Zongwu: Eavesdropping on the inner voices, the female warriors have become strange

"As for Mu Wanqing, it doesn't matter. She's just a bystander anyway."

Mu Wanqing: ...

Mu Wanqing was a little annoyed. What did you mean? I was just a bystander?

"Um, Mr. Chen, what do you mean?" Duan Yu asked with a stutter.

"Is it just what it means literally? Ling'er is your sister!" Chen Liu said with a smile.

Zhong Ling looked up at Chen Liu and asked in mock shock, "Brother Chen Liu, what's going on? How did I become that idiot's sister?"

"Ling'er, I'll explain it to you later." Chen Liu whispered to Zhong Ling.

"My sister?" Duan Yu was a little dumbfounded.

"Yes, her name is Zhong Ling, and her mother's name is Gan Baobao. Prince Duan should not have forgotten her, right?" Chen Liu said with a smile.

"Baby?" Duan Zhengchun turned his head towards Zhong Ling with a stiff neck.

"Your name is Zhong Ling?"

"Yeah!" Zhong Ling nodded.

"Is your mother Gan Baobao?"

"Yeah!" Zhong Ling nodded again.

"When were you born?" Duan Zhengchun asked hurriedly.

"The fifth day of the twelfth month of the Yimao year." Zhong Ling said.

Duan Zhengchun quickly counted on his fingers, and his expression became complicated. This was really his daughter. It wasn't that he didn't want to acknowledge Zhong Ling, but this matter was too sudden and caught him off guard.

"Um, um, Ling'er, how is your mother?" Duan Zhengchun took a deep breath and a warm smile appeared on his face.

Duan Yu looked at Zhong Ling, then at his father who had suddenly become amiable, and suddenly felt like he was about to collapse. When he first saw Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing, Duan Yu immediately felt a sense of love, but he didn't expect that Zhong Ling already had someone she loved. This made him feel very uncomfortable, and he didn't want to believe it was true, and at the same time he made an excuse for himself.

Duan Yu was a master at making excuses. For example, in the original novel, after seeing the jade statue in the Langhuan Blessed Land, he mistook it for a deity. A deity, naturally pure and innocent, how could she be tainted by a foul-smelling man? Therefore, he refused to believe, even at death, that his deity was in a relationship. Even when he saw the fragmentary words left by Wuyazi in the Langhuan Blessed Land, referring to Li Qiushui as "Qiushui's sister," saw the Zhenlong chessboard in the stone chamber that resembled a game between two players, and saw the baby cradle, he could find excuses to deny that his deity was in a relationship, and even mentally convinced himself otherwise. So, even when Duan Yu saw Zhong Ling actively hugging Chen Liu's arm, he could still make excuses, thinking that perhaps Zhong Ling was Chen Liu's sister. Isn't it normal for siblings to link arms? He even often put his arm around his mother, Dao Baifeng, and nuzzled in close proximity with her.

But when Duan Yu saw his father calculate Zhong Ling's birthday, he looked as if he had seen his own daughter, and he collapsed. How could he lie? It was impossible. Unless he denied that he was his father's biological son, he would have to acknowledge this sister.

Well, although Zhong Ling had gone from being his white moonlight to being his sister, there was still a girl in black. While Duan Zhengchun was talking to Zhong Ling cordially like an old father, Duan Yu shifted his gaze to Mu Wanqing, who was dressed in black and had a black scarf.

"Don't look at it, this is your sister too!"

Duan Yu:......

Mu Wanqing: ...

Duan Zhengchun: ...

"What do you mean?" Mu Wanqing looked at Chen Liu in shock.

"It means exactly what it says. You and Zhong Ling are both Prince Duan's biological daughters."

"Who is your mother?" Duan Zhengchun looked up at Mu Wanqing, his face a little stiff.

Mu Wanqing also pretended to be completely unconvinced and said, "I'm not your daughter. I don't have a mother, only a master."

"Oh, Prince Duan, Miss Mu's mother is called Qin Hongmian. Prince Duan should be familiar with her, right?"

Duan Zhengchun: ...

Chapter 44 The leaky little cotton-padded jacket

A good visit suddenly turned into a large-scale girl-recognition event. Some people were happy, some were confused, some had complicated feelings, and some were heartbroken.

