When Li Baolin saw the clearly visible teeth mark on her daughter's finger, a murderous glint flashed in her eyes.
The Fourth Princess Chen Zhixian's crying and fussing immediately silenced her like a frightened bird. She looked over and, seeing the fierce glint in Li Baolin's eyes, trembled all over. She frantically tucked Xiao Chanian behind her back and hurriedly crawled to Li Baolin and her daughter to plead for mercy.
"Please have mercy, Your Highness! Yingying is still young and doesn't understand anything. She must have meant no harm to the Fourth Princess. Please, Your Highness, have mercy on Yingying this time. She just recovered from a high fever and is still seriously ill!"
Li Baolin stepped forward and kicked her hard, knocking the exceptionally thin and frail Chen Zhixian to the ground, and ordered sharply,
"Guards! The Sixth Princess has gone mad and is biting people. She must have been tainted by something unclean again! Quickly tie her up and use a whip soaked in talismanic water to exorcise the evil spirit!"
Upon hearing the order, the Fourth Princess clapped her hands with delight, pointed at the little baby bump that had been revealed after her mother kicked Chen Zhixian to the ground, and shouted excitedly, "Quickly, beat this little jinx to death for me! Let her bite me again!"
Xiao Chanian looked blankly at the malice surging from all directions. Everyone's gaze was so fierce and menacing. Several expressionless palace maids took a long whip and walked towards her with icy eyes.
In a daze, the little girl remembered that this mean older sister had hit her before. She recognized the smell, but back then she felt like she was trapped in complete darkness, unable to hear a sound, only able to follow the scent as it approached, and then her body was covered in painful welts...
Where am I?! What happened?!
Xiaocha tried to lift her hand to get up, but was instantly overwhelmed by excruciating pain, rendering her unable to move. She wanted to turn around and look for her godmother, but suddenly everything went dark, and the heart-wrenching cries of her godmother grew fainter and fainter.
Familiar, sharp pains came from all directions like raindrops, the intense pains so dense that they gave the baby no chance to breathe. The baby wanted to cry and hide, but couldn't move at all.
...
Xiao Chanian opened her eyes again in a daze, wanting to cry out for help, but found that her eyes hurt so much and her throat hurt so much too.
Below, many people were pointing and whispering at her with the same disgusted and indifferent gazes.
Among them, only two people were crying and showing her pity. Xiao Chanian looked at them blankly, their faces completely unfamiliar. But when she opened her mouth, she subconsciously wanted to call them "Father" and "Mother".
Suddenly, a loud voice came from directly below her—from a place she couldn't see.
"The master said that the three-year drought in our Shinan Village was all caused by this little jinx! Today, as the village chief, I will rid our villagers of this scourge! We'll burn this jinx witch, so that she won't be able to feed our whole village!"
Xiao Chanian listened blankly to the people below. She wanted to look down at the person who was speaking, but the slightest movement brought tears to her eyes. The hemp rope was grinding against her flesh, and even the slightest movement caused excruciating pain.
Suddenly a flash of light entered her eyes, and the next moment, a sudden surge of intense pain engulfed her.
...
"Child, don't blame your father for being heartless. We can't afford to raise another money-losing child. Blame it on your own worthlessness for being born a girl. Sigh..."
Suffocation surged in like a tide; I struggled painfully, but to no avail, and could only let the pain consume me.
...
"Tsk, this little girl's meat is only tender and delicious when it's sliced while she's alive. It just doesn't taste the same after she's dead. Let's roast her while she's still breathing! Mmm~ that taste is heavenly!"
it hurts……
...
"You've captured the wife of the Eastern City General? Hahaha, good! Cut open her belly, take out the baby inside, and stick it on the flagpole. Let Guo Shoufeng see this; this is the price he pays for refusing to surrender! Let's see who dares not to surrender to me after this!"
In a hazy state, a sudden light appeared, followed by endless pain.
...
...
...
Xiao Chanian was trapped in one torment after another, falling endlessly into darkness.
In a daze, she remembered a fierce and ruthless mother, a decadent and incompetent father, a loving mother, and a heroic and busy father...
When did she meet these people? She doesn't remember? But it seems... she does remember?
"Imperial Preceptor! What on earth is going on! Where is Nian Nian? Where is the Seventh Princess?! What do you mean we can't get in? What have you done?!"
The godfather's voice seemed to come from another world, and the familiar voice finally stirred up the little baby's desire to cry out again.
But soon, she was pulled into another memory.
*
The Imperial Palace of Xiheng Kingdom.
Outside the Seventh Princess's palace, Luo Dangdang, covered in blood and grime, tried to re-enter the magic array, but was still thrown back several meters and crashed to the ground.
He struggled to his feet, seemingly oblivious to the excruciating pain of his fall, and staggered off again toward the Seventh Princess's chambers, which shone with blinding light.
Emperor Chongjin finally stepped forward to stop him. Amidst the heart-wrenching cries of the little baby inside the house, he had long since lost his usual composure.
"Grand Preceptor Luo! If you can't force your way in, then think of another way! Even if you fall to your death like this, you still won't be able to save Niannian! If you die, who will I find to save Niannian!"
Emperor Chongjin's furious roar actually brought Luo Dangdang back to his senses, and he suddenly realized what was happening and looked at Emperor Chongjin.
Emperor Chongjin met his gaze and was immediately delighted. "What's wrong? You've come up with a solution? What do you need? I'll have someone go find it right away!"
"Your Highness! Your Highness! Your Highness! The Fourth and Fifth Princes are not here, but there is still Your Highness! He will definitely be able to save Princess Niannian!"
Luo Dangdang, almost frantically, grabbed Emperor Chongjin and loudly announced, then turned to the palace servants and urged, "Quickly, go and invite His Highness the Crown Prince! Quickly, go and invite His Highness the Crown Prince!!"
The palace servants were already terrified and stunned by the situation. They only snapped out of their daze after Luo Dangdang yelled at them twice, and immediately scrambled and ran towards the East Palace.
Emperor Chongjin looked at Luo Dangdang, who had a confident expression, but his brows furrowed. "Even the Imperial Preceptor Luo couldn't help, how can the Crown Prince save Nian Nian? Imperial Preceptor, are you sure this method will work? Could it be that we'll end up sacrificing the Crown Prince as well?"
When it came to his most promising son, Emperor Chongjin's rationality returned instantly.
Luo Dangdang was already in a state of panic amidst Xiao Chanian's painful cries. His hands trembled as he frantically calculated something, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he began to mutter something.
Emperor Chongjin, seeing that Luo Dangdang was acting erratically and refusing to answer, wanted to question her a second time, but before he could even pull her over, someone unexpected suddenly appeared in front of him—
"What's going on!"
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