Quick Transmigration: Even Extras Want to Be Leading Actresses

Chapter 12 The Queen Consort of Great Xia (2)

In this war, the Xia Dynasty pushed its border hundreds of miles north, leaving it only across the river from the Rakshasa Kingdom.

Gu Shijiu, who had performed a great service, followed Xia Jun back to the capital. Along the way, she kept asking about Shi Qi's whereabouts.

Unfortunately, they couldn't find him even after traveling all the way from the north to the capital.

Gu Shijiu found it somewhat uninteresting.

The Prince of Yan, who had already become emperor, specially created an official position for her, making her a Grand General, who ranked above the Three Dukes, and also bestowed upon her a mansion.

After the second prince became the crown prince, he actively helped her find someone, but unfortunately, he never found anyone.

Gu Shijiu lost interest in fighting, so she stayed in the capital and found several people who knew martial arts to teach her every day.

Ever since she saw the Jin army's weapons on the battlefield, she had been envious and made one herself.

That day, after Gu Shijiu finished practicing martial arts, she encountered a crying woman at her doorstep: "Sister, help!"

It turned out to be a jade bead.

Gu Shijiu was an orphan and naturally had no sisterly affection. Seeing her like this, she didn't open the door to let her in: "What do you want?"

Yuzhu assumed that Yuzhen was still angry with her, and she resented in her heart that her sister was so capable, yet she ignored her.

"Sister, Yuzhu knows she was wrong, please help me."

"How can I help you?" Gu Shijiu had heard that Yuzhu was with the First Prince, and she didn't think Yuzhu needed any help.

Yu Zhu felt mocked: "Sister, do you really not know? The First Prince is capricious and often takes his anger out on people."

He felt that you were the one who harmed him, and as a result, he also disliked me, and treated me with sarcasm every day.

Since the Empress's death, he has become increasingly irritable, and I simply cannot stay in this First Prince's residence any longer.

She was seriously injured when she was still a princess, and died after only a few days on the throne.

"Did he hit you?" Gu Shijiu asked, tilting her head.

"No, not at all." Because she was the sister of the Great General, the disgraced First Prince dared not lay a hand on her.

"Then what do you want me to help with?" Gu Shijiu couldn't think of anything.

Yu Zhu hesitated and said, "Sister, you are someone who can speak for the Emperor and the Crown Prince. I just hope you can let me leave and help me find a good family."

Gu Shijiu was puzzled: "Huh? Didn't you actively pursue the First Prince? Why don't you like him anymore?"

Listen to what kind of talk this is.

Yuzhu always felt that her sister was deliberately humiliating her: "Sister, you beat the eldest prince so badly that he even lost the throne."

Now, with that face, no one in the manor dares to look him in the eye, and he's also a cripple. Am I really going to marry someone like that?

She's now the sister of a great general, with so many good families to choose from. How could she possibly want to be with the eldest prince, who has no future?

Gu Shijiu didn't understand and didn't want to care. She went to the Crown Prince and threw the jade bead at him.

After pondering for a moment, the prince actually brought the jade bead back to his residence.

Yuzhu was so happy she couldn't speak, like a mouse that had fallen into a rice jar.

It seems that her sister has forgiven her, otherwise why would the Crown Prince have allowed her into the mansion?

Although she lived in a secluded courtyard, she was given several palace maids and a nanny.

This is the treatment a master receives. Looking at the carved beams and painted pillars before her, Yuzhu began to let her imagination run wild.

"Lady Yuzhu, it's time to eat."

She was startled when she suddenly heard the voice of the palace maid serving food.

"Why didn't you knock before coming in? You have no manners." Yu Zhu adopted the airs of a master.

A palace maid carried a food box and placed one exquisite dish after another on the table: "His Highness said you were frightened some time ago, so this is to help you recover."

Yuzhu was overjoyed and, imitating the noble ladies she had seen, ate her meal in small bites.

But... Yu Zhu frowned: "Why is the food burnt?"

The palace maid looked surprised: "Lady Yuzhu, this contains precious mushrooms, this is the taste."

"You're from the countryside, so it's normal that you don't understand. Just make sure you get used to it, or you'll embarrass the prince when you go out."

Upon hearing the palace maid's words, Yuzhu quickly straightened her back and said, "Who said I'm not used to it? Everyone has tried it before. I just didn't remember it for a moment."

"You palace maid, how dare you speak so rudely! Granny, slap her!"

No one moved in the courtyard.

Yuzhu then realized that although these people were assigned to her, they were not people she could order around.

Thinking she would complain to the Crown Prince later, Yuzhu ate her food in a huff.

When the Crown Prince arrives, you'll be in for a beating.

Yu Zhu didn't see the Crown Prince; instead, the palace maids who were serving food arrived again.

This time it's a bowl of bright red stuff.

"Lady Yuzhu, this is a blood lotus picked from the Tianshan Mountains. It has the best blood-replenishing effect and is suitable for your depleted body."

The Crown Prince said that you were worried and frightened recently, which has made you weak and anemic; this is the best thing for you to eat.

The palace maid added, "There's only this much; even the Crown Princess doesn't have any."

Yuzhu was overjoyed to see that the Crown Prince had given her such a precious gift, and she drank it down in one gulp.

"Cough cough cough, how disgusting." A bloody smell made her almost vomit.

"My lady, haven't you ever tried this before?" The palace maid asked with a hint of sympathy. "The noble ladies of the capital are all scrambling to eat it."

Yuzhu suppressed her nausea and drank the rest.

......

"Lady Yuzhu, these are clothes and jewelry given to you by the Crown Prince. You must wear them every day."

This time it was a nanny who came.

It's nice that the Crown Prince is sending gifts, but why are they all made of silver?

Yu Zhu was a little confused, but dared not not wear it.

"Lady Yuzhu, this is a Guanyin cake specially arranged by the Crown Prince, made with precious medicinal herbs."

"Lady Yuzhu..."

Because she often ate strange things during this period, she quickly lost weight, and her originally fair and tender face became thin and pointed.

After each delivery, the Crown Prince would listen to a report from his servants.

While listening, cross out what you've written on the paper.

Black dog blood, talisman paper, soil from in front of the temple, peach wood, chicken head... none of them worked.

He even tried silver objects and garlic, which are said to be feared by Western monsters, several times.

Strange, Gu Shijiu is a monster, and her sister keeps saying she's her own sister, so why is it no use?

It turns out that the Crown Prince didn't dare to use tricks on Gu Shijiu, so he wanted to find out what the monsters were afraid of by testing Yuzhu.

Unexpectedly, I found nothing.

The Crown Prince was somewhat frustrated. He personally interrogated Yu Zhu, but couldn't get any information out of her.

Yuzhu then realized that the reason the Crown Prince brought her back was because of her sister.

Yu Zhu, who had been through a lot, finally managed to bribe a eunuch to go to Gu Shijiu and ask for her help again, but Gu Shijiu never showed up.

She didn't know that the Crown Prince had deliberately sent her to deliver the message, wanting to see Gu Shijiu's reaction.

Seeing that Gu Shijiu didn't care about his younger sister, the Crown Prince felt free to cause trouble for a long time.

However, no matter what he did, Yuzhu never showed anything special; she always remained the same timid and shy girl.

The crown prince concluded that the two could not possibly be biological sisters.

In that case, the jade bead is of no use.

So the Crown Prince instructed his wife to point to a family and marry Yuzhu off.