Rebirth of the Black-bellied Princess Mo

Chapter 2 : A Different Decision

“Yunyi, Yunyi…” Marquis Xia shouted as he pushed the door and entered the room, and saw Xia Chu standing in front of the bronze mirror stroking the strangle mark on her neck.

His wife passed away right after she gave their daughter, Xia Chu her name: ‘Yunyi’. Yunyi became his only treasure and his reason for living.

However, he almost lost her. Almost.

He walked to her side after calming down, but his eyes were still flushed red.

He pulled Yunyi’s hands and held them in his palms. The last time when he held these hands, she was still a baby. Soft and boneless. She was not even one year old that that year, but she had to be sent to Zilan Mountain. In the past ten years, they had exchanged many letters, but they never met. And just now, he almost lost her forever.

When she was in a coma, he thought, as long as she could live, he would allow her to do anything she wanted to. He patted the back of Yunyi’s hand, and said, “Father promises to ask the emperor for a decree for you to marry the fourth prince. “

Xia Chu looked at her father with a heartbroken expression and blamed herself. She threw herself at Xiao Yanjun in her previous life. How had she not realised that she had forced her father who loved her the most to such a situation? It was as if he grew old overnight. She shook Marquis Xia’s hand and said, “Yunyi was not filial. Yunyi doesn’t want this marriage anymore. Yunyi intends to stay with father forever.”

Marquis Xia was shocked. Afterall, he had already given up on persuading her, and was thinking of meeting the emperor in regards to the marriage. But now she was saying that she doesn’t want to marry the Fourth Prince anymore?

Xia Chu looked at the startled Marquis Xia and comforted him: “Yunyi was young and reckless, and caused his father to be worried. After waking up and thinking about it, I found that Xiao Yanjun was nothing good.”

Master Xia was afraid that she was just comforting herself, and said hurriedly: “Yunyi, you don’t have to be scrupulous. If you really like him, I will be able to ask for the imperial edict from the emperor.”

” Father, I really don’t want him anymore. I also don’t like the palace.”

“That being the case, let dad tell you a few things. Your mother saved the poisoned emperor when she was pregnant with you. The emperor promised that if she gave birth to a boy, he would be directly be the heir to our Marquis Household recognised by the emperor and he shall choose his favorite imperial princess and get married. If you were a girl, you would be directly appointed as the Crown Princess and the prince who marries you would get to be the Crown Prince. But your mother did not want you to enter the palace. She didn’t want you to be tired by the rules of the palace, and live among jealous women. She hoped that you too, could be like us. Finding someone who could whole-heartedly love you and grow old with you. Therefore, after you were born, we concealed your gender. At that time, your mother used herself as a medium to detoxify the emperor, and when she gave birth to you, she died” Master Xia said as he remembered the past. He seemed very sad but he quickly stabilized his mind, and continued saying after a while: “And you had gotten some toxins when you were in your mother’s belly, and thus, your body has been weak since you were young. I was also afraid that the multitude of people in the palace will inevitably reveal your identity as a girl. So, soon after you were born, I sent you to Zilan Mountain and gave you to your mother’s mentor Bai Ruofei. On one hand, you can nurse your body. On the other hand, you can also hide your identity. Originally, if you insisted on marrying His Highness the Fourth Prince, I didn’t intend to tell you these words. Now, Dad tells you all these because I hope you understand why I oppose this marriage.”

So that had been the case. In her last life, that day she had been happily planning to marry Xiao Yanjun, and naturally she hadn’t heard what her father said. No wonder Xiao Yanjun couldn’t wait to marry her when he learned of her identity as a woman. It must have been the promise of the emperor. She is the default Crow Princess, and the person she marries must be the Crown prince. “Yunyi understands. I want Dad to agree to two other things.”

“What’s the matter?”

“In the next year, I want to go to Hanyang City to join the Zhao family army.” Xia Chu said while pulling Master Xia to sit down, and she stood in behind Master Xia and helped him massage his shoulders. “Do you want to see Grandpa? Why do you need to go as a soldier? Look at your thin body, how would you fight?”

“I don’t intend to let Grandpa know my identity. Father can find someone to recommend me to as a military doctor.” There are some things she has to find out, why the Zhao Army was wiped out in the early summer of the year. In the last life, her grandfather, uncle, and cousin were all dead. Fortunately, now, it was not too late. Seeing that her father hadn’t spoken for a long time, she increased the strength in her hand, and said coquettishly: “Daddy…”

“What about the second thing?”

Seeing that he had acquiesced to the first thing, Xia Chu bowed her head and whispered softly: ” I want to open a brothel…”

“What?” Marquis Xia stood up against the table, turned his head and stared at her angrily and asked: “What do you want to open?”

“Brothel”

“You!” Master Xia pointed at Xia Chu, feeling frustrated.

“Aiyo, my dear father, I am originally a woman. How can I spend my time in drinking and pleasure? ” Xia Chu pressed Master Xia’s arms and sat down opposite him, and poured a glass of water and pushed it in front of him. She considered her words carefully and continued talking: “I want to open a brothel and let Li Xinlan take care of it for me. I’m going to Hanyang next year. I have to know about the things in Beijing. The brothel business is the most concealed one.”

“Yunyi, you seem to have grown up all of a sudden…” Master Xia’s eyes changed from anger to surprise. “The person you chose is a good one. She is the one who has been with your mother and the only one who knows your identity. It is indeed convenient for her to take care of you, and I will order her take the job on.”

“Thank you, father.” Since God has given her another chance in life, she will definitely live without any regrets. She wanted to become strong; strong enough to be Xiao Yanjun’s nightmare in his life. She must also have power. Only with power could she protect the people she wants to protect.