Traveling through time as a peasant girl, buying a husband and raising a child

"Ugly woman, why are you staring at me?"

Xia Zhao felt embarrassed by Mu Jiaojiao's stare, and asked with a flushed face.

Mu Jiaojiao couldn't help but stretched out her hand to pinch his little face, mischievously:

"Call me mother! I'll sew your mouth shut if you call me ugly next time."

"Humph!"

Xia Zhao snorted in dissatisfaction. He would never call this an ugly woman.

"Well..." Mu Jiaojiao threatened with her eyes.

"mother..."

Xia Zhao, who had no choice but to succumb to Mu Jiaojiao's tyranny, thought to himself, this stepmother is really shameless!

"Be good!"

Mu Jiaojiao rubbed Xia Zhao's head.

“It is true that becoming a king or a prime minister necessarily involves sacrifices, but the sacrifices made by kings, princes, generals, and prime ministers in achieving their goals are the separation of wives and children from countless families.

Xia Zhao, I hope you won't be indifferent to life, but learn to empathize with others. Remove those glamorous facades, and everyone's life should be equal."

Mu Jiaojiao regained her composure and said to Xia Zhao.

After hearing this, Xia Zhao was silent for a long time, then spoke solemnly to Mu Jiaojiao.

"Okay. I'll remember that."

"Why are you so serious, kid?"

Mu Jiaojiao waited for Xia Zhao to finish speaking, then randomly picked up a piece of dessert on the table and stuffed it into the child's mouth.

Xia Zhao: "…………"

Mu Jiaojiao was serious for no more than three seconds!

She also ate a few snacks herself, but Mu Jiaojiao felt that the taste of the snacks was just average. She suddenly had an idea about this.

Maybe we can cooperate with the No.1 Restaurant in the World.

"I'm leaving. I'm going home to pick hawthorns."

After thinking about it, he stood up and walked out of the teahouse in a light-hearted manner.

Seeing this, Xia Zhao quickly jogged to catch up.

Mu Jiaojiao and Xia Zhao went on another big shopping spree, which naturally included sugar and pork.

Mu Jiaojiao took Xia Zhao to the bookstore this time and bought a copy of "Dayu Yuzhi", several herbal medicine collections, and also consulted Xia Zhao's opinion and bought some books that Xia Zhao needed.

Then he picked out some rice paper, graphite, and pens, and this time Mu Jiaojiao spent ten taels of silver.

Mu Jiaojiao felt really distressed. These ancient books were so expensive.

These ten taels of silver are enough for a family of three in Lihua Village to spend for three to five years, so how can a poor family afford to send them to school?

After Mu Jiaojiao sighed, she went to Tongji Pharmacy to buy some conditioning medicine for Xia Jin. She also bought a pack of silver needles and prepared to rush home.

But she didn’t buy the big bed she had always dreamed of because her house was too small to accommodate it!

Mu Jiaojiao expressed great frustration about this.

As for Xia Zhao, he saw that Mu Jiaojiao spent a lot of money to buy books for him.

He remained silent, just looking at Mu Jiaojiao from time to time.

*

Speaking of Mu Jiaojiao's shabby house in Lihua Village, there was now one more person in the room where there should have been only one person, one big and one small.

A man dressed in black with two crescent-shaped swords hanging from his waist knelt respectfully in front of Xia Jin.

Xia Jin was sitting on a wooden bench with a corner missing, wearing a gray-brown robe with tight sleeves, holding the skinny cat Xia Xiao, who was also dressed in ordinary clothes, in her arms. The scene seemed quite incongruous.

"Master, I am late and have caused you suffering. Please punish me."

The man in black looked at his always noble master, who was wearing a coarse linen shirt and had a pale and weak face. He felt both self-blame and regret.

"Wushuang, you're too late!" Xia Jin looked at the man kneeling on the ground and paused. "This won't happen again. Get up!"

This is the person who has followed him through life and death, not only as master and servant but also as companion.

This time he took the two children away suddenly, and Wushuang was not with him at the time.

Although Xia Jin felt that it had taken him quite a while to find Wushuang since he left the signal, he didn't blame him too much because there were reasons for it.

"Thank you, master." Wushuang didn't hesitate and stood up gratefully.

"What's the situation in Yudu now?" Xia Jin asked about Wushuang's situation.

Upon hearing this, Wushuang respectfully recounted the recent major events:

"The day the master and the young prince disappeared, the Crown Prince's residence was surrounded by the Imperial Guards. The next day, the Crown Prince was imprisoned in the Yudu Dali Prison."

