Chapter 165 The Time-Traveling Girl
Xia Miaoyuan drank a sip of yogurt and continued to recall: [The housekeeper handed her over to the manor’s steward Li and his wife, and asked them to tell the outside world that she was their daughter. ]
[The steward Li and his wife did not know the true background of the illegitimate daughter, and did not dare to ask. They only guessed that she must be a child with a shady background, so they did not care about her at all. ]
[They gave the illegitimate daughter a random name, Li Zhuer, just like a kitten or a puppy, and fed her casually with some food. ]
[The illegitimate daughter suffered a lot when she was young. At the age of five or six, she had to help adults with work, needlework, housework, chopping wood, feeding pigs, and even weeding in the fields. She had to do everything. ]
[If she was a little slower, she would be scolded. Frozen and hungry, that was her daily routine. 】
As a woman, the queen couldn't help but feel empathy when she heard about the miserable life of the illegitimate daughter in her childhood, and she felt a little sad.
Thinking about herself, as a princess of the Xiaolin tribe when she was young, although the tribe was not powerful and was often invaded by foreign tribes, her parents, brothers and sisters were very kind to her.
She rode a horse and shot arrows every day, doing everything she wanted to do, and her life was very comfortable.
In comparison, the illegitimate daughter was about the same age as herself, and she was also the daughter of Jiang Hui, but she suffered so much.
【When she was thirteen years old, the illegitimate daughter accidentally fell into the water and died on the spot. 】
What? Drowning, died on the spot?
The queen looked at her daughter and was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on her back.
【The couple of Steward Li didn't take her seriously at all, so no one noticed her falling into the water. When they found the illegitimate daughter and pulled her out, she had been soaking in the water for a long time and had long since died. 】
【Just when they were about to wrap her up with a straw mat and bury her, the illegitimate daughter suddenly woke up. But strangely, her temperament changed drastically. 】
The queen was even more shocked and her mouth opened involuntarily. Realizing that she had lost her composure, she quickly took out a handkerchief to cover her mouth.
Oh my God, drowned to death, resurrected from the dead, and her temperament changed drastically, how weird!
【Everyone in the village said that she was possessed by a water ghost, but in fact her body was just traveled by a modern woman. 】
【From then on, the illegitimate daughter's appearance was still Li Zhuer, but inside she was actually a time-traveling woman. 】
What? A time-traveling woman!
What is a time-traveling woman?
Although the queen did not understand what time travel meant, she could easily guess from what the woman said that time travel was like a person being possessed by another soul.
The crown prince of the fallen country, Liang Chaozong, actually married such a time traveler. Presumably, this time traveler had extraordinary abilities and helped Liang Chaozong in restoring the country.
The queen fell into deep thought for a moment, and turned a deaf ear to the conversation between Madam Liang and the queen mother.
[What? You are actually going to keep your illegitimate daughter and the child in the palace! ? How can that be possible! ]
The queen was suddenly awakened by her daughter's inner voice.
Who? The illegitimate daughter and her child are going to stay in the palace?
The queen suddenly raised her head and looked at the queen mother and others.
Madam Liang pretended to be sensible and said softly, "Your Highness, how dare we do this? We are just ordinary people."
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "That's nothing. I like you and your daughter. It's only natural for you to stay in the palace for a few days."
"Jinse, don't refuse. I'll be annoyed if you refuse again."
Madam Niu smiled and said, "That's right, the Queen Mother has asked you to stay, so you just obey her orders and stay."
When the other ladies heard that the Queen Mother insisted on inviting Madam Liang and her daughter to live in the palace, they instantly felt jealous, but for the sake of face, they had to force a smile and persuade Madam Liang to stay. The Queen
came to her senses and understood the Queen Mother's invitation just now. She was so regretful.
The daughter was right. The illegitimate daughter should not be allowed to live in the palace.
"Mother!" The Queen did not bother to organize her thoughts and spoke hurriedly.
"Why, Queen? Are you going to prepare food, clothing, housing and transportation for them?" The Queen Mother looked at the Queen with a smile.
Without waiting for the Queen to answer, the Queen Mother said again: "Don't bother with it. You are busy managing the affairs of the six palaces. I will take care of their food, clothing, housing and transportation."
"Anyway, they will live in my palace, which is convenient."
The Queen was hit by the Queen Mother's rapid-fire words and had no power to retort.
Besides, she really couldn't think of any suitable reason to stop the Queen Mother.
She could only say "OK" indifferently.
Well, just live there, just pay more attention to the movements in Shoukang Palace.
The Queen comforted herself.
When the noisy New Year's palace banquet ended, it was already mid-afternoon.
Xia Miaoyuan waited for the emperor and empress to send off the guests before she got on the sedan chair and returned to Kunning Palace.
[Oh, I'm so sleepy.] Xia Miaoyuan sat in the sedan chair, her eyelids fighting.
[It is said that there are fun things in the palace on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. It seems that the book does not write about it in detail. I wonder what they are...]
Xia Miaoyuan squinted her eyes and muttered to herself, and actually fell asleep.
When she woke up, she found that it was getting dark.
Xia Miaoyuan rubbed her eyes: "Is it evening?"
"Your Highness, you finally woke up. It's not evening yet, but it's almost evening." Li Ma said softly.
"Sister, sister!" A familiar voice came.
Xia Miaoyuan jumped up and saw the fifth prince pushing the door open.
"Fifth brother!" Xia Miaoyuan called out in a baby voice and slipped out of bed.
Nanny Li hurriedly stopped her, grabbed her, combed her hair, put on her coat, and then let her go.
"What to play? What to play?" Xia Miaoyuan grabbed the sleeve of the fifth prince impatiently.
[Hehe. Xiaowu is not very interested in studying, but he likes children's games the most and knows a lot about all kinds of toys. Tonight, as long as you follow the lovely fifth brother, you can have a good time on New Year's Eve! ]
Xia Miaoyuan looked up at the fifth prince with enthusiasm and sincerity on her face, but she was thinking about her own little calculations in her heart.
The fifth prince felt quite speechless, but he could not reveal the fact that he could hear his sister's thoughts.
Some time ago, since Emperor Mingxi discovered that everyone who was related to his daughter by blood could hear her thoughts, he specially called several princes over quietly and told them not to tell anyone about this, otherwise they would be directly removed from the royal family and driven out of the palace.
"Sister, this is your first time to celebrate New Year's Eve. Do you know? New Year's Eve is fun. In addition to endless delicious food, there are also firecrackers, fireworks, lots of candies, and New Year's money."
"What else?" Xia Miaoyuan blinked her big eyes.
"There are also performances, singing and dancing. In short, it's very fun." The fifth prince said, holding Xia Miaoyuan's little hand, and ran out of the gate of Kunning Palace.
"Fifth Prince, where are you taking the princess?" Li Ma and Yingxue saw this and hurriedly ran after him.