Chapter 1 Traveling through time and becoming Wei Xiaoniang
"Why? Why does this Wei Xiaoniang always act like I'm fine, I'm okay? She's almost frozen to death but she's still enduring it?"
"Minglan has already told you this, and you still want to hide it. You can just say that pregnant women are afraid of cold, and there is not enough charcoal in the house. Your master will naturally order the servants to bring some more, and you will have enough, so there's no need to make a fuss!"
"Good guy, you just won't listen! And you say you're afraid of the heat! Wei Xiaoniang, I beg you to take a look at the child. He's almost frozen silly, and he's still afraid of the heat?"
"Okay, okay, you don't say it, Minglan will tell it all, and now it's a big deal! In the end, she'll say it's me, Minglan, who got in trouble for sticking out!"
"I'm so angry, so angry. Every time I see this, I get so angry about Wei Xiaoniang. I don't know what she's so uncomfortable about!"
A burst of angry voices came from a residential building. Who was so angry so early in the morning? The birds on the tree were scared and flew away when they heard her wailing.
Mingxi, a 30-year-old unmarried young woman, has a life creed of "I will not offend others if they don't offend me, but if they do, I will punish them."
So why was she yelling so wildly in the morning? Because she turned on her electronic pickled mustard tuber while eating - "Do You Know?", and she was watching it from the beginning again, so it was inevitable that she would be angry with Wei Xiaoniang again. Mingxi has watched this drama "Do You Know?" for the fourth time, and she is still angry with Wei Xiaoniang.
Mingxi had carefully analyzed the character of Wei Xiaoniang. Wei Xiaoniang was born in a farming and reading family. Her father was a teacher. If her father had not died unexpectedly, she would not have been sold to the Sheng family. Even if she was bought, she was a good concubine, educated, intelligent and sensible. In this case, how could she end up with two lives?
Mingxi believed that the reason was mostly due to Wei Xiaoniang's personality. Wei Xiaoniang had an embroidery called "Lady Li Guarding Lady Pass", and she left this embroidery to Minglan before her death, which showed that she believed in and admired Lady Li very much. In her subconscious, she hoped that she and Minglan could live independently and strongly without dependence. So she was unwilling to flatter Sheng Hong, nor to please the eldest lady. In fact, she had seen the situation clearly early on. She knew that the eldest lady had a family background, Lin Xiaoniang was favored, and she only had a good appearance, but she could not take off Kong Yiji's gown. She was noble and proud, so she did not participate in the dispute between wives and concubines and wanted to stay out of it. But
things did not go as she wished. The tree wanted to be quiet but the wind did not stop. She had beauty but could not entangle Sheng Hong, and she had wisdom but could not defeat Lin Qinshuang. Naturally, she was not in the eyes of the two heads of the Sheng family. It was not difficult to imagine that she was rubbed and bullied.
Mingxi thought, if it were me, I would not be able to stand this humiliation. I would fight when I should fight, and I would grab when I should grab. I have beauty and means. As long as I have the heart, what can't I get? What's more, there is Minglan. As Minglan's biological mother, how could she bear to let Minglan live cautiously under the hands of others? She wanted to win everything for Minglan that she should have, and spoil her like a little princess!
Thinking about it, she actually fell asleep. When she opened her eyes again, she saw the painting hanging opposite. She didn't know what it was, but she immediately thought of "Lady Li Guarding Lady Pass". Looking down, she saw an antique desk with a curved top. This picture was familiar, and Mingxi woke up at once. Looking at the half-new quilt covering her body, and then looking at the charcoal basin placed not far from the bed, Mingxi still had something to understand. She was dreaming at night about what she thought about during the day, and she dreamed that she became Wei Xiaoniang!
"Mother, mother, the yard has sent us a lot of chicken and duck charcoal, mother?" A quick and cute voice came, which immediately attracted Mingxi's attention. A delicate little girl with a pigtail ran towards her happily, shouting as she ran.
