Chapter 263 Grandmother's Danger
After the maids had decorated Xiao Wanyin's room, it was time for dinner.
The Queen brought the two little girls to a warm and happy meal.
Xiao Wanyin and Xia Miaoyuan were both lively and cheerful, chatting and laughing while eating.
The Queen didn't want to confine the two children in her place, so she just laughed at them and warned them not to do so in front of other study partners.
After dinner, Xiao Wanyin pestered Xia Miaoyuan to let her ride Maomao.
"You ride it all day in the palace, let me ride it too!"
Xia Miaoyuan agreed readily: "Okay!"
The maid carried Xiao Wanyin to Maomao's back and strolled slowly in the yard.
Xiao Wanyin grinned happily: "Riding a deer is much better than riding a horse. It's not as tall and scary as a horse. And deer are very docile!"
"Of course! This princess's mount is the best!"
Maomao rolled her eyes at Xia Miaoyuan: Didn't I say I was your pet? How did I become a mount?
Just when the two sisters were having fun, an eunuch came in in a panic.
"Your Majesty, there's a letter from Northern Xinjiang!"
The queen immediately looked serious.
"Hurry and present it to me!"
The little eunuch did not dare to neglect it. He took a few quick steps and handed the letter to Yingxue, who handed it to the queen.
The queen opened the letter and read it carefully, frowning.
"Whose letter is it? My second brother or my grandfather?" When Xia Miaoyuan heard the letter from Northern Xinjiang, he didn't bother to play with Xiao Wanyin anymore and ran into the house.
Xiao Wanyin also quickly got off the deer and ran in with Xia Miaoyuan.
The two little kids surrounded the empress on both sides, one on the left and one on the right, and looked at the letter.
[Grandmother's condition has worsened!] Xia Miaoyuan glanced at these words and his heart tightened.
[How could this be?]
Xiao Wanyin was six and a half years old this year. She had already started to learn before entering the palace and could recognize some simple words.
At this time, she had already understood it roughly through the words she knew, and her little face sank.
"Does the emperor know?" After reading the letter, the empress asked the eunuch who delivered the letter.
"Replying to the queen, the emperor has read the letter and said that everything is up to you."
The letter said that since the queen's sister Xiao Zilan disappeared, Meng has been worried day and night and soon fell ill.
Now, two years have passed, Xiao Zilan has not been found, and Meng's illness is getting worse.
Now, the doctors of Xiao Lin's department are helpless.
The queen told the two children the contents of the letter in a concise manner.
"Will grandma die?" Xiao Wanyin's eyes were red and tears fell one by one.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Xia Miaoyuan covered Xiao Wanyin's mouth.
"Grandma is such a good person, she will definitely live a long life."
Xia Miaoyuan's words were not only to comfort the queen and Xiao Wanyin, but also to comfort himself.
In the book, all the members of the Xiao family did not die well.
The entire Xiaolin tribe was massacred overnight by the imperial court on charges of rebellion.
Xiao Tiehan, Meng, and all those uncles, cousins, and brothers and sisters had their heads cut off and hung on flagpoles for public display.
All of Xia Miaoyuan's relatives died tragically in that massacre.
At that time, the empress, the crown prince, and the second prince were all killed. Emperor Mingxi was poisoned and lay in the Qianqing Palace like a puppet, at the mercy of others.
Jiang Taishi controlled the government and had a single hand to cover the sky.
In order to prevent Xiaolin from standing up for the empress and the crown prince, he took the lead in attacking, fabricating evidence, and reported that Xiaolin had a rebellious heart and attempted to lead the army to attack Daxia.
Afterwards, Jiang Taishi pretended to send an envoy to Xiaolin to verify the situation.
The Xiao Lin tribe believed it to be true, entertained the envoys warmly, and tried to clear their grievances. However, it turned out to be a lie, and the real purpose was to wipe out the Xiao Lin tribe.
