Chapter 43 This White Moonlight is not what he wants to do
Yuanruan's big round eyes are sparkling:
【Quick! Check out what it is! 】
System: [Ji Ji Ji Ji Ji! Let me see, this magical power is pretty good, you can play with thunder and lightning! ]
The rest of the people were dumbfounded: !!!
What? Control lightning?!
They must have heard it right!
The court officials' faces flushed with excitement, and they couldn't help but steal glances at Yuan Ruan. No wonder he was regarded as the Imperial Master by His Majesty. Such magical powers were simply... unbelievable to appear in the mortal world.
The emperor straightened his back, glared at the courtiers sternly, and turned his back to them while holding Yuan Ruan.
Yuanruan was also surprised.
What? The second magical power is such a powerful one?!
Yuan Ruan was surprised and then a little hesitant: [Tong'er, this won't be as bad as Qifei.]
System: [Ah Ruan, no matter how hard you try, it's still lightning! This is nature's divine punishment! Just think about it, when you use this trick at the altar of heaven and earth! You! You will literally ascend to heaven on the spot!]
Yuanruan fantasized about it for a bit, and was immediately shocked by the pleasure: [Ahhhh! I really want to try it! ]
The young court officials looked at each other with burning eyes and roared in their hearts: Ahhhhh! Just give it a try!
The always calm prince couldn't help but gently tug at his father's sleeve. He whispered, "Father, are you tired? Why don't you let me hold my ninth sister?" He wanted to watch from a closer distance.
Second Uncle Wang also came over when he saw this, coughed softly and said, "This little girl... looks like the little boy sitting under Guanyin, and she looks extraordinary from head to toe. Why don't you let me hold her?"
Even the Second Prince, who had just been complaining about Yuan Ruan, now looked at Yuan Ruan repeatedly with an evasive gaze.
Who could resist the ultimate temptation of watching humans playing with lightning up close? The Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and the Second Prince couldn't.
The emperor was also overwhelmed with emotion, but he knew that given Yuanruan and Xixi's personalities, it would be impossible for him to perform in front of so many people.
As expected, the system came up with an enthusiastic exhortation:
[Ah Ruan, calm down! It's okay in private, but are you sure you want to expose yourself in front of so many people? What about during the National Master's Heaven and Earth Ceremony? If you can't get new magical powers, you can't shock people with your first sound! ]
Yuan Ruan: [That makes sense. But I still want to try it! I'd better chop the Second Prince first!]
Second Prince:!!!
Why are you doing this to me?
Everyone's eyes were fixed on this: !!!
I didn't expect that the second prince could be reused.
The system nodded repeatedly: [Okay! Others might mistake it for a divine punishment. And I just read the mission description and understood why this national destiny mission ended up with the Second Prince. It turns out that the Second Prince was one of the turning points in the decline of the Great Xia Kingdom.]
Crowd: !!!
What? The second prince, this damned bastard, would cause the Great Xia Kingdom to decline.
The emperor looked at her coldly: "Why not just kill her directly? You don't need a son, you can still have more."
Second Prince:!!!
Ahhh! What hatred or grudge do we have? Can you please stop mentioning me? Close your eyes.
Yuan Ruan: [What! If we catch him today, will the fortunes of the Great Xia Kingdom not decline?]
System: [No. Each of the other countries has its own destiny. Only Xia is a gathering place for cannon fodder. Its luck is low. Without you, it would be doomed to perish. Killing the Second Prince now is useless. There will be countless "Second Prince" weird things that will weaken the national fortune. Unless you raise the national fortune to more than 200, it will get better. Let's talk about the Second Prince again. He is really outrageous. For example, the male and female protagonists of Shu will go to war against Daxia because of him.]
The emperor and the prince staggered almost in sync.
The Second Uncle Prince accidentally pulled out a beard in his confusion.
Everyone turned their heads to look at the Second Prince.
Just you?
It actually caused a war between countries? !
Yuanruan: [Hiss, why?]
System: [It is like this. The Second Prince is the heroine's sweetheart, Bai Yueguang. After the Shu heroine fled, the Shu hero believed that the heroine fled for the Second Prince, and then in revenge, he sent troops to attack Daxia. Chen State and the Xiongnu saw that it was profitable, and attacked Daxia together, and Daxia suffered a heavy blow. ]
Everyone was shocked.
For a moment, I didn't know whether to criticize the stupid male protagonist of Shu Kingdom who started the war recklessly, or the stupid look of the female protagonist of Shu Kingdom.
The Second Prince is such a rubbish, yet he can be the white moonlight.
The second prince looked at the others with disdain and showed his first speechless expression today. He almost yelled: He doesn't want to be the white moonlight! He doesn't even know who the other person is!
