Chapter 68 Baili Clan

"You mean, you were the maidservant that came with the Empress Dowager Baili Clan?!"

Xia Zhengqi felt as if his whole body had frozen.

"Yes, I am the maidservant that came with the Empress Dowager Baili Clan, Guihua." The old nanny slowly raised her head and looked at Xia Zhengqi, her lips trembling with excitement.

"Your Majesty, the last time I saw you was more than 30 years ago, when you were only three years old. You are already..."

Xia Zhengqi's eyes were red and his nose was sour: "I thought... I always thought that my mother's personal maids were no longer alive..."

"Back then, after the young lady passed away, I and another personal maid Shancha were supposed to stay to take care of you."

"But a year later, Jiang... no, it's the current Empress Dowager. After she entered the palace, I and Shancha were sent away."

Xia Zhengqi had tears in his eyes and leaned over to help Nanny Guihua up: "Where have you been working for the past 30 years?"

"The old servant works in the laundry department, and Shancha works in the sweeping department. Shancha died of illness five years ago. The old servant is old and can't work anymore, so she was sent to look after the house."

Xia Zhengqi suppressed his excited emotions, his lips trembling, and he opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

The queen looked at Xia Zhengqi with heartache.

She had heard of Empress Dowager Baili.

Although in the palace, Baili was more like a taboo and was rarely mentioned, but when she just got married, she heard Xia Zhengqi talk about it in person.

Empress Dowager Baili, whose courtesy name was Baili Qingyan, was the first empress of the late emperor.

She gave birth to two sons for the late emperor, one was the eldest prince Xia Zhengjie, and the other was the third prince Xia Zhengqi.

Unfortunately, she did not live long. She passed away when Xia Zhengqi was two years old.

Therefore, the late emperor married Jiang Hui, the sister of Master Jiang, as his successor one year later.

"Your Majesty, this is not a place to talk. Why don't we..." The queen pulled Xia Zhengqi's sleeve.

Xia Zhengqi came back to his senses and said, "Okay, take the nanny to your Kunning Palace."

The nanny followed Xia Zhengqi and the queen to Kunning Palace.

As soon as she stepped into the palace, the queen keenly heard the low cry coming from the little princess' room.

The queen didn't care about anything else and walked over in a hurry.

The queen opened the door and saw Xia Miaoyuan sitting in the quilt, wiping her tears and crying softly. The nanny hugged her with a worried look on her face.

"What happened to the princess?"

The nanny saw the queen coming and hurriedly stood up and said, "The little princess woke up from her sleep, as if she was frightened, crying loudly."

[Of course, she was frightened! Mother, please hug me!]

Xia Miaoyuan wiped her tears and looked up at the queen, her little face aggrieved.

[I dreamed that a group of monkeys pounced on me and bit me, it was so scary. I also dreamed that Deng Yirou's face was covered in blood.]

The queen heard her daughter's voice, regretful and distressed, and immediately stepped forward, wrapped Xia Miaoyuan in a quilt and picked her up.

"Don't be afraid, Miao'er, your mother will take you to sleep tonight."

The queen coaxed her softly while picking up Xia Miaoyuan and walked into her bedroom.

At this time, Xia Zhengqi was sitting in the small reception room of the bedroom, and Nanny Guihua was sitting opposite Xia Zhengqi. The two were chatting about the past.

The queen held Xia Miaoyuan and sat next to Xia Zhengqi.

Nanny Guihua hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Sit down, Nanny, no need to be polite." The queen said in a gentle tone.

[Who is it? You are sitting and chatting with daddy.]

Xia Miaoyuan glanced at Nanny Guihua and complained.

"What happened to Miao'er?" Xia Zhengqi asked immediately when he saw the queen holding her daughter in.

"She was scared by what happened during the day and had a nightmare, so I brought her here." The queen said in a light tone.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will just comfort her."

Nanny Guihua looked at Xia Miaoyuan with concern.

Upon seeing this, Xia Zhengqi hurriedly introduced, "Look, Aunt Guihua, this is my new princess this year, and also my only princess."

Aunt Guihua took a closer look and said happily, "The little princess really looks like your Majesty when he was a child! The eyebrows, the lips."

[Huh? Daddy's childhood? Is it the person who took care of him when he was a child? ]

"By the way, Aunt, why were you and Shancha sent away back then?" Xia Zhengqi asked.

Aunt Guihua frowned, "When Empress Dowager Jiang entered the palace and was ordered to take care of your Majesty, she disliked us in every way."

"Less than half a year later, your Majesty suddenly had a fever. She blamed us for not taking good care of the prince and sent us away."

Xia Miaoyuan woke up instantly after hearing what Auntie said, and all sleepiness disappeared.

[Wow, no way? She is indeed the maid who took care of Daddy when he was young. 】

【She was chased away by old lady Jiang? Could she be the maid who served Empress Baili? ! 】

Thinking of this, Xia Miaoyuan looked at Nanny Guihua.

"Alas, for so many years, I always thought you were gone. When I was a little older, I tried to find the maid who was with my mother at that time."

"I asked many eunuchs who are many years older, but they all said they didn't know."

"Later, Empress Dowager Jiang found out and was very unhappy, so I never dared to ask again." Xia Zhengqi's tone was sad.

【She is indeed the maid who served Empress Dowager Baili. 】

【Humph, Jiang Hui is very cunning. She chased away the maids around her biological mother, so that they could prevent her from telling her father about her biological mother. 】

【Minimize the influence of the biological mother on the child, so that the young father will only recognize her as his mother. 】

Xia Miaoyuan sucked her fingers and analyzed it seriously in her mind.

Seeing that Xia Zhengqi recalled his unpleasant childhood experiences again, the queen immediately changed the subject.

"Mammy, you are burning paper for old lady Baili tonight. Is it her memorial day today?"

Mammy Guihua sighed and said, "Even if it is."

"To be honest, I don't know when her death anniversary is."

"More than 30 years ago today, I got the news that the old lady died on the way to exile."

Xia Zhengqi was surprised to hear this: "What? Grandmother, she died on the way to exile?"

[Alas, not long after Jiang Hui became the successor, Grand Tutor Jiang ordered his disciples to impeach my great-grandfather, saying that he was collaborating with the enemy and treason. ]

[Grandpa sent people to search, and sure enough, they found the enemy's token in his study. ]

[Grandpa was furious, and because he was his father-in-law, he spared his death sentence and changed it to exile with his property confiscated. ]

[My great-grandmother was originally weak, and she fell ill all of a sudden after the shock. ]

[She was exiled as an official, and suffered a lot along the way. She died of illness before she arrived. 】

Xia Miaoyuan recalled the ending of the Baili family in the book and could not help but feel sad and heartbroken.

【The Baili family, who were loyal to Daxia, were framed and their family was destroyed.】