C55 Part2

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Murong Chang bit her lower lip.

Her delicate teeth flickered like a sword clanging light.

Murong Ci stood up and slowly persuaded:

"Princess Sister, the Emperor Father does this because he loves you, and hopes to find you the most outstanding and excellent Consort.

Maybe he didn't give you a marriage with the Royal King because he's a little older than you and doesn't match you well..."

Murong Chang immediately retorted:

"What's the matter with a little older?

A few years of difference doesn't matter in a whole life marriage!

It must be Concubine Xiao that's blowing into the ears of the Emperor Father, influencing him so that he won't make this Sister marry the Royal King!

It must be her!"

"Princess Sister, what are you going to do about the Literary Test in two days?"

"Yes, what should I do?"

Murong Chang murmured.

'The Recruitment is imminent.

How can he change his mind in just two days?

Is it even possible to convince the Royal King to sign up in the Recruitment?'

Murong Ci lowered her voice and said,

"Princess Sister, as the saying goes,

※'The cooked rice can never go back to being raw again.

What's done can't be undone.' ..."

Murong Chang's beautiful eyes lit up, burning like flames,

"Yes, why didn't I think about it earlier?"

She frowned, and said in distress,

"But, if he...doesn't want to, what should I do?"

Murong Ci whispered a few words in her ear, and after hearing them, Murong Chang said with joy:

"Thank you, Prince Brother!

If my wish is fulfilled, I must thank the Prince Brother again later."

Murong Ci smiled softly,

"We are brother and sister after all, so why being to polite?"

※※(N.B.) I believe Murong Ci is suggesting that, if Murong Chang gets 'intimate' with the Regent once (possibly with the help of an aphrodisiac drug?), as the Princess, there will be no turning back, and she wouldn't be able to marry other men but him.

Likewise, the Regent won't be able to refuse her and will be forced to take responsibility for it, by marrying her.

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Palace - Study Room

The Hall was silent, and only the voices of well-known Palace people came from afar.

There was a pile ice on a case next to the table, and the cold icy air curled away to dissipate the boiling heat.

The court memorial books on the table were like a mountain.

With Murong Yu's efficient review, the mountain of memorial books gradually got lower, and each of them was arranged in a neat and tidy manner.

The waiter came in to bring another cup of tea and exchanged it with the previous one.

Murong Yu stretched out his hand to get the teacup while staring at a memorial book, took a sip and hurriedly set it aside.

He then lifted the imperial pen to write calmly, as elegant and powerful as a dragon.

Then, he switched to the next memorial book.

He was very focused, as if a craftsman carved him out of a statue or a painting, depicting him in his beautiful and majestic appearance, that seemed to condense with the danger of the mountains and peaks, condensing the colorful beauty of the earth and the sky in himself.

His thick black eyelashes fluttered smoothly, and his deep and bottomless jade-like eyes flashed with a beautiful black glow, as if there was no one else in the world.

At this time, the voice of the guards and the inner servants came from outside the Hall:

"Greetings, these humble servants pay their respect to Princess Zhaohua."

Then he heard the proud voice of Princess Zhaohua, coming from behind the guards,

"This Princess has something important to discuss with the Royal King, so let me in."

Murong Yu looked at the waiter who stood quietly next to the table and said,

"Let her come in."

The servant led the order out.

Not long after, Murong Chang came in followed by Yuan Xiu, her close court lady.

"Greetings, Prince Regent."

Yuan Xiu was holding a vermilion lacquered wood case in her hand.

She bowed her head and said:

"This servant pays her respects to the Prince Regent."

"Get up."

Murong Yu said indifferently,

"Did the Princess come to the Study Room for important matters?"

"The Prince Regent manages the court affairs for the Emperor Father every day, and he must be exhausted.

This Princess admires the Prince for his efforts.

But as a Princess of this Royal Palace, it's also my duty as a Princess to come and remind the Prince to take more care of himself."

Murong Chang was beautiful like a flower, and her face was like a rich and bright-red blooming peony flower.

"This is the rose dew that this Princess ordered the Imperial Chef to expressively make for you, as well as these fresh melons and variety of other fruits.

Prince Regent, please have a rest and taste these to refresh from the heat.

I hope you'll appreciate this Princess's heart."

"Thank you, Princess.

You can put it here.

This King appreciates the Princess' good intentions."

As always, he was cold and indifferent.

"The sun is too hot and bright today.

As a member of the Royal Family, the Princess should go back to her Hall and rest more."

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END of CHAPTER 55 PART 2

.....................to be continued