This time when returning, Ding Yun was different from before. Before leaving, she had not only left a small portion of gold for her son, but had also stored the rest of the gold in her soul space and taken it with her.
Tens of millions of tons of gold were simply too much.
Leaving it behind would only cause hidden dangers.
Leaving a few dozen tons for Liu Yuan to guard against accidents would be enough, and the rest could be stored in her soul space.
To be used in other worlds.
Following closely behind was the normal process after returning, such as submitting the golden finger test report, submitting the world imprint to receive rewards, and directly selling her portion of the world's authority for origin currency.
Then, she would rush to the next world.
Although there were countless worlds within a universe, the number of people participating in new universe exploration missions was likely not small. Such opportunities were truly rare, so there was no need to waste time.
She would seize every moment she could.
She would explore one more world for every world she could.
...
This time, perhaps because she had sacrificed five hundred origin currency before entering the world, Ding Yun not only merged smoothly with the original body, but the body she obtained also had no major problems, except for anxiety, fear, and terror leading to death.
Her mental power made a brief circuit within her body.
Ding Yun successfully merged with the original body.
And recovered some of the body's injuries.
Then she clearly felt someone taking her pulse, and at the moment her life force returned, the hand that was taking her pulse stiffened slightly, seeming to hesitate, wondering if she had misdiagnosed the pulse.
The pulse had been almost imperceptible before, on the verge of death, how could it suddenly become so strong and vibrant again.
However, it was a good thing that the patient was alright.
So after a moment of hesitation and silence, Imperial Physician Xu withdrew his hand from her pulse, stood up, stroked his beard, and said:
"The Eldest Princess is blessed by heaven. Her pulse has already stabilized. She should wake up soon. I will prescribe some medicine to calm her mind and spirit.
She can drink some to recuperate after she wakes up."
"Thank you, Imperial Physician Xu!"
"It is my duty. I will take my leave now. The palace is still busy. Alas, it is another turbulent time!"
Although Ding Yun did not open her eyes, she heard their conversation clearly. At the same time, many questions immediately surfaced in her mind. If her current identity was the Eldest Princess, why did the emotions left by the original body include anxiety, fear, and terror?
It couldn't be that she was discovered plotting a rebellion, could it?
Otherwise, Ding Yun could not think of any other reason.
What would an Eldest Princess need to be afraid of?
In order to understand her situation as soon as possible, Ding Yun decided not to open her eyes and instead lay there to receive memories.
Then, she learned the whole story.
The current dynasty was called Jing, and the emperor was Emperor Pingzhao, the fourth emperor since the founding of the country, and also the original body's father.
The original body was born to Consort Gui and was Emperor Pingzhao's first child. Although not the legitimate daughter, she was quite favored after birth and was enfeoffed as Eldest Princess after her first birthday celebration, receiving the stipend of a prince.
Such treatment naturally meant no one dared to offend her. Although she couldn't do whatever she pleased in the palace, she was certainly reckless and fearless. Even if she caused trouble, her father would not blame her, and even thought it was good for a child to be lively.
At the same time, no matter how many sons and daughters Emperor Pingzhao had later, it did not affect the original body's status much.
It was fortunate that the original body was a princess. If she had been a prince, she would likely have been murdered seventeen or eighteen times by now.
However, even so, the original body was still greatly resented. Which concubine in the harem who only had daughters did not hate her, did not think, "Why do we all have daughters, but she is so favored by Emperor Pingzhao!"
Other princesses and princes also disliked her.
The princesses were envious, jealous, and resentful.
The princes were also quite envious, jealous, and resentful.
When those young princes had not yet fully understood the royal situation, cast aside filial piety, and only desired to seize the throne and become emperor, they actually still craved paternal love.
As a result, Emperor Pingzhao doted only on the original body.
How could they not be envious, jealous, and resentful?
But even so, they were helpless. Even if they united to target the original body, Emperor Pingzhao would punish them and then bestow more gifts upon the original body.
His favoritism might seem strange.
But upon deeper consideration, it was understandable.
Firstly, the original body was his first child. Regardless of gender, the first one was always special. Moreover, it was not until three years after the original body's birth that someone in the harem became pregnant again, and within the next year, three princesses and four princes were born successively.
With only one child for three years, it was normal to develop feelings after spending a long time together. Later, with so many children, it would take a long time to see them all, so it was reasonable for their feelings to be weaker.
Secondly, as long as he had not definitively decided which prince would be the crown prince, doting on any prince would be inappropriate. It might cause some ministers in the court to have ideas, wanting to take sides, or some concubines in the harem wanting to compete for the succession. To avoid trouble, he simply treated them all equally.
Princes could not be specially favored, while other princesses were still drinking milk, the original body could already play and laugh with Emperor Pingzhao. Thus, the original body's favor was truly not too unreasonable, logical, and justifiable.
When the original body reached the age of sixteen and was preparing for marriage.
Her mother, after a sixteen-year gap, suddenly became pregnant again. However, when she was eight months pregnant, she was schemed against, gave birth to a stillborn male fetus, and died of excessive bleeding.
Needless to say, the original body was filled with anger and grief. She wished she could have directly found the murderer and perished with them. But alas, she was merely a princess with the emperor's favor but no power or influence.
Therefore, at this time, she had to rely on her father's help.
However, it was unclear whether Emperor Pingzhao had discovered the mastermind. Because Emperor Pingzhao only dealt with some palace maids and eunuchs afterward, and no concubine was punished.
For a long time afterward, the original body refused to see Emperor Pingzhao, let alone speak to him, until a year later, when the Empress suddenly died. Emperor Pingzhao sent her a note saying that Consort Gui's revenge had been served.
Only then did the original body know who the mastermind was.
And was finally satisfied.
Then, she quickly mended her relationship with Emperor Pingzhao. Her maternal family was ordinary scholarly gentry with no power. She only had her father to rely on. How could she not maintain a good relationship? The difference in treatment for a favored princess versus an unfavored one was immense.
To put it bluntly, an unfavored princess might be bullied to death by her husband's family without anyone coming to her aid, while a favored princess could bully her husband's family to death and no one in the court would dare to say anything. The difference was that great.
Therefore, even for the sake of her own comfort.
The original body had to maintain a good relationship with her father.