After returning home, the Crown Princess can no longer hide her vest!

Chapter 323 Heartbroken
"Yu Pianpian was born half an hour earlier than me." Yu Linlang sighed deeply, "According to Xia, when Huo Jinxiu gave birth to me, there was a strong wind outside the window, and the shadows of the trees were looming, which frightened her a lot."

"I was born very thin and had an ugly birthmark on my face, which disgusted her."

"According to Xia's recollection, she secretly swapped Yu Pianpian and me with her own hands. There was no such thing as a wrong baby. There are not so many wrong babies in this world. She was deliberately doing it. Isn't it ridiculous?"

"Xia is not stupid. How could she not notice that her daughter was replaced?"

"But Xia didn't dare to say anything. As a rural woman, she was afraid that if she revealed this matter, it would bring disaster to the whole family."

"I can only say that Huo Jinxiu was not vicious enough to kill someone to silence him. Perhaps, she also considered that Xia was just a powerless peasant woman and was not worth mentioning."

"I was probably this big when I was born." Yu Linlang made a small gesture and laughed at herself, "It was Xia who took care of my shit and piss and fed me milk."

"Those three years, I think, were the happiest days for little Linlang."

"Although life was hard during those years, she would find ways to make sure her daughter had enough food. Her handicrafts were very good, and all the clothes, shoes and socks her daughter wore were sewn by her own hands." Yu Linlang slowly turned around and wiped her eyes quietly.

"In her spare time, she would make a kite for little Linlang and accompany her in the yard, running around happily... At that time, she was a child with a mother. Although she was a little poor, she was still quite happy. If she could just follow Xia's family for the rest of her life and be an ordinary peasant girl, it would be fine."

"But she got sick and then she died."

"That poor child was sent back to the Yu Mansion. At that time, the Yu Governor was not yet a governor. Huo Jinxiu still didn't like the child."

"On the second day after returning home, she was sent away like a dirty thing. Huo Jinxiu said that she had a tough life and would get sick if she came back. She said that everything would be fine if she didn't come back, as the master was already getting promoted. We couldn't keep her at home and cause unrest in the family, so we had to send her to a faraway place, preferably out of sight..."

Yu Linlang laughed sarcastically, "A child who is only three years old is living like a pile of dry bones. In the middle of winter, he was punished by the maids in the village and thrown out to starve and freeze. He could only fight for his life to find food in the ice and snow."

"She didn't understand what death meant at that time. She thought Xia Shi didn't want her anymore, so she ran into the mountains, calling out 'mother, mother' incoherently. But there was no response except the whistling wind."

Yu Linlang looked at the long alley with dim eyes and squeezed her eyes hard.

"If Xia knew that sending her back would end up like this, she might have entrusted her to the sister-in-law next door. It's better for her to stay in the village as a village girl for the rest of her life than to be despised by everyone."

Mu Huaizhi stared at her stiff back. He could fully feel her slightly fluctuating uncomfortable emotions and couldn't help but feel extremely distressed.

If only he could have met Linlang earlier, or even earlier...

Mu Huaizhi slowly stretched out his hands and wrapped them around her waist, hugged her tenderly, stroked her hair and whispered comfortingly, "It's all over, Lang'er, everything is over."

"Do you believe in past lives and present lives, Prince?" Yu Linlang suddenly turned her head and looked at him seriously.

"They say that people who have died once can see their past lives, like me."

Of course, little Linlang had no idea how many ups and downs she had experienced in her short three years of life.

She just followed her instinct, knowing that if she ran into the mountains she might be able to find something to eat before she starved to death.

These things were the memories she witnessed when she entered this body...

In a short life, just over three years, children suffer more than anyone else.

She died in that snowy winter. "If Xia knew she was dead, she would be heartbroken," Yu Linlang murmured to herself.

Mu Huaizhi nodded vigorously, tightened his arms and asked softly, "Are you still sad now?"

"Not sad anymore." Yu Linlang shook her head. "It's already in the past. What's there to be sad about? People can't always live in the past. They have to look to the future."

"The great monk uncle told me that there is a lot of affinity between people. Perhaps she is just a person with a shallow mother-daughter affinity. Everything is determined by fate and has no control over it."

"It's not your fault." Mu Huaizhi turned her around, lowered his head and looked at her deeply, "You are really good, no matter what."

"Huo Jinxiu is selfish and ignorant. She is not worthy of being your mother at all."

Xia had only taken care of Linlang for three short years, but Linlang had been grateful to her till now. He understood how good she was, without anyone having to explain it to him.

Although she didn't show it on her face, deep down... she must be longing for family affection.

She called Xia's father "grandfather", went back to visit him during the holidays, asked servants to give him money, and took care of him in almost every possible way.

If nothing unexpected happens, Xia Wangzu will live a very good life in the second half of his life.

Because of Xia family, the entire Xia family has benefited a lot from her care. She has done enough.

The so-called favor has already been repaid enough.

"You don't owe them anything, so don't worry about paying them back." Mu Huaizhi gently held her hand and whispered, "Lang'er, can you treat yourself better? You're like this... It makes me feel really bad."

"Linlang, Linlang. Let me go, Linlang!" Xia Wangzu had just shouted when Changqing kicked him in the back.

The old man was in so much pain that he burst into tears and apologized repeatedly, "Linlang, please let grandpa go this time. Grandpa knows he was wrong and will never help Yu Pianpian to hurt you again."

"How dare you call Miss Linlang by her name? Are you worthy of being someone's grandfather?" Chang Qing spat at him.

Shameless old thing.

Xia Wangzu burst into tears and cried out, "Linlang, Grandfather was indeed blinded by lard, so he was fooled by Yu Pianpian! Grandfather will never dare to say such nonsense again in the future."

Yu Linlang stared at him coldly, "You are not blinded by greed, you are very smart."

"Since you have accepted the three thousand taels from Yu Pianpian, don't flaunt your affection in front of me. Don't you feel disgusted?"

The old man opened his eyes wide in shock, staring at Yu Linlang in disbelief, as if he had just met her for the first time.

"You, you know?" Xia Wangzu came back to his senses and waved his hands hurriedly, "I will confiscate it."

"It's not that you don't want to collect it, but Yu Pianpian said she would pay you after the matter is done. Now that things are obviously messed up, she will of course no longer care about you. Your three thousand taels will naturally become... a bubble."

"Am I right, Xia Wangzu?"

Xia Wangzu's body trembled and he almost fell to the ground.