I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!-Chapter 114 - 85: He Once Had an Elder Sister_2

However, she would "accidentally" push the palace maid into the water once, making it even.

Unexpectedly, Brother Hang was so kind as a child.

"In the end, what happened to that palace maid? Was she executed by the Emperor, or did she commit suicide out of guilt?"

For plotting against the Princess, even though Rong Luo was already a criminal at the time, that palace maid would surely face death.

Rong Shuo’s voice was hoarse and heavy:

"It was only after I returned that I learned that the maid had already been killed by Wu himself."

Gu Lan’s eyes slightly narrowed, and her voice suddenly lowered:

"Brother Hang... How old was Rong Heng at that time?"

"Nine years old."

There was deep heartache in Rong Shuo’s eyes.

He joined the army as a young man and killed an enemy soldier in battle for the first time when he was already fourteen or fifteen.

Yet his most beloved fifth brother took someone’s life at just nine years old.

Rong Shuo also knew that the palace maid was left by Princess Consort Xiao and had grown up with Wu and Lu’er since childhood—

He couldn’t imagine how desperate Wu must have been after Lu’er’s death, or how he did it...

Hearing the number nine, Gu Lan was slightly lost in thought.

She also killed for the first time at the age of nine.

After a while, Gu Lan asked, "You said the palace maid was deeply trusted by Rong Luo and Rong Heng and grew up with them. What was her motive for murder?"

Rong Shuo said, "Wu only told me she was discontented with Lu’er.

Their life in the Imperial Court was too difficult, and she wanted to kill her master to end it all."

...

When Gu Lan went to the camp to find Rong Heng, she saw him sitting on a wooden chair inside, pointing at a sheepskin map on the table. His eyes were full of sharpness, seemingly indifferent to the results of Gu Lan’s questions to Rong Shuo.

Surrounding Rong Heng was a circle of soldiers, each looking at him with admiration.

He said heartily, "This is the central hub of Wei Country’s grain supplies. If I were to become a general one day, I would send a surprise force—"

"Strike the source directly, respond flexibly, and remove the fuel beneath the cauldron!" Gu Lan took over the conversation.

Rong Heng did not refute. He was already accustomed to Young Master Gu’s fondness for misusing idioms.

He nodded, stood up, and said, "Finished talking? Let’s go."

Gu Lan looked at Rong Heng, whose eyes were deep and vast, like an infinite night sky.

His bearing was extraordinary, with the grace of a dragon and the elegance of a phoenix, making a simple long robe appear like that of a noble gentleman.

However, what emerged in Gu Lan’s mind was a nine-year-old little Rong Heng, plunging a dagger into a woman’s heart, then covered in blood, trembling.

She actually just wanted to say to Rong Shuo that the maid would not have harmed Rong Luo for no reason. If it had been due to long-term suffering and resentment, she wouldn’t have chosen to follow when Rong Heng’s siblings were sent to the Imperial Court.

Princess Consort Xiao was once so favored, and the servants of the Xiao Family were countless. Yet when disaster struck, they died, fled, and scattered independently.

Since the maid accompanied them for so long, it was impossible for her to change her mind due to hardship. Perhaps she was coerced or tempted...

And that person, if Rong Shuo couldn’t find out, was evidently only the Dog Emperor could achieve it.

However, Gu Lan thought that what she assumed, Rong Heng, who experienced it, surely understood better. Since he didn’t tell Rong Shuo, she wouldn’t say more either.

Let those two get along awkwardly like this.

Rong Baoyi had just been resting her chin on her hands, listening intently to Rong Heng’s battle plans. She found Rong Heng’s words as reasonable as those in military books, even though he spoke to the soldiers casually. Yet, she was utterly captivated.

Suddenly, coming back to her senses, she realized she was about to leave.

Gu Lan, holding Rong Yunhao’s hand and carrying Prince Rui’s Longquan treasure sword on her back, walked to the camp’s entrance.

Rong Shuo, looking at Rong Baoyi and Rong Yunhao, once again had his eyes filled with tears.

"No matter how far you escort someone, eventually you part ways, Prince, please return," Gu Lan said.

Rong Shuo nodded and was about to leave. When he met Rong Baoyi’s clear and bright eyes, suddenly he seemed touched by something.

Suddenly, he shouted, "Wait, Baoyi, wait, wait for your father! Father still has a gift for you."

Saying this, Rong Shuo hurriedly ran back to the camp, his stern face flushed, looking hurried and excited, completely losing the composed demeanor of Prince Rui.

Rong Baoyi watched his broad back, tears falling like broken pearls. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Then, she steadily gazed at him, her eyes gradually becoming very resolute.

After a while, Rong Shuo returned with a thick stack of military books, running to them.

"This, this is father’s coming-of-age gift for Baoyi," Rong Shuo said, panting.