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The bright red phoenix coronet gown further accentuates my downcast appearance. The heavy and complicated jewelry accentuates my noble status as the daughter of the royal family. My resounding suona reminds me that today is the wedding day of the fourth princess of Liangguo, Princess Yuanzhi.

As for why I used the word "marry" instead of the word "marry", it was because what I wanted to marry was not the nobility of my own country, much less an ordinary citizen. It was a different country, and also the most powerful country in the world today — — the second prince of Sui Yu, Yang Guang.

This is the farewell ceremony arranged for me by the person I should call father. Sixteen people carrying a big red palanquin chariot, hundreds of colorful palace maids dressed in gorgeous palace attire, the entire street was filled with curiosity, and I wanted to take a look at the beautiful citizens. However, I just dumbly listened to the people on both sides of the road kneeling and shouting, as well as the imperial guards stopping them from going forward.

I only received the name Xiao Yu Jian three days ago, and my previous name, Xiao Mei'er, will be forever sealed in my memories.

Ever since I could remember, my father and mother had been doting on me, their only child. They had developed a stubborn and mischievous personality, and all the servants and servants in the family were afraid of me. After I was five years old, my father invited a teacher to discipline me. As a result, I didn't even know a few words.

I never thought that my days like this would end so quickly. My father died from severe illness and my mother left me due to excessive grief. Very quickly, I was the only person left in my originally blissful home.

Before my mother passed away, she entrusted me to a distant uncle. My uncle's family was destitute, and there were even a bunch of younger brothers and sisters who had to take care of me.

Every morning, I would go down to the fields to cut grass and feed the animals in exchange for some family goods. When I got home, before I had time to eat breakfast, I would have to wake my brother and sister up; my aunt's health was not good, and I was the one who washed all the clothes in the house. I saw the other children of my age entering the academy in high spirits, while I could only carry my little brother down the river to wash.

Suffering makes me no longer have the right to be willful and naughty, I only have to work hard, tears into my belly, at the age of nine I have already experienced the hardships of the world, my world no longer have laughter.

I remember one day, when I couldn't open the pot at home, I had to save food for my brother and sister, and myself, when I was squatting outside the door and inhaling into the sun, my mother told me a story about a snake that eats nothing every day but inhale into the sun in the morning and sucks the sun into its stomach, and finally, when the snake grew up, one day, it rose into the air and became a dragon in the sky.

I don't want to be a dragon in the sky. I just want to be full.

"Mei Er, what are you doing?" The neighbor's dog came to me with a basket full of grass.

Doggie was my only playmate after coming to my uncle's house. I always went to the fields with him and went home together. He taught me how to make baskets and often caught me cooking.

"I'm absorbing the sunlight so that I can eat my fill. Mother said that snakes can become dragons after absorbing sunlight. I think that after absorbing the sunlight, I'll definitely become a fairy from the heavens." My eyes were closed and my mouth was wide open.

Suddenly, there was a sweet smell from my nose. I had coaxed my stomach to the point where it stopped growling. After smelling the fragrance, my stomach growled once again. When I opened my eyes, I saw a few peaches the size of dates. The dog wiped them clean and handed them to me.

"Mei Er, these peaches are for you to eat. I picked them for you on the mountain."

After all, sunlight is not as good as food. I quickly finished the peach, and my stomach felt much better. After eating the peach, I didn't forget to thank the dog:

"Big Brother Doggie, if there comes a day when Mei'er becomes a fairy, I will definitely not forget you."

Dog laughed and scratched his head, saying, "Mei Er, you will definitely become a fairy."

Four days ago, a group of people came to my uncle's house, riding on horses I had never seen before, trampling over crops in the village, and trampling over a few chickens that were running too fast to escape, and shouting for my uncle to hand over the princess.

I heard my mother say that the princess is a fairy from the heavens, but how can there be a fairy in my aunt's family? My brother was crying, and I tried to coax him, so I didn't know what my uncle had said to those people. I only knew that in the end my uncle had happily pulled me in front of those people and told me to follow them.

