The sudden applause woke the king from his daze. He glared at the uninvited guest, Los, and then looked at Lan Shuang. His eyes suddenly became complicated, and those sharp and harsh words suddenly could not be uttered.
If she hadn't said it, he would have almost forgotten how Lan Shuang had gotten through all these years.
Her mother...
Perhaps people have the habit of getting bored with the old and liking the new. They get tired of each other after being together for a long time, but when the people are gone, the grudges will gradually dissipate with time, and when they look back on them, only the good things about each other are left.
The king was also a mortal and could not escape worldly concerns. Looking at Lan Shuang's face, which was extremely similar to that of the late queen, he was in a trance for a moment.
Lan Shuang keenly sensed his hesitation and immediately took advantage of the situation to pursue him, but this time she did not press him any further. Instead, she sighed and softened her tone with a hint of subtle loss and grievance.
"I know the king has always disliked me because of my mother, but what have I done wrong? We are both the king's daughters. Lan Sisi lives the most comfortable life. She is loved by her father and mother, receives the best education, and enjoys all the honors a princess should have. What about me? Sometimes I envy ordinary people. Although they don't have noble status, at least they have a happy family. I have nothing..."
If before it was a sharp knife that broke through the king's defense, then now it was a pair of gentle hands, repeatedly kneading his heart, pulling it to both sides, making him hurt and uncomfortable.
The king's expression became more complicated.
Seeing this, Luo Si held Lan Shuang's hand, lowered his head and kissed her fingertips, and said almost devoutly: "It's okay, I'll be there for you in the future."
"Yeah." Lan Shuang looked at him and smiled gently.
The king felt even more uncomfortable watching this scene. "Well... this is not the reason why you left without permission. You said you were tricked into going out to sea. Who tricked you and how did they trick you?"
Although he was still questioning, his tone was much better than before.
Lan Shuang lowered her eyes and said softly, "Your Majesty, you blame me for running away and for bringing a man back with me, but do you know that my dear fiancé, Ao Xi, openly showed his affection to Lan Sisi at the banquet? He's obviously my fiancé, but he's got his eyes on my sister. What do you think of him?"
When she raised her eyes again, they were already filled with tears, about to fall. The king was startled, and then he heard her accusing question: "Is his face face, but my face, the face of the royal family of Modor Kingdom, is not face? I am embarrassed, and it is also your shame. They don't take me seriously, so how could they take you seriously?"
888 was amazed by Lan Shuang's progressive emotional performance, and she knew how to manipulate people's psychology. The king was a man who cared a lot about his reputation, and the older he got, the more serious this problem became. He would not allow anyone to challenge his authority, and Lan Shuang took advantage of this to step on this point.
As expected, the king's expression turned grim again. "What did you say? That boy was being attentive to Sisi?"
"I saw it with my own eyes, could it be false? Your Majesty knows that I used to love him very much. If I hadn't been heartbroken, why would I have left the table in anger and set sail? It was because my maid told me that the wizards in the sea knew a secret technique that could make my beloved love only me. I believed it and set sail with the ship. Unexpectedly, when we were in the middle of the sea, my maid took advantage of me not noticing and pushed me into the sea."
Lan Shuang's body trembled slightly when she said this, as if she was too sad to bear it. Luo Si's eyes were stern. "Fiancé? Like him very much?"
Lan Shuang didn't notice his abnormality and leaned towards him subconsciously. Although Los was jealous, he still cooperated and reached out to hold Lan Shuang's shoulders, letting her lean on his arms.
king:"……"
The amount of information was too much and he needed a while to digest it.
He fell back onto the throne and looked blankly at the two people in the hall. After a long pause, he asked, "Someone wants to kill you?"
Lan Shuang was tired of acting and said to 888, "It's really not easy. The king, who is so stupid, finally figured out the key to the problem."
888 rubbed his hands together and said, "Is the host going to shake out the queen and the others now?"
"That won't do." Lan Shuang refused decisively, "I'm a princess who knows nothing about the world."
888: “……?”
Lan Shuang leaned in Los's arms and glanced at Louis behind him through Los's cover. Louis nodded barely noticeably, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say—"
"Speak." The king waved his hand and was quite nice to Louis.
Louis said in a deep voice, "This time I met the princess by chance at the port and escorted her back. We encountered many assassination attempts along the way. The closer we got to the capital, the more frequent the attacks became, and the more assassins there were. The last time we were almost wiped out, and we suffered heavy casualties. I brought 200 people with me, and now... there are only 20 left."
His voice was filled with grief. "Your Majesty, I don't know who sent the assassin, but their intentions are clear. Your Majesty, please investigate this matter thoroughly and bring justice to the innocent soldiers who died in vain!"
"What?!" the king was furious. "How dare you do this right under my nose? You really don't take me seriously!"
Louis struck while the iron was hot: "The eldest princess was forced to take up the sword and resist, and she received a wound on her arm."
Upon hearing this, the king's eyes immediately fell on Lan Shuang, "Is that so?"
Lan Shuang straightened up and rolled up her left sleeve to show the king.
A hideous cut spanned Lan Shuang's entire forearm, which was horrifying in contrast to the surrounding fair and intact skin.
The king took a deep breath and looked up at Lan Shuang's face, but Lan Shuang didn't look at him. She just whispered, "I'm lucky to be able to come back alive."
She lowered her sleeves, lifted her skirt, and saluted the king. "Your Majesty, I have no other request now, except to cancel my engagement with Ossie."
The king was silent for a while and was about to agree when he suddenly heard the sound of a dress dragging on the ground outside.
Lan Shuang narrowed her eyes. Haha, he's finally here. I thought he was so patient.
She straightened up, raised her chin slightly, looked straight ahead, and didn't even glance at the person who walked in.
Los didn't even look, he didn't care who came.
"Shuangshuang is back, why is she so embarrassed? Who is this——"
A pretentious voice rang out in the hall. Compared with Lan Shuang's cold and steady voice just now, the difference was immediately apparent. Louis couldn't help but frown. Is this the queen?
He turned his head and glanced, and saw the queen walking in surrounded by a group of maids. Her gorgeous dress dragged on the ground, and the fluffy skirt made her look very petite.
As if she noticed Louis's gaze, the queen stopped and smiled at him: "General Louis is here too."
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