2 Chapter 002
◎National Crisis◎
The turquoise tiles sparkled in the sunlight. A gray-brown sparrow landed on the windowsill, nimbly poking its head into the half-open window, its black eyes carefully peering into the house.
The palace is covered with green tiles only for the princes. Green belongs to wood and represents life, implying that the young princes and grandchildren can thrive.
An arm stretched out from the bed curtain, and the imperial physician held it carefully, and his uneasy expression gradually relaxed.
"Your Highness's fever has subsided. I will prescribe a prescription to nourish your body and strengthen your constitution."
The tone was directed at the King of Qi, but the content of the words was spoken to the eunuch beside him. After all, the King of Qi was stupid, how could he understand?
The eunuch said excitedly, "Imperial Physician Zhang is truly a miracle worker."
The King of Qi accidentally fell into the water and developed a high fever. If anything had happened, no matter how many heads they had, they would not have been enough to apologize. Fortunately, His Highness is fine.
However, the palace maids and eunuchs who took care of the King of Qi could not escape punishment.
After sending the imperial physician away, Wu Yi carefully lifted a corner of the bed curtain and was suddenly met with a pair of pitch-black eyes. He almost screamed in fright.
He took a deep breath, quickly hung the curtain, and coaxed a child: "Your Highness, are you feeling unwell? If so, please tell me, and I will call Imperial Physician Zhang."
Xie Mingxuan: "...thirsty."
"I'll go get some water."
Wu Yi deftly poured a cup of warm water, helped the person up, reached out and was about to feed him himself, but was stopped by Xie Mingxuan.
"Your Highness?"
"I can do it myself."
Wu Yi let go of the celadon teacup in a daze, and watched his own prince drink up the tea from the cup bit by bit without spilling a drop of water!
He couldn't help but stare in amazement.
Xie Mingxuan is a researcher who stays in the laboratory all year round. He is straightforward and doesn't like to go around in circles.
Although he doesn't surf the Internet much, he is familiar with the word "time travel".
His original body was stupid and had few memories, all of which were fragmented. He had already digested them all and had a clear understanding of his current situation.
He is not a fool, and he can't pretend to be a fool.
Rather than revealing his true identity later, it is better to use the high fever incident to get rid of the label of fool.
As for whether he would be burned to death as a monster, he didn't care. After all, he had already died once, so dying again would not matter.
I just don’t know how my parents, the second child and Shao Shao are doing.
Fortunately, the project he was in charge of had been successfully completed before his death, and no unnecessary accidents would occur due to his death.
Outside the Qianqing Palace, Xie Mingzhuo and Xie Mingshuo did not wait for the eunuch to report and went straight into the main room.
The emperor's living palace was the most magnificent in the world, but neither of them had the heart to appreciate it.
The fat, white, middle-aged eunuch rushed over and tried to stop him, but was pushed away by Xie Mingshuo.
Xie Mingzhuo reached out and touched the door of the west room. Just as he was about to push it open, he heard a familiar voice coming from inside.
"Wife, you look so much younger. You look so beautiful."
"You too, does the injury on your head still hurt?"
"It hurts a little."
"You deserve it. Who told you to be so careless as to make pills?"
"It's not what I want to refine."
"Okay, okay, it's not you, but I remember you blowing up a test tube before."
"It didn't explode, it was just that the quality of the test tubes wasn't up to standard."
"Okay, let's not talk about the past, let's talk about now. What should we do now?"
"Since we both wear..."
Xie Mingzhuo knocked on the door, interrupting their conversation. Those who could survive in the palace were all shrewd people, not to mention the eunuch behind him who held the seal of the Imperial Household Department, the one the emperor relied on the most.
The noise inside the room stopped for a moment. After a few breaths, a woman's calm voice rang out: "Didn't we all leave the hall and not disturb you?"
Xie Mingshuo said helplessly: "Mother, it's Rong An and I."
Footsteps suddenly sounded and the door opened immediately.
