At night, when Guan Boxing's family was eating in the restaurant, in the backyard, in an isolated Lamei courtyard.

These plums, which have not yet reached the world of blooming, look at the dead branches one after another, showing a sense of withering.

A nine-year-old girl in plain clothes leaned against the window, her eyes half-open, lazy and ignorant looking at the outside world, her clear eyes seemed to be snowing, and she had a detached temperament.

She asked the people behind her, "Why didn't the general come to see me today?" In the past, he always had to bring me candy men at this time. ”

She has been in poor health since she was born, and now her tone of voice is extremely weak, as if she is going to die at any time.

The little maid who is responsible for taking care of her is called Lan'er, and now listening to what her princess said, Lan'er couldn't help but clench her handkerchief, and said a little aggrieved: "Princess, I heard that the real lady of the General's Mansion is back today, called Guan Xiyue, and the general is very favored, and she is still talking to her in her yard." ”

In the past, when there was no young lady in the General's Mansion, only their nine princesses were the most compatible with the general.

Now that his biological daughter has returned, the general has left the ninth princess behind in the blink of an eye.

To Lan'er said, their ninth princess is really pitiful, since she was born, the queen mother sent her to this general's mansion to raise, although she has some friendship with Her Royal Highness the princess, but she has never come to visit her in person.

On the contrary, His Majesty today, every time he sees her, he wants to kill her, and the Ninth Princess is only a small person, and she already understands how to live by looking at people's eyes.

Without a summons from His Majesty, she never went to the palace.

"I heard that that young lady is talented and intelligent, and now she is only eight years old, and she is already a nine-fold forging realm."

These subordinates would also pass by her courtyard in the past, occasionally gossiping in their mouths, and although they were respectful to her, they were not as good as the truly favored master who suddenly returned.

After that, the ninth princess sighed and held Lan'er's hand, "That sister is the flesh and blood that the general's uncle has been looking for for many years, so naturally I can't compare with her, but I also want to meet her, and meet the general's daughter, is she as good-looking as the general's uncle?" ”

She has been in this backyard for too long, and everyone knows that she is not favored, although her status is noble, she is the biggest joke in the imperial palace.

Lan'er clenched her distressedly: "Princess, don't worry, I heard that the courtyard where the young lady lives is near here, let's go to her place and meet her by chance." ”

With Lan'er's help, soon, the ninth princess changed into a light dress and followed her out of the courtyard.

It's just that she can't leave the yard for too long, otherwise, she will spoil her breath and be vulnerable to critical illness.

Lan'er wrapped her all over her body, for fear that she would blow a little cold wind and get cold.

Guan Xiyue and Guan Boxing discussed it and decided to go to the palace in person to meet the queen mother after visiting the auction tomorrow.

At the same time, she also learned that the ninth princess born to the queen mother was raised in this mansion.

According to Guan Boxing, it seems that the aura of cultivation on his body can continue the life of the ninth princess.

So although the ninth princess is delicate and frail, she has not made any mistakes over the years.

And the Queen Mother just wants to use this root bone on her body to replace the cultivation root bone of the Ninth Princess, so that the Ninth Princess can live like a normal person.

Unfortunately, Guan Xiyue has already experienced such a thing, so she is also a little wary of this queen mother.

When sending Guan Boxing out of her small courtyard, Guan Xiyue said: "Father, don't worry, whoever has a grudge against his daughter, the daughter knows it, and she will definitely not be angry with others." ”

Hearing her say this, Guan Boxing was relieved.

After he left, Guan Xiyue was about to go back to his yard when he met a pair of master and servants, who were quietly approaching her courtyard, with a look of concern in their eyes.

Guan Xiyue's eyes turned slightly, and she could identify the little girl just by looking at her clothes, not to mention, she also wore a bracelet on her wrist.

It can be seen that she is the ninth princess of the royal family who was raised in the General's Mansion.

"What are you two looking for?"

Without waiting for them to speak, Guan Xiyue took the initiative to talk.

The ninth princess turned her head in response, and when she heard the voice, she felt that the person who spoke should be very kind.

His eyes fell on Guan Xiyue's face, looking at her similar silhouette to Guan Boxing, and he couldn't help but hesitate to speak: "I've never seen you in the mansion before, are you ...... Uncle Kwan's daughter? ”

It seems that Guan Boxing took her back to the imperial capital, and everyone really knows about it.

These people are really well-informed, but the ninth princess specially brought the maid over, and she hesitated to enter her yard, which didn't look like she was looking for fault.

Yes, Guan Xiyue said politely: "Exactly, the courtier's name is Guan Xiyue, and she has seen the Ninth Princess." ”

In the entire imperial capital, there are few people with such noble status as Guan Xiyue, but who treat people politely.

Lan'er, the maid, suddenly had a good impression of her, and helped the Ninth Princess, who was a little helpless, and said, "Your Highness, she is saluting you, please tell people to get up!" ”

The ninth princess seemed to have just come back to her senses, and said a little distractedly: "Sister, you really look like Uncle Guan." ”

Listening to her tone, there was some envy in her tone, it was almost night, and there was still some breeze in the General's Mansion, so Guan Xiyue said: "Ninth Princess, please come into the house and talk, it's windy outside, and it's not good for your health." ”

Lan'er had long wanted to let his princess go back, because this place was indeed a bit windy, and her master was not in good health, and continuing to stay outside would only increase her illness.

So, she was very grateful for Guan Xiyue's proposal, and carefully helped the ninth princess into the house.

As for Xiao Hanqu, he didn't know where to play, and he disappeared after eating, saying that he wanted to find a place to sleep well, and the bed in the General's Mansion did not meet his temperament, he didn't like it.

Xin Renjie stayed outside her room and didn't come in to disturb her.

The two girls talked a lot, it was much simpler, Guan Xiyue chatted with the ninth princess for a while, and found that the ninth princess liked Guan Boxing very much, or maybe Guan Boxing was the only one who didn't dislike her among so many people in the imperial capital.

And the ninth princess loves Wu and Wu, and she also likes Guan Xiyue very much, so she came to see her this time and brought her a pastry as a gift.

This pastry is her usual favorite food, and Guan Xiyue has also tried it openly and secretly, and after finding out that this little girl didn't know what the Queen Mother did to her, she didn't continue to ask.

Instead, he accepted the pastry and smiled at her: "Thank you, Ninth Princess." ”

After the ninth princess and Guan Xiyue got acquainted, they also liked Guan Xiyue's hearty and generous personality, and after agreeing to come to talk to her in the future, they went back to the room.

But Guan Xiyue observed her expression and breath, and found that the ninth princess, in fact, the real problem may not be that there is anything wrong with the cultivation root bones, but that there is something similar to a curse in her body.