My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Let's leave Chapter 288.

However, the young man she rescued was timid and afraid that Xin Nian would turn on him, find him troublesome, and immediately kick him out of the team to fend for himself.

The sixth man glanced at the man several times, then leaned closer and looked him up and down with his round, almond-shaped eyes.

"Young man, you're not mute, why didn't you make a sound when you fell into the pit?" The pit wasn't far from the crowd, but its location was a bit hidden.

But if you shout for help, maybe no one will hear you.

The young man hesitated, then stammered, "I...I dare not..."

Xin Nian was speechless. "Why are you so timid? What's so scary about making a sound?"

Yan Xi raised an eyebrow. "You escaped from the palace, hiding your head and not daring to utter a sound, afraid of being discovered by the Crown Prince?"

"Shhhhh." The little boy shuddered in fright and quickly raised his hand to make Yan Xi be quiet.

Xin Nian blinked and lowered her voice, "You're a eunuch? How did you get out?"

She remembered Xiao Jinzhi saying that they had made preparations before the natural disaster and sent many people to the north.

Could it be that this palace eunuch was not on the list of those to be moved north?

"You look somewhat familiar," Yan Xi said softly, looking at the young eunuch. "Aren't you... Xiao Xizi, the servant of Consort Shu?"

Xiao Xizi shuddered and knelt down with a thud. "Sixth, Sixth Miss, please don't send me away. I won't cause any trouble."

Xin Nian was baffled. She felt sorry for the young eunuch's leg. With that thud, his knee must have bruised from hitting the rubble in the wasteland.

"Get up right now. Nobody's kicking you out." What a wild imagination!

The young eunuch wiped away his tears, looking pitiful.

Xin Nian's eyes gleamed with a burning thirst for gossip. "Is she that Consort Shu who collects pregnant women's placentas from all over the place, grinds them into powder, kills beauties to extract their blood for medicine, all to maintain her youthful and beautiful appearance?"

"Is it that Xiao Mingduo's mother who sneaked into Consort He's bed in the middle of the night, and when the two were deeply in love, a fire startled them so much that they fled in all directions?"

Yan Xi was speechless.

These whispers were most likely told to the young girl by His Highness the Crown Prince, with his gossipy nature.

Xiao Xizi nodded repeatedly, not daring to hide anything, "Yes, yes."

"How could Xiao Mingduo be so shameless? It's said that when he jumped out of the window wearing a coat, he even stepped on a mousetrap outside the window?"

Xiao Xizi pondered for a moment and then answered honestly, "I used to work in Consort Shu's palace, so I didn't know much about His Highness Prince Jin's affairs, and the Consort didn't allow anyone to spread them."

"But I vaguely know about this matter. It is indeed as the Sixth Miss said. I heard that when His Highness Prince Jin fled in a hurry, he was so naked that he had no clothes to cover himself."

"Hahahaha!" Xin Nian, who had gotten her hands on the gossip, laughed wildly at the other person.

"I wonder how he's doing in Xishan County now? I really want to meet him." I heard he's the emperor's favorite son, and he caused Little Fatty a lot of trouble back in Shengjing.

"Sixth Miss, could you... please conceal my identity?"

Xin Nian glanced at him. "Do you think Xiao Jinzhi would kick you out of the team?"

Don't joke around, Little Fatty probably has no idea that there's such a person as Little Eunuch in Consort Shu's palace.

Xiao Xizi said with a bitter face, "After all, this servant is on duty in Consort Shu's palace."

The entire Shufei family was wiped out by the ruthless Crown Prince. What if the Crown Prince sees him and remembers Shufei, whom he killed, and suddenly turns ruthless?
Xiao Xizi hurriedly said, "Auntie, young lady, I'm very good at combing hair. How about you let me serve you from now on?"

Yan Xi's eyebrows were almost furrowed into a "川" shape...

Why did he even volunteer? The sixth brother waved his hand dismissively, "Why bother with a hairstyle like that! Those complicated styles are uncomfortable to wear." A ponytail will do.

Yan Xi almost laughed.

Xiao Xizi enthusiastically recommended herself, "What do you know? I can style simple hair in all sorts of ways. I can also...make pastries. My skills are pretty good!"

"Near."

Upon hearing the voice of the person who came, Xiao Xizi knelt down again with a "plop," shrinking his neck and not daring to lift his head even slightly.

Xin Nian turned her head and waved at Xiao Jinzhi, "Look how scared you've made him."

Xiao Jinzhi glanced at the kneeling eunuch and was quite surprised. "How did you manage to get into the group?"

To be honest, Xiao Jinzhi hadn't really noticed this nobody these days.

"Your Highness, spare my life! Your Highness, spare my life!" Xiao Xizi trembled with fear and kowtowed repeatedly.

Xin Nian raised her hand and slapped the chubby boy, "Stop scaring me!"

Xiao Jinzhi felt wronged. "I didn't say anything. I was just asking about the situation."

Xiao Xizi didn't need anyone to ask her anything; she just poured out her entire miserable and unlucky experience along the way.

On the day Consort Shu's entire family was massacred, even Consort Shu herself was not spared.

Xiao Xizi was terrified, feeling that His Highness the Crown Prince would slaughter the palace servants to silence them at any moment. So she took out most of her savings and secretly followed the purchasing servants to sneak out of the palace.

He fled Beijing and bought a lot of food from farmers who came to the city to do business along the way.

Xiao Xizi was always afraid that the palace would discover his escape sooner or later and send people to investigate along the way, so he tried to escape as far away as possible as soon as he left the city. Unfortunately, he soon encountered an earthquake and floods that blocked the road, and he suffered a lot along the way.

It wasn't until I joined the group of villagers from Zhoucun and started a guild that things gradually started to look promising...

He is usually very low-key and doesn't want people to discover his identity, so he tries to remain silent as much as possible.

After spending time with him over the years, even the people of Zhoucun and Wang Ermao thought he had a speech impediment and couldn't speak very well.

Xiao Jinzhi glanced at him expressionlessly. "Oh? You think I would slaughter all the palace servants in Consort Shu's palace?"

The young eunuch was so frightened that he just wanted to kowtow. How could he dare to reveal his true thoughts now? He could only repeatedly say that he dared not.

"Hmph. With your muddle-headed and easily startled nature, you're not suited to stay by Niannian's side." Xiao Jinzhi was very displeased.

Yan Xi said calmly, "I think it's alright. The young eunuch is skilled in crafts, and his cooking seems quite good. Keeping him around is useful. Look at what the sixth young lady is doing."

Xin Nian immediately bristled.

What's wrong with my head?

Her hair was casually tied into a loop, poked with a wooden hairpin, and the end even sticks up.

It's not so much that she's simple; it's just that since her exile, the Sixth Sister has become increasingly untidy, often with her hair disheveled, and the leader doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong with it...

Xiao Jinzhi's gaze softened as she raised her hand to stroke the sixth son's upturned tuft of hair. "Then let him serve you. You're usually busy, so it's good for him to do some chores."

"Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Your Highness." Xiao Xizi was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. "Don't worry, Miss, I will do my best in the future."

Xin Nian had no objection; he put away the horses, pulled the three men along, and instantly arrived at the front of the group.

Traveling by carriage, they were very fast and left the border fortress before dusk, heading straight for Wen County.