Rebirth of the Merchant Girl

Chapter 240
After Xie Yanniang fell asleep, the eldest princess reluctantly guarded for a while, and then quietly left the room.

Mammy was waiting outside, when she saw the Eldest Princess come out, she stepped forward to put on her cloak.

The eldest princess sullenly lost the smile she had in the room just now: "Call everyone outside, and send more people to guard the yard. I heard that last time the Rong people broke into the Prince Regent's Mansion and took Qiuniang away. This will not happen again.”

"Yes, master." Mammy took the order and left. She cherished the princess who finally came back more than the eldest princess.

The eldest princess returned to the courtyard alone, dismissed the maids, opened the gauze curtain and walked into the inner room.

There is a tablet on the wooden case, but it is empty and nothing is engraved on it.

She sat down casually on the ground, stretched out her hand to fill two glasses of wine, put them in front of her, raised one and drank it with her head up, and when she lowered her head again, her eyes were full of tears, but the corner of her mouth was smiling: "You know what? I am so happy that our daughter finally came back. Everyone gave up and despaired, but I always believed that you are protecting our daughter in the dark. Sure enough, she came back and returned to my side. His chess skills are extraordinary, and he is a kind kid."

The eldest princess drank the second glass of wine, her eyes gradually darkened: "Those who have hurt our daughter, don't worry, I will not leave any one behind. If you are here, you will do the same. Let me do it for you this time." .”

She drank one cup after another, lay directly on the ground, and said with a smile: "I'm so happy tonight, how about I stay here with you? Don't worry, I originally thought about waiting for another two years. If it's true I couldn’t find it, so I went to the Nine Springs to apologize to you. Now it’s all right, my daughter is back, but I want you to wait a little longer on the Naihe Bridge.”

The eldest princess was drunk and chattered a lot, with a smile on her face all the time.

Until late at night, the mother came back and helped her get up to the couch, and when she heard what the eldest princess whispered, she was sad and happy for her, and wiped the corners of her eyes to tuck the quilt for the eldest princess.

She had already seen that the eldest princess had intended to leave, but luckily the princess came back.

Otherwise, I am afraid that within two years, the eldest princess will have to go with the son-in-law.

Xie Yanniang slept very soundly, and it was almost noon when she woke up.

The nanny came over to help her get up personally. The clothes she had prepared had been warmed on the stove, and she was warm all over. She smiled and said, "The princess fits well? This is driven out by the needle threader at night. If you don't like it, Let people change it.”

"Thank you, mother, this dress fits you well." Touching the material, Xie Yanniang knew that it was a rare cloud gauze, as light as paper, soft and comfortable, and it was a unique royal fabric.

The stitches are meticulous, and the placket is embroidered with begonia flowers, probably ordered by the eldest princess herself.

Xie Yanniang took it easy, caressing her clothes, with a slight smile on her lips.

Seeing that she was satisfied, Mammy was also very happy: "The princess will choose a few more styles, and let the embroiderer come over later?"

"No need, let mother make up her mind." Xie Yanniang asked again after washing, "Is mother up yet?"

"Get up, and I'm waiting for the Princess to have dinner together in the pavilion." Mammy looked at her with a smile, no matter how she looked at it, she felt that the Princess looked like a princess.

In the past, I only felt that the eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar, but now that I looked carefully, they were exactly the same.

If they had found out earlier, they wouldn't have to search the entire Qing Kingdom to find the princess.

Xie Yanniang was a little embarrassed by her look, so she quickly packed up and went to look for the eldest princess.

"Mother," she thought for a while, and still saluted the eldest princess outside the pavilion.

The eldest princess greeted her personally, put her arms around her and said, "Why are you being polite to me? After sleeping for so long, you must be hungry? I don't know what you like to eat. I asked the kitchen to pick up some good ones and tell you to taste them. If you like Which, just tell Mammy."

Xie Yanniang saw that the stone table was already full of dishes, more than a dozen dishes, and couldn't help being surprised.

Seeing the eager eyes of the Eldest Princess looking over, she picked up the chopsticks and tasted each dish, wrinkled her face and said, "They are all delicious, and I can't pick which one is the best."

"Since you like them all, let's eat in a different place in the future." The eldest princess clapped her hands, the dishes on the table were taken away by the maid, and a new one was replaced, which made Xie Yanniang dumbfounded.

The eldest princess picked up some more chopsticks for her, Xie Yanniang had to taste it again, seeing that the eldest princess was about to change another table, she quickly waved her hand and said: "Mother, I really can't eat anymore."

"Alright, let's save some time for the night." The eldest princess pinched Xie Yanniang's cheeks, and sighed: "I'm still a little thinner, it's time to make up for it."

Seeing that she was really full, the eldest princess smiled again: "If you can't eat, why didn't you tell me earlier, it looks like your stomach is so full."

Xie Yanniang looked at her with wide eyes, and said embarrassedly: "Mother has a heart, how can my daughter live up to it, I wish I could eat it all."

The eldest princess was both moved and helpless when she heard it: "You, this small mouth is really good at talking, as if it has been smeared with honey. But don't force yourself to eat it in the future, it won't be good if you feel uncomfortable."

Xie Yanniang quickly agreed, and the eldest princess planned to take her for a walk in the garden to digest food.