"Mother? Why are you lying down again now? Are you feeling unwell? You were fine just now." The little girl looked at herself with concern. Mingxi was almost melted by the cuteness. This was Minglan in her dream, and she was as cute as she thought.
"Mother, what's wrong with you? Why are you pinching me?" Oh, Mingxi thought that Minglan must be very soft to be so cute, so she couldn't help but pinch Minglan's little face. It was so soft, so tender.
"Mother, are you listening to me? Mother, are you sick? Don't scare Minglan!" Minglan was a little worried when she saw that her mother was slow to respond to her.
"Minglan, mother is fine, mother is just happy to see you!" Mingxi saw the soft Minglan and coaxed her in a coquettish tone.
"Mother, now you also think I did the right thing, right? If I hadn't shown my face in front of Dad, our house would still be cold, how could we get so many chicken and duck charcoal fires!" Minglan looked at Mingxi happily, intending to take credit from her!
Charcoal fire? It was not until then that Mingxi remembered to look down at her belly. Wei Xiaoniang was pregnant at this time. Because Minglan broke the news, Dongrong informed Lin Qinshuang. In order to clear herself, Lin Qinshuang put the blame on Xiaodie.
"It's a pity that sister Xiaodie can't be with us." Minglan said, feeling depressed.
Mingxi touched her belly and looked at Minglan who said the same words as in the drama. She felt that this dream was quite real. It's a pity that this is just a dream, otherwise she must change her fate and fight hard.
"Little lady, I'm back! Sister Xiaodie asked me to tell you that she doesn't regret serving you!" The atmosphere in the room was low, and a soft and cute voice came in.
Mingxi's eyes lit up again. This must be Xiao Xiaotao, who is also a pink and tender little ball. She must be very easy to rub!
"Xiaotao, come here!" Xiaotao ran to Mingxi, raised her head and blinked her big eyes at her, asking her with her eyes what she wanted her to do.
Mingxi couldn't help it anymore and stroked the little tufts on Xiaotao's head, and pinched Xiaotao's little face. If she wasn't pregnant at the moment, Mingxi would still be close to Xiaotao. It was really cute!
"Mother... why do you treat Xiaotao like this? Mother, what's wrong with you, you are weird today!" Minglan saw her mother behaving strangely and couldn't help but ask.
Mingxi stopped abruptly, smiled awkwardly and said, "Mother is happy because she sees that we are living a good life now and Xiaodie doesn't blame me."
Without waiting for Minglan to say anything, she stood up and said, "I have been lying down for a long time, I want to get up and walk around."
Mingxi stood up and suddenly realized that something was wrong. The feeling of her pregnant belly was too real, as if there was really a child in her belly. She looked around again. Every object in the room was very real. This was not something she could construct with her imagination alone. Mingxi hurried out of the house again. Outside the house was a long corridor. A group of people dressed as servants were walking towards her with food boxes. As they got closer, Mingxi heard the maid leading the way say, "Miss, lunch is served to you!"
Smelling the fragrance of the food and pinching herself, Mingxi suddenly realized that she was not dreaming. Perhaps because she was too angry with Wei, God gave her a chance to change her fate!
After Mingxi figured it out, she didn't care about anything else and hurriedly ran back to the house with her belly in her arms.
"Mother, what's wrong with you? Don't scare Minglan!"
"Miss, be careful!"
"Miss, walk slowly! Girl, you should walk slowly too!"
Seeing Mingxi rushing into the house regardless of anything as if she was possessed, everyone was afraid that she would hurt herself, and bursts of screams came one after another. Xiaotao saw Minglan follow Wei Xiaoniang out and then follow Wei Xiaoniang into the house, and was very worried about her own girl, so she hurriedly shouted.
Mingxi rushed into the house and looked around, "Mother, what are you looking for? Can I help you find it?"
"Ming'er, where is the bronze mirror in the room? Bring it to me. Quick!"
Although Minglan didn't know why her mother was looking for a bronze mirror, she still obediently found the mirror and handed it to her seeing her anxious look.
