Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2466: Chapter 2467: A Cornered Dog Will Leap Over the Wall

The shadow known as ”Master” snorted coldly and with a hoarse voice said, ”When it’s time to act, act. Don’t miss any opportunity, now there’s no need to hide anymore.”

”I’m afraid it might expose your identity.”

”Assign people who know nothing, do I have to teach you this?” The shadow was clearly displeased, his tone suddenly worsened significantly.

”Yes, yes, I understand.”

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In the Inner Palace, news came of the upcoming engagement ceremony of Princess Ya’an and Prince Wen De. Bai Ruozhu and the others were discussing it in the Yard.

”A marriage between cousins, aren’t they afraid of divine punishment?” Qiu Zhi clicked his tongue twice, finding it truly unbelievable.

”What’s that, I’ve even heard of a nephew marrying his own aunt,” Gao Zhou said, blowing his beard.

Sa Tian’s expression was conflicted, but he finally stepped forward and said, ”This has always been a tradition of the Fusang Royal Family. There have been many changes over the years. The Emperor can marry aristocratic women as Empresses; in the past, it was mandatory to marry women from the Royal Family. Also, by the rules, as long as they are not siblings with the same parents, they can marry.”

Bai Ruozhu curled her lips, ”Even half-siblings are *** married, I really have to hand it to your Royal Family, aren’t you afraid it will affect the health of your descendants?”

Sa Tian was a bit surprised, ”How would it affect us? We’ve lived like this for thousands of years.”

Bai Ruozhu suddenly felt a bit speechless. Fine, there’s no talking about genetics or the effects of inbreeding on the health of descendants with ancient people; they simply wouldn’t understand.

She originally didn’t want to say more, but unexpectedly, Xinye suddenly said four words with a serious face: ”Absolute nonsense!”

Jiang Yichun glared over, ”Do you want a beating again?”

Tang Feng couldn’t hold it in and chuckled softly. Xinye had challenged Jiang Yichun to a Competition, but almost got beaten to a pulp by Jiang Yichun, clearly no match for him, yet still refused to accept it and always thought of turning the tables.

Bai Ruozhu got a bit angry, staring at Xinye, ”What do you know? You’ve never even left Fusang; have you seen the broader world?”

She let out a cold laugh, ”I’ve heard that over in the Western Royal Family, they also practice inbreeding to preserve pure bloodlines, but this gradually affects the health of their descendants. Many royal members are born with a disease known as Royal Purpura, which requires them to drink human blood to survive, almost viewed as monsters.”

”And your Fusang Royal Family, I bet you also have weak and sickly descendants, perhaps with hereditary issues, just covered up by the Royal Family.”

Bai Ruozhu laughed again, ”Just look at how sparse your Royal Family is, you just don’t realize it.”

Compared to the Fusang Royal Family, Bai Ruozhu felt that the cousin marriages in Zhongyuan were hardly worth mentioning, at least they weren’t between full siblings or aunt and nephew.

”Is what you’re saying true?” Sa Tian’s face didn’t look good, but clearly, he already believed it by seventy to eighty percent.

”Why would I lie to you about such a small matter? What good would lying to you do me? Besides, what does the Fusang Royal Family have to do with me? It’s just idle chatter, not something I’d meddle in.” Bai Ruozhu added.

This time, Sa Tian and Xinye were silent, clearly somewhat worried.

Suddenly, Sa Tian looked at Xinye and said, ”Didn’t your family want to marry your female cousin to you? You should refuse quickly.”

Xinye’s face turned red instantly. He didn’t immediately retort to Sa Tian, but subconsciously looked quickly at Bai Ruozhu, apparently to see her reaction to these words. His actions were so obvious that Jiang Yichun, grinding his teeth beside him, thought this kid really needed a beating.

”Alright, let’s talk about marrying later; Xinye, didn’t you want to defeat me? Let’s have a few more rounds!” Jiang Yichun directly grabbed Xinye by the collar and dragged him away, indifferent to his opinion.

Bai Ruozhu was looking at Sa Tian at the time and didn’t notice Xinye’s reaction, feeling a bit odd inside but not thinking too deeply about it.

Gao Zhou curled his lips, ”That brat has too many thoughts, he needs some discipline.”

After a while, the Emperor came to visit the Second Prince. Bai Ruozhu was about to invite him inside when she suddenly sniffed the air, her brows furrowing.

”Your Majesty, who found these clothes for you today?” Bai Ruozhu asked unpleasantly, ”Someone has tampered with you; this medicine would exacerbate the poison on the Second Prince.”

”What? It was my servant who’s always served me. How could...” the Emperor was somewhat disbelieving. He hurriedly stepped back two steps, ”I better not see Cilang now.”

Bai Ruozhu, seeing his face full of shame and reluctance, couldn’t bear it and, thinking a bit, said, ”Please wait, let me open the door, and you can see him from here; it should be fine.”

”Alright, alright.” The Emperor’s mood improved significantly.

Bai Ruozhu went to open the door, and the Second Prince opened his eyes, obviously quite bored.

”The Emperor has been tampered with and cannot get close to you, he can only see you from afar.” Bai Ruozhu said to the Second Prince, but now didn’t need to speak as loudly as at the beginning, clearly as his hearing had improved significantly.

”Cilang, don’t worry, Father will definitely find those people!” the Emperor shouted.

The Second Prince closed his eyes to express his trust in the Emperor. His eye-closing movements were much faster, but compared to ordinary people, he was still very wooden.

Yet, even so, the Emperor was already very excited; at least it showed the Second Prince’s condition was improving day by day.

For the Second Prince’s safety, the Emperor reluctantly left and immediately went to investigate the clothing issue once out of the Yard.

”The other side is getting desperate, we need to be vigilant.” Bai Ruozhu said.

Fo Lanying rolled up her sleeves with excitement, ”I’ve been waiting for a big action.”

Yuan Licheng quietly walked to her side and reached out to pull her sleeves down; how could he let his woman’s arms be seen by others?

”What are you doing, move aside.” Fo Lanying was a bit embarrassed and quickly hid beside Bai Ruozhu.

The group couldn’t help but laugh, lightening the atmosphere, although Sa Tian was very worried, he didn’t say much, afraid of affecting everyone’s mood.

When dinner time came, Otani brought people to deliver the meal. As the dishes were laid out and everyone was about to pick up their chopsticks, Bai Ruozhu suddenly called out.

”Wait a moment!”

Everyone stopped moving and fixed their eyes on Bai Ruozhu.

”Is it poisoned?” Gao Zhou asked.

Bai Ruozhu looked carefully and said, ”It’s not poisoned, but there is juice from a plant in the dishes that acts as a flavoring, but when this juice comes into contact with the chopstick’s Wood, a change occurs.”

”And it becomes poisonous?” Yizi asked in surprise, as she hadn’t detected any plant juice.

Bai Ruozhu shook her head, and the following words almost made the group lose their appetite...