The Fifth Princess and Hua Rong ate grapes and gossiped, "I originally thought that my eldest sister had changed, but I didn't expect she was just pretending. Today, she left the palace and went to her uncle's martial arts training ground."
Hua Rong wasn't surprised to hear this.
Nothing in the inner palace can be kept from her now.
"The peaceful days are coming to an end."
Upon hearing Hua Rong's words, the Fifth Princess suddenly lost her appetite for grapes.
She looked at Hua Rong, hesitant to speak.
Based on the timeline, in another six months, the Xiongnu and the seven states of Dalian will simultaneously launch an attack on the Great Yan.
This marked the beginning of the fall of the Great Yan state.
She is now looking for a way out.
She didn't want the identity of a princess.
Thinking about the original owner's fate, she got goosebumps all over.
The war that destroyed the Great Yan Kingdom lasted for five years.
Five years is enough time for her to prepare.
She just doesn't know whether she should tell Hua Rong about this.
She worried that once she spoke out, it would create a butterfly effect that she couldn't predict.
Hua Rong seemed to understand her predicament, and as if she hadn't noticed her hesitation, she said:
“I recently heard from my old eunuch that your father has not been sleeping well lately.”
The Fifth Princess certainly knew why the old emperor was not sleeping soundly.
A major battle is about to take place in six months. Although the Great Yan has been weak for a long time, it is impossible that it would not be able to detect even the slightest thing that is wrong.
She recalled the author's description of the old emperor in the erotic novel, and her expression became somewhat complicated.
In matters of family, the old emperor was absolutely a cold-blooded and ruthless person.
But as an emperor, he was quite competent.
She still remembers the war that destroyed the country in the book very clearly!
"Rongrong, the Eighth Prince is looking for you!"
"Eighth Brother? Aren't you familiar with Ninth Brother? I haven't heard that you have any dealings with Eighth Brother."
The Fifth Princess's attention was immediately diverted; national and personal grievances were indeed too distant for her.
Hua Rong raised an eyebrow, stood up and washed her hands: "You'll know once you go and see for yourself."
She and the Eighth Prince did not have much contact. The fact that the Eighth Prince came to see her was probably related to the Ninth Prince.
Sure enough, after hearing what the Eighth Prince said, Hua Rong's forehead was covered in black lines.
"You mean, he was delirious from a high fever and called out my name?" Hua Rong asked again to confirm.
The way the Eighth Prince looked at her made it seem as if she had swindled the Ninth Prince out of his money and affection, and then run off with an old eunuch with all that money...
The Ninth Prince clenched his fists, suppressing his anger, his voice strained.
"I don't ask you to do anything, I just hope you'll go and see him."
Hua Rong, this is truly a mess you can't clear your name even if you jump into the Yellow River!
"Okay, I'll go!"
The Ninth Prince is ill; she should indeed go and see him.
The old emperor no longer restricts her from leaving the palace.
As long as they don't run away, it's fine!
Even after confirming that it was Prince Nanxin who had taken action, rather than his own son, the old emperor didn't care at all about how close she was to the princes.
Besides, with the recent urgent military situation on the border, he had no time to pay attention to Hua Rong's affairs.
Hua Rong was traveling to the Ninth Prince's residence in the Eighth Prince's carriage when they collided with another carriage. The Eighth Prince, in his haste, disregarded the collision and overtook the other carriage.
"Who is this person?!"
Someone complained, and Hua Rong was startled. She lifted the curtain and looked outside.
"Stop the car! Stop the car!"
"Stop driving! You can wait, but my ninth brother can't."
The Ninth Prince, who was usually aloof, suddenly started swearing.
As the carriage drove further and further away, and the people beside him were still members of the royal family, Hua Rong did not urge the carriage to stop.
She gripped the curtains tightly, trying to calm herself.
That voice just now... sounded a lot like a voice from deep within her memory.
I haven't heard it for over ten years.
"Perhaps I misheard," Hua Rong muttered, and the carriage slammed on the brakes.
"get off!"
After getting off the carriage, the Ninth Prince stared at Hua Rong with wide, round eyes.
It seemed that if Hua Rong said no, he would use force to drag Hua Rong down.
Hua Rong: "..."
She obediently got off the carriage and followed the Eighth Prince into the Ninth Prince's residence.
The princes all started their own residences at the age of ten. The eighth and ninth princes were close friends, and their residences were next to each other.
From the outside, the two mansions look exactly the same.
"These two brothers are really bizarre..."
The twelfth prince and the thirteenth prince are twins, but they look nothing alike and have completely opposite habits.
The eighth and ninth princes, who were not twins, looked almost identical and had similar interests.
She suddenly remembered how the Ninth Prince couldn't express his love.
Watching the Eighth Prince stride by, a particularly bizarre thought came to mind.
Could this brooding, tsundere eighth prince be the same way?
She quickly put the idea aside.
In the royal family, there are some things that are simply forbidden to even contemplate.
Hua Rong glanced at the Ninth Prince, then suddenly changed her expression and placed her hand on his pulse.
The Eighth Prince noticed her movements and his brow twitched slightly: "You know medicine!"
He was shocked; another intelligent man.
They quickly guessed things that others didn't know.
If Hua Rong knew medicine, and considering the Emperor's favor towards her...
"Father is ill?!" The Eighth Prince asked urgently.
An anxious expression appeared on a face that had previously remained expressionless.
Hua Rong, who had been observing him, saw this scene and ruled out the possibility that he had poisoned the old emperor.
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