Chapter 254 That’s Your Business
"Alright ladies, the palace banquet is about to begin. Let's go over there. The county lady will come with me."
Xiang Yuan nodded gratefully and followed Bu Ruo, slowly distancing himself from the others.
"Do you feel a little bit resentful and think that this world is unfair? Do you want to watch their family go to hell?"
Seeing Xiang Yuan looking at her in shock, Bu Ruo smiled and said, "If anyone wants to harm my children, I will also take their lives. This is something I only understood after becoming a mother."
"County Lady, don't worry. After today's palace banquet, you'll know... evildoers will eventually receive their due."
Although Xiang Yuan didn't know what would happen, she understood from Bu Ruo's words that Duke En's family was probably doomed.
In Qionghua Palace, Bu Ruo was the last one to arrive. As soon as he reached the door, he ran into Xiao Yulan who was talking to someone.
"Ruo'er, this is General Qi, Qi Lesheng."
"Meet the Princess Regent."
After Qi Lesheng finished his greeting, he looked past Bu Ruo and straight at Xiang Yuan behind him. After just one glance, he couldn't look away.
Bu Ruo: Hmm? It smells like gossip.
"General Qi knows the county lady?"
Qi Lesheng withdrew his gaze and coughed awkwardly: "I have seen you, but I'm afraid the county lady doesn't remember me."
"A few years ago, when I was returning to Beijing to report on my work, I encountered a flood on the way. While helping the officials with disaster relief, I was almost swept into the river. It was the county lady who pulled me up and saved my life. However... later, when I found the county lady, I learned that she was already married."
Bu Ruo said in a roundabout way, "Is General Qi married now?" with a smile.
“No.”
"Is that so... Then will the General leave again this time?"
Qi Lesheng didn't understand what Bu Ruo meant, but he still answered truthfully: "I will stay in Kyoto for the time being."
Bu Ruo took Xiao Yulan's arm and turned to walk into the palace, saying as she walked, "Your Highness, I think I have done a really good thing."
"The Duke of En's family are nothing but scoundrels. They're still pestering the county lady even after she's divorced. I just gave them a good scolding. I even spread all the scandals they've done. They were so exhausted at that time that they wanted to find a hole to crawl into."
Qi Lesheng looked at Buruo's back in shock. He finally understood why Buruo asked that question just now. This Regent Princess is really a wonderful person.
Qi Lesheng looked at Xiang Yuan with excitement in his heart: "The county lady...did they get divorced?"
"They did get divorced."
Qi Lesheng hadn't gotten married for so many years because he couldn't let go of that figure in his heart, but now he didn't want to miss it anymore: "County Princess, actually I..."
Xiang Yuan interrupted: "It's almost time, let's go in quickly."
How could Xiang Yuan not understand what he meant, but... she was a divorced woman with a daughter, she couldn't waste other people's time, nor did she want to trust anyone else.
Here, the emperor arrived just as Bu Ruo and his group sat down.
Jin Congcong's table was right next to Bu Ruo's. He really just lowered his head to eat as he said when he left, and didn't even look at other people.
Bu Ruo shook her head in amusement: "Little Divine Doctor Jin, you don't have to be so paranoid."
"If this is your fate, even if you dig a hole and crawl into it, what belongs to you will still be yours. If you are not destined to die, even if thunder explodes next to you, it will not hurt you at all."
Jin Congcong looked at Bu Ruo fearfully: "Although that's what I said, it's always better to be careful. I don't have a single penny on me right now. If anything happens, I won't have any money to protect myself. How can I not be afraid?"
Bu Ruo was startled: "I don't have a single copper coin. Where's your silver?"
Jin Congcong wanted to cry: "How dare you ask me this? Didn't you ask me to pay Cen Nan back twenty taels? I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to keep the silver, so I paid him back whenever I made some money. I paid him back whenever I made some money. I only just realized that I didn't have a single copper left. How could I not be scared?"
Bu Ruo wanted to say something, but finally gave up.
Halfway through the singing and dancing, the young eunuch announced that the envoy from Beining and the Princess of Beining had arrived.
Bu Bu was eating fruit and looked up when she saw someone coming. Then, a baby voice was heard in the quiet hall.
"Brother...Brother, look, it's just some trivial matter..."
"Brother, look, that's your business. Is she here to see you?"
Everyone: ...
What is idleness?
The Third Princess of Beining, Guo Shuangwen, dressed in gorgeous clothes, looked unhappy. "My business? Are you talking about me?"
Bu Ruo suppressed a laugh: "Be good, Bu Bu, eat some fruit."
Bu Bu: Okay, if you let me eat, I will eat. If mom hadn’t stopped me, I would have wanted to ask you why you wanted to sleep with my senior brother.
Brother...it's pretty miserable.
After the emperor and the Beining envoy exchanged greetings, the Beining envoy went straight to the point.
"Your Majesty, I, Beining, come to you with sincerity. We wish to establish a friendly relationship with your country."
"This is our third princess of Beining. She has been well-read since childhood and has a gentle personality. She is the object of competition among the children of the noble families in our Beining."
"But our third princess, after hearing about the regent's heroic deeds on the battlefield, was deeply impressed. She rejected all proposals and insisted on marrying him. This is a legendary story in our Beining."
"Of course, we know that the Regent already has a princess, but my princess from Beining will never be a concubine. Our princess is kind-hearted and said that since the Regent Princess has given birth to two children for the prince, she agrees to let her be his co-wife. She will also keep these two children by her side and raise them as her own."
The hall fell into complete silence, and everyone present was stunned by the Beining envoy's words...
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, even a three-year-old child knew that the princess was the prince's life, and in the hearts of the people in Kyoto, the princess was their god.
If the Beining envoy had said these words on the street, he would have been torn to pieces alive by the people and fed to dogs.
"Oh, it's night time, but we haven't even gone to bed yet. Why is the envoy talking in his sleep?"
"Is snatching a husband from someone in Beining a good story? Then what kind of life do the people of Beining live on a daily basis? Do you just snatch away a good husband or wife on the street? Or do every family leave their doors unlocked at night, exchanging what they have with each other?"
"That's not possible in our Great Zhou. When our prince married his princess, he said he would only marry her in his lifetime, so it's absolutely impossible for him to marry another woman. So why don't you take that beautiful story of yours back with you?"
The person who spoke was Qi Lesheng. He admired Xiao Yulan and was grateful to Bu Ruo for helping Xiang Yuanhe divorce, so he was the first to speak out in opposition after hearing the words of the Beining envoy.
At this time, Bu Bu, who was eating, was unhappy: "Mom, the teacher told Bu Bu what it means to be well-read and gentle, but... it's not a trivial matter."
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