Chapter 422: Xu Lulu

Yang Lan'er's words were very alluring, like a woman yearning for her lover, speaking of her wish come true.

However, her expression showed no attachment or surprise, only a terrifying calm.

Heng Xian thought for a moment and said, "Well... I'm very honored!"

"You should certainly feel honored!"

Yang Lan'er looked at him, still bearing the dignified grace of an imperial crown princess: "Back then, I was just an inexperienced official's daughter, I longed for a beautiful love, I yearned for someone who would treasure me and be handsome and ambitious!"

Perhaps because my father was strict, I never met that person until that year, that haunted, ruined temple, and the boy living next door!

I never imagined one person could combine arrogance, domineering, confidence, nobility, and refined elegance!

It was the first time in my life I saw such a different gaze, and also the first time my heart fluttered.

Along the way, heaven knows how beautifully I dressed and how much tenderness I used!

Later he followed me home, promised to become a live-in son-in-law and be my husband! Who knows how happy I was at that moment!

But who could have imagined he treated me like merchandise, easily discarded, leaving without a shred of reluctance!

Perhaps he is just that sort of person, who views women as weeds!

Perhaps he never imagined that, from that moment on, Yang Lan'er was dead!!

I became shameless, devoid of morality, I exhausted every means to obtain the mysterious high clan's spirit-washing root, I exhausted every method in cultivation, I spared no effort learning the courtesan's art of controlling men!

I will rise to the top, so that no man in the world can ever treat me as nothing again!

She said, walking two steps closer to Heng Xian: "So what you see now is the current Crown Princess of the Great Zhou Empire!"

Heng Xian was startled; he never imagined he could affect Yang Lan'er so deeply—perhaps he had committed a grave taboo—

treating the women of this world as if they were girls from his past life, able to play with them recklessly, then after finishing, still go out drinking and clubbing!

The women of this world, even if they can cultivate, still observe the three obediences and four virtues to some extent!

This is also how Ji Yaoyue, so dominant in the sect with extraordinary talent, after agreeing to marry me, instantly turned into a little girl; Song Dou'er, whom I held in my arms, actually dared that night to bite my lip without restraint; after seeing Copper Sparrow bathing, she insisted on becoming my dao companion no matter what!

Looks like I need to keep a low profile and watch my conduct from now on!

"I'm really surprised to see you doing well, so I'm relieved!" Heng Xian said solemnly.

Yang Lan'er curled the corner of her mouth into a faint smile: "You shouldn't feel relieved!"

Heng Xian exclaimed: "Oh?"

Yang Lan'er lightly laughed, in an instant exuding myriad charms: "Because I want to play you to death, I want you to never leave the Great Zhou Capital; I've already stationed three thousand experts around the capital, waiting to kill you!"

"No! I won't kill you; I'll chop off your limbs and make you sleep every day under my skirt!"

"Even with the status of Prince Consort, it won't save you!"

She said with a soft "gehehe" strange laugh.

Heng Xian wasn't overly worried; this unnutritious threat really lacks lethality, such a woman may be poisonous but her vision is ultimately lacking, he said lightly: "Are you crazy?"

"I am crazy! Just a few days ago, when I heard your name, I already went crazy!"

Yang Lan'er stepped back, turned and left; the crown princess's phoenix robe fluttered, her demeanor still grand and beautiful.

Heng Xian watched her back, feeling an urge to stab her with a sword, but he restrained himself, after all this is the emperor's private garden; one cannot rule out masters sensing spiritual fluctuations approaching.

"Pap—" At that moment, a light clapping sound came from the corner.

Heng Xian looked over in surprise, and saw a figure emerge from the darkness.

Her gait was slightly lame, yet not at all ridiculous or ugly; instead, it had a peculiar beauty.

Her features combined bewitching, exquisite, and solemn in a contradictory way, making any man who sees her feel a strange urge to conquer.

"If people were to learn that the eminent Poet Sage and Prince Consort once had a past with the crown princess, who knows what kind of uproar it would cause?"

She wore an expression of great interest.

Heng Xian glanced at the place behind her and said, "Should I call you Xu Zhu Zhu or Xu Lulu?"

"Oh?" Xu Lulu's eyes brightened, "You actually managed to guess me?"

Heng Xian jumped onto the nearby moon platform and sat down, saying, "There are many beautiful female officials in the palace who can casually leave the palace in a sedan and even trip people up, but few; even if many female officials can leave the palace, those who walk with a limp are few and far between!"

