My Princess Has Been Reborn

Chapter 144.1 – Extra Chapter 3

Since the luggage had been packed in advance, soon the two indeed left just as they said they would.

Early morning the next day, a group of carriages carrying the princess’s mansion’s luggage left the city, and it was only by noon that someone noticed that Qi Yang’s princess’s mansion was empty. By the time the news made it back to the palace, it was already evening. When he heard this, the distressed Little Emperor accidentally knocked over his tea cup.

But what could he do when they’ve already left? Even if the Little Emperor wanted to invite his aunt back, the Emperor Faction in the court would not agree, plus Qi Yang had already expressed her desire to live a free life. How could he continue troubling his aunt?

In the end, she still left, and a lot of people in the capital were left at a loss.

But unlike everyone in the capital that were for of complex feelings, Qi Yang and Lu Qipei were truly freed from restraints once they left the capital, and were feeling very relaxed. And about the arduous travel in summer? They were just afraid of being made to stay if they didn’t leave quickly, but they weren’t in a hurry to reach their fiefdom. They could go and stop as they please. Whether it was eighty li or a hundred li in a day, or just thirty to fifty li in a day, it’s all up to them.

Qi Yang’s fief was located in the southern region, which was quite far from the capital. The late Emperor favored her and gave her the fertile land in the south, but never considered the issue of it being far away. After all, there had never been a precedent where a princess would settle down in her fief. While it was called a fiefdom, in reality it was just a land granted to collect tax money from, and there was no need for the princesses to manage it. So why would it matter how far it was?

Qi Yang didn’t feel dissatisfied with it; in fact, she was quite satisfied. “Although the journey is a bit hard, being far from the capital also has its benefits. As the saying goes, ‘the Heavens is far above, and the Emperor is far away’, and there’s no one who would control us.”

When she said this, Qi Yang was sitting in the hot carriage, holding a fan while her head was sweating uncontrollably.

It really was not easy to travel on a hot day, and it was unbearable to keep stopping and going again and again. In the end, Lu Qipei and Qi Yang temporarily stopped in a small town and planned to wait for the weather to become cooler before they continue their travel.

As for the reason they decided to stop, it was somewhat funny – Lu Sheng and her rabbit got heatstroke at the same time!

After another three years had passed, Lu Sheng had also turned six years old. The little dumpling had grown taller and became a little radish, with a delicate face that was increasingly alike to Lu Qipei’s. In the past three years, although Qi Yang and Lu Qipei were busy, the family of three got along well, and their relationship naturally grew stronger.

But at the same time, because they were often absent due to their busy-ness, Lu Sheng became closer and closer to her rabbit.

Maybe it was because of her childhood experience, or maybe because she lacked guidance and company from her elders when she was growing up. Although Lu Sheng had become more cheerful in recent years, there was always a sense of emptiness and powerlessness in her heart that she couldn’t grasp…

Her biological mother treated her like something worthless, and no matter how well Her Highness and her uncle treated her, in the end she was still living under someone else’s roof. She never had anything, that is, until she had this rabbit. It was something that belonged just to her, was always with her, and was something that she could reach with her hands without having to ask anyone else. Because of those emotions associated with it, after three years, not only did Lu Sheng not grow bored of the fat rabbit, she cherished it even more.

Cherishing it, hugging it lovingly all day long… in the hot weather, wouldn’t it be enough to make them both suffer from heatstroke?

Qi Yang didn’t intend to laugh at the child at all, but after learning about the reason, she couldn’t help falling on Lu Qipei’s shoulder and laughing almost uncontrollably. She laughed so much her stomach was hurting, and Lu Qipei “kindly” helped her rub it. But naturally, the more she rubbed it, the more Qi Yang laughed.

They had a lot of servants following them, so naturally Qi Yang didn’t need to personally give an order for someone to invite a doctor. So when the two had enough of fooling around and rushed to Lu Sheng’s room, the maid was already feeding the child a medicinal soup. The maid was also doing her best; she knew that Lu Sheng really cherished the rabbit, so the rabbit that had fainted from heatstroke was also given a small bowl. Although, would a medicinal soup for humans be useful for a rabbit?

Seeing the rabbit being fed medicine through its triangle-ish mouth, Qi Yang almost couldn’t help laughing again. But looking at little Lu Sheng’s dizzy and pitiful look, she was too embarrassed to laugh in front of the child, so she held back the laughter with much difficulty.

After a while, she finished being fed the soup, and Lu Sheng was wrinkling her face from the bitter taste.

Qi Yang waved the maid to step back and casually fed a piece of candied fruit to Lu Sheng’s mouth. She asked her with a hint of amusement and curiosity, “Ah Sheng, you… do you really not feel hot hugging that furball on such a hot day?”

Lu Sheng was still a bit dizzy, but maybe because she had moved to a cooler environment and had just drunk a bowl of bitter medicinal soup, her mind was now gradually clearing up. Hearing Qi Yang’s teasing words, she felt a bit embarrassed for a while. She pursed her lips and looked at Qi Yang timidly, as if she had just done something wrong and felt guilty, “It’s a habit, and I didn’t feel it back then.”

The so-called habit was naturally her habit of hugging the rabbit. Qi Yang had given her this rabbit more than three years ago. At the start, it was just a small bunny the size of a palm, but now it was a fat rabbit weighing five to ten kilograms, and she was still hugging it all the time.

On a side note, just by hugging this increasingly heavy rabbit, Lu Sheng’s arm strength had been trained to much stronger than ordinary children!

Hearing this, Qi Yang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but Lu Qipei was thinking of something and wasn’t in the mood to joke. She suddenly stepped forward and opened Lu Sheng’s collar – the child shouted in surprise, and quickly reached out to cover her clothes. But both Qi Yang and Lu Qipei saw that her chest and stomach were glowing red, covered in heat rash!

This was really…

Qi Yang didn’t know what to say, and pursed her lips and looked at Lu Qipei. The latter also realized the inconvenience of her current identity because of Lu Sheng’s shout, and coughed lightly, saying, “I’ll go find the doctor and get some ointment. Ah Ning, please help her wash up first.”

Her Royal Highness naturally agreed, and turned around to take care of the child.

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