The whole family is reborn, and their five-year-old child becomes the darling of the entire capital.

"Humph!"

The Duchess was holding Yu Xi's little hand as they took their seats, chatting and laughing, when Princess Lanyue snorted coldly and walked past them.

The voice was so loud it was as if they were afraid the girls wouldn't hear it.

The Duchess smiled, seemingly unconcerned, and took her seat with her two children.

"I heard the Empress is ill and probably won't be able to come today."

"It's not illness. I heard from the Ministry of Justice that it was an assassination attempt by the Sand Kingdom!"

"So, those people from the Sha clan even came to the palace to assassinate us?"

"Eh, no, it was an assassination attempt at Kokuji Temple!"

"Guosi Temple? No wonder the Empress Dowager's carriage seemed to be in such a hurry that day. So something happened to the Empress?"

"I heard it's quite serious; the Empress was unconscious for a whole day!"

……

The Duchess's fingers trembled slightly.

Yunshang?

She didn't believe it at first, but since it concerned Yunshang, she couldn't ignore it.

The previously noisy environment suddenly became quiet.

The Empress Dowager and the Empress have arrived.

The Duchess looked directly at Mu Yunshang and saw that her face was rosy and she was still smiling and talking to the Empress Dowager. Only then did she feel relieved.

Mu Yunshang smiled lightly and looked in her mother's direction.

Both Yunnan and Yunchao are on the side of the ministers, and I heard that a prince from the Nasha Kingdom is here to pay homage today.

At this time in my previous life, the Yue Kingdom had just been defeated and had no choice but to cede territory and marry off its princess to sue for peace.

Now, the situation has reversed; it is the people of the Sand Kingdom who are begging for an audience.

Everything is different.

Despite the pain from her wound, Mu Yunshang rose with the Empress Dowager to offer a toast.

She was indeed injured and had been unconscious for a whole day. She had been advised by the Empress Dowager not to attend.

But knowing that the Duchess was coming, Yunshang, fearing she would worry, deliberately applied extra powder to brighten her complexion. All this was to prevent her from worrying.

Mu Yunshang smiled as she watched Xiao Yuxi eating with great relish and instructed the servants to serve the little girl more sweet dishes.

She had a bizarre dream while she was unconscious that day. In the dream, a little girl wearing clothes she had never seen before ran over from afar and called her "big sister".

She even called out to the person next to her... as her brother-in-law...

The little girl in my dream was even younger than she is now, but she was also much plumper, clearly very well cared for.

Seeing that the little girl seemed to have eaten her fill, Mu Yunshang waved to her from afar.

The Duchess patted Xiao Yuxi encouragingly, "Go see your older sister."

Mu Yunshang smiled and put her arm around Xixi, who ran over like a little cannonball, avoiding the wound on her left chest.

Xiao Yuxi leaned closer and sniffed, keenly noticing a faint smell of blood on her older sister.

"Where are you hurt, big sister?" The little girl carefully touched her big sister's clothes with her hand, but dared not use force, as the gorgeous clothes were stiff and she couldn't find any injury.

Mu Yunshang smiled and took the little girl's hand, pressing her index finger to her lips. "Xixi, you must keep this a secret for your big sister."

Xiao Yuxi raised her head with tears in her eyes.

“Your aunt is not in good health. If she finds out about this, she will probably be very upset. Xixi likes her aunt and doesn’t want her to be sick, right?” Mu Yunshang gently guided her.

Little Yu Xi nodded obediently, but she was still worried about how her older sister's injury was. "What about older sister's injury..."

"If she were truly seriously injured, she wouldn't be able to sit here, right?"

Xiao Yuxi blinked and carefully hugged her older sister.

The Empress Dowager looked at the little girl in the Empress's arms.

After the accident at the temple that day, she remembered the words of the eminent monk Huiji: if the Moon Kingdom was to prosper forever, she would need to strengthen her bond with the Moon Kingdom.

Xiao Yuxi peeked out somewhat fearfully at the Empress Dowager, who had just been looking her up and down and was now deep in thought.

I felt like I was looking at a product, scrutinizing her from head to toe.

very scary.

Mu Yunshang gently stroked Xixi's little face, noticing her pale complexion and asking with concern, "Is there too many people?"

This Lantern Festival banquet was originally a family banquet where the emperor rewarded his close ministers. She originally thought that, just like in her previous life, she could take the opportunity to see what the Yun Dynasty looked like now.

In her past life, she had been feigning illness at this time, unwilling to attend such a banquet. In this life, she wanted to attend, but everything had changed.

However, Mu Yunshang looked at Mu Yunchen, who was still very young, beside her mother, and felt somewhat dazed.

She had never held her younger brother in her arms.

A hint of confusion gradually appeared in Mu Yunshang's eyes.

Why didn't she go to rescue her mother, her father, and her brother when they were imprisoned? And why did she make such sarcastic remarks about Yunnan?

What she initially thought was reasonable became increasingly unreasonable as she listed them out one by one in her mind.

When did she become like this?

This is the kind of person she could never become?

Mu Yunshang's heart skipped a beat, and the spoon she was using to feed Xiao Yuxi fell onto the table with a "clatter" and shattered into pieces.

The maidservant quickly stepped forward and cleaned the table.

Yunshang held Xiaoyuxi in her right arm, stood up and said to the Empress Dowager, "Your Majesty, I am not feeling well and must take my leave now."

The Empress Dowager knew that the Empress was not fully recovered, and nodded in a very agreeable manner, not taking offense at her earlier impolite behavior. "Have Physician An come and take a look."

"Yes, the concubine is retiring."

Yunshang hurriedly bowed, picked up the little girl, and left. But after leaving the bustling banquet, she leaned against the rockery in the side garden with Xixi in her arms.

He looked at the banquet in the distance with some fear.

Xiao Yuxi gently patted her older sister's arm and tilted her head in confusion, "What's wrong, older sister?"

The eldest sister is always gentle and kind, with a delicate and frail appearance. Just now, when I picked her up with one hand, I suddenly had a hallucination of my second sister.

Mu Yunshang rested her head on Xiao Yuxi's small shoulder, and her previously confused mind gradually became clear.

It was as if someone had cleared away the fog that had been obscuring her mind.

Having experienced rebirth, Yunshang deeply believed in supernatural phenomena, always feeling that her past life was different from her true self in many ways.

Mingming, in her eyes, family is above all else.

Why did she choose to protect herself in her past life?

She clearly had no interest whatsoever in the position, in life in the palace, or even in the emperor.

Mu Yunshang trembled, feeling as if a huge fog had enveloped her, and she had no one who could answer her questions.

Suddenly, a soft, sweet little person stretched out their arms and hugged her, gently pressing their face against hers.

"Big sister, don't be afraid, Xixi is here. Xixi is with you."

Xiao Yuxi pressed her face against her older sister's with worry. Her older sister looked as if she were having a nightmare.

Mu Yunshang suddenly slid to the ground and coughed lightly.

Xiao Yuxi noticed that there seemed to be bloodstains spreading on her older sister's chest.