Traveling through a book
Waves of hunger came over me.
Zhao Fanghua turned over, rolled the quilt into a long strip, hugged it tightly in his arms, and curled up his legs to hold the end of the quilt.
I stayed up all night again last night. I’m only an intern, but working overtime until the early morning has become a common occurrence for me. I don’t know how I’ll be able to get through it after I become a regular employee.
She turned over again, and was attacked by both sleepiness and hunger. She decided to put her sleepiness aside and order some takeout to comfort her hungry stomach.
But my eyelids seemed to be glued shut and I couldn't open them.
I could faintly hear the sound of conversation. At first, it was hard to hear clearly, as if it was through the clouds. As the sound gradually came closer, it finally turned into a noisy conversation.
"Is Your Highness awake?"
"Not yet."
"I heard that Chen Tanhua is going back to Beijing soon, so the mansion will be busy."
"It's just a Tanhua, why are you so concerned about it? Just send him away. I heard that Shen Tanhua is not even from a poor family. His family has been farmers for generations."
"You can't say that. The imperial decree granting the marriage has already been issued. You will be the Prince Consort in the future."
"Isn't that a golden phoenix that flew out of the ravine? After he marries His Highness, he won't bring his poor relatives to the Princess's residence as well, right? Oh, I feel a little sorry for His Highness."
"Your Highness has a miserable life. The status of a concubine is low, just a maidservant beside the Queen Mother. Although she is the only daughter of the late emperor, she is not favored by the late emperor. Although she was raised by the Queen Mother since she was a child, she is not her biological daughter after all..."
"Shh, stop talking. If Sister Shuyu hears you, she'll punish you again..."
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Zhao Fanghua frowned, puzzled by the gossip she had heard. What was "Your Highness"? What kind of flower was Shen Tanhua? Toffee? Toffee?
Shuyu...this sounds a bit familiar.
Zhao Fanghua was searching carefully for information about Shuyu in her mind when suddenly an idea flashed in her mind. Wasn't Shuyu the personal maid of the eldest princess Zhao Fanghua, the wife of the male protagonist Shen Xiujin in the male protagonist novel she had heard on her way to and from get off work?
Zhao Fanghua sat up with a somersault.
What caught my eye was not the starry sky mosquito net that I bought on Pinduoduo, but an apricot-colored gauze net with a layer of crystal bead curtain on the outside.
As if hearing the movement inside, a pair of white and slender hands immediately lifted the gauze curtain.
"Your Highness, you're awake!"
Suddenly, the scene opened up. He saw a well-behaved woman, about his own age, dressed in a lotus-pink traditional costume, with a single spiral bun and a butterfly-shaped gold hairpin slanting through her hair. Another young girl, about fifteen or sixteen, with twin spiral buns and a sky-blue traditional costume, had already hung up the gauze curtain and beads on the other side.
Zhao Fanghua blinked her eyes, but was attracted by the antique dressing table behind the woman. There was a diamond-shaped mirror on the table, and several exquisitely crafted makeup boxes were placed beside the mirror.
On one side of the dressing table stood a small display case filled with rare antiques, while on the other stood a pot rack and a picture table, on which stood a pot of Clivia.
There is a flower cover between the room and the main hall. The crystal bead curtain hanging from the flower cover emits colorful light under the sunlight.
Looking at what she was wearing, it was not her usual nightgown. She was wearing a suspender-style bra underneath, a thin outer shirt on the outside, and wide-leg pants of the same color as the outer shirt.
A pair of exquisite embroidered shoes was placed on the footstool beside the bed.
Zhao Fanghua couldn't believe it: Am I traveling through a book?
The pink-dressed woman bent down and tentatively reached out to touch Zhao Fanghua's forehead. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your Highness's fever is finally gone. It burned all day yesterday and scared me to death."
The pink-dressed woman paused, then asked, "Is Your Highness about to get up? Today is the day for you to go to the palace and pay your respects to the Empress Dowager. If Your Highness is not feeling well yet, I will send someone to let you know."
"Your Highness?" Seeing that Zhao Fanghua did not respond for a long time, the woman in pink asked tentatively.
Zhao Fanghua stared blankly at the woman in pink and asked tentatively, "Who are you?"
The pink-dressed woman seemed puzzled, but she still knelt and bowed to Zhao Fanghua, and replied respectfully: "My name is Shuyu."
Zhao Fanghua pointed at himself again and continued to ask, "Then who am I?"
"You are Her Royal Highness Zhao Fanghua, the only eldest princess of Dasheng."
Zhao Fanghua asked again: "Who is Shen Tanhua?"
Shuyu covered her mouth and chuckled: "Shen Xiujin, Shen Tanhua, is your highness's fiancé. When Chen Tanhua returns to Beijing from his hometown, he will marry your highness."
Zhao Fanghua closed his eyes. Okay, now it was confirmed that he had indeed traveled through time.
"The Road of the Poor" is a recently popular imperial examination novel with a male protagonist. It tells the story of the male protagonist Shen Xiujin, who comes from a poor family, who passes the imperial examination and becomes the third place, enters the court, and finally becomes a prime minister. The writing style and plot are both online, and it quickly became a phenomenal imperial examination novel.
Also, because the male protagonist did not show affection to women and build a harem, but instead focused all his energy on his career, it also attracted a large number of female readers, including Zhao Fanghua.
Listening to this book has become a regular part of Zhao Fanghua's commute to get off work.
But Zhao Fanghua never expected that one day she would actually become the male protagonist's wife.
Compared to those who either traveled through time and became a criminal on the road to exile, or became an unfavored concubine in a palace intrigue novel, or the heroine in a sadistic novel who was abused physically and mentally and ended up losing her life.
Her luck in time travel seems to be pretty good.
After all, the original owner, Zhao Fanghua, was a daughter of a wealthy family, the only sibling of Emperor Zhao Qinglan and the eldest princess of Dasheng. Her status was inestimable. After marrying the male protagonist, Shen Xiujin, she served her mother-in-law, managed the household, and raised the children, a true virtuous wife. Eventually, as Shen Xiujin rose through the ranks, she was awarded the title of First-Class Imperial Edict.
Therefore, as long as she follows the established plot of the original book, she will be able to respect Shen Xiujin, grow old together, and enjoy the rest of her life.
There is no need to conquer any vicious villains, and there is no need to worry about being killed by some sub-system.
This time travel luck is not bad anymore...
That’s great!
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