Rebirth of the High Family's Beloved

No matter how unhappy Xiao Ling was, she could not influence Emperor Tianqing's thoughts.

But she felt relieved after a moment's thought. Given the prince's physical condition, it was unknown whether he could live until Emperor Tianqing abdicated. A crown princess with no future was nothing to be afraid of.

Xiao Ling waved her hand to let the eunuch go. The coldness dissipated from her beautiful face, and she closed her eyes and took a nap.

Outside the palace, the four families who received the emperor's order were some happy and some worried.

The most worried one is Qiu Fuqiu.

"What! And me!"

Qiu Fuqiu's voice became so high-pitched that it changed its tone. She looked in disbelief at Qiu Yuzhu who told her the news.

Qiu Yuzhu looked at her daughter calmly and consoled her, "Why are you so surprised? Given your aunt's status, the old emperor should at least give you some face. It wouldn't be good for you to be rejected before you even meet the crown prince."

"I don't want to meet the prince. I have a lover, you know that, mother, why am I on the list of candidates?"

"This list was submitted by the Ministry of Revenue. Go ask the Minister of Revenue."

"The Minister of Revenue? The one who married his sister-in-law?"

Qiu Yuzhu nodded.

Qiu Fuqiu snorted, "I knew he was not a good guy. He even married his own sister-in-law. Why didn't he send his own daughter to the palace?"

"How do you know he didn't send it?" Qiu Yuzhu smiled, "There was a concubine's daughter on the list, and she was eliminated in the first round."

"A concubine's daughter, he actually let a concubine's daughter run for the election of the Crown Princess, the Minister of Revenue is too wild." Qiu Fuqiu sat beside her mother, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and ate them, putting the matter of herself being chosen as the Crown Princess behind her mind, and started to eat the melon seriously.

"I remembered that this Minister of Revenue may not have a legitimate daughter, so he wrote a concubine's daughter."

Qiu Yuzhu was also eating melon seeds. "Why don't they have a legitimate daughter? Isn't my eldest sister-in-law's daughter a legitimate daughter?"

"Oh, yes, a niece is also a daughter."

Qiu Fuqiu was laughing, but suddenly her smile froze. She stared at Qiu Yuzhu and asked, "Mom, have you seen the list of candidates submitted by the Transfer Department?"

Qiu Yuzhu blinked and found that her daughter had noticed the loophole in her words, but she did not hide it, "I have a few acquaintances in the Ministry of Revenue."

Qiu Fuqiu knew that the so-called acquaintance her mother was talking about was her suitor.

If her mother was able to learn about the candidate list from her suitors, then she must have known about her being on the list for a long time, and had kept it from her until now.

Qiu Fuqiu glared and asked in a firm tone: "Then you must have known that I was on the list a long time ago, why didn't you tell me in advance? Now that I'm in front of the emperor, what do you want me to do!"

Qiu Yuzhu said indifferently: "Just let it sit!"

"Mom!" Qiu Fuqiu was angry and anxious, and she almost felt that she was not her biological daughter.

"Okay, okay, why worry? You won't be selected."

Hearing that she would not be selected, Qiu Fuqiu looked at Qiu Yuzhu curiously, leaned her little head closer to Qiu Yuzhu, and gossiped, "Do you have any other gossip?"

"You don't need gossip. Look at yourself. You are incompetent at everything you do and you eat everything without leaving any residue. They chose you as the Crown Princess because they think the Crown Prince's life is too long."

Hearing this, Qiu Fuqiu finally couldn't help but complain: "Mom, am I your biological daughter?"

Qiu Yuzhu paused for a moment as she was throwing melon seeds into her mouth. She really wanted to tell Qiu Fuqiu that it was not the case.

I am only 32 years old, which was the rising period of my career when I was living there, but now I am the mother of a 16-year-old girl.

Just thinking about it seems like a fantasy. Having a child and becoming a mother at the age of sixteen, sixteen is still a minor!

After all, Qiu Fuqiu was already ten years old when she traveled through time. It was not too bad for a person in her twenties to support a ten-year-old girl.

But, looking at the graceful young lady in front of him, although they usually call each other mother and daughter, they get along like sisters. Moreover, since his soul from another world has occupied the body of her biological mother, doesn't he have to shoulder the responsibilities of a mother?

Qiu Yuzhu threw a melon seed into her mouth, ate it in two bites, and spit the shell aside, saying jokingly, "If you want, you can call me sister."

Qiu Fuqiu looked at Qiu Yuzhu in amazement, feeling that her mother was becoming more and more outspoken.

Yang Tian rolled his eyes and said, "If the imperial concubine heard what you said, she would give you a lecture."

Qiu Yuzhu's pupils shrank instantly. "Don't, don't tell your aunt. This peaceful day has only lasted for two days. If I am called into the palace to learn the rules for two more days, I will die."

The person Qiu Yuzhu fears the most is her elder sister who is a royal concubine. It would be more accurate to say that she is afraid of the rules of the palace rather than Qiu Wenzhu.

When Qiu Yuzhu first came here, she went to the palace to visit Qiu Wenzhu, and it happened that Emperor Tianqing came to Jinqiu Palace. Because it was the first time in his life that he saw a living emperor, he was so excited that he lost his manners in front of the emperor, and Qiu Wenzhu locked him up in the palace for several days to learn the rules.

Only after she learned how to stand and sit properly was Qiu Yuzhu released from the palace. She felt as if she had shed a layer of skin.

Even now, Qiu Yuzhu still feels scared whenever she thinks of the two maids who taught her the rules.

No wonder the books say that the palace has strict rules and hierarchy. She finally experienced it after traveling through time.

Now suppressed by the feudal hierarchy, she just wants to get rich. Fortunately, this era does not emphasize agriculture over commerce, otherwise she would have to go to the village to farm if she wanted to make money.

Qiu Fuqiu naturally couldn't guess that Qiu Yuzhu had thought so much in just a moment, and she stretched out her hand as if asking for hush money.

Qiu Yuzhu took out a purse from her sleeve and threw it to Qiu Fuqiu. The purse full of silver made Qiu Fuqiu happy and she left happily with the silver in her pocket.

Knowing that she would not be chosen as the Crown Princess, Qiu Fuqiu felt more at ease and went out to play with the money in her pocket.

Meanwhile, at the Xiao Residence, Xiao Yizhen was comforting her younger sister Xiao Yizhui who was eliminated.

Unlike her sister, Xiao Yizhui is also pretty, but not eye-catching enough, especially since she fell and injured her leg when she was young, so one of her legs is slightly lame.

Normally, Xiao Yizhui tried her best to hide her physical disability, and her limp was not very serious, so she still looked like a normal person.

But once he walked faster, the problem of lameness could no longer be concealed.

The two sisters are only one year apart in age, but to Prime Minister Xiao, the elder sister Xiao Yizhen is more favored by him.

Not only was the eldest daughter smart and beautiful, but she also won the favor of King Xiang, Shen Zhaoyan.

Putting the second daughter on the candidate list this time was just a test. It would be great if she could be elected. In that case, no matter who becomes the crown prince or sits on the throne in the future, the queen will only be his daughter from the Xiao family.

But Xiao Yizhui was eliminated, not only losing to the daughter of Widow Qiu, but also losing to the daughters of those brainless generals.

Xiao Chengzhang sat at his desk for a long time without moving, looking at the news coming from the palace.