Chapter 409 A Fool Even More Stupid Than My Senior Brother
Concubine Zhang endured the discomfort and forced herself to stand up: "My body...I can no longer be pregnant. Even if I recover, what good will it do?"
"You don't need to persuade him anymore. Zize can't wait any longer. I must see the Regent Princess today and do everything I can to get her to treat Zize."
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Mingyang Palace where Bu Ruo temporarily resides
"Master, aren't you tired? Why don't you go and rest?"
Bu Ruo sat up from the chaise longue: "How can I fall asleep when the person who should come hasn't arrived yet? Let's go to the front hall and wait. She will be here soon."
"By the way, how about the detoxification pill that Bubu gave you just now? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
Guo Lu was stunned. "Anti-drug pill? Is that the candy from earlier? Is that an anti-drug pill?"
The little girl smiled and nodded. "Yes, Aunt Lu, that's actually the detoxification pill that Bu Bu Lian made. The maid from Ninghe Palace didn't bring any daggers or anything like that, but there was poison on her dress. She must have taken the antidote in advance."
"That poison is incredibly powerful. It can make a person lose their mind and weaken their will after taking it. It's especially easy to be bewitched. If there's no antidote, within two months they'll become a fool, even more foolish than my brother."
"I guess they poisoned me because they were afraid they couldn't persuade me. After I cure that bastard, they'll turn me into a fool and take revenge on me. That Concubine Zhang is really a piece of shit."
Guo Lu gritted her teeth in hatred: "I knew that Concubine Zhang had no good intentions. She even said she wanted to apologize to the princess and then poisoned her... I wanted to kill her."
The little girl took her hand and followed behind Bu Ruo: "It's okay, Aunt Lu, she will definitely not have children in this life, and the Zhang family will also be extinct. When the Beining Palace is breached, her end will be very miserable."
"How bad is it?" Guo Lu asked curiously.
"The palace maids she had punished would secretly empty her treasures from her storehouse upon hearing that Beining City had fallen. When the palace fell, no one cared about her."
"The maid from Ninghe Palace who came today is her only remaining maid from the dowry. She was originally quite loyal, but she is now over a month pregnant and is a guard."
"When Concubine Zhang found out, she was so jealous she beat her with a stick and aborted the child."
"That maid hated her from that moment on. Not only did she abandon her and run off with the guard when the palace fell, she also gave directions to the bandits and refugees who broke into the Beining Palace to rob, leading them to fight Concubine Zhang."
"That Concubine Zhang was pampered by the dog emperor for many years. In the end, she watched the emperor pass by her without saving her. She never closed her eyes until her death."
Guo Lu knew that the little girl could see things that others could not see, and she also knew that the little girl never lied. After hearing about Concubine Zhang's final outcome, she could only say that it was retribution.
Sure enough, as soon as Bu Rugang brought Guo Lu and the little girl to the front hall, he heard the palace maid come to report that Concubine Zhang had arrived.
"Well, please invite the person in."
Looking at Bu Ruo sitting motionless in the main seat, the palace maid was secretly frightened.
The Princess Regent of the Great Zhou was really bold. Even though Concubine Zhang came in person, she didn't even go out to greet her. You know, their emperor was reluctant to let the concubine pay her respects or wait for a long time.
Concubine Zhang walked in despite her physical discomfort and weakness. Seeing the man who had crippled her nephew sitting there comfortably drinking tea, she felt a burning anger in her heart, but she could only bear it.
Seeing that Bu Ruo didn't say anything, Concubine Zhang could only smile awkwardly and found a chair to sit down.
"When I first met the princess at the palace banquet that day, I was stunned by her beauty. Seeing her up close today, she truly is like a banished immortal. Even I like her."
Bu Ruo didn't even glance at her: "Yes, not only does the Royal Concubine like me, but even the Royal Concubine's nephew likes me."
"Your nephew not only likes me, but he also loves my two children. My family is truly lovable."
Concubine Zhang's nails dug into the flesh. She had already drugged Bu Ruo, so why was she still speaking so harshly?
The maid she had sent had repeatedly assured her before arriving that she had indeed sprinkled the powder on her dress. The powder was extremely potent, and anyone who stayed in the hall for even a moment would be poisoned. Furthermore, the Regent Princess had made her kneel for a while...
I must have been too impatient and came too early, so the medicine powder hasn't fully taken effect yet. I should have waited a little longer, and when Bu Ruo's will became weak, I could have said a few nice words to him, and it would have surely worked.
Then, when Zize gets better... that will be her death. If anyone dares to destroy my nephew, I will never let her off easily.
Concubine Zhang asked her maid to bring over the warm jade and fine jadeite rough stones she had prepared. "Princess, I know that my nephew was wrong about what happened a few days ago. He offended you, the young master, and the young princess."
"I have come here today to apologize to you on behalf of my nephew. I hope your Highness will accept this as an apology and forgive my worthless nephew."
Bu Ruo looked at the things on the tray, raised his eyelids and said nothing, but the little girl poked her head out and spoke.
"Mother, Beining is really poor. We have to make up for the apology we gave us. Even the gift from the imperial concubine was just two worthless broken stones."
The senior palace maid holding the tray showed a trace of disdain on her face: "My little princess is too young to recognize this, but these are not some broken stones. Each of these pieces is top-grade warm jade. If a woman were to make them into jade bracelets or jade pendants and wear them on her body, she wouldn't be so cold in winter, and she wouldn't even need a hand warmer."
"The other piece is a rough jadeite stone from the best mine in Beining. It's the only one of this size and quality in the whole of Beining. The Emperor gave it to our concubine privately. Not even the Empress has received it."
The little girl tutted her tongue with disdain: "Or maybe you Beining people are poor. It's not that I don't know, it's that you Beining people are ignorant."
"Come, take a look at this~"
The little girl pulled out a jade pendant from her neck. The texture was smooth, white and translucent. Compared to this... the one on the tray was really a piece of garbage.
"How is it? Is it much better than yours?"
Seeing her mistress's unhappy expression, the maid could only bite the bullet and continue, "This piece, little princess... is indeed the best of the best, a rare find, but it's only one piece."
"Although the jade that the Imperial Concubine gave to the Princess is not as good as the one given to the young Princess, it is large in size. If it is made into jade pendants, it can be made into three or four pieces."
The little girl put the jade pendant back and shook her head. "It's not just this one, it's the same quality as this princess's. We have a piece in the Regent's Palace that's as big as a small rockery. Mother asked a craftsman to make one for each of us."
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