[Little Dumpling + Mystic Arts + Really Three Years Old + Taoist Descends the Mountain + Beloved by All + Comeback]
Her master, already over fifty, accidentally threw out his back, forcing three-year-old Qiao Bao to descend the mountain and beg for food.
The little dumpling bustled around all day, but earned no food. Instead, she found an injured daddy.
Patting her round little chest, she promised in a babyish voice:
“Daddy, get better soon. I’ll earn money to take care of you!”
Who could have guessed that the sickly beauty was the crown prince of the Great Yin Dynasty? He took her straight back to the imperial palace and spoiled her rotten.
Qiao Bao was happily preparing to cling to his coattails and live off him, only to discover that the royal family was a complete mess:
The imperial treasury was empty, the court was in turmoil, treacherous ministers were causing trouble, and enemy troops were at the border. Life was harder than it had been at the temple!
Her aunt, the princess royal, had been cursed with a gu and left unable to bear children?
Qiao Bao waved her little hand. The curse rebounded twice as hard, and good fortune followed!
A demon had possessed the empire’s guardian general and driven him mad?
The little dumpling plucked out the demon and tossed it into her mouth. His soul returned to its rightful place!
The empress dowager was gravely ill and on the brink of death?
Qiao Bao entered her dreams and resolved her lingering regrets. One dose of medicine cured her, revealing Qiao Bao’s astonishing powers!
Three-year-old Qiao Bao could communicate with Heaven and Earth and understand the forces of yin and yang. Wherever the royal family had a problem, she would “fix” it!
The realm’s once-declining fortunes were nursed back to prosperity by her, leaving the entire court dumbfounded!
Qiao Bao sighed wistfully: she hadn’t managed to live off anyone, and now she had to help her crown prince daddy hold on to an empire stretching ten thousand miles.
But the court’s behavior gradually took a strange turn…
The Minister of Revenue brought antiques and begged Qiao Bao to drive out evil spirits.
The Court of Judicial Review’s chief brought a fortune and begged Qiao Bao to tell his fortune.
Even reclusive clans tried to use handsome men to lure Qiao Bao into setting up formations!
The royals immediately shielded their little darling and refused them.
Our Qiao Bao doesn’t need any of that!
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