The sister who traveled through time wants to dominate the other world and become the empress!

"Sister, wake up, we're home."

"Ah...um..."

Xu An responded with sleepy eyes.

"You are such a generous woman, you can even sleep on a horse!"

Ze'an muttered as he dragged Xu'an off the horse.

Perhaps he was too tired today, Xu An slept soundly with the sword tightly in his arms, and even snored.

Ze'an carried Xu An on his back, with Xu An's hands waving in front of him.

"Hold me tight, you're sleeping like a dead pig!"

Ze'an looked at the gate of the marquis' mansion and decided to jump in from the backyard. If someone saw Xu An in this dusty outfit, he would probably be scolded again.

With a whoosh, Ze'an jumped onto the roof of the backyard carrying the dead pig sister on his back.

After a while, they arrived at the pavilion outside the house.

A gust of wind blew on his face, causing the lanterns on the pavilion to sway slowly. Xu An felt the chill and suddenly buried his head in the back of Ze An's neck.

Ze'an's heart trembled, and he felt a slight warmth on the back of his neck.

"Hey, woman, what are you doing..."

Although her words were arrogant, her face turned mostly red.

He looked at the ancient pavilion in front of him. He used to think that this road would take a long time to walk, but now it seems too short. He even wants it to be longer...

"Sister, let me tell you, I don't hate you anymore."

Ze'an smiled, stopped outside the door, turned his head and glanced at Xu An's face, with a slight blush on it.

"Miss, Miss! Um... Master Ze'an, what's wrong with Miss?"

"Shh, my sister is asleep, don't disturb her, I'll carry her inside and let her have a good rest."

Ze'an made a hushing gesture, gently opened the door and brought Xu An in.

Xiaoyu was stunned. She had never seen this young master greet people with such an innocent smile. It was really like the sun rising from the west.

Ze'an placed the Shun'an sword beside the bed, covered the quilt, and stared at his sleeping sister for a while, not knowing what was going on in his mind.

He slowly approached Xu An's face, his heart beating fast. He sniffed her scent lightly, then stood up immediately.

"What am I doing? Why am I smelling her stinky smell!"

But her scent... seems to be orchid...?

I don’t know how long it took, but the snow in the sky changed from being as thick as cotton to being fine drifting snow.

"Miss, ma'am!"

Xu An sat up suddenly.

"Ah? What's wrong!"

Xiaoyu said in a panic, "Miss! Madam and the masters are back! They said they have something important to discuss and all the young masters and young ladies must participate, except for Miss!"

Xiaoyu hurriedly took out a blue dress and handed it to her lazy young lady. She moved closer to Xu An and whispered, "Miss, I just heard Madam tell the masters to keep quiet and just listen to what the young masters and young ladies say."

Hearing this, Xu An rubbed his eyes, "Is that so... What does mother mean by this? Xiaoyu, I don't want to wear this. It makes me look unimpressive. Xiaoyu, please find me a red one."

Xiaoyu rummaged through the boxes and cabinets obediently, "Miss, what do you think of this one?"

"This is a nice one, is it new?"

"The lady asked me to prepare a colorful set for you before. I prepared a set for each color."

"Just wear this!"

Xu An quickly changed her clothes, casually put on some light makeup, and put on a red and white fluffy cloak. Her whole appearance changed immediately.

"Miss, you..."

"What's wrong, doesn't it look good?"

"It turns out that the young lady is so beautiful. Before, I only thought that the young lady was white, but her whiteness was too scary, without any blood color, and her expression was like that of a puppet. Now the young lady looks like a real person!"

Is there such a thing? Don’t the original owner and I have the same face? Why do the maids say she looks like a puppet?

Xu An smiled, without thinking too much, and pulled Xiaoyu to the meeting hall.

There was a lively debate in the meeting hall, and it was unclear what was being discussed. Xu An appeared outside the threshold, holding up the hem of her skirt.

This meeting hall... is so big!

At a glance, the whole family was distributed on both sides, with the masters on the left and the children and grandchildren on the right. Mrs. Xia sat in the highest position in the front middle, with Xu An's father and the tenth master, Xia Wenyuan's father, sitting on her left and right.

Although Xia Wenyuan is one year younger than Xu An, he has made the acquaintance of many young men and women in the court and has a distinguished reputation. The Tenth Master is the oldest, and although Wenyuan was born later, Madam Xia loves the Tenth Master very much.

Xu An's father was considered the ninth master, but he had the strongest relationship with Madam Xia, so the two people sitting on his left and right were naturally Madam Xia's favorites.

"Um... Hello, family..."

Xu An didn't know how to address these handsome men and beautiful women, so he could only greet them casually.

Everyone stared at Xu An, but no one seemed to recognize her.

For a moment, everyone became lively again, and Xu An was completely confused by this inexplicable atmosphere.