Four pairs of eyes looked at each other. It seemed like a century had passed, yet it also seemed like just a blink of an eye.
The woman inside the door hugged Xie Mingzhuo without hesitation, her voice trembling with excitement: "Shao Shao, Mingshuo, it's great that you're both here. It's so great!"
She had just met her husband and was about to meet her three children.
The man in the bright yellow dragon-patterned uniform was not to be outdone. He patted Xie Mingshuo on the shoulder and said with red eyes, "Okay, okay."
Is there any news more exciting than "a family reunited in another world"?
Xie Mingshuo avoided the eunuch and asked quietly, "Don't we need a secret code?"
"You little bastard, I know what you're going to do as soon as you stick your butt out. We raised you guys, how could we not recognize our own children?"
Xie Mingshuo smiled awkwardly.
"My eldest brother is still in the prince's residence." Xie Mingzhuo couldn't help but remind them when he saw that they were too excited.
Meng Qi, dressed as the queen, waved decisively: "Let's go to the prince's residence together."
The fool's memory was incomplete, and Xie Mingxuan could not learn about the relatives of this body from his memory, so naturally he could not actively confirm whether other relatives existed.
He was curled up in bed, thinking about the possibility of "relatives coming here together", when the bedroom door was pushed open and a familiar voice fell into his ears.
"You guys step back first."
Xie Mingxuan stood up at the sound of the palace servants retreating, forgetting to put on his shoes. He walked a few steps barefoot and bumped into the person who came head-on.
His eyes swept across the four people's faces one by one, the corners of his lips couldn't help but rise, and tears seemed to flash in his eyes.
But the next moment, Xie Mingshuo's impatient words made him lose his smile.
"Father, Mother, my brother is just a fool. What's so good about him? The imperial physician is here, and the high fever won't kill him. I want to return home as soon as possible."
What's going on? These aren't his relatives?
Xie Mingxuan frowned and stared into Xie Mingshuo's eyes, vaguely seeing a mischievous smile that seemed so familiar.
He sneered and clenched his fists: "Xie Mingshuo, do you want to die?"
"Huh? You're not stupid, are you?" Xie Mingshuo clapped his hands. "That's great! I don't want to bully a fool."
"That's enough." Meng Qi slapped him, "Just stop talking."
Xie Mingshuo said with a playful smile: "As you wish, mother."
"Now that the family is gathered, let's sit down and discuss it." Xie Changfeng said in a deep voice, "Let's hold a family meeting with the theme of 'time travel'."
No one objects.
The five of them sat around the table. Xie Changfeng poured each of them a cup of tea before slowly asking, "Who's coming first?"
Xie Mingzhuo took the lead: "I'll go first."
"Okay, let's all listen to Shao Shao first."
"You might not know this yet, but this isn't just any ordinary time travel, it's book travel. Simply put, it's becoming a character in someone else's novel." She drew a circle with her index finger. "The five of us are the cannon fodder at the beginning of the novel. Three months later, the city is destroyed and everyone is dead."
The other four people: "..."
Xie Mingshuo, who works in the media industry and is relatively receptive, was the first to ask, "What novel? Who's the author? Who's the protagonist? Can we change the ending? Also, identical family relationships, same name, appearance, and similar personalities—is this really just a coincidence?"
"You hit the nail on the head," Xie Mingzhuo explained. "Uncle Wang, who lives next door to me, once asked me to find a job for his son. After joining my company, Wang felt the position I offered him didn't match his abilities, so he became resentful and slacked off at work, writing novels to vent his anger."
"And then he wrote us off?" Xie Mingshuo laughed in anger. "How petty is this person! What else?"
"A work of venting anger, naturally, once the anger is vented, the novel will also end."
"What's the meaning?"
"He spent ten chapters portraying us as a tyrant emperor, a wicked queen, a fool, a dandy, and a wicked woman. At the end of the tenth chapter, the righteous rebels stormed the capital, and we were shot to death by arrows. The novel ended."
