The life swap begins with Consort Hua becoming Lady Qin.

Needless to say, Jingning is now fourteen years old and has become increasingly calm, so she naturally won't join in the wild fun with her younger siblings.

Besides, there are just too many people here today. If she's afraid of crowds, she can find a quiet place to hide away.

But where are Jingse and Huirou, who always love to join in the fun?

Langhua's smile faltered slightly as an ominous premonition arose inexplicably.

So she beckoned to Ah Chang and whispered, "Quietly take some men to look for the princesses."

Ah Chang understood immediately and withdrew.

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At that moment, two small figures were crouching in the grass under the corridor leading to the Funing Palace.

While enduring the ticklish sensation of grass blades brushing against her cheeks, Huirou asked softly, "Hasn't it arrived yet? Is there a mistake? Is it not today?"

Jingse immediately gestured for her to be quiet, glanced around discreetly, and only when she saw that no one was coming did she whisper, "Impossible! I heard it clearly last night; Father instructed us to do it today."

Huirou hugged the sack tightly, her voice weak: "But my legs are numb from squatting."

Jingse frowned: "Just bear with it a little longer."

As soon as she finished speaking, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Someone's coming!"

Huirou was startled and quickly lowered her body.

The two men strained their ears and, sure enough, they heard footsteps approaching.

Peeking through the gaps in the grass, one could see a slightly overweight young man, accompanied by a palace attendant, slowly walking towards them.

Huirou asked, "Is it him?"

Jingse stared at it for a moment, then nodded: "It's him."

She gripped the wooden stick tightly, a murderous aura that seemed completely out of place for her age surfacing on her face.

"Ready?"

Huirou swallowed hard. "Sister, I...I'm suddenly a little scared."

"Don't be afraid."

Jingse immediately turned to look at her, her gaze intense: "Think back to how Brother Ye taught us back then."

Huirou: ...

Is it possible that this is precisely what she is afraid of?

Jingse added, "Think about my eldest sister again!"

Huirou's eyes flickered slightly.

Jingse lowered her voice and quickly gave instructions: "When I count to three, we'll rush out. You're not strong, but you're accurate. You'll put the sack over your head."

"I'm strong, I'll fight."

"Just think of it as a game of pitch-pot or ball throwing."

Huirou took a deep breath: "Okay, okay."

I'm going all out for the sake of my kind older sister!

As the person drew closer, Jingse silently calculated the distance in her mind.

"Three, two, one!"

Huirou suddenly closed her eyes, then roared and rushed out with the sack in her arms. With a leap, she slung the sack over her head.

It was surprisingly accurate.

"We won!" Huirou's eyes lit up with excitement, pressing the people below her down like pigs. "We won! We won! Quick, sister, quick!"

Jingse didn't utter a single word of nonsense, and immediately grabbed a wooden stick and began to beat him mercilessly.

The palace attendants who were leading the way were dumbfounded.

"Father, father..."

Jingse didn't even turn her head: "Shut up!"

The palace servants immediately shut up.

The person inside the sack cried out in pain and struggled, shouting angrily, "Who are you? Do you know who I am?!"

Jingse, panting heavily, still didn't forget to utter harsh words: "I don't care who you are! You're not worthy to know my name! Go back and tell your mother to give up on Princess Shang! Who is the First Princess? Do you think you're worthy of even dreaming about her? If you dare to have such a despicable idea again, I'll beat you to death!"

The person inside the sack suddenly paused, then exclaimed in shock and anger, "Bai Ye! You're Bai Ye!"

Jingse froze.

The man quickly realized, "Wait, you're a woman! Aren't you the Third Princess?"

Jingse panicked when her identity was exposed.

In that instant of pause, Li Wei suddenly broke free from Huirou who was pinning him down and reached out to open the sack.

Huirou turned pale with fright. If he really saw her face, the matter would be impossible to explain.

At the critical moment, a pair of hands suddenly reached out from the side and forcefully pressed the sack that was about to be opened back down.

The next moment, the man kicked Li Wei in the head.

Li Wei groaned and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

Jingse looked up, her eyes lighting up immediately: "Big sister!"

Jingning stood there, her face extremely pale. She looked at her two audacious younger sisters and felt so headache that she almost wanted to curse.

But when he thought that they were doing it to vent his anger, the words of rebuke stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say them.

Finally, she could only grit her teeth and say, "Hurry up and leave!"

Jingning grabbed one of her two younger sisters in each hand and turned to run.

Before leaving, she glanced back at the stunned palace maid and said, "Remember to pretend to faint."

"what?"

Jingning said, "I've remembered, you didn't see anything."

The palace maid looked enlightened and nodded vigorously.

The next moment, the palace servant closed his eyes and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

The three sisters dared not delay any longer and quickly ran towards the back garden.

Just as Jingning turned the corner, she ran headfirst into a solid wall of flesh.

"Ouch!"

She felt a sharp pain in her nose, and tears welled up almost instantly.

"Big sister!"

Jingse immediately became anxious. She looked up at the person who had approached and said fiercely, "Who are you? Can't you watch where you're going?"

Jingning, suppressing a lump in her throat, quickly grabbed her arm: "We can't run around in the palace; we were the ones who were impolite first."

She blinked, trying to suppress her tears, and looked up at the young man in front of her.

The other person was handsome and dignified, very young, yet had an upright posture and clear features.

They were just unfamiliar faces.

Jingning didn't recognize him, but since he appeared on the road to Funing Palace and was being led by a eunuch, he must be the person her father wanted to see. They had already caused trouble, so they couldn't stay here any longer, and certainly shouldn't cause any more trouble.

So Jingning suppressed the stinging feeling in her nose and bowed properly.

"Excuse me."

After saying that, she didn't wait for a reply and pulled her two younger sisters to keep running forward.

Yang Chenghe stood still, cupped his hands in return, and said nothing more. He didn't even bother to ask the eunuch who the three young ladies were.

He kept thinking about what he should say when he met the emperor.

How could I explain it in order to successfully head north and join the army?

But after taking a few more steps, he suddenly stopped and his eyes sharpened.

Yang Chenghe immediately reached out to stop the eunuch leading the way from going any further, and gestured with his eyes for the eunuch to call for help quickly: "There may be assassins."

The eunuch also saw the scene ahead and was immediately startled, and hurriedly called for help.

Soon, palace servants and guards rushed over.

Someone stepped forward and opened the sack.

Upon seeing the face inside, marred by alternating blue and purple bruises, the eunuch exclaimed in surprise, "It's Young Master Li!"

Seeing that it wasn't an assassin, Yang Chenghe relaxed a little, but his gaze swept over the patch of grass next to him that had obviously been squatted over for a long time, and then looked at the burlap sack on the ground.

What came to mind were the three noble ladies who had hurriedly left.