The Wheel Of Transmigration - Chapter 8: 01.07: Weimin Ru

Once Murong Jieli sat in the beautiful, golden carriage that belonged to the Ru’s first prince, she found herself sharing the carriage with two other people.

One was clearly Ru Xueling, as this had been his carriage in the first place. And two, being her newly-hired guard whom she still didn’t know the name of.

“Hey, ” she whispered conspicuously to the assassin, “what’s your name?”

The assassin found himself subconsciously cracking a small smile at her antics. Before he could help himself, he gave out the name he used as an assassin in general, “Zao.”

“That’s ironic!” Murong Jieli blurted out with excitement glittering in her eyes.

Ru Xueling couldn’t help but interrupt, “How so?”

“The character , which is read as Zao, means to meet by chance, usually by some type of misfortune. We truly did meet by some type of chance, the misfortune being mistaken identity and you attempting to take my life!” Murong Jieli explained, although her eyes were narrowed with annoyance at the last statement.

The stoic assassin, Zao, finally allowed himself to chuckle. “Little girl, you sure are interesting.”

“Murong Jieli.” She answered automatically. “That’s my name.”

Ru Xueling’s ears perked with interest, “Are you related to the left prime minister?”

Murong Jieli nodded, “He’s my father.”

“Oddly, I have only heard of Murong Feili… is she your sister?” Both men watch Murong Jieli’s reaction intensely as she nodded. “She is the legitimate daughter.”

Ru Xueling’s eyes flashed with understanding as his interest in the beautiful girl increased. So she understood his struggles and pain. How he was neglected due to being the illegitimate child, how he had his right taken away… Ru Xueling’s eyes flickered to the sword that he saw in Murong Jieli’s hand and a small smile formed on his lips.

‘Tonight, my brother is going to taste how bitter it was to get something that belongs to him taken away.’

***

“Li Li, look at him!” The daughter of a small official whispered to Murong Feili as they stared at the visiting emperor. He was handsome to impossible lengths and he was powerful… to be even his servant, one would feel blessed.

Murong Feili sighed as she immediately set her mind on being his empress. For goodness sake, only she was beautiful enough to match with his appearance.

‘But your half sister is more beautiful than you…’ She reminded her bitterly. But Murong Feili wasn’t going to be aggravated over that trash because she knew that the possibility of Emperor Weimin seeing Murong Jieli was next to zero.

And since the entire capital hailed her as the most beautiful, she was sure she would be picked to at least be his concubine. Maybe even empress if he becomes smitten by her.

Murong Feili thanked the heavens for allowing the palace to hold a competition today. Nobody was more beautiful than her and more talented than her. She would make sure to set these bumpkins in their place for thinking they are worth something.

Ever since she was a toddler, her parents had hired the best scholars and teachers to instruct her on the four arts. Murong Jieli knew that there was nobody better than her in the department of the four arts. She was going to win the competition, gain fame, gain favor, and gain entry.

Murong Feili was ready to annihilate those in her path, no matter the cost…

***

Meanwhile Ru Weimin glanced at the empty seat of his supposed brother. He wasn’t naive to assume that Ru Xueling didn’t want his position. In fact, Ru Weimin wouldn’t be surprised if Ru Xueling was the main villain of the story. His older brother harbored a lot of negative emotions for his younger brother, according to Xiao Meng.

Ru Weimin didn’t want to be at the dumb palace banquet, but he wondered if she was going to be there. After all, he did join this world just to make her mad and tease her a little. But he’d after to guess her identity. He suddenly remembered her squealing and jumping in joy once she spun the wheel the first time. Such a reaction, did that mean she was the protagonist?

But why did she turn so somber after her second spin? Maybe a bad ending? Even though he had access to majority of the behind-the-scenes for the wheel, he still couldn’t see what one spun on unless they told him themselves. Or unless he was granted permission from either the user or the big guy. Both were equally difficult to persuade, so he didn’t bother with them and used Xiao Meng to tell him where and which one she thinks is the girl.

”’Master, why are you doing this anyways?”’

‘I’m bored.’ He simply answered with an expressionless look on his face.

The emperor beside him kept trying to make him pleased with either women or more gifts. It was honestly starting to annoy Ru Weimin. Apparently there was a competition between the young women to impress the emperor, which Ru Weimin didn’t think it was the old man beside him, so he was probably the emperor they were trying to impress. It wasn’t arrogance, it was just logic.

His protagonist appearance was top-notch. Almost as handsome as his real appearance when he visited his parents after what they called his disappearances as escapades when he was away from home.