The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Empress Dowager Jiqing felt a chill running from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, her scalp was numb and she couldn't breathe.

Snakes! They snaked up her legs. Cold, soft, rustling, and chilling.

The "Ah" she screamed was stuck in her throat and her eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets.

She didn't dare to move, but her whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

Suddenly, a sharp pain came from the leg.

She screamed and fell to the ground, feeling a sharp pain in her arm.

But the physical pain is far less torturous than the fear in the heart.

Empress Dowager Jiqing screamed loudly, and her voice broke the tranquility of Xishan.

When the guards rushed in with candles, they saw a brightly colored snake with a vicious tongue proudly coiled around the head of the Empress Dowager who was lying on the ground.

The guards stepped back in shock.

In their opinion, the brighter the color of the snake, the more poisonous it is.

What to do?

They had just received an order from the Emperor to bring the Empress Dowager back to the palace.

One of the guards, either because he was skilled and brave or because he had lost his mind, swung the knife in his hand directly at the snake.

The knife frightened the snake so much that it ran around and escaped through the open window.

But the knife bounced off the wall and then hit the unconscious Empress Dowager, frightening all the guards so much that they lost their breath.

Several people looked at each other, and they all thought... nothing had happened just now, they just scared the snake away and saved the Queen Mother's life.

That night, the Empress Dowager returned to the palace with great fanfare.

Legend has it that Emperor Mingde felt sorry for the Empress Dowager's old age and could not bear to see her eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures in the Western Hills, so he sent people to bring her back to the palace.

The Empress Dowager's harem underwent a major reshuffle, with most of the palace maids having been transferred elsewhere.

She left behind not a single eunuch or maidservant who was very useful to her.

It is said that as soon as the Empress Dowager returned to the palace, the imperial doctors became extremely busy.

It can be seen that Emperor Mingde was filial and put the Empress Dowager's health first in everything.

As for what the imperial doctors were busy with, the news was blocked in the palace and could not be leaked out at all.

Li Changfeng and others were extremely anxious.

Shi Anrou still looked calm and relaxed, eating and drinking, but inside she was terrified and uneasy.

She could only comfort herself again and again, thinking that Shi Anxia must have sent someone to protect her in secret.

It was already the next day when Shi Anxia received the news.

She met a man at her mother's house on Fushuang Road.

When the man saw her, he knelt down and saluted her, with his head on the ground, and refused to get up.

Shi Anxia said in a gentle voice, "You are my elder, how can you be so polite? Stand up, don't embarrass me."

As she spoke, she bent down and helped the man up.

The man then stood up, raised his head, and burst into tears, "Princess Haiyan, I am so grateful for your kindness."

This person is Feng Shiyu.

She received the news to withdraw last night and almost killed the Empress Dowager in Xishan.

But she remembered in her heart that her benefactor asked her to spare the Empress Dowager's life.

Shi Anxia asked someone to serve tea, then he raised his head and looked seriously at the old woman opposite him.

The old woman had gray hair and deep wrinkles on her face, which showed the vicissitudes of life. But her eyes were sharp and bright, as if they contained a lot of hatred.

Upon closer inspection, her facial features were very good, and she had a heroic look. If she hadn't experienced this family change, she would have been a free and easy person.

Shi Anxia was the first to break the silence, "Mother-in-law, I heard that the Queen Mother was bitten by a snake last night and is still unconscious. But was it you who released the snake?"

Feng Shiyu shook his head, "No."

Shi Anxia said gently, "It seems that even the heavens don't want to let her go."

"Will she die?" Feng Shiyu asked.

Shi Anxia shook her head and said, "I saved him."

She never expected that the doctor Shen, who was good at treating poisons, whom she had brought into the Imperial Hospital, could actually save the life of her mortal enemy.

She frowned and said calmly, "Don't worry, I will make her die in an ugly way and won't let you get rid of the hatred in your heart. So, you must live well and watch her fall."

Feng Shiyu saw an inspiring determination in the girl's deep eyes.

She was puzzled, "Is there any hatred between the girl and the Queen Mother?"

Shi Anxia was silent for a moment, and said, "If you must explain, then I can only say that it is a national hatred and a family feud."

Feng Shiyu knew that the girl was unwilling to tell the truth, but he didn't care. He took out something from his sleeve and presented it with both hands, "I can't think of anything better to thank you, this hairpin can save your life sometimes. I give it to you, and I hope you don't dislike it."

Shi Anxia looked at the hairpin and recognized it at a glance as the same poisonous hairpin that had been used to successfully assassinate the empress dowager in the previous life.

This is a great treasure! As she said, it can save lives at critical moments, especially for women.

But how could she take away someone's love? "I appreciate your kindness, but I can't take the hairpin, it's your favorite thing. If mother-in-law must thank me, why not do me a favor?"

Feng Shiyu stuffed the hairpin into Shi Anxia's hand without saying anything.

Just as Shi Anxia said, the hairpin was her favorite thing, and precisely because she loved it, she wanted to give it to her benefactor.

She said seriously, "Over the years, I couldn't get close to that evil old woman. I thought about revenge every day, but I couldn't find a way. I also thought about looking for the emperor, but the emperor... has his own difficulties. I, I was like a headless fly, running around everywhere. It was you, Princess Haiyan, who finally made my wish come true. Princess Haiyan, if there is anything you need to do, just tell an old woman like me to do it."

Shi Anxia said softly, "You are Princess Yuyang's aunt, which means you are my elder. From now on, I will call you mother-in-law. Can you call me Xia'er?"

A happy smile gradually appeared on Feng Shiyu's wrinkled face, and a warm feeling that he had not felt for a long time surged in his heart.

She was a little embarrassed, and didn't accept, nor did she refuse. She just looked at Shi Anxia with red eyes and smiled, "I have been concentrating on revenge these years, and have never visited Princess Yuyang. I dare not see her. When I see her, I will think of An'er, such a good child, being beheaded..."

Shi Anxia sipped tea quietly.

She was an outsider, so naturally she didn't have the personal pain of losing a loved one. How could she just tell others to let go?

For a while, Feng Shiyu chattered on and on about her past.

This was the first time in all these years that she had talked to an outsider about her and her sister.

Every day filled with hatred, the sweeter and warmer the picture was in the past, the more heartbreaking it becomes now.

She had been torturing the Empress Dowager in various ways these days, and her anger had been relieved a lot.

With Shi Anxia's assurance that the Empress Dowager would die an ugly death, she felt that she had already avenged herself for the most part.

Feng Shiyu did not treat Shi Anxia as an innocent little girl, but as a friend, telling her about the good times and the pains of these years.

Shi Anxia was a very good listener, not impatient at all, and did not interrupt her narration. She only said "hmm" from time to time, or asked, "and then what", showing her sincerity.

After talking a lot without realizing it, Feng Shiyu finally remembered this and asked, "Xia'er, what do you want me to do for you?"