She lives under someone else's roof and does not have a glamorous life.
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the Queen Mother had never properly celebrated her birthday in the past few years. She would either invite them together for a meal or have some clothes and food sent to her. On a few occasions, she even forgot. During those years, only Aunt Ji, who had taken care of her since she entered the palace, remembered her birthday.
Nanny Ji was probably the best person to her in the entire palace. When she first entered the palace, she was very young and knew nothing. She often accidentally contradicted the Queen Mother, and it was Nanny Ji who helped her smooth things over.
It was also Aunt Ji who told her that her mother was dead.
Nanny Ji is straightforward and decisive in her actions. She couldn't bear to see the poor little princess being deceived.
She had a daughter in the past, who fell ill and died at the age of two. She then treated Helan Minzhi as her own daughter, as if she were her own biological child.
Helan Minzhi had a nickname when she was a child, Lanlan, and Aunt Ji sometimes called her Lanlan.
Helan Minzhi had never been taken seriously before, and her life even felt like walking on thin ice. This year, her birthday was suddenly said to be held grandly, so how could she not be happy?
At this moment, Helan Minzhi was trying on clothes in the house, thinking that she must dress beautifully on her birthday.
She tried one set after another, but still couldn't find anything she was satisfied with. Her personal maid Maomao was holding clothes for her, but the clothes in her hands were piled up like a mountain and she could hardly hold them.
"Princess, are you done trying on these clothes? You've tried on every piece of clothing the Queen Mother has given you since you were six. Aren't you tired?"
She really wasn't tired. Although the clothes she wore when she was six years old could no longer fit into her, she was happy all night as she tried them on and recalled the time when she first got the clothes.
I had just entered the palace at that time, and had never seen such beautiful clothes.
Maomao complained in his heart, how come this princess has been in the palace for ten years but still looks so unfashionable, as if she has never seen the world.
Maomao was assigned to Helan Minzhi's palace at the beginning of this year. Maomao was very ambitious and always wanted to serve the Crown Prince in the Eastern Palace, or at least the Queen Mother. However, he did not want to be assigned to the unpopular Princess' Palace and was very unhappy.
She has been wanting to serve Shi Qingmiao recently. After all, she is a close confidant of the Queen Mother, not an ordinary figure in the palace.
At this time, Aunt Ji rushed back from outside, "Oh my God! Why are you still trying on clothes?"
Helan Minzhi saw that it was Aunt Ji who came back, and turned around in surprise to let her see what she was wearing, "Look, Aunt, does this purple one look good?"
"Too old-fashioned!" Aunt Ji made a hasty comment. When she saw Helan Minzhi looking down in disappointment to find another set of clothes, she grabbed her elbow, pulled her over, and said, "Come here first. I have something to tell you."
Helan Minzhi understood and turned to Maomao and said, "Go out first. I'll call you later."
Maomao seemed liberated. He threw his clothes on the bed and walked out carefree.
Aunt Ji couldn't stand her behavior, so she quickly closed the door after she left, almost pinching Maomao's hair off.
"Mammy, what do you want to say?"
Helan Minzhi straightened out the wrinkles on her clothes. They had been at the bottom of the box for too long and were all wrinkled. She would need to use a hot water bottle to iron them out soon.
Nanny Ji pulled her to sit down and said, "Princess, you heard that your birthday party will be held in two days, right?"
Helan Minzhi nodded.
That’s right, I knew it many days ago, but why is Aunt Ji saying this now?
"Princess, this birthday party is not that simple." Nanny Ji said with a serious expression.
Helan Minzhi always felt that Nanny had been a little suspicious recently. He pinched a piece of cake and stuffed it into his mouth. After taking a bite, he said vaguely: "What's so complicated? Maybe it's just that the Queen Mother wants to celebrate my birthday. It's nothing."
Nanny Ji sighed, worried about how her master could have such a simple mind, and said, "Princess, I don't know if I should tell you this."
Helan Minzhi stuffed the whole cake into her mouth and pinched another piece. The honey in the cake melted into her mouth, making her smile sweetly. She said, "What else can't we say? Just tell me, it's okay."
Nanny Ji considered it over and over again, and really felt that such words should not be said to someone as simple-minded as the princess, but if she didn't say it, she would feel uneasy.
In the past few years, she always felt that someone wanted to harm Helan Minzhi. Ever since she was captured and released for no reason last time, she has become even more worried. She even doesn't trust the maids who often receive orders from the Queen Mother to deliver things. Before giving it to Helan Minzhi, she must try it herself to feel at ease.
"I heard that Prime Minister Tang was planning a rebellion at the princess' birthday party."
Rebellion?!
Helan Minzhi was so frightened that the cake in his hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
"Mammy, are you kidding me?"
Helan Minzhi couldn't believe that someone was planning a rebellion at her birthday party, and it was Prime Minister Tang, an important official in the court.
If it was anyone else, she would find it a little more credible, but Prime Minister Tang, how could it be possible?
"Princess, what I said is absolutely true."
"My old sister has been working for the Prime Minister's wife since she left the palace. She overheard Prime Minister Tang and a mysterious man talking in the study. They said they were going to take action in two days. The princess' birthday party is two days later, so she wouldn't lie to me."
"Could it be, could it be that she heard it wrong?" Helan Minzhi still couldn't believe it. "How could Prime Minister Tang rebel? He is the Prime Minister, why would he rebel?"
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