Wang Xiu Yu was very efficient in her work. Within just a few days, everyone in the palace knew that the prince was going to marry a man.
Ning Xuan Wang Rong Mingyu did not have many expectations for his eldest son, nor did he hope for him to become successful or healthy. Based on Rong Tang's understanding of his previous two lives, the prince's attitude towards the original owner was quite ambiguous and dispensable.
When alive, he is just another mouth to feed in the palace; when dead, he is just another grave to fill the ancestral tomb.
As for the other concubines and clan members in the mansion, to be honest, they all agreed with Rong Tang's decision to marry a man and had no other thoughts.
If this happened in an ordinary family, it would cause a huge uproar, but it happened to Rong Tang and was just a trivial matter.
A man who will die sooner or later, and a noble prince, is determined to get married, and no one can stop him. In this case, it is better to marry a man than a woman. Otherwise, even if the body is not good, what if she gets pregnant and has children
The title is determined based on the legal status of the couple and then the age. If a grandson is born, even if Rong Tang dies, the palace will not fall into the hands of others. Therefore, if he wants to marry a man, the happiest people will be his half brothers.
Therefore, when Rong Tang wanted to marry Su Huaijing, he originally thought that the only hurdle he had to overcome was Wang Xiuyu, but Princess Duanyi actually came to inquire about it, which surprised him a little.
Rong Tang nodded, indicating that he understood, and then told Shuangfu: "Go to the study and get the Buddhist scriptures I copied some time ago."
Princess Duanyi is over sixty years old and is a devout Buddhist. In her previous life, Rong Tang had copied Buddhist scriptures day and night and sent them to the princess's mansion in order to take a shortcut and get the hero out of the cold palace earlier.
It’s just that in this life, I copied Buddhist scriptures only for myself.
The system didn't ask him why, and Rong Tang didn't say it. When he came to his senses, there were already several newly copied scriptures in the study. If you didn't know what was going on, you would think he had committed some unforgivable sin and was asking for Buddha's forgiveness.
Shuangfu put the scriptures in a brocade box, ordered the carriage to stop at the door, and then led Rong Tang over.
The weather was getting warmer, but Rong Tang still couldn't stand the slightest bit of cold wind, so Shuangfu specially tied a crimson cloak for him before he went out.
Prince Ningxuan's Mansion is not close to the Princess Chang's Mansion. It takes about thirty minutes by carriage. Rong Tang closed his eyes and rested, and subconsciously entered the system space to take a look.
All he saw was endless darkness. He curled his lips, revealed a slightly mocking smile, and then stepped back.
Compared to other time travelers, Rong Tang is really lucky. Not only does he have three chances to be reborn and start over, he even gets a powerful binding cheat code called "God's Perspective" at the beginning.
In the previous two time travels, Rong Tang's system space was originally a three-dimensional stereogram, similar to the online games he played in modern times.
The main character is in the center of the interface, with a proportional miniature of the surrounding environment on his side. There is a character portrait and level in the upper left corner, and a map thumbnail in the upper right corner. Click it to see the entire territory of Dayu. After lighting up the anchor point to unlock the relevant area, you can even spend the system coins obtained from completing tasks to teleport and switch perspectives.
As a time traveler, Rong Tang's initial binding character is the male protagonist.
The only thing that can be switched is the male protagonist's perspective, which he does not need system coins. Wherever the male protagonist walks, the system will determine that Rong Tang has also passed by, and automatically unlock the anchor point.
These time-travel golden fingers were so tempting to Rong Tang that he even felt a little dizzy at first.
Rong Tang originally said that the three rebirth opportunities given by the system were too many and they were not needed at all. It was not until he really died again and again that he realized that even with the so-called "God's perspective", he could not see through everyone's inner thoughts.
This time, perhaps because Rong Tang was determined not to complete the mission, the main brain got angry and shut down his permissions and cheat codes. When Rong Tang entered the system space again, he could only see an empty space.
The system sensed his emotions and called out softly: [Host.]
"I'm fine." Rong Tang said, "It's good to be blind."
He paused, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Can you see it?"
