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Yuchi Chen did not restrict Yun Ruo Lu's freedom. Instead, she allowed Yun Ruo Lu to freely enter and leave the palace. Yun Ruo knew that Yuchi Chen had fallen for her again. However, the degree of her liking shouldn't be like the past. In the past, Yuchi Chen had loved her so much, but now, he wasn't.

She didn't even want to think about it. Yuchi Chen was also quite capable. It had been just a few days, but he had managed to convince the old officials in the imperial court to obey him. Prime Minister Yao was always going against him, and the reason for that was because the old Prime Minister truly wanted to marry his daughter to him. Yun Ruo Lu even felt that the prime minister had gone insane. It seemed that when the old Emperor had disappeared from the Yuchi Kingdom, the ministers had all thought of him as the Emperor. If even Ling Xiao thought like this, there was no need to even mention those officials.

If any other official were to think this way, it would just be a thought. However, he was the most likely person to become the emperor. How could he not feel pity for Yuchi Chen's return? It was a pity that the throne he was about to get was gone just like that. However, this old prime minister was, after all, an important official of the Southern Champion Kingdom. He naturally would not be like Yun Wei, scheming against him, and even more so would not foolishly think of becoming some sort of emperor.

Thus, he decided that no matter what, he had to send his daughter into the palace.

Therefore, under the coaxing of the old prime minister, Yuchi Chen agreed to let his daughter stay in the palace for the time being.

However, after all, Yao Hongxiu had come to the palace to seduce Yuchi Chen. That's exactly what I said. Even though you don't like me right now, but I'm in the palace and I see you every day. You would at least like me, right? This was what it meant to be tough and soft.

Thus, Yao Hongxiu simply lived in the palace.

Yun Ruo Lu would never go anywhere, she just stayed in her own bedroom. Currently, it was impossible for Yun Ruo Lu to live in that small courtyard. Thus, Yuchi Chen ordered someone to transform one of her rooms into a kitchen. If she had nothing to do, she would just cook. Of course, Yuchi Chen shamelessly came to eat every time.

He even wanted to ask a few random questions about their daughter.

But Yun Ruo Lu is not an idiot, if someone asks about your daughter, will you have to answer honestly? Of course not!

Therefore, she avoided Yun'er and Yue'er every time and didn't talk to Yuchi Chen. However, what she did not know was that while she was busy dealing with Yuchi Chen, the king of Yuchi Kingdom, Yuchi Xuan, had long since left the palace.

This point was something even Ke Yunjin did not know. He had successfully deceived everyone. Although he was alone, he had brought along a bunch of experts. He was an expert amongst experts, and had even invited many of the hidden experts of the Yuchi Kingdom.

However, Yun Ruo Lu naturally did not know about this. Today, Yao Hongxiu came to look for Yun Ruo Lu. She wanted to see what the princess consort looked like. That day, behind the curtain, she had rejected almost everyone who might become the princess' consort.

Therefore, she had come to pay respects to the Crown Princess for the past few days. However, every time, Yun Ruo Lu would casually find an excuse and say that she wasn't feeling well.

Lin Yue had always been pretending to be sick, so she had to pretend that her body wasn't well.

However, the Prime Minister's daughter still refused to give up. She didn't believe that the Crown Prince wouldn't be able to choose her as his side concubine. Speaking of which, the previous time had left her speechless to the point of death.

Originally, Yao Hongxiu was pretty good-looking, but her facial features didn't make anyone picky. Although it couldn't be said that she was a national beauty, she could still be considered a beauty with a bit of fame in the Southern Champion area.

So it was this little famous beauty in Nanke who was beaten half to death by a dog." Ever since then, Yao Hongxiu had been allergic to furred animals and was especially afraid. As long as she was touched even a little, it would be the same as having a red rash. If one were to hug such a creature, it would sneeze without stopping at all.

However, the Imperial Concubine wanted to test whether she had any love for her, so she brought a little white fox dog out of nowhere. The puppy was naturally cute to others, but to her, it was a nightmare, and then she was forced to hug the dog, and then, presumably, her hands were covered with rubella and she couldn't stop sneezing.

Therefore, she gloriously lost the election because her heart was not beautiful enough, and she did not have love for small animals.

Everyone had been laughing at this matter for a long time, so she decided to go all out this time. Not to mention marrying the crown prince, she would be able to reap all the benefits. She had to get back at him just for this face issue.

Thus, she seemed to have gone back to ask her father, the Prime Minister Yao, to send her to the palace.

Although his father had lost all sense of power for an instant, he would not rebel. After all, he was an old official, and the reason he was able to achieve the status of prime minister was all because of the old emperor's kindness. Furthermore, he had spent his entire life giving advice to the Southern Champion Kingdom.

His family had been loyal for several generations, and he would not rebel. However, he only had one daughter and he had to marry Crown Prince Red Jade, so he could only blush and add a line to the imperial court's memorial to Yuchi Chen. He hoped that the Crown Prince would accept his daughter as his side wife, and this little girl truly loved the Crown Prince.

