Chapter 5: I Saw an Alien

Emperor Rujing of Dayan Kingdom felt that in his 28 years of life, he had experienced a lot. He ascended the throne at age 12, took power at 18, and eliminated the regent at 25, seizing absolute control!

Under his rule, Dayan Kingdom, while not reaching the glory of his grandfather’s reign, was prosperous and peaceful.

Although border skirmishes with other tribes occurred frequently, Dayan Kingdom’s army was strong and the nation prosperous.

Foreign enemies had never truly breached the nation’s gates.

All the bad luck seemed to start this year. He was supposed to marry the Prime Minister’s eldest daughter, Gongsun Wanyan, but the woman brought to the palace was not who he expected!

Their first meeting nearly ended his life. In a fit of rage, he banished her to the cold palace.

Later, he learned that she was indeed the Prime Minister’s daughter, but she had been frail since childhood and raised in her hometown, only recently brought back.

By birth order, she was the eldest daughter.

The daughter he wanted to marry, Wanyan, the younger daughter, had already been promised to King Yu, his half-brother who guarded the border.

The order of the daughters was decided by others!

He knew he had been tricked by that old fox of a Prime Minister! But he couldn’t find any evidence.

It was his fault for not being clear in the imperial decree!

To make matters worse, two months later, a report came from the border: his half-brother, using three border cities as a gift, colluded with the enemy and breached the nation’s gates.

Now it was clear: the Prime Minister and King Yu were in cahoots!

They sent an unfavored daughter to appease him!

Now, with enemy troops invading and a large amount of treasure stolen from the palace, his private treasury had been completely emptied…

Even with his usual composure, he couldn’t handle these supernatural events!

Looking at the empty spot where his side hall once stood, he felt dizzy and his heart pounded.

Fortunately, he still had his wits about him. He ordered a news blackout and deployed heavy troops to guard the national treasury.

He was thankful he had built the treasury 5 meters underground, reinforced with lime mortar. After a night of anxiety, the guards reported that the treasury was safe!

Unexpectedly, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, reports came from the harem: the Queen’s palace was stolen, the Imperial Concubine’s palace was stolen, the Virtuous Concubine’s palace was stolen, the Virtuous Concubine’s palace was stolen…

Emperor Rujing felt a continuous sharp pain in his chest. With a gasp, he finally fainted…

The palace instantly descended into chaos…

The culprit behind all this was leisurely heading to the servant quarters, selecting some coarse cloth before heading to the Imperial Garden instead of returning to the cold palace!

This was the best place for the time-travel, according to Xiaodu’s calculations.

She wouldn’t return to the cold palace. Who knew if the furious emperor, after losing so much treasure, would vent his anger on her and have her executed?

Before her freedom, she thought that even if she only had one day of freedom, she would die happily.

Now that she could live and was about to be free, she didn’t want to die!

She had food and drink, so she decided to hide here and wait for the right moment.

“Xiaodu, Xiaodu, do you think God will think I’m greedy and punish me?”

Pooh, pooh, pooh! What nonsense are you talking about?

You still owe me so many points! Don’t worry, God has eyes! No one will let you die!”

“Oh, then I’m relieved. I’ll pay you back slowly later. I’ll keep you company for a few more years!”

Xiaodu…

Wait a minute!!

Did it hear correctly?

Is her comprehension a bit off?

Girl, I want you to earn points to pay off your debt after time-traveling~~

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Dayan Kingdom Calendar, Rujing 16th year, August 7th, at midnight

Following the series of strange thefts in the palace, a white light suddenly appeared in the Imperial Garden. According to witnesses, the light was as bright as day, illuminating half of the imperial city.

After that, the strange thefts ceased.

Gongsun Wanru, the disgraced concubine from the cold palace who was scheduled to be executed that day, mysteriously disappeared on the same day.

No body was found.

The palace issued a gag order.

Some palace servants whispered that Lady Wanru was a celestial being experiencing tribulation, and now that the tribulation was over, she had returned to heaven…

The white light was there to take her away!

Although the palace forbade discussion, many people secretly talked about it, and some even secretly offered sacrifices at her former residence in the cold palace…

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Wanru, unaware that she had become an alien, was worried as she looked at the endless primeval forest!

How was she supposed to get out of here?

Everything looked the same; she had completely lost her direction.

“Xiaodu, Xiaodu, what do I do? I’m lost! Where do we go?”

…

No one answered her!

“Xiaodu, Xiaodu? Why aren’t you talking? Are you still alive?”

“Xiaodu, Xiaodu? What’s wrong with you? Are you dead?”

…

The familiar voice in her head still hadn’t appeared.

Wanru panicked!

” Wow…Was I too heavy? Did you use up your energy bringing me here?

Woo…Xiaodu, my good friend, I don’t want to lose you. If I had known you would die, I would never have agreed to time travel with you. We had an invisibility cloak; it would have been fine to secretly escape the palace.

The emperor is at war, and I’m just a lowly concubine. Maybe he’ll forget about me after the war, or maybe the rebel will succeed…”

“Please, stop. I’m fine, just low on energy…Just keep walking towards the setting sun. Let me rest…”

The familiar voice finally appeared again!

A worried heart settled in her stomach, and Wanru burst into tears of relief!

She nodded repeatedly: “Okay, I won’t talk. You rest well. Don’t worry, I’ll find my way out… I promise.”

Wanru took two boiled eggs from her space and ate them slowly, filling her stomach. She looked at the setting sun, took a deep breath!

She nodded heavily!

“Yes! Wanru, don’t be afraid, now you can only rely on yourself! Freedom is ahead!

You can do it, you will do it! Go!”

The young girl secretly encouraged herself, then, with courage, resolutely walked towards the setting sun…