It was around the beginning of this spring when Daddy broke his leg while hunting. My unfeeling grandmother wanted to sell me to a widower, claiming it would help him mend his leg. But Grandma kept all the money Daddy earned from hunting and farming every year and didn't want to give it away. So, in a fit of rage, I banged my head. Grandma thought if I died, she'd marry me off in a ghost marriage, so Daddy mustered up the courage and, in a fit of rage, separated from Grandma.

Our lives have only gradually improved since we separated. It was only in the last two months that Mom started receiving treatment, and the blood clots in her brain are slowly starting to clear up. At first, Mom was reluctant to receive treatment, fearing that her family might have abandoned her in the mountains because she was a girl.

The princess recalled Lan Niang's appearance. No wonder she looked familiar to her then. It was simply because she was too thin, her face was faded, and her skin was sallow. She also looked a little old. She didn't think about it anymore. Now seeing Uncle Yi Wang's appearance, the answer seemed to be clear. Could she be Zi Lan? But the change was too great. Why did she become like that? How could the once most talented woman in Fengmi Capital, so beautiful and charming, become like that?

The eldest princess covered her mouth in disbelief, tears welling up in her eyes.

When King Yi heard what Siyu had said, he was furious and heartbroken. This vicious woman, I will definitely peel off their skin and make them die miserably.

The emperor was furious, too. He was, after all, a sovereign, and couldn't possibly utter a single foul word. His eyes glared like Tong Ling's, veins bulging on his forehead as he watched Uncle Yi lash out with curses, yet he didn't try to stop him. He was thinking to himself that he deserved to be hacked to pieces. A talented woman from the illustrious Yulong Dynasty, a first-rank princess, had been banished to a tiny, desolate mountain village thousands of miles away. Who could be so cruel?

When several people heard Siyu's story, Sister Wang Jiao asked, "Does your mother have jade pendants, hairpins, etc." Siyu nodded. "When my father picked up my mother, she was wearing jade pendants, hairpins, and various other things. But because my grandmother was kind to my mother at the beginning, these jewelry were kept."

Later, when my grandmother saw that no one from the family came looking for her, she thought that my mother was not favored by the family and was unwilling to support her anymore, so she thought of selling her jewelry. However, my father knew my grandmother's temper, so he hid the jewelry early on.

Because of this, my father and mother were severely beaten. At that time, my eldest uncle was a minor official in the county government, so my grandmother was also very stubborn. My third uncle was studying in the academy. After the beating, my grandmother felt unsatisfied and wanted to sell my mother. My father stopped her and asked why she didn't find a wife for him, saying that he was already in his 20s. After listening to my father, my grandmother felt that not finding a wife for my father was not a good thing, as it would affect my eldest son's job in the government, my third son's imperial examinations, and my grandchildren's studies. So she thought, well, a daughter-in-law picked up for free is better than spending money to marry her. So my father and mother got married, and they supported each other.

After my parents got married, all household chores, from working in the fields to washing clothes and cooking, fell on my father and mother. Even so, they weren't treated well at home, constantly being scolded and criticized by my grandmother. The sisters-in-law often quarreled with each other. When my mother was pregnant with her first child in winter, my grandmother and her aunts sent her to the river to wash clothes. She slipped and fell, causing a miscarriage.

Everyone couldn't help but feel the violence rising up when they heard this. Even though Old Money Wife wasn't around, if she was, she'd definitely want to skin him alive, pull out his tendons, and give him a brutal beating. King Yi kept cursing them, calling them shameless. "Shameless, how dare they?" "How dare they?"

After understanding everything, everyone came out of the palace. Siyu was still sad at this time, but her mood was not too high. Although those were the memories of the original owner, all the memories since she took over this body were imprinted in her mind, as if she had experienced it herself.

The atmosphere in the Imperial Study was now extremely oppressive. Prince Yi, the Crown Prince, the Emperor's eldest princess, and others were all in a bad mood, still trying to process what they had heard. A cup of tea passed.

King Yi looked up. "The old minister has already sent people over there to understand the situation, but it seems that it still doesn't work! We need to send more capable people over there to thoroughly investigate what has happened over the years."

We also need to check if there are any clues left to find the murderer who harmed Zi Lan.

The emperor also nodded and said, "Well, I will send the Dragon Guards too."

The princess then spoke up, asking why Ling'er had left home. Why had his personal maid suddenly died the moment Ling'er left? There had to be something fishy going on. There had to be something hidden.

The emperor nodded and said, "Okay, I will send someone to go with you."

The princess continued, "What's going on with that first-rank general, Li Weimin? A first-rank general, yet he favors his concubine over his wife. "Brother, you must investigate thoroughly. We were hunted this time. If it weren't for General Li's legitimate daughter, Yanan, who came to our aid, we would have suffered heavy casualties, or even our lives. Furthermore, a legitimate daughter of a general was drugged and secretly sent out of the palace by a concubine. Without the general's approval, what concubine would act like this?"

The emperor was already furious at the time, and upon hearing his sister's words, he was even more furious. He had long heard that General Li favored his concubine over his wife, and now he had brought this up to him. He thought it was a good opportunity to make an example of him and punish him first.

The Emperor's decree caught General Li, Li Xinyan, and Concubine Yue by surprise. It also left all the officials scratching their heads. What was the Emperor thinking? General Li had been favoring his concubine over his wife for a long time, so why was the Emperor suddenly punishing General Li today?

An hour had passed by the time the emperor finished talking to everyone.

The Crown Prince of Jin was often negligent.

Fifth Brother, I'm only here in your country as a member of Tianyi Valley, to take Junior Sister to Yujian Villa. Emperor Yulong, don't worry too much. After returning, I'll bring my country's embassy to your country to establish friendly relations...

The group came out of the palace and returned to the princess's residence.

Siyu has calmed down. I'm going to change out of this cumbersome palace dress.

A stick of incense time passes in the blink of an eye, let’s go!

Several young people walked out of the Princess's Mansion, chatting and laughing, and headed towards the former Prince Su's Mansion, now the Changning County Princess's Mansion. They looked at the majestic two-horse carriage standing at the door of the Princess's Mansion, and the masters sat on it in a grand manner.

The maids and guards were also sitting in the carriage at the back, and the coachman drove the carriage forward.

Siyu told her two sisters and everyone else, "I'm going to find someone to clean up. This will be Princess Changning's residence from now on. It'll give my family a place to stay when they come to the capital. Let's wait and see the mansion. My business in the capital is almost done. Once I'm done with my affairs in the capital, I'm going to go find Master with my third and fifth senior brothers."

My senior sister is about to give birth, and I want to go and see her too.

Princess Linglan said dejectedly, "I'm leaving so soon. Haven't I had enough fun with you yet?"

Siyu said to Linglan and everyone else, "Okay, okay, it's not like I won't be back. I'll be back soon."

Princess Linglan, didn't you say you were going to open a shop in the capital? Why are you leaving so suddenly?

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