Mu Run understood. "It means your eldest son is a man with obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness."
"It's also possible that they don't trust these women. If they were to risk their lives to assassinate the king in bed, it would be quite easy."
"Hmm, your eldest son is also very suspicious. That's not good. Other emperors and princes have three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines, but he's destined to be single."
What does "forever alone" mean?
"Destined to be alone for life!"
Fu Yunchen, who was standing outside the door, turned and walked away. He shouldn't have come to see her...
After accepting the duties, Mu Run first met with the women.
The oldest was Xue Niang, in her thirties. Her hair was jet black and shiny, and her skin was flawless, looking like she was in her twenties.
His eyes were too calculating and worldly. It might be fine for a man who likes mature women, but for Fu Yunchen, they were far too sophisticated. Fu Yunchen probably prefers the young and innocent type.
The youngest was twenty-six years old, which would have been considered old for a woman in ancient times.
Mu Run met them one by one and learned about their thoughts.
Most of them still don't want to stay in the mountains. They want to find a reliable, honest man who doesn't mind their looks and marry him. They want to have children while they can still, otherwise they really won't be able to have children, and their later years will be miserable and helpless. After they die, there won't even be anyone to burn paper money for them at their graves.
But there are also those who just want to live a life of ease and comfort on the mountain, since someone will take care of them and they won't have to worry about food, drink, or shelter.
Finally, there's Xue Niang, who is unique in that she wields considerable power. She also has a daughter with the former chieftain, Mai Jichang. This daughter was sent to her maternal family to be raised in her early years and doesn't live in the village.
After Mu Run finished her investigation, she had some ideas in mind, but she still needed to ask Fu Yunchen for a decision.
In the afternoon, when there was still half an hour before school ended, Mu Run and Cai Shi went to Qingxuetang to pick up the children.
I wonder how Huanhuan and Tuantuan fared that day, whether they cried or not. Murun was very worried.
I wish I could run on the road.
When Madam Cai learned Mu Run's full name, her expression changed drastically, and she looked at her with a knowing and meaningful gaze.
Mu Run pretended not to know, since she wasn't the only one who thought that way.
“Your Majesty previously had a wife who was a bandit chieftain; she was Princess Xiao’an of the Northern Jin Dynasty,” Lady Cai said tentatively.
Mu Run stopped in her tracks. "Xiao An?"
Xiao'an killed Hua Ling, and her body belonged to Hua Ling. Could it be... another case of a crime of passion? Fu Yunchen loved Hua Ling, but Princess Xiao'an was jealous of Hua Ling, so she killed her.
The more Mu Run thought about it, the clearer it became, and she almost accepted it as fact!
Unexpectedly, Madam Cai continued, "Princess Xiao'an was a princess left behind by the late emperor of the Northern Jin Dynasty. Before becoming a princess, she was the king's wife, named Mu Run, the same name as Lady Mu!"
Mu Run was stunned. "...Huh?"
Looking at her, Madam Cai continued, "Some of your words and actions are very similar to those of the former Madam. And you also saw the way the accounts were kept; that's what she taught you. Those characters are called Arabic numerals. She also built the tea workshop. The reason the village only sells raw tea is because only Madam knows the finer methods. And recently, Mu Niangzi's method of refining tea in the workshop was almost exactly the same as Madam's, without the slightest difference."
Can there really be so many coincidences in the world?
---Aside---
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