Xie Mingxuan was very serious: "Why am I a fool?"
"Maybe it's because you've always been 'someone else's child' since you were little."
"Out of jealousy?"
"That's right."
"Why am I a playboy?" Xie Mingshuo was also depressed.
Xie Mingzhuo took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Perhaps it's because you often come into contact with the world of feasting and drinking."
"Then you help him find a job, and he still writes you as a wicked princess. Aren't you an ungrateful person?" Meng Qi felt that it didn't matter that she was the Queen of Demons. What was important was her daughter's reputation.
Xie Mingzhuo held the teacup and did not answer.
"I know that." Xie Mingshuo raised his hand excitedly. "Tiezhu is a big devil in the company. The nickname was approved by all employees unanimously."
Xie Mingzhuo put down his cup, glanced at him and smiled: "Xie Mingshuo, are you itching again?"
"You practiced martial arts before, and I couldn't beat you," Xie Mingshuo raised his eyebrows and said frivolously, "But I remember Princess Rong'an never practiced martial arts. You have skinny arms and legs now, so you can't beat me."
Xie Mingzhuo held the edge of the porcelain cup with both hands and gently bent it, and the cup broke into two pieces.
"Are you sure?"
The four of them were stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.
"Oh, my dear sister, please forgive me this time!" Xie Mingshuo reacted and quickly begged for mercy, not forgetting to ask, "Did you obtain the golden finger of 'natural power'?"
Xie Mingzhuo nodded.
She had felt it when she first came here, that in this dangerous alien world, high fighting power was always a guarantee.
Combined with her experience in martial arts training in her previous life, as long as she practices more, she should be able to become a master soon.
After all, force can defeat skill.
"Why don't I have it?" Xie Mingshuo was unwilling.
Xie Mingxuan analyzed carefully: "If we view time travel as a game, perhaps everyone is born with different talents, but we haven't discovered them yet."
Xie Changfeng said seriously: "That makes sense."
"Have you discovered your talent?" Meng Qi, who had been married to him for many years, understood instantly.
Xie Changfeng coughed lightly and said embarrassedly, "Do you still remember the details of the prince's attendants and the scenery when you came here?"
The four of them shook their heads. They came here in a hurry, so who would care about this?
"I remember." He held his head high with pride. "Like you, I didn't particularly care, but I just remembered it."
Meng Qi suddenly understood. "I understand. Talent points are related to one's own skills. You're a painter, so quickly grasping details is essential for painting. Shao Shao may run a company, but her martial arts skills are more significant, so she adds strength."
"What do you mean by painter? That's an art researcher." Xie Changfeng hurriedly gave himself a high-level professional title. "What about you, wife?"
"Not sure for now." Meng Qi shook her head.
Xie Mingxuan: "I don't know either."
Both of them are engaged in experimental research, and there is currently no scenario that can trigger their talents.
The four of them looked at Xie Mingshuo.
"You are a reporter, could you have evolved into a super-hearing person?" Father Xie joked.
Meng Qi looked forward to it: "Clairvoyance is also good."
Xie Mingxuan sarcastically said, "Being a spy is not bad."
"Don't mention it, I really feel something is different." Xie Mingshuo's eyebrows were flying with joy, "I heard two eunuchs outside the prince's residence gossiping."
"What gossip?" Xie Mingzhuo's five senses were quite sharp, but he heard nothing.
Xie Mingshuo's brows gradually furrowed, his expression slightly serious. "They say that there are rumors in the capital that the Tian family suffered this disaster because the royal family is immoral and God is angry."
Anyone who has studied history knows that before the demise of many dynasties, all kinds of rumors would appear, and the rebels would use these rumors to raise the banner of justice and overthrow the dynasty's rule.
Xie Changfeng was worried: "Could it be that in three months, we will really be destroyed and die?"
The family was finally reunited, and he was reluctant to leave.
【Author’s words】
mwah!
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