Ze'an stared at her closely and recognized her as Xu An. He stood up to pick her up, but Xia Wenyuan strode forward and pushed Ze'an aside, almost knocking him down.

She shouted enthusiastically: "It's you, sister. You're here. Who did I think it was?"

"You must be Brother Wenyuan, he's so handsome."

Xia Wenyuan directly held Xu An's hand and asked her about her well-being.

"Sister is so beautiful, why didn't I notice it before, she is getting more and more beautiful recently~"

Xu An felt guilty and wanted to crawl into the ground.

Others noticed Xia Wenyuan's behavior and asked each other, "Is this An An?"

Xia Wenyuan was very attentive and pulled Xu An forward to introduce her, "Sister Xu An is here."

Ze'an watched the scene silently.

Xu Anke saw that Ze'an was deliberately pushed away by Xia Wenyuan. She smiled awkwardly and took back her hand. "Brother Wenyuan, thank you for your enthusiasm, but I don't remember you. I only remember brother Ze'an."

After saying that, Xu An turned around, took Ze'an's left arm, and smiled at Ze'an.

"Ze'an, please introduce them to me."

Ze'an was slightly stunned, staring at the sister in front of him putting on makeup, her eyebrows were furrowed, her eyes were charming, and when he looked at her cinnabar-red lips, he couldn't help but be stunned.

All the aunts and uncles came over and chattered around them for a long time.

Ze'an suddenly remembered that Xu An buried his head behind his neck, and felt a little hot behind his ears.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, it's time to discuss matters."

Madam Xia took the seat, and her steady and stern voice made everyone quickly return to their seats.

Xu An leaned close to Ze An's ear and asked, "Where is my seat? Can I sit anywhere?"

Ze'an pointed to the empty seat in the third row on the right and motioned Xu An to go there.

Xu An slightly pulled the edge of her skirt, walked to her own seat and sat down, and Ze An also returned to his seat.

Xu An followed her sight and saw Ze An in the most remote corner. She looked at everyone in the vertical row in confusion. Logically speaking, is this position ranked by seniority? But I am not the oldest.

Before Xu An could ask, everyone fell silent.

"There are three things that I have called everyone back for. I want to inform you and discuss with you. You can actively make suggestions."

Madam Xia held the document in her hand and said the first thing in a cold voice: "The first thing is that the court needs a suggestion. Because natural disasters have caused many poor people to starve to death in recent years, the court's food has been reduced by more than half, and the disaster relief can no longer be continued. What do you think is the solution?"

In order to show his presence, Xia Wenyuan immediately spoke up: "Every household should start growing crops. The more you grow, the more crops you will get."

Xu An sat upright, afraid that someone would notice something was wrong.

These issues should be discussed by the court, why would they let us propose them privately? This move must be that Madam Xia wants to see if any of her children can take on the responsibility of being the head of the Marquis' Mansion or wants to choose an heir.

"That's right, but unfortunately this method requires manpower, and it's so cold now that we have to wait until spring to plant."

Xu An said it casually without thinking much, but everyone looked at him with surprised eyes. After all, it was quite shocking to hear these words from this good-for-nothing lady for the first time.

Mrs. Xia was a little dazed at first, frowning slightly, her expression froze, and after a mix of thoughts, she looked at the two of them kindly.

Xu An had good eyesight and noticed Mrs. Xia's expression.

Why does Madam Xia seem to not believe me? Is she doubting me? I just said such a simple sentence, right?

Then, after a heated discussion, Ze An said calmly: "Not only should we solve the problem of food and clothing for the poor, but we should also close down some unnecessary shops."

Everyone was silent for a moment. When they heard about the store closure, Xia Wenyuan stood up and looked at Ze'an, "Seal off the store? What will we eat and drink?"

"The closure of the shops is just to prevent those who are greedy and self-serving. Their grain prices are too high, so they will only..."

Before Ze An could speak, Xia Wenyuan shouted, "Hey, are you qualified to speak in your position and lowly status?"

Xu An suddenly realized that these positions were not arranged according to seniority nor randomly, but to put inconspicuous and powerless people at the back.

Seeing Xia Wenyuan's bad tone, Xu An, who was very protective of his son, stood up and looked up at Xia Wenyuan, "We are all here to discuss matters in the meeting hall, why are you making personal attacks, brother?"

"Sister, this is the rule. Besides, his identity..."

"I see. But I think what Ze'an said is right. I also think it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. We should not only give him food and drink, but also give him some land, right? How can they grow food without land?"

Xia Wenyuan was stunned, he had never seen this useless sister speak so fluently, he was a little bewildered.

"Sister Xu An is right, but Brother Wen Yuan is not wrong either. However, we are siblings, so we should not let outsiders hurt our relationship!"

Xu An's remarks surprised Xia Qingyu. When did her sister, who had never been to school, become so eloquent?

