She narrowed her eyes calmly.
She had wanted to test it out, but now there was no need for that, because although Yang Zhao was much more beautiful than Yang Yueqi, the brother and sister did look about four or five points similar. Qi Xue knew the answer at a glance.
Yang Zhao did not miss Qi Xue's subtle reaction.
But she didn't care.
Her expression didn't change, and she didn't stand up from her chair. Instead, she sat leisurely on the chair and said with a smile, "The eldest prince has arrived at the perfect time."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Wang Yongcai and said, "Alright, you did a great job organizing today's welcoming banquet. This princess is very happy. When you see the emperor's uncle again, this princess will have you promoted. By the way, the position of Shangshu that old man Chen just mentioned is very good. You can take the position when the time comes."
What she said was a matter of course.
It seemed as if promotion in official position was just a matter of her words.
But no one present doubted the value of Princess Yu's words. Otherwise, Wang Yongcai would not have been promoted from a low-level clerk in the Ministry of Rites to the position of Vice Minister of Rites in just a few years after winning Princess Yu's favor by chance.
He got it by flattering others.
Many people look down on Wang Yongcai.
But there are also many people who envy him.
Because of Princess Yu, Wang Yongcai not only got promoted as fast as riding an arrow, but he also enjoyed great favor in front of the emperor. Wang Yongcai really made his fortune by relying on "flattery".
Upon hearing this, Wang Yongcai put his hand to his chest with gratitude on his face and said, "Thank you, Princess."
"Okay, let's go."
Yang Zhao looked at Qi Xue and said with great interest, "This princess wants to have a good chat with her eldest cousin."
He bit the three words "cousin" a little harder.
In the eyes of others, it seemed that Princess Yu had taken a fancy to the eldest prince, and her eyes were tinged with a bit of "vulgarity".
This Princess Yu seemed to be even more perverted after coming back this time. Compared to her crazy self before, this time she was so 'calm' and perverted that it made people feel even more creepy.
"You are not Princess Jade."
After the hall was empty, Qi Xue walked to a place not far from Yang Zhao's desk and said with a cold smile.
Yang Zhao also smiled at her, and with his red lips slightly parted, he slowly uttered three words: "Princess Wen."
Qi Xue, with a hint of pride still in her eyes, froze slightly.
But it was fleeting.
She turned and sat down at the side, picked up a grape from the table, and peeled it bit by bit. "Duke Yang of Qi is quite resourceful, able to conceal his true identity. He even took on such a disguise when he was in the capital, which surprised me. However, Princess Yu was raised by my father himself. No one knows her personality better than him."
"Your tricks today can only fool these ministers and outsiders. It's impossible for you to fool my father."
"oh?"
Yang Zhao raised his eyebrows, but he wasn't in a hurry and slowly picked up a grape: "How do you know it's impossible?"
"Why do you think Princess Yu is so cruel? She's even so arrogant as to claim to be the king of Bianjing City. She doesn't even care about ministers and nobles. She kills whoever she wants and dismisses whoever she wants. Do you really think she's a spoiled fool?"
Qi Xue smiled and looked at Yang Zhao: "No, she is very smart. She knows how to survive under my father's hands. She knows what my father likes to see and what he wants to see, so... she has become an executioner in my father's hands."
At this point, Qi Xue seemed to have thought of something. She looked at Yang Zhao with a hint of sneer in her eyes: "You are indeed very smart, but you, like her, have made a stupid mistake."
"She shouldn't have agreed to marry just to escape, or even gotten pregnant with another man just to break free from her father's control."
"And you, absolutely should never have, replaced her."
Qi Xue thought of what she had just found out and smiled, "Princess Yu returned to the capital this time. On the surface, she was summoned back to visit her family because she was pregnant, but in reality, it was just because my father didn't want the sword he had carefully nurtured for so many years to escape his control."
"That's right."
Qi Xue's gaze fell on the enchanting man behind Yang Zhao, and she raised her lips: "The minor official beside Princess Yu was secretly executed by my father's men on the way to the capital."
"Yet you've made such a high-profile appearance with this 'minor official'. I'm afraid your identity as Princess Jade will be exposed once you enter the capital. My father didn't kill you, probably because he wanted to see what you were going to do!"
"Once it's confirmed, you won't survive."
"Why are you telling me this?"
Yang Zhao was not flustered by Qi Xue's words. On the contrary, she remained calm, as calm as if she were Princess Yu. She was not afraid of the situations she described at all. "Oh, I forgot, you are...Princess Wen."
"Speaking of which, we are both the same."
Yang Zhao put the peeled grapes into his mouth, chewed them slowly and said leisurely, "We are all pretending to be someone else, wearing someone else's skin."
Qi Xue didn't want to admit her identity.
But before she could explain herself, Yang Zhao continued, "Princess Wen's reason for 'explaining' everything to me is probably because she feels that we are in the same situation and are both women, so she thinks we should be on the same side!"
No, Qi Xue didn’t think so.
After she guessed Yang Zhao's identity, she wanted to use it to control her in order to achieve her ultimate goal, not the "equal" camp that Yang Zhao mentioned. This was completely different from her plan.
But Yang Zhao opened his mouth and called her "Princess Wen".
Obviously he knew her identity.
Could it be that the escaped Yang Yueqi had already reunited with her? That was why Yang Zhao knew her identity. Otherwise, no one else would have known, because even her father couldn't tell the difference between her and her brother.
Think about this.
Qi Xue looked at her with a hint of emotion in her eyes: "You..."
She was about to ask about her brother, but a gleam of light flashed in her eyes, and she suddenly changed the subject to: "Have you seen Miao Yun?"
"Miao Yun?"
Yang Zhao had never heard of this name.
Seeing Yang Zhao's reaction, Qi Xue said with a faint smile: "Your sister-in-law, Liu Yue."
Sister-in-law?
Yang Zhao hasn't heard from his sister-in-law for a long time. Five years ago, after giving birth to a child, his sister-in-law left the house and disappeared, and has never appeared since.
She always thought that her sister-in-law knew that her brother had died in the war, so she went to Lingcheng to find him. Later, she asked people to search Lingcheng, but she seemed to have disappeared from the world.
Later, when she learned about what happened behind the Wei family, she suspected that her sister-in-law might have been murdered.
But from what Qi Xue said today, it seems that my sister-in-law is not dead?
"What's the relationship between Miao Yun and my sister-in-law?" Yang Zhao didn't let his emotions show too obviously.
But just this one sentence made Qi Xue laugh.
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