After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

The charm of gossip lies in its ability to quickly arouse people's interest and exchange information.

When Shuiyue blushed and asked her sisters excitedly, "Sisters, sisters, oh no, and brothers, do you know what shocking news I heard today?", everyone's interest was aroused and all eyes were focused on her.

Zhu Zi was the first to lose her temper and urged coquettishly, "My dear sister, what's the news? Tell me quickly!"

Shuiyue no longer wanted to keep the secret, and asked seriously, "Does anyone still remember Prime Minister Du's daughter?"

"I have some impression of her, but that pretty sister who was always so weak and timid in the autumn hunting ground? She was always followed by a woman who was as flamboyant as a peacock and loved to gossip. What was her name?"

"Qingyu." Zhu Ying reminded softly.

"Yes, her name is Qingyu. She spread rumors everywhere and was publicly reprimanded by our princess. How could I forget it? You don't know how embarrassed she was at that time!"

Seeing that the topic of conversation had turned to Qingyu and was about to intensify, Shuiyue hurriedly patted the shoulder of the person next to her, raised her voice to try to grab the lost attention, and said loudly: "What Qingyu? Where is Qingyu? I'm talking about Miss Du. Miss Du Ruo is the youngest daughter of Prime Minister Du. She has an older brother. She has been well trained and her father has high hopes for her. There were rumors that the palace intended to take Miss Du Ruo into the palace and make her the queen who rules the country!"

"Ah, this can be considered gossip. This news is not new. Who in Chu country doesn't know that Du Ruo will become the new queen and the mother of the country? Prime Minister Du is almost spreading the news everywhere, and the words 'Emperor's father-in-law' are almost tattooed on his forehead." Zhu Zi was the first to express his disappointment with Shuiyue's news. He put down his chopsticks and said angrily: "Shuiyue, your gossip is not acceptable."

Shuiyue was not annoyed, and looked at everyone with a sly smile, who only knew one side of the story. Seeing that the time was almost right, she stopped keeping the secret and said, "I heard that Miss Du Ruo eloped with someone last night. Did you know this?"

Everyone was really surprised by this news, especially Wan Ning. She had seen her and Qing Yu in the Queen Mother's Buddhist Hall a few days ago, and there didn't seem to be anything unusual between the two. Du Ruo and the Queen Mother seemed to get along very well, and there was nothing unusual. How could such news come out in just a few days?

Du Ruo always gave people the impression of being weak and tender, with a soft and shy voice. Although she had a little temper, she was not spoiled. Last time Qingyu spoke ill of Wan Ning behind her back, she was there to stop her in time. It was hard to imagine that such a young lady from a noble family who had been spoiled since childhood and treated like a pearl by her prime minister father would elope. Moreover, at a time when she was likely to be trained as a queen, such an act was tantamount to throwing away the family's reputation.

Could it be that someone spread false news?

"Ah, is it true? I didn't expect that Miss Du, a lady from a prominent family, would do such a thing!" Several people immediately started chattering and expressing their shock at the news.

"Shuiyue, where did you hear this news? This concerns Miss Du's reputation and must not be spread casually." Wan Ning deliberately stopped Shuiyue and reminded her very seriously.

"The source of the news is certainly reliable. I heard that Prime Minister Du went to the palace to see the emperor in plain clothes before dawn this morning. If it wasn't because his daughter eloped and he came to explain this matter, why would Prime Minister Du do this? Although there has been no official decree, everyone tacitly agrees that Miss Du Ruo is the candidate for the queen. She suddenly left home without saying goodbye. The Du family didn't take a good look at their daughter, so naturally they had to come to the palace to apologize." Shuiyue has always been confident in her news. She explained anxiously with a serious face, "The two of them can't go far. Now the officers and soldiers in the city are basically looking for Miss Du. And I heard from the eldest brother who guards the palace gate this morning that the emperor also left the palace not long after the prime minister saw the emperor. Maybe he is also looking for Miss Du."

Wan Ning remembered that Ziheng had not come to eat this morning, and he had not sent anyone to pass on the message. He must have been very anxious about Miss Du's disappearance! The disappearance of the prime minister's daughter was a big deal, and it was understandable to send soldiers from all over the city to search for her. However, if the emperor could leave the palace in person, this person and this matter must be very important to him. Wan Ning was a little confused.

"There is such a thing. It's so good to be a young lady of the Du family. How could she be so desperate to elope?" Zhu Zi was anxious to express her confusion about this action. She also felt sorry for her identity as a young lady. She asked curiously, "Shuiyue, do you know who she eloped with? Do you have any information about the man? I've never heard of this before. Prime Minister Du must have been shocked!"

Women who fall into an ambiguous relationship will always become suspicious and imaginative. In Wan Ning's imagination, Ziheng saw his true heart when he learned that Miss Du was missing: he realized that he was so fascinated by this gentle and well-educated lady, and he realized how important she was when he was about to lose her forever. So he went crazy to find Du Ruo in person without even telling Wan Ning.

With this thought in mind, Wan Ning pretended to be calm and sighed at her luck in her heart: "Fortunately, Ziheng saw his heart clearly earlier, and I didn't really fall into it. Everything is still in time. If I get deeper and deeper into it, it will be difficult to get out. This is just right for me to do my own things without distraction in the future."

"Ms. Du is really amazing. She is so courageous. I will look at her with new eyes from now on." Zhu Zi looked at Shuiyue with admiration and praised her.

Wan Ning looked at her helplessly, patted her shoulder and advised her and herself: "Alas, dove, do not eat mulberries; alas, girl, do not indulge in men. Historical experience tells us that you can fall in love but you must protect yourself well and leave a way out for yourself. Miss Du Ruo is such a weak girl, I'm afraid she will suffer a lot outside."

Mu Xiu seemed to see through her contradiction, so he asked: "Then do you hope she will be found?"

"I hope she is happy," Wan Ning turned her head and looked into Mu Xiu's eyes and added, "Me too, you too, all of us."

"Okay, just for this sentence, we are all happy, let's raise our glasses and toast. Let's drink today and worry about tomorrow when it comes." Under Mu Xiu's leadership, everyone seemed to have forgotten about these things and raised their glasses to toast to the fate in this world.

They enjoyed a brief moment of happiness while drinking and chatting. Soon they would know that something big was happening in the Chu State.