Chapter 15: Can't Change a Thing
"Miss, what I'm saying is, even though I'm an orphan, could you please change my name?"
"As a man, I'm no longer able to convince others by calling you 'bao' all the time."
Bu Ruo chuckled: "It's impossible to change it at all. I'm already used to calling you that."
"I don't know who it is. He was already five years old, but when he was picked up by the third brother, he cried and said he was a weed and that he would never have any family again."
Mo Bao: ...
Mo Bao was picked up by Bu Ruo's third senior brother Mo Tian when he was on a mission. All his family members were killed by his enemies, leaving only him. From then on, Bu Ruo took charge of the situation and took his third senior brother's surname, changing his name to Mo Bao.
"stop!"
As they were talking, a loud shout rang out from downstairs, and several people quickly poked their heads out...
"What are you doing? Let him go!"
When Prince Yongning Xiao Haoyan saw the woman lying on the ground with her clothes dirty, her hair messy, and even her face scratched, he felt distressed and hurriedly helped her up, not noticing Princess Yongning Wen Xue who was sitting on a chair beside her.
"Does the prince really like this woman so much?"
Prince Yongning was shocked when he saw his princess.
"Princess, you misunderstood. I just... just..."
"Just what? It's just that I'm no longer young and can no longer catch the prince's eye. Since the prince despises me so much, why not tell me openly that I will give up my position."
More and more people were watching the excitement outside. Xiao Haoyan's face was cold. "What nonsense are you talking about? Why can't we talk about it back home? Why do we have to make such an ugly scene here? Where do you think this prince's face is? Where is your upbringing in the Wen family?"
Wen Xue laughed at herself, "Your Majesty's dignity? When Your Majesty paraded this unpresentable thing around the city and said he wanted to divorce me and take her as his consort, did he ever consider my dignity?"
"As for education... I only had someone teach her a lesson today, rather than having them strip her naked and throw her into the street. This is already the best education I can offer her."
Hearing Wen Xue's words, Bu Yanfu, who was leaning on Xiao Haoyan's arms, shuddered: "Princess, you misunderstood. There is really nothing between me and the prince."
"Your Highness only took pity on me after hearing about the ungrateful acts the Duke of Zhenguo had done to us. He's only taking extra care of me. There's no other intention. There's nothing wrong between you and me, and I've never done anything inappropriate."
Jin Congcong's teeth ached from watching from upstairs, and he made trumpet shapes with his hands: "You are innocent and have never violated the rules. You should get out of the prince's arms first."
Someone who liked to watch the fun shouted and successfully attracted the attention of the people downstairs.
"Bu Ruo?"
When the second and third wives went to the Bu family to make trouble, Bu Yanfu was afraid of affecting her reputation and did not show up, but watched from a carriage in the distance.
But she would never forget Bu Ruo's stunning face once she saw it.
At this moment, she saw the astonished look in King Yongning's eyes when he looked at Bu Ruo, and her back teeth were almost broken.
Wen Xue naturally saw the look in her prince's eyes, but after glancing upstairs, she looked away because she clearly saw the disgust and disdain in Bu Ruo's eyes.
Seeing that she was exposed, Bu Ruo glared at Jin Congcong and took the two of them downstairs.
Mo Bao naturally would not go. He was the manager and shopkeeper of Yanzhilou, so he naturally could not let others know about his relationship with Bu Ruo.
So as soon as that fool Jin Congcong spoke, he disappeared.
"Bu Ruo greets Prince Yongning and Princess Yongning."
Wen Xue nodded and said, "No need to be so polite, County Master Yun'an. I'm making fun of you."
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Wen Xue, Bu Ruo looked at Bu Yanfu with a cold face.
"Your Majesty, I just heard Miss Bu say that you took extra care of her because you heard that my Zhenguo Mansion had turned against her and you felt sorry for her."
"Excuse me, Your Highness, is what Miss Bu said true?"
"If it is true, Your Highness, please explain in front of the people how our Zhenguogong Mansion has repaid kindness with enmity. Otherwise, our Zhenguogong Mansion cannot bear such a huge blame."
Although Xiao Haoyan was amazed by Bu Ruo's appearance, he really didn't like her aggressive attitude.
"You are the only orphan left in the Zhenguo Mansion. The Bu family took pity on you and wanted to take care of you, but you kept pressing them for money and even cut off all ties with them. Isn't this repaying kindness with enmity?"
Bu Ruo was almost amused by this popularity.
"Excuse me, Your Highness, if all your silver was taken away by someone else, who then pretended to be keeping it for safekeeping, leaving you without servants, with nothing to eat, would you ask for it back?"
Xiao Haoyan: ...
"Then let me ask you, Your Highness. If someone took your money and not only didn't want to return it, but also wanted to occupy your mansion and receive your protection, would Your Highness still associate with such a person and treat him like a distinguished guest?"
Xiao Haoyan: ...
"younger sister……"
"No, our branch of the Zhenguo Mansion has already requested the family tree and signed a letter of severance, with the official seal affixed. Therefore, we cannot be worthy of Miss Bu calling her sister."
Bu Yanfu's face turned ugly, but she could only change her words: "Yes, it's my fault."
"Princess Yun'an, my parents and my second uncle's family really didn't mean that. You're overthinking it. We really just wanted to take care of you since our uncle is gone. We didn't mean anything else."
Bu Ruo snorted lightly: "If you want to take care of me, you should return the silver you forcibly took away as soon as I returned to Kyoto, instead of coming here without mentioning the silver and directly wanting to live in the general's mansion."
"When I asked you to return the silver, you made all sorts of excuses. You took a total of 100,000 taels, but in the end you only returned 20,000 taels."
"My general's mansion is completely broke, and the second wife is still using my money, saying she wants to marry her son. Your third wife, with her hair adorned with pearls and jade, and her clothes splendid, hasn't said a word about the money. If I hadn't said I wanted to see the official, I'm afraid I wouldn't have gotten the money back."
"You took my money and you're trying to deny it. You say you want to take care of me? Do you believe it?"
"When my parents were still alive, you always cried poor and said they didn't give you money or shops. Now that they are gone, you bully an orphan like this. Aren't you afraid that my parents and brothers will come back to settle the score with you in the middle of the night?"
When the people outside the door heard Bu Ruo's words, they pointed at Xiao Haoyan and Bu Yanfu, but Princess Wen Xue of Yongning felt extremely happy.
"That's how it is, so Your Majesty, do you still want to make the decision for Miss Bu? Do you still want to take pity on her, divorce your first wife, and welcome her into your house?"
"Do you still think that the Zhenguogong Mansion is repaying kindness with enmity?"
"Haha, I don't believe that the prince is unaware of these things. The reason he acted this way is simply because... lust blinded his mind."
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