In the hall, there was another person who had been observing Ye Zhen. It was the eldest princess of the Qi Kingdom, Zhao Rao.
She had long heard of Lu Yaoyao's name from Zhao Ning. Moreover, every time Zhao Ning talked about Lu Yaoyao, his face was full of yearning and worship, as if Lu Yaoyao was an omnipotent fairy. Then there was Lu Wushuang. Once, when she mentioned Lu Yaoyao, Lu Wushuang's eyes immediately became resentful and vicious, treating Lu Yaoyao as her enemy.
The hatred between women was sometimes mostly due to jealousy. Lu Yaoyao was Lu Wushuang's cousin, so there was no feud between them. Her only hatred was Mo Rongzhan.
Zhao Rao looked at Mo Rongzhan. The Jin Kingdom's emperor was indeed tall and handsome, even more handsome than her father. No wonder so many women liked him. However, didn't he spoil Lu Wushuang alone at first? Later, he fell in love with Lu Yaoyao, which led to Lu Wushuang's abandonment?
However, if he was a man who loved the new and hated the old, why hadn't he grown tired of Lu Yaoyao after so many years? It was said that he had only doted on Lu Yaoyao for so many years. Apart from her, no other concubines had given birth to children.
Lu Yaoyao …
Zhao Rao looked at this woman smilingly talking to Beitang Yu. Her voice sounded delicate and soft. As a woman, she felt comfortable as if she was bathing in the spring breeze, not to mention a man. Listening to this, did he feel that his whole body was limp?
Look, her Imperial Father's gaze could be said to be filled with deep affection. She had never seen her Imperial Father look at a woman like this, not even towards her Imperial Mother.
Did Lu Yaoyao rely on her beauty to make so many men help her?
"What are you looking at?" Cheng Zheng found that Zhao Rao's eyes had been looking up. He thought she was looking at Mo Rongzhan and felt a little jealous.
Zhao Rao looked back at him and whispered, "Uncle, why do you think Lu Yaoyao can become a Heavenly Princess?"
"What do you think?" Cheng Zheng raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect her attention to be on Lu Yaoyao.
"Mo Rongzhan indulges her so much. She's his Empress, but he allowed her to sail for two years without a word of displeasure. And why would Huang Fuchen and Shui Yichen listen to a woman so willingly? Is it just because Lu Yaoyao is pretty?" Zhao Rao frowned. She still couldn't figure it out.
Cheng Zheng chuckled and lifted his eyes to look at Lu Yaoyao. She was indeed devastatingly beautiful, but she was not the only devastatingly beautiful woman in this world. Why couldn't those women become Heavenly Concubines? "Who do you think the 100,000 elite troops of Yuan Country listen to? Shui Yichen or Huangfu Chen? "
Zhao Rao was stunned. She looked at Cheng Zheng in confusion.
"If Lu Yaoyao isn't good-looking, then your attention wouldn't be on her appearance, but on the fact that she was able to gather 100,000 elite soldiers in two years. Those aren't ordinary soldiers. Even the most elite soldiers of our Qi Kingdom might not be able to fight them to a draw." The singing and dancing almost drowned out Cheng Zheng's voice, but Zhao Rao's heart still moved.
"She's both the Heavenly Concubine of Yuan Country and the Empress of Jin Country. What do you think?" Zhao Rao asked.
Cheng Zheng smiled faintly. "In the future, the ministers of both countries will argue. Let's just wait and see. It has nothing to do with our Qi Kingdom."
"How can it have nothing to do with it? Look at Imperial Father's eyes. They haven't left Lu Yaoyao for even a moment." Zhao Rao said in a muffled voice.
"In front of a beauty, what's the harm in looking at her a few more times?" Lu Yaoyao was the most beautiful woman in the world. Looking at her a few more times was a pleasure to the eyes. Moreover, Zhao Yong was a playboy by nature. He had been cultivating his character for the past two years, so it didn't stop him from liking beauties.
Zhao Rao felt a little unhappy when she heard Cheng Zheng's words. "So, Uncle likes Lu Yaoyao a lot too."
Who wouldn't like a beauty? However, admiring her was different from keeping it in one's heart. Cheng Zheng moved closer to Zhao Rao. "Are you jealous?"
"Uncle, are you drunk?" Zhao Rao's face turned cold.
Cheng Zheng felt that her tone was sour. He thought that she didn't only hate and resist him. "It's not the wine that makes you drunk."
Zhao Rao simply ignored him.
While the two were talking in a low voice, Zhao Yong suddenly frowned and looked at Cheng Zheng for a while. Did this guy confess his thoughts to Zhao Rao? If that's the case, hehe, let him stay at the border when we return to Qi Kingdom.
"I'm going out for a walk." Zhao Rao said to Cheng Zheng. Seeing that he wanted to get up to accompany her, she immediately said in a cold voice, "If you come with me, Father will certainly be suspicious of you."
"Don't go too far." Cheng Zheng whispered to her. He had already noticed that Zhao Yong was watching them. Even if he wanted to go out with Zhao Rao, he could only resist.
Zhao Rao nodded faintly, lowered her head, and walked out as inconspicuously as possible.
Although she tried to keep a low profile, she was still seen by Ye Zhen. The seats in the hall were arranged according to status, so Ye Zhen recognized at a glance that it was Zhao Rao, the princess of Qi Kingdom.
"Go and see what's going on." Ye Zhen whispered to Hong Ying.
Zhao Rao walked out of the hall. The smell of alcohol was so strong that she felt a little dizzy. However, she didn't come out to take a breather. She felt that Lu Yaoyao should have locked Lu Wushuang in the palace, but she didn't know where. Now that it was the banquet, the guards should be a little lax.
"Your Royal Highness, is there anything you need this servant to do?" Hong Ying stepped forward and asked Zhao Rao with a smile.
"Oh, nothing, I just want to come out for a breath of fresh air." Zhao Rao said, "I'll stand here for a while."
Hong Ying bowed. "Yes, Your Royal Highness."
Zhao Rao knew that this palace maid was one of Lu Yaoyao's people. She walked to the courtyard and stood there. When she saw Hong Ying return to the hall, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Highness …" Hong Ying returned to the hall and whispered to Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen frowned slightly and said to Hong Ying, "See what she wants to do. Don't stop her."
Hong Ying understood Ye Zhen's meaning and walked out with her head down.
Zhao Rao saw that Hong Ying did not come out after going in, so she walked around with relief. Probably because there were so many people at the banquet, the palace maids were busy with their tasks and no one noticed her walking in the direction of the harem.
She also grew up in the palace. The harem of Yuan Kingdom was the same layout as that of the Qi Kingdom, only smaller. She knew very well which direction to go.
No one stopped her along the way because the night was dark and the palace maids did not see her.
She did not know that Hong Ying had been following behind her, nor did she know that all this was ordered by Ye Zhen. Otherwise, how could she walk into the harem?
If Lu Wushuang was locked up in the palace, where would she be locked up?
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(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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