After traveling through time, the adults were completely in my hands

In the Daqing Kingdom, within the Empress's inner palace, Empress Xiao was resting on a couch when a maid came in to report, "Your Majesty, Princess Jing'an is outside requesting an audience."

"Princess Jing'an?" Queen Xiao was stunned. Because of her appearance, Princess Jing'an rarely left her palace. Even when the royal family held a palace banquet, Princess Jing'an rarely attended. What happened today?

However, it was a good thing that she came, as she wanted to ask about marriage. Empress Xiao held out her arm and asked the nanny beside her to help her up, saying, "Let her in."

Looking at Princess Jing'an wearing a veil slowly walking in from outside the palace, Queen Xiao sighed softly.

My daughter has such an outstanding figure. If it weren't for the large birthmark on her face, she would definitely be a stunning beauty. Alas, what a pity!

Princess Jing'an came before Empress Xiao, knelt down and said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Mother."

"Get up quickly," Queen Xiao waved her hand, asked the palace maid to bring a chair, and said to Princess Jing'an, "Sit down."

"What brings you here today?" asked Queen Xiao.

"Mother, I would like to ask you to summon someone into the palace. I want to see her," Princess Jing'an said with her head down.

"Oh" Queen Xiao became interested when she heard it. Her daughter had been staying in the palace, unknown, and today she wanted to meet someone who lived outside the palace.

"Who do you want to see? Tell me, mother," Queen Xiao said curiously.

"Mother, this person is now living in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion. Her name is Jindou and she is a young girl," Princess Jing'an replied.

"I heard from Doctor Zhao that this young lady is a very skilled doctor. I would like to meet her."

"Do you want... her to treat you?" Queen Xiao asked hesitantly.

"No, mother, I have read many medical books, and Doctor Zhao has also told me that my complexion is a result of my birth. Even a god would be helpless. I have accepted my fate." Princess Jing'an said calmly, "Mother, I just want to meet this person and learn some medical skills from her to pass the time."

"Okay, mother promises you that I will summon her tomorrow," Queen Xiao agreed without hesitation.

Empress Xiao always felt guilty about Princess Jing'an. Although she gave birth to her in the royal family and she was a princess, she was born with a birthmark. She was afraid that she would be criticized for her whole life. It would be better to let her be reborn in an ordinary family and have an ordinary appearance, so that she could be more comfortable.

Empress Xiao had long known that Princess Jing'an was studying medicine with Imperial Doctor Zhao. She thought it was a good idea as it gave her something to do and could help her pass the time. Otherwise, staying in the palace every day would be boring.

“When your mother sends someone to summon her, you must say that it was your son who invited her to the palace, so as not to scare her.” Princess Jing’an was afraid that her mother would suddenly summon the girl into the palace, leaving her unaware of the reason and frightened, so she would beg her mother for mercy.

"Okay, okay, mother agrees to everything you say," Queen Xiao nodded.

Looking at Princess Jing'an, Empress Xiao thought of the marriage that Emperor Qingyuan had proposed. When she thought of the fact that Marquis Zhaoyuan was almost twice her daughter's age, and that there were four or five concubines in the harem and more than a dozen illegitimate sons and daughters, she felt like there was a lump in her throat for a moment.

However, when she looked at the veil on Princess Jing'an's face and thought of the large, uneven red birthmark behind the veil, Empress Xiao sighed deeply.

After adjusting her mood, Empress Xiao considered carefully and said to Princess Jing'an, "My child... your father has found a marriage for you, and your mother would like to hear your opinion."

"Mother," Princess Jing'an said, lowering her brows and eyes, "I beg Your Majesty to take the trouble to politely decline Father's kindness. Ever since I was old enough to understand, I have been prepared to live out my life in solitude. Even I find my face disgusting, so how could others not despise it? Rather than marrying off and being coldly and alienated by my husband every day, I feel it would be better to be alone and live a carefree life."

Empress Xiao thought about it and felt that what Princess Jing'an said made sense, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I will go talk to your father later."

After hesitating for a moment, Empress Xiao slowly said, "Your Majesty, do you hate Your Majesty for giving birth to you like this?"

"I have never hated my mother," Princess Jing'an shook her head. "I heard from my wet nurse that after my mother gave birth to me, she held me and cried all day long until her eyes were damaged. It took the imperial doctors a long time to heal them."

Princess Jing'an, the "Queen Mother," looked at Empress Xiao and said, "It was not your will that I was born like this. Over the years, you have endured just as much criticism as I have, but you have never once disdained me."

After a pause, Princess Jing'an spoke sincerely, "My behavior is disgraceful to the royal family, but your majesty has never told me to avoid public appearances. Everyone says the royal family is cold and indifferent, but I am truly fortunate to have someone as loving as your majesty."

"Child" Empress Xiao just choked with sobs, and her eyes turned red when she said these two words. She couldn't say any more. What a sensible and kind daughter she was, why did God make things so difficult for her?

On the second day, when the eunuchs who were ordered by the Empress to lead the golden beans into the palace arrived at the Duke Dingguo's mansion, the brothers Wei Lang and Wei Qing were busy with official duties and were not at home.

Duke Dingguo and his wife and their daughter-in-law Yang were all extremely surprised and puzzled when they saw the eunuch coming to the palace to deliver the imperial edict. Jindou was even more confused, wondering when he had caught the Empress's eye again.

Seeing the expressions on the faces of Duke Dingguo and his family, the eunuch delivering the imperial edict recalled the Empress's final instructions and hurriedly said with a smile, "This time we're summoning Miss Jindou to the palace because Princess Jing'an wants to meet her. Princess Jing'an enjoys reading medical books, and she heard from Imperial Physician Zhao that Miss Jindou is a highly skilled doctor, so she wanted to invite her to the palace for some advice. However..."

The eunuch looked Jindou up and down, who was dressed in men's clothes, and said, "If Duke Dingguo hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have realized that Miss Jindou is a woman. This time she entered the palace to meet Princess Jing'an. To avoid gossip, Miss Jindou should change into women's clothes."

"Jindou, go quickly," Xu urged hurriedly when she heard it. Here, Yang also hurriedly pulled Jindou and went in to change clothes.

Jindou changed into women's clothes, said goodbye to Duke Dingguo and his wife, and got into the sedan chair, but his head was still dizzy.

Speaking of the imperial palace, Jindou was not unfamiliar with it. After all, in the Kingdom of Yue, Jindou had accompanied the Crown Prince Jingyu of Yue and had been in and out of the imperial palace of Yue several times.

Jindou thought to himself, I wonder what the difference is between the imperial palace of Daqing Kingdom and the imperial palace of Yue Kingdom.

However, when mentioning the Yue Kingdom's palace, Jindou thought of Yue Kingdom's Prince Jing Yu.

Thinking about how Prince Jingyu had repeatedly tried to persuade him to return to Daqing, and how reluctant he was to leave, he couldn't help but feel melancholy. Alas, I wonder how Jingyu and his mother are doing now. Has his mother's health fully recovered?

Thinking of this, Jindou became a little worried, thinking that as members of the royal family, they must have a lot of rules to follow when traveling, which must be inconvenient. It would be better for him to find a chance to go see them. In the sedan chair, Jindou nodded secretly.