was terribly shocked and glared at Noble Fang fiercely, his eyes looking like they were about to spit fire.
Bitch, it's you! ?
No wonder she suddenly broke out in a rash, causing His Majesty to look disgusted and directly kick her off the dragon chariot. He did not summon her for several months afterwards.
Fanggui looked away guiltily, not meeting her gaze.
The seventh princess and the eighth princess looked at each other, gossip ignited in their eyes.
Ji Jinyou was too short and tired to look up, so he lowered his head after taking a look. [Doesn't Yue Guiren know? ]
System: [I don’t know. Lady Fang pretended very well and actively helped her find the murderer behind the scene. Who knew that she actually did it herself.]
Ji Jinyou: [That noble lady Yue is also quite pathetic. She treated noble lady Fang as a sister, but she never expected that she would harm people behind their backs.]
System: [It's not that tragic. You don't know that when Concubine Fang was dancing at the Dragon Boat Festival banquet, her skirt tore and she lost face in front of the emperor. It was Concubine Yue who secretly tampered with her.]
This time, it was Fang Guiren's turn to change her expression suddenly. She turned her head and stared at Yue Guiren fiercely, as if she wanted to dig a hole in her face with her eyes.
You bastard, it was you who did this?!
No wonder she couldn't find the reason. She thought it was because her personal maid didn't have good skills, so she punished her for no reason. This made the master and servant lose their loyalty, and the queen even punished her by confining her to her house for three months.
The two of them twisted their handkerchiefs and picked their nails so hard that they couldn't wait to start fighting.
Seeing this, the Seventh Princess and the Eighth Princess pretended to be ignorant and forced themselves to hold back their laughter. They said nothing and did not move. They just stood there with their heads down, each fiddling with the two little buns on Little Nine's head.
Noble Yue and Noble Fang exchanged glances for a moment, but they could not hold back their anger, so they nodded to the three princesses tacitly, turned around at the same time, and walked back with their respective maids.
As soon as the gate was closed, one could hear sounds of pulling and pushing, whispered cursing, and people trying to stop the fight. It was obvious that a fight had started.
Wow, wow, wow, wow, you don't even wait a moment, so anxious.
The Seventh Princess and the Eighth Princess simultaneously let go of the little buns in their hands and, like two wolves seeing a rabbit, flew to the tightly closed gate of the courtyard. One taller than the other, they leaned on the crack of the door to peek in, completely unbehaving like princesses.
Ji Jinyou was confused: [Boss, what are the sisters doing? ]
System: [In the yard, Noble Yue and Noble Fang are fighting.]
Ji Jinyou tilted his head, puzzled: [They were fine when they first came out, why did they suddenly start fighting? ]
The system was also confused: [I don’t know, maybe he suddenly got sick?]
The seventh princess and the eighth princess rolled their eyes in unison and said, "It's all your fault."