At night.
In the side room of the main hall, inside the huge bathing pool.
Two girls with their clothes soaked were soaking in the hot water, one on the left and one on the right leaning against the stone wall of the bathing pool, their curly hair loose, their beautiful faces covered with mist, and their fair skin covered with a thin layer of mist.
A patch of crimson rose petals on the water surface makes the skin look even whiter and more delicate.
Lumina and Sheng Wu both closed their eyes and let the hot water wash away their fatigue.
"The eldest prince, eldest princess, and second princess were all born to the queen, but I was born to my father's mistress. The elves value lifelong partnerships, so to avoid a royal scandal, they secretly adopted me into the queen's family. However, they claimed that I was born while the queen was away on a trip. I was simply in poor health, so I was pampered in the palace. But after all these years, you can probably tell what kind of life I've been leading."
Lumina's long, slender eyelashes were stained with moisture, and her cherry-colored lips opened with a tone that was neither cold nor indifferent.
"What exactly do you want?" Sheng Wu didn't have the patience to listen to her complaining, so he just shut her up with one sentence.
"You..." Seeing how cold she was, Lumina opened her eyes and looked at her coldly, feeling a little angry and embarrassed that she didn't play by the rules, but she didn't dare to argue with Sheng Wu about such unnecessary things, so she just revealed her cards directly.
"I want the throne and be the next Elf King." She raised her eyes slightly, ambition and determination surging in her emerald green pupils.
This time, Sheng Wu slowly opened his eyes, turned to look at her, his eyes slightly mocking.
"If I'm not mistaken, the Queen's mother's family should be one of the most aristocratic families in the Elven Kingdom, and you are just the son of a mistress. What's your capital? What's more, your magic probably can't even defeat a second-level Silver Guard."
She pointed out Lumina's shortcomings directly and directly.
Lumina's magic seems powerful, but in fact it is just to scare humans like Lucius. Although it is somewhat useful, she does not even have the qualifications to rebel in front of the Elf King.
Hearing this, Lumina frowned, but did not refute, because what she said was the truth.
But.
"I have nothing now, but I am ambitious. I can fight for it even without connections and resources. All I lack is time. Just because I am the descendant of the Elf King, I am qualified to fight for that position!"
There is no rule in the Elf Kingdom that women cannot become Elf King, or rather, no one has set this record yet.
Besides...it's not that she has nothing, it's just that she can't tell Lillian about these things.
Looking at the stubbornness on her face, Sheng Wu narrowed her beautiful eyes which were particularly bright because of the heat, and she curled her lips and sneered.
"Having ambition without brains is arrogance. The Queen has noticed your restlessness today. You'd better be able to deal with her. Don't make me suffer with you."
"Don't worry, the Queen won't dare to use it against you and Lucius."
Lumina's brows knitted together, and then her eyes turned cold and helpless. "It's a pity. I originally wanted to sneak you in here without disturbing anyone, but I didn't expect that you and Lucius would be exposed to the Elven Kingdom."
Today, Hill was not afraid of her identity at all and stopped the man directly. If she were stronger, perhaps this incident would not have happened.
Hearing this, Sheng Wu, who was slouching slightly, suddenly paused, then turned to look at her, turned sideways, and swam towards her with the help of the water.
Lumina watched her movements, unable to understand the expression behind her narrow eyes. Her heart tightened slightly, and she watched her actions with bated breath.
"What a pity..."
Sheng Wu approached her and leaned over to Lumina's pointed elf ear, with her curly hair soaked and sticking to her white swan neck.
"Isn't this just what you wish?" His lips curled up slightly, and he spoke only for the two of them to hear.
In an instant, Lumina's emerald green pupils, which had just been filled with helplessness and pity, suddenly shrank. She turned her head and stared at Sheng Wu with a slightly deeper and more vigilant look, with a hint of murderous intent in her eyes.
"What did you say?" But her lips were slightly raised, and her eyes were innocent and surprised.
"If you really wanted to take Lucius and me into the Elf Kingdom quietly, you wouldn't go to the city gate in broad daylight. If I'm not mistaken, there should be other passages to leave the Elf Kingdom besides the city gate." But that passage is special.
Seeing how good she was at pretending, Sheng Wu's eyes showed more interest. She was very curious about why Lumina fell in love with someone like Lucius in the beginning, and ended up becoming such a calculating and alert disguise.
"Even if Lucius and I were discovered to be humans, and the Elf King knew about it, you would be the one who benefited the most from the beginning. After all, the elves in Elvenland should know by now that you have returned with two new species called humans, and that your health is not as bad as the rumors say. You used the most non-aggressive and attractive way to enter the eyes of the elven people. And you brought us into the palace to meet the Elf King. Firstly, you let everyone know that you have a good relationship with us, and secondly, you also regained the Elf King's attention through Lucius and me."
Sheng Wu raised her head and glanced at the luxurious palace around her.
"Look, the new palace the Elf King gave you is the best proof." He paused, "Oh, and by the way, you're trying to make Lucius and me feel good about you and apologize by trying so hard to hide our identities and even clash with the Silver Guards. Unfortunately, I'm not that foolish as Lucius, and he's not that saintly either."
This is also why Lucius only said that he would help her gain strength, but did not say that he would help Lumina gain power, because he knew that what Lumina asked for would affect many things, and the road to the throne was paid with blood.
This went against his good faith.
As for Lumina's help to them at the city gate, he thought it was because Lumina wanted to ask Sheng Wu to come over, and they didn't owe her anything.
Lumina listened to her calmly, looking at her coldly with her emerald green pupils, and then suddenly smiled. Her delicate white face instantly looked like a blooming poppy, poisonous and beautiful.
"As expected, I made the right choice to cooperate with you. You are not only smart, but even frighteningly smart."
The innocent and surprised look on her face just now disappeared in an instant, replaced by a shrewd look of someone who had been scheming for a long time.
"What about you? You clearly guessed my plan, yet you still twisted the facts in front of the Elf King, saying that I saved you, not that you saved me."
She vaguely guessed why Sheng Wu did this, but she needed her confirmation because this woman's ability to guess what others were thinking was too terrifying.
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