Duan Zhengchun's emotions were naturally mixed with joy. He hadn't expected Gan Baobao and Qin Hongmian to give him a daughter. What drove Duan Zhengchun a little crazy was that after dinner, when he arranged separate villas for Chen Liu, Zhong Ling, and Mu Wanqing in the Prince of Zhennan's mansion, not only Zhong Ling but also Mu Wanqing insisted on staying in the same villa with Chen Liu. If they weren't allowed to be together, they would rather go back to the inn.

After finally getting two leaky little cotton jackets, could Duan Zhengchun let them stay at the inn? Of course not, otherwise where would he put his face? With no other choice, Duan Zhengchun could only arrange for the three of them to stay in a villa. This made him feel like he had just obtained two fresh and juicy cabbages and then had a pig eat them. Naturally, Duan Zhengchun, who had originally had a good impression of Chen Liu, began to dislike him.

"Why did you say yesterday that I was that man's daughter, and that I was my master's daughter? Aren't you going to say something to me?" It was a little late after settling down in the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion last night, and it was not convenient to go to Chen Liu at night. However, the next morning, after Mu Wan washed up, she came to Chen Liu angrily to explain.

Although Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling already knew their identities from Chen Liu's inner voice, Chen Liu did not tell them. If they accepted it easily, wouldn't that make Chen Liu suspicious?

"This is what I calculated." Chen Liu said with a smile: "Let me introduce myself again. My name is Chen Liu, and I'm known as the Divine Calculator and Chen Banxian in the martial arts world."

Zhong Ling: ...

Mu Wanqing: ...

The bastard was trying to trick them again. However, neither Zhong Ling nor Mu Wanqing had the guts to expose his intentions.

Duan Zhengchun, who had just walked to the gate of the villa and was about to go in to see his daughter, heard three people chatting in the yard. He immediately stopped and wanted to secretly listen to what they were saying.

Divine Calculator? Chen Banxian? Duan Zhengchun was puzzled. He had never heard of this name before. And Chen Liu looked only about twenty years old. Not much older than his son Duan Yu. And a Banxian? How dare you?

"A divine fortune teller? Chen Banxian?" Mu Wanqing sneered twice and said, "Do you think I would believe that?"

"What's it to me whether you believe it or not?" Honestly, Chen Liu didn't like Mu Wanqing's personality. For example, two days ago, when the waiter at the inn just looked at her a few more times, she threatened to gouge out his eyes. If he hadn't reacted quickly, the waiter would have been blinded. Furthermore, Mu Wanqing had been bossing him around these past few days, which had annoyed him and built up a lot of anger. Now, seeing Mu Wanqing's sarcastic remarks, he was also furious.

"Believe it or not, if you don't believe it, you will be put down."

"You..." Mu Wanqing pointed at Chen Liu, her chest about to explode with anger.

"What do you mean by 'you'? I'm telling you this out of kindness, but what do you think I want from you? Ever since we met, you've always spoken to me with sarcasm and sarcasm. I've only been tolerating you for Ling'er's sake. Who do you think you are? Do you think everyone gives in to you?"

"Since you don't like me, I'll leave."

"Whether you want to leave or not is none of my business. I didn't ask you to come with us."

"Brother Chenliu, Sister Mu, stop arguing." Zhong Ling saw Chenliu and Mu Wanqing arguing and hurried to try to stop them.

"Ling'er, don't stop me, let me go." Mu Wanqing grabbed Zhong Ling's hand and said angrily.

Zhong Ling: ...

I didn't stop you. It's best if you leave. No one will disturb me and Brother Chenliu.

What Zhong Ling regretted most was asking Mu Wanqing to come to Dali with her. She wanted to go on a date with Chen Liu, but there was always a big light bulb following her, and she felt embarrassed to do anything intimate.

"Sister Mu..."

"Hmph! Ling'er, you don't need to persuade me. I will never be with him again." Mu Wanqing glanced at Chen Liu and said, "Unless someone apologizes to me."

Zhong Ling: ...

I didn't mean to persuade you. What I wanted to say was that if you go back to ask your uncle, please stop by my house and tell my mother about our affairs quietly.

Seeing Chen Liu's indifference, Mu Wanqing was so angry that she grabbed Zhong Ling's hand and returned to their small building. After a while, Zhong Ling came out of the small building with a somewhat depressed look on her face. Mu Wanqing had no intention of leaving, but she couldn't bring herself to do it, so she asked Zhong Ling to find Chen Liu and ask him to apologize to her. What kind of thing was this?

