Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

95. Make of Fool of Herself

Translator: Antonia

The words immediately aroused an uproar. Some couldn’t help shifting their eyes to Du Chuxuan. The Du daughter was truly pretty, and though she didn’t have the kind of beauty shock the world, she had something unique to be attractive. In addition, the performance she had made last time also added to her charm.

The Emperor’s expression became slightly stiff. If the Turks chose Zhao Zheng, what he had to do was painstakingly appease the Zhao family, but the latter choice was a sheer provocation against the authority of Shenglan. Not to mention that Du Chuxuan was already the Crown Princess, a member of the imperial family, just in view of the Du family’s wealth, it was out of the question to marry off a Du daughter.

Before the Emperor said anything, Du Chuxuan stood up first, “I heard that you’re an outspoken nation, and I’m surprised that your praise can also be in this way. I’d like to toast to you to expression my gratitude.” Then, he drank up the wine in his glass.

He didn’t care to know what the Turks’ final purpose, but he understood that the harder you tried to step back from such an incident, the more the others felt that there must be something. Last time, he had been forced to do the performance, which had also expressed the Emperor, so for the time being, no one would interpret the Turks’ proposal in another way.

Mr. Xing was stunned for a second, obviously not having expected Du Chuxuan to stand up like this. As far as they knew, this Crown Princess was an inbound lady before marriage, but now she seemed surprisingly clever to know how to deal with such a case accordingly.

Since she had said so, if he continued to be thick-skinned to make the request, then what he would get wouldn’t be a marriage but another announcement of war. Mr. Xing understood it well, so some dots of cold sweat on his forehead flowed down. He could already sense the dissatisfaction of the eldest prince behind him.

“You’re right, Your Highness. We were very impressed by your performance last time. If by any chance you might teach us, we can go back with it to entertain our king.” Seeing Mr. Xing was already too frightened to talk, Ashina Fei rose to his feet and said with smiling eyes, which annoyed Yuxing Tianrui very much.

But for his identity, he would have splashed the wine onto the man’s face. Nonetheless, having undergone such many things, it was impossible that he easily lost his head by one or two provoking words of Ashina Fei. Taking a sideway look from under his lashes at the Emperor and finding the Emperor was even more displeased, he was somewhat relieved.

“This is…?” He slowly rose, “I assume this envoy just arrived in the central plains and doesn’t understand our courtesies. There is no obeying against the rank. Yue is the Crown Princess of Shenglan, and even one hair of her shall not be desired by others. I’m wondering if it is a different case for your Turkic wife?”

With the few words, Yuxing Tianrui not only safeguard Du Chuxuan’s dignity but also satirized Ashina Fei’s excessive request. For a time, the latter put on a sullen face. However, on this stealthy trip, he didn’t come as a Turkic prince, so no one dared to say anything for him.

He gritted his teeth and threw himself back onto the seat, not daring to say more. After all, he still remembered what his father had urged him to keep in mind. No matter what, he mustn’t mess with the greater plan.

Seeing the man finally settled, the Emperor put aside the displeased look, “I heard that the Empress has invited many great shows. Given the situation, you’re still trying to hide them from us?”

In view that the Emperor put it aside, Mr. Xing gave a sigh of relief. If the Emperor wouldn’t let it go, he was afraid he would become a sinner to their nation. He inwardly blamed the eldest prince for being rash, but he had no other choice, because after all the eldest prince was the king’s favorite.

Du Chuxuan followed Yuxing Tianrui to sit back, catching sight of the ghost of impatience in Zhao Zheng’s eyes. Subconsciously, he adjusted his collar, and then took a glance at Yuxing Tianrui, anxious to know how this man was going to solve all these people. He was really so very curious.

Feeling it, Yuxing Tianrui finally looked better. He poured himself a plum wine and put it to his mouth, and when he was about to drink it, he said in a whisper only audible to them two, “Wait for a minute; the great show is coming.”

Almost as soon as he finished, there was a small shriek from opposite them. The dancers just walked to the middle of the stage to start the performance, so it was very quiet. Therefore, the small shriek, though not loud, attracted the attention of everyone.

Zhao Zheng was glaring at the maidservant in front of her, and many gasped. How did the usually gently graceful Miss. Zhao become so hideous looking?

At this moment, Madam Zhao was the first one to realize it and became increasingly dissatisfied with her daughter. In secrecy, she pinched on Zhao Zheng’s soft skin as a reminder.

The pain forced Zhao Zheng to look around and discovering that everyone was gazing at her, she was startled and quickly put aside the expression, “Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just wetted my clothes. May I go and get changed?”

If no one saw it, she would naturally get a maidservant to notice the Empress privately, because after all this behavior wasn’t a flattering aspect of a lady’s etiquettes to be made public.

Yet, since it had already happened, it would be her fault if she tried to cover it up. Gritting her teeth, Zhao Zheng thought one after another of her enemies but failed to figure who would make a fool of her in such a filthy way.

The Empress didn’t like Zhao Zheng all the time and made no other reaction except for giving her a nod and letting her close maidservant to take Zhao Zheng to leave. The others returned to enjoy the banquet.

However, at the moment when Zhao Zheng was taken out, Du Chuxuan suddenly discovered that the man sitting opposite them was gone. He secretly pulled Yuxing Tianrui’s sleeve and saw the composure on his face. Obviously, everything was under his control.

In an instant, all the plots he had read from novels jostling one after another through his mind, and he exclaimed inwardly that His Highness was surely not an ordinary person!