Traveling through time and space

"Silly child, you are the Emperor's daughter. In the past, the Emperor has always owed you and your mother." He stood up and helped Su Yuanyuan up. "In the future, the Emperor will make amends. There is something the Emperor wants to tell you first. Your uncle, eldest brother, and second brother are all here."

"Father, why did you invite them?" Yuanyuan asked curiously.

"The Emperor posthumously conferred the title of Consort Yun on your mother. They are your mother's family and should be present. The Emperor heard you say how kind your eldest and second brothers were to you, so the Emperor also asked someone to invite them all."

"Father, Yuanyuan thanks you for giving mother a name." Su Yuanyuan burst into tears and knelt down to kowtow.

"Silly child, father will always be your father."

"Your Majesty, the prince is here." Eunuch Shen replied standing at the door.

"Okay, let him in, Yuanyuan, this is your brother, the crown prince." The emperor returned to his seat and Su Yuanyuan stood to the side.

"Your son greets His Majesty." A man came in and bowed to greet him.

"Stand up, Prince. This is your youngest sister, Yuanyuan. Yuanyuan, this is your brother, the Crown Prince. Have you met him yet?" he reminded.

"Yuanyuan greets my brother, the Crown Prince." Su Yuanyuan bowed.

"Imperial sister, please excuse me. Father, it's time to go to Lixiang Palace."

"Qing'er, Yuanyuan is your sister. You must take good care of her in the future." After he said this, Su Yuanyuan was stunned. She was not a three-year-old child. Why should she need others to take care of her?

"Yes, Father, I will take good care of this sister in the future."

"Okay, let's go. Yuanyuan, follow father." Father looked at Su Yuanyuan.

"Yes, Yuanyuan will follow my father. Thank you, my brother, the Crown Prince." Su Yuanyuan continued to kneel and salute until she entered the palace. The emperor walked in front, and when he left, another group of people knelt to greet him. By the time they arrived at the palace, they had already met quite a few people and sat down in the Lixiang Hall to rest for a while.

"Your Majesty," a group of people came in from outside. The woman was dressed in fancy clothes. "Your Majesty," the woman led the others to bow to the Emperor and the Prince.

"Greetings to the Imperial Concubine, Yuanyuan, this is the Imperial Concubine, you have to pay your respects." The prince pulled Yuanyuan.

"Your Majesty, is this Princess Anle, Concubine Yun's daughter? She is so beautiful."

"Yuanyuan greets the Imperial Concubine," Su Yuanyuan bowed and greeted seriously.

"Your Majesty, I am unlucky and have not given birth to a princess. Concubine Yun is also gone. Can I take care of Princess Anle from now on? Then I will have a daughter to look after."

"Yuanyuan thanks the Imperial Concubine for her kindness, but Yuanyuan is not free. Yuanyuan is in mourning for her grandmother now." Yuanyuan didn't want to cause trouble, so she politely declined.

"You are a princess, and she is just an ordinary woman."

"Your Highness, Yuanyuan is a junior, and grandma is Yuanyuan's benefactor. Without grandma, there would be no Yuanyuan standing here today." Su Yuanyuan said with a faint smile.

"You are worthy of being my daughter. You are a filial child." The emperor was very happy.

"Congratulations to His Majesty. Princess Anle is beautiful and filial. I heard that she will be coming of age next month. Your Majesty, the Shen family has three successful candidates in the imperial examinations. My brother's second son is also of marriageable age. In my opinion, you should marry Princess Anle to our Shen family." After listening to the words of the imperial concubine, Su Yuanyuan looked at her father, but he was just looking at Su Yuanyuan jokingly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Yuanyuan has made a vow in front of my grandmother's spirit to observe mourning for her for a year. I hope Your Majesty will grant my wish." Su Yuanyuan turned around and knelt in front of her father. "You don't want to see me make a fool of myself, so I'll let you say it yourself."

"Okay, okay, you are a filial child. You should obey the old lady's filial piety. No matter whether you are a princess or not, you can't be an ungrateful person."

"Thank you, Father, for your help. Yuanyuan will definitely be a kind person."

"Father owes you too much. You will decide your marriage in the future, but you must also obtain Father's consent. Father only wants you to be happy in this life. If you are happy, Father will be worthy of your mother who passed away so young."

"Greetings, Father and Mother." A group of people came in. They turned out to be the Imperial Concubine's biological son, the Second Prince Gu Ruoyao, and his pregnant princess. They exchanged greetings again, and then met two acquaintances, the Tenth Princess and the Tenth Prince Consort. They saluted and greeted them. Of course, Su Yuanyuan also came forward to pay her respects, but she changed the way she addressed Ge Congwen to brother-in-law. The princesses and princes had all arrived, but the Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince had not yet arrived.

