Transmigrated Female Official

219 Heavenly Fortune

The Eighth Princess glanced listlessly at the things in Ji Qibai's hands and ordered her attendants to have the wet nurse bring Tianyun over.

When the wet nurse brought the little princess over, she was crying terribly.

The Eighth Princess couldn't help but feel annoyed by the crying. "What's wrong with you? Can't you make her stop? It's giving me a headache!"

"Princess, please forgive me. The little princess has been crying all night, and I can't stop trying to soothe her." The wet nurse's dark circles were quite noticeable, and she was extremely anxious. "Perhaps the little princess wants the princess to hold her, so she can feel at ease."

"Useless! You really are completely useless!" The Eighth Princess frowned, clearly displeased. But with Ji Qibai present, she had no choice but to take the child and pretend to coax him, "Oh, oh, oh, Tianyun, be good, Tianyun, don't cry."

At this moment, Ji Qibai also went over and shook the rattle drum in front of the little princess twice, making a 'dong dong dong' sound, successfully attracting her attention.

The young princess blinked twice, her eyes brimming with tears, staring blankly at the new thing that was making sounds.

The wet nurse breathed a sigh of relief as soon as the crying stopped and said, "The little princess really knows people. She immediately obeyed when she saw the princess."

The Eighth Princess glanced at the wet nurse, grunted inwardly, and thought, "This child is quite sensible. Knowing that I am of noble status, he doesn't dare to be presumptuous anymore."

But it didn't last long before the little princess started crying again, and it was getting louder and louder, to the point that even the rattle-drum was no longer effective.

The Eighth Princess looked at the face before her, which was not very pretty, with a flat nose, small eyes, and poor complexion. It was also crying and making a fuss, which made her feel terrible!

Then, suddenly remembering how handsome and noble her son was, she became even angrier! "Cry, cry, cry! He's so ugly and all he does is cry!"

"Princess..." The wet nurse was startled by the Eighth Princess's sudden rebuke and didn't know whether she should bring the little princess back.

The Eighth Princess glanced at the wet nurse, tossed the little princess back into her arms, and said, "Why aren't you taking her away to nurse her right now?!"

"...I just fed him."

"Then feed her again! Can't you see she's still crying?!" The Eighth Princess waved her hand impatiently and said, "No matter what method you use, don't let her cry anymore! It's giving me a splitting headache!"

"Yes, yes, yes." The wet nurse didn't dare to say anything more and quickly took the crying little princess away.

The Eighth Princess turned to Ji Qibai, who was standing there in a daze, and said, "Ninth Brother, you've seen the Heavenly Fortune, and I appreciate your sentiments. You should go back now. I'm not feeling well and want to rest."

"...Okay, Eighth Sister, you should get some rest."

Ji Qibai immediately left the inner hall. He quickly caught up with the wet nurse and asked with concern, "Little Tianyun has been crying. Is he sick? Has he seen a physician?"

"Your Highness, the physician has examined you and said there is nothing seriously wrong."

"Then why does she always cry?"

“Neither I nor the other two wet nurses could figure it out. We thought it was because the little princess hadn’t seen her mother for a long time and was feeling uneasy, but she’s still crying incessantly even after seeing Princess Xile.” The wet nurse was heartbroken as she said this. “If she keeps crying like this, I’m afraid her voice will get sore.”

"..." Ji Qibai didn't understand, and asked again, "You just said that Xiao Tianyun hasn't seen his mother for too long?"

"Yes, Princess Xile hasn't seen the young princess these past few days." The wet nurse realized she had said too much and quickly added, "The princess is recuperating and needs to rest. Ninth Prince, I'll take the young princess to feed her now."

"Okay, go and do your work."

After the wet nurse left, Ji Qibai was still wondering...

Logically speaking, the Eighth Sister gave birth to a phoenix heir as her first child, which should have been a great joyous occasion, and even the Emperor immediately bestowed a name upon him. But why did the Eighth Sister seem so unhappy? Moreover, she didn't seem to like the little Tianyun very much, which was quite strange.

Sigh, he just couldn't figure it out, so he decided to go and report the situation of the past few days to Chu Qingluo...

Inside the prison, Chu Qingluo was having breakfast, and she looked better than she had a few days ago.

"Wow, the food looks good." Ji Qibo stared at the plate in front of her and licked his lips.

Chu Qinglu smiled and invited, "There are still many more pastries. If you don't mind, you can try some too."

"I heard that this meal was specially arranged for you by Seventh Brother, it might even be better than what I have in the palace! I'm not stupid enough to complain!" Ji Qibai plopped down, clapped his hands twice, grabbed a pastry and started eating. "Mmm! Delicious—!"

As Ji Qibo ate, he glanced around and asked, "You seem to have everything you need. You've gotten used to living here, haven't you?"

"You're the one who's getting used to it!" She'd only been able to sleep a little better these past two days; who wants to get used to a place like the Heavenly Prison?!

"Hehe!" Ji Qibo chuckled twice, then abruptly changed the subject and got down to business: "Lady Longkui hasn't made any moves these past two days, and I haven't seen her go to the Flying Immortal Palace either."

Chu Qinglu raised an eyebrow, thinking about it, and realized that they were currently in a stalemate. Long Kui was probably busy planning how to continue to attack her.

"On a side note," Ji Qibai wiped the powder from his mouth, picked up a pastry, and said, "I think my eighth sister is a very cold-blooded person."

"What do you mean?" Chu Qingluo asked, looking at him. She remembered that when the Eighth Princess was pursuing Chu Yilin back then, she was incredibly passionate and relentless.

"She went through so much trouble to give birth to Feng Si, yet she can go for days without seeing him, just because she finds him noisy. Isn't that cold-blooded?"

"You mean Princess Xile finds the young princess too noisy, so she doesn't bother seeing her?"

“Yeah!” Ji Qibo took a bite of the pastry and said, “They even said Tianyun is so ugly and all he does is cry…”

"Um..." This is certainly not something a loving mother would say. "Is the little princess... not pretty?"

“Hmm…” Ji Qibo thought for a moment before saying, “It is indeed not very good-looking. Compared to Eighth Sister, it is far inferior.”

Chu Qingluo nodded, thinking that it's common for newborns to be unattractive, wrinkled, and looking like monkeys... but usually parents automatically ignore this and believe that their child is good enough. Could it be that the Eighth Princess is a pure member of the "appearance-obsessed" club? Applying a whole set of aesthetic standards to her own child?

"Chu Qingluo..." Seeing that she was lost in thought, Ji Qibai suddenly became serious and stared at her face as he said, "There's something else I've wanted to ask you for a long time."

Seeing his serious expression, Chu Qingluo couldn't help but smile: "Go ahead and ask."