The Princess's Deadly Daily Life

Inside Muyan Villa, surrounded by mountains and water, it is an elegant and secluded area with misty pavilions and cloud windows everywhere, and occasional sounds of birds singing, gurgling streams, and the refreshing sound of wind blowing through leaf veins.

There was a pond in a corner, half shaded by a tree. A young girl rolled up her sleeves, bent over, and put her hands into the water and mud to search for something.

Several maids on the shore were also ready. Four or five of them jumped into the pool, splashing water half a person's height, which quickly soaked her entire body like a bucket of water.

She wiped her face and said angrily, "You two little bastards got me all wet, how can I let you go?"

"Haha..." The laughter in the pond rose and fell as the white lotus roots were blown up by the wind, and the cries for mercy also rose and fell continuously.

Just when we were having fun, we heard grandma's urgent call from far away.

Li Xixiao raised her head and looked at her grandma who was walking anxiously and stumbling in the distance. She didn't think it was a bit funny. Her grandma was a very mature and steady person, so how could she suddenly become so angry?

Grandma sighed twice and said, "My dear little ancestor, the eunuch from the palace has come and said that His Majesty's decree has arrived. Come with me quickly to change clothes and receive the decree."

Li Xixiao wiped the water drops off her face, raised her head slightly, and looked through the thick branches in the distance at the setting sun in the sky, which was slowly setting. The light in her eyes was hazy.

Imperial edict? Li Xi was quite surprised to hear this news.

For three years, Grandpa had not allowed anyone to come to the village, nor had he allowed her to come to the palace for a family reunion during the holidays.

The decree at this time was definitely not for her to enter the palace immediately. After all, she had come of age half a year ago, and she had not even expected her grandfather to personally confer the title on her.

But why did this imperial decree come out of nowhere? Could it be that Grandpa wanted to make up for her coming-of-age ceremony?

But it is better to forget it completely. As the saying goes, a gift delayed is worse than straw.

Although she was a little disappointed, she was mostly happy. After all, Grandpa was a saint and had no choice, but he still loved her in his heart.

She walked up the stone steps barefoot, placed the lotus roots on the shore, and while lowering her skirt tied to her body, she instructed the maids in the water: "Now I will punish you to collect the lotus roots, wash them and make lotus root powder. You can eat it in a few days. Oh, remember to save some to steam and have dinner at night."

She saw several maids nodding their heads, all of them looking very obedient. They were so unrestrained in front of her just now, but now that grandma came, they were all as quiet as virgins.

Li Xi was thinking that she could finish the job as soon as possible. A breeze came slowly, bringing a slight coolness. She just wanted to change her skirt which was still dripping with water.

If it weren't for the fact that the eunuch was acting on behalf of her master, she really wanted to let him hand over the maid without wasting time waiting there.

After she returned to her room and got dressed, she looked much more dignified. Her blue skirt reached the ground slightly, and her light green shawl fluttered in the wind, making her look like a fairy with wind blowing under her feet.

Walking across the small arch bridge and listening to the sound of water, she couldn't tell whether she was looking forward to it or not.

Seeing the eunuch standing alone in the hall, Li Xi looked puzzledly behind him and found that there was really no one there. He couldn't help but question, "Why are you the only one announcing the decree?"

The eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It's been a hard journey for me..." He covered his mouth before he finished speaking, afraid of saying something wrong, and smiled flatteringly, "I should have come to you half a year ago, but something happened on the way. I almost lost my life on the way, but fortunately the imperial edict is safe."

He swallowed and wiped the sweat off his face, not seeming to be lying.

Seeing how haggard he looks, it seems that this journey is really very dangerous?

"Look at you. It's clearly a one-day journey, but it took you half a year to get here? You are a palace resident, why do you act like you are starving?"

The eunuch was evasive and said, "That...that's not the case..."

If this is the case, it is understandable that Grandpa missed her coming-of-age ceremony.

The eunuch could not delay any longer, so he respectfully raised the imperial edict and said in a high voice: "Princess, His Majesty has an order."

Just as he was about to read it, she stopped him and said, "Don't read it. There's no one else here. I see you're tired from all the traveling. There's no need to go through this formality." She turned around and sat on the armchair on the left side of the case. She opened the imperial edict and said, "I've received the edict. You can take a rest and then go back to the palace to report."

The eunuch half-bent his body and nodded, a little surprised. He was about to leave with his body hunched when his grandmother called him, "Didn't His Majesty ask you to bring anything?"

He turned around, smacked his lips which were oozing with blood, and said weakly: "To be honest, I did encounter robbers on the way here. I survived a life-threatening situation to protect the imperial edict. I walked all the way to Luoyang, eating wild grass and tree bark, and had to hide from... the robbers. I lost all my money, and I hadn't changed my clothes for several months..." As he spoke, he felt so frustrated that he started to cry.

"Grandma, pour him a glass of water." Li Xiying interrupted.

Grandma did as she was told, but her eyes were skeptical: "Princess, you wouldn't believe him, would you?"

After all, they were sent by the emperor, but they don't even have a guard, and they are so shabby...

Li Xiqi didn't think much about it. "The imperial edict said that a hairpin for the coming-of-age ceremony was sent. The hairpin is not valuable, but what is valuable is the thought from Grandpa. If he really encountered robbers as he said, then everything else is lost, but it's good enough that he can convey Grandpa's will."

Grandma was even more surprised after hearing this. After all this busy work, the emperor didn't call the princess back to the palace, but he even went through so much trouble to send her only a hairpin?

She stopped there, not daring to speculate on the emperor's intentions. She watched the eunuch stretch out his withered hands to take the cup of water, and wolf down the water, one cup after another, and she had to believe it.

Li Xiqi asked her grandmother to keep the imperial edict and gave some money to the eunuch, asking him to return to the palace as soon as possible.

She knew that her grandfather never liked extravagance, so no matter how big or small the gift was, as long as he had not forgotten his daughter!