After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

She remembered that year when she and her eldest brother came to the capital to visit her second sister whom she had not seen for a long time. Unexpectedly, her second sister had a hole in her head and lay motionless in bed for several days without waking up. They all thought she was going to die, but unexpectedly, her second sister woke up inexplicably and said this after waking up: "Silly girl, don't cry, it will be ugly if you cry."

I motioned to Yang to help me sit up. I held Yiping's hand and said, "Your eyes are swollen from crying. If Lord Wu sees you, he will think I bullied you. Your husband is very protective of his children. If he wants to beat me up, you have to protect me."

Yi Ping couldn't help laughing when she heard this. She patted my shoulder gently and said with a pout, "It's already this late, and you still have the mood to joke around."

I took out a handkerchief from my sleeve and gently wiped her tears, saying, "Such a beautiful person will become ugly if her eyes are swollen from crying. Come, bring some ice to Princess Wu's eyes."

Xichun hurriedly went to get some ice cubes.

It's winter now, and it's really easy to get some ice.

Yiping also brought guards and maids with her, but she was used to being served by Xichun's maids, so she did not refuse when Xichun applied ice cubes wrapped in soft cloth to her eyes.

Just as Yiping put ice on his eyes, the doorman came to tell us that the dinner was about to begin and the master invited us to come over.

Yi Ping pushed Xichun's hand away and said, "Second sister, let's go quickly. Don't let Dad and the guests wait anxiously."

Yang came over to comb my hair. After that, she didn't put any hair accessories on my head. Instead, she put a black rabbit fur hat on my head, and also put a black rabbit fur scarf around my neck. Then, she put a black fox fur cloak on me. She wrapped her whole body tightly, for fear that I would catch a cold.

In fact, I am not afraid of the cold at all, but no matter what I said, Yang didn't believe me and insisted on wrapping me up like a dumpling before she felt at ease.

Just before we left, Zhao Ping'an came over.

This kid usually lives in the academy and only returns home when the academy is on holiday.

I heard from Yang that this kid studies even harder than Jinping did when he was young. He always gets A grades in every exam. Even the teacher often praises him for his diligence and promising future.

In addition, Jinping was the top scholar, so Zhao Ping'an was very close to him. Every time he came back from vacation, he would bring his own articles to ask Jinping for his advice.

Jinping was a man who did not hide his knowledge. As long as Zhao Ping'an was willing to learn, he would spare no effort to teach him. With one diligent in learning and the other willing to teach, Zhao Ping'an's academic level improved by leaps and bounds. Even Jinping said that Zhao Ping'an had the talent of a top scholar.

Zhao Ping'an, who was fourteen or fifteen years old, had grown to be almost the same height as Jinping. He was tall and thin, dressed in a green robe, and looked gentle and handsome.

Zhao Ping came up to me, bowed to me and Yi Ping, then handed the wooden box to me and said respectfully, "Your Highness, this is the amulet that Ping An got for you from the temple. I wish you good health, happiness and longevity."

I took it, opened it and saw a talisman written in red cinnabar and folded into a triangle. I'm not sure if it is a talisman, but what puzzles me is that ancient people were extremely sensitive about these talismans. Most people would not wear these things on their bodies, for fear that others would feel uneasy and the talisman would become a bad omen.

I was still concentrating on thinking, but when Yang saw the amulet, her face changed drastically. She snatched the amulet from my hand, turned around and threw it into the brazier beside her. I heard a "bang" and a flame sprang up, and the talisman in the wooden box was burned into ashes by the flame.

Zhao Ping'an stared at the amulet in the brazier in amazement, and asked Yang in confusion: "Mom, what are you doing?"

Yang was furious. She pointed at Zhao Ping'an but couldn't bring herself to hit him. She cursed, "You idiot! The queen is a precious lady. How can you take these things and present them to her? If you offend her, you won't dare to chop off even ten dog heads."

Zhao Ping'an felt extremely wronged and cried, "Mother, I knelt down outside the temple gate, prostrating myself for almost two hours. My knees were swollen before I knelt in front of the Buddha in the temple, asking the abbot to give me a peace charm. But you, you burned it."

The royal family was very disgusted with these ghost and god spells, so Yang reacted so extreme.

But she thought she had done nothing wrong. Even if she didn't blame us, His Majesty would definitely not let us off easily if he knew we brought the talisman into the palace.

I looked at Yang and Zhao Ping'an who were staring at each other like fighting cocks, and couldn't help but say, "Sister Yang, Ping'an has good intentions, don't blame him, but this kind of talisman cannot be brought into the palace, lest someone with ulterior motives finds out and reports it to His Majesty, we will inevitably be questioned."

Zhao Ping'an didn't expect that his good intentions almost led to a bad result. He stood aside with his head down sadly and said nothing.

I patted Zhao Ping'an's shoulder, who was a head taller than me, and said, "But I'm very happy that you can kneel down and ask for a peace charm for me in this cold winter. Thank you. I will always remember your kindness in my heart."

After hearing this, Zhao Pingan looked up at me with great joy, bowed to me and said, "Thank you, Madam!"

I glanced at Yang and said, "It's getting late. We should go to the front hall."

One month before I was born, my older brother went out drinking and slipped and fell into a river. It was winter and the river was already frozen solid, so he wouldn't drown even if he fell into the river. But he fell into an ice hole that someone had just dug for fishing, and died with a splash. In the end, even his body was never found.

The successive blows almost caused my mother to give birth prematurely. Fortunately, my grandmother invited the miracle doctor Jiang Bufan, who gave her acupuncture, medicine, and calming incense, and she finally managed to get to full-term delivery.

After my father and eldest brother died, the old lady said that my mother's baby was a ghost baby, a disaster star that came specifically to take her life. Even if I was born full-term, my mother would strangle me to death and not allow me to live in this world.

But my mother didn't want to. The child she carried for ten months was her blood. It was because of the child in her belly that she couldn't bear to follow her husband and eldest son. Besides, how could she judge that the child was a disaster without even seeing him?

The old lady gave birth to three sons and one daughter. My father was the eldest and inherited the title of the Yongning Marquisate. The title went from Prince Yongning to Marquis Yongning, but the Marquis died after only a few days in office. After my father's death, the title of Marquis should have been inherited by my eldest brother, but my eldest brother also died. My mother only had one daughter left, and a daughter could not inherit the title. But if my mother gave birth to a son this time, the title of Marquis would definitely go to the one in her belly. But the second and third houses had been eyeing the position of Prince Yongning Marquisate for a long time. How could they let my mother, an orphan and a widow, give birth to this baby smoothly?