"Three days later, in the Golden Palace, Prince De and his faction impeached the Crown Prince for plotting rebellion. They searched the Crown Prince's residence and found the dragon robe, as well as letters with Prime Minister Xia that hinted at a possible rebellion."

"The Crown Prince and Xu Xiang's faction argued and proved themselves sincere, but the Emperor, believing the slander of Prince De's faction, wanted to demote the Crown Prince to a commoner and exile him to Youzhou in the southwest, and to execute all the male members of Xu Xiang's family and reduce the women to prostitution and conscription."

"To prove his innocence and preserve Xu Xiang's lineage, the Crown Prince committed suicide in the Golden Palace. The Emperor, grateful for their friendship, demoted Xu Xiang's family to commoners and exiled them to Cangzhou, forever barring them from entering Yudu."

"When the news spread, the Crown Princess was heartbroken and hanged herself in the Plum Garden of the Crown Prince's Mansion to follow the Crown Prince."

After hearing this, Xia Jin's body, which was sitting on the stool, trembled slightly. He clenched his fists tightly, veins bulged on his forehead, and the corners of his eyes turned red.

"puff!"

Due to his grief, his chest felt stuffy and he suddenly spat out several mouthfuls of blood. He looked pale and weak.

"Master! Take care of yourself!"

Seeing this, Wushuang anxiously stepped forward to support Xia Jin, his face full of worry. This news was too much of a blow to his master.

"Wushuang, how could the Crown Prince possibly rebel? How could the Emperor be so heartless?"

Xia Jin's usual calmness and gentleness were completely gone at this moment. His brother, the prince, was gone in such an unclear manner. How could he remain calm?

"Master, please accept my condolences." Wushuang has been tongue-tied since childhood, and at this moment he didn't know how to comfort Xia Jin.

"Wushuang, as expected, there is no love between father and son in this royal family, only the interests of the monarch and his subjects." Xia Jin held his chest and smiled coldly.

"hehe…………"

"Everyone wants that seat. Everyone wants to sit on it, even at the cost of their own lives. I want to see who can get it with me here!"

Xia Jin's eyes were fierce, emitting endless hatred.

Wushuang took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Xia Jin. Xia Jin took it, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then folded the handkerchief.

Xia Xiao looked at Xia Jin like this, and pointed at the bright red blood at the corner of Xia Jin's mouth.

Seeing this, Xia Xiao gently patted Xia Xiao's back. His eyes were filled with grief, but he knew that decadence and sadness would not solve any problems, so he forced himself to calm down.

"How were the bodies of the Crown Prince and his wife placed?"

"The Emperor has verbally ordered that the remains of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess not be allowed into the Imperial Mausoleum, and that Prince De handle them."

"Prince De dumped their remains on the top of Yuncang Mountain, not far from Yudu. Jiang Mo sent a message saying that he had secretly removed their remains from Yudu and buried them in the plum garden that the Crown Prince had secretly given to the Crown Princess."

Wushuang saw that Xia Jin had calmed down and replied respectfully.

"Haha, my good second brother wants the Crown Prince to die. I'm going to watch him ascend the throne from Yuncang Mountain!"

It has to be said that although Xia Jin did not participate much in court affairs in the past, his understanding of Prince De was quite deep.

"What is the emperor's attitude towards Zhao'er and Xiao'er?"

"Master, since you disappeared, Prince De has been sending people to search for you and the two young princes. But it seems that the Emperor has not issued an order to kill the two young masters."

"As for you, Master, you announced before leaving the capital that you would be traveling to recuperate. Although the people of Yudu suspect that you took the two young princes with you, they don't dare to make any accusations without concrete evidence."

"Ok."

"Let Jiang Mo continue to stay in Yudu to make arrangements. From now on, you will follow me secretly."

After Xia Jin roughly understood the situation, he gave instructions to Wushuang.

"Have Yunyu come forward as Anlou to ensure that Xu Xiang and his family arrive safely in Cangzhou. Then have Yunyu send people to the southern border to find the blood of the seven-colored poisonous spider and bring it to this king as soon as possible."

Xia Jin made all the arrangements in an orderly manner, although he didn't want to sit in that position.

But it cannot fall into the hands of Prince De Jiang Xuande, otherwise he and his brother Zhao'er will probably have no peace in the future.

This is how royal children are. If they don’t fight, they have no way to survive.