Holding the script, I want to give up.

After returning to the palace, Shangguan Zitong sought respite from the heat under the crabapple tree, as the June weather was unpleasant.

Because Shangguan Zitong's favor with the emperor had waned and the people in the palace were all opportunistic, the ice delivered to her palace was always short-weight.

Damn it, are these people really that bad? The moment I get near them, they treat me like I'm crazy, keeping my distance. The ice, food, and clothes they bring are pitifully little. I feel like I've been banished to the cold palace. Shangguan Zitong muttered to herself in boredom.

Why did it turn out like this?

When did it start?

The plot spiraled out of control, and an unknown character appeared.

The original female lead had very few appearances.

Did my arrival trigger a butterfly effect?

Is this a development of the original plot?

Or has the real story been buried?

Why did the system suddenly disappear?

Is this really just a world in a novel?

People in this world are living, breathing human beings with emotions. The truth of the matter is still unknown.

Shangguan Zitong pondered this series of chilling questions in her mind. She was practically turning into a detective like Conan. Her brain cells were almost dead, but she still couldn't come up with anything.

"Forget it, let's just give up and see what happens. Participation is what matters, the process is still different," Shangguan Zitong consoled herself.

"Little sister, you look so worried, what's wrong?"

This was Shangguan Jin's first time visiting Shangguan Zitong's palace.

"Oh? Brother, maybe the heat is making you irritable. What brings you here?"

Shangguan Zitong swung on the swing path.

"Can't I come to see you even if there's nothing wrong? Let me push you on the swing."

"That's not what I meant, thank you, brother."

The swing had a backrest. Shangguan Zitong leaned back against the backrest, pulled her legs together, and completely let go of herself.

"Sister, I want to leave the palace."

“You can’t keep giving him the silent treatment because of me; it’s not worth it at all.”

Shangguan Jin was pushing the swing, but his mind was wandering through a complex web of relationships.

Whether it's worth it or not is up to me. Brother, you don't need to do this.

"The palace is indeed not as free as the common people. Let's wait a little longer, I will take you out of the palace."

Shangguan Zitong helplessly closed her eyes and enjoyed it.

"Ok, I will wait for you."

"Brother, don't you hate him?"

"Sister, don't you hate my mother?"

"Of course I hate her, but I also pity her."

"Why?"

"She wanted to kill me because of a small prophecy, and she did succeed."

"You trust me so much? What if I reveal your secret? What will you do then?"

Although Shangguan Jin didn't understand, he felt a warmth in his heart.

"Even if you tell them, they'll just treat me like a monster and torture me. And the excuses they come up with for the torture are all fabricated charges."

“You knew I was already dead, yet you still let me go.” “You even removed the chains that bound me and wiped away my blood, making my death less gruesome.”

Shangguan Zitong took it all in stride.

"Since you are a girl and also my sister whom I never met, I wanted you to leave this world peacefully."

Shangguan Jin replied earnestly.

"...Alright then, if I die next time, it will be for real... I'm not that powerful enough to defy the heavens."

"I've always been me, I've never changed. So do you hate him?"

Shangguan Zitong seemed to have found someone to confide in, and kept talking nonstop.

"I don't know. My mother hopes I can live peacefully and happily without hatred. I want to try."

"When I turn twelve, I will take you out of the palace. I am not yet capable of protecting you."

By then, she'll be twelve, Huangfu Hongxi fifteen, and he should be returning to Beiji. The Crown Prince will be eighteen, time to take power.

"it is good."

......

Winter arrived in the blink of an eye. Shangguan Zitong was in her palace, chatting and eating melon seeds around a charcoal fire with her maids, shadow guards, hostages, and brother.

The white fox, as if it understood human nature, leisurely squinted its eyes and took a nap on the soft couch.

The emperor had long ago placed Shangguan Zitong under house arrest, and those around him suffered as a result. Their quality of life deteriorated day by day.

"Princess, I heard that Princess Chang is going to marry the Crown Prince of Beiji, and the wedding is coming soon."

Youzhi spoke softly, afraid of hurting the princess's feelings, yet also afraid that not speaking would make her even more heartbroken.

"A marriage alliance? Father, won't you let me leave?"

The melon seeds in Shangguan Zitong's hand fell to the ground. Her sister was only fifteen! How could they be so heartless?

"Princess, I will take you to see the Eldest Princess."

"Princess, I'll help you sneak out."

"Little sister, let me take you away."

"Pah, pah, pah, what nonsense are you talking about? Let's just wait and see."

"I don't believe that Father Emperor can be so heartless."

Shangguan Zitong said slowly.

"Open the palace gates."

An old eunuch called out from outside the hall in a high-pitched voice, and a group of people stepped forward to open the hall door.

"Congratulations, Your Highness, on your new life. His Majesty still remembers you."

"Well, the princess is getting married today, and she specially ordered me to take you out."

After the door opened, the father-in-law went up to Shangguan Zitong, bowed, and fawned.

"Thank you, Eunuch Li."

Upon hearing the noise, Shangguan Zitong had already gotten up and was waiting to see what was going on.

“莜芷”.

Shangguan Zitong gave a signal with her eyes.

"Here you are, Eunuch Li, this is my humble offering to you."

Youzhi understood and secretly took out a bag of silver coins from her sleeve and handed it to Eunuch Liu.

"Why be so formal? This is our family's duty."

Although that's what Eunuch Li said, his hands were already impatiently taking the money bag.

Haha, they're all a bunch of money-grubbing and snobbish bastards. They're so hypocritical.

......

"Sister, I can't bear to leave you. Please don't go, okay?"

Shangguan Zitong hugged Shangguan Xiyue, who was dressed in a red wedding gown, and said coquettishly.

“My dear, as a princess of a nation, I should choose to marry for the greater good of the country.”

"..."

All this talk of national righteousness is bullshit. If our country weren't weak, would we need to seek refuge through marriage alliances with other nations? Why bother with these high-sounding excuses?

The idea that princesses sent to marry foreign rulers ensured lasting peace is a lie. Prosperous times don't need marriage alliances to embellish them; chaotic times, however, require princesses to be sent as political sacrifices...

As a transmigrator, why can't I have a brilliant mind like other transmigrators? Why doesn't the system implant Einstein's brain into my head?

Other transmigrators either have cheat codes or come with amazing skills.

She's making a fortune in government offices, farmland, and businesses—it's definitely a female protagonist's wish-fulfillment novel.

When it was her turn, she couldn't do anything and just lazed around like a salted fish. And now, even the system has run away from home.

She's just an ordinary, fragile college student; what can she do? It seems like she can't do anything.

Teaching the children here classical Chinese? That's highly unlikely. While this dynasty may be fictional, its ideology isn't that enlightened.

"The auspicious time has come."

The Imperial Astronomical Bureau personnel shouted outside the hall.

Shangguan Zitong's thoughts returned.

"Sister, let me see you off."

"Okay. Sister, don't be sad for me..."

Seeing Shangguan Zitong's sorrowful expression, Shangguan Xiyue was afraid that she might do something rash, so she tried to comfort her.

"Well, let's go."

My silly sister, how could you think like that?

Will I one day gradually be assimilated by these feudal ideas? Shangguan Zitong wondered to herself.

......