When Xixi heard her host inquiring about the mutant, she stopped hiding it and told Chen Xiao everything: "You know the mutant too, it's Chu Qianyun."
"What?!?!" Chen Xiao sat up in shock and looked up at Xi Xi.
"Beep---S003's emotional fluctuations are quite strong, and the heart rate is too high, indicating a risk of myocardial infarction."
Chen Xiao: ......
She muttered to herself, speechless, "...Are you sure this high-tech stuff is really high-tech?... "
When questioned, Xi Xi retorted defiantly, "That's the XJ interface! I bought it for a fortune!!! And weren't you asking about Chu Qianyun?! I told you, but you wouldn't listen! Humph!"
Chen Xiao's heart softened when he saw how cute Xi Xi was even when she was angry. He stopped complaining and nodded quickly, looking like he agreed with whatever Xi Xi said.
Seeing her host looking so worthless, Xi Xi felt somewhat appeased and calmly explained Chu Qianyun's situation to Chen Xiao.
To be precise, Chu Qianyun was not actually a member of the Night Dynasty in the strict sense.
Her original name was Ning Qianyun. She was the last princess of the Rong Dynasty, during the Xin Rong era, and the only one who did not go to marry a foreign ruler.
The Rong Dynasty had a long history of using marriage alliances for political purposes. Regardless of whether the princesses were legitimate or illegitimate, or whether they were favored or not, whenever a marriage alliance was needed, the princesses were simply used as bargaining chips.
But Ning Qianyun is an exception.
The reason was that when she was born, the weather, which had been overcast for more than a month, suddenly cleared up, and auspicious seven-colored clouds appeared in the sky. Then the sun shone brightly on the earth, and the people were overjoyed, shouting that a lucky star had been born. The emperor was also delighted and immediately bestowed upon her the title of "Worry-Free".
Her birth mother was originally a low-ranking noblewoman. She had a difficult childbirth, and the Empress used some method to save the child. Naturally, her birth mother lost her life.
However, the emperor initially reprimanded the empress for her actions, but later, seeing the auspicious sign, he tacitly approved of her behavior and bestowed upon her a considerable reward. Ning Qianyun's birth mother, on the other hand, was only posthumously granted the title of concubine, without any official rank.
But the princess's extraordinary birth still attracted everyone's attention; even those unfamiliar with the royal family knew of her existence. As a result, her influence grew stronger, and the emperor's favor towards her increased.
Although Ning Qianyun was deeply favored by the emperor, she never put on airs as a princess. She was already very lovable in her early childhood, and by the time she was ten years old, she had grown into a woman of both beauty and talent, attracting many young men and women who wanted to marry her.
However, the emperor looked down on those noble families. In order to prevent the beautiful girl from being taken by others, he specially placed Ning Qianyun under the name of the late empress. Now the beautiful girl became a gilded girl, and no one dared to harass the emperor anymore.
Ning Qianyun was already favored, and before she even reached marriageable age, she was transformed into a legitimate princess, much to the dissatisfaction of the other princesses. Although the late empress had been dead for a long time, she was the emperor's first wife and enjoyed an excellent reputation among the common people. Even in the court, officials held her in high esteem.
Now, Ning Qianyun not only enjoys the Emperor's favor but also has the title of legitimate princess, and even receives the favor of some officials, making her increasingly powerful. However, no matter how powerful a princess is, she can't stir up any trouble, just look at the late Empress.
This Empress Yuan, named Yin Yuyao, was of noble birth. She was the daughter of the Prince of Pingyang, a prince of a different surname in the Rong Dynasty, and the Princess of Shouguang County. She and the Emperor were childhood sweethearts and husband and wife in their youth. Unfortunately, she was frail and died young, leaving behind only two sons and two daughters.
The third and fifth princes, who were born of the legitimate wife, had long been killed by the current empress. As for the eldest prince born to the concubine, he also died at her hands. Without the eldest son and the legitimate son born to the original empress, the position of crown prince fell to her eighth prince.
As for the two princesses born to Yin Yuyao, she didn't take them seriously. What threat could princesses pose when they were destined for marriage alliances? So she easily let them go. However, the two princesses were not favored by the emperor, and their birth mothers had died early. Although they were legitimate princesses, they actually had little presence in the palace.
Later, it turned out exactly as the Empress had predicted.
In the seventeenth year of Xinrong, Jingguo launched a war against Rongchao. Rongchao suffered a series of defeats, and the emperor remembered Rongchao's custom of sending princesses to marry foreign rulers to avoid war. He tentatively presented the eldest princess, who had just come of age, to the emperor of Jingguo, but unexpectedly, it worked out perfectly.
The Emperor of Jingguo was over forty years old and adored his youngest daughter. He was not only very satisfied with the eldest princess, but also took a fancy to the fourteen-year-old second princess. As a result, both of Yin Yuyao's daughters, the eldest and second princesses, were sent to Jingguo for a marriage alliance, and the war was temporarily quelled.
Now, the bloodline left by the late empress is either dead or has been sent to marry foreign rulers, making any possibility of marriage between them impossible.
So the princesses concluded that no matter how powerful a woman is, it's useless. They thought, "Now that Ning Qianyun is jumping so high, how badly will she fall later?"
The princesses spared Ning Qianyun, but the empress did not.
Because the emperor originally intended to transfer Ning Qianyun to her name.
The emperor knew that the late empress was in decline and only held the title, so he set his sights on the empress. The empress only had one son, the crown prince, and no daughters. If Ning Qianyun could be given to the empress, she would have both a son and a daughter, how wonderful!
But the Empress didn't think that way. As someone who looked down on the princess, she naturally didn't want to agree. So she mentioned her deceased older sister—the late Empress—and, on the grounds that her sister was "unlucky," she asked the Emperor to transfer "Lucky Star Ning Qianyun" to her sister's name so that some of the good fortune could be transferred to her sister in heaven.
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged emperor thought of the 'prematurely deceased white moonlight' and found it somewhat reasonable. Therefore, he transferred Ning Qianyun to the name of the late empress.
Although the Empress facilitated this matter, she was extremely dissatisfied with it. If she hadn't thought of her deceased sister, this adopted daughter would have been hers.
Remembering how the Emperor treated this daughter differently, the Empress couldn't make things difficult for Ning Qianyun even if she wanted to. She had to maintain her image as a gentle stepmother and show concern for Ning Qianyun's well-being.
This behavior also led to frequent encounters between the Crown Prince and Ning Qianyun. The Crown Prince was twenty years older than his younger sister. Although they were both thirty, he was still completely brainless and only knew how to indulge in debauchery and extravagance. He did not understand his mother's thoughts at all and truly believed that his mother liked his younger sister. Therefore, he disliked Ning Qianyun very much.
However he disliked her, he wouldn't be foolish enough to show it openly. He ordered his lackeys, younger brothers and sisters, to play pranks on Ning Qianyun. But without exception, not only did Ning Qianyun emerge unscathed, these lackeys also thought she was a nice person and praised her highly.
As a result, the Crown Prince disliked Ning Qianyun even more.
This situation continued for four years until the emperor fell seriously ill and the crown prince took power. He began to openly suppress Ning Qianyun, who was only fourteen years old. At first, some princes and princesses were unwilling to take sides, but soon, some princes were crippled, some died, and the princesses were sent to marry foreign rulers.
After that, all the remaining princes and princesses stood by the crown prince's side, leaving Ning Qianyun isolated and helpless.
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