"You all should go to the banquet hall. Why haven't Ruoxuan and Ruoyu arrived yet?" asked the emperor.

"Your Majesty, they can't walk yet." Concubine Juan, who had just been introduced, stepped forward.

"Is the Imperial Hospital still helpless? They are a bunch of quacks," the emperor stood up. Su Yuanyuan was actually looking forward to seeing these two. "Yuanyuan, follow your father."

"Yes, father," Su Yuanyuan followed her father obediently.

"Your son greets the Emperor, and your mother." Just as he was about to leave, two people came in, their figures staggering a little.

"How did you become like this?" The emperor stood up and looked at them carefully. "Yu'er, Xian'er, this is your sister, Princess Anle Yuanyuan."

Su Yuanyuan pretended to see them for the first time, and gradually showed her true colors, "Two royal brothers, has Yuanyuan seen you before? I have a very familiar feeling about you." Su Yuanyuan also turned around twice, then stopped and looked thoughtful. They had indeed changed a lot, becoming thinner and more decadent.

"Imperial sister, we have never met," the seventh prince came up and denied it.

Of course Su Yuanyuan didn't want to show them any mercy. The death of her grandmother had caused her so much pain. "Father, these two royal brothers seemed to be the ones who kidnapped Yuanyuan that day. One of them wanted to strangle Yuanyuan to death. Fortunately, Yuanyuan was alert and ran away, otherwise you would never see Yuanyuan again." Su Yuanyuan knelt on the ground with a plop, pointing at the Sixth Prince.

"Father, I think I have misunderstood. Why would we want to kill her? Maybe we are just similar." The Seventh Prince pulled the Sixth Prince and knelt down quickly.

"Misunderstanding? My two royal brothers, why doesn't Yuanyuan misunderstand others?" Su Yuanyuan stood up and asked, "Father, Yuanyuan can be sure that the two people that night are the two royal brothers in front of me."

"Tell me, what's going on?" The emperor sat down again, it seemed that he knew the answer.

"Father, please help Yuanyuan. Grandmother died because of this, and Yuanyuan almost lost her life too. The wonderful Marquis of Valor's Mansion has been destroyed. What deep hatred does Yuanyuan have against you that would make you treat Yuanyuan like this?"

"Your Majesty, Princess, they really didn't mean it." Concubine Juan, who had just left, came in and knelt before the Emperor. "Your Majesty, please forgive them. Princess, please forgive them."

"Forgive? Concubine Juan, Yuanyuan's grandmother died in vain?" Su Yuanyuan asked, "Sixth brother, Seventh brother, this is the first time Yuanyuan calls you, can you tell the truth? Is it really you? Why did you do this?" Su Yuanyuan asked.

"Father, this is my fault. I didn't expect this kind of consequence. It's..."

The Sixth Prince stood up and admitted it.

"Sixth brother, we were wrong. We just heard that father had met a little girl outside the palace, so we wanted to see who on earth could make father leave the palace to meet her?" The seventh prince explained.

"How did you know about the Marquis of Bravery's Mansion? Did you know that Yuanyuan was that little girl? My two royal brothers, why do you want to kill Yuanyuan?"

"Little sister, you really misunderstood. When we saw you, we knew it was a misunderstanding. We just wanted to play a joke on you at the time, but we didn't expect you to take it seriously."

"Seventh Brother, is that how you joke? Father, Yuanyuan may be young, but she's not a fool. Since both brothers have admitted it, please, father, make the decision for Yuanyuan and give her justice.

"Princess Anle," Concubine Juan bowed to Su Yuanyuan.

"Noble Lady Juan, Yuanyuan can't stand your courtesy." Su Yuanyuan dodged behind her father.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing? I heard that there is a happy event in the palace today. I am really curious about what the happy event is?" The voice sounded very familiar.

"Zi Mo, you're here. I've found my little daughter. Yuan Yuan, this is Prince De. You should call him Uncle."

"Yuanyuan greets Uncle Dewang," Su Yuanyuan pretended not to know him and bowed and called out.

"Greetings, Uncle Prince De." The two people on the ground tried hard to stand up and salute.

"I heard that you were not feeling well recently, but now you are all well again." Prince De looked at the two of them.

"Thank you, Uncle Dewang, for your concern. We are almost recovered now."

"That's good, Your Majesty..."

"Prince De, please wait a moment. Yuanyuan, they really didn't mean it. For the sake of our father, please forgive them."

"Father, grandma has passed away. Yuanyuan will no longer have a grandma to rely on." Su Yuanyuan choked with sobs.

"Your Majesty, what happened?"

"It was them who were joking with Yuan Yuan and it went too far."

"Is it the incident at the Marquis of Xiaoyong's Mansion? Was it just a joke? Oh..." Prince De shook his head. "Princess, the dead cannot be resurrected. No matter how you deal with them, the old lady will not be able to come back to life."