It was a good thing that Yuchi Chen knew that this old prime minister had been forced into a corner by his daughter. Actually, this old prime minister did not only have a single daughter. However, if one were to talk about his son, he had not been in good health since he was young and had been sent to learn martial arts. It was just that he would come back with a few letters each time and say that it was very good.

That person seemed to be a chivalrous expert. He was rumored to be a chivalrous hero.

However, he didn't know who it was. There were many heroes in the world, so who knew which one of them was the Prime Minister's son?

Thus, the old Prime Minister felt that he only had one daughter, and that it was for the sake of her happiness. Of course, Yuchi Chen knew of this as well. If he left her in the palace, he wouldn't be able to marry this Prime Minister's daughter.

But he could find someone to marry her.

Red Soo was now filled with unwillingness and other complicated emotions. She had to see who the Crown Princess was, but she couldn't do anything about it.

It just so happened that Ling Xiao came looking for her and coincidentally bumped into Yao Hongxiu outside the door.

He was unwilling to accept that he did not know that she was the Prime Minister's daughter, so he asked, "What are you sneaking around for, woman?"

Yao Hongxiu did not know that Ling Xiao was the general of the Southern Champion Kingdom when she was in her room, so she said: "Can I blame you for something?" Then she continued to look around.

Ling Xiao felt that she was suspicious, so he pulled her in front of Yun Ruo Lu, saying that there was someone suspicious standing at the door. But this was just right. She let Yao Hongxiu see the appearance of Yun Ruo Lu.

At that time, Ling Xiao didn't think too much about it, and recalled that this person was a girl.

Thus, Yao Hongxiu ran away. However, it didn't matter if she ran away. Yun Ruo Lu had threatened Yao Hongxiu for a while, so she didn't dare to speak carelessly. No one would believe her.

Therefore, Yao Hongxiu thought that it would be better to seduce Yuchi Chen.

Yun Ruo Lu naturally did not know that she wanted to seduce Yuchi Chen. There was a hot spring in the Southern Champion Palace. This hot spring is especially effective at treating wounds.

It seemed that Yuchi Chen had been injured many times before when he attacked the Kingdom of Lan-Xue, so his back was always scarred. Every day, he would come here to soak.

But how could Yuchi Chen be the only one attacking the entire country? In fact, Ling Xiao suffered more injuries than him, and for the past few days, Ling Xiao's old wounds had been in constant pain. The imperial physician said he wanted the great general to soak in a hot spring.

However, the hot spring was located at a rather remote place away from the Southern Champion City, and right now was the time to prepare to attack Yuchi. How could he allow the General of Southern Champion to go there just to soak in the hot spring?

Thus, he lent the hot spring to Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao was soaking in the hot spring, which had a lot of water vapor. The next moment, he smelled a strange flower fragrance.

He then saw a woman walk into the hot spring, and then he felt his blood surge, and then there was nothing after that.

The man with him was Ling Xiao. She had wanted to seduce Yuchi Chen, but instead decided to seduce Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao blindly asked for her, but sadly, he did not know who it was that was with him.

In his heart, he felt that she was the crown prince's consort. After that, he felt a great shock. When the horse left, he thought that he was too embarrassed. Scarlet Jade knew that she would kill him! However, when he saw Yun Ruo and Yuchi Chen sitting together for dinner, he calmed down.

"Your shirt is unbuttoned. The buttons on the top are not aligned." Yun Ruo walked down from the table and helped Ling Xiao button his shirt, while Yuchi Chen stared with burning eyes. When had she ever helped him button his shirt?! He had always done it himself!

Ling Xiao felt a chill run down his spine, and when he looked up, he saw that Yuchi Chen was staring at him with an icy gaze.

He immediately took a step back and said, "If there is nothing else, Ling Xiao will leave first."

Yuchi Chen nodded, and Ling Xiao ran away at top speed.

"My beloved concubine, you haven't helped me button yet." Suddenly, Yuchi Chen said to Yun Ruo in an ambiguous manner.

Yun Ruo Lu smiled in embarrassment and said, "Eat, eat."

"…"

As Ling Xiao walked out, she happened to run into the absent-minded Hong Xiu. When she saw him, her face suddenly turned red. She thought about what he had done in the hot spring and quickly ran away.

But Ling Xiao was not an idiot, this woman definitely had something up her sleeve as soon as she saw him.

Thus, he decided to chase after him and ask around. Who would have known that when Hong Xiu was pulled by him, she would continuously scold him as a bastard? Ling Xiao didn't understand what was going on, but thinking back, Hong Xiu's hair didn't seem to be very dry, as if it had never rained.

He came to a realization. "The one in the hot spring is you …"

"That's right, that's right. How am I? I overestimated myself …" Hong Xiu actually cried. Ling Xiao was already pretty good, but she was too tyrannical in the hot spring. She originally wanted to run, but there was no way for her to escape.

"What are you doing?" Yuchi Chen suddenly appeared behind them, with Yun Ruo Lu beside him.