Chapter Three: A Heavenly Gift

here any news from the Fifth Prince's manor" Yinggui Concubine asked faintly.Today, the young lady from the Fifth Prince's Manor saved Miss Seven from the Murong Prime Minister's Mansion. When sending...Chapter Three

The beauty is from the heavens.

Thus, the corner returned to its eerie silence, as if nothing had happened. Even the leaves blown by the wind lay slowly on the ground...

During the reign of Emperor Ruizong, in the Ling Wangfu.

"Your Highness, this is the Emperor's imperial decree. You, you can't make things difficult for me! This, this, this... If you don't accept it, I, I won't be able to complete my duty." Huang Gonggong was sweating profusely. He didn't want to provoke this plague god either, but he had no choice.

This Fifth Prince was a prominent figure in the Heavenly Emperor's court, but his personality was reclusive and he rarely spoke. He treated others with coldness. Ironically, he was the most outstanding among the six princes and also the most favored by the emperor. Unfortunately, when the Fifth Prince was young, he was kidnapped for a year by a concubine from a cold palace and given a curse. With the efforts of imperial physicians, the curse was removed, but there were significant aftereffects. Ever since the Fifth Prince went through the curse, any woman who touched him, regardless of age, would die from bleeding from the seven orifices. The Ying Noble Consort, who was also the Fifth Prince's biological mother, almost died from bleeding from the seven orifices after touching his head. Fortunately, the emperor loved Ying Noble Consort dearly and bestowed upon her the Heaven Mountain Snow Lotus, allowing her to survive. However, Ying Noble Consort could only lie in bed for the rest of her life and often fell ill. Because he had witnessed his own mother nearly dying at his hands, the Fifth Prince rarely interacted with others and seldom smiled. He always wore a stiff expression and emitted a cold aura everywhere he went.

Huang Gonggong, having served as the emperor's senior eunuch for decades, was naturally the emperor's most favored confidant. He had seen countless situations, but facing the chilling aura emanating from the Fifth Prince now, he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. This was too intense.

Rui Tianling's lips twitched into a chilling smile, and those who knew him well understood that this was a sign of his anger. Huang Gonggong had served the emperor for so many years and had watched these princes grow up, so he naturally understood. He immediately knelt down, his body trembling like chaff: "Old slave, old slave, it was all done by the Emperor's order! Old slave, old slave deserves ten thousand deaths, but, but, but, this, this, this…"

Huang Gonggong, however, after a long while still couldn't explain himself properly. Rui Tianling grew impatient: "What is it"

Huang Gonggong felt a chill wind blow from his sleeve straight into his stomach. He trembled as he held the imperial decree up to the Fifth Prince's face, while simultaneously giving his trusted aide a look: Get help quickly --

Huang Gonggong's confidante, receiving the signal, naturally planned to run away. Even he couldn't withstand Wang Ye's cold air.

Ritianling sat down on the stone chair in the garden. Immediately, a maid came forward to offer tea and fruit. After placing the things down, she disappeared quickly. Ritianling picked up the teacup and took a light sip: "Brave!"

Although Ruitianling didn't look at Huang Gonggong, as a martial artist, he was very sensitive to the movement and stillness of the air around him. Hmph, daring to let him take this imperial edict in front of his face and even summon reinforcements, it seems he doesn't want to live anymore.

Huang Gonggong and his confidant immediately understood the meaning behind the words. After all, they were both experienced courtiers, cunning and shrewd. The confidant immediately knelt down and kowtowed, confessing his guilt. Those around him couldn't bear the cold aura emanating from the Fifth Prince; one by one, they knelt on the ground trembling, fearing that the Fifth Prince would implicate them.

"Say, who summoned me!" Ruitian Ling stared straight at Huang Gonggong.

Huang Gonggong almost fainted from the shock, luckily his confidante by his side supported him and pinched him on the waist, only then did he recover. "To Your Highness, I, I, that is, don't let me speak!"

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With a crash, the teacup shattered, scalding hot tea soaking Huang Gonggong. But he didn't feel the heat; it was as if he had fallen into an icy abyss, shivering with cold. Cold sweat soaked his clothes. He immediately knelt and bowed: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please calm down. It was...it was Yinggui Fei (the Noble Consort Ying). She went to the Emperor and begged him to choose a bride for Your Majesty. She said that under heaven, there must be someone worthy of becoming Your Majesty's wife."Huang Gonggong was so startled he almost vomited. Thinking about it, the Empress was doing this for Your Majesty’s sake; she just feared your Majesty wouldn't accept it.

Ruitianling's anger had subsided a lot. He also knew that his mother was doing this for his own good, hoping he could be happier, but how could he not know the reason why he couldn't contact others He couldn't, for his own sake, make his wife bedridden like his mother. Even if there were women willing to remain chaste for him their whole lives, because of his long-term lack of contact with women, he was now uninterested in them.

Ritianling paced back and forth before Huang Gonggong: "Go and inform him, unless a wife descends from the heavens, this king will not take a bride!"

"What! Huang Gonggong's forehead was covered in black lines. Of course, he knew what the prince meant. If he reported this to the emperor and the imperial concubine, his head would be on the chopping block! Think about it, if a living person fell from the sky, they would be dead long ago upon landing, or at least crippled. Would the prince marry someone like that Nonsense! Even if a healthy person fell from the sky, the chances of them being female are very low. Would the prince marry a man Nonsense! Let's take it even further. Even if a beautiful girl fell, she wouldn't be killed by the guards before reaching the prince's side. Analyzing this situation, Huang Gonggong felt like crying. No, he had to persuade the prince."

"Your Highness, the Emperor and Empress are also concerned about you. Your Highness, you should also consider the Emperor and Empress! You..." Huang Gonggong raised his head and met the Fifth Prince's sharp gaze, so frightened that he forgot what he wanted to say. This look, how cold it was...

Oh, the poor women of the Rui Tianwang Dynasty! They have a love-hate relationship with the Fifth Prince. What do they love about him Of course, it's his handsome appearance, his sharp intellect, and his superior martial arts skills. What do they hate about him They hate that he carries a deadly poison, so they can only look but not touch. That's why every day in the Rui Tianwang Dynasty, people inquire about the ancestors of the Cold Palace Lady who kidnapped the Fifth Prince all those years ago. Look, now the prince doesn't even intend to take a wife! What are these women going to do

"Ah!" A woman's scream suddenly came from somewhere, an unknown object smashed towards Ruitianling at an incredible speed. The guards immediately drew their swords and rushed forward, but before they could get close, they were blown back by the powerful air current it carried. Huang Gonggong and a group of eunuchs stood there dumbfounded, staring upwards.

Rui Tianling frowned, immediately gathering his inner strength and leaping into the air to approach the unknown object. Strangely enough, as Rui Tianling approached, the airflow surrounding it disappeared. Rui Tianling saw this and caught the unknown object with both hands. Hmm It's soft...

When he hit the ground, he finally saw that in his arms was a young woman in white. The girl had her eyes closed, as if she had fainted, but her hands were tightly clutching his neck.

As the Crown Prince and Sixth Prince walked into Ling Wang's mansion, they saw the Fifth Prince holding a white-clad girl in the center of the garden. They were immediately stunned, wondering what was going on...you..." Chen Zixuan pointed his finger at Rui Tianling's nose...You... you actually kissed my forehead This...Rui Tianling held Chen Zixuan's bothersome fingers in his palm and gently placed them to t...