Rong Tang remembered that when he entered the system space before, he often saw a ball of light floating everywhere. The system said that was its real body.
[able.]
Rong Tang smiled and said, "Where are you now?"
The sound of electricity passed by, and the system said nothing.
Rong Tang leaned on the carriage. There was a faint smell of incense inside, and gradually he fell asleep.
Beneath the darkness lies a gorgeous and prosperous map, outlining a microcosm of the entire world.
In the center of the miniature, on the long street of the imperial capital, a luxurious carriage passed slowly. Inside the carriage sat a young man with gentle features. His illness had penetrated into his bones, and a smell of death and corruption emanated from deep in his blood.
But as soon as this breath left the body, it was suppressed by the gentle smile on the boy's face. The contradiction between life and death gathered on one person, as if it could crush him at any time.
Rong Tang was leaning against the carriage and taking a light nap. In an unknown place, there was a gentle and weak ball of light on his legs, as if it was relying on him or trying to keep him warm.
The system said very quietly: [I am with you, host.]
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It was already past mealtime when we arrived at the Princess's Mansion. Princess Duanyi was a devout Buddhist and had been a vegetarian all year round. She also did not eat after noon, and everyone in the mansion followed the same habit.
Even though Rong Tang came with an empty stomach, he was only served a cup of tea. The nanny who served the eldest princess said respectfully but firmly: "Please wait for a moment, young master. His Highness is taking a nap and will see you when he wakes up."
Rong Tang smiled and nodded, then sat peacefully in the armchair in the living room, flipping through the Buddhist scriptures that Shuangfu had brought over.
He was a little hungry, but he was not unable to suppress his hunger. He kept reading the Buddhist scriptures for a while until he heard a noise at the door. Rong Tang came to his senses and stood up to see Princess Duanyi being supported by a nanny and coming in.
The princess had just taken a nap and had only two simple wooden hairpins in her hair.
Duan Yi and Wang Xiu Yu are two completely different people.
Wang Xiuyu was born in a noble family and was the empress's biological sister. She was in charge of the household affairs of the palace. Even though she had a sickly and mentally retarded son who made her worried, in the eyes of outsiders, Princess Ningxuan was always dignified and dignified. Rong Mingyu was not a person who loved each other for a long time. Although the younger generation in the palace only had three sons and two daughters, there were more than five concubines in the backyard.
But over the years, the concubines had been scheming and plotting against each other, and being jealous of each other, but no one dared to make a scene in front of Wang Xiuyu.
She is the same type of person as her sister. Just sitting there, she looks like the mother of the country.
As for Princess Duanyi, it was strange that not only was there very little description about her in the original text, but Rong Tang had also seen her very rarely in his three lifetimes.
In his previous life, in order to save the hero from the cold palace, he came to Duan Yi for help. Duan Yi just knelt in the Buddhist temple and finished reading a sutra. Then, without turning her head, she said lightly: "I know."
The next day, it was heard that Emperor Renshou had hired a new master to teach the princes, and even the fifth prince in the cold palace was able to enter the Imperial College.
Princess Duanyi possessed unparalleled power, but at a distance, she looked like just an ordinary woman, without any makeup or gold or silver.
Without any connection to the rich and powerful, or any secrets. If Rong Tang hadn't known the background of the character, he would never have thought that she was such an old lady who lived in seclusion. When she was young, she had killed tigers alone. When she was young, she had fought against all the men in the court and earned the reputation of "the female prime minister of the time".
It seemed as if all the hostility and sharpness in her had been smoked away by the ashes on the incense table, leaving only her simplicity and peace.
Rong Tang stood up and bowed respectfully: "Grandma."
"Yeah." Duan Yi said calmly, walked over to the upper hand and sat down, asked the nanny to change a cup of hot tea for Rong Tang, and asked: "I heard that you are feeling better?"
"Thank you grandma for your concern. I am much better now." Rong Tang replied.
Duan Yi's cloudy but clear eyes glanced over, looked him up and down, and actually smiled: "You can lie now, it seems that you are much better now."
It is impossible for Rong Tang's body to be in good condition. He worked hard to complete missions in his previous lives. In public, it was for the "righteousness of the world"; in private, it was just for the sake of waiting for the original owner's body to no longer hold on, so that God would choose a new body for him to live in.