However, Zhong Ling did not persuade Chen Liu to apologize to Mu Wanqing. Instead, she sat down beside him and asked, "Brother Chen Liu, have you figured out my identity a long time ago?"

"Yes."

"Then why didn't you tell me last time and lied to me?"

"We weren't familiar with each other last time. I was worried that you wouldn't be able to accept it."

"Brother Chenliu, do you think I can accept it now?"

"That should be possible, right? After all, being the daughter of Zhong Wanchou is not as good as being the Princess of Dali. And you are already the Princess of Dali. How could Zhong Wanchou, who is so ugly, give birth to a daughter as beautiful as you?"

Duan Zhengchun, who was still hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, suddenly felt a little proud when he heard this. Yes, Zhong Ling is so beautiful, she must be his child. How could that ugly horse-faced Zhong Wanchou give birth to such a beautiful daughter? Oh, right, I have to go and tell my brother the emperor later to confer the titles of princess on Ling'er and Wanqing.

"Don't you dare say that about my dad? Even if he's not my biological father, he raised me for sixteen years."

"Okay, okay, I won't tell you. I won't tell you." After thinking for a moment, Chen Liu said, "Oh, Ling'er, I've figured out that Duan Yanqing, the leader of the Four Evils, is planning to bring three other villains to Dali to work with your adopted father, Zhong Wanchou, to deal with your biological father. You absolutely cannot return to Wanjie Valley during this time. You must know that Yun Zhonghe, the most vicious of the Four Evils, is a rapist. If he encounters him, he won't let a pretty girl like you go."

Duan Zhengchun was about to leave and go to the palace to see his brother, but he suddenly heard Chen Liu say that the four evil men were coming to Dali and cooperating with Zhong Wanchou to deal with him, and his face suddenly changed. Duan Zhengchun didn't know whether this news was calculated by Chen Liu or he got it from somewhere, but considering his relationship with Ling'er, he wouldn't lie to Ling'er. If this news is true, it is too important for their Dali royal family. Duan Zhengchun originally thought that Duan Yanqing had died in the rebellion that year, but he didn't expect that he was still alive and became the leader of the four evil men. He came back this time, probably to take back the throne.

No, regardless of whether this news was true or not, he couldn't take it lightly. If it was false, it would only be a false alarm, but if it was true, it would likely cause unrest in Dali.

Duan Zhengchun left quietly. Before he left, he heard Zhong Ling's joyful voice coming from the courtyard, "Brother Chenliu, do you think I'm beautiful too?"

"What the hell are you thinking about?" Chen Liu frowned, "Is this the point? The point is about the four evil men and that lecherous thief Yun Zhonghe."

"Ah, yes, yes! Brother Chenliu, let's go together and kill that lecher Yun Zhonghe."

Chen Liu:......

Duan Zhengchun: ...

Chapter 45: Sword White Phoenix

After "appeasing" Zhong Ling, Chen Liu prepared to find Duan Yu. After all, the main purpose of his trip was to ask Duan Yu to help him solve the Zhenlong chess game. However, Chen Liu did not find Duan Yu in the palace. When he asked the servants, they said that Duan Yu had left early in the morning and they did not know where he went. As for Duan Yu's whereabouts, he was very depressed and ran to Yuxu Temple to seek comfort from Dao Baifeng.

When Dao Baifeng heard that Duan Zhengchun had two illegitimate daughters and that they had come to her house, she was immediately furious. Dao Baifeng had a hot temper to begin with, and she already disliked Duan Zhengchun's philandering and promiscuous behavior. Now that she knew his two illegitimate daughters had come to her house, how could she resist? If Duan Zhengchun had accepted his two illegitimate daughters, did that mean he was also planning to take the mother of those two wild girls back?

Dao Baifeng angrily brought Duan Yu back to the palace, ignoring the palace maids who bowed to her, and ran directly to the villa where Chenliu, Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing lived.

"Are you Duan Zhengchun's bastard?" Dao Baifeng rushed into the courtyard and saw Chen Liu and Zhong Ling sitting at a stone table in the courtyard garden chatting. Dao Baifeng glanced at Zhong Ling and sneered twice, "Where's the other bastard?"

