After hearing her gossip, all the civil and military officials went crazy.

Chapter 70 A world of difference
The system, noticing Fang Lingchu's sudden unhappiness, asked, "Host, what's wrong?"

Fang Lingchu looked at those people and said, "It's nothing. I was just thinking about the sale of human organs, which is similar."

Could this kind of thing have originated from that barbarian country? Is it because people in that era married women from those "bad" countries that there were so many disgusting people?

The system didn't live in her era, so it doesn't know how to answer this question.

I think so.

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince and Gu Wangyan exchanged a glance, each harboring their own thoughts.

Then Fang Lingchu continued, "[There were people like this in my time too. They bought and sold the organs of their own people, and women, just for a little bit of profit. Why is it so difficult for women in any era?]"

Her words silenced everyone.

Especially for women, if the people in the princess's world didn't allow women to live well, do they still have a chance?
They were lost; they didn't know what to do about the future.

Just when everyone was feeling down, the heroine from the Dragon Kingdom who sold herself to bury her father and the domineering prince arrived.

System: [Host, host, don't be sad, some big news is coming.]

Upon hearing the juicy gossip, Fang Ling's melancholy vanished instantly.

Upon hearing this, the others also quickly perked up their ears to listen.

Then I saw the two people who had been brought in.

Fang Lingchu paused for a moment, then asked for her opinion.
The female lead, Lin Wanrou, wore no adornments whatsoever. Her hair was simply tied up in a glossy bun, without a single pearl or jade. Her face was bare of makeup. She was naturally graceful and charming, and her dark blue dress further accentuated her fair complexion.
Her skin was fairer than frost and whiter than snow; her eyebrows, curved like a crescent moon, seemed to furrow but not quite; her waist was so slender that one could encircle it with one hand; she was truly pitiful and delicate, like a flower in full bloom.

She is undoubtedly a typical innocent and naive female lead.

However, the male lead, Long Chen, is a character that's hard to describe.

His expression was cold and stern; he looked to be around thirty years old, but his face appeared much older. He had a fleshy face, a fierce expression, and bulging muscles. His fists were as big as pineapples; he was clearly not someone to be trifled with.

Fang Lingchu stared for a while and said, "Why do I get this feeling of 'Beauty and the Beast'? Are you sure these two are the male and female leads, and not father and daughter?"

Everyone: It's not that we can't see it, now that the princess says so, it does look quite similar.

When the Crown Prince of Northern Yan heard someone say he was old, his eyes flashed with fierce determination as he tried to find the source of the voice.

Upon seeing Fang Lingchu, the Crown Prince, and Gu Wangyan above, they bowed slightly.

"Your Highness, Princess Ding'an, General Gu."

Apart from the Crown Prince, Fang Lingchu and Gu Wangyan both stood up and returned the greeting slightly.

Then he looked at the Crown Prince and asked, "I wonder what business Your Highness has summoned me here?"

Just as the Crown Prince of Northern Yan finished speaking, the female voice he had just heard rang out again: "[This Crown Prince of Northern Yan is so arrogant! Guagua, do you know what's going on?]"

System: [I know, he has a ton of scandals, but do you want to hear about his melodramatic love story first, or his grand ambitions with his father?]

Fang Lingchu was conflicted; she wanted to hear both, but looking at Qin Mengxin and Lin Wanrou, she thought for a moment and said, "Let's hear his heart-wrenching love story first! We'll listen to the other one after we've resolved Lin Wanrou's matter."

Upon hearing Fang Lingchu's choice, the system quickly said, "[This Lin Wanrou has received a script about selling herself to bury her father, being forcibly married, and experiencing a tragic love story.]" Fang Lingchu was about to nod when she realized she was still sitting up there, and there were several other people waiting below.

He quickly smiled and asked, "Miss Qin has accused the Crown Prince of Northern Yan of forcibly taking women from my fiefdom. Is this true?"

When the Crown Prince of Northern Yan heard Fang Lingchu's voice, he knew that the voice he had heard at the beginning was coming from this woman.

She didn't speak at first, and he didn't dare to ask, with the Crown Prince and Gu Wangyan watching him intently.

"No, she sold herself to bury her father. I gave her the money, and she buried her father. She sold herself to me. What's wrong with that?"

Fang Lingchu smiled and looked at Lin Wanrou, asking, "Miss Lin, is that so?"

Looking at the gentle Fang Lingchu and seeing the encouraging look in her friend's eyes, Lin Wanrou took a deep breath and said, "No, the young master took me away without giving me any money. My father threw me into a mass grave with just a straw mat. Please, Princess, do me justice. I don't want to be bought by him. Business is supposed to be based on mutual consent. I don't want to be bought by him."

Fang Lingchu watched as she cried out in a hoarse voice, her frail body bursting with powerful resilience. No matter from which angle she cried, it was breathtakingly beautiful.

He remarked with a sigh, "In this patriarchal society, it is indeed dangerous for a girl who is too beautiful without a strong background or powerful connections. But to be honest, let alone the female lead, what normal woman would be interested in a man more than ten years her senior?"

Fang Lingchu's sharp retort immediately darkened Long Chenfeng's face, his eyes turning sinister, as if he were about to take Fang Lingchu away and tear her to pieces at any moment.

Fang Lingchu saw him. She was startled by his fierce gaze, but then, remembering something, she felt she shouldn't admit defeat and glared back.

[Waaaaah, Guagua, that Prince of Northern Yan was so mean to me! It's terrifying! Will he send someone to assassinate me when he gets back?]

Upon hearing Fang Lingchu's thoughts, the Crown Prince and Gu Wangyan both turned to look at her.

The look in their eyes was clear; it seemed they intended to kill the Crown Prince of Northern Yan if Fang Lingchu were to be assassinated.

Especially Gu Wangyan, whose fierce aura from the battlefield and his eyes instantly robbed the Crown Prince of Northern Yan of his courage.

But I was very resentful.

The Crown Prince and Gu Wangyan could tell he was very dissatisfied just by looking at him, but it didn't matter. They would find a reason to kill him after Fang Lingchu revealed his secret.

In this world, only death is safe.

The Crown Prince of Northern Yan instantly felt a chill on his neck, as if he were being targeted.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he glanced at the Crown Prince and said, "All land under heaven belongs to the king. I am the heir apparent. If I want to share one person with Princess Ding'an, will the princess refuse?"

Upon hearing his words, Fang Lingchu looked at him as if he were an idiot.

He said, "No."

He mentally complained to the system, "Guagua, is this guy an idiot? Is this how you use yellow earth in the world? And Lin Wanrou is a commoner, not a slave. How can he just take whatever he wants? I'm speechless. What kind of brain does he have? How can someone with this kind of brain be the male lead? Tell me his gossip, he's driving me crazy."

Others thought the same thing: Had this prince lost his mind?
Even those of them who couldn't read knew that this phrase must belong to the emperor.

Tsk tsk tsk, his intentions are crystal clear.

The Crown Prince glanced dangerously at the Heir Apparent of the Northern Yan Kingdom; it seemed his uncles were already impatient.

(End of this chapter)