Rong Tang smiled shyly, not feeling embarrassed about being exposed.
Duan Yi waved his hand, letting the nanny go down, and his eyes fell on the scripture beside him: "Which one are you reading?"
Rong Tang closed the sutra and handed it to the eldest princess: "This is the Diamond Sutra that my grandson copied by himself."
Duan Yi seemed a little surprised and opened it to take a look.
The handwriting is elegant, and the strokes are gentle, like a floating phoenix. The person holding the pen lacks strength, so he did not deliberately work on the tip of the pen. All he wanted was clarity, neatness, and a clear conscience.
Duan Yi flipped through a few pages, and Rong Tang noticed that the aura around her had softened a little: "Grandmother, if you don't mind, please accept this scripture."
Duan Yi agreed, took a sip from the teacup, and then said, "Your mother said you want to marry a man?"
Rong Tang perked up immediately. He came here today just for this matter. He said seriously, "Yes."
"She said that the other party was a distant relative of Duke Xian. Is that true?"
Rong Tang: “Yes.”
Duan Yi looked at Rong Tang. His gaze was not like that of an elder looking at a younger person, but more like looking through his eyes and directly into his soul: "Duke Xian's name is a taboo in Dayu, did you know that?"
"I know."
"You still want to marry me despite this?"
Rong Tang said without hesitation: "Even so, I will marry you."
"Love at first sight?" Duan Yi asked casually, but Rong Tang was immediately speechless. Alarm bells rang in his heart, and an inexplicable panic swept through his body. There was only one thought left in his mind:
she knows!
She knew she lied! She knew he had never seen Su Huaijing before!
Rong Tang lowered his eyes, his mind racing, thinking quickly about how to respond, but the eldest princess laughed softly, breaking the silence in the room: "It doesn't matter if it's love at first sight or childhood sweethearts, I just want to ask you if you really want to take him into your house?"
Rong Tang's thoughts were stuck for a moment, and he looked up into Princess Duan Yi's eyes. For some reason, he felt that any lie he told in front of her would be exposed.
After a long while, he whispered, "I really want to take him into my house and protect him for the rest of his life."
Duan Yi gently stroked the teacup with her fingers, looking past him and towards the door. After a while, she put down the cup and said, "Marry me then. I will talk to your father."
Rong Tang relaxed, his tense mood finally relaxing. He stood up and bowed to Princess Duan Yi: "Thank you, grandmother, for your help."
Duan Yi suddenly raised his hand and knocked on the sutra: "The causes and faults of the world cannot be contained in a Buddhist scripture."
Rong Tang was slightly stunned, but the princess stood up and walked slowly towards the door: "Just do good things and don't worry about the future. You survived this disaster, there must be a cause and effect, don't worry about whether it is good or bad."
Rong Tang didn't react to her words for a while, and stayed there for a long time, until Shuangfu came in and called him back to his senses: "Master, let's go back."
When leaving the Princess's Mansion, Rong Tang raised his eyes and glanced across.
The dilapidated gate of the house still vaguely shows its former glory, but the plaque is hanging empty, the seal is yellowed, and the teeth of the stone lion at the door were broken by someone. A sense of dead silence and desolation comes coldly from the air.
The house was once filled with gold and jade, but now it is weeds and withered.
Rong Tang turned around and looked into the princess's mansion through the vermilion gate. The house was decorated with brocade, white jade tiles, glazed tiles shining in the sunlight, and there were magnificent pavilions, towers, and rockery landscapes. The luxury of this house was unmatched in the entire Dayu.
The strong contrast exists on the same street, but no one has raised any objections for many years.
What’s even more contradictory is that the eldest princess is obviously extremely simple, but her house is so luxurious.
He stayed a little longer, and Shuangfu asked, "Master, aren't you going back home?"
Rong Tang came back to his senses and changed his mind before getting on the carriage: "Let's go to Li's Mansion in Songjing Lane. On the way, if we pass by Liujinlou, I'll pack a table of food and a plate of lotus cakes to take away."
(End of this chapter)