My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

Chapter 454 Strange Events

Looking at her younger brother who has grown up and become sensible, the little sister was filled with mixed emotions.

At least she still has him by her side.

As autumn turned to winter, Si Muyan sent a letter to the palace, saying that her parents' condition had improved, especially her mother, who was able to remember many things from the past.

So I wanted to bring my parents to the palace to visit my younger sister.

The younger sister was naturally excited. Since entering the palace, she had mostly seen her second older sister and younger brother, and occasionally her eldest sister. However, she had not seen her parents even once in all these years.

She said to Granny Miao, "Xiaoxia is already over five years old, and I have missed several of her birthdays."

Granny Miao replied, "If Your Majesty misses them, why not let them stay in the palace?"

The younger sister was tempted.

Si Muyan brought her family into the palace. Shao Qin's eyes were no longer as innocent as before, but there was still a hint of confusion.

It seems that Si Muyan had already told her everything that had happened over the years while she was at home, so although she was confused, she didn't seem to notice anything unusual about her younger sister.

Xia'er, however, looked at her younger sister with her big eyes and asked, "Why does Auntie look different?"

The younger sister was happy and had Xia'er sit next to her, holding her hand and saying, "Does Xia'er like Auntie like this?"

Xiaoxia thought for a moment and said, "My aunt said that my aunt likes to be the emperor. As long as my aunt likes it, Xiaoxia likes it too."

The younger sister laughed heartily and looked at Si Muyan, saying, "Big sister has taught Xiaoxia'er very well."

She tried hard to control herself and not pay too much attention to Shao Qin, but her gaze couldn't help but fall on Shao Qin.

Her eyes welled up with tears at just one glance, and she couldn't help but let them fall.

Shao Qin also burst into tears, stepping forward to wipe away her younger sister's tears, and whispered, "From the moment you were born, I knew that my little sister would have a very hard life. And it really was...and it really was..."

The little sister cried even harder.

Of the three sisters, she was the one her mother loved the most. As a child, she was ignorant and always wanted to monopolize her mother's affection.

Because her eldest sister was raised by her grandparents, she was well-mannered from a young age. In her heart, she didn't mind that her sister didn't know, but she never showed it on her face.

But my second sister is very straightforward, and we always argue about this.

She was smug then, but after being exiled, she was always heartbroken and resentful.

It wasn't until later, when the family members were in different places, that she began to miss them especially, particularly her mother who loved her the most.

The younger sister only cried for a short while before stopping her tears: "Mother is joking. How could I have suffered? I am now the Empress, and the entire Great Zhou Dynasty belongs to me. What is a little hardship?"

Shao Qin choked up and said, "If it's not hard, why are you crying?"

The younger sister nestled against Shao Qin: "Daughter is crying. She's finally seeing her parents. Mother hasn't held her like this in so long."

Shao Qin stopped talking and just held her in her arms.

Si Xingzhi, who had just become mentally impaired, stood there blankly for a long time before asking Si Muyan, "Big sister, fishing?"

Si Muyan explained to her younger sister, "After entering the palace, Father saw the Thousand Carp Pond and wanted to go fishing. I told Father that I could only go after seeing His Majesty, so..."

So now that he's seen it, he can't wait to go fishing.

The younger sister felt a pang of sadness; even her father couldn't remember her.

He then instructed the palace maids and eunuchs to take Si Xingzhi to the Thousand Carp Pond and prepare fishing gear for him.

Xiaoxia also insisted on going to play, so they went together.

Although Shao Qin's condition has improved a lot, she is still prone to dizziness. After being up for so long and crying for so long today, she is feeling quite exhausted and her whole body is in a daze.

The younger sister quickly led her to rest on the couch in the inner hall.

After settling everything in, she came out and said to Si Muyan, "Over the years, our parents have been relying on you, eldest sister. You've worked so hard."

Si Muyan shook her head: "With servants to attend to me, I only need to check on things daily, so it's not tiring. But... Your Majesty, you've lost weight."

She reached out to touch her younger sister's hair, pulled out a white hair from the middle, and felt a pang of sadness.

Her younger sister, not yet twenty-one, already had gray hair.

The younger sister laughed: "I've lost weight, but I'm in good health. I was busy with national affairs before, but things are gradually getting back on track, so I'm not so busy anymore."

"So good."

Si Muyan then talked to her younger sister about things at the manor, mainly about Si Xingzhi and Shao Qin's daily life. Si Xingzhi wasn't really stupid; he just shut himself off and didn't want to interact with the outside world.

However, this also made the couple's relationship even better.

"By the way, something amazing happened in the autumn, which I haven't told Your Majesty about yet."

"My village at the foot of Daxing Mountain is quite far away and has not been developed into a tourist area. There is a hot spring halfway up the mountain, and I took my parents and Xiaoxia to stay there for a few days in the autumn."

"Unexpectedly, one day, a servant came down from the mountain seeking help, saying that his master was a merchant who had been passing through the area and had been trapped in a hunter's trap on the mountain. He had come down to ask for help."

"The people of the village were afraid that someone would die, so they went up the mountain together in the middle of the night to rescue the person. But they didn't notice that the mischievous Xia'er had also secretly followed them."

The younger sister exclaimed in surprise, "Xiaoxia went too? Didn't Yumeng know?"

"In the dead of night, who would have thought that a five-year-old child would get up and run out?"

The younger sister chuckled, "You must have been really worried too."

Si Muyan said helplessly, "I was anxious at the time, but after hearing about it from the head of the village and others, I realized how strange this matter was. Do you know what happened to them when they went up the mountain?"

"what?"

"We went up the mountain to rescue the person, and we did manage to do so, but when we were about to come down the mountain, we were surrounded by a pack of wolves."

The younger sister thought about it carefully before saying, "That's very strange. I remember that there are many people living in Daxing Mountain, and there are no wild beasts on the mountain, at most wild boars. There shouldn't be any wolves there."

"Yes, everyone finds this matter strange. And after that day, the hunters went up the mountain together, but they never saw any wolves again."

The younger sister hurriedly asked, "How did the villagers escape that night?"

Si Muyan sighed, "So sometimes fate plays tricks on people. It just so happened that on that very night, Xiaoxia also ran away. When the villagers were surrounded by wolves and at their wits' end, Xiaoxia ran out and, ignoring the villagers' attempts to stop her, ran towards the wolves..."

The little girl's eyes widened, and her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would jump out of her chest.

"and after?"

Si Muyan said, "The villagers said they were all very scared, but they never expected that none of the wolves in the pack would hurt Xiaoxia. The other alpha wolves even nudged Xiaoxia with their noses, and Xiaoxia even patted its head!"

The younger sister stared in disbelief: "How could this be?"

Si Muyan said, "Later I asked Xiaoxia, and Xiaoxia said that when she saw those wolves, it was like seeing relatives, and she wasn't afraid. She felt that the pack of wolves had come to visit her. Moreover, before the pack left, they left behind two wolf cubs, which Xiaoxia brought back and are now raising on the estate."