The Kingdom of Qi
Not many people knew that Zhao Yong had decided to go to the Jin Kingdom. Except for a few of his confidants, he only told Lu Wushuang. It was not that he trusted Lu Wushuang, but that he wanted to take her with him.
"Your Majesty, if you take me to the Jin Kingdom, I am afraid … I will be recognized soon!" Lu Wushuang did not want to go with him. She was afraid that she would not live to see him.
"Where is your brother?" Zhao Yong had already expected Lu Wushuang's answer. He was not surprised. No woman dared to stay by his side for a long time. He knew very well why. However, he did not like to be rejected.
Lu Wushuang thought of Lu Lingzhi and felt sad. "I heard that he was seriously injured. I have asked Duanmu Ya of the Medicine Valley to save him. I wanted to bring him back to the capital, but Duanmu Ya took him to the Medicine Valley!"
The corners of Zhao Yong's mouth curled upwards. There weren't many people that he admired in his life, but Lu Lingzhi could be considered as one of them. He was able to nurture his own forces right under Mo Rongzhan's nose. Moreover, it was in the territory of the Qi Kingdom.
If Lu Lingzhi was willing to do things for him, it would be good. Unfortunately, people like Lu Lingzhi would not be loyal forever. He could only be used, not put in an important position.
"I will ask the Valley Master to take good care of him," Zhao Yong said softly. "Since you do not like to go to the Jin Kingdom, stay in the palace and look after the harem for me."
Lu Wushuang was happy. "Yes, Your Majesty!"
She did not even dare to ask him who he was going to take to the Jin Kingdom. He could not live without women. If he did not touch a woman for three days, he would become irritable.
"Let Lu Tingzhi follow me to the Jin Kingdom. I will let him be the envoy to the Jin Kingdom," Zhao Yong said with a smile.
Lu Wushuang noticed Zhao Yong's displeased tone and did not dare to refuse again. "Yes, Your Majesty!"
Ever since her eldest brother had sent their whole family to the Qi Kingdom, she hadn't seen Lu Tingzhi at all. This younger brother of hers … seemed to have a grudge against her. He had worked hard and had now become the student of the Prime Minister of the Qi Kingdom, Dai Shi. Even the emperor seemed to have a good impression of him.
Zhao Yong looked at her. "If others know that I am out of the palace …"
Lu Wushuang's face turned pale. "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will hide it from others!"
"Very good." Zhao Yong nodded in satisfaction.
"Your Majesty, recently, several princesses in the palace have come to me to inquire about the situation of the one in the Jin Kingdom. I don't know what to tell them," Lu Wushuang said in a low voice. In fact, she also wanted to know what the Qi Kingdom's lost pearl in the Jin Kingdom was like. After all, she would live in the palace in the future. She did not want to offend any of the princesses. She only wanted to maintain her relationship with them until they got married.
Zhao Yong's voice was slightly cold. "She might not even be my daughter. What is there to know?"
Lu Wushuang smiled awkwardly, "Yes, I think so too."
"The Jin Kingdom's Empress … is your cousin?" Zhao Yong asked thoughtfully as he rubbed his chin.
"Yes." At the mention of Lu Yaoyao, Lu Wushuang's eyes flashed with a touch of hatred. If she had not returned to the capital, she might still be by Mo Rongzhan's side as an imperial concubine, and the Lu family would not have fallen into such a situation.
She never imagined that Lu Yaoyao was Ye Zhen's younger sister!
"She is prettier than you." Zhao Yong lifted Lu Wushuang's chin. He liked Lu Wushuang because she was beautiful and charming, and she was open in bed. At his age, he didn't care whether she was a red flower girl or not. All he wanted was pleasure. As for the identity of this woman before, he didn't care at all.
Lu Wushuang didn't want to admit that Lu Yaoyao was prettier than her, but she didn't want to let go of that slut. If Zhao Yong took a fancy to her, he might snatch Lu Yaoyao by any means necessary. Since Mo Rongzhan was so cold and ruthless to her, he couldn't blame her for separating him and Lu Yaoyao!
What she couldn't get, why should Lu Yaoyao get?
"She is Ye Yiqing's daughter, twins with Ye Zhen. She was adopted by my third uncle when she was a child. When she first arrived in the capital, she was still a wild girl, but later … she became so beautiful. My eldest brother once drew a portrait of her. I seem to still have it. Your Majesty, do you want to see it?" Lu Wushuang asked. She accidentally learned that Lu Lingzhi had such feelings for Yaoyao. No, that's not right. Her eldest brother liked Ye Zhen, but Lu Yaoyao looked like Ye Zhen.
It turned out that her eldest brother was the same as Mo Rongzhan. If she hadn't gone out of the palace on a whim to find Lu Lingzhi half a year ago and seen Ye Zhen's portrait in his study, she wouldn't have known about it. In a fit of anger, she took the portrait away. She wanted to burn it, but she was afraid that Lu Lingzhi would be angry if he knew about it, so she left it in a corner.
Zhao Yong nodded with a smile. "Go and take it."
Lu Wushuang was too smart. She thought that he couldn't see through her little calculation. She was forced to leave the Jin Kingdom because of Lu Yaoyao. In her heart, she should want to tear Lu Yaoyao's body into ten thousand pieces. There were so many women in his harem. Which woman would be willing to admit that someone else was more beautiful than her? Lu Wushuang just wanted him to be interested in Lu Yaoyao.
Interest in beauties … He had always had it, but he was not so easy to be used.
Lu Wushuang personally went to fetch a long brocade box. She did not know if Zhao Yong would like Lu Yaoyao. After all, Lu Yaoyao was already the Empress of Jin Kingdom. If Zhao Yong made an enemy of Mo Rongzhan, he would become an enemy of Jin Kingdom. He was not a fatuous ruler who would be blinded by beauty.
She opened the brocade box and took out the portrait that was treasured by Lu Lingzhi.
In the portrait, Lu Yaoyao was wearing a bright red dress, dancing on a big drum. Her eyebrows were exquisite, and she looked back with a smile. Looking at the portrait, one would think that she was going to come out of it.
Zhao Yong glanced at it lazily, his expression gradually becoming serious. He sat up straight and looked at the woman in the portrait. He felt inexplicably familiar.
"Is she Lu Yaoyao?" Zhao Yong asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, she is Lu Yaoyao!" Lu Wushuang said with disgust.
She was really … a rare beauty that could cause the downfall of cities and countries!
Mo Rongzhan had such a blessing!
"I would like to see the real person." Zhao Yong smiled, and for the first time, there was real interest in his eyes.
Lu Wushuang saw the smile at the corner of his mouth and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lu Lingzhi likes his cousin …" Zhao Yong looked up at Lu Wushuang. He remembered that Lu Wushuang had just said that she took it from Lu Lingzhi. If he did not like Lu Yaoyao, he would not have painted such a realistic Lu Yaoyao.
"He should like Ye Zhen." He just mistook Lu Yaoyao for Ye Zhen.
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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