Hmm, in Gu Lan’s view, what does liking Nian Xia’s big breasts have to do with whether she’s a man or a woman!?
Is there really anyone who doesn’t like it! She doesn’t believe it!
Rong Heng’s expression froze, then he muttered to himself, "Maybe I should just kill Nian Xia."
Gu Lan whispered, "Kill the number one person who proves the Dao by killing her sister?"
"..."
Rong Heng tried hard to tell himself that he wasn’t angry; Gu Lan was a girl, and Nian Xia was his sister.
Soon after discovering that Xie Yun, Zijin, Nan Shiqi, Marquis Gu, Madam Zhou, and Old Madam Gu, along with Nian Xia, all knew of Gu Lan’s identity, Rong Heng drew his sword directly.
Gu Lan quickly patted Rong Heng’s chest, soothing him for the ti it takes to burn a stick of incense.
While soothing him, Rong Heng ca to his senses, only to find a certain soone’s hand sneaking into his clothes.
He was so angry he nearly exploded, his face flushed as he huffed coldly and turned to leave.
After a while, Rong Heng devoured a whole roast duck from Mu City in one go, and even bought three more to take back.
After the one-day tour of Mu City, Gu Lan returned the remaining personnel to the imperial guards, handed over the surviving guards like Lu Ping and Little Cheng to the Ministry of Justice, recounted their encounters to Song Zhi, the head of the imperial guards, and finally returned ho.
Those who attempted to assassinate Gu Lan were all the Empress Dowager’s n. Perhaps they originally intended to fra Su Family’s political enemies, but Little Xu’s defection took them by surprise, forcing them to reveal Empress Dowager Su’s plans.
However, these people had no idea that the Crown Prince and Empress Dowager Su conspired together to assassinate.
The ambush group, except for Sai Guang, were all hired martial artists. After interrogation, only the nas of two Su Family political enemies were obtained. Even if Sai Guang were alive, no one would believe his words.
The situation turned into the Empress Dowager’s attempt to assassinate Young Master Gu, with Su Family political enemies trying to assassinate the Empress Dowager. In the end, the Empress Dowager was stabbed in the back by the eunuch she favored most.
The Empress Dowager was on her deathbed, and everyone else claid ignorance. Although Little Xu had long been a person of the Eastern Palace, many ministers supporting the Crown Prince maintained he was untrustworthy, rendering his testimony invalid.
Moreover, the Empress Dowager’s unrestrained actions after leaving the capital were witnessed by the imperial guards. Coupled with the past favoritism shown to Little Xu, the bla fell squarely on the Empress Dowager; there was no room for dispute.
After all, Empress Dowager Su was the Emperor’s birth mother, and her every action concerned the Imperial Family’s reputation. Since she had already left the Yan Capital, she would not be executed unless it was treason, no matter how grave her mistakes were.
Besides, Gu Lan had only suffered minor injuries.
Thus, an assassination attempt was revealed but not concluded.
Ten days later, a fast horse brought news.
Empress Dowager Su Xinyu’s Phoenix Carriage had reached Tongzhou when her illness suddenly worsened. She succumbed to poison and t her demise.
With the Empress Dowager’s passing, the Emperor would mourn for three years, and the Crown Prince would mourn for one year, during which no marriages or celebrations would be permitted.
After her death, Rong Jing rely ordered the officials in Tongzhou to transport her body back to the capital to be interred in the Imperial Mausoleum, buried beside the forr Emperor’s concubines, but not alongside the forr Emperor himself.
As the entire Dayan mourned, news ca from Wei Country that Emperor Yuan Zhen of Wei had died.
Such pleasant news left Dayan citizens montarily at a loss.
Now an Imperial Concubine, Wei Liuyu presented a forged will that nad the Seventh Prince, Yuan Qian, as Crown Prince.
The whole world knew the will was fake since Yuan Zhen died in Lin’an, where the original Wei Crown Prince Yuan Lang was present. How could a barely months-old Yuan Qian beco Crown Prince?
However, with the support of the Imperial Concubine and Great General, the will was considered genuine.
Yuan Qian ascended the throne, while Yuan Lang was labeled as the "rebellious son" according to the will.
