Chapter 264 What does this mean?
Bi'er was puzzled: "Unexplainable luck? What does that mean?"
Guo Lu lowered her head as if recalling something, and her expression became uglier as the silence lasted longer.
"I can't really explain it, but... both she and her mother, Concubine Rou, seem to have been very lucky since they entered the palace six months ago. This is what my mother told me."
"My mother said that when I was a little over three years old, she took me to play in the Imperial Garden. It was the windy season, so the palace servants were repairing and reinforcing the various palaces and pavilions. At that time, my third sister was also flying a kite nearby, not far away."
"A palace servant repairing the pavilion accidentally dropped a tile. It was definitely going to hit my Third Sister from that spot, but my mother said... just as it was about to land on her head, the tile suddenly changed direction and fell directly to the ground, completely missing her. However, the shattered tile scratched me, who was not far away."
Bi'er opened her mouth and said, "Is it possible that your mother saw it wrong?"
"No." Guo Lu shook her head. "My mother was born in a general's mansion. She learned martial arts from a young age and has excellent eyesight. She can shoot an arrow through a target from a hundred paces away. Even the men in the army can't match her. There's no way she could be wrong."
"Also, the Queen had disliked them for a long time. At a palace banquet, she set a trap to have a maid bump into Concubine Rou, who was already pregnant. Not only did she manage to dodge the attack, but she also tripped the Queen. That fall caused the Queen, who had no idea she was pregnant, to have a miscarriage."
"After the Empress miscarried, she blamed everything on Concubine Rou. A few days later, she found a reason to beat the Third Princess with thirty sticks. Afterward, when the palace maids were carrying her back, they accidentally dropped her into the pond."
"The Third Princess was truly lucky. All the imperial doctors at the time said she couldn't be saved, but... she survived in the end, and is safe and sound without any sequelae. It was just that Concubine Rou was too worried, and in the end, the fetus in her belly was lost."
"Since then, my mother has said that there is something strange about them and asked me to stay away from them."
"My mother is in good health. Although she's a noble concubine, she's never deliberately made things difficult for anyone and doesn't have any ambitions. She only hopes that I can marry far away and live a peaceful and stable life. But... why do they want to harm my mother?"
Bi'er handed her a cup of tea and asked, "Then why did your mother pass away?"
Guo Lu's eyes were red. "During last year's autumn hunt, an assassin sneaked into the enclosure. It was Concubine Rou who blocked an arrow for my father at the critical moment. My mother only scratched her arm when fighting with the assassin."
"The imperial physician also said that it was Concubine Rou who was on the verge of death. My mother was fine and not poisoned, but...but why did my mother die, while Concubine Rou was fine and recovered very quickly."
"Afterwards, I heard my father tell Concubine Rou that...my mother was unlucky. She couldn't even survive a minor skin injury. It shows that she is not a blessed person."
"Princess, I know that's not the case. Although my uncle and I have no evidence and don't know why, we are very sure that Concubine Rou must have murdered my mother, and my father must have had some hand in it."
"But... why is this happening? Why is it my mother who died instead of her? My mother obviously can't die."
Bu Ruo opened her half-closed eyes, slowly sat up from the rocking chair, looked at Guo Lu and said softly, "That's because... she stole your mother's luck and vitality, so it was your mother who died, not her. Or rather, your mother died for her."
"It is precisely because she knew she would not die that she dared to take the blame for your father."
Seeing Guo Lu looking at him in shock, Bu Ruo took a fruit and lay back down.
"Didn't you also say that they, mother and daughter, possessed an inexplicable luck? That inexplicable luck... was gained by stealing the luck of others. This is what I saw at yesterday's palace banquet. Guo Shuangwen possesses the luck and vitality of many people."
"As you said, she won't die so easily. In fact... that luck and vitality can allow someone else to die in her place. All it takes is one of your personal belongings or a strand of your hair."
"As for why her good fortune didn't work at the palace banquet and was thoroughly investigated by the imperial physician and the nanny, it's because all her sorcery is useless in front of this princess."
"So guess what, if you hadn't come to me today, who would have died for her this time?"
When Guo Lu heard Bu Ruo's words, her back instantly became wet and she felt a wave of fear in her heart.
She has been in the palace for many years. If Guo Shuangwen really wanted to take her personal belongings or hair, it would be very easy, for example... her mother's.
"But...if she really had this ability, why didn't she just forge a false will and cause the emperor to die directly? Instead of coming all this way to marry, wouldn't it be easier to marry than to kill the emperor?"
Bu Ruo smiled and said, "Do you think she doesn't want to? She dreams about it, but she simply can't do it."
"No matter which country's monarch, as long as they're not the type to massacre their people upon ascending to power, they will have some merit and the blessing of their ancestors. Such great merit, which is related to the fate of the country, cannot be affected by her evil magic."
"Of course, if someone cultivates well and can change the national destiny, it is not impossible, but it is obvious that she can't do that. She can only use her hands on ordinary people, like your Second Prince. It's not that she doesn't want to kill him, but she needs to join forces with the Second Prince to kill the other princes. After all, if things like stealing destiny happen frequently, it will definitely attract attention, and if used too much, it will be punished by heaven."
Guo Lu swallowed hard, "How did she learn such strange things growing up in the palace? Although witchcraft is prevalent in Beining, we have never heard of anyone being able to steal someone's luck in thousands of years. Otherwise, wouldn't Beining have been in chaos long ago, with everyone claiming to be emperor?"
Bu Ruo straightened her wind-blown hair and said, "Is this so hard to guess? I know it without even seeing it. Of course, it was taught by the man who had an affair with Concubine Rou."
"I've never met Concubine Rou, so I can't see that person's face clearly, but it's definitely him, and the aura around him makes me feel uncomfortable."
"In fact, your third princess has long known that she is not your father's child, so she tried every possible means to sit on the throne. After all, only by sitting in that position can she rest assured that she will not be beheaded."
Guo Lu stood up and knelt on the ground again: "Princess, I have told you everything I know. I admit that I was wrong before, but this time I really want to cooperate with you sincerely. Can you consider it?"
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