Mingxi took the bronze mirror and saw the clear and bright pupils of the person in the mirror looking at her. Her eyebrows were like emerald feathers, her skin was white as snow, her teeth were like pearls, and her lips were red without any makeup. Even without makeup, her beauty could be seen. Mingxi cursed Wei Xiaoniang in her heart: Wei Shuyi, Wei Shuyi, with this face, you can take down anyone you want? But you still end up with two lives lost!
"Mother, are you looking in the mirror? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Mingxi came back to her senses, but saw that everyone was looking at her with worry. Mingxi calmly put down the mirror, turned to look at Minglan, hugged her in his arms, gently stroked her back, and said to everyone, "Set the meal, and then you can go back to eat. I don't need you to serve me."
Sitting at the table, Mingxi ate while chatting with Minglan, hoping to know the latest news at home from Minglan. Mingxi recalled the plot, and combined with the table full of mountain delicacies, she deduced that Lin Qinshuang might have already had murderous intentions towards Wei Xiaoniang. According to the story in the play, she wanted to raise the baby in Wei Xiaoniang's belly to make her have a difficult birth. In the play, Lin Qinshuang's plot was successful. Mingxi recalled
carefully that at that time, the old lady happened to go to the mountain to worship the immortal, and Sheng Hong also went to the house of the eldest lady in Runzhou to resign. Wei Xiaoniang took action at that time, Xiaodie was driven away, and she was isolated and helpless, but there were still wolves like Lin Qinshuang around her. If you want to reverse this situation, you must first stop eating these mountain delicacies and can't continue to eat them.
There was no one around to help, which was also a problem. Mingxi needed to think about it carefully. She needed to find a helper before giving birth. Minglan was still young, and Mingxi really didn't want her to worry about herself. She remembered that Wei Xiaoniang hoped that Minglan would go to the old lady's room, where she could get the old lady's protection and have a good future. At this time, she was afraid that she could not take care of Minglan. If Minglan could go to the old lady to serve her, she would have no worries.
Thinking of this, Mingxi said to Minglan: "Ming'er, you should go to the old lady's courtyard more often recently and serve your grandmother."
"Fourth sister is hanging there!"
"It doesn't matter. Your father wants Molan to go, but your grandmother hasn't agreed yet, which means she is unwilling. According to Molan's temper, she won't be able to hold on for long if she sees the old lady for a long time. The eldest lady must be reluctant to let Ruolan go. I let you go to serve, but I don't want you to coax the old lady immediately and let her take you, and then you will really do your filial piety for your father. The old lady is old, and she is surrounded by old people like the housemaid. There is no fresh air in the whole yard. You go to accompany the old lady and make her happy."
"I won't leave my mother!" Minglan said stubbornly, completely ignoring Mingxi's long string of words.
"Ming'er, I asked you to go over to find a way out for us. You see, the delicacies we've had these days are very different from our previous lives. Abnormality is evil. I'm worried that Lin Xiaoniang might have some tricks up her sleeve to attack us.
Xiaodie was driven away, and Xiaotao is still young. I feel very uneasy. You go to the old lady, firstly to show your filial piety, secondly to help my mother find out some news that I can't hear, and thirdly, if you really win the old lady's favor, she can also speak for us if anything happens in our family in the future."
"But mother, father is determined to let grandmother raise fourth sister. If I fight with her, I will only make father dislike me for nothing. Even if I win, father will dislike me, Lin Xiaoniang will bear a grudge, and the eldest lady will laugh at me. And I will go to grandmother's courtyard. How are you going to live here alone? I said I was going to fulfill my filial piety, but who would believe it?"
"Ming'er, it's mother's fault. Mother was too naive and too weak before. I didn't leave a good impression in front of your father. As a result, you have to worry about disliking father even when you fight for him. You have to think so much at such a young age. It's mother's fault."
... Mother ~ Ming'er didn't mean that."
"Don't be afraid, Ming'er, don't worry about anything. Mother has thought it through. In the future, mother will definitely protect you! "