The Great Zhou's First Female Official, who single-handedly repelled 300,000 cavalry of the Northern Wasteland Kingdom years ago, is none other than you, Minister of Literature and History Xu Lulu!

Xu Lulu wasn't the least bit surprised, nor did she care if others called her a limp; she laughed, "Too many people can't keep their mouths shut; casual inquiries can easily uncover the truth—it's truly a headache!"

Saying that, she sat on the other moon platform, a playful smile on her face: "You still haven't answered my question!"

Heng Xian blinked: "What question?"

Xu Lulu assumed a dignified pose, imitating Yang Lan'er's manner, and said, "I'm crazy! Just a few days ago, when I heard your name, I already went crazy!"

Saying that, as if she'd heard the funniest joke in the world, she laughed "hehehe" nonstop.

Heng Xian exclaimed: "This isn't funny, is it?"

"Of course it's funny!" Xu Lulu said: "The story of the crown princess and the Prince Consort is sure to interest many people!"

Heng Xian crossed his arms: "Where's the evidence?"

Xu Lulu pointed at herself: "The words of Xu Lulu, who single-handedly repelled the Northern Wasteland Kingdom's 300,000 cavalry, are the evidence!"

Heng Xian said indifferently: "Do you think I'm someone who craves glory and wealth, and would be worthless without my position in the Great Zhou?"

"You don't seem like that!" Xu Lulu seriously pondered, then said: "But what if Ji Yaoyue leaves you?"

Heng Xian said leisurely: "She's a smart woman; she knows right from wrong; she won't leave!"

"How interesting!"

Xu Lulu laughed: "Perhaps you two will never leave, forever staying in the capital!"

Heng Xian said: "What do you mean?"

Xu Lulu still smiling: "Dead people certainly won't leave!"

Heng Xian said: "Do you think we'll die?"

Xu Lulu nodded: "Yes!"

Heng Xian said: "Who would also kill us?"

Xu Lulu said: "There are many people who could kill you!"

Heng Xian said: "I can't think of anyone!"

Xu Lulu pointed at the palace ahead: "That emperor father-in-law of yours up ahead is one of them!"

Heng Xian looked strange and said: "Would the emperor kill his own daughter and son-in-law?"

Xu Lulu also looked strange and said: "The imperial family has no affection, and he has always been a ruthless emperor; even if you are his lifesaver, he would kill you without hesitation!"

Heng Xian feigned ignorance: "His lifesaver?"

Xu Lulu said: "His poison wasn't cured by you?"

Heng Xian: "..."

Damn! The emperor's concealment tactics aren't that great either! Or maybe the poisoner was quickly noticed?

For example, this person right here?

After thinking, Heng Xian shook his head: "I still can't quite understand it; why bother?"

Xu Lulu answered off the point: "Did he just make you a marquis?"

Heng Xian said: "Donglan Marquis, although it's my hometown, I think the name sounds awful!"

"Indeed not pleasant to hear!" Xu Lulu said: "But he never seriously intended to make you a marquis; he doesn't have that intention!"

Heng Xian said: "Have you been drinking? The open and aboveboard appointment of officials has already been recorded by the officials and the Tàijiān!"

Xu Lulu said: "Because he knows it definitely won't be approved; tomorrow morning, the imperial edict will be issued, and officials and nobles will immediately unite in opposition and impeachment!"

He will try to suppress it, but he can't hold it back! The reason he made you a marquis is actually just to use you, to test the power in his hands!

Having said that, Xu Lulu turned and walked back, took a few steps then stopped: "Since he's using you as a test and a pawn, killing you naturally wouldn't weigh on his conscience!"

If you truly want to become a marquis, marry the Taiping Princess safely and soundly, then come beg me; I can definitely help you achieve that, hehehe...

Heng Xian silently watched her back, then suddenly scratched his chin: "How did your leg become lame? Will it affect having children?"

Xu Lulu stopped, then suddenly a black strong wind came at him.

Heng Xian dodged sideways, and saw that the mass of strong wind struck the nanmu golden silk pillar behind him, leaving a conspicuous scorch that still hissed, obviously a deadly poison.

And ahead, Xu Lulu's figure had already disappeared.

I've been busy these days; I'll update one or two chapters tomorrow daytime.

(End of chapter)