Everyone looked in the direction of the sound! Standing at the entrance to the waterside pavilion was a woman, dressed in a moon-white, dark-patterned brocade skirt made of the finest Jiangnan brocade. She wore no makeup, her aura as cool and pure as a plum blossom under the moon. Her eyes held the calmness and sharpness of someone who had long held a high position.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"
Everyone looked as if they had seen a ghost. They rubbed their eyes, looked at the water pavilion next door, then looked at Chu Qingluan, their minds in a mess.
"Your Highness? Didn't you... go to the Lushui Pavilion next door? How did you end up here?"
Before Chu Qingluan could speak, Li Linyuan's undisguised sarcastic voice came from the side.
"You are all pillars of the Great Chu, but how come you don't even have a pair of eyes that can discern people?"
"You can't even tell the difference between a fake and the real master, and you still have the nerve to worry about the interests of Da Chu?"
These words were like a bolt from the blue, making all the officials present dizzy!
Counterfeit?! Which one inside is fake?!
The one in front of me...
Minister Zhou stared at Chu Qingluan intently, only to discover that the familiar sharpness and majesty in her eyebrows, her demeanor, and her eyes...
Not surprisingly, she gradually became the same as the Crown Princess in my impression.
Obviously, this is the Princess Zhaoyang, the Crown Princess that we were familiar with.
That person in Lushuixuan at this moment...
"You...you are the real Princess? The one in Lushui Pavilion?" Minister Zhou's voice was filled with excitement and disbelief.
Chu Qingluan's eyes were cold, and she didn't answer directly, but a meaningful arc appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"My Lords, please be patient and wait for a moment. The play inside is about to reach its climax."
At the same time, Lushuixuan.
Gu Yanran walked into the pavilion alone. The interior was decorated very elegantly, with the scent of agarwood lingering in the air and candlelight illuminating the room like daylight.
But it was also a little scary how quiet it was.
However, after she entered the room, she did not see Qin Yuan at all. There was no one sitting on the main seat. Instead, there was an unexpected person sitting at the table nearby.
"Zhixia? Why are you here? Where's Qin Yuan?"
Perhaps because she was too surprised and shocked, Gu Yanran's voice changed.
Zhixia was wearing a light green dress with her hair tied up in a bun like a woman. She was slowly and methodically fiddling with the ashes in the incense burner in front of her.
Looking down, the most noticeable thing is her slightly bulging belly. It looks like she is about five or six months pregnant.
Perhaps because she was too shocked, Gu Yanran was unable to recover for a moment and subconsciously asked, "Are you married? And do you have a child?"
Zhixia did not answer Gu Yanran immediately, but instead moved the incense ash and slowly stood up.
Because she was pregnant, her movements were a little slow, but it added a sense of quiet oppression.
She looked at Gu Yanran's gorgeous palace dress and the Dongzhu Phoenix Crown on her head that symbolized her princess status with cold eyes, and sneered.
"Are you comfortable wearing this dress and headpiece? Pretending to be a princess, wearing someone else's face and identity, while living in the shadows of the light, is that still bearable?"
Gu Yanran's face suddenly changed, and she suddenly remembered that in terms of relationship, Zhixia was previously Chu Qingluan's personal maid, and their relationship was the closest.
And during these days when she was pretending to be Chu Qingluan, she actually ignored Zhixia.
Hearing her say this, does she know my identity?
Thinking of this, Gu Yanran quickly adjusted her facial expression, forcing out a hint of just the right amount of worry and guilt:
"Zhixia, are you blaming me for not looking for you?"
"To be honest, ever since I woke up from my injury, I've lost a lot of memories, so I forgot about you."
She took a step forward and tried to hold Zhixia's hand, acting out a scene of deep affection between master and servant.
However, before his hand touched Zhixia, it was ruthlessly waved away by the other party.
"Gu Yanran! You've been acting for so long that you really think you're the princess of a wealthy family?"
Gu Yanran's smile froze instantly.
Zhixia looked at her and said condescendingly, "Do you dare to walk out right now and take off this fake skin in front of those ministers? Let everyone see what kind of filthy thing you are inside?"
"You are a wanted criminal, yet you dare to pretend to be a princess of the royal family and come to negotiate on behalf of the Great Chu. Are you worthy?"
"you--"
The fake smile on Gu Yanran's face completely shattered, like a piece of porcelain dropped on the ground, leaving only hideousness and distortion.
Since Zhixia already knows her identity, there is no need for her to live.
Especially at this critical juncture of the peace talks.
We have to silence Zhixia before Qin Yuan arrives.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Gu Yanran made a mental assessment.
She slowly tightened her grip on the dagger in her sleeve, her dangerous gaze falling on Zhixia's stomach with a bit of scrutiny.
"Humph! How dare you, a servant girl, act so presumptuously in front of me!"
"I wanted to spare your life, but who told you to rush into this hell instead of taking the road to heaven?"
Her tone was cold: "Then I will have no choice but to fulfill your wish."
As she spoke, she suddenly raised the dagger in her hand and stabbed it towards Zhixia's stomach.
It happened so fast, everything was so sudden.
Zhixia didn't expect her to suddenly attack. She subconsciously put her hands in front of her stomach and her body leaned back due to inertia.
At this critical moment——
"bite!"
A hidden weapon hit Gu Yanran's wrist, and the dagger in her hand fell to the ground with a clang, making a crisp sound.
Immediately afterwards, a black figure rushed over with a whistling sound, and before Zhixia fell, it firmly supported her waist.
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