"That's right! There's not a single good person in the Zhu family!"
Lu Yuanfei glanced at it sideways and said, "Then why did you save this child?"
"It's just a transaction!" Rong Ning said lazily. "Her mother gave me something of value, and I promised her mother to protect her. Besides, she's still young. When she grows up, she'll have lost these memories."
As for other considerations, Rong Ning did not want to say more.
With people you don't know well, the easiest way is to reduce most interactions to simple exchanges of benefits.
"But if others find out that you secretly saved her, especially if it's someone who wants to kill you, you'll be in great danger!"
"I know, that's why I brought her to Master!" Rong Ning said with a grin. "Master doesn't have much to do on this mountain, so raising a child to play with might be quite fun!"
Lu Yuanfei sneered, "So, according to you, I should thank you?"
"No...no...no no..."
"How dare I, your disciple!"
Rong Ning straightened her expression, stood up, and bowed to Lü Yuanfei. "Master, I know you are indifferent to worldly affairs. Entrusting this child to you this time is, in a sense, putting you at risk. Your disciple is here to apologize to you!"
"Alright! Stop being so dramatic!" Lü Yuanfei couldn't stand it anymore. "You've already sent it, why are you still making such a fuss? There are only women in Linghua Temple, they can take care of a child without any problem, don't worry!"
Instead of worrying about me and this child, you should worry about yourself.
As Lü Yuanfei spoke, he looked at Rong Ning with a deep gaze, "A Ning, once you step into the vortex of power, it's hard to get out. A slight misstep can lead to utter ruin. Are you really sure you want to go down this path?"
"Master..."
Rong Ning exhaled a breath of stale air and slowly replied, "I understand the reasoning, but I have no choice. If I am just an ordinary princess who enjoys wealth and honor but has no real power, then in the future, I may also become a fish on the chopping block, let alone plan for my elder sister."
Master...you know my temperament. You should know that once I've made up my mind about something, I'll fight until I'm battered and bruised, until I get a result.
So no matter what the final outcome, I will continue down this path.
Lu Yuanfei was somewhat taken aback by her words. After a long while, she said, "I used to think that your personality was unlike your mother's, much less like your adoptive father. But now that I think about it carefully, I feel that your personality is the result of inheriting the deepest and most extreme traits hidden in your parents' bones!"
They are all incredibly stubborn people!
Lu Yuanfei was feeling conflicted and tired, and didn't want to say anything more, so she waved her hand and said, "Go back to your room and rest for a while. Leave the child here."
"Thank you, Master! But I have to go now! I need to get back as soon as possible to avoid being discovered."
Lu Yuanfei paused in rubbing his temples, then resumed, saying helplessly, "In that case, let's go. Be careful on the road!"
"Don't worry, Master!"
Rong Ning replied with a sentence, then slowly left the room, closed the door, looked up at the bright moon above Linghua Temple, her mind blank, lost in thought.
"Your Highness...has he left?"
"Hmm... let's go..."
The two left the mountain gate and quickly led their men down the mountain.
When they arrived at the city gate, it was already wide open. Rong Ning and her group disguised themselves and blended into the crowd of people to enter the city. They left their carriage and horses in a secluded alley before circling back to the teahouse and taking a secret passage back to the Red Lotus Pavilion.
It was already broad daylight. The Red Lotus Pavilion was bustling at night, but quiet during the day.
Mo'er waited for them all night. When she saw them return safely, she breathed a sigh of relief. She then told the people in the room who were impersonating the two of them to leave through the secret passage. Only then did she turn around and look at Rong Ning and A Ying, only to find that the two of them were stuffing the snacks on the table into their mouths.
When they choked, they would gulp down tea; it was quite a sight!
"Should we have someone send some breakfast over?" Mo'er asked.
"Need not!"
Rong Ning rubbed her hands together and brushed away the crumbs from her hands, quite unrefined. "Aying and I are going to take a nap. No matter how big the problem is, you can stop me from talking about it until we wake up."
He then lay down on the huge couch, pulled the blanket over himself, and turned his head to sleep!
Aying swallowed the last bite of pastry, feeling a little choked. She picked up her teacup and sipped it, letting out a comfortable sigh. She patted Mo'er's shoulder and said, "I need to sleep for a while too. You've been keeping watch all night, you must be tired. Go and rest. Even if the sky falls, we'll talk about it after we've woken up."
"Alright, alright...don't worry!" Mo'er pushed her down to sleep. "Everything's taken care of, you two can sleep peacefully!"
Besides, even if everyone knows that Rong Ning has been staying at the Red Lotus Pavilion and hasn't come out, no one dares to say anything. After all, the last time Rong Ning stayed out all night at the Red Lotus Pavilion, the direct consequence of the ministers impeaching her was that Rong Ning swaggered into the Prime Minister's residence and turned the residence upside down.
Having learned from past mistakes, no one dared to harass Rong Ning again, allowing her to sleep comfortably all morning.
Rong Ning and A Ying had lunch at the Red Lotus Pavilion before strolling out leisurely. The princess's carriage was already parked outside the building.
Or rather, this carriage has been parked here since last night, and people coming and going have been watching it for a whole day and night. Half of Nanyang City knows that Rong Ning once again spent a fortune at the Red Lotus Pavilion last night and did not return home.
Some people said she was absurd, others said she was shameless. The ministers dared not go to her to cause trouble, nor did they dare to complain to the emperor. They could only curse her in private. Everyone was busy, but no one paid attention to the three-year-old girl in the Ministry of Justice prison who died young due to a serious illness.
That would be excellent.
Having accomplished her task, Rong Ning ate and drank her fill, and happily returned to the Ministry of Justice.
The news that she had stayed out all night at the Red Lotus Pavilion had spread far and wide. The people in the Ministry of Justice thought that she had had so much fun last night and probably wouldn't come to the Ministry of Justice today, but she suddenly appeared.
When the young official saw her, he was startled and hurriedly greeted her before turning and rushing to the backyard.
"stop!"
Rong Ning called out to him, her voice not loud, but enough to make the junior official stop.
She glanced at him and then swaggered towards the backyard.
How to put it? It was both very lively and very quiet.
The place was bustling because of the large number of people, and quiet because no one was making a sound. Everyone had their hands clasped together and their heads bowed. Luo Chuan stood in front of them, his hands behind his back, his back to Rong Ning. His aura was so powerful that it seemed as if he was about to force them out and send them to the guillotine.
This was clearly a lecture to them, and a lecture that had been going on for a long time, with the speaker pausing to catch their breath.
Luo Chuan was a close advisor to the emperor and was usually cautious in his work. Although he had been working with Rong Ning in the Ministry of Justice for some time, he was very gentle and never argued with anyone.
What's going on today?
Did the Ministry of Justice make a huge blunder during her short absence?
Rong Ning was curious and was about to ask when she heard Luo Chuan slowly say, "Our prince doesn't have any other hobbies. He just likes to go to the Red Lotus Pavilion to see the girls and listen to their music. What's wrong?"
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