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She was not interested in these matches, but was rather curious about Yuchi Chen's rewards. If it was tempting enough, she could consider playing around and stretching her muscles.

"Hehe, looks like big sister is determined to win?"

Hearing that Yun Ruo Lu had already started asking for rewards, Meng Fei'er smiled mockingly on the side while Liu Yan Han snorted disdainfully with her chin raised high.

"What do you want, beloved concubine?"

Yuchi Chen suddenly addressed everyone, including Yun Ruo Lu.

Looking at the hateful gazes of Meng Fei'er and Liu Yanhan, Yun Ruo immediately understood the meaning of Yuchi Chen's words. He wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone. Truly a ruthless man.

However, Yun Ruo Lu was not someone who was easy to deal with. Since Yuchi Chen had asked, she decided to set him up.

"If chenqie wins, does that mean that Prince will agree to whatever chenqie wants?"

Yun Ruo Lu's tone became very meek as well. In order to achieve better results, she winked at Yuchi Chen as she spoke, trying to confuse him so that he would lower his guard.

"Of course!"

As expected, Yuchi Chen agreed straightforwardly without a second thought.

When he saw the flash of brilliance in Yun Ruo Man's eyes, he immediately understood that there was a trick to it. Without caring about Liu Yan Han and Meng Fei'er's presence, he directly added: "But he can't!"

When she said this, Yun Ruo Man almost choked on her saliva, while Liu Yan Han and Meng Fei'er were completely dumbfounded.

Yun Ruo inwardly cursed at Yuchi Chen for being such an old cunning fox. Seeing that he had fallen into a trap with a witness present, Yuchi Chen immediately changed his mind.

If she won the match and requested for Yuchi Chen to agree to the conditions, she believed that Liu Yanhan and Meng Fei'er would be more than willing to be her witnesses and even help her fulfill her wish.

Seeing the look of disappointment and anger in Yun Ruo's eyes, Yuchi Chen guessed that she must have been thinking about this. She could not help but feel angry.

Did she really hate to see him? Even if it was just for the sake of his face as a prince, he would absolutely not agree.

Knowing that there was no hope of leaving, Yun Ruo Lu's interest was dashed. She did not even want to participate in this civil and military competition.

Right now, she didn't want to show off in front of those officials. If she went, she would attract attention if she won, and if she lost to those adults, it wouldn't be worth it.

Just when Yun Ruo You wanted to ask if she didn't want to go, Liu Yan Han said first: "Don't worry, Your Highness. In order to not make things difficult for Your Highness, Your consort will definitely win for Your Highness!"

After Liu Yanhan finished speaking, she even proudly threw a glance at Yun Ruo. It was a completely naked demonstration of her strength!

Yun Ruo Lu hesitated for a moment. If she didn't go now, she didn't know how arrogant Liu Yan Han would be in the future.

Thus, Yun Ruo Lu swallowed her words back. Even if they could not part ways, at the very least, Yuchi Chen still owed her one condition.

"Your highness, since both elder sisters are fine, then chenqie will go join in the fun as well."

The quiet Meng Fei'er smiled. Yun Ruo Lu knew that she didn't know any martial arts, but after all, she was still a member of a famous family. Naturally, she wouldn't show weakness when it came to poetry.

Seeing that the three of them did not quarrel, Yuchi Chen nodded her head in satisfaction. Then, she left Yun Ruo Lu alone, allowing Liu Yan Han and Meng Fei'er to leave alone.

Before leaving, Liu Yan Han fiercely glared at Yun Ruo Lu, clearly showing her dissatisfaction. Meng Fei'er, on the other hand, seemed to be thinking of something, and her expression was extremely complicated.

"Is there something that the prince wants to talk to me about?"

After the two of them left, Yun Ruo Lu regained her cold attitude. She did not want to be alone with Yuchi Chen at all.

Yuchi Chen was not angry. Instead, he sipped a cup of tea and said slowly, "Do you know why the Emperor is hosting this time's martial arts competition?"

Yun Ruo knew that this matter involved her, so she pretended that she didn't know anything.

Seeing that Yun Ruo didn't say anything, Yuchi Chen continued, "In order to make Imperial Highness happy, this competition was held. "But this king knows that this is a request from Calyste-Concubine. Her motive for doing this …"

"What does it have to do with me? I am not in the mood to ask about the matters of the imperial court. "

Before Yuchi Chen could finish, Yun Ruo Lu interrupted him. She did not understand why Yuchi Chen was telling her all this. Could it be that he knew of her relationship with her?

This was definitely impossible. How could he possibly know something that even Yuchi Xuan didn't know?

Knowing that Yun Ruo Lu did not wish to continue listening, Yuchi Chen left. When he reached the entrance of the main hall, he left a few words, "Imperial Consort Xiao wants to use this competition to eradicate a part of the imperial court."

The moment Yun Ruo Lu heard this, her expression changed. Last night, Red Calyx had asked her to promise that no matter what she did, she would not interfere. He did not expect that so soon, the red calyx would begin to have new movements.