"Who are you, you ugly old woman?" Zhong Ling got angry when she saw Dao Baifeng calling her a bastard, and immediately called her an ugly old woman in return.

"Who are you calling a bastard, old woman?" Mu Wanqing was secretly observing Chen Liu and Zhong Ling from the small building. Seeing that Zhong Ling hadn't persuaded Chen Liu to apologize to her, she felt a little anxious. If Chen Liu didn't apologize to her, she had no reason to stay. After all, she also wanted to save face. However, when she saw Dao Baifeng rushing into their courtyard and calling them bastards, she was furious and could no longer hold back and rushed out to curse back.

"Dao Baifeng?" Chen Liu guessed who Dao Baifeng was the moment he saw her, but he didn't expect Dao Baifeng to come back from Yuxu Temple so early and run to the yard where they lived to scold Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing for being bastards.

"You are indeed an uneducated wild girl." Dao Baifeng's face turned a little dark when Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing called her an ugly old woman and a hag.

"Mother, mother." Duan Yu saw that upon returning to the palace, Dao Baifeng asked about the courtyard where his two sisters lived, then left him to meet Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing. Duan Yu was worried that something might happen and hurried after her. However, Dao Baifeng was a martial artist, while Duan Yu was just an ordinary person. By the time he caught up with her, panting and jogging, it was too late. His mother had already called Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing bastards, and his two sisters, not to be outdone, called him an old woman and a hag in return.

"Duan Yu greets the two sisters and Young Master Chen. Did Young Master Chen and the two sisters have a good rest last night?" Duan Yu was indeed gentle and kind, but he had no resistance to beautiful women. Although he was still a little depressed, he quickly accepted it after confirming that Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing were indeed his sisters.

Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing ignored Duan Yu and retorted, "We may be wild girls, but we may not be. How can you, a long-mouthed shrew, be any better?"

Dao Baifeng's face darkened even further, and Duan Yu was utterly embarrassed, somewhat at a loss. On one side was his mother, and on the other was his sister. He didn't know what to do. He could only stand between the two sides, trying to persuade one to stop arguing, and the other to stop cursing, sweating profusely from anxiety.

Chen Liu sat motionless, watching with great interest the quarrel between Dao Baifeng, Zhong Ling, and Mu Wanqing. Duan Yu turned around and saw the carefree Chen Liu, and was suddenly speechless.

"Oh! Oh! Fenghuang'er, why are you back?" When Dao Baifeng was arguing with Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing, Duan Zhengchun came back, and with him came his royal brother and sister-in-law, that is, the Emperor Duan Zhengming of Dali Kingdom and the Queen Gao.

The Gao family was a powerful family in Dali, long holding real power within the kingdom. Consequently, most Dali emperors married members of the Gao family, creating alliances with the clan. Duan Zhengming's empress was the sister of Gao Shengtai, a powerful official in Dali. In the original novel, after Duan Yu was captured by Duan Yanqing, Duan Zhengming arranged a marriage for him to avoid scandal. He engaged Gao Shengtai's daughter, Gao Mei, to prevent any future scandals.

Duan Zhengming and Gao Shi had no children, so the throne would inevitably pass to Duan Zhengchun, with Duan Yu as the next emperor. Upon hearing that Duan Zhengchun had two illegitimate daughters and had come to him to request the title of princess, Duan Zhengming and Gao Shi were eager to meet the two princesses. Duan Zhengchun had originally intended to return and bring Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing to the palace, but Duan Zhengming suggested that they simply visit the Prince of Zhennan's mansion.

However, upon their arrival at the Prince of Zhennan's mansion, they heard that Dao Baifeng had returned and had gone to meet Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing, which immediately frightened Duan Zhengchun. Duan Zhengchun had originally been unsure how to approach Dao Baifeng about Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing. He knew Dao Baifeng would be displeased, and might even be unwilling to accept them. That's why he decided to ask his brother to confirm the titles of princesses for Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing. By then, even if Dao Baifeng was unhappy, it would be useless.

Duan Zhengchun hadn't expected Dao Baifeng to find out so quickly. He quickly apologized to his brother and sister-in-law and rushed over to see what was going on. Before he even reached the villa, Duan Zhengchun heard Dao Baifeng and Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing cursing at each other from afar. One called the other a bastard and a bitch, while the other called the other a gossipy and shrewish woman. Duan Zhengchun nearly fainted.