"Ruanruan, I brought you delicious food and lots of interesting things!" Gong Yuanzheng could hardly contain himself as he picked out the gifts. The outside world was so much better than the palace gates; there were so many novelties he'd never seen before, and so many vendors hawking their wares.
Everything on it is so beautiful! Of course, he not only brought gifts for Ruan Ruan, but also for his brother, and bought a lot of pretty little bells for himself. When the children are born, they will all wear the same bells as him!
Speaking of which, Gong Yuanzheng really, really loves bells. He rings them with every step he takes, as if he's letting others know he's almost there.
Gong Ruanruan took a nap while waiting. When she heard the jingling of bells, she knew that Gong Yuanzheng had returned. He had been here for half a year and hadn't left the palace gates even once. The key point is that Gong Yuanzheng had never left the palace since birth.
I saw on TV that the Lantern Festival in Jiuchen Valley was very lively, and just thinking about all those stalls made my mouth water.
"What good things did you bring me!" Gong Ruanruan came closer. Gong Yuanzheng was covered in bags and packages. At first, Gong Shangjiao wanted to help, but Gong Yuanzheng refused righteously and stuffed all the gifts that belonged to him into Gong Shangjiao's arms.
"There are many stalls outside, and I brought back a little of everything for you. Try this candied hawthorn; you can't find this inside the palace gates!"
Gong Yuanzheng stuffed the candied hawthorn into Ruan Ruan's hand before picking up another one for himself. It wasn't that Gong Ruan Ruan had never eaten candied hawthorn before, but she thought this was the best candied hawthorn she had ever had!
The two were playing and frolicking inside, clearly enjoying themselves. Standing outside, Miyazaki watched the lively scene and felt he shouldn't be there; an aura of desolation emanated from him. He felt a strange sense of déjà vu, but couldn't quite place it…
Sensing that the atmosphere around him was different, Gong Yuanzheng remembered his forgotten brother. Gong Yuanzheng: Oh ho!
"Brother! Come on over!" Gong Yuanzheng turned around and saw his older brother standing at the door, his expression very... sad?
Gong Yuanzheng could understand that feeling. His brother often had to go outside the palace for a month or more at a time, and he would always wait at the palace gate, hoping for his brother to come home. Those agonizing days were really unbearable.
"No, Yuanzheng, play with Ruanruan for a while and then go to sleep. Brother has someone clean up the place next door." Gong Shangjiao gave him a forced smile, shook his head, and thought he'd go to the yard for a bit to get some fresh air before coming back after they left.
But Gong Yuanzheng wouldn't let him have his way. No one knew his brother's stubbornness better than him; only he would have said it back then. Gong Yuanzheng couldn't help but shake his head, sighing inwardly, 'Sigh~, both my brother and Ruan Ruan love me, it's such a sweet burden~'
Gong Yuanzheng ran out and pushed Gong Shangjiao's back inside. Good things should be shared with your brother!
Because of staying up all night the previous night, Gong Ruanruan couldn't get out of bed even when the sun was high in the sky. Gong Yuanzheng, on the other hand, got up early. He still had to personally interrogate those few Wufeng people. All the girls in Wanhua Brothel were Wufeng.
At the very bottom level, they had no access to any useful information. The two crows were locked up together and given a muscle-relaxing drug, making them completely paralyzed and with no chance of escape. Yesterday, Gong Shangjiao personally told them to lock Ziyi in a special cell.
Gong Ziyu, however, knew that the Wan Hua Lou, which he frequented, was a stronghold of Wu Feng in the Old Dust Valley. He felt a cold sweat break out and developed a high fever that night, but thankfully it subsided by the end of the night.
Who would have thought that he, who frequented brothels full of shady characters, could still emerge unscathed?
Even now, Gong Ziyu still can't figure out why all the Wufeng assassins are revolving around him, a person who is idle, lazy, and of no help to the palace.
Before he could figure it out, it was revealed that Situ Hong, the purple-clad woman he often visited, had Gu poison in her blood. This gave Gong Ziyu a feeling of escaping from the jaws of death, and after this incident, Gong Ziyu never dared to go to such places again.
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