Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 359: Encountering the Fifth Prince

People can't stay in this tiny place forever.

If you stay here for too long, you will feel depressed sooner or later.

So, Luo Yu decided to take a stroll around the palace at noon. When she was Concubine Ying, she had never taken a proper walk in the palace, and the thought of it made her feel sad.

Fortunately, there were separate rooms for the eunuchs next to the emperor's bedroom. Luo Yu asked them to vacate one for her to stay temporarily. Xia Liang was a little miserable. She could only live in a room outside the bedroom and had to keep a close eye on the emperor for twelve hours.

Luo Yu was afraid that she was too tired, so he took over her shift at night.

Xia Liang asked Qin Bingrui to remember to bring his lackeys and their family to accompany her when he returned to the palace, especially to let the old emperor hear that he had used all means to hunt down Baihu in the past, but now Baihu repaid him with kindness, and asked him to reflect on himself before he died.

Luo Yu changed into plain clothes and wanted to go out for a walk. Several secret guards sent by Eunuch Yao followed him closely.

Luo Yu was extremely helpless. Of course, she was afraid that someone would suddenly appear and slit her throat, but with four expressionless men following her, she was actually quite helpless.

The palace was exceptionally quiet at noon, except for the Cifu Hall which was in chaos.

I heard that when the Empress Dowager's bedroom caught fire that day, a group of palace servants spent the entire night putting out the fire. Fortunately, they were all well-trained and experienced.

The chassis has non-line-of-sight imaging capabilities throughout, which can scan all scenes and save them in the system, and make intelligent decisions based on the owner's wishes. We should be thankful that there are no system bugs.

Luo Yu sighed lightly, wondering when the Queen Mother would calm down. She certainly didn't do it on purpose, but she had no other choice and just wanted to intimidate those present!

She sighed and walked to Yichun Garden, which was the royal garden that was the favorite place for concubines, little princes and princesses in the palace. The scenery was elegant, with pavilions and towers reflected in the water, and towering ancient trees by the water. When the sun was scorching, standing under the trees and feeling the breeze on your face, you felt as if you were in the wild.

As she strolled under the quiet shade of the trees, the palace maids and eunuchs passing by saw her and hurriedly avoided her, as if she were some man-eating monster.

Luo Yu scratched his head and muttered softly: "Am I that scary?"

She turned around and looked left and right at the secret guards on both sides. They were indeed quite scary. They were four tall and strong men with expressions harder than sculptures.

"It seems that I can only play alone in silence."

Luo Yu walked to a water pavilion. The fish in the pond were really beautiful. Several golden koi were chasing each other, sometimes flying under the lotus leaves to hide, and sometimes playing among the lotus flowers. This world was really beautiful to them.

Luo Yu didn't know what to do, so he came out to get some fresh air, but there was no one he could talk to.

Back in the day, things were better. I met lots of interesting people and lived a carefree life. How did it end up like this? What went wrong?

Luo Yu is not an ordinary person. She must be someone who is looking for something to do.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, she pulled out an exquisite iron slingshot from her sleeve. Even the bullets were high-end steel balls. She aimed at the stem of the tallest and most beautiful lotus in the pond. With a crisp sound, the stem broke, and the lotus shook for a few moments before falling into the pond.

Luo Yu grinned and said, "See, this is the reason why you are new and prominent. You are more likely to suffer."

She saw another bud about to bloom. The flower hadn't even opened yet, so why was it so tall? Although it was more than ten feet away from her, she had to test the true power of this slingshot.

After shooting the flower bud to death again, Luo Yu was very satisfied. He nodded and said happily: "You are more beautiful than the lotus, I will destroy you."

After saying that, he couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh a few times.

Suddenly, a voice came.

"Who is destroying the lotus? Who wants to destroy the lotus that is growing well?"

Hey, there is actually someone here who can speak.

Luo Yu heard the sound and looked over. Standing on the bench on the waterside pavilion, he looked hard and noticed a young man on the opposite bank.

"It's me. I used the slingshot. Do you think I'm accurate?"

The secret guard following closely behind her thought that this girl was really crazy.

Luo Yu walked out of the pavilion and wanted to run to the young master's position. At the same time, the young master also rushed towards him. The eunuch behind the young master followed closely, fearing that the young master would offend someone he shouldn't offend.

This palace is really full of crises!

When Luo Yu saw the little prince, he was stunned. He was so handsome, not like a boy at all. He was about twelve or thirteen years old, and more handsome than the little princes he saw outside the emperor's bedroom that night.

"You, who are you?"

The little prince was originally very aggressive, but when he saw the secret guards behind Luo Yu, he was stunned and his tone softened.

"My name is Qin Luosheng. What do you call me, little prince?"

As soon as the young eunuch heard Miss Luo's name, he immediately tugged at the young prince's robe and whispered in his ear, "This is the demon that summons the dragon, young lady."

Luo Yu smiled faintly and watched how they were going to act.

The young prince was not frightened. He asked her confidently, "Ms. Luo Yu, why did you destroy the lotus? They were growing perfectly well. Why did you harm them?"

"Because I was practicing my slingshot."

"Can't you practice with something else?"

Luo Yu pretended to be in deep thought.

"Then what should I use as a target for practice? Leaves are innocent too, and birds and fish are even more pitiful. You can't let me use people as targets, right?"

The little prince had never imagined that this woman was so eloquent and unreasonable.

"But the lotus blossoms so beautifully, and you destroy it. It's a waste of nature's gift."

"Just because the lotus is beautiful, it shouldn't be destroyed casually? Then if I practice on a tree, would you still be so angry?"

"Of course not."

His voice became much weaker, and he seemed to understand something in an instant. There was no difference between trees and lotus flowers. They were both plants and had life. It was just that flowers were easy to die, while trees could stand tall.

Therefore, people who cherish things have a preconceived notion that they can shoot a tree at will but cannot destroy a flower.

Luo Yu smiled softly: "Because flowers are fragile, they will die after being hurt once, but the tough tree will not. It has the ability to resist, so it can allow itself to be bullied, right?"

The little prince nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's what happened."

After thinking about it, he felt that it was not right and quickly shook his head to deny it, "It's not because the tree is strong that it can be bullied. It's because the tree is strong that no one dares to bully it. Those who bully it know that bullying will be fruitless."

Luo Yu chuckled and continued to ask him: "What's your name?"

Zhu Chengzhi suddenly understood why everyone in the palace wanted to stay away from this girl. It was because she was too powerful. She was not even afraid of the Queen Mother. No one could bully her, so they avoided her.

Thinking of this, Zhu Chengzhi grinned: "I am the fifth child, they all call me the Fifth Prince..."

"Your name is Zhu Chengzhi, right?"

"how do you know?"

"I know the names of all the emperor's seven sons."

The fifth prince's memory is particularly profound, as he is the biological son of the once most favored Concubine Mo!