Quick Transmigration: My First Female Skill Takes Effect

Time flies.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Xihe, along with Leping and Cheng'an, gathered again at the Kunning Palace where the Empress resided.

Wei Qi has grown from an infant into a child who is five years old (by Chinese reckoning) and three years old (by actual age), capable of speaking and running.

"Auntie, Aunt Leping, Aunt Cheng'an."

She ran in from the outer room, her short, strong legs moving quickly as she tumbled to them, her rosy face upturned as she called out.

Xihe took her.

First, I touched her hand; it was warm.

"Don't you feel cold outside, Aqi?"

Xihe didn't understand why the children preferred to go outside, even though it was so warm inside.

Wei Qi shook his head.

"I ran, and soon I was sweating from the heat."

Qiu Yue was panting beside her. What she said was true. Her little prince ran like a five-year-old, not a three-year-old.

The women who followed them all had firm, muscular legs.

He was trained with my help.

Cheng An touched the back of the child's head again: "It's really hot, but you can't take it off." She held down Wei Qi, who wanted to take off her cotton-padded coat.

"Take it off, or you'll catch a cold and get sick, and you'll have to take bitter medicine."

Wei Qi felt that she was not an ordinary child, but she also didn't like taking medicine.

Silently let go.

"Auntie, are you here for the Empress Dowager's family banquet?" She leaned against Aunt Xihe, held Aunt Leping's hand, and spoke to Aunt Cheng'an.

Cheng An: "Yes."

The Empress Dowager was in a good mood as winter approached, and thus, she hosted a new family banquet.

She invited the princess, prince, queen, and the emperor's family to attend.

"Then we'll go together. Wait for me a bit, I still need to change my clothes."

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

Changqiu Palace.

Wei Qi changed into a Shu brocade robe with gold-embroidered buttons and peony patterns, and wore a green brocade feather cloak over it. The two little pigtails on her head were tied with soft blue satin.

She entered the palace gate.

They mimicked the posture of geese returning to their nests, with their arms outstretched.

Their eyes precisely searched for their target in the crowd.

My eyes lit up when I found it.

She ran and bumped into someone's arms, hugged their waist, and affectionately rubbed her face against their arm.

"Oh dear, my darling, you miss your grandmother so much."

After the Empress Dowager learned of the Emperor's favoritism towards his son, Chen Zhao, she subconsciously developed a liking for him.

When Wei Qi finally spoke, it was clear that she genuinely liked him.

Who can resist a sweet-talking, clever, and considerate child?

Wei Qi tilted her head back, her eyes filled with longing: "Yes, I miss Grandmother. A day without her feels like three autumns."

The little child spoke the words from the book in a childish voice.

Many people inside the hall were amused.

Xihe's seat was at the front. After she sat down, she pretended to be sarcastic and said to Empress Shen beside her, "Sister-in-law, look at her. Mother only has eyes for Aqi and no eyes for me at all."

Empress Shen said quietly, "Aqi only has eyes for his mother, and not for me at all."

"We, as sisters-in-law, also have to look after the deep affection between grandparents and grandchildren."

Xihe smiled broadly.

She never expected that Empress Shen would make a sarcastic joke.

Wei Qi peeked out from the Empress Dowager's embrace, looking in the direction of his mother and Xihe, and made a heart shape with his hands: "I love you, Mother."

"I love you too, Auntie."

The voice was loud, and some adults were embarrassed by what they heard.

Empress Shen has already accepted whether she loves her daughter or not; this child loves to talk.

Every now and then, I would pick a pretty flower for her, run over, hold it up, and give it to her, while saying some sweet words to her.

My heart was filled with warmth and joy at the child's words.

Xihe smiled as well.

Anyone would smile when a sweetheart tells them they love them.

A short while later.

Princess Showa, the Crown Prince, along with the First Prince to the Fifth Prince, and the Second Princess to the Seventh Princess all arrived.

There were also two princes and their wives.

Prince Rong, the younger brother of Emperor Yongwen, made great contributions to his ascension to the throne.

Prince Cheng was Emperor Yongwen's uncle, the late emperor's elder brother, and also the head of the imperial clan.

The couple each brought their children/grandchildren.

In addition, there was also Princess Linyang, the Empress Dowager's sister-in-law, with whom she had a good relationship. She was accompanied by her granddaughter who was upset after falling into the water.

Zhu Mingyue looked at the princess who had appeared in her memory with complicated emotions, Princess Chenzhao.

She didn't have this person in her previous life.

Two weeks ago, she accidentally fell into the river, hit her head on a rock, and lost consciousness.

After waking up again.

She is no longer the ten-year-old Zhu Mingyue, but the twenty-three-year-old Zhu Mingyue who died with her eyes wide open in death, carrying the blood feud of the Zhu family's entire massacre back into the world.

From that moment on, she vowed never to repeat her mistakes and never to marry the fourth prince, Wei Rui, who had deceived her in her previous life.

Not only would she not marry him, she would also cut off his path to the throne.

In her past life, if it weren't for the help of her Zhu family, how could Wei Rui, a prince whose maternal family had been exiled, have possibly ascended the throne?

For the past two weeks, Zhu Mingyue has been pondering the future of the Zhu family, after much deliberation.

She thought of someone who had died young.

The late Crown Prince Wei Jin passed away at the age of seventeen.

She had heard that he was wise and virtuous, valued by the emperor, and respected by the ministers. In addition, he had also proposed to her.

However, Zhu Mingyue was only focused on Wei Rui at the time and rejected the Crown Prince.

But now, marrying him is a good option. As for dying young, she has a good friend who knows that no disease is incurable.

After making her plans, Zhu Mingyue followed her grandmother in after hearing that she was attending a palace banquet, as she wanted to get to know the Crown Prince.

"Mingyue," Princess Linyang called softly, seeing that she was absent-minded.

Zhu Mingyue snapped out of her daze, not having time to think about why her grandmother had called her, when her gaze inadvertently met Wei Rui's from the left rear.

Upon seeing this, Wei Rui gave a faint smile.

He had a cold face and didn't like to smile, but he smiled only at her. He liked her; this was Zhu Mingyue's thought in her previous life.

In this life, she immediately turned her head away in disgust and muttered a curse under her breath.

Below the Empress Dowager, the Crown Prince on the steps saw this lively young girl. He smiled slightly and glanced at Princess Linyang before realizing that she was a girl from the Zhu family.

He silently repeated "Zhu family" to himself.

Zhu Mingyue was unaware that someone had witnessed her earlier outrage at Wei Rui.

"Grandmother." A question appeared in her eyes.

"It's good that you're alright." Grand Princess Linyang thought her granddaughter was having another nightmare.

"I'm fine."

Zhu Mingyue blinked cutely, but her eyes met those of the Crown Prince, who hadn't had time to look away. After three seconds of eye contact, they both blushed.

They quickly looked away and lowered their heads.