The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 281: Kneel down
Chapter 281 Kneeling Down
He sighed, but Lu Tianzhuo was already dead, so what was the point of him hating and blaming Lu Tianzhuo? !
Li Zhijie pressed the wound on his shoulder and spoke in a hoarse voice: “Go and get the bird’s nest porridge prepared for the princess. I will personally deliver it to the princess…”
“Yes!” The maid quickly got up and backed out.
When Li Zhijie walked in with the bird’s nest porridge, he saw Li Tianfu’s red eyes staring at him fiercely, like a young animal on the verge of death.
He asked everyone who was watching Li Tianfu to go out, and slowly walked to the bed. His eyes fell on the horrifying marks on Li Tianfu’s neck. He knew that Li Tianfu was not just pretending, but really wanted to die.
He whispered, “I know you are sad that Azhuo is dead and you want to go with him, but have you ever thought that Azhuo will not rest in peace until he has avenged his death?”
Li Tianfu opened her mouth… but her throat was injured and no sound came out. She angrily kicked over the bird’s nest porridge that Li Zhijie had placed beside the bed to express her anger.
Li Zhijie was not annoyed. He shook off the porridge that had stained his clothes and said, “You may not know Azhuo’s true identity.”
Li Zhijie looked at Li Tianfu’s eyes, and saw her tears falling. He took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Li Tianfu: “Azhuo is the adopted son of General Pang Pingguo of Shu. The reason why he entered the Xiliang Palace was to avenge his adopted father Pang Pingguo. For Azhuo, nothing is more important than avenging his adopted father.”
Li Tianfu was stunned, and his tears seemed to freeze in his eyes.
“The biggest surprise in his life is probably you!” Li Zhiji’s eyes were deep. “He used everyone, including me, but never used you! If he wanted to use you, he should have encouraged you to get close to the emperor of Jin and become his favorite concubine. Then… he would have let you whisper in the emperor’s ear and let you kill Bai Qingyan and wipe out the entire Bai family with the help of the emperor! After all, you obeyed his orders, but he didn’t do that!”
Lu Tianzhuo can use Li Zhijie, and Li Zhijie can also use Lu Tianzhuo to persuade Li Tianfu.
“He… asked me to invite Bai Qingyan here just to kill him, but Princess… I am the King of Yan of Xiliang. I cannot watch Bai Qingyan die in the inn. We in Xiliang can no longer afford to fight.”
Seeing that Li Tianfu didn’t take his handkerchief, he raised his hand to wipe the tears from Li Tianfu’s face: “If Azhuo is gone, the princess really doesn’t want to live, why not help Azhuo fulfill his wish? When the princess becomes the favorite concubine of the emperor of Jin… or the favorite concubine of the future emperor of Jin, killing Bai Qingyan and exterminating Bai Qingyan’s nine clans to avenge Azhuo, isn’t it easy?”
Li Tianfu clenched the earrings tightly in her hand, bit her lower lip and stared at Li Zhijie.
“Princess, are you thinking that I said all this just to trick you into working for Xiliang?” Li Zhijie sighed, “I, Li Zhijie, swear to the gods of Xiliang that I will never lie about Azhuo! If Princess can become the favorite concubine of the emperor of Jin or the future emperor, it will be beneficial to Xiliang, but we are from Xiliang, and it is our duty to benefit Xiliang. This has nothing to do with your revenge for Azhuo.”
Li Zhijie’s voice was always gentle and gentle: “Princess, please think about my words carefully. If you are willing… put on your dance clothes and use your dancing skills to conquer the Jin royal family at the palace banquet. If you are unwilling, I will never stop you!”
After saying that, Li Zhijie stood up, bowed to Li Tianfu, and left Li Tianfu’s room, ordering someone to go in and clean up the bird’s nest porridge that Li Tianfu had spilled.
Li Tianfu curled up in bed, looking at the pair of earrings in her hands until the morning light illuminated her window and the afterglow of the setting sun shone in from the window and fell on the side of her bed. Li Tianfu, who had not eaten for a day and a night, stood up and put on the pair of earrings as if she had made up her mind.
Li Zhijie stood at the door of Li Tianfu, staring at the setting sun in the west which had not yet completely set. If Li Tianfu still looked listless and refused to go to the banquet, he would say that Lu Tianzhuo had hurt Li Tianfu yesterday!
After the envoys who came to Jin together asked for the third time, Li Zhijie finally turned around and pushed open Li Tianfu’s door.
Li Tianfu, wearing a gorgeous fiery red dance dress, was sitting in front of her dressing table, applying a flower ornament on her brow in front of a bronze mirror.
The warm orange sunset was shining in from the half-open window, and the soft light illuminated her bright and delicate facial features, her jade-like skin, her fiery red lips, and especially her eyes. They were as clear as a girl’s but with a captivating charm, pure and enchanting, like a gorgeous blooming datura flower.
“Princess…” Li Zhijie stood at the door and saluted respectfully.
Li Tianfu showed a gorgeous smile to the bronze mirror, then put on the veil, stood up, and said in a hoarse voice: “Let’s go…”
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Due to the great victory of Jin State in the southern border, this year’s birthday banquet of the Jin State emperor will be more grand and luxurious than ever before.
The ladies of each family were made up according to their rank, and the young noble ladies were carefully dressed in gorgeous clothes.
The emperor and empress had not arrived yet, and the noble ladies who knew each other well gathered together. Some were talking about how the fourth prince of Daliang, Wei Qiheng, went to the palace to ask for the hand in marriage of Princess Liu Ruofu of Nandu last night, while others were talking about how Princess Bai Qingyan of Zhenguo broke into the posthouse yesterday… and forced King Yan of Xiliang to hand over the second son of the Bai family, and killed one of King Yan’s subordinates.
“The last time the Fourth Prince of Daliang rode into the capital, I happened to be drinking tea in the Swallow Tower. The Fourth Prince of Daliang was so handsome! The Princess of Nandu is the most beautiful woman in our Great Jin. The two of them are simply a match made in heaven!”
“Yes, I heard that the fourth prince of Daliang met Princess Nandu somewhere yesterday and went to the palace to beg His Majesty for a marriage. Later, His Majesty summoned Princess Nandu’s father… Prince Xian, the only remaining prince of a different surname in Jin, to the palace. The fourth prince of Daliang even knelt down to beg Prince Xian, and Prince Xian finally agreed.”
“Really?! Kneel down and beg Prince Xian?” A noble lady covered her surprised mouth with a round fan, eyes full of envy, “Then when Princess Nandu marries the Fourth Prince of Daliang, the Fourth Prince of Daliang will hold Princess Nandu in his hands!”
Lü Baohua, the daughter of Lü Jin, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Liu Ruofu, the Princess of Nandu, came in led by palace servants. Liu Ruofu, dressed in gorgeous clothes, instantly became the focus.
The beauty of Liu Ruofu can be described as “water lotus”. Her skin is like snow-white porcelain, her lips are crystal clear and rosy, and her watery eyes are black and white like cool glass beads. She is wearing a moon-white dress with intricate and exquisite embroidery. The hem of her dress sways when she walks, but her feet are not exposed. Her posture is elegant and dignified.
After sitting down, Lu Baohua covered his lips with a round fan, his eyebrows and eyes were full of joy, and he lowered his voice to say to Liu Ruofu: “Look, there is no noble lady in the capital who doesn’t envy you! I heard… the fourth prince of Daliang fell in love with you as soon as he saw you, and he swore to the prince that if he could marry you… he would never take concubines. Is it true?”
The explosion begins