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Chapter 280: Warmth
🕑 Added 2025-04-13 07:29:40 +0000 UTCThe journey was smooth and she did not encounter any blind people who came to pick a fight.
Zhu Zhuqing returned to her “home”.
Zhu Mansion.
Before she awakened her martial spirit at the age of six, Zhu Zhuqing enjoyed a period of normal child life without having to worry about those bad things. She could act like a spoiled child as much as she wanted, and the love from her parents and sister was real, without any falsehood.
But after awakening her martial spirit, she became a candidate for the imperial concubine because of her suitable age and good talent, and was assigned to Dai Mubai. She was destined to have a battle with her sister Zhu Zhuyun in the future. Friendly sisters immediately became mortal enemies.
Everything changed.
Even her parents, who used to love her, began to distance themselves intentionally or unintentionally, making her heart even colder.
In fact, this competition system of the royal family may have been good at the beginning. But as it has been passed down for so many years, no matter how good the system is, it has long since changed.
Let me ask, is there any need for a pair of brothers who are eight years apart to compete? If Tang San hadn’t given Dai Mubai a cheat in the original novel, with immortal herbs and soul bones, plus the soul power bestowed by the Sea God, how could he become the final winner? Don’t be ridiculous.
There is an eight-year difference, and his brother was born eight years earlier than him.
He practiced earlier than him and his aptitude was not worse than his. Moreover, because he was born earlier, he could win over other nobles in advance and improve his status as a prince… With all these advantages combined, he would definitely lose!
Under normal circumstances, there is no need to compare the conditions of Dai Mubai and Davis. Because Dai Mubai is too weak, Davis’s confrontation with him is just a one-sided slaughter, which does not play the role of competition and training at all.
This is not a fair competition.
But the royal family just wants these two people to compete and decide the final winner.
If it is just for the sake of letting the two princes compete, then at least the two princes should be on the same starting line, right? If not, then there is no need to continue this competition.
As a result, the royal family refused to do so and insisted on letting the two fight… without considering the actual situation at all.
This series of operations is more like a tradition of completing a certain routine, rigid and ruthless.
Therefore, Zhu Zhuqing came back this time, not for anything else, but to break this rotten rule that is no longer suitable for the current times. After all, this is where she was born, and she has a thousand connections with it.
By the way, in fact, after so many marriages, the two families of Dai and Zhu have long been indistinguishable from each other.
In order to maintain the purity of the bloodline, the royal family stipulates that people of the Zhu family, regardless of gender, can only marry or marry people with the surname Dai. After so many years. You can imagine how deep the entanglement between the two families is.
In other words, Zhu Zhuqing actually has half of the blood of the Dai royal family flowing in her body, and she is a distant relative of Dai Mubai.
Under normal circumstances, if Zhu Zhuqing’s awakened martial spirit is not the Nether Spirit Cat, but the White Tiger. Then she will now inherit her mother’s surname and be called Dai Zhuqing, instead of inheriting her father’s surname and being called Zhu Zhuqing. She will not turn against her sister who was originally very good.
So in her opinion, the rules set by the Star Luo royal family should have been changed long ago. And she also has the responsibility to break these outdated rules!
“Second Miss, you’re back.”
The guard at the gate of the Zhu Mansion saw Zhu Zhuqing and obviously had received the news long ago, so he recognized her almost at a glance and hurried forward to nod and bow.
“The master and the mistress have been waiting for you in the lobby for a long time.”
Zhu Zhuqing knew the guard, and was considered an acquaintance. So she nodded slightly as a response, and then strode into the mansion.
All the way was smooth, and finally came to a lobby.
Walking in the door.
A middle-aged couple, a man and a woman, came into view. The man had the same black hair as Zhu Zhuqing, and the woman had blonde hair and blue eyes, typical characteristics of the Dai family’s royal family.
Seeing her parents again after many years, even Zhu Zhuqing found it difficult to maintain a calm attitude. No matter what, at least before awakening her martial spirit, she did enjoy the true love of her parents.
“Zhuqing is back.” Zhu Zhuqing’s mother walked up quickly with joy on her face and hugged her directly in her arms, without any alienation because of not seeing her for a long time. After all, this is the flesh that fell from her body. What can be strange between mother and daughter?
“It’s good to have you back.” Zhu Zhuqing’s father looked not good at speaking, and just said this.
However, Zhu Zhuqing felt the long-lost warmth from the two of them. With her current spiritual realm, she has long been able to sense all the other party’s emotions through the other party’s spiritual power fluctuations.
It Is for this reason that Zhu Zhuqing can feel that her parents in front of her are only happy about her return, and have no other ulterior motives. They are just happy because their daughter who has been away from home for a long time has returned.
This feeling is pure and real, without any falsehood.
Next.
Zhu’s father and mother began to ask Zhu Zhuqing about her well-being. Of course, it was mainly Zhu’s mother who asked her how she had been doing over the years? Did she suffer? How long would she stay at home this time?
The overly enthusiastic attitude,
Made Zhu Zhuqing a little overwhelmed.
But in the face of these parents’ care without any interest disputes, she still patiently answered her parents’ inquiries one by one.
The family of three Is happy.
On the other side.
Star Luo Palace.
The Star Luo Emperor, who also received the news of Zhu Zhuqing’s return, was now irritably turning back and forth in the study, with a gloomy face. Because he felt that Zhu Zhuqing’s return this time might be unkind.
He suspected that Zhu Zhuqing had the intention of usurping the throne and rebelling!
Because if he were in Zhu Zhuqing’s position, he would definitely unite the power of the Zhu family, and then force the emperor to abdicate in one fell swoop, and ascend the throne of the emperor herself!
Coincidentally, Zhu Zhuqing not only has strength and background, but also has a god backing her! Even with her own identity, if she wants to get involved in the throne, she has a huge advantage. After all, she has royal blood. As long as she kills the emperor and his two sons, and then changes her surname to Dai, then the surface work is in place, and it is easy to usurp the throne!
And other Star Luo nobles, even those in the royal family with the surname Dai, will support the new empress to ascend the throne like a fence-sitter!
Even if Zhu Zhuqing actually has no such idea at all, in the eyes of the emperor of an empire, it doesn’t matter whether you have the idea of usurping the throne. What matters is whether you have the ability to usurp the throne.
If you have this ability, then there is a way to die!
“This woman! She can’t stay!”
The Star Luo Emperor’s eyes were filled with murderous intent, even though he knew that if he killed Zhu Zhuqing, he would become a deadly enemy with the Lord of Baiyun City. But compared to being usurped, it was better to offend her.
And he did have a trump card to fight against the Lord of Baiyun City.
