After being reborn, I stole the female lead's cheat ability and raised the empress.

Chapter 87 A-Li's Test

Xia Li sighed and recounted what she also found absurd: "A few days ago, when I went out, the one where you left early, I ran into the princess's wet nurse. She was amazed that I looked exactly like her princess before she got married. After some investigation, this matter was exposed."

I'm actually Prince Jin's long-lost daughter. It's all because when the Princess Consort was giving birth, she was assassinated and entrusted her child to a local wet nurse. She distracted everyone else, while the wet nurse, to earn more money, worked for several families simultaneously. Later, one day, the Princess Consort's people came looking for her and saw the royal token, assuming the child in her arms was the young princess. Whether the wet nurse did it intentionally or not, now that she's dead, there's no way to prove it.

However, the Prince of Jin wanted a well-educated and virtuous young lady, while the Princess Consort did not want her own daughter, with whom she shared blood, to be left to wander outside. In the end, they reached an agreement to adopt me as their goddaughter and call Zhao Jihua her elder sister.

However, the Prince of Jin disliked me for being useless, so he didn't deliberately publicize the matter. Only a few people involved knew the truth.

This didn't happen in her previous life, and upon closer inspection, there are even some contradictions, but the fact that she was the royal daughter of the Prince's mansion became a reality.

Xia Li touched the peacock ring on her index finger, wondering if it was due to the system or the result of karma from her past life.

After listening, Xia Jingwen looked like she understood: "Oh~, so that's why Mother doesn't like my sister. So you're not her biological daughter."

Xia Jingyuan's lips twitched, and she slapped him hard on the head before saying to Ali, "So, Miss Zhao is our real sister?"

Xia Li sighed: "Maybe, maybe not."

She herself hadn't figured this out yet, and she didn't dare to make any promises to her brothers: "The wet nurse might have switched one baby, or she might have switched two. Besides, how can we investigate something that happened so long ago? I was able to enter the Prince's mansion based on guesswork, bloodline verification, and physical resemblance. It wasn't because the Prince actually found out the results."

Xia Li lowered her eyelids and softly asked, "Now that I have no blood relation with you, will you brothers still acknowledge me as your sister?" In her heart, she secretly made up her mind that as long as they did not acknowledge her, she would move out of here as soon as possible and live independently.

She had hesitated to leave the Marquis's mansion because of her two older brothers.

Upon hearing this, the two brothers panicked and rushed to prove themselves:

"Little sister, you've always been the only little sister in my heart..."

Xia Jingyuan held her hands tightly, as if afraid she would run away: "No matter what, you are the younger sister who grew up with us. As for Miss Zhao..." At this point, Xia Jingyuan didn't know how to handle the situation.

To be honest, they had mixed feelings about the sudden appearance of a "younger sister," but without a doubt, they preferred Ali, their childhood friend.

Xia Li understood this unbreakable kinship and instantly came up with an idea: "How about this, I'll invite her out another day so we can all have a meal together. If she is your real sister, you can acknowledge her. The connection of blood will never be wrong."

Just then, Jin Xi's voice appeared in Xia Li's mind: "I can't be bothered to watch you siblings being so affectionate. It's just that you've become a prince's daughter, but you're acting like it's a matter of life and death."

She wondered, and communicated with it through her consciousness: "Did this happen so suddenly because of you?"

He immediately rejected the idea as soon as it left his mouth: "But didn't you say you could only use it once a month at most? Hmm? Tell me the truth."

Jinxi answered matter-of-factly, "Of course it's not because of me."

Perhaps out of fear of being abandoned, she added, "Actually, my ability is unstable right now. I can probably only use it about ten times a year... But I will grow and get promoted, and then I will be able to hit the target every time."

"Oh? Really?" Xia Li expressed disbelief.

"Uh... I promise I'm telling the truth this time. My words may not be working right now, but please don't be disgusted with me. Once I advance, I can use it more often, even several times a day."

"Never mind, I don't want to talk to you."

Xia Li cut off contact with Jin tide because her two older brothers, unable to get a response from her, thought she would abandon them and panicked.

Xia Jingwen burst into tears.

Ali: "..."

She simply delivered a chop to each of them, knocking them both unconscious. Her eyes softened, and her smile spread like ripples.

"I should have known better than to test you."

Yes, she brought this up to test her two older brothers.

After all, the only people she cared about in the Northern Liang Marquis's mansion were her two older brothers who were very good to her.

Pulling herself back to reality, Xia Li fed each of them a Forget-Me-Not Pill. This matter should be over now.

After a while, the two woke up and asked in confusion, "Huh? How did I fall asleep?"

Xia Jingwen rubbed her neck: "My neck feels a little sore."

She lowered her head guiltily.

Fortunately, they didn't seem to mind, and instead asked, "By the way, little sister, how did you become the adopted daughter of the Prince of Jin?"

"It's all because of my irresistible charm that I've become close to the Princess Consort of Jin. She has taken me in as her adopted daughter and says that I'm just like her legitimate daughter, treating us like her own daughter."

"Is that really true?" Xia Jingyuan said, expressing disbelief.

"Oh dear, it was by sheer coincidence that I saved Princess Jin, who had suddenly fallen seriously ill. To express her gratitude, she invited me to her residence. After chatting for a while, they all took a liking to me and immediately recognized me as their goddaughter, even giving me the Prince of Jin's token."

"Really?"

Xia Li held up three fingers with utmost seriousness: "I swear everything I said is true." She wasn't lying in the first place; she was just talking about things that happened in her previous life.

Xia Jingwen smiled and said, "It's good that you're alright. We owe you a lot today, Miss Zhao."

She nodded: "Yes, so I'm going to the Prince's Mansion tomorrow to express my gratitude, and I might stay for a few days."

Xia Jingyuan immediately understood: "You plan to go secretly?"

"Otherwise what? Ask Mother for permission? If Xia Wanwan finds out, she'll probably cause some trouble again."

"..." That is indeed possible.

"Alright, go ahead and do your best tomorrow. We'll take care of anything that happens."

"..."

Xia Li didn't even wait until the next morning; she set off for the Prince's Mansion immediately after her two brothers left.

He had intended to say goodbye, but he couldn't resist Zhao Jihua's persistent pleading and ended up sleeping in her arms all night.

And the very next morning, her sister took her to Jin Yu Man Tang to pick out jewelry.

Unfortunately, their timing was off; they happened to run into the second princess picking out jewelry inside.

Upon seeing the two of them, the second princess narrowed her eyes, her face showing displeasure: "Shopkeeper, do you just put any Tom, Dick, or Harry in here?"