NCCnovel Chapter 1 Reborn
Chapter 1 Reborn
"Xia Dongchun, daughter of Baoyi Zuoling Xia Wei, is eighteen years old—!"
Xia Dongchun was so frightened by this voice that she almost cried out. Her eyes suddenly widened. What was going on? Wasn't she the one who was given a slash of red by Concubine Hua and then died in the cold palace?
But Xia Dongchun still knelt down subconsciously and saluted first. Then he heard the emperor sitting on the high throne speak in a calm and majestic voice: "Xia Dongchun? Interesting name, stay."
Xia Dongchun knelt on the ground, still a little unresponsive. Was this the day of the palace selection?
Before she could think any more, the eunuch had already called out, "Xia Dongchun, leave your name tag and I'll give you the sachet—!"
Even after walking out of the Forbidden City and getting on his own carriage, Xia Dongchun still hadn't figured out what was going on.
She had clearly entered the palace, and was caught by Concubine Hua when she was arguing with An Lingrong, a concubine from a humble family, and was given a beating of 10 lashes. How come she has now returned to the time before she entered the palace?
Could it be that God couldn't stand it anymore and gave her another chance to start over?
If that's true, that would be great.
Xia Dongchun was thinking about why she died all the way, so she didn't notice that Yunling, her personal maid following the carriage, looked absent-minded, unlike usual.
When they were almost at the Xia Mansion, they heard the sound of firecrackers from afar. Xia Dongchun finally came to her senses and decided that she must avoid An Lingrong and the others after entering the palace this time. This was the best solution she could think of so far.
When they arrived at the Xia Mansion, the carriage stopped and the coachman quickly placed a footstool. Yunling lifted the curtain and reached out to help Xia Dongchun get out of the carriage. Xia Dongchun was only busy visiting his parents at this time, so he did not notice Yunling's complicated expression.
"Your servant and your whole family are here to pay their respects to the young lady." Xia Wei was the first to kneel. Although Xia Dongchun was arrogant and domineering in her previous life, she was able to develop such a personality because her family spoiled her. However, she had not seen her father and mother since she entered the palace in her previous life. Now, she suddenly saw them kneeling in front of her, feeling sad, and hurried forward to help her parents up.
"Father, Mother." Xia Dongchun couldn't help crying as soon as she spoke. When she was waiting to die in the cold palace, she missed her father and mother so much. Thank God, he allowed her to start over again and see her parents again.
Xia Wei and his first wife, He, thought their daughter was too excited about being chosen and couldn't control her emotions. He smiled and said, "You're about to enter the palace and become a lady, why are you still so childish?"
"Master, Madam, let's go inside and talk. It's cold here and the young lady is wearing thin clothes. She should not catch a cold." The butler reminded with a smile.
"Yes, yes, let's go in and talk." Xia Wei spoke, and the servants followed him in.
When they got inside, He smiled gently and took Xia Dongchun's hand: "You, my child, are indeed worthy of the emperor's attention. We got the news at home today, and your father and I are very happy."
Xia Wei usually doesn’t talk much, but at this moment he also said: “My daughter Xia Wei is naturally the best.”
Xia Dongchun was deeply moved when she heard these words. She said to her parents, "My daughter entered the Forbidden City today. I feel that the Forbidden City is worthy of being the residence of the emperor. It is very solemn and majestic."
Although she was not considered smart, she did not want her parents to worry, so she just said nice things to make them happy.
"There's only one thing..." Xia Dongchun hesitated for a long time, but decided to tell them about it. "Today in the palace, my daughter had an argument with a concubine, and she spilled tea on my daughter, and she almost ruined the event."
Although she was reborn, her temper could not be changed for a while. She was still unforgiving with her words. Now that she was back home and facing her parents, she was angry again: "Mother, don't you know that the girl came from a small family and she said that she soiled my clothes and I should just pay for it. She didn't even think about whether she could afford it?"
"Okay, you will be entering the palace from now on. The palace is different from home. You can't act like this once you enter the palace." Although He doted on her daughter, she also knew that her daughter's temperament was not suitable for the palace, so she gave her some advice, although she felt that her daughter might not listen to her.
Yun Ling had been standing aside. When she heard He's words, she was startled, as if she had thought of something bad. Her eyes were uneasy, but slowly she became firm.
Xia Wei said to He, "In my opinion, my daughter did the right thing today. There are so many people who want to be selected into the palace. The concubine might have seen our daughter's beauty and deliberately spilled the tea to prevent her from entering the palace."
He smiled helplessly. She and her husband doted on their daughter like a treasure, which was why she had such good talking skills. Although she doted on her daughter, she couldn't help but worry that she would offend people because of her mouth after entering the palace.
You know, trouble comes from the mouth.
The family of three talked for a while, and then Xia Dongchun went back to his yard to rest.
When no one was in the room, Yun Ling finally couldn't help but speak: "Miss, the auntie from the palace should be here tomorrow. You must be more tolerant when the time comes and don't offend the auntie."
Among the servants, only Yun Ling dared to say this. After all, she had followed Xia Dongchun since she was a child and was familiar with her temper. Although she knew that her words would definitely make Xia Dongchun unhappy, she thought of the fate of her own lady in the previous life and decided to speak up.
Unexpectedly, Xia Dongchun looked surprised and suddenly sat up: "Yunling, why do you say that?"
She had a premonition in her not-so-bright head, could it be that Yunling was also reborn with her? Yunling had never said such a thing in her previous life.
But she quickly rejected the idea. Rebirth was simply a fantasy. How could everyone have this opportunity?
Yun Ling did not dare to tell the truth at this moment. She only thought that since she had a chance to start over again, she must help her young lady avoid tragedy. She would never let Concubine Hua "award" her young lady the lash of red lashes from the previous life.
So Yun Ling explained: "I was just thinking that the teacher from the palace might be involved with some master in the palace. If she offends someone, it will be bad."
Xia Dongchun was a little suspicious now, but no matter what happened, what Yun Ling said was exactly what she thought, because she just remembered that when she first entered the palace in her previous life and saluted the queen, the maid Songzhi beside Concubine Hua seemed to have laughed at her...
Now she finally understood that Songzhi must have been laughing at her for doing the wrong thing!
So this time Xia Dongchun had planned to learn the rules from her aunt, to see who dared to laugh at her again!