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

Chapter 326 So Cold
The princess continued to complain about the crown prince.

“I’m actually a few years older than him, and I don’t have any feelings for that little kid at all. But he just talks so infuriatingly! What did he say about me? Doesn’t he even look in the mirror and see if he’s got three more wrinkles on his face?”

"I was so angry back then! I looked in the mirror for months, afraid that I would actually get wrinkles."

“Miss, only someone with your good temper could tolerate His Highness the Crown Prince…” She wanted to scold him for his bad temper, but after glancing at Xin Nian’s expressionless face, she changed her words sheepishly, “You really shouldn’t be so accommodating to him.”

Xin Nian gave a perfunctory "hmm" and waved her hand, "Go arrange for the wheat bran, and oh, find someone to bring all those Great Xia slaves over."

"Yes." Wu Lingya's heart trembled slightly. Thinking of her fifth brother's exploitation of those slaves, she felt inexplicably uneasy.

Is the girl planning to settle scores with them later?

Thinking of this, she quickly spoke up to defend herself, "Miss, regarding those slaves, they were all captured and dealt with by my brothers..."

"I didn't intend for you to take the blame." Xin Nian waved her hand dismissively. "Just go find them."

"Oh, good, good." Wu Lingya felt relieved and happy. "I'll have someone bring them here right away."

After Wu Lingya left like a butterfly, Xiao Jinzhi quickly walked to her side, looking resentful and angry.

"What slander has she been spreading against you? Let me tell you, don't listen to anything she says. She's been a liar since she was a child; not a single word she utters is true."

“I didn’t hear her.” Xin Nian said, both amused and exasperated. “She didn’t say anything, just complained to me about your sharp tongue when you were young.”

Xiao Jinzhi was certain of this; he knew that woman would definitely speak ill of him to Niannian.

Want to make Nian Nian have a bad impression of him? Absolutely not.

"Don't believe him!" Xiao Jinzhi quickly grabbed her hand. "Don't believe a single word she says."

"Okay, okay." Xin Nian comforted him, her eyes crinkling with laughter. "The way you look reminds me of how round and chubby you were when you were little."

Xiao Jin was taken aback, then chuckled and patted her head, "Nonsense, when have I ever been round and chubby?"

"When you were little, you were round and chubby. When you came back to the modern world, your appearance changed drastically, which must be because of the influence of your childhood."

Xiao Jinzhi laughed loudly, "What I did was clearly time travel, a punishment from Heaven."

“That woman never says anything nice. She must have said a lot of bad things about me. You can’t take a single word to heart.”

"I was just going through the motions."

Xiao Jinzhi snorted, "You're still kind enough to help her and promote her. Someone like her, who's stupid and not good-looking, would be a loss to help her."

Xin Nian chuckled inwardly and raised her hand to comfort him, "Besides her, there's no better candidate in the Yanbei Royal Court. Oh well, let's just make do and mentor them."

Ordinary people are pitiful. Wu Lingya has risen to power. As long as she is obedient enough, she can live a good life.

It can't be as bad as Uka.

Meanwhile, Uka, with his hands and feet bound, was left aside, glaring at Xiao Jinzhi with resentment in his eyes.

The latter completely ignored him, only occasionally glancing in his direction with a look of utter disdain, as if looking down on a dying insect.

This look infuriated Uka, but he was powerless to do anything about it and could only sit slumped to the side, raging in utter helplessness.

Before long, a large number of Xia slaves were escorted over by soldiers.

Without exception, all of these people were ragged and emaciated, with disheveled hair and cloudy eyes, looking even more wretched than the beggar who had been begging on the roadside for eighteen years, showing how badly they had been tortured. Xin Nian looked at these people, her gaze sweeping around before settling on one of the lean men.

"Xin Haoyang, are you there? Xin Haoyang, come out."

The lean man who was called out suddenly looked up and his eyes met Xin Nian's.

He paused for a moment, seemingly unable to recognize Xin Nian. He looked at her several times, but ultimately still couldn't confirm it.

"Come out now," Xin Nian waved to him.

Xin Haoyang's heart pounded like a drum, but he stood motionless in the crowd.

Just as the accompanying Northern Yan soldiers were about to roughly drag the man forward, Wu Lingya, with her excellent eyesight, quickly stopped them.

Just kidding. The girl just told us her name, and this man, who shares the same surname as her, is probably related to her in some way. We can't let the soldiers drag him out like a dead dog.

She jogged forward, personally leading the person out of the crowd, and presented them to Xin Nian with a beaming smile, "Miss, the person you requested has arrived."

Xin Nian nodded, her gaze sweeping over Xin Haoyang, "Are your father and grandfather alright? If they can walk, bring them along."

Xin Haoyang looked at Xin Nian with surprise for a long time before suddenly asking, "You, you are the sixth sister of the fourth wife?"

He just now refused to recognize her no matter what.

The main thing is the change in the sixth sister; it feels like she's changed so much.

The sixth sister used to be like a little water doll, always shedding tears, beautiful but soulless.

The person standing before her now was clearly powerful and confident; even the Princess of Yanbei acted subserviently in her presence, which meant she was extremely formidable.

Xin Nian nodded slightly. "Mm."

Xin Haoyang sensed his sixth sister's indifference towards him, and his heart sank.

His gaze then fell on Xiao Jinzhi beside him, his expression even more surprised, "Is it His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Xiao Jinzhi, annoyed by his incessant dawdling, urged, "Young Master Xin, hurry up and tell us where the old Duke and your father are. Send someone to invite them over so they can come back with us."

"Oh, oh." Xin Haoyang seemed to come back to his senses as if in a dream, and immediately showed a look of grief and indignation. "My grandfather and father were injured by stones three days ago and are still locked in the rest area. These Yan people said that if they don't get better in two days, they will bury them alive."

Upon hearing this, Princess Yanbei was so frightened that she knelt down on the ground with a "plop" and quickly said, "Miss, I, I knew nothing about this matter. If I had known that there were your relatives among the slaves of the Great Xia, I would never have dared to be negligent."

Xin Nian raised her hand, "Find someone to carry them over."

"Okay, okay!" Wu Lingya turned her head and waved to the few timid Yanbei soldiers.

Not long after, the old Duke and Xin Wenhao were carried out, and it was obvious that they had been changed into clean clothes, and their faces had even been wiped clean with water...

Upon seeing his father and grandfather, Xin Haoyang was overcome with grief and quickly stepped forward, saying, "Grandfather, Father, Sixth Sister has come to pick us up."

The old Duke quickly propped himself up and looked at his granddaughter outside the crowd.

The little girl had grown a bit thinner, and looking clean and fresh, it was clear that the natural disaster had not affected her at all.

“Grandfather. Uncle.” Xin Nian bowed.

Both of them were somewhat stunned. They never imagined that they would see their family again in their lifetime, or even have any hope of escaping this hard labor.