"Shuyi, if Father sends you to the palace to replace me, you must not come, understand?"
The elder sister's abdomen was covered in blood and wrapped in white gauze. Back then, Wei Shuyi was still unmarried and could only cry when she saw her pale-faced sister on the bed.
"Stop crying, talk to me!"
The woman grabbed her hand, and Wei Shuyi felt as if her older sister's fingernails were about to pierce the back of her hand.
She nodded quickly, answering through tears.
"Elder sister, I promise you, I will never... I will never enter the palace."
"Swear it."
At this moment, her elder sister was covered in cold sweat, and with her last breath, she forced her to swear an oath.
"Elder sister, I swear I will never enter the palace in this lifetime."
The sobbing and anxious tone of her voice allowed the late Empress to hear what she longed to hear. With all her might, she pulled her sister's head close to her mouth and whispered to her...
"If you can't resist, run away. If you can't run away... it's okay if you go to the palace, but... you must never be truly loyal to the Emperor."
"This is the last thing your elder sister can give you... the last thing to save your life."
"Don't tell anyone... Father, Mother... No one is allowed to tell, unless that person can guarantee your safety."
"Shuyi, your elder sister wishes you peace, safety, joy, and happiness."
The woman's arm rested on the edge of the bed, and on her slender wrist was a jade bracelet identical to the one on her wrist.
Wei Shuyi sat there blankly by the bed for a long time, so long that she didn't even hear the news of the Empress's death.
The woman awoke with a start, her face pale and covered in sweat, her golden undergarment stained with water. The palace maid on night watch heard the commotion and rushed in, seeing the terrified Empress, and hurriedly went to call the head maid.
The Empress ignored all of this and, taking advantage of the absence of others in her bedchamber, hurriedly searched the hidden compartment under the bed. She found the things her sister had given her in the box inside and quickly put them back in their original place.
"Your Majesty, are you having another nightmare?"
Wei Shuyi looked unwell, which worried the head maid.
"How about I invite Miss Hou to the palace first thing tomorrow morning?"
The woman nodded, paused for a moment, and then added a sentence.
"Summon the Prince of Zhenbei as well."
It's always good for sisters to be together. I'm frail, and I don't know if I can take care of her.
Seeing them always reminds me of the days when my older sister was still unmarried and we used to play together.
Hou Xiangxiang and Long'er went to the palace as soon as they got up. The Empress still cared about the little girl and specially instructed the person who went out of the palace to deliver the decree to say that she should wait until she woke up naturally before entering the palace, and there was no need to rush.
The little girl can actually get up; it's Huo Xiaolong who can't.
"Your Majesty, what's going on? My health was slowly improving after taking the medicine you prescribed last time, so why did you suddenly summon us to the palace?"
Huo Xiaolong was washing his face with facial cleanser. His face was white and smooth, his nose was a little stuffy, and he had just woken up, so his voice sounded a bit babyish. But his strong border town accent made it impossible for anyone to connect with him.
The girl rubbed her face vigorously a couple of times, then wiped it haphazardly with a towel before sitting in front of the mirror and letting her two mothers tidy her up.
Another important point is Hou Xiangxiang. Madam Hou has been busy these past few days. The Hou family has just been selected as imperial merchants, and the children are all with Xu Zheng, so she hasn't been able to take good care of the little girl.
Fortunately, they live next to the Prince's Mansion. Recently, Hou Xiangxiang has been taking care of all her needs, including food, clothing, and lodging, with Huo Xiaolong.
"Her Majesty the Empress is just like Tingche back then; she can't quite get over that hurdle in her heart."
He Yi brought over a bright red dress and held it up against Xiangxiang. The girl looked up at her and said...
"Auntie, I don't want to wear this. I want to wear the one that Uncle Huo bought for Long'er a few days ago. It's all colorful and festive."
Huo Xiaolong originally wanted to say something about the Empress, but upon hearing this, the girl whose lips had been rouged by Cen Ang grimaced at her friend.
Her bright features were twisted into a somewhat ferocious expression.
"What's wrong?" Hou Xiangxiang asked.
"It's okay, little sister, I think you have good taste."
"Absolutely, that's great, auntie, I want to wear that."
He Yi was already used to the child's taste, and she said to her gently with a smile.
"no."
"Auntie, I really want to wear this. Can we talk about it?"
"No, that would be embarrassing."
"Whose face are you going to embarrass? Long'er isn't afraid of embarrassing my aunt."
Huo Xiaolong: I'm scared, but I'm too embarrassed to say it.
“Your mother just got selected as a royal merchant, you're disgracing your mother.”
Once the bloodline suppression was revealed, Hou Xiangxiang immediately became obedient.
Okay, after all, I'm really afraid of getting beaten up.
Huo Xiaolong sometimes thinks that he was the mentally unstable child back then, but among his girlfriends, she is the most normal.
I'm so happy, I've hit the jackpot in my life.
Da Nier, Hou Xiangxiang: ? ? Maybe, but please don't laugh so happily when you're chopping people up.
In the end, Long'er still wore a python robe. Huo Xiaolong had dozens of these python robes, and each of the sisters in the building embroidered one. In addition, Lan Tingche measured himself with a soft ruler every day.
The girl's wardrobe was not lacking in clothes.
Hou Xiangxiang was dressed in a delicate pink outfit today, which, combined with her noble air as a young lady, made people take a second look at the two of them.
As long as these two people are decent.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Empress."
The two bowed and paid their respects to the Empress.
The empress, who was lying in bed feeling a bit listless, immediately brightened up when she saw the two young girls' outfits.
"Oh, you're not wearing that green dress today?" the Empress said to Hou Xiangxiang.
The girl shook her head.
"No, I'm afraid my mother will beat me."
Wei Shuyi held a handkerchief in her hand and nodded Hou Xiangxiang's head a few times.
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