Because she had been lost and found, the Empress Dowager insisted on sleeping with Xu Xinning every night.
The emperor's eyes were filled with sorrow. He wanted to stay, but it was against etiquette.
The Empress Dowager held Xu Xinning in her arms just like when she was a child, and Xu Xinning nestled obediently in her embrace.
The Empress Dowager gently patted Xu Xinning's back.
Xu Xinning suddenly said, "Mother, I have gone to the era you mentioned."
"What?" The Empress Dowager asked, thinking she had misheard.
Xu Xinning repeated, "I went to the era you thought I was going to."
The Empress Dowager suddenly sat up, and Xu Xinning's neck was accidentally twisted, but she still looked at the Empress Dowager with a smile.
In fact, Xu Xinning's combined age across her two lifetimes is older than the combined age of her father and mother.
Despite being Empress for so many years, my mother remained as lively as ever, though she still retained the caution expected of a member of the royal family.
She dismissed the palace maids on night watch and then asked, "Did you go to the 1970s?"
Xu Xinning nodded.
The Empress said with concern, "You must have suffered a lot, right? In those days, there was a shortage of food and clothing."
Xu Xinning shook her head and said, "My family is quite well-off. I was probably reborn as a baby. I just didn't remember anything about this life until I was sixteen. Then, an accident happened and I suddenly remembered everything."
The Empress: "How did it go? Did you take the college entrance exam? Have you stockpiled a lot of houses? Did you go to the black market? Have you done business since the reform and opening up? Have you met a handsome, love-struck, rough-around-the-edges guy?"
Xu Xinning was amused by her mother and asked, "Which question do you want me to answer?"
The Queen sat cross-legged, seemingly ready to listen to the story.
"Take your time, no rush. We women can talk for three days and three nights without breaking a sweat. Anyway, you've slept for so long, you probably don't want to sleep anymore."
Xu Xinning found it funny; she felt that they were more like best friends than mother and daughter.
Xu Xinning patiently recounted her life in modern times.
It was already dawn, but Xu Xinning was not sleepy, and the Empress's eyes were also bright and she was not sleepy either.
"You're saying Mu Jingheng is your modern-day husband, Mu Jingheng?"
Xu Xinning: "It should be. I'm very familiar with his eyes, and he called me Xin'er. Only Mu Jingheng would call me that."
Empress: "Why didn't you say so sooner? Otherwise we could have confirmed it back then."
Xu Xinning: "With so many people around, how can I be sure? This era is not like modern times. Although you and Father Emperor have made many reforms, it is still a feudal society, isn't it? Besides, didn't you see the murderous look in Father Emperor's eyes back then? If I really overstepped my bounds, do you believe he would cause trouble for Mu Jingheng?"
The Empress nodded in agreement.
"I'm so envious of you! You lived such a wonderful life. Wait, you died at 106, so you were much older than me, weren't you?"
Xu Xinning nodded, amused.
The Empress looked on with disbelief and asked a rather absurd question: "So what is our relationship now?"
Xu Xinning rolled her eyes: "What relationship? Aren't you my mother now?"
The Empress laughed: "I was surprised by your age, hahaha... But our most accurate relationship right now is that of a mother and daughter who are like best friends."
Alright! The Empress Dowager is still the same Empress Dowager.
The Empress suddenly added, "You said that my space has become a shared space for you and Mu Jingheng. Can you still go in now?"
Xu Xinning: "I haven't tried it yet, can you still go in?"
The Queen shook her head and said, "I haven't been able to get in since your accident. It must have become yours now. Try to get in now."
Xu Xinning entered the space, but everything inside had changed. The original Medicine King Valley was gone, and it had been transformed into her modern private research institute. However, the livestock pens and hot springs were still there.
Xu Xinning saw the excited Empress as soon as she came out of the space.
“Honey, my social media profile is back.”
Xu Xinning: "My space has changed; it has become my own research institute."
Your Majesty the Empress: "Could you take me inside to have a look?"
Xu Xinning grabbed the Empress's hand, but before they knew it, they were both inside the spatial dimension.
The Empress exclaimed enviously, "Your space is so large! No wonder you've lived to be 106 years old. This equipment is far more advanced than what I brought back."
Xu Xinning said proudly, "It's all thanks to the hard work of my children."
The Empress said, "Why don't you and General Mu get married soon? Maybe your child can come over too."
Xu Xinning was amused by her mother's outlandish idea: "You think we're all going to time travel together?"
The Empress said, "Why not? We've all had this amazing experience, and maybe your children will too. Oh dear! It makes me so curious. Will they all have to call me Grandma?"
While the two were still talking excitedly, a palace maid came to report that the Emperor, the Crown Prince, and the princes had arrived.
The two could only have palace maids serve them when they washed and changed.
Having gotten used to modern life, Xu Xinning suddenly felt a little out of place.
Upon seeing the mother and daughter emerge, the father and his two sons all looked towards them.
Empress: "Don't you attend court?"
The Emperor said, "I'll have breakfast with you before we go. It's been a long time since our family has eaten together."
Xu Xinning: "Mai Dong, set out the meal."
Mai Dong was a first-class palace maid in Xu Xinning's palace.
When Xu Xinning woke up yesterday, she discovered that her palace had undergone a complete overhaul, with many unfamiliar faces except for Mai Dong and Bai Zhi, who were from before.
Mai Dong and Bai Zhi were originally trained by the Emperor from a young age. They followed Xu Xin Ning after she was born. They were seven or eight years older than Xu Xin Ning and should have been married off long ago, but they were unwilling and continued to follow Xu Xin Ning.
In the past, when Xu Xinning went out frequently, the two of them would always accompany her.
The two women were skilled in martial arts, so they were not ordinary palace maids.
Perhaps people with high martial arts skills are taciturn, and these two were both people who didn't talk much.
However, Xu Xinning used to be quiet, unlike her current lively self.
Strangely enough, after Xu Xinning went to the modern world, her personality seemed to become somewhat similar to that of the Empress.
The family ate breakfast like any other ordinary family. The older and younger brothers both felt that Xu Xinning had lost a lot of weight after lying down for so long, so they kept putting food on her plate. The Emperor was also busy. When the eunuchs offered to help serve the food, he waved them aside and then personally served the food to his Empress and Princess.
The emperor's personal eunuchs were already used to it.
Before the princess's accident, the family often did this.
Even the eunuch who had always been with the emperor couldn't help but shed tears upon seeing this scene.
It's so wonderful that the princess woke up! Otherwise, where would we find such a heartwarming atmosphere?
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