After being reborn, I was won over by the heartfelt words of my loyal bodyguard.

Chapter 209: Proposing Again

When Lin Fengmian saw Lin Ruohua, he was somewhat surprised, as he had never expected Lin Ruohua to come here.

Lin Ruohua told Lin Fengmian that Gan Luo had told Lin Fengmian to return to the princess's residence on his own.

"So that's how it is," Lin Fengmian realized. He then bid farewell to the Shadow Hall Master. At this moment, Lin Ruohua turned her head and glanced at the Shadow Hall Master. The Master smiled faintly, indicating to Lin Ruohua that she didn't need to worry too much.

In the princess's residence, Gan Luo kept an eye on Hua Yu and even had some beautiful clothes prepared for her to choose from. Hua Yu looked at these clothes and instantly beamed with joy. After all, women love beauty, don't they?

"Your Highness, may I choose any of these clothes here?"

Hua Yu asked Gan Luo incredulously, and Gan Luo told her that she could indeed choose whatever she wanted, or rather, that all these things belonged to her.

Hua Yu is quite safe staying in the princess's residence now. Gan Luo doesn't believe anyone would dare to come here and cause trouble. Otherwise, Gan Luo will definitely make that person pay the price.

"I am truly sorry, Your Highness. I failed to complete the two-year mission, and this is something I have failed you in doing."

"You have already helped me a lot, and I am so grateful to you that I could not possibly blame you. What I regret is that I did not visit you in the brothel more often, which has led to you becoming like this, and now you have to pay the price with your life."

In the Royal Palace.

Xin Ruyu's subordinates told him that Gan Luo had taken away the most beautiful courtesan from the brothel.

Furthermore, the proprietress was instructed to publicly declare that the courtesan had died in a fire. Xin Ruyu was shocked at that moment. Xin Ruyu seriously considered Gan Luo's purpose in bringing her into the brothel, but after thinking about it carefully, she could not come up with any reason.

But now Gan Luo has brought the courtesan into the princess's residence. What exactly is Gan Luo thinking? This is giving Xin Ruyu a real headache.

"Your Highness, regarding this matter, should I investigate it further? I feel there's something fishy about it, but the courtesan's illness is indeed true."

According to his investigation, the courtesan's condition was very serious, and it was true that she wouldn't live much longer. However, now that Gan Luo had brought the courtesan into the princess's residence, he was still unable to investigate the cause.

"She's just a courtesan. She can't cause any trouble. There's no need to investigate her further."

However, Xin Ruyu was quite surprised that Gan Luo liked to go to such places of pleasure. After all, Xin Ruyu thought that a woman like Gan Luo, who seemed detached from worldly affairs, would not go to such places. In the end, it turned out that Xin Ruyu had been thinking too much.

As Xin Ruyu gazed at the twinkling stars in the night sky, he pondered when he would be able to marry the princess and bring the world to his door.

After all, for Xin Ruyu, as long as he obtains this world, he will not have failed his father's expectations.

Although Xin Ruyu is a prince of the opposite sex, so what? It can't affect Xin Ruyu at all, can it?

Inside the palace, some ministers were kneeling outside the main hall, begging to see the emperor. Gan Yanling had no idea why these ministers were kneeling there. At this moment, Gan Yanling only felt a headache coming on and wished they would stay away from him and not stay there.

Xu Jiu silently rubbed Gan Yanling's head, speaking softly, "Your Majesty, since these ministers want to see you, why don't you go and see them? Otherwise, I think they won't give up."

Having no other choice, Gan Yanling came outside to meet these people, his eyes filled with a hint of coldness.

"I only want to ask you, what exactly do you want to say now? It's so late, shouldn't you be resting in your residences?"

Unexpectedly, these officials were saying this here.

They saw the princess going to a brothel today, which is a scandalous and immoral act.

When Gan Yanling heard that Gan Luo had gone to a brothel, he was surprised for a moment. How could Gan Luo, a woman, go to a brothel? They must have seen wrong.

More importantly, Gan Luo was the eldest princess of the current dynasty. How could such a noble princess go to such a despicable place?

"If that's how you see it, then why don't you tell me where the evidence is?"

Upon hearing the word "evidence," they looked at each other blankly, realizing they had none to produce.

Just moments ago they were making a great commotion, but now they were all silent. Gan Yanling had already told them, "You are slandering my imperial sister without any evidence. If this happens again, I will punish each of you with twenty strokes of the cane and deduct two months' salary."

They originally thought they could successfully impeach Gan Luo, but unexpectedly, they were instead insulted by the emperor. Most importantly, they genuinely had no evidence.

Actually, they heard about this from other people, and when they learned of it, they hurriedly told Gan Yanling. As for other preparations, they didn't make any.

That's why such a misunderstanding occurred. He was already punished by Gan Yanling for such a small thing, but thankfully Gan Yanling didn't punish them.

"Fortunately, His Majesty did not punish us. But who told you that the princess went to a brothel?"

The official instantly forgot what to say and didn't know how to respond, so he could only grit his teeth and apologize to them.

"Don't do it again next time. If I get punished by His Majesty with twenty strokes of the cane because of you, it won't be worth it."

However, for them, the next time they want to talk about Gan Luo, they must find evidence; they will never come without evidence.

After all, Gan Luo was the emperor's own sister, the eldest princess, so the emperor's heart naturally leaned towards the eldest princess.

Regardless of the true nature of the relationship between Gan Luo and the emperor, in front of outsiders, the two naturally appeared to be harmonious and amicable.

"It's getting late, everyone should disperse now."

In no time at all, the officials had left, as if they had never been there.

As soon as Gan Yanling entered the main hall, Xu Jiu inquired about the matter that had occurred.