Aunt also excitedly said: "Little girl, you finally have a chance to shine."

I hid behind my aunt and refused to follow them. Their horses were too high and their hooves were too heavy. I thought that if I went there, I would definitely be trampled to death.

This is the first time I've been in a sedan chair. I opened the curtain of the sedan chair and lay down to look outside, and my uncle was holding a brocade bag in his hand, and he was happily laughing, and my aunt was looking at the sedan chair, and my eyes were filled with tears, and my brother and sister were desperately running forward, and they wanted to sit in the sedan chair as well, but they were pulled by my aunt and couldn't.

Passing by his house, I saw him blankly staring at me, who had been washed by his aunt. It was as if he didn't recognize me. I glared at him and shouted, "Big Brother Doggy!"

The dog ran into the house and hid behind the door, but his eyes peeked out through the crack in the door.

I sat in the palanquin for so long that I fell asleep. Then I had a dream. I came to a big, beautiful house, a thousand times more beautiful than my father's home when he was alive, and there were a lot of fairies in beautiful clothes, and they all bowed to me, and I was taken to the baths, and the place I wanted to bathe in was the fragrance my mother used to say was of the jade pond, and it was filled with the smell of immortality and overflowing, and then I was dressed in beautiful clothes I had never seen before.

In the bronze mirror, there was a goddess whose skin was as smooth as congealed jade, and whose eyelashes were as clear as the waves of her eyes. Because she had just bathed, her face was slightly flushed. Is this really me? I really hope that this beautiful dream will never wake up. If Big Brother Doggie can see my current appearance, he will definitely be scared silly. Thinking of this, I chuckled.

Just as I finished washing up, there was a table of delicious food in front of me that I had never seen before. The fragrance alone was enough to make my mouth water all over the place, and even though I was hungry, I didn't dare to touch it.

"Princess, please have a meal!" A few fairies took the initiative to deliver the fragrant food in front of me. I forcefully endured my saliva as I looked pitifully at it. In the end, I couldn't help but carefully pick up a small piece of cake and put it in my mouth.

The pastries were soft and sweet, melting in my mouth. That sweet feeling was so real, it didn't seem like a dream at all. A piece of pastry caught my appetite, so I didn't care if I was dreaming anymore as I ate it big mouthfuls, they were all delicacies that I didn't even know the name of.

I don't know if it was due to the hunger or the food being too fragrant, but very quickly, after I passed through the storm, the table was already a mess. When I wiped my mouth and looked up, a few elder sisters had already bent over in laughter.

I also giggled at them. When I got up, I found that my stomach was bloated. This was a type of feeling that I hadn't felt in a long time. I said to elder sister fairy in satisfaction:

"Thank you for not waking me up before dinner."

As soon as I finished my sentence, I heard someone shout in a duck voice:

"The empress has arrived!"

Soon, I was attracted by a beautiful woman with picturesque features, fair skin, a high cloud knot, a jade hairpin, and gorgeous clothes. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen, even more beautiful than my mother.

"Child, my child, mother has let you down." Just as I was looking up at her in a daze, the woman took a few steps forward and held me in her arms. There was a warmth in her arms that I hadn't felt in a long time, and I remembered that before my mother died, she held me tightly in her arms.

The girl suddenly released me and carefully sized me up with her teary eyes. I didn't know who this beautiful girl in front of me was, but for some reason, I really liked her. She reached out her hand to wipe away a tear from the corner of her eye as she chuckled and said:

"You're so beautiful, just like my mother."

After circling around the capital and receiving the blessings of the common folk, I returned to the palace I had stayed in when I first arrived — the Congee Palace. Three days of time was enough for me to understand my current situation. So I wasn't my parents' child, my real identity was the fourth princess of Liang country. To be exact, I was a princess who was abandoned at birth.

The reason why I was abandoned was simply because when I was born, there was a legend among the people that my daughter was born in February.