With the new Wei Emperor’s accession, his first decree was to appoint Wei Liuyu as Regent Empress, ruling from behind the curtains, while Wei Junzhuo remained as Wei’s rightful Great General, second only to the Emperor.
The Regent Empress’s first edict ordered the Great General to soon suppress the rebellious court in Lin’an.
In Step Lotus Hall, Young Master Gu, who had long recovered from his injuries, leisurely sat on a rocking chair eating crystal grapes peeled by Zijin, casually waving a folding fan while observing various intelligence reports.
A few feet away, Wei Chengyuan was teaching Rong Yunhao how to practice swordsmanship.
No one would have thought that after losing weight, Rong Yunhao turned out to be a swordsmanship prodigy upon Wei Chengyuan’s testing!
The two had been practicing for two hour-long periods, with Rong Yunhao spending his entire rest day lounging at her place.
Gu Lan thought, indeed, n are like this; once they have sothing, they no longer treasure it—except for her Rong Heng.
Ever since Rong Shuo had faked his death to return to the capital and live a cozy life with his family, Rong Yunhao no longer cried out for his father’s companionship. Instead, he ca to Gu Lan’s place on every Imperial Family rest day.
To outsiders, it seed pitiable and lantable for the young prince to have lost his father and be idling with Young Master Gu constantly. It was assud the Prince Mansion would soon be squandered by the young prince, although, in reality, Rong Yunhao was just tired of it all.
Tired of being managed by Rong Shuo, tired of watching his parents flaunt their affection at ho.
A gust of wind scattered magnolia petals from Xie Yun’s courtyard, and Rong Yunhao gripped his small wooden sword, muttering sothing as his sword moves beca more and more fierce.
"There’s going to be chaos within Wei Country; it seems like a war is brewing, even more chaotic than our ho," Gu Lan remarked in surprise after reading the intelligence, ignoring the two practicing.
She casually picked up a white petal that had fallen on her, bringing it to her nose to sniff.
Never did she expect the once frail youth Yuan Lang to hold up under Wei Junzhuo’s rule for this long.
Of course, no one knew that when Yuan Lang first returned to Wei Country, the Dark Hall of the Marquis Mansion secretly helped him hide his identity and rescued the Wei Emperor and Empress.
Yuan Lang also proved capable, establishing a rival court with assistance from Yuan Zhen, attracting many old ministers loyal to the Yuan Imperial Family to Lin’an.
He had beco a thorn in Wei Junzhuo’s territory, causing sleepless nights.
Unless Wei Junzhuo eliminated Yuan Lang, he would never be able to spare the effort needed to attack Yan Country.
Zijin asked curiously, "How is our household chaotic? There’s still ti before Old Madam’s birthday."
Gu Lan looked at the magnolia branches that grew over the wall into her courtyard, smiling as she said, "Do you know what Gu Changting did yesterday morning?"
"Skipping court? Or is Young Master Changting ill?" Zijin was quite puzzled.
Gu Lan replied with interest:
"He fancies Lu Congyun’s eldest daughter Lu Bingxin. Sohow, Lu Bingxin’s younger brother Lu Rufeng found out, and the two got into a fight. They are both lying at ho now. My uncle nearly got into a fight with Lu Bingxin during the morning court in Taihe Palace yesterday."
Zijin’s eyes widened in surprise, "How did you learn such gossip, Young Master?"
Gu Lan swallowed a grape and stretched lazily, "Climbing walls is really interesting."
She would never admit to accidentally witnessing the silly scene of Changting eting at Xie Yun’s house.
In any case, Gu Changting has a long and arduous road ahead to win over the Lu Family.
As they conversed, Rong Yunhao and Wei Chengyuan continued with their sword practice. The young prince’s once soft features had tanned a shade darker, sweat trickling down his forehead as he persisted in his practice, mumbling with every thrust.
Gu Lan asked, "What are you murmuring about, little mouse?"
She was genuinely touched by Rong Yunhao’s determination.
Wei Chengyuan also enjoyed being around children, teaching with a patient and gentle smile.
Rong Yunhao thrust his sword forward and exclaid, "The ninety-seventh sword, almond crisp..."
Then, he thrust his sword again, "The ninety-eighth sword, almond crisp!"
Gu Lan: "?"
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