Rong Yunhao, although young, holds the status of Princely Heir of Prince Rui.
Even to restrain Rong Baoyi, Rong Jing would never allow him to leave the Capital City.
Moreover, Rong Jing issued an order that since Prince Rui Mansion no longer had its master, and since the Princess Consort was leaving the Capital City, it would be better to let the young prince stay in the Imperial Palace at Maoqin Hall and Xiefang Palace until he was fourteen or fifteen years old.
Rong Yunhao refused, but he could not change the Holy Decree.
If the Princess Rui wanted to accompany Li Qing back to Tongzhou, Rong Yunhao would inevitably be taken into the palace.
Xie Yun, after finishing his sword practice for the day breathlessly, looked at the depressed young prince and couldn’t help but comfort him:
"Yunhao, the teachers at the Imperial Family Academy are masters of education from all over the world. Being able to study in the palace is your blessing."
The young prince looked at him and turned his grief and anger into appetite by eating almond crisps, with a faint tendency to beco a little chubby:
"Do you want this blessing?"
Xie Yun: "..."
Despite Rong Yunhao’s countless reluctances, Princess Rui and Rong Shuo still resolutely abandoned their son and set off together for Tongzhou.
Rong Yunhao felt that he might not be their biological child.
From that day on, he could no longer leave the palace on rest days to find Gu Lan and Wei Chengyuan to learn swordsmanship like before.
Fearing he would be too bored, Gu Lan often requested permission to visit the palace, and in the process, beca familiar with iduo from the West Hall of the Imperial Palace.
The West Hall, located in a remote area, was adjacent to the forr Imperial Court, usually deserted, with only Qiangrong people being confined there.
Duoji had two sons and a daughter, all children with Zhuoma. Among them, iduo was the only one who inherited Zhuoma’s chestnut curls, and she was their youngest and most cherished daughter.
His two sons and the old Chanyu Gongbu were strictly watched by the Palace Attendants, but iduo, being a girl, had no Palace Attendants to serve her, nor eunuchs to monitor her.
Thus, little iduo was always able to sneak out of the West Hall to Xiefang Palace to find Gu Lan and the young prince.
Until Gu Lan unintentionally discovered that iduo seed... to have the talent to inherit his martial arts!
In other words, iduo had the gift of making herself inconspicuous, and her physical condition was excellent, making her extrely suitable to be an assassin or killer.
Gu Lan couldn’t help but teach her so stealth techniques, but fearing losing his nephew’s trust, he didn’t let the little girl learn any killing thods.
As a result, it was awkward, and Young Master Gu gained another admirer.
However, in recent days, Gu Lan was too busy to visit the palace.
——Old Madam Gu’s birthday banquet was approaching.
The old lady, an Imperial Decree Lady of Dayan and the biological mother of the Dingyuan Marquis, was turning sixty-two, and all notable figures in the Capital City had to attend. As the legitimate grandson, Gu Lan was obliged to start preparing the guest list and process for the banquet.
Last year, due to floods and famine in the Yan Country, the Marquis Mansion did not host a banquet for the old lady’s birthday; this year was different. First, the Dingyuan Marquis had a great victory in the Snowfield, then the Young Master won a major victory in Yinzhou, Prince Rui passed away, and the Su Family, which had been influential in the Capital City for a century, was seized —
For a mont, the Gu Family was unparalleled in the Capital City, replacing the Su Family and Prince Rui’s Mansion as Dayan’s most prominent family.
Perhaps only Prince Xiang could rival them, however, Rong Heng was alone to the outside, having just been made a prince; his foundation was nowhere near the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.
Second Young Master Gu sent a ssage seven days in advance, saying that even the Emperor intended to personally attend the birthday banquet to highlight his trust in the Gu Family and asked the Marquis Mansion to prepare accordingly.
This matter had been under preparation since two months ago, with the banquet only seven days away.
In the study, upon learning that Rong Jing intended to personally attend, Gu Lan reviewed the previous banquet invitation list, adding two appropriate nas and crossing out an unfamiliar na.
At this mont, she sensed sothing and paused with her ink brush, looking toward the door: "What’s the matter?"
Uncle Li walked in, presenting a report: "Young Master, this is the latest news from Wei Country. It requires your review."
If it were a trivial matter, Uncle Li would not have co to her.
A sense of foreboding welled up in Gu Lan’s heart as she took the report and began to read it.
"Prince Lin’an initiated a coup in Bian that failed; his remaining party in Bian was completely wiped out by Wei Junzhuo leading the Guard Army. From then on, Prince Lin’an could only defend Lin’an and its surrounding three cities alone..."
After a while, she finished reading all the content, murmuring to herself.
Prince Lin’an naturally referred to Yuan Lang himself.
After Yuan Zhen’s passing, he did not proclaim himself Emperor but instead rallied ministers who supported the Yuan Imperial Family in Lin’an, under the banner of avenging the forr Emperor, claiming he had been killed by the Great General and the Imperial Concubine, thereby forming a considerable force of his own.
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