The envoys put drugs in the tea, poisoning Xiao Tiehan and several of his sons. Then, the followers drew their swords and shouted that Xiao Tiehan was trying to murder the envoys and rebel against Daxia, and began to kill.
The large troops that had been ambushed outside also rushed in. In one night, all the people of the Xiao Lin tribe died.
Only a few clever ones escaped.
Recalling this passage in the book, Xia Miaoyuan's heart ached like a knife.
The queen and Xiao Wanyin bit their lips tightly, their faces gloomy. Just now, Xia Miaoyuan recalled this passage, and they heard his voice clearly.
The queen was better off, as she had heard her daughter briefly talk about it before, but not in such detail as today.
Xiao Wanyin was greatly shocked. She covered her mouth tightly, threw herself into the queen's arms, and cried silently.
In her six-year-old life, she had never heard such a tragic story, not to mention that the people in the story were from her own family, and the dead were her own relatives.
Cousin Miao'er is a little fairy, she will definitely protect everyone.
Xiao Wanyin repeated it over and over in her heart to comfort herself.
"Mother, let's bring our grandmother over!" Xia Miaoyuan said seriously.
"We have Aunt Yin, the miraculous doctor, so many doctors, and many precious medicinal herbs here. We will definitely be able to cure grandma."
The queen touched Xia Miaoyuan's head with satisfaction: "Miao'er has really grown up."
"In fact, the queen mother also has this idea."
That night, the queen issued an imperial decree and sent people to the northern border to bring Meng to the capital for treatment.
Emperor Mingxi fully supported the queen's plan and sent a hundred people from his secret guards to go together.
After all, the northern border is still at war, and Meng is such an important person that we must prevent other tribes from taking the opportunity to do harm.
Everything was arranged properly, and the queen comforted the two children again before everyone went to bed.
The next morning, Xia Miaoyuan and Xiao Wanyin were forcibly pulled out of the quilt by the maids.
"Ahhhhhh! I want to sleep!" Xia Miaoyuan shouted recklessly and dived into the quilt without a care in the world.
Nanny Li advised softly, "No, Your Highness. Today is your first day of school. It would be inappropriate if you don't go or are late."
Xia Miaoyuan and Xiao Wanyin got up reluctantly when they remembered this.
When the two of them came to the main hall in a sedan chair, everyone else had already arrived and were sitting in the classroom, waiting for the teacher to come to class.
"Why did you come just now? I thought you couldn't get out of bed again!" The fifth prince muttered as he helped Xia Miaoyuan put away his pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
"It was really uncomfortable in the early days!" Xia Miaoyuan said with a bitter face.
"You, you've entered the school, how can you be so sleepy all day long?" The fifth prince said in the tone of an adult.
Xia Miaoyuan rolled his eyes countless times in his heart, [Xiaowu, Xiaowu, isn't it the time when you were late and left early, and tried your best to skip school?]
The fifth prince lowered his head in embarrassment. In order to hide his embarrassment, he helped Xiao Wanyin put away the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
"You are Xiao Wanyin, right? I have seen you at the palace banquet before." The fifth prince's tone was very familiar.
"Oh!" Xiao Wanyin was so sleepy that she didn't even want to lift her eyelids.
"I am Miao'er's fifth brother, you can also call me fifth brother like Miao'er. You all just entered the main hall, and I will take care of you in the future."
"Okay, thank you, fifth brother." Xiao Wanyin responded weakly.
The seventh prince also came over enthusiastically to greet Xia Miaoyuan and Xiao Wanyin.
Ever since the seventh prince stole some cakes and nearly choked to death during the New Year's Eve ancestor worship, and Xia Miaoyuan saved his life, the seventh prince has become a loyal follower of Xia Miaoyuan.
"Miao'er, have you had breakfast? This is for you." The seventh prince took out a cloth bag from his pocket, opened it, and inside were two tea eggs and a snack.