Chapter 12: Don’t thank me for the kindness, just remember to repay it with gratitude
Because he heard his young lady say: "Humph, you two bastards! Even if you give me mountains of gold and silver, you can't stop me from my treasonous path..."
Jin Congcong knew that the general's mansion and Buruo had been conferred titles and received rewards, so he waited in the yard early. When he saw Buruo coming back, he hurried forward.
"Ruo'er, you are now the county lord and have a fiefdom, but why is it that two years have passed since this incident, and you are only now being awarded the general's mansion? Is there something fishy going on here?"
Bu Ruo glanced at him and said, "My senior brothers must have put in a lot of effort to teach someone as stupid as you to this level."
Seeing Zhang Tiancheng following him with concern, Bu Ruo ignored the man's sad face and sat in the yard looking at the flowers and plants in the distance.
"It's been two years. Although the bodies of my parents and brothers haven't been found yet, the person who has taken over the Bu family army is one of my father's former subordinates. He has refused to return to the capital, saying that he wants to continue guarding the border. In fact... he wants to find my parents and two brothers and collect their bodies."
"Didn't you ask me why it took two years to get the reward? Haha, if the incident between me and the Bu family hadn't caused such a stir in the city, how could the father and son have made any move?"
"The dog prince wants to suppress the General's Mansion and let the Bu family decline. His dog father also thinks so. He wants to wait for a few years until the General's Mansion's affairs gradually fade away, and then gradually take back the military power."
"But the General's Mansion has been abuzz with events these past few days. His father is afraid that it will discourage the soldiers outside, so he issued an edict to lavishly reward the General's Mansion. After all, I'm the only orphan left in the General's Mansion, so even if I'm crowned a princess, it won't cause any trouble."
"It's all for show. The father and son are just after military power."
Zhang Tiancheng looked at Bu Ruo with shock in his eyes: "Miss, you have been back for less than half a month, and I haven't seen you go out yet. How do you know all this?"
Bu Ruo paused: "Uncle housekeeper, Ruo'er has been in Wuming Mountain for more than just eating, drinking and having fun for the past fifteen years~"
Jin Congcong: Yes, and he was also naughty and played pranks, climbing up the roof and tearing off the tiles.
Bu Ruo looked at Zhang Tiancheng and smiled: "From now on, I will have to trouble the housekeeper to take care of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion."
"There are also my parents and brother's rooms, which need to be cleaned every day. If there are not enough people to handle it right now, you can leave the ancestral hall alone for now."
Bu family ancestors: ...
Zhang Tiancheng suddenly remembered something and asked curiously, "I've seen the young lady go to the ancestral hall every day, but I heard from the servants that she hasn't been there in the past few days. Is she feeling unwell? Do you want me to ask the palace doctor to come and see you?"
The mention of Bu Ruo made him angry and glared at someone fiercely: "Ruo'er is fine, she just ate something bad and got a few pimples on her face. I was afraid that our ancestors would see her and gloat over her misfortune, so I didn't go."
"But Ruo'er is feeling much better now. We can go to the ancestral hall soon and talk to our ancestors about what happened just now."
Ancestors: ...
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Study in Prince Zhan's Mansion
"Your Highness, Eunuch Li went to the General's Mansion this morning to announce the imperial edict and has now returned to the palace to report."
War King Xiao Yulan sat at his desk, tapping the table with his index finger. "She has the support of the General's Mansion and is a county lady with a fiefdom. As long as she doesn't commit treason, it's enough to ensure her a worry-free life."
"Perhaps this is the only way I can help her. I'll just consider it as repaying the favor General Bu showed me back then."
Confidant Cen Nan looked at his prince's face hidden in the shadows, feeling grief in his heart: "Prince, please don't say that. Things haven't reached that point yet. Who knows, there might be some turning point."
"That little girl was able to save you from falling off a cliff when she was so young. She can definitely save you again now."
"I have already ordered people to look for him..."
Xiao Yulan didn't say anything, but waved his hand and asked people to leave.
Looking at the flickering candlelight in the study, suppressing the resentment and hatred in his heart, he suddenly thought of the little girl in the woods.
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"Hey, are you still alive? You're not some bad guy, are you?"
"Hmm...you are really good-looking, even more handsome than my third senior brother. But I ran away secretly, so I can't take you back."
"Did you fall from the cliff above?"
Xiao Yulan heard someone talking in her ear, but she couldn't open her eyes. Then she felt a pair of warm little hands touching her body.
"All the bones in my body are broken... No, they are shattered."
"Hey, you're so lucky to meet me in a place like this. I can only say that you're not destined to die. Since you're prettier than me, I'll use my remaining little bit of kindness to save you."
"It's a pity to die if she's so beautiful."
After a while, in this late autumn season, he seemed to smell the fragrance of flowers, and a warm current came from the small hand holding his, repairing his broken body.
After an unknown amount of time, he slowly opened his eyes. In the moonlight, he saw that the originally bare bottom of the mountain was now covered with unknown flowers of various colors.
As the masked little girl in black in front of him muttered, the flowers bloomed and faded, faded and bloomed again. At this moment, he seemed to understand something.
But before he could hold on for long, he fainted again. When he woke up again, the sky was gradually getting brighter.
"Yeah, you're awake?"
The little girl let go of her hands and slumped down on the ground: "I'm so tired."
Xiao Yulan chuckled as she saw the little girl, who was five or six years younger than her, calling herself aunt.
"You look even better when you smile than when you faint. You're so handsome! How can a man be so handsome?"
"How old are you?"
"Fourteen." Xiao Yulan spoke with difficulty, his voice low and hoarse.
"you……"
Just when the little girl wanted to continue asking, a whistle sounded from afar, quick and sharp. If you didn't listen carefully, you would think it was the birds in the forest calling.
"I'm here to find you, right? Oh my god, it's already daybreak. It's all over. I'm going to be discovered."
"You are fine now, so I will leave first. See you later."
Seeing the little girl stand up and skip away, Xiao Yulan shouted with difficulty: "What's your name... and thank you."
Unexpectedly, the little girl turned around, put her hands on her hips, and raised her head domineeringly: "I don't need to thank you for your kindness, just remember to repay it with gratitude. We are all children of the world, and we must learn to repay you with our bodies."
"Ah, it's over. My Third Senior Brother is here. If the First and Second Senior Brothers find out we've sneaked out, we're dead..."
After the little girl finished speaking, she disappeared from sight like a gust of wind...
Xiao Yulan: "Hello..."
You haven’t even told me your name yet… How can I repay you with my body?
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The days passed seemingly slowly, and three months passed quickly.
During these three months, because Bu Ruo's severance of ties with the Bu family became known to everyone, the Bu family's second son Bu Bowen's marriage was canceled and he was even ridiculed by the other party.
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