The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

Lu Yun took a step back in shock. Before she could imagine any wild monsters or goblins, a figure that looked familiar and a little familiar appeared halfway.

"Mrs. Zhang?" Lu Yun was unsure. The woman inside, dressed in a smart, short brown suit, looked at her in shock, her mouth opening and closing slightly. As if finally realizing what was happening, she quickly bent down and welcomed the two of them in.

Huh, Lu Yun breathed a sigh of relief. Yes, this is Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang took the sleeping Dashou from her back and brought her to the courtyard where she used to live. After a quick cleanup, she gestured to her. Lu Yun had already started thinking about the empty city plan in her mind. She nodded and said, "Oh, I know you're going to cook, right?"

Mrs. Zhang sighed with a helpless look on her face, then turned and left.

After a while, Mrs. Zhang came back, holding a tray in each hand. On the tray were seven or eight white steamed buns and a large bowl of porridge.

After Lu Yun finished eating and drinking, Mrs. Zhang numbly took away the tray. Lu Yun thought for a moment, then pulled out a purse from her bosom, took out two small gold beads, and handed them to her, smiling. "Mrs. Zhang, please send a message to my uncle, asking him to come and pick me and my sister up." Just in case, Lu Yun didn't reveal Qin Dashou's identity.

Seeing Mrs. Zhang accept the gold beads, Lu Yun's heart finally settled down.

She stayed in the villa for two full days, during which time Qin Dashou remained silent and insisted on following her, refusing to leave.

When Lu Yun was squatting in horse stance, she sat beside her; when Lu Yun was doing boxing, she sat beside her; Lu Yun had to take care of her all the time, including eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping, otherwise she would cry endlessly.

Why did she pick up a royal aristocrat when there were so many other things she could pick up? Oh my god, little uncle, why haven't you come yet? Lu Yun pinched her nose and leaned against the screen, shedding two lines of wide noodles in tears. Dashou's shit really stinks.

Lu Yun never waited for her uncle to come.

There were so many people! Lu Yun rubbed her eyes in disbelief as she opened the door. There were so many people that her small courtyard was completely packed.

Nearby stood seven or eight maids in palace attire, led by an old maid. In front of the corridor stood a middle-aged man in official uniform, with two rows of soldiers behind him. The corridor was so cluttered with all sorts of items that it was practically impossible to put your feet in.

There were golden basins with shiny tiles and phoenix patterns carved on them, neatly stacked snow-white handkerchiefs, gorgeous clothes, headdresses, various large and small bottles and jars, large and small barrels, and so on.

The old nanny saw her excited tears welling up in her eyes, then she quickly walked around her and rushed to the bed in the inner room, silently crying at Qin Dashou who was sleeping on the bed with his mouth drooling.

No one in the yard spoke and no one dared to move, so Lu Yun had no choice but to go back inside and pick up a chair to sit down.

After an unknown amount of time, she suddenly heard a loud cry. Lu Yun knew that it was Qin Dashou who had woken up. "Sister, I want you. I don't want you." The old nanny tried to approach, but Qin Dashou cried and made a fuss, shaking his head and chasing her away. The old nanny looked at Lu Yun for help.

Lu Yun sighed inwardly and stepped forward. "Well, sister." Qin Dashou immediately stopped crying and gave her a silly smile. Under the old woman's shocked gaze, Lu Yun used the quilt to wipe away the tears and snot that covered her face.

"Don't cry, be good and listen to me, I won't leave." After saying that, Lu Yun sat down on the chair and glanced at the old nanny, indicating that she could do whatever she wanted now.

The old lady bowed to her and then waved outside.

Maids in palace attire filed in carrying trays, and two eunuch-looking men brought in a large wooden barrel. Led by the old nanny, everyone methodically helped Tan Dashou bathe and change his clothes.

Lu Yun was watching from the side and thought to herself, it was like a knife stabbing your butt - it really opened my eyes.

