Chapter 139: Fortunate Koi?

She agreed with Di Li.

On the street, there was a small stall with a sign reading “Little Immortal Fortune Telling.”

They approached, and lying on a rocking chair was a person with a fan over their face, swaying back and forth.

“With so many people coming and going, no one seems to be getting their fortune told here. It might not be accurate.”

Concubine Hui thought, what if this charlatan says something outrageous?

“Li’er, let’s find someone else in a few days.”

Di Li shook his head. “Meeting is fate. Since we’re here, let’s just try.”

In the past, the fortune tellers his mother had found were all charlatans who specialized in deceiving him.

“Business is here, business is here!” Concubine Hui called out.

Lan Yixuan, who had been dozing off, quickly perked up when she heard someone approach.

Seeing Di Li and Concubine Hui, Lan Yixuan’s inner thoughts were a flurry of expletives.

The Third Prince?

Concubine Hui?

Lan Yixuan had a good memory and sharp eyes. She had seen them from afar when she entered the palace to select concubines and remembered them clearly.

Di Li had never seen Lan Yixuan, given she was only recently found and brought back.

Concubine Hui felt like she had seen Lan Yixuan somewhere before, but she couldn’t quite place it.

Moreover, Lan Yixuan was dressed as an old man, wearing a false beard and white hair to appear more profound.

She affected a sage-like demeanor. “Would you like to have your fortunes told?”

“Yes.”

“One or two silver coins.”

“Isn’t that too expensive?” Concubine Hui frowned. “Other places only charge ten wen.”

Lan Yixuan: “…”

For others, it would be ten wen.

But you are not others.

Lan Yixuan was in business to make money. To become rich, she even dared to fight in underground rings.

Though not an expert in fortune-telling, she had some basic knowledge.

“Ahem, no deception here. It’s not forced.”

Concubine Hui, uninterested in further discussion, said, “Just tell us.”

And they could leave quickly.

“Would you both like your fortunes told?”

“Both,” Di Li said.

Concubine Hui initially didn’t want to, but since Di Li insisted, she said nothing more.

“Please provide your birth dates and times.”

Di Li and Concubine Hui provided their details.

Lan Yixuan looked at the two sets of birth dates and times, her eyes widening.

Wow!

Her luck was extraordinary.

The combination of these two birth charts was exactly what she had studied last night—how to interpret and split them.

The charts were an exact match.

That’s what overwhelming good luck looks like!

Everything she thought of seemed to come true.

At this moment, Lan Yixuan didn’t realize she already had the luck of a lucky koi.

“Ahem.” Lan Yixuan was internally thrilled. Honestly, today was her first day setting up a stall. She had only been doing it for fun and to pass the time, not expecting to hit the jackpot.

Lan Yixuan briefly explained to Di Li and then pulled out a yellow amulet from a small bag at her waist.

“Young master, this is a protective amulet I obtained. Take it. It will ward off calamities and protect you.”

It was personally given to her by Taoist Priest Baiyun.

Di Li received the amulet. “Thank you, sir.”

Concubine Hui glanced at the amulet and thought it looked familiar.

Oh.

She remembered.

A few months ago, she had gone to the Heibai Mountain Taoist Temple with Concubine Rou, and the amulets there looked just like this.

“Ah!” Lan Yixuan startled, pulling Concubine Hui’s thoughts back to reality. “Madam, you, you’re a ghost.”

Concubine Hui’s face instantly darkened. “You’re the ghost! What nonsense are you spouting? You fraud!”

Concubine Hui grabbed Di Li and was about to leave.

This puzzled Di Li. He stared at Concubine Hui, thinking she seemed a bit flustered.

Lan Yixuan hurried after them, looking eager for a big scoop. “Madam, don’t go! Let me finish!”

Encountering such strange birth charts on her first fortune-telling was a rare learning opportunity for her.

Lan Yixuan was determined not to miss this valuable chance to gain experience.

“Your birth chart has empty voids, death gates, and tomb signs, indicating that you should have already disappeared. But you’re still alive. Besides being a ghost, there’s another way. Would you like to hear it?”

“Mother.” Di Li stopped Concubine Hui and looked at Lan Yixuan. “Please explain.”

“You’re truly a dutiful son. In a case like your mother’s, it means she borrowed someone else’s life. Young master, do you understand borrowing life?”

Di Li shook his head. “No.”

Today was also his first time actively seeking a fortune teller. He didn’t know what was happening; he had just seen the sign and decided on a whim.

Usually, he didn’t believe in these things.

“In short, your mother must have died in a certain year and borrowed someone else’s life to stay alive until now. Otherwise, she would have died long ago.”

Di Li: “What’s ‘died’?”

“Just means dead.”

Concubine Hui’s face changed drastically.

She suddenly recalled the events of twenty years ago during childbirth.

“Madam, the position of the baby isn’t right, and the situation is unfavorable. There might be severe bleeding. What do you want to prioritize, the mother or the child?” The midwife whispered to Madam Xu.

However, when Concubine Hui woke up from the bed, she took those words to heart.

“Save the child.”

“Save the child!”

Concubine Xu agreed with her decision.

Wanting a prince was not easy.

Being in the palace, she couldn’t rely on her family, so she could only pin her hopes on this pregnancy.

Concubine Xu wanted to save the child because the Wen family needed a prince as their support.

Her mother didn’t think of herself at that time.

And she was completely disappointed with her own family.

Later, the child was born.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a stillborn.

A complete loss.

At that moment, a maid brought by her mother told her something.

She was barely conscious and almost dying, but later, she saw a man come in.

That man was actually the ‘maid’ from her mother’s side.

A man dressed as a woman.

Feng Sheng.

That was the first time she saw Feng Sheng.

He held her hand, encouraged her, and said that he would save her no matter what.

No one knew that night she had indeed been on the brink of death, almost stepping into the afterlife.

It was Feng Sheng who saved her.

Concubine Xu immediately proposed adopting a child from outside the palace. That very night, amid much confusion, her mother handled the matter quickly.

Almost that same night, a child was brought in—Di Li.

Looking back now, Concubine Hui still felt a lingering fear.

In fact, she should have died that night twenty years ago during childbirth.

Soon, Concubine Hui snapped back to her senses and coldly stared at Lan Yixuan, her eyes venomous. “Fraud, how dare you speak so shamelessly!”

“Madam, how can you lie with your eyes wide open? I’m no fraud. If you don’t believe me, you can have someone else check.”

Lan Yixuan was truly fearless.

Call her anything, but don’t call her a fraud!

She still wanted to continue in this line of work.

Concubine Hui rubbed her temples. “Li’er, let’s go.”

“No, Mother, since the sir has seen your fate, I need to ask her for clarification. I don’t want you to be in danger later.”

“Clarify what? Do you really believe in the words of a fraud?!”

“I believe.”

Concubine Hui: “…”

Is Di Li losing his mind???

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