After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

When Helan Xuenuo returned home, the gatekeeper went in to report.

When she arrived at the courtyard, General Helan and the old lady were already waiting for her there.

When she entered the house, she saw her father and mother sitting around a round pear blossom table in her room, brewing a cup of Longjing tea. She pursed her lips, trying hard to suppress the turbulence in her throat, and tears could not help but flow out, one as big as a bean.

In her previous life, after she married into the palace, she was basically not allowed to see her parents. She was like a puppet. Gu Shicheng was unwilling to accompany her back home, but she was stubborn and wanted to save face, so she always claimed to be sick and refused to go back.

Normally, it was difficult for Gu Shicheng to deal with her mother, the old princess, and Aunt Cui. She never expected that the entire Helan Mansion would be wiped out and she would never see her father and mother again.

This moment felt very unreal to her.

"Nuonuo, my good child? What's wrong? Are you still not feeling well?" Old Lady Helan wiped away her tears and touched Helan Xuenuo's face. The temperature of her palm was like a warm handkerchief, and a warm current seeped into her heart.

The old general also stepped forward and tried to comfort him.

It had been a long time since she had felt such loving father and mother love. Helan Xuenuo couldn't stop crying, feeling extremely guilty towards her parents. If it weren't for her in the previous life, the Helan Mansion wouldn't have ended up like this. She couldn't help but say, "I'm sorry."

"My child? You are our sweetheart. Blame Daddy for not sending anyone to protect you. It's not your fault. Stop crying."

The old general was so anxious that he turned around and around. "Di'er is also at fault this time. I will definitely hold her accountable."

Helan Xuenuo slowly calmed down. In the eyes of her father and mother, she was the only daughter of the Helan family and the apple of their eye. No matter what happened, her father and mother would always stand by her. Even if she did something bad, her father and mother would never punish her.

They did not love Qi Didi less just because they adopted her. On the contrary, they doted on her even more. Perhaps they were worried about neglecting their daughter.

At this time, Qi Didi also appeared at the door. She lowered her head and slowly approached, saying repeatedly, "It's all Di'er's fault for not taking good care of my sister. Old Madam, Old General, please punish me."

Qi Didi has always been very polite when addressing Madam Helan and the old general. Helan Xuenuo has never seen her being intimate with her parents. On the contrary, there is always an invisible gap between them when they get along.

In her previous life, she always thought that Qi Didi was more introverted. The Qi family was ransacked, her parents were executed, and she became an orphan, so she became like this.

Now it seems that she was wrong. Qi Didi blamed her family for this. It was ridiculous that their Helan Mansion actually raised such a wolf.

The old general crossed his arms behind his back, frowning slightly. "You deserve to be punished. You should never have taken your sister to such a dangerous place. Haven't you learned your lesson from the danger of the last Lantern Festival? Well, I'll punish you by making you kneel in the Buddhist temple for six hours and copy the sutra a hundred times. This will teach you a lesson."

This time, Helan Xuenuo did not speak out to stop her. In her previous life, she had always been Qi Didi's amulet and protected her forever. But in this new life, she would not be so stupid. Since Qi Didi was willing to accept the punishment, let her kneel down.

Qi Didi did not leave. She looked at Helan Xuenuo with tears in her eyes while crying, "Sister, I am sorry for you."

Helan Xuenuo simply touched her head with her hand and said, "Daddy and Mommy, please go back first. I'm starting to feel dizzy again. I guess I'm not fully recovered yet. Let me take a nap."

Qi Didi's wish didn't come true. In the past, her sister Helan would have protected her long ago. Now, kneeling in the Buddhist temple, she felt her legs go numb and her elbows ache from copying scriptures. If it weren't for the teacher watching over her, she would have collapsed.

After Qi Didi punished her maid Chun He by making her kneel, she suffered the consequences. She was whipped with a rattan whip for two quarters of an hour. While whipping, she kept talking to herself. Her voice was very low, but it came out through gritted teeth. "This Helan Xuenuo has become ill and her personality has changed. I want to see if you are possessed by a ghost or something else. Punishing me to kneel? Haha... I will make you pay me back a thousand times."

Chun He knelt there in silence until she was beaten unconscious. She was then woken up by a bucket of water, and then she was beaten unconscious again. Only then did Qi Didi stop.

The general's mansion was peaceful for a few days.

Helan Xuenuo also took the excuse of illness to lie in bed for a few days to avoid the annoyance of seeing Qi Didi, and to make long-term plans and conserve his energy to deal with Qi Didi in the future.

On this day, someone from the palace delivered an invitation.

The person invited on the invitation was none other than Helan Xuenuo, the daughter of General Helan's family. This banquet was a winter banquet hosted by the Queen, and also a mutton feast. These sheep were shipped from the distant country of Mengnan. The mutton here was very chewy, and was even more tender and sweet after being stewed.

The palace will have a piece of land dedicated to raising these sheep, and by the winter of next year, new sheep will be shipped from the Kingdom of Mengnan.

The winter banquet will also feature specialty fruits sent by vassal states. Due to the cold weather, food is easy to store. This is the time for vassal states to express their gratitude to the Donglai Kingdom.

The banquet, under the guise of inviting young ladies from various noble families to the palace for tea and lamb, was actually held to select concubines for the princes. The ladies from various noble families were all dressed to the nines, and their presence could be seen everywhere in silk shops.

This is also a happy time for the common people. They will comment on the girls from each family from top to bottom, and then guess who will be lucky enough to marry into the palace.

Helan Xuenuo picked up the invitation, looked at it, and then smiled and counted softly, "One, two, three..."

Sure enough, Qi Didi was already in front of her.

In her previous life, Qi Didi took her to the Winter Banquet with a pitiful attitude, and General Helan had to ask the Queen to add Qi Didi's name to the invitation.

It was also at this banquet that she fell in love with Gu Shicheng for the first time.

At the banquet, Qi Didi made an excuse that she felt uncomfortable with the large crowd and went out for a walk and left. Helan Xuenuo waited for a long time but she didn't come back. In addition, Miss Shen, the Minister of Personnel, kept mocking her from time to time. She was tired of the noise and simply got up and went out to look for her under the pretext of looking for Qi Didi.

At that time, she was walking along Huaqing Pool bored, and accidentally saw Gu Shicheng and Qi Didi walking out of a quiet place in the palace. The falling snow fell on Qi Didi's plush cloak, and Gu Shicheng reached out to brush off the fallen snow for her.

Amidst the snow, Gu Shicheng merged into one with the snowy scene, like an immortal in white, with his hair on both sides fluttering in the wind.

When he glanced at Helan Xuenuo, she fell in love with Gu Shicheng just because of that one glance. She had never seen such a beautiful and gentle man.

Since childhood, all the men who came in and out of the general's mansion were rough men, but Gu Shicheng was different from them.

When Gu Shicheng saw her coming, he left towards another stone road.

Helan Xuenuo walked forward with light steps and took Qi Didi's arm.

"Sister, who is this? I've never seen him before. Do you know him?"