Night fell, and the undulating sand dunes in the desert blurred into softly curved shadows in the darkness.
Except for the chirping of small insects, it was surprisingly quiet all around.
Bai Sheng and Zuo Ye decided to flash back to the capital to check the situation there.
After returning to the space, Bai Sheng appeared in the Lu residence with a thought.
The main gate of the Lu residence had been sealed, and five wanted posters were also posted on the door.
The Grand Princess and the new Emperor were actually looking for them throughout the country!
Zuo Ye took down all the wanted posters.
They couldn't see the writing clearly at night, so the two returned to the space, flashed to where they had thrown the space stones, and then entered the space again.
"Princess Huang Xue Sheng of the Qing Huang Kingdom?" Bai Sheng was very shocked to see her identity on the wanted poster. "Outrageous! Husband, the Grand Princess actually slandered me as the Princess of the Qing Huang Kingdom!"
Zuo Ye held his master's wanted poster, raised his eyes to look at Bai Sheng, and smiled, "Good girl, look, my master's original name is Nangong Ruo Li, and she is the Grand Tutor of the Qing Huang Kingdom."
Bai Sheng knew that her master was called Nangong Ruo Li. That night, Yu Zi, that scheming woman, had also mentioned it, but was her master really the Grand Tutor of the Qing Huang Kingdom? This was a bit far-fetched. Her master had personally said that she was just an ordinary bell doctor.
Bai Sheng said angrily, "The Grand Princess and Meng Liang Yuan will do anything to get rid of us! They dare to tell such a huge lie!"
Zuo Ye's eyes flickered slightly, and he quietly looked at Bai Sheng, affectionately touched her head, and said softly, "Good girl, perhaps the Grand Princess is telling the truth this time, and you might indeed be the Princess of the Qing Huang Kingdom."
Prince Yu had already confirmed that his good girl was from the Qing Huang Kingdom, although her specific identity was not yet clear. But now, it seemed highly likely that she was the Princess of the Qing Huang Kingdom.
Zuo Ye recalled the scene of his master's first appearance. At that time, his master and Qing Feng were clearly very excited when they saw his good girl, and later they deliberately tried to get close to her.
"But... how is this possible? I... I was just a lowly slave, and my face was disfigured by a curse. My status is humble..." Bai Sheng's palms were sweating, and her hands trembled slightly.
In her modern life, she was just an orphan abandoned by her biological parents. She had died of illness in the hospital, and her wandering soul had transmigrated into the body of a distressed princess?
But why did the original owner have no memory of her own background?
Zuo Ye gently hugged Bai Sheng into his arms and said softly, "Perhaps, your becoming a slave was just an accident, but I always feel that the person who disfigured you was actually protecting you. Conversely, if you were just an ordinary woman, why would you need to cover your face?"
Bai Sheng stared blankly at Zuo Ye. "Husband, do you really think I'm the Princess of the Qing Huang Kingdom?"
Zuo Ye smiled and nodded. "It's very possible. More than ten years ago, the Grand Tutor of the Qing Huang Kingdom was also called Nangong Ruo Li. Nangong was the highest-ranked surname other than the royal family. So, if my master's identity is true, then yours will not be false either."
Bai Sheng felt her breathing quicken, and a heavy feeling settled in her chest. "Husband, I... I want to go ask Master."
If the original owner was indeed a princess, her country was destroyed, her relatives were killed, her people were in distress, and foreign invaders were still acting arrogantly on her land, trampling on her people.
And she, this impostor, could not empathize at all, how could she bear the heavy responsibility of restoring her country and avenging her people?
What's more, she deeply disliked the scheming court and only wanted to live a simple life with her husband and children.
Seeing her hands were cold, Zuo Ye kissed her forehead and comforted her in the gentlest voice, "Good girl, don't be afraid. No matter what happens, I will always be by your side. Let's go, let's go ask Master."
"Okay," Bai Sheng's eyes moistened, and she held Zuo Ye's hand to find her master.
Third Uncle, Prince Yu, and Concubine Mei had already returned. Everyone was sitting at the large wooden table in front of the wooden house, eating fruit and chatting happily.
Seeing Bai Sheng and Zuo Ye approaching, they were all overjoyed.
"Little Sheng, Little Ye, you've worked hard, riding horses outside all this time," Concubine Mei placed a plate of fruit in front of them.
"Thank you, Aunt Qing," Bai Sheng forced a smile, pretending to be cheerful.
But Concubine Mei still noticed her low mood and asked with concern, "What's wrong, Little Sheng? Are you too tired?"
"Aunt Qing, I'm not tired," Bai Sheng shook her head, then looked at Granny Wu and handed her the wanted poster in her hand. "Master, this is my wanted poster. The Grand Princess said... I am the Princess of the Qing Huang Kingdom, and you are the Grand Tutor."
Except for Du Min and Granny Wu, Prince Yu, Concubine Mei, Third Uncle, and Zuo Hua's eyes widened in shock.
Prince Yu and Zuo Ye exchanged a glance. They had already known that Bai Sheng was from the Qing Huang Kingdom, but they didn't know she was actually a princess!
Granny Wu and Du Min exchanged glances, then looked at Bai Sheng with kind eyes and smiled gently, "The Grand Princess did not lie, Sheng'er, you are indeed the Princess of the Qing Huang Kingdom, and your real name is Huang Xue Sheng. As for me, I am indeed the Grand Tutor of the Qing Huang Kingdom, Nangong Ruo Li."
"She," Granny Wu pulled Du Min to Bai Sheng's front, "is your cousin, Du Ruo Nan, the legitimate eldest daughter of Du Chang Jun of Jingzhou. Du Chang Jun is your maternal uncle."
Sister Du's tears gushed out. She tightly held Bai Sheng's hand and sobbed, "Sheng'er, do you... remember I told you before that Pingyuan Ge and I were looking for an important person?
That person was actually you. At first, you had black spots on your face, so I didn't recognize you. Later, when the Grand Tutor went to Hongshu Po, I recognized her. She secretly told me that you were Xue Sheng. You don't know how happy I was at that time. Pingyuan Ge and I had been looking for you for many years!"
Bai Sheng had no memory of what Sister Du and Master had said, but she could feel the deep affection her master and Sister Du had for her. Seeing them cry uncontrollably, Bai Sheng's tears also couldn't stop. "But, Master, Sister Du, I am truly very sorry. I... I have no recollection of what you said, I can't remember anything."
Granny Wu patted Bai Sheng's shoulder and smiled through tears, "Sheng'er, you just have amnesia. You will slowly remember in the future."
No, she would never remember, because she was not a princess at all, she was just a wandering soul from modern times, occupying the body of a princess.
She was an impostor!
But how could she say this to them? How could she say it to Zuo Ye?
Zuo Ye held Bai Sheng's cold hand and gently rubbed it, then looked at Granny Wu and asked, "Master, what exactly happened back then when Bei Qiang and Da Xia invaded Qing Huang? Why did my wife... become a female slave? And why was her appearance disfigured?"
Upon hearing this, Prince Yu also quickly said, "Yes, Grandma, as the most favored princess of Qing Huang, Little Hei Lian should have had many secret guards around her. No matter what, she shouldn't have ended up as a marriageable female slave for Da Xia."