However, as long as His Majesty remains here, she has a chance.
We've endured this for so long, there's no rush.
Qingqiu lowered her sleeves, and her gaze returned to its calm state.
"Ling'er, the carriage is a bit high. Help me up with my hand." Gu Mu said with a smile as he walked to the front of the carriage.
In the eyes of the officials, Shen Ling was a frail young girl who needed protection.
Of course, when this girl gets angry, she can kill all the officials here and then calmly wipe the blood off her hands with a clean white handkerchief.
Shen Ling raised her head and smiled shyly.
Then, taking Gu Mu's arm, she gracefully stepped into the carriage.
She is the queen of the Southern Kingdom; it wouldn't be good for her to be too ruthless. She should still maintain a somewhat pure and gentle demeanor.
Unless those officials go too far and allow other girls to openly seduce His Majesty, she won't pretend anymore.
Inside the carriage,
Shen Ling smiled. After all, she was very happy that His Majesty had left behind the beautiful women in the inn and accompanied her to see the things that only girls liked.
However, she also noticed that the way His Majesty looked at Qingqiu was different from how he looked at ordinary girls.
After all, girls are very sensitive.
She tilted her head, pouted, and asked cutely, "Your Majesty, do you think the girl Qingqiu at the inn is pretty?"
Looking at Shen Ling's smiling face, Gu Mu guessed that she was probably not jealous.
After all, based on his experience from his previous life, girls usually cry and make a scene when they're angry, rather than smiling calmly at him.
Moreover, when Gu Mu looked at Qing Qiu, he had a very bad feeling.
It's like someone you wanted to kill but failed to kill has reappeared.
The hunter's instinctive sensitivity to his prey.
Gu Mu believed that Shen Ling also felt this way.
So he said, "Although Qingqiu is not bad looking, I only have eyes for Ling'er. Ling'er is the most beautiful in my eyes. However, when I look at Qingqiu's second father, I always have a bad feeling."
When she heard "not a good feeling", Shen Ling was clearly stunned for a moment.
She lowered her eyes somewhat dejectedly: "Your Majesty has noticed that you often look at Miss Qingqiu. It turns out that Your Majesty not only looks at Miss Qingqiu, but also feels differently about her than about others."
Gu Mu listened to Shen Ling's words, which were full of bitterness.
He seriously suspected that a large plate of lemons had been served at the restaurant earlier, but he hadn't seen it and Shen Ling had eaten them all.
Otherwise, why would such a nice girl suddenly become so sarcastic when she speaks?
"It's not a good feeling," Gu Mu emphasized.
"At first, I didn't have a very good feeling about His Majesty either." She wished she could torture His Majesty and make him wish he were dead. However, Shen Ling would not say the rest of her thoughts. She blinked and said in a wronged tone, "But in the end, I still fell in love with His Majesty."
"Therefore, since Your Majesty has other feelings for Miss Qingqiu, it means that Miss Qingqiu is special in Your Majesty's heart."
Gu Mu looked at Shen Ling's jealous little face.
However, her jealousy also stems from caring about his behavior.
So he patted Shen Ling's head, pressed her onto his shoulder, and said with a smile, "What are you thinking about? I just feel that although I've never seen this Qing Qiu before, she feels very familiar to me, as if we've had dealings before."
Shen Ling rested her head on Gu Mu's shoulder.
He seemed to want to say something, but in the end he said nothing.
However, this is just her guess, and she shouldn't tell His Majesty until it's confirmed.
Girls are often very sensitive, especially since Shen Ling was best friends with Xiao Lvcha in her past life, and they pretended to be sisters for a while in this life before turning against each other.
Those who understand you better than you understand yourself are often your enemies.
Shen Ling knows Xiao Lvcha (a term for a manipulative woman) all too well.
Seeing Qingqiu's little gestures, micro-expressions, and subtle habits, as well as... the jealous expression disguised beneath her innocent exterior, all reminded her of someone.
That was the little green tea who disappeared after being sacrificed to the parchment scroll, and who hadn't been seen for a long time.
Gu Mu was able to have that feeling because of the discerning eyes the system gave him.
On the other side,
Although Gu Mu and Shen Ling went out, Qingqiu knew that they would still rest at the inn that night, and she would have plenty of opportunities.
She went back to her room and looked at her face in the bronze mirror.
She wasn't originally a maid at this inn; it was only after hearing that His Majesty was coming that local officials searched for unmarried women in the area and gathered them in this most luxurious inn in the region.
Their intention was simple: since His Majesty prioritizes state affairs and wants to cultivate the image of a wise and virtuous ruler for all time, and has not yet held a talent show, they would arrange a talent show for His Majesty among the common people to please him.
Although Qingqiu had only been in the area for a short time, she was, after all, a weak woman who posed no threat. Moreover, her story was that her family was in business when they were robbed on the road and all of them were killed, leaving her the only survivor who fled to this place.
Moreover, because of her stunning beauty, she might actually win His Majesty's favor.
After further investigation of Qingqiu's words, those officials were also arranged to stay at this inn by Qingqiu.
At this moment, Qingqiu looked at her own face in the bronze mirror.
In terms of purity and beauty, she is even better than before.
If her beauty was previously inferior to Shen Ling's...
Now, they are no less impressive.
However, in comparison, Shen Ling possesses a cool and ethereal aura, giving people a sense of longing for her but not being able to obtain her.
She, however, maintained her original approachability.
Despite possessing stunning beauty, she seems approachable to everyone.
This is also why Qingqiu has so many suitors.
In their eyes, Qingqiu was a super pretty, down-to-earth, and exceptionally pure young girl.
They desperately wanted to protect Qingqiu, feeling that without their protection, she might be deceived.
If Qingqiu ignores them, they will only think it's just a young girl's shyness.
However, what they considered their protective instincts were laughably stupid in Qingqiu's eyes.
All she ever wanted was that one person.
Those small favors were never what she desired; they were merely temporary means to facilitate her actions.
Looking at the face that had been transformed and was now even more beautiful, Qingqiu smiled confidently: "Your Majesty, before you saw Chenling's true face, how pleasant it was for you and me to get along, because at that time, I was the most beautiful woman you had ever seen. Even though my family background was not outstanding, I still got your promise to marry me."
"But everything changed after you saw Chen Ling's face. Because Chen Ling is prettier than me and has a better family background, I lost all value in your eyes. Now that the best one is already by your side, you completely forgot our sweet words and vows of eternal love. You even wish you could kill me as soon as possible."
"Now that I'm prettier, you should at least give me a second glance, right?"
The naive little green tea didn't know...
She was facing two people who were practically cheating.
Although she changed her face.
But the two people opposite her still felt annoyed with her.
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