Xu An frowned, "Brother, what kind of peacemaker are you? Isn't it Brother Wenyuan who is wrong? Even if Ze'an's identity is a little unclear, he can't call him lowly, right?"

After saying that, Xu An shook his sleeves, picked up a chair and walked towards Ze An's position in front of everyone.

Ze'an looked at Xu An with his eyes, not knowing what emotions were in his heart, only that they were mixed and surging.

He didn't know why Xu An had changed so much. Now she would defend herself. Why did she defend herself?

Xu An sat down next to Ze An, looked up at Xia Wenyuan and smiled, "Brother Wenyuan, what's wrong with this seat? I'm sitting quite comfortably."

When her father saw his precious daughter like this, he quickly came down and said, "My dear daughter, brothers and sisters should not be so stiff. It was all a joke. There is no problem with this position."

Xu An said it in a flash, holding back tears, and acting like a green tea girl, she supported her father and cried to Madam Xia: "Mom... they said that people in this position are not qualified to speak, so I wanted to try if I am qualified. Now that I have come to my senses, I want to help, but they all... is it because I didn't know anything before?"

Madam Xia was also surprised, but after seeing this, her face became serious, "How can you talk about your brothers like this? Don't let me hear such words in the future."

Everyone was somewhat suspicious of the young lady in front of them, but they did not dare to say much.

Ze'an just stared at Xu'an blankly. Maybe he was touched or maybe...

"That's all. I'll leave this for now. The second and third things are somewhat related, so I'll talk about them together."

Mrs. Xia looked a little indifferent. Although what Xu An said was so normal and ordinary, Xu An in the past was just a flawed person who couldn't speak clearly. However, the current Xu An didn't know it.

Yuezhi, your daughter really has the same personality as you.

Madam Xia sighed slightly, thinking about a lot of things, and slowly said: "The second thing is that the marriage delegation of the royal family of the Western Regions has arrived in our Mu'an Imperial City. The court has ordered each marquisate to select some female relatives to enter the palace. There are three princes from the Western Regions who are here to marry. Is there anyone willing to enter the palace?"

Everyone was silent. After all, the Western Regions were so far away, and the women who were married off to foreign countries never came back, so no one wanted to go.

Xu An leaned close to Ze An's ear and whispered, "Do you know where to get something to eat? I only had one meal a day and I'm so hungry!"

Ze'an couldn't help but laugh when he heard this inappropriate statement.

"Just bear with it for a while—"

The two of them were chatting quietly.

Xia Wenyuan looked at Xu An and Ze An with smiles on their faces and suddenly stood up.

"I think Sister Xu An can go. She is already of mature age and should have gotten married a long time ago. She was dumb and stupid before, but now she is better and can speak a little. We should marry her off sooner rather than later. This opportunity is just right. Besides, the water source over there is not far away, which is just right for her body type!"

When Mrs. Xia heard this, her face instantly fell, but she did not say anything. She looked at the lively daughter in front of her.

Xia Qingyu smiled and said, "Sister Xu An is so beautiful, it should be very easy for her to be selected, right?"

Good boy, these two are coming for me.

Xu An knew that the two men disliked him, so he simply said, "What if the prince of the Western Regions is the same? Brother Wenyuan and Brother Qingyu can go too."

After I finished speaking I realized something was wrong, they didn't understand me either.

"What is Sister Xu An talking about? Are you willing to go?"

"I do. Brother Qingyu, how about giving me 30,000 taels as a dowry?"

Xu Ancai didn't care. She would go back sooner or later.

"Qingyu, shut up." Mrs. Xia was angry at first, and then she looked at Xu An silently. It didn't look like suspicion, but more like joy.

"Okay, let's talk about this later. Let's talk about the third thing first. There will be a martial arts competition in the spring of next year. Is there anyone in our mansion willing to participate?"

Xia Qingyu immediately stood up and said, "Brother Ze'an can go. Although his martial arts skills are not as good as Wenyuan's, maybe a young lady will take a fancy to him if he goes there?"

Ze'an didn't say anything, just listened to their speeches.

Xia Wenyuan also joked, "Hahaha, hasn't he always been unwilling to stay with Sister Xu An? Then he can use this opportunity to leave the Marquis' Mansion with a legitimate reason."

Xu An murmured deliberately: "But, Brother Qingyu's martial arts are not bad, right... Brother Wenyuan, you should be very powerful too, right?"

Xia Wenyuan wanted to speak but was interrupted by Mrs. Xia.

Madam Xia cleared her throat and said, "Ahem, okay, let's think about these two things carefully. There are many daughters from other marquisates, and they may not choose the women from our marquisate. Let's just treat it as a show. It's too early to talk about the martial arts competition, so let's not make a conclusion yet."

Xu An didn't say anything. She didn't care about these things. She was just worried about how to complete the task.

After all, becoming the empress and returning home as soon as possible is the top priority.