Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

Xushi Chaoyang Palace

Jiang Li opened his eyes quickly, put on his nightgown, disguised the bed, opened the window, turned over and went out, and disappeared in a flash.

I came to the cold palace, ready to look for the little baby, but just as I jumped down, I heard a baby's voice: "Sister, you came to find me."

"……Um?"

She glanced around and saw the little baby sitting on the rockery, wearing torn shoes on his feet, looking at her eagerly, which made her heart break.

Jiang Li frowned, stretched out his hands and hugged the person in his arms. He felt freezing cold in his arms, as if he was holding an ice cube. He felt distressed: "You...why is your body so cold?"

"Wait for sister."

"You won't be waiting here every night since I left last time. It's so cold on this rockery. You'll get sick, you fool."

Xue'er rubbed her neck, the soft and warm touch fascinated her, and her little baby voice sounded in her ears: "Well, Xue'er was worried that her sister wouldn't be able to find her, so she waited here. Once you come, I will know."

When Jiang Li heard this, he felt uncomfortable and thought that he was an unfaithful man. He only came to flirt with the girl, then turned around and ran away, and almost forgot about her.

How cruel! She needs to reflect on herself.

"Sister, why don't you speak? Are you angry?"

"Well, I'm angry with myself, not Xue'er. Do you want to live with me? You will be able to eat and drink comfortably in the future, and you won't have to suffer so much."

Jiang Xueer shook her head: "Not good, unknown, not good for my sister, my father said you are not allowed to go out, you can't leave the cold palace in this life."

Jiang Li sniffed, feeling even more sad, and changed the subject: "Then I'll take you out to play, and buy you food and drinks, as well as clothes and quilts. Today is the Lantern Festival, and the shops outside the palace are open."

"Also, don't wait on the rockery in the future. You will get sick. Stay in your room in the future. I will take you out to play when I have time."

As the little baby chattered on, he tilted his head. His eyes, which were usually cold and ruthless, were now wet, like melting ice and snow, which was very touching.

"Okay, listen to sister."

So soft and cute, I love it so much...

Jiang Li held the baby in his arms, tiptoed, and flew over the roof. The guard only felt a slight breeze passing by, which was gone in a flash. He looked up at the night sky in confusion.

Lantern festival

The two walked out of the alley. Jiang Li had already changed into a moon-colored dress. The material was very fine, and the hem of the skirt was like water waves, spreading out gracefully as she walked.

Her face was covered with a veil, revealing her cunning black eyes. She was holding a baby in her hand as she walked towards a cloth shop, ordered a few ready-made dresses, and packed them up to take away.

I bought three quilts, various pastries and chestnuts and threw them directly into the space when no one was paying attention. After buying the things, I took the baby to watch the lantern festival.

Each of them held a candied haws in their hands and took a bite from time to time. Their synchronized movements made people laugh.

Jiang Xueer had never left the palace since she was born, let alone seen the warm atmosphere of life. Her cold heart seemed to be infected by the warmth and was no longer so cold.

After Jiang Li finished eating the candied haws, he excitedly pulled her over to the stinky tofu and shouted, "Grandma, give me one portion of stinky tofu. Xue'er, you and your sister can have one portion. Leave some room for other delicious food."

The little hand covered the nose, somewhat reluctantly: "Sister, this is too smelly, is it from the toilet? Don't eat it, it's not clean and will make you sick."

"Haha, no, this one smells bad but tastes delicious."

Jiang Xueer looked skeptical. She didn't believe that something so smelly could taste good. It was absolutely impossible.

Jiang Li took the fried stinky tofu, paid two cents, skewered a piece and handed it to her, eyes full of encouragement: "Come, try it, little old man, it's really delicious."

"Little babies need to try everything. Otherwise, how can they know whether it tastes good or not? Sometimes, their noses can deceive themselves."

"No, Xue'er's nose never lies."

"...Okay, you are right if you are stubborn. Eat it."

Jiang Xueer frowned, prepared to vomit in a while, swallowed a piece in one gulp, chewed it quickly, and slowly opened her closed eyes, which became brighter and brighter, sucking in the spicy taste.

Jiang Li laughed when he saw this, and said proudly: "How is it? Isn't it delicious? I tell you, I will make you snail noodles and roasted durian in the future. It will make you dizzy with fragrance."

"Here, do you want two more pieces?"

"want"

"Haha, that's really straightforward. I'll give it to you first and I'll eat the rest."

Jiang Xueer held the bamboo tube, a little embarrassed: "Sister, you want to eat what I left, it's not good, you should eat first, and I'll eat what you left."

She wanted to survive in the cold palace, so she picked up the leftovers from the palace maids. Her mother said she had to survive, so she would survive. It didn't matter if she lived like a dog, as long as she was alive.

Her eyes dimmed unconsciously. Seeing that she didn't say anything, Jiang Li rubbed her head and said, "Okay, I'll have one, you have one, and we'll share it."

"Um, okay, thank you, sis."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "You're welcome. Let's go. There are fun things to do ahead. Let's go guess lantern riddles and buy lanterns."

Jiang Xueer nodded, and the two of them walked towards the lantern riddle place. Seeing that there were so many people crowded in front of them and they couldn't get in at all, they sighed and said, "Hey, we can't get in. Why don't we go to the martial arts training place?"

"I'm not very good at guessing lantern riddles. How about I go fight and win a lantern for you?"

"No, my sister will get hurt and it will hurt."

Jiang Li was very moved when he heard this. He picked up the baby and flew onto the stage: "Don't worry, I won't get hurt. Only others will get hurt."

"Be good, you may not trust my character, but you must trust my strength... it's very strong."

The onlookers frowned when they saw Jiaojiao coming up with a three-year-old baby in her arms: "Girl, you'd better get off. This is a men's place. If you get hurt accidentally, it will be bad."

Jiang Li took out a tael of silver and said, "It says here that if you want to compete in a martial arts competition to win a lantern, you need to pay a deposit of one tael of silver. After you win, the lantern and the silver will be returned to you. It doesn't say that women cannot go on stage."

"Hey, you can't change it at the last minute. I won't agree to it."

The old man nodded and said, "Okay, let's get started."

A stick of incense passed quickly, and only the moon-white color was left on the ring, and... the strong men who flew out from time to time. The onlookers had numb faces, not knowing how everything in front of them happened.

That little girl was too powerful. She only had one move, and every time she kicked, she would fly out.

Seeing how lively it was, people not far away gathered around to join in the fun, until the last one was kicked out. Everyone started shouting, "What an amazing girl."

"Yeah, you didn't see how refreshing she was. She kicked the man away without hurting him. It's really admirable. I guess she was a chivalrous lady passing by."