The daughter of the firstborn is rebellious and is reborn to bury her whole family

Yuan Zi looked stunned, obviously not expecting to meet the other person here.

"Madame Cui, Madame Cui..." she called out with a frown.

Coming back to her senses, she quickly stepped forward: "Why are you here?!"

Nanny Cui did not answer Yuan Zi's question, but leaned over to greet her.

But before the ceremony was over, the latter hurriedly helped her up. The princess, who had been so arrogant just now, now spoke in a rare and almost humble manner, "Mammy, please get up quickly. Aren't you embarrassing me?"

She didn't even have to kneel and kowtow when she met her father, so how could she dare to ask her to kowtow to herself?

Wei Zhao, who was standing by, was confused when he saw this scene.

He subconsciously looked at Shen Qiyin beside him, but saw that she looked calm, as if she had known such a scene would happen.

Thinking of this possibility, Wei Zhao moved closer to her and asked in a low voice, "Senior Sister, what is the origin of Aunt Cui?"

"She is the wet nurse of His Majesty today."

"W-what?!" Wei Zhao was stunned.

He could never have imagined that Aunt Cui actually had this identity.

In fact, Shen Qiyin didn't know it at first.

During the previous Chinese New Year, Aunt Cui came back on the first day of the new year and brought them some snacks. Although she recognized that they were things from the palace, she only guessed that she had some connection with the palace.

But she had no idea what kind of relationship it was.

It was not until she brought Yuan Zhan and Queen Si to live with her that she told Xiao Yan about her concerns, fearing that one day Aunt Cui would come and see them and report the matter to the palace. She asked him to have someone carefully investigate Aunt Cui's identity.

So, she learned from Xiao Yan that this seemingly ordinary old woman actually had such a horrifying identity.

In fact, if Aunt Cui was merely the wet nurse of Emperor Xuanwu, then even if she was respected, she would not have made a princess like Yuan Zi, who was so arrogant, show such awe to her.

The problem is that Aunt Cui had risked her life several times to protect Emperor Xuanwu.

Not only that, her two sons also died because of Emperor Xuanwu.

Her eldest son, who used to be a guard beside Emperor Xuanwu, died in an assassination attempt while trying to protect Emperor Xuanwu.

Her second son was imprisoned by Emperor Xuanwu, who later ascended the throne, because he supported his political enemies.

Originally, Emperor Xuanwu was prepared to spare the man's life for Aunt Cui's sake, but Aunt Cui refused to agree after learning about this.

Eventually, her second son committed suicide in prison.

Emperor Xuanwu originally wanted to confer the title of Imperial Consort on her and keep her in the palace to live out her remaining years, but she insisted on leaving the palace.

If it weren't for the precedent of Empress Si and Yuan Zhan, and if Shen Qiyin didn't know about the experience of Xiao Yan's mother, she might still think that Emperor Xuanwu was a very humane emperor who chose to keep Aunt Cui's son out of sympathy.

But after knowing those things and looking at Emperor Xuanwu's behavior, she couldn't help but think more.

Maybe……

He just wanted to gain a reputation for being generous and kind.

Coming out of his memories, Shen Qiyin heard Yuan Zi ask Aunt Cui again: "I didn't expect to see you here."

Aunt Cui smiled and replied in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I never thought that I would meet the princess here."

"You and them..."

"Oh, I am their neighbor. These children are kind-hearted and have always taken good care of me." After a pause, Aunt Cui continued, "I went to the palace on New Year's Eve and talked about it with His Majesty. His Majesty even said that he would thank them for me."

When Yuan Zi heard this, his face immediately turned dark.

She wanted to blame the person her father wanted to thank. This was clearly a slap in his face.

But at this moment, Aunt Cui asked her as if she hadn't noticed anything: "I haven't asked yet, what are you doing here, Princess?"