"What's wrong with you? We can go into the city tomorrow. Why are you so depressed?" Ruyan said as she handed him a pair of chopsticks. Before Wang Xiucai's butt even touched the bench, he heard heavy footsteps coming from the door. He thought that Rong Zhen and Gu Yunru had suddenly returned.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, a cold sword was placed at his neck. Mr. Wang stared at the people in official uniforms in front of him, as stiff as a clay sculpture.

Two days later, Gu Yunru and Rong Zhen successfully returned to Yangzhou City. Dubrow knew that the emperor had been depressed because of losing Ruyan, so he invited everyone to a small gathering in his mansion and specially asked his daughter Dujuan to perform on the stage.

Gu Yunru and Rong Zhen were sitting in the audience watching the woman on the stage with a romantic smile. When the stunning dance ended, everyone gave her thunderous applause. The emperor didn't seem interested. In his eyes, Du Juan's every frown and smile showed a bit of unrulyness.

After the dance, Du Juan returned to the screen, changed into a blue dress, and looked at Xiao Qi beside her, "Did you see that just now? The emperor didn't even look at me. My reputation as the most talented woman in Yangzhou City is just a false reputation."

When Xiao Qi heard this, he hurriedly took off the pearl flower on her head and comforted her, "Miss, you can't say that. The examination review has just ended, and the emperor must be a little upset, so the master came up with this idea to relieve the emperor's burden."

"But the emperor's mouth never even raised its head. Instead, those who applauded me were all making a fuss."

The more Du Juan thought about it, the angrier she became. Xiao Qi looked at the angry young lady and didn't dare to say anything. Just then, Dubrow walked in.

"Daughter, what's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

When Xiaoqi saw the master come in, he tactfully left the house.

"No, Dad, but I have done what you taught me, but I don't know what the result will be."

"Oh, my dearest darling, you must not underestimate yourself. Looking around Yangzhou City, who can compare with you?"

Dubrow hung around behind her, saying all the nice things he could.

"Okay, Dad, just say whatever you want to say." Dujuan pouted her cherry lips impatiently. For someone as beautiful as her and with such high aspirations as her, now that she has suffered a setback, it is inevitable that there is some resentment in her heart that has not been vented.

"It's like this, Dad wants you to go..." Dubrow whispered a few words in his daughter's ear, but Dujuan's reaction was very strong. She was so anxious that she almost jumped up and down, glaring at Dubrow, "Dad, how could you let your daughter do such a thing? What if the truth comes out? Will your daughter's reputation be ruined?!"

Seeing his daughter's resistance, Dubrow turned to her in a flattering manner and held her hand, "My daughter, your father's future and career depend on you. Do you know that the people above are investigating? What if they find that your father has embezzled public funds? Only if you become the emperor's concubine, the emperor will most likely spare the lives of the Du family for your sake!"

Du Juan looked at Dubrow in disbelief. She had never expected that Dubrow, who had always been known as the great philanthropist, had done such things behind her back. She couldn't accept it. She took a deep breath and was still in shock, not yet able to come to her senses.

Dubrow sighed and said, "Dad knows. What you have done is unforgivable, but you can't let your one mistake erase all the good things you have done before. Remember three years ago when there was a locust plague in Yangzhou City, Dad resolutely opened the warehouse to release grain. How much money did Dad give out in charity that year? Daughter, you still remember it!"

"I know. You don't need to say more. The women you mentioned will consider it." Du Juan closed her eyes silently, not wanting to listen to him continue. When it was late at night, Du Juan would wear a white gauze dress, with her hair scattered behind her head, and go to visit the emperor with a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup. If successful, perhaps she could really catch the emperor's eye, but if not...

At the banquet, Gu Yunru quietly tugged at Rong Zhen's sleeve and whispered to him, "Do you think the emperor looks unhappy? We will be returning to the capital in a few days."

"I know. I'll go back to see my brother later." Rong Zhen also tried his best to take the opportunity to comfort him and tell him not to worry about Ruyan anymore. After all, what doesn't belong to him will never belong to him.

As his brother had not yet gone to the bedroom to rest, Rong Zhen waited here first. On the other side, Du Juan was wearing a cold and thin gauze dress. She was shivering with cold in the middle of the night, and her face was flushed. Thinking of what she was about to face, she made up her mind and gritted her teeth and walked in.

Du Juan walked in and saw a person standing by the window with his back to her. She thought it was the emperor, so she walked to the shore, put the soup down first, and said softly: "Your Majesty, this is the Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup that I made especially for you. Your Majesty works day and night, why don't you drink some first."

Before he turned around, she took off half of her gauze dress. Unexpectedly, when the man turned around, Du Juan was shocked. "How could it be you? Your Highness Prince Zhao!" After that, she hurriedly put on her clothes, her face red as a monkey's butt. Rong Zhen turned around quickly, and kept saying: Don't look at what's inappropriate, don't look at what's inappropriate. "Miss Du, why are you here?"

After hearing the question, Dujuan was still in a daze for a moment. She raised her eyes hurriedly, blushed, turned around and said: "My father asked me to bring some soup to the emperor and check on him to see if he was well, but I didn't expect to run into the prince. Please forgive me." Dujuan lowered her head, her heart beating wildly as if it was about to jump out of her throat.

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"So that's how it is. In fact, I'm also waiting for my royal brother to come..." Rong Zhen didn't know what to say for a moment. His face became a little hot, as if there was a very strange atmosphere in the room. He gradually felt dry mouth and even his body gradually became hot. Du Juan groaned and fell on the table. When she turned around, she had taken off all her clothes except for a bellyband.

"Your Highness... I'm so hot..." Dujuan licked her red tongue and was about to take off her bellyband. Rong Zhen quickly strode forward to stop her. He was about to open the door, but he didn't expect the emperor to walk in at this moment. This scene made the emperor very surprised.

"you!"