Chapter 54

"Is it deception, fooling? If you think it is, then it is." Lin Qingyue played with her falling hair and laughed without a care, "I also gave you benefits. Before we went, didn't we agree that if you helped me, I would agree to let Lin Ruzhen enter the Prince's mansion."

"Don't worry, I keep my word. When are you going to take her in? Do you need me to help you choose an auspicious day?"

"Bang!" The man slapped his hand down, and the poor tea table was shattered instantly; he said word by word, "No need to trouble Deputy Envoy, this Prince will choose an auspicious day to take the newcomer into the mansion!"

After speaking, he left with full anger, without looking back.

Lin Qingyue's smile, however, grew brighter: "Angry like this? Sad? But compared to the suffering Lin Qingyue endured back then, what does this count for?"

Actually, when Dongfang Yan approached the door just now, Lin Qingyue had already discovered him, and she deliberately let him hear those heart-piercing words.

In her previous life, as a "scum woman," she knew too well how to stab people in the heart.

And this was just the beginning!

In the evening, Lin Qingyue returned to the Qi Wu Dian of the Prince's mansion, and not long after, Zhao An brought people to present several gift boxes.

Lin Qingyue glanced at them and asked: "What are those?"

Zhao An said: "The Emperor has summoned you, and tomorrow you will enter the palace to meet the Emperor with the Prince. These are the auspicious clothes prepared for you, as well as the matching jewelry. These items should have been sent on the day you married into the Prince's mansion. But you and the Prince married in a hurry, and there was no time to prepare, but the Prince kept it in his heart and was urging the Royal Workshop for the past few days. Look, the things were sent tonight, just in time for your meeting with the Emperor tomorrow."

"Got it, put it down."

Zhao An saw that her expression was indifferent, as if she wasn't very interested, so he diligently helped introduce how exquisite the workmanship of the auspicious clothes was, how expensive the materials were, and how priceless those jewelry pieces were.

He was a good servant, never forgetting to mention his own master in every sentence, trying his best to please.

If it were an ordinary noble lady, she would naturally be moved by these things. Those things were not only priceless, but also a symbol of status!

But when Lin Qingyue was a tyrant in her previous life, what good things hadn't she seen?

She was annoyed by his chatter and directly kicked Zhao An out.

On the other side, Dongfang Yan was so angry by Lin Qingyue that he didn't even have an appetite for dinner.

After calming down, he knew he shouldn't be led by the nose by that woman.

But when Zhao An returned, he still couldn't help but ask: "Were the things sent? What did the Princess say?"

Zhao An said tactfully: "The Princess is quite happy."

"She is happy?" Dongfang Yan's brows couldn't help but relax, but he snorted coldly in a spoiled way, "Hmph, as expected of a vain woman!"

Since she is happy, shouldn't she say thank you? In order to let her have her own auspicious clothes sooner, he had lowered his status and personally went to the Workshop a few days ago.

In addition, he also specifically selected a few of the best-colored East Pearls from the warehouse and inlaid them on the headpiece he sent her.

May I ask, in this world, which woman could refuse these?

Only hearing Zhao An say: "By the way, the Princess also has words to bring to Your Highness."

"What did the Princess say?"

Dongfang Yan's brows relaxed even more when he heard Lin Qingyue brought words: Hmph, this woman, finally knows what's good. If she weren't so heartless and lungless, and properly served as this Prince's Princess, what treasure in the world could this Prince not give?

Zhao An replied: "The Princess said, regarding the matter of you taking a secondary consort, she is busy with official business and has no time to manage it, so let you... let you handle it yourself."

Dongfang Yan's face sank instantly, and although he didn't speak, Zhao An clearly felt that the aura around him became extremely oppressive.

After he retreated in fear, he heard the sound of porcelain shattering inside.

The next day, when Lin Qingyue came out dressed in auspicious clothes and all decked out, what she faced was Dongfang Yan's cold face.

He just glanced at Lin Qingyue indifferently, and then mounted his horse without saying a word.

Lin Qingyue got into the carriage, stretched her arms and legs leisurely, and could lie down for a while when she was tired of sitting—there was only herself in the carriage, which was comfortable.

Soon they arrived at the Imperial Palace.

This time, because Dongfang Yan was present, Xiao Hua didn't follow into the palace, but only entrusted Lin Qingyue to help bring words to Qi Zhaodi.

Compared to the last time she saw Qi Zhaodi, this meeting had significantly more words from the Emperor.

He asked about the situation between Lin Qingyue and Dongfang Yan after marriage, and also asked what Lin Qingyue liked to do in her daily life.

Hearing that she was proficient in chess, he immediately became interested and ordered people to set up a chess table to play a game.

The Grand Eunuch came over and whispered: "Your Majesty, the Ministers and Vice Ministers of the Six Ministries have all arrived and have been waiting for you in the conference hall for a long time. Is it..."

Qi Zhaodi said impatiently: "I was just about to play chess with Princess Jin, and you come to chatter, are you annoyed? Isn't it just the Six Ministries discussing politics? Yan'er, you go for me!"

"Imperial Uncle, I'm afraid this is inappropriate..."

"What's inappropriate about it? Go, go, don't delay my elegant interest in playing chess!"

After sending Dongfang Yan away, Qi Zhaodi played three games of chess with Lin Qingyue happily.

He lost all three games.

He was very depressed: "My chess skills are the best in the world, and none of the civil and military officials are my opponents. How did I lose so miserably in your hands?"

Lin Qingyue said: "That's because you are the Emperor, and no one dares to win against you, so aren't you the best in the world?"

And Lin Qingyue was different.

When she was dominating the Immortal Cultivation World, there was a time when she got addicted to chess and looked for people to play chess every day.

But as soon as they heard she wanted to play chess, the people below were all terrified.

Just because Immortal Lord Qingyue, in order to increase the fun of playing chess, had to set a bet for every game.

Using each other's heads as a bet, the person who lost the chess game would have their head chopped off.

Life was at stake, who dared not try their best?

But winning didn't bring any good results either; Immortal Lord Qingyue threw the knife over and said: "A bet is a bet, my head is right here, if you have the ability, come and take it."

"What? You don't dare. No, you must do it, not doing it is looking down on me, I will skin you!"

In short, regardless of winning or losing, in the end, the other party left their head behind.

It is rumored that there are three major tortures in the Immortal Cultivation World, one of which is playing chess with Immortal Lord Qingyue.

Now it has declined, winning three games in a row, but still couldn't win a head.

Qi Zhaodi laughed loudly upon hearing this: "You hit the nail on the head! You are indeed different, although you are a woman, you have the demeanor of a hero."

He gave a look, and after dismissing everyone in the hall, he suddenly changed the subject and asked: "If one day, you had to choose between family and country and the private feelings of children, who would you choose?"

This was testing her with words.

"No need to test," Lin Qingyue put down the chess piece and imitated Dongfang Qi's tone:

"This son respectfully asks for Father's peace. Now that I have arrived at Beijiang Chaxia, the grassland is vast and the scenery is picturesque. When riding, I suddenly miss the days when Father taught me to ride and shoot, and I have many feelings. It is a pity that Father is busy with government affairs and cannot ride together. The orange trees in the Eastern Palace should have a bumper harvest, I hope to take the biggest and reddest one and offer it before Mother's tomb. Although this son is outside, my heart often misses you, I hope Father takes care of himself."

After Qi Zhaodi heard this, his face changed instantly: "This is the last letter the Crown Prince wrote to me, how do you know?"