Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

172. Invisible Luck

Translator: Tracycbj

As he spoke, Du Chuxuan was hesitant, but he spilt the beans. “These days I’ll ask Luo Yi to watch over the Fang family. I think you should be more familiar with the Fang family than I do.”

“Now the second branch of the Fang family has the real say in the family. The first branch has lost its influence because its grandson is crippled.” This was not a secret, and Yuxing Tianrui knew about it.

The first grandson of the Fang family was a poor man. When he was young, he was called the rare genius of the Fang family. However, God might have envied him, and he lost his legs in a big fire many years ago. From then on, he had been confined to his wheelchair and shut himself up, and no one could witness his talent anymore.

In order for the Fang family to secure their position in the court, the second branch of the family called off the engagement of their eldest son and asked him to study hard. In the end, they managed to secure the fame and wealth of the Fang family, but they ruined a love story. Many people pitied the young couple for a good while.

As the second branch prospered, the first grandson was disheartened and never came out to see anyone, so the first branch went downhill. Now when people talked about the Fang family, they referred to the second branch. Fang Rui was the eldest daughter of the second branch in the name.

In fact, the real identity of Fang Rui was the younger sister of the poor first grandson, but the first branch had no influence at all. If Fang Rui wanted the Empress to favor her, she could not come as the daughter of the first branch, so she was included in the second branch, which attracted the attention of the Empress.

“I know all this.” After listening carefully to Du Chuxuan, Yuxing Tianrui was not dissatisfied. He reached out and poured Du Chuxuan a cup of tea. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t have seen her at school when I was young.”

The school in the palace was not a place where ordinary children could go to study. After Fang Rui’s brother got crippled, Fang Rui stopped coming, and she was replaced by her cousins. The children in the palace were sensible and knew the reason, but they didn’t talk about it.

“You know all of this, but I have gathered something you don’t know.” Du Chuxuan waved his hand and continued, “On the day of the fire that devastated the first grandson of the Fang family, Fang Rui happened to be sick and she almost fell unconscious on the bed.”

“Yes, Emperor Father asked Eunuch Desheng to send her a thousand-year ginseng to keep her alive, which was a gesture to show he cared about the Fang family.” Yuxing Tianrui nodded. It was said that Fang Rui’s illness was strange.

The imperial doctors went to see her, but they couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her. After she recuperated for a while, she was getting worse and dying.

At that time, the Fang family got a weird medicine from nowhwere, and Fang Rui got well after she drank it. However, on that night, the disastrous fire fell on the Fang family.

After Du Chuxuan spoke, he saw that Yuxing Tianrui was not surprised, and he knew Yuxing Tianrui was aware of it, so he let out a sigh of relief. “If it weren’t for the things that happened in the Wulin Assembly, I might not have thought too much. Things seem not to be connected, but if you think it carefully, you will find they are associated.”

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“I once read a prescription, which was from ancient time. It was not complete due to its old age,” Du Chuxuan said slowly and explained the prescription of long time ago.

“There are some things that can’t be seen in our daily life,” Du Chuxuan pointed at Yuxing Tianrui. “How to put it? I can’t see it, but some books say some people are born with good luck, so they had to experience something that others could not endure. Otherwise, they get everything too easily.”

“Take you for example, Zizheng. You were born the most honorable prince of Shenglan country. However, it’s not as easy to be a Crown Prince as the ordinary people think. After I became the Crown Princess, it took me a lot of time to completely understand your difficulties.”

Yuxing Tianrui pursed his mouth without speaking.

“I have my luck, as has Fang Rui, as well as the first grandson of the Fang family.”

“He was named Fang Yan,” Yuxing Tianrui suddenly interrupted.

Du Chuxuan paused at the interruption and nodded helplessly. “Yes, Fang Yan has his own luck. However, luck is invisible, and many people think it is a one-time thing. Do you understand?”

“Just like a pie falling from the sky?” Yuxing Tianrui tried to understand.

“Yes, it’s like a pie falling from the sky. People feel that even if someone gets a pie from the sky, it would only happen one time. Same thing can’t happen often. However, luck can be stolen. If you steal luck from the others, your luck will increase.”

Yuxing Tianrui frowned and didn’t know what to say. He thought about it carefully and said, “Do you mean that Fang Rui had run out of her luck that year and she was supposed to die? But after she got the prescription, she stole Fang Yan’s luck and survived?”

“Exactly.” Du Chuxuan nodded. “According to the earliest user of the prescription, it was given to him by an immortal on an island in the far east. It doesn’t harm a lot, but stealing luck from others is against the natural rule, so the thief has to live a shorter life or take other punishments.”

“The prescription is incomplete, so I think the victim will be hurt if his luck is stolen.” That was why Fang Yan could not walk and his life was ruined.

“In this case, Fang Rui should be punished too.”

“She must have been punished, but we have no idea how.” Du Chuxuan said meaningfully. Since luck couldn’t be seen, fate couldn’t be seen either.

“What I want to say is that Fang Rui looks fine, but she was involved with an ancient prescription. The method in Wulin Assembly is the same. How could there be no connection between these incidents?”