Chapter 146: Here’s a Brick for You

Is she morally corrupt?

No.

She just felt that since heaven had made her the protagonist of this world, she should enjoy all the benefits that came with her special status.

And she believed her luck should be extraordinary.

She was the protagonist; all the cannon fodder in her path were just stepping stones to her success!

[Host, stay calm. The system is yours, but it is very fair and just.]

Stay calm, my ass!

Di Hongluan wanted to curse.

“The system I want is a golden finger, one that can help me, not just be fair and just. I need one that points out my mistakes, understand?” Di Hongluan gritted her teeth.

She wasn’t paying attention and stepped on a stone, causing her to slip.

The Princess Han was startled, “Luan’er, what are you thinking? Watch where you’re going.”

Di Hongluan stood up, woodenly silent.

The system sneered, clearly displeased. [Host, you made a mistake. I have to point it out. I’m a good system, not a blind one. Do you want to know why your task failed again?]

“Why?” Di Hongluan couldn’t understand the issue.

[Because the host’s ability to handle tasks has declined. You wasted a summoning talisman, and what was drawn into Yun Hui’s body was deathly energy.]

Di Hongluan chuckled, “Right, Yun Hui looked so sick that he needed to draw in purple energy. Is there a problem with purple energy?”

purple energy is the aura of an emperor.

A sickly person receiving the emperor’s aura was a rare fortune.

Yun Hui should be kneeling to thank his ancestors for such a blessing.

[Host, it was the purple energy from the east, not the deathly energy from the west.]

Di Hongluan understood, “deathly energy? Not purple energy?”

[Host, you really… sigh, why did I end up with you as my host?]

The system was regretting its choice.

Indeed.

At first, it followed the rules of the heavenly way and selected the host based on their birth chart.

But where did it go wrong?

Why was this host so different from what it had imagined?

“Get lost! Get out of here! Don’t think I don’t know that we’re in the same boat. If you don’t complete the tasks, you’ll end up forgotten after being reset.”

The system shivered.

“This time, if there’s no electric shock punishment, I’ll be relieved.” Di Hongluan’s anger was mixed with a hint of fear.

She’d had enough!

She hadn’t done anything else lately but lie in bed, moaning in pain.

[This time, there’s no electric shock punishment.] The system’s voice sounded quite cheerful.

Di Hongluan sighed in relief.

Finally not…

“Luan’er, be careful!” The Princess Han screamed!

Di Hongluan saw darkness before her eyes, and then something struck her head.

As she was about to lose consciousness, she heard the system’s murmuring.

[It was a brick.]

Di Hongluan: “!!!”

Her head was throbbing and bleeding, and she fainted.

It would have been better to have an electric shock!

“Help! Help! Save my Luan’er!” The Princess Han cried out on the street, holding the bloodied Di Hongluan, completely losing her composure.

“Hey, isn’t that the Princess Han? The person in her arms must be the little princess.”

“Shh, don’t go over! What if we get blamed? I’ve heard this little princess has some serious illness.”

“What illness?”

“I heard from my relatives in the palace that the little princess had a fit a few days ago, and now it seems she’s having another episode.”

“It’s a pity for the Han Prince’s reputation. How can the little princess be so ill? How will she ever get married in the future?”

……

Yun Ting carefully looked at Yun Hui, who was sitting on the bed and smiling at her. “Mother, I’m much better now. It’s not a dream. Please don’t worry.”

Yun Ting hugged Yun Hui and cried loudly.

The room echoed with Yun Ting’s cries.

It seemed like she wanted to cry out all the grievances of the past decade.

Not because she was wronged, but because her son was wronged.

He had never stood up and walked around like a normal person, not even once.

[Yun Ting is a good mother; great fortune lies ahead.]

Yun Hui turned in a daze to the corner, where Ah Bao was sitting on the table, swinging her legs.

“Hmm?” Ah Bao noticed a yellow talisman beside Yun Hui’s pillow.

“Is the little princess looking at this?” Yun Hui pulled out the yellow talisman from under the pillow.

Ah Bao stretched her neck to see.

[Wow, isn’t this the protective talisman I gave Old Bai? How come Yun Hui has one too?]

Yun Hui: “…”

“Does the little princess recognize this talisman?”

Ah Bao nodded.

“This was given to me by Taoist Bai Yun when he passed through here.”

[So that’s it.]

[purple energy combined with my protective talisman means Yun Hui is about to have a turn of fortune!]

[purple energy is the aura of an emperor; Yun Hui’s identity as a prince might be revealed.]

A prince…

The tenth princess actually knew his true identity?

Yun Hui was shocked but also knew that the tenth princess was very capable. Despite her small size, she had great abilities.

He remembered that Taoist Bai Yun had warned him that the talisman would help him meet a benefactor and ensure his safety if he cherished it.

He knew who this benefactor was now.

Looking at Ah Bao’s small figure, Yun Hui was filled with reverence.

He probably understood that it was due to seeking this talisman that he could hear the tenth princess’s thoughts.

“Concubine De, sister, thank you so much today, or else I…” Yun Ting sighed.

Concubine De looked at Yun Ci, who nodded.

Only then did Concubine De ask, “Madam Yun, actually, I wanted to ask you something today.”

“Concubine De, please go ahead. No need for formality.”

“Madam Yun is straightforward, so I won’t beat around the bush.

Do you remember the night you adopted Yun Hui? Do you recall anything about it?”

Yun Ting stiffened, and seeing Concubine De’s calm demeanor, she knew she could no longer hide anything.

“That night, a woman died in the carriage, and there were two infants beside her. You took one of them. I want to know who the woman in the carriage was and if the two children she gave birth to were twins.”

If they were,

Yun Hui and Di Li would be biological brothers.

“The woman was Feng Xuetang, a princess of the Feng Kingdom, and she was my close friend.”

Before Yun Ting married, she had traveled with her father on business and met Feng Xuetang.

Later, Feng Xuetang revealed her identity as a princess and learned that Yun Ting was the youngest daughter of the Yun family.

The two women got along very well and became close friends due to their compatible personalities.

“But the Feng Kingdom was destroyed long ago.”

“The royal bloodline of the Feng Kingdom survived among the people. After I met Xuetang, I married into the Ning’an Marquis’s household two years later, and we lost contact.

One day, twenty years ago, I suddenly received a letter from Xuetang, asking me to meet her at a dilapidated temple in the north of the city.

I remember it was raining heavily that day.”

Yun Ting paused. “I rushed to the temple in the dark and saw the carriage, but when I lifted the curtain, I saw a scene I will never forget.”