Chapter 1532: Su Quan and Luo Bing competing for beauty

Yesterday, Luo Bing saw Gu Hanyuan take Wen Tailai for treatment.

She subconsciously set her mind at ease.

While Gu Hanyuan was busy with Wu Xingyun.

Shuang'er brought Su Quan and Tao Hongying back to the courtyard after they had bathed and changed.

Tao Hongying's foundation was actually very good; after all, she was a palace maid arranged for Zhu Meichuo by Empress Zhou, the wife of the Chongzhen Emperor.

And Empress Zhou and Tao Hongying had a very good relationship; she had even saved her once.

Besides taking care of the young Zhu Meichuo, Tao Hongying was often kept by Empress Zhou's side as a confidante on weekdays.

Empress Zhou was a stunning beauty.

The "Chongzhen Palace Records" recorded her: "The Empress's face is like jade, she does not use makeup."

As the saying goes, beauties only keep beauties by their side, because they are not afraid of being overshadowed by green leaves.

Although Tao Hongying in her youth could not be called a peerless beauty, she could be called outstanding.

If not for Empress Zhou watching her strictly, the Chongzhen Emperor even intended to take her as a consort.

This even caused a dispute between the Chongzhen Emperor and Empress Zhou.

Empress Zhou had a fierce personality; how could she allow the Chongzhen Emperor to lay a hand on a maid she trusted?

However, the Chongzhen Emperor was an emperor who worked hard to govern and did not care for beauty.

Most of his consorts were taken before he ascended the throne, and after ascending, the only ones he favored besides Empress Zhou were two noble consorts.

It was just a casual mention, and afterward, even if the Chongzhen Emperor felt it was an insult to imperial dignity, he still gave in first.

There were many similar disputes, and each time the Chongzhen Emperor gave in first, which showed the relationship between him and Empress Zhou.

In short, Tao Hongying was also an outstanding beauty in her youth.

After bathing and changing, and taking off her serious and rigid palace maid uniform, one could faintly see her beauty from her youth.

However, time had ultimately left quite a few traces on her face.

And her years of undercover life made her maintain vigilance at all times, her body tense, and her expression solemn.

In this state, her beauty naturally plummeted.

Of course, the focus at this moment was not Tao Hongying, but Su Quan, who was incomparably charming after washing off the dust.

Su Quan, who had changed into a red dress, had a graceful waist and a lithe figure.

Every smile and movement was full of charm, incomparably beautiful.

That charming beauty was enough to make even a woman's heart flutter upon seeing it.

Su Quan had already compared notes with Tao Hongying.

They both felt they had no confidence in being able to deceive Gu Hanyuan.

However, the two women's perceptions were not the same.

Although Tao Hongying did not tell Gu Hanyuan the truth and was suspected of deception, seeing his hostile stance toward Qing Guo, at worst, she would just spill everything she knew.

At least in dealing with Qing Guo, their goals should be consistent.

After cooling down from bathing, she was not as panicked as before.

However, Su Quan was much more complex than Tao Hongying.

For one thing, it was she who asked Gu Hanyuan for help, so the responsibility for deception was definitely greater.

For another, her identity as a member of the Shenlong Sect always made her feel insecure.

She was not really being hunted down after discovering the fake Empress Dowager's identity, as Tao Hongying guessed.

Of course, at this moment, Tao Hongying also became suspicious of Su Quan, because she was simply too beautiful.

A woman this beautiful in the imperial palace, if she were not Kangxi's consort, she would probably have died long ago.

The struggles in the harem were full of blood and gore.

Therefore, Su Quan still chose to use seduction to ensure her safety, first stabilize Gu Hanyuan, and then wait for an opportunity to escape.

She was confident that with her methods, she could still keep her purity while stabilizing Gu Hanyuan.

There was more than one or two people in the Shenlong Sect who had ideas about her.

None of those people had a good end; they were all dealt with by Su Quan using her own methods without relying on Hong Antong.

Since then, the Shenlong Sect members had been intimidated by her methods and no longer dared to covet her beauty; they did not even have the courage to look at her directly on weekdays.

In reality, one could not blame Su Quan for using such a stupid move as seduction.

It was really because the earth-shattering battle in the imperial palace gave her too much shock.

She subconsciously felt a kind of instinctive fear of Gu Hanyuan.

It was like putting a person and a full tiger in a cage.

Even if you know the tiger won't eat you, fear is inevitable. ===== CHAPTER 1534 =====