Shangguan Haitang blushed and kept watch the whole time.
She was truly very dedicated.
Murong Fu poured himself a cup of tea to moisten his mouth, then turned to look at Shangguan Haitang and asked, "Spy Shangguan, in your opinion, when will the young emperor give up?"
Shangguan Haitang remained silent, still processing the information from the lookout.
She was an adult and naturally knew about matters between men and women, but she had never been so close to them before, which truly shocked her and cleansed her soul.
"Begonia?"
Murong Fu waved his hand in front of her eyes.
Shangguan Haitang finally snapped out of her daze: "What's wrong?"
Murong Fu raised an eyebrow, a half-smile on his face, and asked, "Why are you blushing?"
"You're the one who's blushing."
Shangguan Haitang subconsciously tried to circulate her internal energy to suppress her surging blood and qi, but then realized that she had been acupunctured and was unable to use her internal energy at all.
Murong Fu said, "I suddenly thought of a question."
"What?"
Shangguan Haitang looked at him, but immediately looked away, feeling that Murong Fu's gaze was very aggressive.
Murong Fu asked, "Which came first, man or woman? How did the first person in the world come to be?"
Shangguan Haitang replied without hesitation, "How could you have such a strange idea? Of course, women come first. If there are no women, how can men be born?"
Murong Fu then asked, "Is that so? If there are no men, how do women give birth?"
"..." Shangguan Haitang's face flushed again, and she gave him a charming eye roll: "You just want to tease me, don't you?"
"You are my concubine, what's wrong with me saying some private things?"
Murong Fu stroked her cheek and smiled.
Shangguan Haitang didn't want to respond, fearing it would provoke Murong Fu into forcing himself on her.
"Boring, my Shan'er is much better."
Murong Fu shook his head and said calmly.
Yue Lingshan, disheveled, got out of bed and hugged Murong Fu from behind, "Husband~"
Shangguan Haitang silently looked away, deciding not to look at what was improper.
...
The Forbidden City was under martial law for three whole days.
Rumors circulated that the Imperial Guard prison was overcrowded, many troublemakers from the martial arts world had their skills crippled, and several high-ranking officials had their entire families executed, including the Minister of Rites and the Vice Minister of Rites.
The story of the duel between the two great sword masters at the Forbidden City has faded considerably.
Many people in the martial arts world were cursing and swearing.
"Damn it, I almost lost my life just for watching a duel."
"I think the showdown at the Forbidden City is a pretense; their real intention is to seize martial arts practitioners."
"After witnessing this duel, I will never come to the Forbidden City again."
"..."
Compared to the miserable lives of those in the martial arts world, Murong Fu lived a very comfortable life.
As a result, Yue Lingshan became much more radiant.
Murong Fu suddenly asked, "Haitang, are you an orphan?"
"???"
Shangguan Haitang stared at Murong Fu with a question mark in her eyes.
"The way you blush all the time reminds me of someone."
Who is it?
“Guan Yu,” Murong Fu said, “I’ve heard that there is a fierce general in Hanzhou named Guan Yu, whom the locals call Lord Guan. He’s always blushing. Are you perhaps his illegitimate daughter?”
"Oh!"
Shangguan Haitang's lips twitched violently. Why am I blushing? Don't you know?!
Murong Fu smiled slightly, then said seriously, "Let's get back to business. On the night of the full moon, the Sword God and the Sword Immortal fought a duel atop the Forbidden City. Do you think there's anything suspicious about this?"
Shangguan Haitang frowned and said:
“My godfather and I analyzed it and both felt that there must be a scam. But the young emperor thought that we could make money from it. He made ten million taels of silver just from selling tickets. There were a total of one thousand tickets, each costing ten thousand taels.”
"That's not surprising, that's not surprising."
Murong Fu nodded and said, "Everyone knows that our young emperor is greedy and ruthless. He confiscates property at the slightest disagreement. No one can match him in his way of accumulating wealth and disregarding imperial dignity."
Shangguan Haitang scoffed inwardly, "You're just a Songzhou native, who cares about us!"
Yue Lingshan massaged Murong Fu's shoulders and asked sweetly, "Husband, how do you know so much about the young emperor?"
Murong Fu smiled faintly and said, "With just a little effort from me, I can calculate everything perfectly."
Yue Lingshan blinked her beautiful big eyes: "Really? Shan'er doesn't believe me?"
"Don't believe me?" Murong Fu solemnly calculated with his fingers, "I've done some calculations, and Shan'er, you have a red mole on your butt."
"Ugh~"
Yue Lingshan blushed.
Seeing that they were about to get serious again, Shangguan Haitang felt exhausted. Didn't she get tired of it?
"Cough!! Cough!!!"
Shangguan Haitang's voice was almost hoarse from coughing, but they finally calmed down.
Yue Lingshan innocently handed over a pear: "Haitang, is your throat sore? Have a pear to soothe it."
Shangguan Haitang forcibly suppressed her restless mood and said, "I want to say that we have been staying at the inn for three days, and it is time to go out for a walk."
Yue Lingshan looked at Murong Fu, waiting for him to make a decision.
Murong Fu stretched and said lazily, "Then let's go for a walk."
The three of them walked out of the inn.
Unexpectedly, they saw a group of thugs chasing someone.
"Don't run! Stop!"
The man seemed to be a thug; he weaved through the crowd and quickly disappeared from sight.
"Damn it! That kid got away again. If he comes to our gambling den again, we'll break his legs!"
"That kid is cunning. He always sneaks in, and he's incredibly good at cheating. He's a tough one to deal with."
"Let's go, let's go."
The servants left, grumbling and cursing.
This was just a minor incident and did not affect pedestrians on the street.
Murong Fu's eyes lit up as he looked in the direction the thugs had fled.
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