The two just got up when they heard that the palace had sent someone.

The person who came was Qin Tianjian, who came to report the recent good days of the eldest princess.

The eldest princess raised her eyebrows, asked Mammy to accept the scroll, and rewarded another bag of golden nudes.

Since Xie Yanniang was going to recognize her ancestor and return to her clan, the adopted daughter could not accept her, so she had to go to the palace to explain to the young emperor in person.

She frowned, obviously not wanting to enter the palace.

After glancing at Xie Yanniang, the eldest princess finally made up her mind: "Let's go into the palace now and talk to the emperor."

The eldest princess asked Qin Tianjian to report first, took Xie Yanniang into the carriage, and went straight to the palace.

The Young Emperor met the two in the side hall of the Qionghua Palace. After the Eldest Princess and Xie Yanniang saluted, they raised their heads, and Xie Yanniang couldn't help being surprised.

Compared with the previous few days, the young emperor was significantly thinner, the flesh on his face was gone, his expression was haggard, faintly tired.

It stands to reason that the traitors in the palace were wiped out and the power was regained. He should be happy. How did he end up like this?

The eldest princess is also puzzled, but the matter of Xie Yanniang is more important.She briefly explained, and then said: "I hid the news at the beginning, but now I want to let her return to the status of princess, I have to ask the emperor for permission."

The young emperor glanced at Xie Yanniang, and saw that she was the court lady who begged him back then.

It turned out that it was not the servant girl next to the eldest princess, but his direct cousin.

No wonder it looked familiar before, it turned out to be somewhat similar to the eldest princess.

The young emperor doesn't mind giving the eldest princess a favor. After all, if the eldest princess hadn't entered the palace on purpose, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to live long under the fifteen princes: "I agree, but I have to give an explanation to outsiders. There is nothing wrong with it." Let’s just say that the Princess was dropped when she was born, and she just got it back now, how about it?”

The eldest princess agreed after thinking about it, and explaining it this way can stop Yoyo's mouth.

"Since the eldest princess agrees, then so be it." The young emperor waved his hand, obviously he still had something to do and he didn't want to delay any longer.

He stood up tiredly, staggered a bit, was supported by the black-faced guards behind him, and then left.

Xie Yanniang turned her head and glanced at the black-faced guard, the latter seemed to have sensed it, turned her head, her eyes fell on her, followed the young emperor with a sullen face and left.

The Eldest Princess got into the carriage, and when she was far away from the palace, she whispered to Xie Yanniang: "The emperor's seal is dark, I'm afraid it's an injury."

Even the imperial physician in the palace was at a loss what to do, fearing that he might not live long.

She neither likes nor dislikes this nephew, it's just because of the late emperor that she doesn't want to have more contact with him.

Seeing that his foundation was ruined by Long Zhiyu now, he couldn't help but sigh.

Xie Yanniang lowered her head, but said: "The emperor will live well, after all, Qing Kingdom can no longer be turbulent."

"That's true. It's only been a few years since the late emperor passed away. Now there is domestic turmoil in Qing Dynasty and foreign invasion. It's rare to quell the rebellion of the fifteen princes, and there are Rong people watching in the border town, so we can't let ourselves get into trouble first." The eldest princess looked at it. To her, he asked again: "Do you recognize the guards following the emperor?"

"I've only met once, and never spoke to each other." Xie Yanniang didn't say that the black-faced guards were Ruan Jingxin's hidden guards, and they were also the leader of the hidden guards.

This is a secret belonging to the Prince Regent. If you tell the Eldest Princess, he has to say it in person. He is not qualified to speak.

The eldest princess didn't want her to be involved in the affairs of the palace, so she didn't ask too much.

She wished she could hold a banquet right away so that everyone in the Qing Kingdom would know that the real princess had returned and returned to her side.

It's just that Liu Zifu in the mansion has not been buried yet, after all she is Xie Yanniang's adoptive mother, her kindness is as heavy as a mountain, how can she ignore it.

The eldest princess sighed, it's better to keep a low profile now.Having lost it once, she was already afraid of losing it again.

Xie Yanniang did not expect that the eldest princess took out her golden nanmu coffin to Liu Zifu, caressing the coffin, she said with red eyes: "Thank you, mother."

The eldest princess shook her head and said, "It's just a dead thing. It was originally prepared for myself. I don't want to hide it from you. After 16 years of suffering, I'm almost reaching my limit. Thinking of your father waiting on the Naihe Bridge I was afraid that I would get impatient, so I thought about waiting for 20 years, if there is still no news from you, I will personally go to the Nine Springs to ask your father for sin."

"It's good now, this thing is temporarily useless, and we can only let your father wait for a few more years."

Xie Yanniang hurriedly got up and held the eldest princess's arm and said: "It's been a few years, mother hasn't seen me for so long, don't you want to watch my grandson be born, hug him, and watch him marry a wife and have children. If granddaughter, I don't want to see her come out gracefully, and I have to bother my mother to prepare the dowry in the future so that she can marry in a splendid manner."

She suppressed the panic in her heart and forced a smile on her face.

Because from the eyes of the eldest princess, I saw her once.

At that time, Xie Yanniang was so desperate in the palace that she wanted to seek death, she had seen such eyes in the mirror more than once, but now she saw such death in the eyes of the eldest princess.

(End of this chapter)