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A debt of gratitude

  Heavenly meteor, crossing into the imperial concubine

  The door creaked open, and the three people outside looked over at the same time. Sui'er was the first to react, "Sui'er greets Your Highnesses." An Wei's heart lifted her hand to signal Sui'er to get up.

  "Your Highness, sister, is Xiaxia disturbing your rest?"

  "Liang, since you know why, why are you still here?" An Wei's temper was extremely bad when she woke up, and everyone in the Wang Fu knew it, so they didn't dare to disturb her sleep easily. At this moment, her anger was rising, and Su'er wisely stood behind her, trying to minimize his presence.

  An Weixin's words were a bit impolite, but Lan Lingxuan knew her temper and didn't say anything. An Weixin walked over to Cai'er's side, looked at the tray, and saw two bowls of lotus seed porridge, two stacks of pastries, and several small dishes. "Miss Liang doesn't need to go to so much trouble making breakfast for me and Lingxuan. The cooks in the mansion can do it. Moreover, coming to knock on our door at such an early hour isn't a bit impolite? Besides, Lingxuan redeemed you not to make you serve as a servant. We appreciate your kind intentions." Her words made Liang Xia's face change color, her teeth clenched tightly, and she lowered her head with a look of being on the verge of tears. An Weixin had never been one to sympathize with women, and this expression only made her more detestable! An Weixin walked past Liang Xia, took a few steps, then suddenly stopped and turned back to say: "Also, Miss Liang should be older than me, right? You and Lingxuan are friends, but it's not quite suitable for you to call him 'brother', is it? It would be more proper to call him 'Your Highness'!"

  "Prince..." Liang Xia called out in a wronged tone.

  "You don't have to mind, that's just how she is. You'll get used to it after spending more time with her." Lan Lingxuan didn't get angry at An Weixin's words from earlier, instead he felt a bit delighted, seeing the woman getting jealous was quite enjoyable! "You should go to the dining hall for breakfast too." He said, then chased after An Weixin.

  Liang Xia looked at the two people walking hand in hand in the distance and her eyes gradually turned red, "Miss, are you okay?" asked Cai Er worriedly beside her.

  "I'm fine, let's go back."

  Having comfortably finished a meal, fortunately that woman didn't come, otherwise An Wei's heart would definitely have indigestion! "Huh? Where's Lan Mei'er?"

  Mei'er returned to the palace last night.

  "Oh?" An Weixin felt a bit strange, this wasn't like Lan Mei'er's style. Looking at Shao Nian who was eating happily beside her, that kid was laughing with his eyes closed, his expression was so silly! "Follow me, I have something to ask you." Lan Lingxuan and An Weixin arrived at the study room, An Weixin casually lay down on the soft couch by the window, one hand supporting her head and the other hand stroking her chin.

  "What's on your mind?"

  "You know what I want to ask." An Wei leaned against Lan Lingxuan's body and played with his hair.

  "When I was 12 years old, the Tian Shao Kingdom sent troops to invade our country. That year was my first time following my grandfather into battle. During a raid, I fell into their ambush and escaped but suffered severe injuries. When I woke up four days later, it was Liang Xia who had saved me. As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a pair of bright red eyes staring back at me. She didn't say a word when she saw that I was awake, and then fainted. Later on, I found out that my injuries were very severe and she had stayed by my bedside for four days and nights. Half a month later, my grandfather found me and took me back home. That time was the most severely injured I'd ever been. If it wasn't for Liang Xia, I think you wouldn't have seen me today."

  "A life-saving favor, is that something that requires a body as repayment?" An Wei's sour words brought a wave of delight to Lan Lingxuan.

  "Is your heart sour?"

  "I don't like eating vinegar!" An Wei said shamelessly.

  Lan Lingxuan tightly hugged An Weixin, "Qingxia has saved my life so I must take care of her, and I only treat her as a younger sister." An Weixin pouted, you treat her as a younger sister, but she doesn't treat you as an older brother.

  "By the way, where's Second Brother lately?" An Wei didn't want to discuss this anymore and changed the subject.

  "He's been locked up in the palace by the Emperor again, who can blame him for always running outside." An Wei smiled with a hint of schadenfreude, "By the way, next month on the eighth day is the Crown Prince and Zhong Liyu's big wedding, which means there are less than ten days left." Lan Lingxuan smiled slyly, this was a good thing he had helped to bring about.

