Chapter 1353: War Clouds Gather 174

rince is alive.""The Fourth Prince escaped this calamity unscathed, there must be blessings in store for him. Xier, you should treat the Fourth Prince well from now on and give birth to his heir as so..."A princess" Feng Lingxi was taken aback, and after a moment she came to her senses. "The princess of your Xi Gu Country"

Lu Nian nodded, her head bowed in shame. "It's all my mother's fault. After she returned, she praised you too much, causing the princess in the palace to be jealous and come find trouble with you."

"I haven't acknowledged my ancestors, what trouble is she causing me"

Feng Ling's tone was very downcast. It felt like trouble had come knocking out of the blue, what on earth was going on

"I know, and Mother knows too, but she can't control her praising your mouth."

Lu Nian looked at Feng Ling Xi's sullen expression, reached out and tugged on her sleeve, looking at her pitifully, "Sister, this has nothing to do with me, I just received a letter from Mother, to give you a heads-up, Mother asked me to apologize to you in the letter. She said she didn't expect the princess to come looking for you."

Feng Lingxi took a deep breath and looked at Lu Nian, "What else did your mother say"

She also said, “With your intelligence, you'll surely surpass that princess and make her cry her eyes out.”

"……" Feng Ling Xi's lips twitched slightly, looking at Lu Nian saying this, the tone of voice was as if Mrs. Lu herself was present, it really was something Mrs. Lu would say.

"Aren't the princess's parents the Emperor and Empress of Xigu Kingdom Does your mother think I need a beating"

Feng Lingxi rolled her eyes. "What have I done to deserve this Why am I so unlucky, I..."

What are you afraid of We have the Empress supporting us.

Feng Lingxi glared at Lu Nian, “You handle this princess yourself. I don’t want to get involved with her. You go back first and send her back to Xigu Kingdom.” The plague in Tumu Town hasn’t been dealt with properly yet, and now this princess has appeared. Is she bored with her peaceful life and looking for trouble

"Those I can't send away, that princess has a temper that even nine oxen couldn't pull back. Once she makes up her mind, no one can change it. You deal with it yourself, anyway, I won't."

"This is what you've gotten me into."

Feng Lingxi retorted, she owed the Lu family in her previous life

She's already swamped with her own work, and she's asking for more Does she think she has nothing better to do

"Little sister, I'm just following orders. Don't be angry with me. Besides, dealing with this spoiled little princess shouldn't be a problem for you, right"

Lu Nian rushed towards Feng Lingxi acting coquettishly, that endearing manner made Feng Lingxi annoyed and angry, she angrily shook off his hand.

"Come on, I'm full and have nothing to do. What's the point of competing with her"

"So if she causes you trouble, you just ignore her. What if she gets physical You still ignore her"

Lu Nian whispered, looking at Feng Lingxi's impatience. He knew he was asking for trouble this way, but that princess was really difficult to deal with. Right now, he could only hope to get this matter resolved quickly, or else, he wouldn't be able to explain things to his mother.

"Master Lu, if I'm not mistaken, you and this princess should know each other, right"

Lu Nian's body stiffened, and she forced a smile and said, "Little sister, please don't joke. Although I know her, she may not listen to me. You don't know this princess; she's very willful and domineering. None of the three brothers in our Lu family dare to provoke her. Besides, she is a young lady, you should know how the Lu family treats young ladies, right"

"Young Master Lu, compared to me, who has the higher status She is a princess from the Western Ancient Kingdom, while I am merely your father's illegitimate daughter. What can I possibly compare myself to her Moreover, do you think it's necessary for me to entangle myself with her"

Anyway, she wouldn't fight with this princess for nothing just because she wasn't full. She isn't from the Xi Gu country after all.

"Well, you can't say that. Even though you were born outside of wedlock, your parents still accepted you, didn't they You are the jewel in our Lu family's crown, with a very noble status."

"Not rare."

Lu Nian saw Feng Lingxi's soft and hard tactics not working, she pouted and walked to the side to sit down. Watching Feng Lingxi start busy with her medicinal herbs again, she couldn't help but mourn for herself silently.

How could he be so unlucky to have such an unlikeable sister

Dugu Cheng ordered the soldiers to repair all the houses in the slums, so that the people there could have shelter from wind and rain.

At first, the common people were quite afraid of Dugu City. However, after seeing him renovate their houses and build roads for them, transforming the slums into a decent place to live, they began to praise him highly and their conversations became much warmer.

"My Lord, what did this Master Lu say to the Madam Look at how disgusted the Madam looks."

Ye Xi had looked over there several times already. His master was surprisingly unworried, even though he was his brother-in-law, at least he should keep an eye on things a little more.

"Where did Xi'er ever see him without a disgusted look"

獨孤城 didn't even raise his head, as the siblings spoke, he couldn't interject. Most importantly, this Lu Nian he couldn't offend either, after all, he was Xi'er's own elder brother.

"Your Highness."

Ye Xi stepped forward and glanced inside, "Should I have Xiaoli go investigate the matter for you"

"I don't care."

He's the kind of person who, if Xi'er knew he was spying on her like this, wouldn't be happy.

Seeing the king like this, Ye Xi curled her lips and walked over to Xiaoli's side.

"Xiao Li, what did the Princess and Young Master Lu talk about"

"How would I know Young Master Lu talks to my Lady every day, how would I know what he says" Xiao Li didn't even answer, "If you're bored, go help over there, don't get in the way here."

"I..."

Ye Xi's face was hurt. Xiao Li actually despised him. He stayed here every day to accompany her, and now she actually despised him.

"Little Li, just go and find out. I think the Princess's face doesn't look right. Maybe Young Master Lu has made things difficult for her again."

Xiao Li stopped her actions and looked towards the direction of the Princess. Indeed, the Princess's expression was not good, with an impatient look on her face. However, how could Young Master Lu make things difficult for the Princess He loved the Princess so much that he couldn't even spare time to be bothered by anything else.

"Go and see what's going on."

Little Li urged, Ye Xi pointed at herself, then at Little Li. Seeing her nod, she asked dejectedly, "I'm not the princess's maidservant, how am I supposed to go"

"You wouldn't just say that the King found Young Master Lu and had him moved out of the way." As long as the princess was comfortable, she didn't care about the rest.

"This way, Your Highness will have me executed."

Ye Xi gritted her teeth, "I'd better get to work."

"Who told you to stick your nose in other people's business."

Xiao Li muttered to herself, looking at the medicine Li Su brought over, and hurried forward to help.

"This medicine is for the Queen. It would be a great favor if you, Miss Xiaoli, could deliver it."

Xiaoli took it, sniffed the scent of the medicine, her brows furrowed, "What kind of medicine is this Why does it smell so bad"

"This was made by the princess, it's just finished."

Xiao Li responded and brought the medicine over. Looking at Lu Nian who was still talking to the Princess, she called out, "Princess, this is the medicine that Li Su asked me to bring you."

"Leave that there and go summon the Lord."

"Xier, what kind of medicine is this Are you sick or is Dugu Cheng sick" Lu Nian pinched his nose. The smell of the medicine was really unbearable.y poisoned wine. Besides the Empress Dowager, no one else in the Yuan Dynasty possessed it."Dugu Cheng's voice was a little agitated, "Qian MoXuan, I ask you again, did my mother really commit suicide...