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Since Qingcheng Ruoxue knew I was entertaining guests yet still came to see me in person, it had to be something important. After apologizing to the Zhu sisters, I went out and asked her what was wrong.
"Household Zhu has three treasures, all born to Chu Yan, the High God. Does Your Lordship know about this?" Qingcheng Ruoxue transmitted to me through secret speech.
I looked at the masked woman and fell into deep thought. Zhu Daoqing was a formidable general, and his schemes and conduct bore the style of his father. As for Zhu Daoyun, she was the eldest daughter. The two times I had met her, she had seemed extremely shrewd, though there was nothing particularly surprising about that. As for Zhu Daohe, she was forthright and decisive, but not especially outstanding. Calling them the three treasures of Household Zhu was understandable—but since these words had come from Qingcheng Ruoxue, a guardian, I had to consider the matter from another angle.
"Household Zhu has three treasures?" I asked, somewhat puzzled. After all, my information about Household Zhu was only superficial.
Qingcheng Ruoxue looked at me with her large, bright, beautiful eyes, wearing an expression that said she had expected as much. "Your Lordship truly didn't know. Every family's children are its treasures, so that much is beyond question. However, these three treasures of Household Zhu are very different from the others. This may have something to do with Household Zhu's laissez-faire way of managing its children. Zhu Daoqing is exceptionally skilled at social dealings, which is why he manages the Divine Court's vast commerce and logistics. He is also proficient in poetry, literature, music, and song—in short, he is the dream of nearly every young female immortal in the Divine Court."
"There's such a thing? So he's