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Chapter 678 The Mystery of Ruyi's Identity
Ayu held Huarou's hand and talked about philosophy for almost half an hour. In the end, Huarou reflected on herself: "I was wrong. I shouldn't have judged people by their appearance. I should have tried to discover more of the wonderful qualities in those noble ladies and become their confidantes as soon as possible, so that I wouldn't have to come looking for you in the middle of the night..."

"Honey, that's enough. You've almost completely fooled him."

"It's not that serious," Ayu said, suppressing a laugh as she quickly comforted Huarou.

At this time, none of the Wang family members had woken up yet. Ayu thought that she should serve some food to entertain her friends, otherwise the conversation would be less interesting.

While gesturing to the two hidden guards to indicate that they didn't need to be too nervous, she went to the kitchen to fill the pot with hot soup, and took out two plates of pastries from her spatial storage, placing them on a tray to serve Hua Rou.

Hua Rou arrived looking like she wanted to confide in someone, and it seemed she wouldn't stop for an hour if she didn't. She also had to work during the day and couldn't miss her shift.

She couldn't afford to be careless, as the matter with the Astrologer's Office wasn't resolved yet.

Just then, Tangyuan woke up in the middle of the night and heard the noise in the yard. He ran over and saw that there was someone in the yard. He instinctively grabbed the door latch by the door and almost hit Hua Rou on the head.

"who is it?"

Hua Rou quickly caught it and said, "It's me, it's me, Tangyuan, you're so vigilant!"

"Oh, it's Miss Hua. I'm so sorry, I thought some thief had broken in. Why did you sneak in by climbing over the gate? The gatekeeper is on duty at night too. Wouldn't it have been better to come in through the main gate?"

“I know it would be better to go through the front door, but if we go through the front door, we’ll wake up the rest of your family. I thought your young mistress should be awake by now, so I thought I’d come and talk to her as soon as possible.” Hua Rou was both amused and exasperated.

Tangyuan yawned and said, "Oh, my little master sometimes gets up at Chenshi (7-9 AM). Anyway, I only wake her up when Young Master Qin arrives. Right now, she's definitely not awake yet. She's still small and growing. If she doesn't sleep well, she won't grow tall."

Normally at the Wang family home, Tangyuan calls Ayu "Little Master," but outside, she calls her "Lord of the Village," and in the imperial city, she calls her "Commander."

As Tangyuan spoke, her tone remained unchanged, but she felt a little resentful. Even though Miss Huarou was married, she didn't seem very composed. How could she come looking for a young girl in the middle of the night?

If those guards had mistaken him for a womanizer, he might be dead by now!
Of course, more importantly, it disturbed the sleep of their little master, which is not good.

Hua Rou waved her hand: "Okay, okay."

"Sister Tangyuan, it's still early, you should go to sleep first. I'll wake you up when it's time." Ayu came over at this moment.

Tangyuan refused to go back to sleep. She quickly tidied herself up and helped Ayu wash up. She did all this very efficiently. After finishing, she helped Ayu prepare her things for her shift and then stood at a distance.

"Your personal maid is really good, even better than many of the first-class palace maids I've met. She seems very loyal," Hua Rou exclaimed. "Do you think your family is some kind of blessed place? Everyone in your Wang family is so interesting, even the most ordinary purchasing servants are quite pleasing to the eye. Sigh, unlike my family. My father is such a decisive person. He spent the first half of his life on the battlefield, but there are still so many trivial matters at home that it's so annoying."

"It's alright. Everyone in our family has their own duties, and we haven't thought about exploiting the servants."

As the number of servants in the royal household increased, the once-prevalent idea of ​​treating servants as family members rather than servants gradually changed. After all, if the number of servants in the household became too lenient, it would cause serious problems in the future.

Therefore, among the servants who truly held a position in the Wang family, there was only Tangyuan, along with Changfu and Changshun from before, and the very individualistic cook in the kitchen.

Apart from that, everyone else should be treated as they are, do what they are supposed to do, and not be exploited. Paying their monthly wages on time is enough to keep them loyal.

"That's good. Even if a family can do that, there aren't many." In wealthy families, there are masters who don't value the lives of their servants. Beating and scolding them is the least of their worries. If you offend your master, they might sell you to a remote place, and that would ruin your life.

Taking this topic as an example, Hua Rou began to talk about her troubles. It wasn't that someone else had come to her house, but rather the rumored Princess Ruyi, who had finally been brought back to the palace.

It turned out that after Princess Ruyi was humiliated by Ayu, she became increasingly angry. However, she knew that her relationship with the Empress and the Empress Dowager was not as harmonious as it seemed to others. If she were to complain to them, she might be the one who was punished.

So Princess Ruyi thought about it and went to the Hua residence.

General Hua in the Hua family was originally ordered to bring her into the imperial city. Princess Ruyi saw right through him; he was a truly upright general, loyal to the emperor, and a firm believer in ethics and morality, and he valued rules and regulations above all else.

He has no ulterior motives; he's a fair and upright person, and such a person is best suited to be used as a tool.

Princess Ruyi then poured out her grievances in the Hua residence, saying that Ayu was arrogant and domineering because she thought that she could disregard the emperor's own daughter just because she had received some imperial favor, and that she was extremely disrespectful to a princess of the country.

Princess Ruyi had originally planned that General Hua would share her hatred of the enemy and immediately express his loyalty to her.

Then, just as I expected, he would go and cause trouble for Ayu. At that time, I could still deflect blame by saying that General Hua had made wild guesses, which led to this result.

Unexpectedly, General Hua was not as reckless as the legends suggested. Instead, he questioned her several times, which Princess Ruyi could not answer. Even if she could answer, she would surely find that she was the one who made more mistakes.

"As a general of the nation, you are naturally obligated to uphold my father's authority! When you escorted me back to the capital, didn't you say that you would protect my safety even at the cost of your own life? Now that my safety is threatened, you must deal with it immediately!"

Hua Rou heard this too, and without waiting for General Hua's response, she rushed out and had a big argument with Princess Ruyi.

"What kind of princess are you? What kind of princess is as petty as you, trying to kill someone over such a trivial matter? Besides, this matter doesn't seem to be in your favor at all. You went there to cause trouble for no reason. Do you know that people can write a memorial to impeach you for this?"

Princess Ruyi suffered repeated setbacks and was even verbally abused. She was unwilling to endure such humiliation.

She was already extremely dissatisfied and immediately said, "How dare you, Hua Rou, defy this princess!"

At this point, Hua Rou said, "I was so angry at the time that I blurted out that she didn't look like a princess at all, and that maybe someone had mixed up the royal bloodline. That angered my father. I noticed that Princess Ruyi's expression was also a bit off. Now that I think about it, I'm starting to doubt whether she really wasn't a princess."

[Your new friend is quite perceptive.]

The quest "The Mystery of Princess Ruyi's Identity" is 50% complete.

Ayu: "..." She hasn't even started, how come she's already finished so much?
Here's the thing: this task requires you to uncover the mystery of her identity. You've already uncovered half of it, haven't you? The next step is just to confirm whether she is or isn't.

"Oh, oh." Ayu didn't doubt Tuanzi's words at all, because most of the tasks she had done over the years were like this: simple, easy, and effortless.

"Bang!" Hua Rou slammed her hand on the table and stood up. "No, I must find out the truth right now!"

(End of this chapter)