Right now, there's only one reason for me to be taken into the palace again — to be on good terms with my family. I didn't know what a marriage alliance meant, but under the tutelage of Grandma Si Li, I understood that a marriage alliance was the responsibility of all the princesses, and I didn't understand why this unlucky daughter of mine had been chosen as the object of the marriage alliance. I vaguely heard people talking about it from the palace, but it seemed that the three royal concubines were at odds with the prince they were about to marry, and I happened to agree with them.

The expressionless face of the person who passed by the front hall of the Congealing Palace, the scene from three days ago was still fresh in my mind. The person who claimed to be my royal father sat high up in the main hall and personally proclaimed me Princess Words.

"Little Ling'Er, quickly thank your royal father."

I shook my head in a daze. Everything happened too fast for me to wake up from my dream.

Afterwards, I slept on this luxurious bed that was almost luxurious. Such a comfortable quilt was something that I had never thought of. I slept deeply for a long time until the sky brightened.

It's been three days. After living in the palace for three days, I am no longer curious about my surroundings. There's only one thing on my mind. The flower basket that the dog promised to make for me hasn't been given to me yet.

Tonight, the empress's palace held a banquet, and many people came, those they knew, or those they didn't know, all gathered together. I was arranged to sit with my royal father and mother, and although this was against the rules, today was a wedding banquet for me.

But obviously, many people don't regard me as the main character for tonight. They talk and laugh, they dance with music, and I, on the other hand, don't know anything, and I can't even get a word into the conversation.

Until the Queen Mother petted my head and said with a sigh:

"In the blink of an eye, my youngest sister has also grown up." At this moment, everyone's gaze finally gathered on me.

Then there were the royal sisters and the guests who said a few polite words to me, but no matter how beautiful the words were, to me they were nothing more than a formless politeness. Although they were connected by blood to the royal sisters, the differences in our lives still made us seem like passersby.

I didn't say a word to the entire banquet, I just sat in my seat eating heartily. As I ate, I thought, The dog must have never eaten such a delicacy before, so when I go back, I'll take a lot of food with me and let the dog open his eyes. I thought, He'll be scared silly, then he'll salivate and say to me, Mei-er, have you really become a fairy?

When I looked up to wipe the remnants of my mouth, I caught a glimpse of the displeasure on my father's face. I had not seen him smile since I entered the palace, and even though he was very polite to me, I could still see a hint of disgust in the corners of his eyes. Of course, I couldn't blame him. Naturally, they could not be compared with the other sisters.

The night wind was a little cold, so the Queen Mother ordered someone to add a cloak for me and gently said:

"Poor Ling'Er, you will be leaving tomorrow. I don't know when we'll see you again." As she spoke, she began to shed tears again.

"Cough, cough," The royal father coughed to stop his mother's crying, and said in a serious tone, "Little Sister, as a princess, you should take responsibility as a princess. When we arrive at Big Sui Family, you must behave yourself, and at the right time, you must remember to mention our Liang Kingdom's benefits to the emperor of Big Sui Family."

If it weren't for the fact that my eight characters matched up with the prince of Sui Nation, I'm afraid that I would never have known about my past life. I have to admit that I held a trace of hatred towards this man who is so high up in the sky.

I ignored royal father's warning, I think I have the qualifications to ignore him.

"Imperial Mother, can I still go back to Uncle's home?" I asked the Queen Mother.

"Hehe, what's the point of going to such a poor and remote place." Before the Queen Mother could reply, Royal Maid said, covering her mouth with a laugh. Her tone was full of mockery of my background.

Yes, the palace and the countryside are indeed like the sky and the earth, but that does not mean that the countryside is inferior to the palace. For example, there is my best playmate, the dog, who is so simple and kind.

I threw an angry look at Words and said firmly,

"I want to see Doggie, otherwise I won't be leaving tomorrow!" After saying that, I turned around and returned to the palace. I tossed the heavy Zhu Cui on my head to the floor. No matter who tried to persuade me, it would be useless.

I know that they will definitely fulfill my request, because they owe me, and also because they need me to consolidate the power of the Liang Kingdom.