Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Xiao Chuchu woke up and was stunned.

She discovered that her hands and feet were all tied up, wrapped tightly in a yellow cloth bag.

Her head simply could not be raised, she could only glare at the hibiscus flower canopy over her head.

As soon as she opened her mouth, a wailing cry emerged from her body, "Wahhh!"

Xiao Chuchu was scared out of her wits.

Where on earth had she transmigrated to?

Just as she was thinking, someone walked over and picked her up.

"Yes, the young miss has woken up."

Xiao Chuchu struggled uncomfortably.

But as soon as she was picked up, she saw the room's antique decorations, the pear wood desk, the bed... they were all made to look old, like antiques. If they were placed in modern times, they would be worth a lot of money.

"This slave will first serve the young miss water to drink."

Young miss?

Had she heard wrong?

Xiao Chuchu did not expect that she had transmigrated into ancient times and become a princess.

Before she transmigrated, she loved to read novels about the fight for power in the imperial palace.

She especially loved female protagonists who could defeat scheming concubines in the imperial harem, uncover plots and false accusations, and train the dog emperor to become a loyal dog who doted on the beauty of the six palaces.

Just as she was thinking this, Xiao Chuchu looked around the room.

The desk and chairs in the center of the room were obviously 50-60% worn, with some of the vermilion lacquer missing from the desktop, and the legs of the table had a chipped notch.

On the right side near the window was an imperial concubine's long couch, covered by a half-new brocade quilt.

Other than that, in this cold winter month, there was not even a blue and white vase with winter plum blossom branches in the room...it was empty.

If this room was placed in modern times, one could say there were some valuable antique wooden furniture, but placed in a novel about fighting for power in the imperial palace, this was clearly a sign of an unfavored status!

Could it be, could it be that she had transmigrated as an unfavored young miss?

After Xiao Chuchu drank the water, she was carried by the wet nurse to a gentle beauty in a half-new sky-blue satin gown.

This beauty had specially taken off her gold ring and washed her hands clean in the water basin beside her before going to greet her.

"Chuchu, mommy will carry you."

This young miss was also called Chuchu?

Was this her mother?

Xiao Chuchu blinked.

Looking at this beauty's clothes and jewelry, they were half-worn, so she probably did not have a high status.

Moreover, it seemed like someone had called her "Lower Concubine"?

"Yes" was the lowest ranking concubine in the imperial harem.

In many novels, even if the female lead was a low-ranking concubine, she could still eat and drink well with her monthly allowance.

But if she was only an "Lower Concubine" concubine, the monthly allowance would not even be enough for her own food and drink, let alone raising a milk-fed baby.

"Lady Lower Concubine, last night the young miss cried out once, was fed milk and went back to sleep."

The beauty responded, "Thank you for your hard work."

Her voice was clear and melodious, very gentle, as if a spring breeze that carried a hint of fragrance.

However, what she said next made Xiao Chuchu's heart jump out in fright.

"Lower Concubine, Consort Min is reciting sutra recently, do not carry the young miss to disturb her."

"The Gold Festival will be celebrated soon, and the palace has several happy events continuously, the Empress Dowager is returning to the palace first, followed by Noble Lady Fu Cha being honored. There will surely be grand celebrations held. Be careful these few days not to let the firecrackers scare the young miss."

The Empress Dowager.

Noble Lady Fu Cha.

【Wow what a great beauty!】

【Novels simply cannot describe this!】

Lower Concubine Liu was gently hugging her daughter well, wanting to lower her head to look at her daughter's rosy pink and tender little face.

Suddenly, she heard a soft cute voice and was so shocked that she tightened her arms around her child and quickly looked up.

Who was speaking?

There was only her, the wet nurse and palace maid in the room.

But not one of them had opened their mouths!

【Is this the beauty that I can see? Ah, she takes my life when looking down, takes my heart when looking up!】

【My mother looks so naturally beautiful like a fairy, yet the emperor only let her be an 'Yes' concubine, the lowest rank. I don't understand!】

How could the emperor be mentioned? Walls have ears!

Lower Concubine Liu looked around anxiously.

Confirming there was no fourth person, she quickly looked at the wet nurse and palace maid beside her, only to see them with normal expressions, seemingly not having heard anything.

【What is mother looking at? Why doesn't she look at me?】

【Could it be that she is very disappointed that I'm a daughter and not an imperial prince, and does not like me?】

It was her daughter speaking?

Lower Concubine Liu was given a huge shock, and hurriedly lowered her head.

Then she saw her embraced infant daughter, soft and plump, face chubby. Her large eyes were round like grapes, clear and extremely clever, staring at her seriously.

Lower Concubine Liu felt her heart almost melting.

She simply could not be bothered by her daughter's strange voice, and immediately hugged Xiao Chuchu's soft little body tightly.

"Chuchu is mother's life. As long as Chuchu is healthy, mother is willing to do anything. Mother loves Chuchu the most."

Xiao Chuchu promptly narrowed her eyes in happiness, 【Rubbing intimacy with mother~ Such bliss~】

What did rubbing intimacy mean? This silly child.

Lower Concubine Liu hugged her daughter tightly, unwilling to let go.

But Xiao Chuchu quickly recalled her ending, and could not help but pout:【Alas, but in this novel, this young miss is supposed to die from illness before reaching one year old.】

Lower Concubine Liu who was hugging her daughter preciously like a treasure, instantly had her face turn ominous.

What?

Novels, did it mean storybooks?

[Mother was heartbroken due to the premature death of her child, and having caught a chill, she also developed a chronic illness. Even until the death of my father, the emperor who consumed alchemical elixirs, and the new emperor issued an edict commanding her to hang herself with a white silk scarf as a form of burial, she was never cured!]

Lower Concubine Liu felt as though she had fallen into an ice ravine, suddenly chilled throughout her body.

"My lady," the wet nurse stood in Lower Concubine Liu's simple, unadorned bedchamber and lowered her eyes, her voice interrupting the mother and daughter's thoughts.

"Today is the young miss's one-month celebration. In this old servant's hometown, mothers would sleep in the same bed as their babies on this day, which could suppress evil spirits and bless the child to grow up safe and sound from then on."

Lower Concubine Liu instantly returned to herself, forcing down the alarm welling up inside as she seized this lifeline. "Is that true?"

As long as her daughter didn't catch a chill and die prematurely, she was willing to do anything!

She already couldn't bear to be parted from her little one, often holding the young miss in her arms and personally feeding her at night.

"It was what this old servant's grandmother taught me," the wet nurse smiled with a nod. "And my children are all hale and hearty."

Color finally returned to Lower Concubine Liu's face. "Good, tonight my daughter will sleep with me. Wet nurse, you can rest in the outer room."

It didn't matter if a mother sleeping beside her child on the full moon could dispel evil spirits or if the mother would suffer torments from ghosts in the child's place, Lower Concubine Liu was willing.

She wished she could sacrifice herself to protect her daughter.

But as soon as she had finished speaking, the blood drained from Lower Concubine Liu's face again.

[Ah, letting my mother sleep with me on the full moon? This wet nurse is wicked!]

[I caught a chill and my mother became unhealthy after childbirth, all because on my full moon celebration that day my mother was persuaded to stay with me at night, and then the evil Nurse Wang deliberately opened the window in the middle of winter. Both my mother and I incurred lasting damage to our health from that frigid December night!]