"Prince De, is this matter just going to end like this?" Su Yuanyuan asked.

"Princess Anle, what do you want to do? Want them to pay with their lives? They are your biological brothers, can you bear to do that? Have you ever thought about how your father would feel? There are always some regrets about the old lady's incident, but they didn't directly kill the old lady." A queen muttered beside her.

"I'm sorry, father. Yuanyuan only thinks about grandma and forgets your feelings. I'm sorry." Su Yuanyuan bowed deeply to her father.

"Your Majesty understands you. Before, the old lady was your only relative, but now you have many relatives: your father, your brother, and your sister. They were ultimately wrong in this matter," the Emperor said, looking at his two sons still kneeling on the ground. "Both of you, stand up and speak. Apologize to your sister."

The two stood up and looked at each other, "Imperial sister, I'm sorry, it's my Seventh Brother's fault. I will treat you well in the future."

"Yes, sister, Sixth Brother also knows he is wrong."

"Alright, my two princes, this matter cannot be brushed aside so lightly. The old lady was a relative to Princess Anle, but because of your negligence, she was killed. How about this, Your Majesty? I heard that the Marquis of Xiaoyong's mansion was burned down, and it must be rebuilt. Your Majesty will pay for it. One hundred thousand taels of silver should be enough. This can be considered as your apology to the old lady on behalf of the two princes." Prince De looked at everyone, "Your Majesty, is this a good solution? My two princes, princess?"

"Okay, Yuanyuan, is this okay?"

"Yuanyuan will obey the orders of the Emperor and Uncle Wang."

"Okay, let's put this matter behind us. Yuanyuan, you must not blame your two royal brothers anymore. You two have made such a big mistake, and we can't let you off so easily. Each of you should give 10,000 taels of silver and send it to the Marquis of Xiaoyong's Mansion to buy jewelry for Yuanyuan." The emperor gave the order seriously.

"Yes, father, I am willing to give money to my sister." The seventh prince stood up and nodded.

"Father, Yuanyuan doesn't want their money..." Su Yuanyuan didn't want their money.

"Princess Anle, the salary you receive as a princess cannot support the entire Marquis of Xiaoyong's Mansion. Besides, if the two princes pay you, they will learn their lesson and won't feel guilty anymore. As the eldest brothers, it is their duty to take care of their younger sisters." Prince De said seriously.

"Yes, Yuanyuan, Uncle Wang is right. They have gone too far this time. But you must promise that this matter will be forgotten from now on. No one will mention it again, and you will not harbor any grudges against your two royal brothers."

"Yes, Father, I know you two brothers didn't mean it, and I won't have any complaints. If I was wrong, please forgive me." Su Yuanyuan bowed deeply. "I also thank you, Father, and Uncle De, for your mediation. Thank you." Su Yuanyuan bowed again to the two, inadvertently catching a lingering smile.

"Let's go. Don't keep everyone waiting." The emperor stood up and followed. Of course, Su Yuanyuan followed at the end. Looking at her two brothers bouncing up and down, she wanted to laugh but didn't dare.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." It turned out that they had arrived at the main hall, so of course they had to pay their respects... Many days later, when Su Yuanyuan thought of the scene on that day, she felt like she was dreaming. On this day, the emperor issued an edict to posthumously confer the title of Concubine Yun on Cai Mengyun, the legitimate daughter of the Cai family, and said that Chu Mengyunxiu prayed for the country and practiced Buddhism with her hair uncut. Her daughter, Gu Yuanyuan, was named Princess Anle, and from now on, she would receive the salary of a legitimate princess... Su Yuanyuan kowtowed to express her gratitude. She was in a daze that day. There were people congratulating her everywhere, and her face was frozen with a smile.

"Why, are you happy now that you're a princess?" Su Yuanyuan, who had been lying in a daze, was lying on her bed. Because she couldn't sleep, she kept her eyes open and didn't feel sleepy. She didn't notice the uncle's arrival at all.

"Uncle, is that all?" Su Yuanyuan asked.

"You have no foundation, do you really want to kill them?" Su Yuanyuan was speechless after hearing what he said.

"Your Majesty, Yuanyuan feels that the Sixth and Seventh Princes are not very cunning people. There must be someone hiding behind them."

"I know, my king. I'm here to tell you this. The person behind them is the Second Prince."

"Second Prince? What hatred do I have with him?" Su Yuanyuan asked in confusion.

"They only know that the person the emperor met outside was a woman, and they must have thought that she would shake Concubine Shen's position." They said it lightly.

"Uncle, are you telling the truth, or are you just kidding Yuanyuan? Yuanyuan is not a three-year-old child. This is definitely not a reason for him to tease the Sixth Prince and the others."

"Don't you have any ideas in mind?"