Chapter 13 The protagonist of this gossip is actually Ruoer
The daughter of the third family is quite active and tries hard to attend various banquets in Kyoto.
But without the title of General's Mansion, they are just ordinary people. How can an ordinary person be qualified to attend the banquets hosted by young ladies from aristocratic families?
So... Bu Yanfu, the daughter of the third branch of the Bu family, relied on her beauty to hook up with the eldest prince, Xiao Haoyan, the King of Yongning, who was blinded by lust.
Bu Ruo was sent to the nameless mountain when she was just one month old. From childhood to adulthood, she had secretly gone down the mountain countless times. She also established her own intelligence network and killer organization Yanzhilou, not for anything else, but just to kill the boring time in the mountains.
At this moment, she was sitting in the room, looking at the news in her hand, laughing happily.
As expected, without the protection of the General's Mansion, the Bu family is nothing.
But when Bu Ruo looked at the next page, he suddenly stopped.
"Hasn't there been any news about the War King for a long time? How come he's suddenly critically ill?"
Bi'er sat aside, making lingerie for Bu Ruo while she said, "It's not that there has been no news. It's just that you used to only pay attention to gossip in the martial arts world and had no interest in the affairs of the court, so those people picked up some interesting and important things to report to you."
"It was not until you returned to Kyoto that they reported the events of the court and Kyoto."
"This War King returned to Kyoto over three months ago, right around the same time as you. He hasn't been seen since his return until the news of his critical illness came out a few days ago."
Bi'er is an orphan who has been with Buruo since she was a child. As a kung fu-skilled maid, Buruo kept everything secret from her. In fact, not only Bi'er, but also Jin Congcong knew about it and secretly helped Buruo manage Yanzhilou.
Bu Ruo was still relatively relieved about Jin Congcong. After all... he didn't have the courage to tell on her.
As for her master and her three senior brothers on the mountain, she didn't mean to hide it. It was just that these four people watched her too closely, fearing that she would be in danger if she went down the mountain. They wanted to keep her tied to their belts all day long.
The two were chatting when Jin Congcong ran in: "Ruo'er, Ruo'er, the latest news, do you want to hear some gossip?"
Bu Ruo's eyes lit up when he heard the gossip: "It's been a long time since I heard gossip, come on and tell me."
After Jin Congcong entered the house, he poured himself a pot of tea and then said with a heavy breath, "I was just out shopping, thinking of buying some herbs to make medicinal food, and I happened to meet an imperial physician who was out buying some."
"That herbal medicine store was run by a relative of the imperial physician. I overheard them gossiping. Guess what? Hahahaha, the protagonist of this gossip turned out to be you, Ruo'er."
"After I heard it, I hurried back to tell you the news so that you can be mentally prepared."
Bu Ruo narrowed her eyes, and a cluster of faint blue flames rose from her fingertips. The paper with the information written on it turned to ashes in an instant.
Bier looked up and gave Jin Congcong a look that told him to fend for himself. She stood up, wet a handkerchief, and carefully wiped Bu Ruo's hands.
Jin Congcong didn't notice anything unusual about the two people at all. He picked up the melon seeds on the table and started eating them with his legs crossed.
"Ruo'er, you may be getting married."
Hearing Jin Congcong's light words, Rang Bu Ruo and Bi'er paused at the same time, and their eyes shot towards someone like knives.
Jin Congcong seemed to sense something, shrank his neck and continued, "Don't look at me like that, what I said is true."
"I don't know if you've heard that Prince Zhan is critically ill. The Emperor is extremely worried and has asked the Heavenly Master in the palace to perform a fortune-telling for Prince Zhan."
"The hexagram indicates that the only way to restore the War King's health is to have a happy marriage. Furthermore, the bride must be the daughter of a family member who has fought on the battlefield for years and made contributions to the Great Zhou. Only the murderous aura of a daughter from such a family can calm the War King's illness."
"Ruo'er, isn't this talking about you? The entire Zhenguogong family has been fighting on the battlefield for years and has died in battle. They are simply filled with murderous aura."
"Later, I heard the imperial physician say that the emperor is now... indeed interested in you."
Bu Ruo put down the teacup in his hand and snorted softly: "This father and son really have a good plan."
"Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there has been an unwritten rule that if a member of the royal family dies of illness or an accident, the wife must be buried with him if she has no children."
"Prince Zhan is already dying of illness. I will definitely not have any children if I marry him. Once Prince Zhan dies, I will be buried with him. Then the Bu family will be completely wiped out, and the military power will naturally return to them."
"Haha, how on earth did such a person become the emperor of the Great Zhou? Doesn't God have eyes?"
Zhang Tiancheng happened to come to find Bu Ruo at this time, and because Bu Ruo's door was not closed, he heard the last sentence.
"Meet the lady."
Bu Ruo saw Zhang Tiancheng coming and his face was not good. He asked directly: "Uncle housekeeper, is there something wrong? Are you sick?"
"I'm fine. I'm here to give Miss this month's account book."
Bu Ruo frowned: "Are you really okay? Then why do I think your steps are a little unsteady?"
Zhang Tiancheng glanced at Jin Congcong and said, "It's really nothing. I just drank some health porridge that Master Jin sent me yesterday."
Bu Ruo: ...
"Just now, at the door, I heard the young lady asking how the current emperor ascended the throne. This old servant actually knows something... that others don't know."
When Bu Ruo heard this, his curiosity rose again.
"Uncle housekeeper, please sit down and have a cup of tea and talk slowly."
Zhang Tiancheng knew that his young lady was not shy, so he walked in and sat next to Jin Congcong. Someone stuffed a handful of melon seeds into his hand.
Zhang Tiancheng: ...
"The current emperor is the third son of the late emperor, born to the virtuous concubine Zou. Prince Zhan is the ninth son of the late emperor, the youngest prince, born to the late queen Lan."
"Since childhood, the War Prince has crushed all adult princes in every way. He is proficient in both civil and military tactics. He entered the battlefield at the age of seven, and by the age of ten, he had already led his troops to numerous victories and had never been defeated."
"Back then, the late emperor's preferred candidate for crown prince was actually the Ninth Prince, the current War Prince. The ceremony of crowning the prince would only take place after the War Prince and Bei Ning had concluded their war victoriously and returned to the court."
"The War King is a god-like being. The war with Beining was almost a foregone conclusion. However... in the last battle, the War King almost lost."
"That year, our general was recuperating at home due to a recurrence of an old injury. Suddenly one day, he received a secret letter from the War King asking for help. After reading it, the general immediately went to the palace and presented the secret letter to the emperor."
Jin Congcong: "Why didn't King Zhan send the secret letter directly to the palace?"
Bu Ruo glanced at someone whose IQ was not online: "If it can be sent in, then it will be sent in, right?"
Zhang Tiancheng looked at Buruo with approval. "Yes, the late emperor was already old at the time. After Prince Zhan left for the border, the palace was gradually controlled by Concubine Xian's people. Not to mention secret letters, even an unidentified bird couldn't fly in."
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