  "Are you not regretful of giving such a strong backing as Gong Li Wan to the Crown Prince for nothing?" Lan Ling Xuan reached out and messed up An Wei Xin's long hair, turned her face around and bit her mouth.

  "If you keep talking nonsense, it won't be just a simple punishment!"

  ...... minutes ......

  Four days later, the wedding procession of Tian Shao Guo arrived in Kyoto. This time it was not Crown Prince Zhong Li Ying who came, but that always neglected Zhong Li Chuan. The team settled into the post house and waited for the grand wedding five days later.

  These days, Liang Xia has been much more well-behaved and hasn't come to provoke An Wei's heart again. When the two meet, they just nod and smile at each other as they pass by.

  "Empress Dowager, Mother has been constantly mentioning you to me these past two days, saying that you never go visit her." Blue Spirit Child took advantage of the opportunity and ran to the Wang Manor again.

  "It's been a long time since I've gone to see my mother." An Wei ran back to the room and came out with two jars after a while, "This is the fruit wine that I brewed myself, take it to let your mother try some, let's go!"

  "What about older brother?"

  "The Crown Prince's wedding is approaching and as his younger brother, he has to help out with the busy work." The two of them arrived at the palace in a horse-drawn carriage.

  "Empress Dowager."

  "Xīn'ér came." Wu Guifei was delighted to see An Weixin, and pulled her hand with some reproach, saying: "Xin'er hasn't come to see Mother Empress for so long, has she forgotten about Mother Empress?"

  "Mother, Heart is here to see you and brought some good things!" Xiang'er took out the wine jar in her hand, "This is a fruit wine brewed by Heart herself, it tastes great and can also be used for beauty and skincare, specially brought for Mother to try."

  "My heart has made up its mind."

  "Empress Dowager, you've been so busy with the imperial sister-in-law that you've forgotten about Ling'er." Blue Spirit child coquettishly snuggled into Wu Guifei's arms.

  "You're still jealous of your sister-in-law, aren't you?" Empress Wu pushed Blue Spirit away with a pampered expression. "By the way, Xiner, Mother heard that Xuaner redeemed Bai Jie's life? Is this true?" An Weixin nodded, and Empress Wu took An Weixin's hand and patted it comfortingly, "If Xuaner dares to wrong you, come tell Mother, and Mother will deal with him!"

  "Good!" An Wei Xin felt very distressed.

  "The Empress Dowager said that woman had a different intention towards the Emperor from the start, and on the first day she arrived at the palace, she was extremely flattering to the Emperor."

  "What's going on?"

  "That woman early in the morning..." An Wei Xin quietly pulled Blue Spirit back and stopped her from speaking.

  "What's going on with you?" Wu Guifei asked solemnly, looking at An Weixin. For the first time seeing such a serious Wu Guifei, An Weixin felt a little guilty.

  "It's nothing serious, Mother doesn't need to worry."

  "Ling'er, what's going on here?!" The Empress Wu's face had completely fallen, and Blue Spirit looked at An Wei Xin, wondering if she had said something wrong. Although she usually didn't put on airs, when her mother got angry, it was still very frightening.

  "It was... that cool summer, the first day she arrived at the Wang Fu, she personally made breakfast for her imperial brother and even brought it to his room." Lan Ling'er's voice grew smaller as she looked at Wu Guifei's unpleasant expression.

  With a loud bang, Wu Guifei slapped the table, causing the teacups on it to tremble and tea water splashing all over the table. Xiao Xi, who was standing beside her, quickly cleaned up the mess.

  "Hmph! A brothel woman also dares to think of flying high and becoming a phoenix, indeed she is an uneducated thing! Don't worry, Heart, Mother will let Xuan get rid of that woman from the palace."

  The Empress Dowager was really angry, so he quickly comforted her: "Your Majesty doesn't have to get angry. That Liang Xia is actually Xuan's benefactor who saved his life. She used to be the young lady of a wealthy family, but after her family encountered a disaster, she drifted and fell into the brothel. Xuan redeemed her because he owed her a favor."

  "Oh? Is it really like that?" Wu Guifei's expression eased a bit after hearing An Weixin's words.

  "Yes, how dare you deceive your mother?"

  An Wei stayed in the palace for only two hours before being driven out by Wu Guifei, "Wei'er, hurry back to the Wang Fu, otherwise, Xuan'er will be anxious when he returns and can't see you."

  An Wei only knew that Wu Guifei was afraid that she would not be in a favorable position if she were occupied by the treacherous Liang Xia, so she did not say anything and followed Wu Guifei's intentions.

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