After taking Lu Yanluo out of the room, Xiao Ran frowned and asked, "Princess, is there really no other way? Who knows if this is a laxative or a poison? If Concubine Lin dies after taking it, what should we do?"
"Of course this is poison." Lu Yanluo sniffed the medicine bottle, her eyes as cold as ice: "She has planned so many things, isn't she afraid that she will be outsmarted by one mistake?"
"Princess?" Xiao Ran was puzzled.
Lu Yanluo just smiled faintly: "It's okay, Xiaoran, I have a way to deal with it. She wants to tell me who is the master of the harem, and I also want to tell her who she can't touch!"
…
The birthday banquet was approaching, and Lu Yanluo had only rested for half a month before she was brought into the palace again.
[I’m so tired…]
In Yun Ya Garden, Lu Yanluo was already drowsy and lay softly on Chu Xuan.
Chu Xuan touched her head: "Yanluo, if you don't want to go, this king..."
"No!"
Lu Yanluo stood up in shock and shook her head: "None of your business, I have to go to the birthday party tonight."
After saying that, the two of them left the house. Just as they were about to get on the carriage at the door, they suddenly heard an anxious voice behind them: "Cousin!"
"Why are you leaving in such a hurry, cousin!" Yan Xiwan hurried over in her best attire. She was wearing a gorgeous purple-red brocade robe, and the pearl hairpins and hairpins on her head were all very valuable. She was dressed more noble than Princess Lu Yanluo.
But halfway through her words, Yan Xiwan saw Lu Yanluo and her smile froze on her face: "Sister Princess?"
Lu Yanluo raised her eyebrows: "Sister Xiwan is dressed so attractively, has she finally found someone she likes and is planning to move out of the palace?"
"I……"
Yan Xiwan felt a chill all over her body. Whenever she went to the palace for a banquet, wasn't she accompanying Chu Xuan?
How come everything has changed!
Why should Lu Yanluo accompany her cousin!
Yan Xiwan pinched her fingers until they crackled and her knuckles turned white, but she only saw Chu Xuan helping Lu Yanluo into the car. Then, without even looking at her, he just said, "Take my cousin back. She's still sick and can't walk around."
Then, he left without any regrets.
All Yan Xiwan could see was the shadow of the carriage driving away, nothing else.
"Bitch! Lu Yanluo, you bitch! Don't touch me!"
She pushed away the maid who came to help her, eyes filled with anger: "Why! Why doesn't my cousin like me anymore! Lu Yanluo, this bitch, has been out of favor for so many years, how could she catch my cousin's eye again! I won't accept this!"
Yan Xiwan stumbled towards the main street, chasing the carriage, but the main street was crowded with people, and there was no trace of the carriage from Prince Ye's Mansion.
"ah--"
Yan Xiwan screamed in pain and passers-by tried to avoid her, but a man in black went upstream and came in front of Yan Xiwan.
"I remember you. You are the Night King's cousin."
The man in black smiled and helped Yan Xiwan up, and asked with a smile: "Why are you sitting here, where is Chu Xuan?"
Yan Xiwan frowned. She had attended many banquets with Chu Xuan over the years and knew who this man was.
Prince Ning, Chu Zhen.
Yan Xiwan frowned slightly: "It turns out to be Prince Ning, I wonder what the prince wants me to do?"
"Don't you want to go with Chu Xuan to the Queen Mother's birthday banquet?" Chu Zhen raised a cold smile, a smile that was almost emotionless: "I can take you to the banquet as long as you agree to one condition of mine."
Yan Xiwan didn't even think about it and nodded without hesitation: "What conditions? I agree!"
…
The Empress Dowager's birthday banquet was extremely lively.
Chu Xuan rubbed his eyebrows and felt a huge headache when he saw Yan Xiwan posing in front of him.
Just now, he and Lu Yanluo were almost at the palace gate, and Concubine Lin suddenly issued an edict, requiring the princes and royal family members who were coming to the banquet to bring all the female relatives in the palace, without leaving out any.
With no other choice, he had to bring Yan Xiwan over.
Yan Xiwan's makeup was very delicate, and it was obvious that she had put a lot of thought into her dressing up. With her eyebrows curved, she looked gentle and fragile.
Looking at Lu Yanluo again, she was sitting upright next to Chu Xuan, her eyebrows and eyes were as beautiful as a painting, not as exaggerated as Yan Xiwan's face full of rouge and powder. She stood solemnly in a purple-red official uniform of a princess, and her every move revealed her majesty that could not be questioned.
Yan Xiwan was fine, everyone was used to seeing her like that.
It's just that the Princess of Ye used to live a secluded life. She had never shown herself in public in all the years she had been married to the King of Ye. When she suddenly appeared, she was so stunning that she overwhelmed everyone.
How could Yan Xiwan be willing to be outdone by Lu Yanluo? She came forward recklessly and poured wine for Chu Xuan with a smile: "Sister Princess made Xiwan sick these days. Xiwan hasn't been able to spend some time with her cousin for a long time."