Wearing a crown with tassels and beads decorated with the pattern of Nao'e fluttering butterflies, a bright red shirt with a wide collar and large sleeves and a gold-woven cloud pattern, and an apricot-yellow pleated skirt, Qin Dashou, despite the old nanny's dissuasion, stubbornly wanted to take Lu Yun back.

Lu Yun tactfully conveyed her wish, "I want to go home, otherwise my parents will worry."

Qin Dashou probably understood, because her reaction was to start pulling at the things on her head and body, her eyes sparkling as she said, "I want to go home with my sister."

The frightened old lady was about to burst into tears. She looked at Lu Yun pleadingly, "Miss Lu San, why don't you go back with the princess?" Then she turned to Qin Dashou and pleaded, "Princess, the Queen Mother is still waiting for you. She hasn't been eating or sleeping well these days and has been lying down for several days."

Princess, Queen Mother! Her thin arms couldn't twist someone's thighs. After learning that her whereabouts had been informed to her mother, Lu Yun obediently followed her into the sedan chair.

After passing through one palace gate after another, changing from a sedan chair to a sedan chair, it took another cup of tea before they finally arrived at the Empress Dowager's residence - Changchun Palace.

The old nanny did not send anyone to pass on the message, but led them in directly.

Lu Yun only felt that the sight was golden and brilliant. There were bright yellow decorations everywhere to show status, yellow pillows, mattresses, curtains, yellow large-bellied vases with lotus patterns, and an old man lying on the bed, wearing yellow pajamas and lying in a yellow four-piece suit.

"Your humble servant greets the Empress Dowager." Lu Yun knelt down and kowtowed quickly. The old woman in front of her was the mother of the country's supreme ruler. Kneeling down would prolong her life.

"My daughter." The old woman didn't care about her lying on the ground, she hugged Qin Dashou and started crying. Qin Dashou saw that the old woman's expression finally softened a little, and said softly, "Grandma, don't cry. Sister Fu will never run around again."

The old man became even sadder after hearing this, and the old nanny also wiped away tears. Lu Yun knelt on the ground with her head down, treating herself as a decoration.

Finally, the old man stopped crying and looked at Lu Yun with a tired expression. He raised his hand and asked, "Who are you from?"

Lu Yun was helped up from the ground without waiting for her to reply.

The old nanny had already replied for her, "Madam, this is the third daughter of the second house of the Marquis of Ping'an."

"So she is his granddaughter. Poor thing, she is so sensible at such a young age." The Empress Dowager sighed and signaled Lu Yun to leave.

Seeing this, Qin Dashou took two quick steps and followed her. "Sister, I'm going with you."

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the old nanny, who bent down and whispered a few words.

"So that's how it is. She saved and took care of our Dashou along the way. It's understandable that Dashou likes and trusts her. We will temporarily arrange for her to live and eat with Dashou. She must not be bullied or treated lightly. When Dashou is better, she can return home." The empress dowager instructed, then looked at her little granddaughter, with a deep and unshakable sorrow between her brows.

Tan Dashou lived in the Yongfu Palace, a side hall of the Changchun Palace.

The hall's interior is lavishly decorated. At the entrance, a tapestry screen depicts children playing Cuju. Behind it lies a red carpet, approximately two meters by two meters. Beside the carpet stand several one-meter-tall shelves, filled with a variety of toys. There are sandbags adorned with red tassels, adorable clay figurines, rattles inlaid with gold and jade, and a bronze chariot that can be pulled around. Of course, there are also some toys that appear to be from the folk, such as tiger-head hats, cloth tigers, and bamboo dragonflies.

Behind the carpet was a Huanghuali Luohan bed covered with a half-worn cushion, which must have been used frequently.

Lu Yun could imagine the Queen Mother sitting on the Luohan bed with a loving look in her eyes, watching Qin Dashou playing on the blanket.