Consort Overturning the World Chapter 18

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Chapter 1 – The Little Girl Didn't Even Get to Eat Mushrooms

The new year always pa.s.ses quickly, the holiday of which you receive red packets, gone in the blink of an eye. Yan Xiaoxuan felt the small, flat, wrinkled bag by her side, curling her lip, feeling a strong resentment to her father.

Before, they were supposed to walk along the streets and wish everyone a happy new year and get their red pockets for the New Year, but, instead, her grandfather had to be an extreme shut in, forcing her to stay in as well. She usually never took even a step outside, like a maiden locked inside who's never taken a step outside. She hadn't even gone to the capital of the country, and she wasn't even allowed to go to the neighbours' houses to ask for red pockets.

Fine then, stay inside then, certainly others would come to visit, then? Red Pockets were easy to obtain. All she had to do was go to grovel before relatives with the blessing that she had been preparing for three days and three nights, however, with one word from her father, the was all wasted.

"This child has grown up, she can earn her own money, you don't have to give her any money. Wait until next year, then she'll return the money that you've given her these past years."

She was baffled, when did she start earning money? Also, her this year's, next year's, and next next year's money he all used to repay them.

Her father's face was calm as he gazed at her, "from tomorrow on, you will take care of the children in the Yu You Hall."

Yan Xiaoxuan's vision darkened, falling on the ground, unconscious.

From this day, she lost her freedom, Yan Xuan's heart incredibly sullen, taking the few copper coins that her father gave her to walk past the delicious smelling food stalls on the streets, crying in hunger.

She could eat a lot, eating three meals a day, each meal consisting of five bowls of food before her pitiful, little stomach was satisfied. However, if she was shaken awake in the morning, she would get extremely angry and would run out without even eating breakfast. However, if she left home like that, the consequences would be quite terrifying!

What use were these tiny copper coins? To buy two steamed buns? Fine then, she also had another weak point, even if she could resist her hunger, when she finally got some food, she wouldn't be able to stop eating. If she actually did go to buy the steamed buns, she couldn’t guarantee that she wouldn't steal all their food out of hunger.

She sighed, her mind traveling great distances. If she didn't die from starvation on the street while returning home, she would lose so much face anyways!

To avoid those tempting smells, she took huge detours until she finally couldn't smell those delicious smells before she stopped.

Yan Xiaoxuan leaned on a wall, sitting down, her hand rubbing her stomach, staring at the sky.

Could it rain meat pie from the sky?

There was a clinking sound, a clear sound coming from directly next to her. Yan Xiaoxuan started strongly at the copper coins the had been dropped next to her. Standing up, she stared blankly, blinking.

She saw a cotton clothed old woman with a basket of vegetables on her arm standing in front of her, shaking her head, sighing, "What a pitiful child, why don't you go buy some food."

Hahhhh……

Could it be that she looked like a beggar here?

She didn't dare reach for her copper coins, just let the real beggars on the road take them. After a short while, she heard someone speaking.

"Little girl, you've been here all day. Did something happen?"

A good person!

Someone who finally didn't view her as a beggar!

Yan Xiaoxuan opened her almond shaped eyes wide and looked at the person, and, without any finesse, she said, "I'm hungry."

When she spoke those words, Yan Xiaoxuan finally realized that the wall she was sitting against wasn't any ordinary wall, rather…… It was the front of the imperial palace. And this man…… He was a guard of the gate. Since she was sitting there all day, looking like she wouldn't have moved if even a donkey kicked her, he decided to check in on her.

She helplessly looked at the person. They weren’t planning on killing someone in front of the imperial palace, were they?

Also, she was so hungry that her face had become fully solemn. Was her hunger a life or death situation?

This guard truly was a good person, knowing she was hungry, he went to get some steamed buns for her, at this time, Yan Xiaoxuan's self control was way past it's limit, she immediately grabbed them, eating even the crumbs.

In two or the seconds, she had finished the steamed buns and couldn't stop eating. Widening her eyes and filling them with tears, she glanced up at the guard, her pitiful expression resembling a lost puppy.

Once her stomach had a taste of the steamed bun, she went beyond all reasoning. If she didn't get full in time, she would end up eating the wall behind her!

At this, the guard realized the feeling of shooting himself in the foot. How, in any way, was this a helpless little girl, she was like the king of gluttony!

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