Dewdrop in the Morning Mist

Chapter 08: When life gives you melon. Make money.

Lu Si sat outside of her room's steps, looking out to her small courtyard, and sighed. Her boring days are coming. She couldn't do anything or go anywhere until everything with her Great Aunt, the Empress of Baimu gets resolved.

"When my cousins faked their illness, they were doted on. Why when I do it, they want to send me to the battlefield to get rid of me? What did I do wrong? Life is not fair!" She rested her chin on her palm and sighed aloud, watching the red fiery Delonix flower falling from the strong wind. "Can't get marry. Can't join the military. What am I going to do? Fine, I'll be a business woman!"

"Niece!" Lu Rong came to sit next to her.

"Uncle, I'm angry. Don't come and berate me."

"What did you do while you were in Jin? You just need to tell everyone, why were you in a wedding dress? Also, the last time we save you, you were also in a red–"

"It was white! Just so happened to be soaked in blood!" She corrected him. "Besides, I am truly down with an illness! I am not faking it. I don't remember anything that I did in Jin! I don't know why I was in a red wedding dress either!" She sulked. "You don't understand, having a part of your memories disappeared like that is very frustrating!"

"If so, you can just lie. Just say you were abducted and someone forced you to get marry and you ran. You don't have to be so truthful and say you don't remember!" Lu Yun, her older brother asked.

"I'm an honest person!" Lu Si retaliated.

She turned away with a sulk.

"Alright, alright. Honest person, what are you going to do now? As a Princess, your position to the throne is revoked. You can't get marry. And the internal department banned you from joining the military." Lu Rui, the other twin came.

"Why are you all on my case?" Lu Si was frustrated. She couldn't even have a few minutes to herself. Her uncle, and her twin brothers were always hovering around her.

"We're just worried!" They replied.

"I'm completely fine. Who said I have to get marry to survive? I can be a business woman and be the wealthiest in the nation! You guys have forgotten? We, the four of us together is Mu Rong Mu. By the way, I need to charge more for my partnership."

"Miss, you yourself is already taking 45% of the shares of our business! You're the wealthiest one in this group!" Lu Rong stated.

"Make it an even 50%."

"Why don't you just rob us." Lu Yun suggested.

"Please, I'm going to be an old single lady. I need the money. Uncle and older brothers will inherit some of the family's assets once you're married. Just help out this little girl." She pouted with her big doe-eyed.

Lu Rong sighed, he stood up and said, "Who's idea was it to go and talk to her? I have somewhere else to go."

"Uncle! BROTHERS!" She called after when all three up and left as quickly as possible.

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Zhen Rong sighed heavily when he looked out from the window of his carriage. Zhi Rong who sat beside him smirked and snickered to himself.

"You think my woe is funny?"

"Ge, why don't you just succumb to fate?" Zhi Rong teased. "I mean, what's wrong with getting marry that you're so against it?"

"I'm not against marriage, I'm just against forced marriage." He clenched his teeth.

"But ge, didn't the Lu family send a letter of request for the disengagement? Why do you still have to go?"