"She is County Princess Chen Rong, daughter of Prince Li," said Gu Fenghua nonchalantly as she ate some fresh fruit.
"The County Princess?" Luo Enen opened her eyes wide. "Did we just beat up a county princess until her face is unrecognizably swollen?"
"How did you recognize her?" asked Jun Lansheng quizzically as he pinched his chubby chin habitually and felt deeply impressed.
"I actually didn't recognize her after she was beaten up. I knew it was her when they turned up. I remember her outfit. Since she hasn't changed, it must be her," replied Gu Fenghua candidly.
"They have a lot of good stuff. We have made a killing," said Gu Fenghua as she handed Luo Enen and Jun Lansheng some fruit. Just as she was about to turn and leave, Little White Flower climbed onto her shoulder after transforming back to a flower and looked at the fruit as it said, "Mistress, I want some too."
Gu Fenghua took one more and gave it to Little White Flower. Little White Flower's petals promptly expanded and opened to reveal a huge threatening mouth before it took the fruit and swallowed it with a gulp. It transformed back into a little white flower and returned to Gu Fenghua's hair next to her ear quietly.
Jun Lansheng and Luo Enen were so stunned by the horrifying sight that they could not bear to look.
It was the perfect contrast between violence and beauty. One moment it was a ferocious demon plant, the next moment it was a cute little white flower. It was simply such an assault on their sight.
"This fruit tastes great. What fruit is this? I have never eaten it before." Luo Enen was promptly distracted by the fruit in her hand.
"My brothers gave it to me, but I don't know what it is either," said Gu Fenghua as she narrowed her eyes and wondered how they were.
"Everyone in the capital knows how powerful your brothers are. They must have given you this demon plant for protection, right? Don't worry. From now on, I will protect you and thrash all your enemies to a pulp." Jun Lansheng glanced at the white flower next to Gu Fenghua's ear. He had heard so much about Gu Fenghua's incredible older brothers. They were such a legend back home.
He had been out traveling for a long time and only came home recently. However, he had heard so much about what Gu Fenghua's older brothers had done.
"Nope. It threw itself at me." Sigh. Why did everyone think she was weak? She was confident Jun Lansheng was capable of beating people to a pulp. County Princess Chen Meirong was proof that Jun Lansheng did not hold back even when the enemy was a woman.
"Fenghua, I will protect you too." Luo Enen clenched her fists with determination.
Gu Fenghua felt annoyed. She was not weak at all. In fact, she was very powerful. She did not bother to explain and continued walking. "Hurry up. There is a limited amount of resources. If it could cross our minds to do this, others are bound to do the same. If we arrive earlier, we can ambush them."
"Coming." Jun Lansheng and Luo Enen were open-minded in nature, so the moment they heard what Gu Fenghua said, they hurriedly followed behind her. Jun Lansheng was determined to win the mysterious prize while Luo Enen was aiming for the cash reward. One of them was excited about seeing the prize while the other was completely tapped out.
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Gu Fenghua was unsurprised about encountering some company at the first location. It was none other than the third princess, Lu Tonglian. Even though she was acquainted with Lu Tonglian, they were not friendly with each other. Instead, they were on bad terms.
The third princess, Lu Tonglian, was very talented and the emperor adored her, so she could get anything she wanted. Since she was a girl, she was not in the position to vie to be heir to the throne, so she was untouched by the conflict among the princes. However, it remained true that there was little love among the royal family.
Lu Tonglian was always jealous of all the love Gu Fenghua received from her four older brothers. She admired Gu Fenghua's oldest brother. Even though he was courteous to her, he kept a distance. She once commented that a good for nothing like Gu Fenghua did not deserve the love of four powerful older brothers. The moment Gu Fenghua's eldest brother heard this, he disregarded her status as the princess to ridicule and say that she could not even compare to Gu Fenghua's toe.
It undoubtedly felt like a sword had stabbed her heart when she heard the love of her life tell her this. Her very own brother, the eldest prince, even poured salt on her wounds as he nodded in agreement.
How could anyone expect the third princess to smile and be friendly with Gu Fenghua after this incident? Dream on!
Now that Lu Tonglian had bumped into Gu Fenghua who always acted vulnerable, she could not wait to walk over and rip Gu Fenghua's face to shreds. Gu Fenghua always behaved this way and made it seem as though Lu Tonglian was bullying her. Although she wanted to push Gu Fenghua around, the Gu brothers and her own oldest brother scolded her before she even did anything.
"Gu Fenghua, hand over your tokens and resources and get lost!" Lu Tonglian really wanted to rip her face to shreds, but she did not dare to do it openly. Instead, she could only find the chance to do it quietly some other time.
"You are the princess, but you stole my lines. That was simply rude. No wonder my oldest brother doesn't fancy you," said Gu Fenghua gently with a smile. However, her words were utterly hateful and stabbed the third princess completely.
Every word Gu Fenghua said was so shocking that they did not know where to start. Luo Enen's lips twitched uncontrollably. Gu Fenghua had a very deceiving appearance and seemed as innocent as the little white flower in her hair. In reality, she was a man-eating flower!
With just a few words, she had ridiculed the third princess. Also, it was the most infuriating sort of mockery. How could anyone withstand it?
"Gu Fenghua!" Lu Tonglian looked at her furiously. All the beauty on her face was gone and all that remained was anger as she unsheathed her sword and charged over.
Instead, Gu Fenghua smiled nonchalantly and took a step back and pushed Luo Enen from behind to say melodiously, "Go on, Enen."
Luo Enen was caught by surprise before she yelled and raised her sword to fight the third princess. Gu Fenghua was now her rice bowl, so she had to help her settle all problems.
Gu Fenghua stood by the side as she watched Luo Enen and Lu Tonglian embroil in battle as she and Jun Lansheng commented on their fight happily.
"I didn't expect Enen to be so powerful that she could defeat the third princess overwhelmingly." Jun Lansheng pinched his chubby chin. "Don't tell me all the rumors about the third princess are a lie?"
"Maybe?" Gu Fenghua tilted her head as she spoke unhurriedly.