To use the competition to eradicate his influence? What did that mean? Could it be that she wanted to use this competition to see who was truly talented in the court?

If that was really the case, then no matter what, she had to go to this competition.

Yun Ruo Lu returned to the Plum Garden uneasily, thinking about what Yuchi Chen had just said. She suddenly felt as if she had fallen into a huge conspiracy, and no one knew what the final result would be.

"Empress, how is it? What did the Prince say? "

Seeing that Yun Ruo had returned, Jinsi immediately surrounded her with a face full of excitement. At the side, Xi Feng was also filled with anticipation.

"It's just an entertainment competition. What's there to say? You guys can go now. I want to rest."

Since the situation had already developed to this point, she could only wait and see.

"Oh."

Jin Se gave a regretful "oh" before being pulled back by Jin Feng.

Yun Ruo stretched her back and prepared to sleep, but a shadow suddenly flashed outside the window.

The black shadow's speed was neither fast nor slow, as if it was trying to attract her attention. Yun Ruo Lu hesitated for a while, but still opened the door and chased after him.

Yun Ruo Lu originally thought that it would be the person wearing the mask from last night. She only stopped when she arrived at the foot of a bridge outside the palace.

Her slender back was a little hazy under the moonlight. Yun Ruo stood not even five meters away from him and asked in a low voice, "Who are you?"

The man paused for a moment before he slowly turned around and revealed his true face!

It was actually Yuchi Xuan!

"You …!"

When Yun Ruo Lu saw Yuchi Xuan, she took a step back in shock. She hadn't expected him to come looking for her.

"Long time no see. How have you been?"

Yuchi Xuan let out a relaxed smile, but his gaze towards Yun Ruo Lu carried a trace of coldness.

"Is there anything wrong with the Third Marquis?"

Yun Ruo Lu asked guiltily. She could feel that Yuchi Xuan's cold gaze was filled with suspicion. He must have thought that she was intentionally getting close to him to deceive him.

In addition, she had thought that she wouldn't have a chance to meet with Yuchi Xuan alone again. She hadn't expected that they would bump into each other so quickly.

After mulling over it for a long time, Yuchi Xuan asked with a hint of pain in his eyes, "Why are you lying to me?"

Yun Ruo Lu did not know whether he was lying to her about her disguising as a woman to conceal her identity, or if she was the secondary wife of Yuchi Chen.

In truth, these two matters were not contradictory to each other. Because she had fled from the estate, and because Yuchi Xuan and Yuchi Chen were brothers, it was impossible for her to tell him that she was Yuchi Chen's secondary concubine.

It was unexpected that she would return to the capital after meeting Yuchi Xuan. However, Yuchi Xuan didn't think so. Yuchi Xuan might have felt that she had intentionally come to get close to him and act as Yuchi Chen's informant.

However, explaining things to them had never been her style, so even if Yuchi Xuan misunderstood her, she wouldn't say anything. Because she was Yuchi Chen's concubine in name, so what if she explained everything clearly? She and Yuchi Xuan would never be on the same path.

"Since Your Highness thinks so, then I have nothing to say. It's late at night, and the weather is frosty outside. It's best for Your Highness to return early. "

Yun Ruo Man looked at the calm river below the bridge. Her tone was very calm, as if they were just strangers that didn't need much words.

Yuchi Xuan looked at Yun Ruo Lu in a daze. He had imagined her putting on the female attire countless times. Now that he had finally seen it, she was even more beautiful than he had imagined. However, this beauty did not belong to him.

"Have you never thought of coming here to find me?"

At this moment, Yuchi Xuan's voice was a little low, even ancient, as if he was enduring a great deal of pain. However, he could only endure it and not say it out loud.

Ever since the last time the emperor had bid his farewell on his birthday, he had felt empty inside when he returned to the manor, constantly thinking back to that night in the great hall. In the end, he could only stand in a dark corner and watch as Yuchi Chen led her away.

"Prince, if you really marry my sister in the future, I hope you can treat her well!"

Yun Ruo Lu turned around and was about to leave. She had thought of going to find him and even wanted to know if he was doing well, but what right did she have to ask?

"Ruo Lu, don't leave. I'll help you leave the palace, and we can continue to be together like before."

Suddenly, Yuchi Xuan hugged Yun Ruo Lu from behind. His tone was extremely gentle, so gentle that Yun Ruo Lu was almost tempted.

She wanted to leave Yuchi Chen, even in her dreams, but she could not implicate him.

"Your Highness, let go of me. It is no longer possible for us to exist in this life. "Your Highness, please have some self-respect!"

Yun Ruo Lu pulled Yuchi Xuan's hand away and kept a distance from him. Her tone of voice was also extremely cold. Yuchi Xuan's sudden transformation had given her quite a shock.

What did Yuchi Xuan's actions mean? Was he in love with her? Or was it because he knew that she was Yuchi Chen's concubine, and wanted to take her away to take revenge on Yuchi Chen?