Yuan Ruan: [So imprisoning the Second Prince is equivalent to sabotaging the Second Prince's plan to save the Shu Kingdom heroine? Then the Shu Kingdom hero will not attack Daxia? ]
System: [No. The Second Prince never intended to save the Shu Kingdom heroine. In fact, it was when the Second Prince was waiting on the side of the road that he claimed the credit for saving the Shu Kingdom heroine, and that’s how he became the other person’s white moonlight. Now that he can’t get out, there’s no follow-up.]
The court officials looked at the second prince with contempt again: It turned out to be your operation.
The emperor seemed to be thinking, since killing the second prince would cause other problems, it would be better to let the second prince follow his original path so that he could be more easily controlled.
At this moment, Yuanruan yawned.
The emperor suddenly said, "Second Uncle, please check the silver on this list."
Second uncle bowed: "This prince knows."
The emperor looked at the other courtiers and said, "I will handle today's matter seriously. You should go back and deal with your own affairs first."
The court officials hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes."
The emperor's eyes fell on the pleading second prince, who still did not forget to beg for mercy: "Father, Father, I am your biological son! I am willing to make amends for my crime, Father."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and said, "You should have been removed from the jade plate, stripped of your status as a prince, and imprisoned for life. But I will give you one chance."
The second prince was ecstatic, but the next second, he was frozen by what the emperor said.
What?
He was actually asked to take the initiative to act as bait? !
…
One day later, the capital of Daxia seemed to have undergone a huge change.
Outside Kyoto, countless theatre troupes were captured by Daxia soldiers who rushed in. The Qingyi and Huadan actors were all fine, but all the male actors, such as Wusheng, were taken away. Few were able to return, and those who could not were exiled to the frontier to build city walls.
The opera house and flower boats that were once the most lively along the Kyoto river are now so quiet that they dare not even turn on the lights at night.
East Chang'an Street where the dignitaries live in the capital.
Even though every household had their doors closed, the occasional coming in and out of the side doors carrying things by Daxia officers and soldiers, as well as the occasional fierce quarrels coming from the main house, all proved that this person was also in a state of unrest.
The princes and kings of the nearby Chen State, Shu State, and Daxia all turned their attention to it.
"Has a coup occurred in the upper echelons of Daxia?"
"Could it be that the emperor has passed away? Has the crown prince been usurped by the second prince?"
"But the officials of the Great Xia court are loyal to their country. Even though the capital is in such a mess, the Minister of Agriculture is still conducting research on new species."
…
If any of the Daxia high-ranking officials heard this, they would only sneer and spit, saying, "Where do we have time to look for trouble?" They were already busy just looking for the adulterer to identify the person he had slept with and verify the exact amount of Tibetan silver, and they all had to queue up to make an appointment.
If the Second Prince heard this, his face would be filled with rage. At this moment, he was wearing a jade crown and a white fox fur coat, looking handsome and clear. He was waiting for the female ruler of Shu mentioned by the system.
…
As soon as Yuan Ruan returned to the palace, she enjoyed the top-notch kissing, hugging and pampering life from Rongpin and the Seventh Princess.
She just opened her mouth for food and stretched out her hand for clothes, and four palace maids surrounded her to give her a spa.
It’s quite comfortable, but…
There was no chance for me to be alone and play with my newfound magical powers.
At three o'clock in the morning on the third day, the day we set off to Jiujun Mountain.
The emperor suddenly came to Zhaoyang Palace with people from the Ministry of Rites and Qintianjian.
Yuanruan was dug out from under the quilt by Rongpin.
Yuan Ruan yawned, looked up and saw a crowd of people. He also heard the emperor say, "Rongpin, please make way. We will go to the Heaven and Earth Altar of Jiujun Mountain. Let the people from the Ministry of Rites and Qintianjian get acquainted with Jiuer."
Yuanruan was startled:
[Mom, you are not going to teach me the rules! ]
Although they had heard about it from their colleagues, it was the first time that the people from Qintianjian heard Yuanruan's true feelings, and they couldn't help but glance at her.
[Why are you staring at me? Aren't you thinking about how to coax me to complete the ritual? I have small arms and legs. I can't do it!]
Qin Tianjian almost laughed out loud.
The emperor was helpless: "Let the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian adjust the location of the altars according to Jiuer's habits. To avoid inconvenience."
Yuanruan felt relieved instantly. He was the client after all! He calmed down.
The people from the Ministry of Rites began to observe the direction in which Yuan Ruan was climbing.
The Qintianjian people used a ruler to measure the ratio of Yuanruan's hands and legs.
I didn't know what they were doing. About half an hour later, Yuanruan was carried to a very small stream waterfall. There were two scented lotus lamps on the left and right, and her little butt was being drenched in the falling stream water.
The palace ladies bent down and retreated to the white curtain three meters away.
Yuanruan reasonably suspected that this was a scaled-down version of the cleansing bathing ritual that preceded the ceremony.
But she was happy to finally have some time alone.
After a while, there were sudden "bang!" and "Ahhhhh!!!" sounds in the bathroom.
The palace maids were startled and rushed in quickly.