noffsinger Chapter 129: Legend of Zhen Huan 1
Chapter 129: Legend of Zhen Huan 1
"Why don't you stay?!" The system screamed and wailed like an aria from an Italian opera, scaring Jiang Xinxin so much that she almost lost her footing and fell into the water from the boat. Fortunately, a maid-like girl beside her was quick to pull her up, otherwise she would have fallen into the water.
However, because of this, the boat became a little unstable. Jiang Xinxin quickly squatted down and grabbed the side of the boat to stabilize her body. The maid behind her followed suit, and the boatman stabilized the boat in time, which resolved the current crisis.
In just a short while, Jiang Xinxin received the memories of her original body. She was now called Fu Cha Yixin and was the cousin of Ma Qi. Her father was of little consequence and inherited a fourth-rank assistant commander position from his family.
As far as she could remember, Emperor Kangxi had passed away last year. She was now visiting her maternal grandparents' home in Hangzhou, but a message had been sent from the capital asking her to return quickly to participate in the first general election of the Yongzheng Dynasty, so she was now on her way back to the capital.
Yi Xin was reluctant to give up all the benefits of Jiangnan, but secretly she really wanted to try her luck in the palace. However, she didn't know why she temporarily received memories from the future. As a girl in the boudoir, she suddenly developed a lot of fear of the palace, so she let the system take advantage of the loophole and let Jiang Xinxin come to this world.
The small boat quickly moved closer to the big ship, and Jiang Xinxin let the maid help her onto the ship without any resistance.
Jiang Xinxin used her spiritual consciousness to contact the system: "Tongtong, what is Fu Cha Yixin's wish?"
The system said weakly: "I don't have any wishes. I just want to give birth to the murdered child and give Fu Cha family hope."
Jiang Xinxin explained what happened before: "The reason why I don't want to stay in that world for too long is because I know that I am just a passer-by, and I have shown too many extraordinary things in front of them. It is not appropriate for me to have too much contact with them."
The system really didn’t understand: “But don’t you feel pity for Zhang Qiling? Why don’t you stay and accompany him till the end of his life?”
Jiang Xinxin muttered: "Respect the fate of others and let go of the desire to help others..."
The system couldn't do anything to her, so it directly stuffed her into Fu Cha Yixin's body and let her live out her life in Fu Cha Yixin's place. Presumably after experiencing the court struggles, she could treat these worlds as real and begin to experience life seriously.
Jiang Xinxin found it interesting to personally participate in the show, but she had almost forgotten the plot. Apart from remembering that Zhen Huan was the heroine who slayed the dragon and the queen was an expert in abortion, she had almost no impression of anything else.
It seems that she is even more useless than the original owner, but she has space. At worst, she can take a fertility pill before sleeping with the emperor. As long as she gets pregnant, the Fucha family will surely provide a lot of help, so she won't have to use her brain too much.
Seeing that Yi Xin remained silent, the maid Sang'er brought a bowl of Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup and took the opportunity to persuade her: "Princess, even if we return to the capital, there will always be a time to take a boat trip on the lake again."
"Besides, you are returning to Beijing to participate in the election. Just based on our family name, the emperor will definitely keep you. At that time, whether it is Yuanmingyuan or Changchun Garden, or even the Rehe Palace or the grassland, you can go there."
Yi Xin couldn't help but be amused by Sang'er, "You girl, you seem to have great confidence in your princess."
Seeing Yi Xin smile, Sang'er spoke even more vigorously: "I am not exaggerating. Everyone in the capital knows that the emperor has no children. He only has the third prince to grow up with him. The fourth prince is said to be in poor health. Otherwise, the emperor would not have thrown a prince to grow up alone in the Old Summer Palace."
"And the Fifth Prince, his health is so poor that he can't even leave the Rehe Palace. The Fourth Prince grew up in Beijing after all, but when it comes to the Fifth Prince, no one has even mentioned the idea of him returning to Beijing. It's obvious that the Emperor's hasty election this time is just for the heir."
Yi Xin left Beijing, saying that she was going to take the place of her mother to fulfill her filial duties to her grandmother, but in fact, she also wanted to avoid disaster. Yi Xin was exactly thirteen years old during the last election, but Emperor Kangxi was in poor health and canceled the election. However, he did not say that the girls who had registered their names could marry on their own. It happened that Prince Lian's Mansion wanted Fu Cha to send a daughter to the mansion, but Yi Xin's parents were unwilling, and the head of the family, Ma Qi, was not very happy either, so they used the excuse that Yi Xin's grandmother missed her daughter and asked their granddaughter to go over to fulfill her filial duties.
Now she received a letter from home urging her to go back for the selection, which showed that the Fucha clan had reached a consensus to send a girl to the palace to show their loyalty to Emperor Yongzheng.
But even the little maidservant beside Yi Xin saw these things so clearly. Even Sang'er said implicitly that as long as Yi Xin gave birth to a prince, he would be the best among all the princes and would have a good chance of winning the throne in the future, making Fucha a legitimate relative of the emperor.
Yi Xin pretended not to understand and said casually, "It's difficult for the emperor to have children. Maybe it's the work of the women in the harem. If you really count, only the third prince grew up among the children born in the emperor's residence. Whether it's the fourth prince or the fifth prince, they were conceived and born outside. There are also rumors that both princes are weak. It can be seen that the women in the emperor's harem are not clean."
After staying on the boat for more than ten days, Yi Xin finally returned home. She just took a short rest and was called over by Ma Qi in the afternoon.
Ma Qi is already old, and now he wants to step down, but there is no capable male member of the next generation of the Fucha family, so the task of surrendering to the new emperor can only fall on the women.
Ma Qi looked at his cousin's daughter carefully and felt that she seemed to be much more stable and even her face was more beautiful. He felt that sending her to the palace was a good idea.
Ma Qi said to his brothers and sisters-in-law in a room with deep emotion: "None of us thought that the one who came to the throne would be Prince Yong. Unfortunately, there was no one in our family who supported Prince Yong before. Now I can only trouble my niece, a female relative, to sacrifice for the family..."
"But, entering the palace is not an ordinary matter. Today, in front of these uncles, aunts and sisters-in-law, I want to ask Yi Xin, do you know why the Fucha family sent their daughter to the palace this time? Did you enter the palace voluntarily?"
Yi Xin thought Ma Qi was quite interesting. Of course, Yi Xin was not the only girl of the right age to participate in the election in such a large Fucha clan. But if they really wanted to surrender to Emperor Yongzheng, it would be best to send Ma Qi's own daughter to the palace. Unfortunately, Ma Qi's daughter had married Prince Ding as a princess in her early years, and Fucha Langya, the daughter of Ma Qi's younger brother Li Rongbao, was still young and could not participate in this election at all. That was why the importance of Yi Xin, the cousin's daughter, was revealed.
Yi Xin smiled and replied, "My niece has thought about it. This time when entering the palace, I should be cautious. Anyway, my niece will not give in just because of the Fucha family name."
Everyone in the room was satisfied and relieved with Yi Xin's answer, especially Ma Qi. He knew that his niece was wronged, but family affairs have always been like this. The girl in front of him was his own daughter, so he was willing to push her away for the sake of the family.