He asked hurriedly: "Ancestor, what did you say? This... this girl is Her Majesty the Empress?"
The old ancestor came back to his senses at this time, and immediately said to everyone: "Kneel down quickly, Her Majesty, come here, everyone kowtow to Her Majesty!"
When everyone saw that the old man seemed so serious and anxious, they all knew that the matter was not simple, so they all knelt on the ground immediately.
The old ancestor said loudly: "All the villagers of Qingsong Village pay their respects to Her Majesty the Empress!"
As he said this, he kowtowed deeply to Wanying, and everyone followed the old ancestor and kowtowed to Wanying.
Bailong and Xiaobao on the side were stunned. What was going on?
Why do so many people kowtow to Sister Wanying?
Zhou Bin understood a little bit, he hurried forward to help the old man up, and said: "Old man, you don't have to do this, get up quickly, everyone get up."
Wanying was stunned herself, but she came to her senses at this moment and hurriedly asked everyone to get up.
The old ancestor had tears on his face at this time, but he was very happy.
Everyone helped him to sit down, but he insisted on not sitting down and wanted to stand next to Wanying.
Wanying was a little at a loss. Could this old man really be one of her former subordinates?
But she had no recollection of it at all, mainly because she had too many subordinates back then, and now that so much time has passed, she really couldn't help but let it out.
The old man asked excitedly, "Your Majesty, do you still remember me? I am Xiao Jiangzi! That little kid!"
As soon as the old man finished speaking, Wanying's head buzzed and she suddenly thought of a child.
This child was the grandson of an old steward in her empress's palace. He was very young at the time and looked very cute.
The old steward brought him to the Empress's Palace when he was very young to help him with work.
This child is very smart. He usually helps his grandfather with various things within his ability. He is very clever.
At that time, Wanying held a high position and had a lot of things to do.
But she also noticed the child at that time and sometimes took out candy to give to little Jiangzi.
Little Jiangzi also likes Her Majesty the Empress very much and sometimes plays with her often.
It’s just that the old steward was afraid that the child was ignorant and might offend the empress, so sometimes he wouldn’t let him play with Wanying.
Wanying didn't care about this at all. She thought the child was cute and had a sweet mouth, so she always liked to tease him.
As time went by, little Jiangzi grew up and became a servant in the empress's palace.
Sometimes when he met Her Majesty the Empress, he would greet her warmly.
Wanying remembered him at that time, but unfortunately the good times didn't last long. Something happened to Wanying and she never saw him again.
Now that the old man gave his name himself, Wanying finally remembered that the old man in front of her was Xiao Jiangzi!
She couldn't help but blurt out: "Are you Xiao Jiangzi?"
The old man immediately agreed with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, I am Xiao Jiangzi!"
When Wanying heard this, she was immediately excited: "Xiao Jiangzi, I didn't expect you were still alive and I could see you again!"
The old man lay on the ground with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to come back. This old slave is so happy!"
As the old man spoke, he started crying again, and Wanying's eyes suddenly turned red.
She didn't expect that she would run into someone she knew as soon as she returned to the Eastern Region.
Bai Long and Xiao Bao were stunned. It turned out that this old man was Sister Wan Ying's former subordinate! No wonder he was so excited.
Jiang Huan was also very excited and immediately shouted loudly: "All the villagers of Qingsong Village congratulate Her Majesty on your return!"
"Congratulations to Her Majesty the Empress on her return!"
The cheers of the crowd resounded through the sky, making Zhou Bin excited.
Wanying hurriedly asked everyone to help the old man sit on a chair, and then she and Zhou Bin sat next to him.
Everyone stood aside, their faces filled with excitement that could not be concealed.
Zhou Bin couldn't help but ask curiously: "Old man, are you really the person from Wanying Palace before? Why are you here?"
The old man immediately said, "Since His Majesty disappeared that year, all of us have been hunted down by our enemies. Many of us are no longer alive. Even my grandfather was killed."
When Wanying heard this, a sad look appeared on her face: "I didn't expect that everyone was in trouble..."
The old man continued, "I was young at the time, so I escaped and ran away..."
As the old man told the story, Wanying, Zhou Bin and others finally understood what had happened.
It turns out that Wanying was murdered that year and no trace of her was found.
At this time, those people in the Empress' Palace became lambs to be slaughtered, and many of them were killed by the bad guys.
Even the old steward was killed on the spot by those people. The young Xiao Jiangzi took advantage of the chaos and escaped with a girl.
They hid their identities all the way, not daring to reveal their true identities, and kept running north.
Finally we arrived at the edge of the forest, which is now Qingsong Village.
There was no village here at that time, so the two of them lived in seclusion here.
As time went by, some people from the palace fled here and settled down here.
Gradually, a village was formed here.
After thousands of years of reproduction and development, these people came into being.
All the people who came here with Xiao Jiangzi died. The reason he is still alive today is all because of the golden elixir that the Empress awarded him.
This allowed him to live much longer than others, so he is still alive today.
During this period, he also gradually found out a lot of information about the empress.
He heard from others that the empress was murdered by a villain and had fallen into the spirit world, but he didn't know whether it was true or not.
Then, hundreds of years ago, they were completely cut off from the outside world and lived a secluded life.
It was not until today that Wanying and Zhou Bin showed up that they were the first group of guests they had seen in such a long time.
Unexpectedly, among the guests there was the Empress, which made Xiao Jiangzi ecstatic, which led to his previous action.
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