Chapter 390 – The Sick Ninth Prince

Wei Ruo was brought before Mrs. Yuan.

Also present were Sister Qin and another Sister whom Wei Ruo had not seen before.

Sister Qin introduced Wei Ruo, “Big Miss, this is Sister Zeng.”

Wei Ruo looked at that person, from Sister Qin’s tone and demeanor Wei Ruo could tell that although they were both sisters from the palace, Sister Zeng’s status should still be slightly higher than that of Sister Qin.

“The old slave has met the eldest girl.” Sister Zeng slightly blessed her body, and her attitude towards Wei Ruo was just as polite and courteous as Sister Qin’s.

“Sister Zeng.” Wei Ruo nodded at the other party in greeting.

“Eldest girl, these are all rewards from the Empress for your contributions to the people of Taizhou Province.”

Beside Sister Tsang’s body lay several boxes, covered with red cloth.

Although temporarily can not see the things inside, but just because of the ceremony Wei Ruo know that things are not bad, should be some valuable good things.

“Thank you, Your Highness, for your favor.” Wei Ruo thanked her for her grace.

The heart said, this Princess Hui is thicker than her son, knowing to send gifts to her, it is not in vain that she brought her son to get a wave of performance.

“There is no need for you to be polite, these rewards given by the Empress have also received the approval of the Emperor, and they are earned by the eldest girl’s ability.”

Wei Ruo followed Mrs. Yuan to preside over the disaster relief, received a commendation, but because it is the first daughter of the clan, the emperor is not good to directly reward, let the mother consort of the seventh prince related to this incident to give a commendation, both the attitude of the table, but also do not lose etiquette.

“My daughter kowtows to His Majesty’s great favor.” Wei Ruo hurriedly said.

“The empress said that when the eldest girl goes to the capital, she will definitely summon the eldest girl and thank her in person.” Sister Zeng spoke extremely politely.

“My daughter is terrified, but she is only making a small contribution and does not dare to claim credit.” Wei Ruo hurriedly replied.

Sister Zeng took Wei Ruo’s hand and gently patted the back of Wei Ruo’s hand, “Eldest girl, I hope that in the future I will be able to see you again to work for the welfare of more of the people, and to take the same responsibility as Seventh Highness in saving all the people.”

Wei Ruo smiled lightly and instantly read the meaning of Sister Zeng’s words.

This was hinting at wanting her to remain on Chu Lan’s side in the future.

Wei Ruo replied, “Sister, I am a woman, I can be of little use, this time it is also Mrs. Yuan’s appreciation and promotion, so that I have such an opportunity to make a small contribution to the people, my skills have been shown, and then there are other things I can not help.”

“Big girl don’t be presumptuous, it’s these things you’re doing now that are already beyond the reach of many famous girls.” Sister Zeng said.

Wei Ruo just smiled in response.

Knowing that Wei Ruo wasn’t very good at dealing with this kind of situation, Mrs. Yuan came up to talk to Sister Zeng, “Sister, Ruo’er sister is almost embarrassed by what you’re saying, I won’t allow you to put too much pressure on her.”

“Good good good.” Sister Zeng busily smiled and responded, “I can see that the Sheriff’s Mistress really likes the eldest girl, I’m just afraid that this old woman of mine will scare the eldest girl.”

“That’s not fear of you? I’ve heard of your Sister Tseng’s reputation since I was a child.” Mrs. Yuan smiled and joked.

Mrs. Yuan often went to the palace and was old friends with several favored sisters in the palace, including this senior Sister Zeng.

“My Highness the county princess, you saying this makes this old woman of mine so terrified, in case the old prince hears it and takes it as true, then this old woman of mine won’t be able to keep her head on her neck!” Sister Zeng was all smiles.

The two sisters chatted with Mrs. Yuan and Wei Ruo for quite a while, and it was mainly those three who were talking, with Wei Ruo only occasionally chiming in and opening her mouth less.

After chatting for a quarter of an hour or so, Sister Zeng and Sister Qin bid farewell to Mrs. Yuan, who sent Light Yi to see the two sisters off.

Only Mrs. Yuan and Wei Ruo were left in the room.

Mrs. Yuan said to Wei Ruo in a gentle tone, “Although Lady Hui is not in favor, she has given birth to the capable seventh prince, and her position in the palace is unshakeable. That Sister Zeng is an old man in the palace, she used to work before the Empress Dowager, and even in front of the Emperor, she has some thin skin.”

Wei Ruo nodded her head, “Thank you for mentioning it, ma’am, I’ve made a note of it.”

Mrs. Yuan added, “This time, Empress Hui giving you a reward should be authorized by the saint, so you don’t have to worry about being involved with the seventh prince because of this.”

“I thought of it.” Wei Ruo said, on the way here Wei Ruo had already thought about this.

Consort Hui was a rear consort, so to so blatantly give a gift to a clanswoman, if it was for the purpose of pulling Wei Ruo to her side, then it would be too stupid.

Mrs. Yuan’s words confirmed Wei Ruo’s thoughts.

From this, it can be seen that all those worries of Wei Mingyong are simply superfluous and are nothing more than his self-righteous and stupid ideas.

Saying this, Mrs. Yuan said to Wei Ruo, “Speaking of which, before you came, Sister Zeng told me about a great event that has happened in the capital recently.”

“What is it?”

“You probably have heard of it, nowadays the Crown Prince’s dispute, the most popular candidates are the Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince. Sixth prince’s grandfather is powerful, many supporters in the court; and the seventh prince’s own ability to be more outstanding than the sixth prince. Originally between the two is the sixth prince is more hopeful some, but recently the sixth prince of the disaster relief fruitless, the seventh prince of the war, so that the seventh prince’s voice has risen.”

“I’ve heard a little about it.” Wei Ruo didn’t understand why Mrs. Yuan brought this up at this time.

“Then you should still not know that the Ninth Prince has appeared, and this situation is going to change.” Mrs. Yuan spoke in a shocking manner.

“The Ninth Prince?” Wei Ruo looked at Mrs. Yuan in surprise.

“Yes, Ninth Prince.” Mrs. Yuan was very certain.

“I’ve heard some rumors about the Ninth Prince before, but they should just be rumors, they can’t be true can they?”

Wei Ruo will think so there is a basis, the original battle to seize the throne is Chu Lan won, to the end of the end has not appeared what the ninth prince.

The person of the Ninth Prince only exists in people’s conversations, and his position in the heart of the Emperor is probably similar to the position of the late White Moonlight in the heart of the male lead.

Whenever the Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince had something that made the Emperor feel bad, the Emperor would think of that child that he had with his beloved Empress Xu.

Even though that child was lost at birth, it didn’t stop him from being brainstormed in the Emperor’s mind as the best and most perfect son.

“Originally I thought the same thing, but I didn’t expect this person to actually appear. And it’s also at a crucial time when Duke Xu’s case of collaborating with the enemy and treason is being retried.” Mrs. Yuan said.

“Is it the real Ninth Prince? It can’t be someone pretending to be one, right?” Wei Ruo asked.

Mrs. Yuan shook her head, “It’s not certain now, but the people who escorted this person back to the capital were all old ministers beside Empress Xu back then, and they also had Empress Xu’s tokens from back then on their bodies, which is something that people who normally try to impersonate can’t do.”

Wei Ruo frowned, somewhat puzzled.

That wasn’t in the original!

“But …… this ninth prince seems to be a bit sickly, sickly, and doesn’t look like he can live for long.” Mrs. Yuan added.

(End of chapter)