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

Yang called out cautiously, "Madam."

I jumped up as if I was frightened. I was afraid that Yang would see into my thoughts, so I asked cautiously, "What are you doing?"

Yang swallowed hard. This question should have been asked by her, but I stole her line.

Yang reached out and gently stroked my forehead. I didn’t have a fever, but why did my expression look so weird and scary?

I pushed Yang's hand away and said, "I'm fine. Please help me wash and change my clothes. Aren't we going to Fengyu Tower to offer sacrifices today? We can't be late."

Today is New Year's Eve, the day I am leaving. When I woke up, a voice in my head said, "The return channel has been opened. Please prepare to return, No. 029."

This so-called preparation is that if I don't die, they will forcibly separate my soul and body. It is said that the process will be extremely painful.

Of course I couldn't let them take me away like this.

Now that Yang and the others have received Zheng Yan's order, they are guarding me more strictly than a prisoner. There is no chance for me to commit suicide, so going to Fengyu Tower seems to be the best option now.

I used to be extremely disgusted with things like sacrificial offerings, but now I urged Yang to change my clothes for the sacrifice. Yang felt that this was too weird.

But she felt that her brain power was limited, so she decided to leave this kind of brain-intensive task to His Majesty.

So when she went out to fetch water, she immediately sent someone to pass the message to Zheng Yan, telling him all the abnormalities that occurred when I woke up in the morning.

Although Zheng Yan knew that my behavior was abnormal, he thought that with so many guards watching me, he thought I wouldn't be able to do anything weird, so he didn't think much about it except to send a few more people to look after me.

The time for this sacrifice was chosen to be in the afternoon at around 4 o'clock. After the sacrifice, they went straight back to the palace to attend the palace banquet. This was the last palace banquet of the year. Many ministers went back to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year, but because of this palace banquet, they all had to rush back to the capital with their families.

After breakfast, Yang and Xichun began to help me bathe and change clothes.

She was still wearing the same palace dress as the dowager concubine.

This set of Toffee Palace was newly sewn this year. It is luxurious and exquisite. I have only worn it once. I didn’t expect that it would become my funeral clothes when I wore it for the second time.

After taking a bath and changing clothes, I put a few more hairpins in my hair, which was rare. I also put on some lip balm and rouge. After this dressing up, my pale and bloodless face suddenly became rosy, and I looked a lot more energetic.

After I finished dressing up, Yang looked at me quietly for several seconds before she said, "Your Highness looks so beautiful today."

Xichun also echoed: "The queen is already very beautiful, and now with a little lip balm on her lips and rouge on her face, she looks even more beautiful."

I touched my face and said, "I am so beautiful, it's a pity that I have never been in a relationship."

"What does love mean?" Xichun and Yang asked in unison.

I sighed and said, "You don't understand."

After saying that, I asked Yang to take out my treasure box.

This man's small box was slightly larger than a book, but it was filled with banknotes, land deeds, and the indentures of the maids.

Although Yang didn't quite understand why I took these, she still took them out obediently.

I dug out Xichun's indenture contract from the box, handed it to Xichun and said, "I'm returning your indenture contract to you."

Then I took out a silver note of 1,000 taels from the box and handed it to Xichun, saying, "You can use these notes to change your household registration. If there are any extra, you can use them to start a small business. If you don't want to do business, just find a good family to marry. With your status as a commoner, you should be able to find a decent husband."

Xichun's hands were shaking as she held the indenture and banknotes. She murmured in disbelief, "My Lady, what are you going to do?"

I took her hand and said, "Take it. You have served me well, so I have to leave something for you."

After that, I took out a house deed from the box and handed it to Yang, saying, "This house is near Yingchun's home. You can keep Yingchun company in the future. The two of you can take care of each other."

Yang didn't dare to take it, and took a step back, saying in a panic: "Your Highness, no, how can I take your house?"

I put the deed on the table and said, "Although you are a servant in the Duke's Mansion, we have never treated you as a servant, so we have never asked you to sign a contract to sell your body. You are now a free person. After I leave, you can choose to continue to stay in the Duke's Mansion, or you can take Ping An and go out to live alone."

After that, I took out another 1,000 taels of silver from the box and placed it on the house deed, saying, "I'll give you this silver and the house deed. From now on, you and your son will be able to settle down and make a living."

Yang and Xichun looked at each other, then both knelt on the ground and said in trembling voices: "Your Majesty, we don't want these things or anyone else. Please take them back."

Xichun held up the banknotes and the indenture contract high up as he spoke.

I stood up and helped Yang and Xichun up, and said, "Xichun, you silly girl, do you want to be a slave for the rest of your life?"

Xichun said with red eyes: "As long as I am your slave, I will be willing to be your slave for the rest of my life."

The palace clothes I was wearing were too heavy, so I had to sit back on the chair and said, "Don't talk nonsense, silly girl. I don't want to do it even if you want to. Take these things quickly. When you get to work at the government office, take the silver and change your slave status to civilian status. You will no longer be a slave."

After I finished speaking, I stuffed the banknotes and the house deed on the table into Yang's hands and said, "Hurry up and take them. Ping'an will definitely be a promising boy in the future. Give this house to him to marry a wife in the future. You and your family won't have to live under someone else's roof anymore."

Yang had no choice but to accept it, but she seemed to have guessed something, her hands were shaking, and after a long time she spoke with difficulty: "Mother, mother, are you leaving now?"

Xichun looked at Yang with some confusion and said, "Sister Yang, it's still a long time before I leave the palace. Why do you say you're leaving?"

I looked at Xichun who looked confused, then looked at Yang who looked sad, smiled and nodded, and said, "Yes, we are leaving soon."

As soon as I finished speaking, Yang's tears started to fall. Xichun was terrified when she saw this, and quickly took Yang's arm and asked anxiously, "Sister Yang, why are you crying? The Queen Mother is so kind to us, giving us money and a house. Shouldn't we be happy?"

Yang lifted her sleeves and wiped her eyes, then said with a wry smile, "Yes, you should be happy."

As we were talking, Fuyao came.

I specially sent someone to Fengyi Palace to invite her.