good season

Chapter 27 First meeting
Pa, pa, pa, a few more slaps hit Nie Qionghua's face, and then Zhao Yunnuan slapped her hard, and Nie Qionghua fell to the ground.

Zhao Shiqing said: "Little demon, let them go!"

The little demon let out an "Ah Woo!" and the leader rat, who had just been frightened by Zhao Yunnuan and shivered beside her, took the lead and jumped onto Nie Qionghua. The other rats followed suit and rushed to pounce on Nie Qionghua. This time, they no longer just trampled on her like last time, but opened their pointed mouths and bit Nie Qionghua's flesh.

Nie Qionghua let out a heart-wrenching scream. Zhao Yunnuan turned around and cast an icy gaze over Nie, who was bending over and vomiting without caring about her image.

She had never seen so many rats, nor had she ever seen rats biting people. It was disgusting, really disgusting.

Zhao Yunnuan's voice was cold, without any emotion: "Come here, help the princess return to Suining Palace. The princess is not feeling well. She should rest in Suining Palace before the prince returns."

Nie felt that her internal organs were churning, her face was covered with tears and snot, and she was dizzy and dazed, but when she heard Zhao Yunnuan's words, her chaotic mind gradually became clear.

Is this unfilial daughter going to keep her under house arrest?

She wanted to scold, but her body was sore and she had no strength.

Nanny Zheng persuaded her in a low voice, and together with the maids, helped Nie onto the sedan chair.

Before arriving at Suining Palace, Nanny Zheng saw Eunuch Liu rushing over.

"Oh, Madam Zheng, we have finally found the real culprit!" Eunuch Liu wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief and looked carefully at Nie who was half lying on the sedan chair. He lowered his voice and asked, "What happened to the princess?"

Madam Zheng recalled what the eldest princess had said, sighed, and whispered, "Since the prince passed away, the princess has been in a bad mood, and she is not feeling well today."

Nanny Zheng was originally walking along with the sedan chair, but now she stopped to talk. The maid who was carrying the sedan chair did not stop and had already pulled her down a little.

Madam Zheng simply stood by the roadside and said to Eunuch Liu, "Eunuch, you made a special trip here, but did the Second Young Master have any instructions?"

Eunuch Liu then told the story of Prince Hejin and the third son of Beiyan coming to pay their respects. Nanny Zheng sighed silently in her heart, thinking that this was a good opportunity. As long as Prince Hejin and the third son of Beiyan were summoned, there would be no need to worry about house arrest or not.

But when the words came to her lips, Madam Zheng still shook her head: "The princess's body may not be able to hold on. Eunuch Liu should go and ask the eldest princess to come. The princess just fainted from crying."

Although she was partial to the princess, Nanny Zheng weighed the pros and cons and chose not to offend the eldest princess.

Eunuch Liu wanted to ask more about the matter of blocking the door, but Nanny Zheng obviously didn't want to talk about it and had already strode to catch up with the sedan chair in front. Eunuch Liu had no choice but to shut up and trotted to invite Zhao Yunnuan.

When Eunuch Liu saw Zhao Yunnuan, Zhao Yunnuan and Zhao Shiqing had already walked out of the room where Nie Qionghua was imprisoned. The little demon followed closely behind Zhao Shiqing, meowing in grievance.

It was the owner who asked it to chase mice, and it was also the owner who thought it was dirty. The cat felt wronged, very wronged, and it couldn't be appeased without a handful of dried fish.

Hearing that the Prince of Hejin and the Third Prince of the Northern Yan King had arrived, Zhao Yunnuan nodded and said to Zhao Shiqing, "Since Second Aunt wants to go to the Taoist temple to pray for my father and mother, then you can go and make arrangements."

Zhao Shiqing agreed and left with Xiao Yao.

Looking at the gradually outstanding back figure, Eunuch Liu said to Zhao Yunnuan: "Oh, the second young lady has really grown up and can share the worries of the eldest princess."

Zhao Yunnuan smiled: "Yes, my sister has grown up."

She still remembers what happened ten years ago.

That day, she sat at the gate of the palace and refused to go back. She wanted to sit there and wait for her father to bring her younger sister back. When it got dark, she still refused to go back. She fell asleep while waiting. When she woke up, she was carried back to the palace by the maids. Only then did she know that she had a fever and had been unconscious for a day and a night.

The next day, she lay in bed and heard the maids say that her father had returned.

She jumped off the bed and ran out barefoot. The maids and old women were chasing her. She shouted to her younger sister and ran forward.

Soon, she saw her little sister. She was dirty, her clothes were tattered, and she was sleeping with her eyes closed. She felt relieved and obediently followed the maids back to bed.

Two days later, she was full of energy again and wanted to go see her younger sister. The nanny told her that she couldn't go yet because her younger sister was sick and she could only play with her after her younger sister recovered.

But at this moment, she suddenly realized something.

Her younger sister has died, and the palace is currently holding a funeral for her.

In ordinary families, children who died in infancy would be buried hastily. However, although my younger sister was only five years old, she had already been given the title of princess, so her funeral had to be held in a formal manner.

After her younger sister was buried, she felt listless for a long time. She even suspected that she must have been dreaming that day, otherwise why would she see her younger sister come back?
Until one day, she passed by a yard and saw a little girl sitting alone under a tree. At first she thought she was a maid, but soon she discovered that the little girl had a cloth strip tied around her eyes. She was a child with eye disease.

Except for the pair of covered eyes, the little girl's other facial features are exactly the same as her little sister!
"Aying, is that you?"

The little girl looked in the direction of the voice and said, "My name is not Aying. I don't have a name."

At that moment, she suddenly understood that she was not dreaming that day. The little sister she saw was not Aying, but the nameless little girl in front of her.

"Why are you here?" she asked.

"I was sold to a bad guy by a kidnapper, but Uncle Prince rescued me. Are you my sister? Uncle Prince said I have brothers and sisters, and when I recover, he will let me play with them."

"Were you abducted too? Then why don't you go back to your home? Where is your home?" she asked.

The little girl shook her head and stretched out a thin white finger, pointing at her own head: "The doctor said that this part of me is broken, I don't remember it."

Nine-year-old Zhao Yunnuan knew for the first time what it meant to feel sad. She asked softly, "Are your eyes sick too?"

The little girl nodded: "The doctor said my eyes will be cured soon, there is nothing serious."

Zhao Yunnuan thought of her dead little sister, and then looked at the blind and brain-damaged little girl in front of her. She tried hard not to cry: "You are so pitiful."

The little girl opened her mouth and said with a smile: "Sister, the doctor said that I am lucky to be alive and not become a fool. He also said that I am a blessed baby. Sister, I am very blessed, really, I am not pitiful at all."

Zhao Yunnuan asked cautiously: "Can I hug you?"

The next moment, the little child stretched out his little hand to her: "Sister, hug me——"

"Grand Princess, Grand Princess?"

The androgynous voice of Eunuch Liu interrupted Zhao Yunnuan's memories. Zhao Shiqing had disappeared from her sight. Zhao Yunnuan turned around and said to Eunuch Liu, "Let's go."

(End of this chapter)